League Unlimited's Favourite Movie

[Springs09]

Endgame over Mad Max 2 grrrr

 

[Sans Souci Sainter]

Mad Max 2 is awesome. I remember it scaring the shit out of me as a kid but always wanting to watch it.

Avengers. Meh. Not for me.

Princess Bride I only watched last year and it was ok. Probably needed to be watched as a kid. As Misanthrope mentioned, I also preferred Willow, Goonies etc.

I haven’t seen the others. I have heard Spotless mind is very good though.

 

[Sans Souci Sainter]

Half in the bag did a re:view of The Thing and gave it a big rap.

 

[T-Boon]

I only saw the Thing for the first time about a year ago. Fine movie but as with other John Carpenter movies (eg Christine) I could never work out how much time had lapsed between scenes. Or worse, the story line seemed wrong to the passage of time.

 

[Sans Souci Sainter]

I haven’t had one of mine come out yet. I thought I had put Mad Max in but must’ve swapped it out.

 

[T-Boon]

where is Remember the Titans going to finish? Top 10.
Groundhog Day....top 20?

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

I haven’t had one of mine come out yet. I thought I had put Mad Max in but must’ve swapped it out.

Not even on the "got a vote but didnt make the final 50" list?

 

[Sans Souci Sainter]

Not even on the "got a vote but didnt make the final 50" list?

oh yeah, they’re on that list. I thought that list was every movie that got a vote though.

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

oh yeah, they’re on that list. I thought that list was every movie that got a vote though.

I had to go back and recheck but to quote..

"With 326 movies garnering votes, I'll be doing a top fifty countdown over the next few weeks/months. For those curious, the following movies received votes, but missed the cut."

If Grease 2 won most favourite movie on LU....

 

[Misanthrope]

LU's Favourite Movie - #40 - #36

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=#39 - Predator (1987) - 201 points

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Director: John McTiernan
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura, Richard Chaves, Elpidia Carrillo, and Kevin Peter Hall.
Awards: N/A

A classic example of 1980s balls to the wall action, 1987's Predator saw Arnold Schwarzenegger go head to head with a murderous alien bounty hunter from another world. Littered with quotable lines and established cliches of the genre, Predator is a gory, often amusing thrill ride through the Central American jungle that would go on to spawn an underwhelming sequel, a decent 2010 spin-off, and an abysmal 2018 'reboot' directed by Shane Black, who had a small role in the original film.

We don't talk about the dog's abortion that was the Alien vs. Predator franchise...

=#39 - Joker (2019) - 201 points

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Director: Todd Phillips
Starring: Jaoquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, and Frances Conroy.
Awards: N/A (yet)

The most recent film to make the Top 50, The Joker acts as an unofficial origin story for the most beloved of DC's many villains. Featuring a tour de force performance from Jaoquin Phoenix as the troubled Arthur Fleck, the film is a modern masterpiece of storytelling that delves into the tortured psyche of an unstable white man with delusions of grandeur in a society that doesn't care about him. A character study rather than a superhero film, it has been nominated for eleven Academy Awards including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor.

#38 - Jaws (1975) - 204 points

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Director: Stephen Spielberg
Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, and Lorraine Gary.
Awards: Best Film Editing, Best Original Dramatic Score, and Best Sound.

A career-making film for a young Stephen Spielberg, the immense success of Jaws would launch his stellar career and terrify an entire generation out of the ocean. A taut piece of filmmaking, Jaws saw the people of a small New England beach town living in terror as a colossal, unusually intelligent great white shark hunted them.

The use of practical effects and minimal shots of the titular shark have allowed the film to stand the test of time, and it still terrifies modern viewers.

#37 - Spirited Away (2001) - 205 points

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Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Starring: Daveigh Chase, Jason Marsden, Suzanne Pleshette, and David Ogden Stiers.
Awards: N/A

Hayao Miyazaki's most beloved film outside of his native Japan, Spirited Away is a delightfully whimsical fairy tale about a young girl's experience in the fascinating realm of Japan's spirits.

Like all of Miyazaki's films, Spirited Away is wonderfully animated and makes use of sumptuous colors and off-the-wall characters to tell a story that translated wonderfully to a global audience. It is a testament to the film's popularity that it has been the only animated film to make the Top 50.

=#35 - Watchmen (2009) - 207 points

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Director: Zack Snyder
Starring: Jackie Earle Haley, Patrick Wilson, Billy Crudup, Malin Akerman, Matthew Goode, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
Awards: N/A

The ambitious adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novel of the same name arguably came a few years ahead of its time. The golden age of comic book movies had not yet begun, and audiences were perhaps not ready for Zack Snyder's take on Moore's notoriously violent, cynical, and nihilistic look into the superhero genre.

The film epitomizes many of the things that would become hallmarks of Snyder's work as he went forward as a director, with Watchmen polarizing audiences and critics alike. It has since spawned a tangentially related television sequel that has been much more well-received by critics and audiences.

 

[axl rose]

Thanks Misanthrope, nice write-ups.

You are right it probably was a bit underwhelming but Predator 2 is a guilty pleasure.

 

[Springs09]

Watchmen really? I actually really like it but didn't expect it here.

 

[Misanthrope]

Watchmen really? I actually really like it but didn't expect it here.

Surprised to see it rate so highly, but I imagine a number of people rewatched it recently in light of the HBO series.

 

[Sans Souci Sainter]

Yep, good write ups.

The iconic music from Jaws is the first thing I think of when thinking of Jaws. So ominous and foreboding.

 

[myrrh ken]

The 1st Alien v predator was c grade but shat all over the most recent one. That was f**king awful.

 

[mackdadday]

Watchmen was in my top 6. Highly rewatchable and the dark, miserable edge gets me every time. 'It's a joke..it's all a joke'. and that's just the first scene.

 

[Matua]

Watchmen??? In a top of anything list? Are we heading for Man of Steel at number 1?

 

[Springs09]

Watchmen??? In a top of anything list? Are we heading for Man of Steel at number 1?

Watchmen is actually good though unlike Man of Steel.

The list already had Endgame though so who knows.

 

[myrrh ken]

I'm guessing Dark Knight at number 4 or something.

Internally, I'm discounting all the comic book movies.

 

[Matua]

Watchmen is actually good though unlike Man of Steel.

The list already had Endgame though so who knows.

I thought Watchmen was an utter mess. TBH I've only liked one of Hack Snyder's movies and that was 300.