My ones are:
TOP GUN
For those of you who don’t remember, "Top Gun" was the movie about a bunch of guys who stand around high-fiving each other for about 90 minutes. The movie focuses on some loser named "Maverick" who penetrates deep into the coveted veil of the top gun academy of smug, sexually frustrated aviators. I know many of you reading this will probably think I’m exaggerating when I say this, but there were no fewer than 500 shower scenes in this movie. The wardrobe for this film must have consisted of a towel, a jump suit, and 50 pages of gay innuendo, because the rest of the time Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer were walking around naked eyeing each other’s packages.
Then as if the director didn’t think all the high-fiving and shower scenes were suggestive enough, there was a gratuitous scene in which all the guys got oiled up and played volleyball. Every few minutes I half-expected to see Cruise and Kilmer lock lips to a ballad of "It’s Raining Men:"
If you remember having good memories of this movie, then it was probably because you were too young to know what was going on, or an idiot. Don’t bother resurrecting this classic to prove I’m right.
BRAVEHEART
Synopsis: a portly Mel Gibson stumbles around in poorly choreographed battle scenes in which the camera men can’t hold their cameras still long enough for you to realize the extras in the background are standing around with their dicks in their hands.
I’m sure if you’re a fan of Braveheart you’re probably saying "BUT MADOX YOU ARE MISSING THE POINT OF THE MOVIE, WHO CARES ABOUT CAMERA WORK LOL?" Everyone always thinks the battle scenes in this movie were awesome; even people who didn’t like the movie say "…but the battle scenes were done well." What the hell do you know about battle scenes? You’re a team manager for an insurance company, go manage something. People watch Mel Gibson running around with his b*tch t*ts for a few hours and they suddenly think they’re experts on swordery (swordery is like sorcery with swords).
Why does every battle scene in the universe have to have a shaky cam? Just whose view point are we seeing this from anyway? Wow, the cam is shaky, I feel like I’m right in the battle, looking through the eyes of some idiot who can’t fight, yet he still can’t focus on an object for more than a few seconds. Hey a*ssholes, here’s an idea: how about the perspective of someone who got stabbed in the face? The camera would just sit there staring up at the blue sky as an occasional limb would come flying across, or someone would trip over his body. That would be t*its.
KARATE KID
I think no further comment is necessary.
DON’T GET ME STARTED ON TWILIGHT!
Twilight the 2nd twilight and the next one. haha HATE EM!
I’ve recently put together a top 100 movies list, made-up of most of my favorite movies that I’ve seen. My question is… would 30 or more of these movies make it on your top 100 movies list?
Note: Also, a few of these movies such as "Willow", and "The Mummy" are so high on this because they were my childhood favorites, even though I notice now that the acting and overall movie isn’t as good as I remembered. Anyways these are MY top 100 so don’t be too harsh if talking about my choices, its all opinion. Thanks.
and here is the list…
1-Braveheart
The Patriot
Shawshank Redemption
The Legend of Drunken Master
Starwars Episode 6: Return of the Jedi
LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring
Police Story
Gladiator
LOTR: The Two Towers
10-Forest Gump
The Dark Knight
The Matrix
Starwars Episode 4: A New Hope
Back to the Future
The Green Mile
Saving Private Ryan
Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom
The Matrix: Reloaded
LOTR: Return of the King
20-Police Story 3: Supercop
Willow
Hot Shots
Payback
Back to the Future Part 2
The Fugitive (Harrison Ford)
Shanghai Noon
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Airplane
Indiana Jones: Last Crusade
30-American History X
Starwars Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
The Count of Monte Cristo
Robin Hood (Walt Disney)
Dodgeball
Toy Story
The Sting
Lethal Weapon 2
40-Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Lucky Number Slevin
The Book of Eli
Titanic
The Last Samurai
Road to Perdition
John Q
Naked Gun 2 1/2
Fearless
Lethal Weapon 4
The Departed
50-Oceans Eleven
Independance Day
Hero
Die Hard
Akira
Princess Mononoke
Enemy at the Gates
Troy
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Quigley Down Under
60-Batman Begins
The Sword in the Stone (Walt Disney)
The Mummy
Men of Honor
Stand By Me
District B-13
Blazing Saddles
The Truman Show
Ninja Scroll
The Goonies
70-Catch Me if You Can
Naked Gun
Armour of God II: Operation Condor
Good Fellas
The Matrix: Revolutions
Training Day
Zoolander
Fight Club
Road to Perdition
Secondhand Lions
80-Terminator Salvation
The Lion King
The Bourne Identity
Donnie Brasco
Idiocracy
Maverick (Mel Gibson)
Tombstone
The Last Castle
Man on Fire
Robin Hood: The Prince of Thieves
90-Robin Hood: Men in Tights
The Man Who Knew to Little
Ghostbusters
Project A
End of Days
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Enemy of the State
A Knights Tale
Back to the Future Part 3
The Sandlot
100-Rambo
If you can’t tell, I favor Action movies above most. ^^
Honorable Mentions…
-Predator
-The Mask of Zorro
-Spirited Away
-The Usual Suspects
-The Jungle Book (cartoon)
-Silence of the Lambs
-Lethal Weapon
-Men in Black
-Unbreakable
-Saw
-Sneakers
-First Blood
-Aladdin
-Jumanji
-300
Not 30 for me but I like
The Green Mile
Shanghai Noon
Airplane
Toy Story
The Sting
Fight Club
The Lion King
Ghostbusters
I like this idea for a question!
