On Mar 22, 2006, at 7:13 PM, Steve-o wrote: After pondering for hours on what my favorite movies are, I came up with somewhat of a list here.

Top 70 favorite movies of all time (#16-70 are in no particular order):

1. Aliens (Game over man!!! Game over!!! - Bill Paxton as Pvt. Hudson)
2. Gladiator (It's actually tied with Aliens on my list.)
3. Saving Private Ryan (By far the best war film of all time)
4. Hotel Rwanda
5. Titanic
6. Die Hard (Best Christmas movie of all time. I watch it every Christmas.)
7. The 6th Sense (Best ending for any movie ever made. The ultimate shocker. "You know the tingling feeling you get on the back of your neck. That's them.")
8. The Exorcist (This movie gave me night mares for weeks. Wonderfly done, the great acheivement of the horror genre.)
9. Cool Hand Luke (This man is my hero. "Sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand." - Luke)
10. The Girl Next Door (I don't know why I loved this movie so much, but I really thought that it was a very well laid out movie. It had good humor that didn't resort to stupidity like Dodgeball. I really do beleive that this is a great movie, well at least my favorite comedy/teen movie of all time. Even beating the classic American Pie.)
11. Constantine (I know people hate it, but I really thought it was interesting)
12. Fight Club (Rock my socks off!!! lol)
13. The Shawshank Redemption (Best prison movie of all time.)
14. Terminator 2 (I really thought this movie kicked some serious ass.)
15. Forrest Gump (Just a great American movie.)

16. 13th Warrior
17. Band of Brothers (The whole series I really liked.)
18. Armageddon
19. Black Hawk Down (I thought this movie was going to be super political, but it pleasently suprized me.)
20. Bourne Identity
21. Bourne Supremacy
22. Braveheart (The Irish are the best)
23. The Breakfast Club
24. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (The quintesential western)
25. Cast Away (To remind myself not to complain about being lonely.)
26. Chronicles of Riddick (Fine job by Vin Diesel.)
27. Clerks (The debut of Jay and Silent Bob.)
28. Desperado
29. Dirty Harry
30. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
31. The Fifth Element (Let's face it, I'm a Bruce Willis fan.)
32. Good Will Hunting
33. Gone in 60 Seconds
34. Hidalgo (Made me like horses better.)
35. High Fidelity (My personal favorite John Cusak movie.)
36. Holes
37. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (One of my favorite wacky movies.)
38. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (My favorite British film.)
39. Independence Day
40. The Iron Giant (My favorite animated movie.)
41. Jurassic Park
42. Jumanji
43. Lawrence of Arabia (My favorite old movie.)
44. Lord of War
45. The Matrix
46. Minority Report
47. Moulin Rouge! (The best musical of all time.)
48. The Mummy
49. My Dog Skip
50. O' Brother Where Art Though? (I love it.)
51. Office Space
52. Patch Adams
53. Reign of Fire (Best dragon movie.)
54. Remember the Titans (Best sports movie ever.)
55. Robin Hood: Men in Tights
56. The Sandlot
57. Serendipity
58. Serenity
59. The Shawshank Redemption
60. South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
61. Spaceballs
62. Speed
63. Starship Troopers
64. The Thing
65. The Truman Show
66. Unbreakable
67. The Neverending Story
68. We Were Soldiers
69. X-Men
70. Edward Scissorhands

Some of the worst movies ever (in no particular order):

The Hulk
Dodgeball
Son of the Mask (walked out on)
Cat in the Hat (also walked out on)
Decoys (pls tell me you haven't seen it)
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
The Flintstones
Toys
Mighty Ducks the Movie: Face-Off
Elf
Catwoman
Big
Alien Resurrection

My quick thoughts:

