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Originally posted by coxon
aw... The Cable Guy is my fav Jim Carrey movie.. its great... loved his performance....
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Me too! I have watched this endless times more than any other movie :o I know nearly every line...and proud of it :D

Originally posted by Mr. Blonde
My worst 5 would be:

4 - The Cable Guy (How does Matthew Broderick still get work)
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He only gets work these days because he was in that great movie Godzilla :rolleyes: AND maybe because he's married to Sarah Jessica Parker :o ;)
I loved him in The Cable Guy though...Jim and himself were great! :cool:
 
Originally posted by coxon


aw... The Cable Guy is my fav Jim Carrey movie.. its great... loved his performance....

re matthew broderick... have u seen a gem of a movie called 'Election' ?? i enjoyed that alot more as a black comedy over america beauty...
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Yeah i love The Cable Guy too, i absolutely lost it when he did that huge dunk in the basketball game....funny stuff.

Ive seen Election and i agree, a gem of a movie with fantastic performances from Broderick and Reese Witherspoon. For those dissing Matthew Broderick...well shame on you!!! There is only one Ferris Bueller!
 
A couple of folks have gone out of their way to pooh-pooh Australian table movies, and a couple of others have come out in defence of them.

If I may :

Breaker Morant - Love it, the all-star cast makes me drool.
Sunday too far away - One of my very favourites and includes cultural comment that even Erskineville Kings couldn't match.
High tide - Decent, though was never entirely won over.
Struck by lightning - Absolutely wonderful, charming film.
Death in Brunswick - Nah, wasn't much of a fan.
The Club - Darned fine film.
The year my voice broke - my favourite ever movie.
Malcolm - Very cute and funny, always worth a resee.
Man of flowers - Good, but Cox has better.
Wake in Fright - One of the more amazing story concepts, translated fairly well.
Bliss - Great, though I know folks who like it better than I do.
The Bank - Haven't seen it yet.
Bad Boy Bubby - Anyone else ever thought Paul Cox sometimes directs under the pen name 'Rold de Heer'? Seems to be the same attitude, with many more liberties taken. Great film if you can stomach it.
Changing Places - Not sure if I know it.
The Castle - Well, two yanks left my place two days ago talking about looking for a copy to own when they get back.
40,000 Horsemen - Good, but I think pales in comparison to Rats of Tobruk.
Jedda - Fantastic story, also recommend Tudawali, story of the actor who played Marbuk.
Storm Boy - Utter classic.
Careful he might hear you - Eerie, somewhat disturbing, thumbs up.
Caddie - Didn't like it all that much.
Lantana - One of the best films of recent.
The Sum of Us - Hell of a lot of fun.
Man of Flowers - Once again, not Cox' best, though good.
My First Wife - There it is, Cox's best film, absolute humdinger!
Golden Braid - Another Cox vehicle, clever stuff.
Praise - was good, but didn't take my fancy overly.

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In addition, I like :
Nostradamus Kid
Stone
Long Weekend
Road To Nhill
Spider and Rose
Ghosts ... Of The Civil Dead
Ground Zero
Frog Dreaming
Fortress
Stir
Picnic At Hanging Rock
Two Hands
The Well
The Boys
Love Serenade
Idiot Box
What I Have Written
Hercules Returns
Travelling North
Shame
Kokoda Crescent
The Dunera Boys
Road Games
Gallipoli
Adventures Of Barry McKenzie
Sentimental Bloke
Welcome to Woop Woop
Radiance
Blackrock
Dead Heart
Priscilla
Proof
Flesh And Blood
Coca Cola Kid
Razorback
Little Boy Lost
The Removalists
Stork
Dear Claudia
The Interview
The Quiet Room
... and MANY more.

On the other hand, Oz has had some shockers, too :
Coda, Bloodlust, Place At The Coast, Exchange Lifeguards,
Dust Off The Wings, Double Deal, Murrabinna, Pacific Banana,
Early Frost, The Dreaming, Kadaicha, Bloodmoon, Holidays On The River Yarra, Return Home, Dead To The World, Shine, Alvin Purple Rides Again, Bush Christmas, Smuggler's Cove, The Surfer,
Frenchman's Farm

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Also saw Innocence last night ... very, very good. Although I think Tingwell was the wrong bloke for the part. My lord Julia Blake is beautiful! How on earth is that possible?
 

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Oz films for some reason tend to have no middle ground, love them or hate them, 2 examples I can think of that Mobbenfuhrer didn't mention were "The Cars that Ate Paris" and "Razorback"

"The Cars that Ate Paris" is an acquired taste, lots of messages below the surface, full of poignant humour, acting styles covering the full spectrum. It is a movie I enjoy every time I see it

"Razorback" is another eccentric movie, frankly not a long way removed from "The Cars that Ate Paris", but it doesn't have that touch of humanity, it does have humour, and is capable of laughing at itself, the acting is efficient, but none of the actors seem to want to imbue their characters with a piece of themselves, hence there is almost a mechanical feel to the movie.
This is a movie I have seen a few times, however it is not a movie I'd recommend to others.

My point is that the 2 movies I have talked about have similarities, however one I love, one I dislike. I believe this is the case with most of the modern product from Oz, my guess is we make movies that are pet projects of people involved. We do not make "formula" movies, those that are average, will entertain, but in no way challenge a person to think, Hollywood makes 100's of these "formula" movies
 
Best:

The Seven Samurai - did Kurusawa make a film that was less the good? This is his finest, and about as good as it gets IMO.

