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Back to the Future "Doc, you're not going to believe it! We have to go back to 1955!" "I don't believe it!" The Return of the King Pippin smirking at the end. Legolas riding an oliphant. Gollum sinking in the lava. Elijah Wood staring into the camera for too long. Far, far too long. The Dark Knight Not sure which one is better - Ras Al Ghul is a personal favorite villian and the first movie is a great origin story, but it's impossible to top Ledger's Joker. |
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off Try to find more joyous movie moments than Ferris's parade or the trip through the art museum. Batman Begins What a well-done movie. I can finally forget the previous Batmans were made. Donnie Darko ... and right now there's some fat guy over there staring at us. |
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Groundhog Day Phil? Phil Connors? Phil Connors, I thought that was you! Am I right or am I right or am I right? |
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What sequels? I don't know what you're talking about. No sequels were ever made. The Princess Bride Never get involved in a land war in Asia.
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Spider-Man 2 Sure, it has its flaws (what, inventing mind-controlled arms wasn't enough of a scientific breakthrough - he needed to invent mini-fusion too?) but also the best action superhero scenes ever. Or, I'm biased because it takes place in our neighborhood. Gandhi Never get involved in a land war in Asia ... unless you're waging it nonviolently. |
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The Fellowship of the Ring See Return of the King, but with less lava and more hobbits. Elijah Wood looks at camera ... hold it ... hold it ... ah, remembering the Shire ... ah, remembering Gandalf ... still looking ... X-Men 2 Best comic book movie ever made. Except for Halle Berry's hair. Cashback This is the closest I've seen a movie come to a perfect expression of being a visual artist. And appreciating the female form. |
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Iron Man Incredible acting and the first tease of Marvel's overarching Avengers plan. Honestly, both Iron Man movies were better than the original Iron Man comics ... it's not very common for movies to be better than their source material. So I Married an Axe Murderer Af yah want my bawdy, ond yah think Ah'm sexxxy...
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Serenity I am a leaf in the wind ... and I aim to misbehave. The Zero Effect I always say that the essence of my work relies fundamentally on two basic principles: objectivity and observation, or "the two obs" as I call them. |
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Pulp Fiction It's no Look Who's Talking Now, but it makes up for Battlefield Earth. But not Face Off. South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut Finally exposing the hidden danger of Canadians. |
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The Incredibles I enjoyed this mostly because I like any movie with The Flash in it. Excuse me, the Dash. The Iron Giant Most underrated animated movie ever. Or any movie ever.
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Garden State Natalie Portman's character was so cute and endearing in this movie that I decided to marry her identical twin. Primer If you can figure this movie out in less than 10 viewings, you're a better man than me. And you're not allowed to use Wikipedia. |
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Harry The first Harry Potter movie with an interesting plot, acting, and creative direction and cinematography. Bonus: time travel. Austin Powers Like the Ferris Bueller parade, the opening montage here is a blast. I guess Beatles homages are invariably enjoyable. |
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Eternal Sunshine Another wonderful job by Charlie Kaufman, this movie beats out Adaptation on this list because Kirsten Dunst dances around in her underwear.
Also, the only movie ever made in which Jim Carrey acts like a five-year
old. Iron Man 2 Not as great as the first - but Black Widow is in it.
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Mulholland Drive Who's scarier? This cowboy guy, or the other David Lynch scary guy from Lost Highway? Or, the bunny in Donnie Darko? Now... did you answer cause you thought that's what I wanted to hear or did you think about what I said and answer cause you truly believe that to be right? Gigantic: To a lifelong fan of They Might Be Giants, a documentary about TMBG is akin to Skittles falling from the sky in a rainbow of exuberance.
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