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  1. Didn't vote for Wall-E guessing you meant SKOS. Glad No Country placed higher than TWBB. The music in that film was like nails on a chalkboard for me. Surprised to see Lebowski so high up when Groundhog was so much lower. Two of my favourite comedies.
  2. Fury Road being above some classics also made me rage. If we did this again in 5 years it would not make the list. I thought it was pretty disposable if fun action movie. Surprised I wasn't the high vote for The Exorcist or LA Confidential.
  3. Great Escape was the movie that made me fall in love with cinema. I vividly remember it being on the TV when I was like 7 and being babysat by my Uncle. He must've been thanking his lucky stars he found something that would keep a 7 year old boy quiet and sat still for 2 hours 52 minutes. It's also where I fell in love with Steve McQueen especially, but really the whole cast. My mind was blown that Big X was the white haired dude from Jurassic Park. Also that's 5 of my top 20 gone, I feel confident that 10 out of the remaining 15 will make the list, pretty happy with that I guess.
  4. Was just about to post that. Looks great, female James Bond complete with womanising. So refreshing to see that stairway fight with barely any cuts and no shaky cam.
  5. Just rewatched Rumble in the Bronx (1995) for the first time in maybe a decade. I forgot how bat shit insane this movie is. I forgot how big budget it was, the stunts weren't just Jackie smashing fridge doors over people's heads repeatedly. There is a lorry full of play-balls (different from regular balls I guess) that is pushed off the top of a multi-storey. Let alone a fucking hovercraft chase that just goes on and on and on and is awesome. Jackie was in his peak and is certifiably insane with the stunts he was doing in this movie. Also, Francoise Yip is like ohmygod levels of hot. The bottle scene still actually gets me really sympathetic for Jackie, ready for his babyface come-back.
  6. Was curious about the directors in my list. Possible spoilers because it would be easy to work out some of the films.
  7. There's so many people in that crew, and they're all going to dieeeee.
  8. It comes down to age (29), background (British) and your own personal criteria for ranking movies. For me it was how a movie influenced me and my personality throughout my life, or how I think it will. Movies in my top 20-30 were life changers. 90% of the movies in my list I can quote back and forth with friends and that's part of it too. This was a pre-emptive statement I've put out just in case Evolution (2001) makes the list and it's my fault. I regret nothing!
  9. Two of my picks, Pianist and NBK, and two awesome poster picks by Rippa. Good job.
  10. Since they did this already: I'd be fine with whoever they choose regarding race or gender. Just give me Gary Oldman as the master and I could die happy.
  11. Reign's facial expression after he eliminated Taker is everything wrong with WWE. So unintimidating, fake, bad acting and blahasdfdfa
  12. Sorted the formatting once I realised flickchart has a list button instead of gallery! Only took me 5 years to work that out. Sent! My top 6 were a lock for a while, realised they were all from a different decade of the 20th century. Which is misadvertising the rest of my list.
  13. I have a pretty decently sorted 125 on flickchart, would be pretty time consuming to compile it into the format Rippa wants, any recommendations on a quick way of transcribing it into excel?
  14. Guys, I have a question. Who is the most prolific successful screenwriter of the last 50 years? By that I don't mean whose films made the most money, or who has written the most, but who has consistently written films that have made profit and generally been received well? So kind of a combination of both. Shane Black only has 17 writing credits, but got paid a lot for only 6-7 big movies (Lethal Weapon Series, Last Boy Scout, Long Kiss Goodnight, Iron Man 3, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang). There's a hell of a lot of older screenwriters that you could include, John Huston did everything, acting, directing, writing, which is so impressive. (African Queen, Treasure of Sierra Madre, Maltese Falcon) William Goldman has 33 writing credits including novels and has written some of my favourite films. (Princess Bride, Misery, Marathon Man, Butch Cassidy) Luc Besson seems to be the answer to my question so far. He has 62 credits, several of which have either become franchises, or been adapted several times for TV or other languages. I'm basically in love with his back catalogue, he has a mixture of disposable actions films, cult classics and sci fi. (Transporter, Taken, Fifth Element, From Paris With Love, Kiss of the Dragon, Leon the Professional.) He's also worked consistently since the 80s. Who can you think of?
  15. Love that casting, is he gonna be Han Solo's dad?!
  16. The ending was immense, went home and watched A New Hope straight away. It's completely seamless how they segue into each other, could see a lot of cinemas showing both as a double feature once word gets out. Loved that they used stock footage of gold leader etc in the attack fleet, gave it an amazing nostalgia. Thought the Cushing CGI was jaw dropping, Leia not as much. Vader kicking ass at the end was perfect. So pleased we got a Donnie Yen doing a kung fu scene with multiple stormtroopers, would kill for a spin off about him and his friend. Felicity Jones has another film in her contract doesn't she? Not sure what timeframe they're setting the Han Solo spin off movie in, but there's a chance we could see her in that. I imagine it to be set around the same time.
  17. Oh yeah I see the Britain gets destroyed in a big budget disaster movie trope is still a thing.
  18. 7.) Poltergeist (2015): 8.) 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016):
  19. 5.) Stephen King's IT (1990): 6.) Poltergeist (1982):
  20. So I'm watching for the first time a bunch of famous movies that I've either definitely not seen or maybe have seen bits of and my mind has made me think I have seen. Trying to watch them in some sort of chronological order too, so I can see the history of the horror / teen slasher genre as it evolved. 1.) Halloween (1978): I love everything John Carpenter's ever done, but don't think i've ever seen arguably his most famous work: 2.) Friday the 13th (1980): 3.) A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984): I've got Hellraiser (1987) and IT (1990) to watch next, seen IT before, but only once a long time ago. After that I think I might work on some sequels. Never seen Exorcist 2 or From Dusk Till Dawn 2, and I've been told to avoid both like the plague. However I also enjoy watching bad movies, so there's that.
  21. Charlotte is just the best. That corkscrew moonsault was a thing of beauty. And she's a heel who doesn't get any cheers (yet) which is a rarity.
  22. I'd very much like Patrick Warburton as Cable, Jeffrey Dean Morgan is a decent choice. Most of the interwebz seem to want Stephen Lang, Liam Neeson or Mel Gibson instead.
  23. And Alberto and his brother have been booked to face Paige's brothers next week in Norwich (WaW).
  24. I feel like I should have to jump through some hoops Heath Slater style to earn my entry into next years competition. Y'all are on ped's, I know it!
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