Top Ten Movies...
A meme I'm filling out. Because I feel like it.
Tell me about your top ten favourite movies of all time, starting with no.1 first, all of which must include the year they came out. Give a brief description for each one, including a reason why you like it so much -- when you're done, tag five friends!
(1) Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) ~ Best movie EVAH!! Period. Why? Because it's unique, funny, and believe it or not (you won't here this very often from anyone) I like it more than the original, a rare thing to say about a sequel. The puppets are humorous and very well acted-out, and you'll love every single Mogwai and Gremlin that walks onto the screen. (Especially the spider gremlin!) Thank GOD they didn't use CGI, puppets rule!!
(2) King Kong (1933) ~ Oh, come on now... This classic movie should be on everybody's top ten. The stop-motion SFX is excellent, because let's face it; CGI is the lazy man's way out. Stay away from the Ted Turner-ed version, because this was some bad colorization.
(3) The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) ~ Definitely Tim Burton's best film, with very very good stop-motion animation, always my no. 1 movie to watch at Halloween/Christmas. It's so gothic, it's so me. Who cares if it's a kid's movie -- it's just as good for an adult!
(4) A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) ~ Because Freddy Krueger is awesome, and the plot of the movie is great -- an undead guy who kills children in their sleep? Wonderful! Simpsons Halloween special, eat your heart out.
(5) Tarantula! (1955) ~ I LOVE the old Sci-Fi thrillers. This one, in particular, just so happens to be my favourite. It Came from Outer Space and Them! were good, but compared to this movie, the SFX in both of the latter seem primitive. Yes; they used a real tarantula which was photographically enlarged for the monster scenes, but I don't care, it's still pretty convincing, even though it would probably have been even better if they had gotten Ray Harryhausen to do the animation. Oh well...
(6) The Shining (1980) ~ Heeeeeere's Johnny! A famous horror movie that I love, no reason needed. If you've seen it, I think you'll understand why.
(7) The Valley of Gwangi (1969) ~ A cowboy/dinosaur movie which features a huge amount of stop-motion SFX from Ray Harryhausen, who truly is the GOD of old-school special effects, along with Willis H O'Brien, of course. It's not the first movie with dinosaurs and cowboys, because The Beast of Hollow Mountain came about a decade before, which I also love. Unfortunately, this type of genre has an extremely small category of movies, it's basically extinct these days.
(8) Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) ~ I'm sorry, but I can't help but love this Sci-Fi movie to bits and pieces. The creature's costume is more convincing than a lot of others that were made for movies in the fifties. The music score in this movie is so dramatic and cheesy, but I love it anyway. Avoid the two sequels, though...
(9) Godzilla 2000 (2000) ~ I had to fit in one 'zilla movie, and out of all of them, this one sticks out to me the most. The special effects are good, even if after fifty years it's always been a Japanese guy in a latex costume; but after seeing the lousy 1998 American version, I can tell that Godzilla will never be replaced by computer imagery, because I'm afraid you don't always need CGI to make a good movie...
(10) Häxan (1922) ~ This silent classic is sort of a documentary about witchcraft and superstition, featuring plenty of demons and other beasts and ghouls, including Satan himself. It is said to have been the inspiration for such films as The Exorcist and The Blair Witch Project (which is crap, but what the hey.)
*Whew* that was fun but tiring...
I tag:
karinablack,
pippin_cheerio,
crushedcereal,
amandasaitou, and
embyquinn if any of them can actually be bothered. =)
Tell me about your top ten favourite movies of all time, starting with no.1 first, all of which must include the year they came out. Give a brief description for each one, including a reason why you like it so much -- when you're done, tag five friends!
(1) Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) ~ Best movie EVAH!! Period. Why? Because it's unique, funny, and believe it or not (you won't here this very often from anyone) I like it more than the original, a rare thing to say about a sequel. The puppets are humorous and very well acted-out, and you'll love every single Mogwai and Gremlin that walks onto the screen. (Especially the spider gremlin!) Thank GOD they didn't use CGI, puppets rule!!
(2) King Kong (1933) ~ Oh, come on now... This classic movie should be on everybody's top ten. The stop-motion SFX is excellent, because let's face it; CGI is the lazy man's way out. Stay away from the Ted Turner-ed version, because this was some bad colorization.
(3) The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) ~ Definitely Tim Burton's best film, with very very good stop-motion animation, always my no. 1 movie to watch at Halloween/Christmas. It's so gothic, it's so me. Who cares if it's a kid's movie -- it's just as good for an adult!
(4) A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) ~ Because Freddy Krueger is awesome, and the plot of the movie is great -- an undead guy who kills children in their sleep? Wonderful! Simpsons Halloween special, eat your heart out.
(5) Tarantula! (1955) ~ I LOVE the old Sci-Fi thrillers. This one, in particular, just so happens to be my favourite. It Came from Outer Space and Them! were good, but compared to this movie, the SFX in both of the latter seem primitive. Yes; they used a real tarantula which was photographically enlarged for the monster scenes, but I don't care, it's still pretty convincing, even though it would probably have been even better if they had gotten Ray Harryhausen to do the animation. Oh well...
(6) The Shining (1980) ~ Heeeeeere's Johnny! A famous horror movie that I love, no reason needed. If you've seen it, I think you'll understand why.
(7) The Valley of Gwangi (1969) ~ A cowboy/dinosaur movie which features a huge amount of stop-motion SFX from Ray Harryhausen, who truly is the GOD of old-school special effects, along with Willis H O'Brien, of course. It's not the first movie with dinosaurs and cowboys, because The Beast of Hollow Mountain came about a decade before, which I also love. Unfortunately, this type of genre has an extremely small category of movies, it's basically extinct these days.
(8) Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) ~ I'm sorry, but I can't help but love this Sci-Fi movie to bits and pieces. The creature's costume is more convincing than a lot of others that were made for movies in the fifties. The music score in this movie is so dramatic and cheesy, but I love it anyway. Avoid the two sequels, though...
(9) Godzilla 2000 (2000) ~ I had to fit in one 'zilla movie, and out of all of them, this one sticks out to me the most. The special effects are good, even if after fifty years it's always been a Japanese guy in a latex costume; but after seeing the lousy 1998 American version, I can tell that Godzilla will never be replaced by computer imagery, because I'm afraid you don't always need CGI to make a good movie...
(10) Häxan (1922) ~ This silent classic is sort of a documentary about witchcraft and superstition, featuring plenty of demons and other beasts and ghouls, including Satan himself. It is said to have been the inspiration for such films as The Exorcist and The Blair Witch Project (which is crap, but what the hey.)
*Whew* that was fun but tiring...
I tag:
karinablack,
pippin_cheerio,
crushedcereal,
amandasaitou, and
embyquinn if any of them can actually be bothered. =)