Top 70 favorite movies of all time (#16-70 are in no particular order):
1. Aliens is great.
2. Gladiator is okay.
3. Saving Private Ryan is pretty great.
4. Hotel Rwanda is really good.
5. Titanic had nice special effects, otherwise couldn't stand it.
6. Die Hard is great, but I wouldn't call it the best Christmas movie ever, but I suppose that's sort of a subjective rating.
7. The 6th Sense was good, but I didn't love it the way everyone else did.
8. The Exorcist was good.
9. Cool Hand Luke was great.
10. The Girl Next Door I haven't seen.
11. Constantine I liked more than most people I think.
12. Fight Club is awesome.
13. The Shawshank Redemption is I think decent, but totally overrated by almost everyone.
14. Terminator 2 was really good.
15. Forrest Gump I kind of couldn't stand. It's not that I thought it was bad, I just didn't love it like everyone else.
16. 13th Warrior is with Antonio Banderas, right? I don't think I saw it.
17. Band of Brothers, the HBO miniseries I did not see.
18. Armageddon I didn't think much of.
19. Black Hawk Down was okay.
20. Bourne Identity is outstanding, what a modern action/spy/entertainment type movie should be.
21. Bourne Supremacy pretty much just as great. Looking forward to the third one.
22. Braveheart was overblown.
23. The Breakfast Club can't really remember, but feel like it's pretty silly.
24. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Great, but if you think this is "The quintesential western" you should see Once Upon a Time in the West, made by the same director the year later.
25. Cast Away I haven't seen, it looks annoying.
26. Chronicles of Riddick; I like Vin Diesel, wish he would take fewer roles in lame, routine actioners, but to be fair, I didn't see this. I liked Pitch Black though.
27. Clerks; not that big a fan of Kevin Smith. Impressive he got this made for so cheap, but didn't like it that much, or think it was that funny.
28. Desperado was pretty good.
29. Dirty Harry is a masterpiece.
30. Ferris Bueller's Day Off I saw in high school, feel like it's kind of silly?
31. The Fifth Element is rad. I like Bruce Willis too.
32. Good Will Hunting was really good.
33. Gone in 60 Seconds was really lame.
34. Hidalgo - I haven't seen this yet; but since I already like horses, maybe I don't need to?
35. High Fidelity was a good movie.
36. Holes I didn't see, nor do I want to.
37. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - haven't seen, but I like the star, from the BBC The Office.
38. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Certainly not my favorite British film, but it is my favorite Monty Python film.)
39. Independence Day - stupid.
40. The Iron Giant - didn't see.
41. Jurassic Park - passable; no characters or characterizations of any interest; a couple of really nice sequences though.
42. Jumanji - heard this sucked.
43. Lawrence of Arabia; masterpiece.
44. Lord of War -- what is this? The 2005 movie with Nicholas Cage?
45. The Matrix - great.
46. Minority Report - not great.
47. Moulin Rouge! - fun, and original.
48. The Mummy - the remake? Passable; I like Rachel Weisz.
49. My Dog Skip -- didn't see.
50. O' Brother Where Art Though? Not my favorite Coen Bros film (see Miller's Crossing)
51. Office Space is one of the funniest movies ever.
52. Patch Adams looks AWFUL.
53. Reign of Fire; I may have seen this; not sure.
54. Remember the Titans - not that bad.
55. Robin Hood: Men in Tights - not that funny.
56. The Sandlot - not that interested in seeing.
57. Serendipity - awful.
58. Serenity; I thought this was okay; I love Joss Whedon via Buffy and Angel, but never saw Firefly, so I might have liked it more if I had.
59. The Shawshank Redemption -- didn't you already list this one? So you must REALLY love it?
60. South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut -- pretty funny.
61. Spaceballs -- You should see Mel Brooks' earlier, good movies: Blazing Saddles, The Producers, Silent Movie, Young Frankenstein.
62. Speed -- Totally rad action movie, which changed the way action movies were made. Nice chemistry with Bullock and Reeves; I liked the way the everyman characters were all generally good people. The tacked on second ending is a minor flaw. Great movie.
63. Starship Troopers -- Silly -- but isn't it supposed to be?
64. The Thing -- I assume you mean the Carpenter remake? Either way, both are masterpieces.
65. The Truman Show -- really good.
66. Unbreakable -- not very good. M. Night Shyamalan's films keep getting progressively worse. The Sixth Sense was good and tricky; Unbreakable was sloppy; Signs was lame; The Village was worse than Signs.
67. The Neverending Story I never even saw.
68. We Were Soldiers - I think I saw this, but didn't think much of it.
69. X-Men was fun.
70. Edward Scissorhands was a little hit and miss, but mainly good.

Some of the worst movies ever (in no particular order):

The Hulk -- didn't see.
Dodgeball -- didn't love, but had some good laughs, can't see it as one of the worst movies ever.
Son of the Mask -- I'm sure this sucks.
Cat in the Hat -- I heard this sucks.
Decoys ("pls tell me you haven't seen it" - I don't even know if I've heard of it.)
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle -- didn't see.
The Flintstones -- stupid and lame.
Toys -- didn't see.
Mighty Ducks the Movie: Face-Off -- didn't see.
Elf I didn't like as much as most people seemed to, but I thought it was okay, certainly not one of the worst movies ever.
Catwoman I didn't see.
Big I don't really like, but can't see as one of the worst movies ever.
Alien Resurrection -- I thought this was a decent movie.

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