like lord of the rings, braveheart, gladiator, etc…
kingdom of heaven
troy
^^
those are both good. though they are nothing compared to LOTR.
or any other sword/shield movie you can think of?
i would prolly rate each:
1. lotr 10
2. braveheart 10
3. gladiator 9.5
4. troy 7.5
5. alexander 5.0
6. 300, 8.0
7. patriot 8.0
WHAT AM I THINKING!?
patriot (7.0)
300 (8.5)
The Lord of The Rings: The Return of the King for sure. =)
For example braveheart when he holds his sword up and yells - Bravery
I need some for Sadness, e.g after someones death but still strong
Anger
Joy
and any other emotions and the movies to go with the emotions.
if you have any more chuck them in
the emotional ones
Can you tell me some good Ancient history or Middle Ages movies?
They can be historical dramas, comedies, fantasy(like Conan or The Lord of the Rings) or adaptations of a play(like Henry V) …
I don’t mind the genre.
Thanks.
What I’ve seen so far, that fits my taste:
Gladiator(Crowe), Troy(Pitt, Bloom), Henry V(Branagh), First Knight(Connery, Gere), Jeanne D’Ark(Jovovich), Spartacus(Douglas), Ben-Hur(Heston), Braveheart(Gibson), Conan(Barbarian and Destroyer), King Arthur(Owen), Rob Roy(Neeson), Robin Hood(Freeman, Costner), Monty Python and the Holy Grail, A Knight In Camelot(Whoopi Goldberg), LotR(1-3), Last Samurai(Cruise, 19th century but it had Samurais and a lot of sword fights), A Knight’s Tale(Ledger), The 13th Warrior (Banderas).
Medieval war movies like:
lord of the rings trilogy
Braveheart
troy
gladiator
Eragon
300
Pathfinder
kingdom of heaven
Messenger: Joan of Arc
Mongol
The Last Legion
Beowulf
The Last Samurai
Alexander
King Arthur
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
The 13th Warrior
Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
El Cid
Excalibur
The Castilian
Henry V (1945)
Alfred the Great
Lionheart (1987)
Richard III (1955)
The Bruce (1996)
The Crusades (1935)
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
The Black Shield of Falworth
The Fighting Prince of Donegal
King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
Asian medieval movies:
Red cliff part 1 and 2
The warlords
3 kingdoms: Resurrection of the dragon
A battle of wits
The empress and the warriors
"It’s our wits that make us men."
what does this mean?^ it is used when young william wants to fight, but his uncle says that he will have to learn to use his head before he can wield a sword. I really really need this question answered!! what does this mean?!
It means anyone can use brawn. But a man uses his brain.
"It’s our wits that make us men."
what does this mean?^ it is used when young william wants to fight, but his uncle says that he will have to learn to use his head before he can wield a sword. I really really need this question answered!! what does this mean?!
Anyone can fight in a brawl. The man who will survive is the one who is capable of using his brains to overcome his opponent. Anyone can be beaten if you can anticipate their moves or strategies and stay ahead of them or successfully distract them. Our "wits" are our best friends when we find ourselves in a treacherous situation.
Any details on where I can purchase a Scottish Claymore Sword (Braveheart) in and around Glasgow
it would help if in Glasgow, but Edinburgh, Stirling, Falkirk or such places would do as well. I don’t really want to buy on line, would prefer to go to seller. Thanks.
You can buy them online - http://www.medievalware.com/Scottish-Claymore-Swords-s/44.htm
I wish I was in Braveheart…
pshh yeah. All i would need is some epic music and nice foot moves.