2. The Sting - Good story, superbly told. Lots of fine actors playing strong parts but not trying to dominate. Great music, great atmosphere. The most perfect tale of revenge.

3. Trading Places - pretty good tale of revenge. A deep, thoughtful and funny comedy. Murphy's never come close to this.

4. Goodfellas - what a gangster film could be.

5. Monty Python's Life of Brian - tighter writing than Grail. Python at full flower. If they could only have squeezed in the Knights of ni.

Worst:

1. ET- twee and vomit inducing.

2. Reservior Dogs - nothing to like about this one. Pointless, uninteresting characters and a script that could have been written on the toilet. (At least it would have indicated better use of time, and and more useful end product).

3. Snatch - can I have the time I spent watching it back please? Looked like the work of a student of filmaking who'd been let out for the first time. "Lets try another plot device and camera trick". The best actor (by far) in the film was Mike Reid, and the British know what to make of that. I would have paired it with "Lock Stock..." but I only saw half of that on video. I had the misfortune of seeing Snatch with friends and would have felt bad walking out. If you want to see a British gangster film watch "The Long Good Friday" with Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren.

4. Desperately Seeking Susan - Desperately seeking the exit.

5. Gladiator - I'm being harsh here because it's not a bad film (good battle/fights scenes) but it's not the classic it's made out to be. For that you need a script of some kind and better acting. Ben Hur and Spartacus are way superior 'Roman Epics'.
 
Originally posted by Booze Hound
Best:

4. Goodfellas - what a gangster film could be.
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Goodfellas I rate as a "nearly classic"; only thing I didn't like about it was the dragged out ending, where Henry is a drugged out fiend escaping the law. Went on for about 10 minutes too long.

Loved Joe Pesci in it though, what a classic "but Ma, i do get a good girl, nearly every night.."

The Dean Martin/rat pack era music was brilliant too.

Agree with your comment regarding the Long Good Friday.
 
Originally posted by Booze Hound


2. Reservior Dogs - nothing to like about this one. Pointless, uninteresting characters and a script that could have been written on the toilet. (At least it would have indicated better use of time, and and more useful end product).
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Tell me you didn't just say that!
 
Originally posted by jod23
Ive seen Election and i agree, a gem of a movie with fantastic performances from Broderick and Reese Witherspoon.
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That movie was a shocker. The same standard as rushmore. Absolute sh|te! Sorry Jod...
 
Okay, so I finally saw Titanic. It was...ok. Good, even. But in my opinion, not great. The effects were very decent and it did have a couple actors I enjoy watching, Paxton, zane and even Smith, in it. But it hasn't made me think any more highly of DiCaprio. After I finished watching it I completely forgot about it. It could have just been the length but movies I really enjoy tend to stick with me.
 

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Originally posted by Mobbenfuhrer
The shockers I listed were the shockers that I don't like.

Houseboat Horror is a shocker that I do like.

Same goes for Outback Vampires and Sky Pirates.
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I know, I like the movie too, but you didn't list it in your best Aussie movies either, I guess it was just an over sight. :D
 
Originally posted by M29


That movie was a shocker. The same standard as rushmore. Absolute sh|te! Sorry Jod...
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i really enjoyed 'Election' !

and.. 'Rushmore' is a movie i'm dying to see as well..
cant find it at my local vid shop... think some b*stard stole it..
 
Originally posted by coxon


i really enjoyed 'Election' !

and.. 'Rushmore' is a movie i'm dying to see as well..
cant find it at my local vid shop... think some b*stard stole it..
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Yep gotta go with Coxy on this one, Election was a great little movie. See Rushmore asap Coxy, very good film also.
 
Originally posted by DEVO


I'm getting away from the original thread a bit aren't I. But as I said before I'll take another look at Citizen Kane.
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I hired Citizen Kane over the weekend, and while I'll remove it from my 5 worst films list, I still cannot see how it is such a great movie. I've read articles were reviewers are saying it's a technical marvel, with breath taking imagery, but I didn't see anything that the German's hadn't done in the Impressionist era of the 1920's. There were some very good moments, especially some of the darker sequences which are very much a prelude to the Film Noir of the 40's, although watching Double Imdemnity (now this film is a classic) straight afterwards may have deminished them as well. The acting was OK by most of the cast, but I though Orson Welles was a little out of his depth at times. There were moments in the film where he didn't look "big" enough to pull off such a "big" character. Overall it is a better film than I remembered, but still not a classic.
 

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My top 5 changes depending on the mood, but it usually involves 5 of these:

1. Shawshank Redemption
2. Three Kings
3. The Godfather
4. The Empire Strikes Back
5. Pulp Fiction
6. Gladiator
7. The Castle
8. Spy Who Shagged me
9. Life of Brian
10. Wayne's World
11. Almost Famous
12. Two Hands
13. American Beauty
14. American Pie
15. Reservoir Dogs
16. South Park: Bigger Longer Uncut
17. The Big Steal
18. The Club
19. Usual Suspects
20. The Dish
 
Originally posted by topdon
1. Prêt-à-Porter (only movie i have ever walked out on - g/f wasn't impressed :D)
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Do you realised you missed over 20 magnificent looking fully frontal naked women walking around on the screen for 5 minutes? I had to sit and watch the credits!!!
 
Best

1) Lord of the Rings, the Fellowship of the Rings: Such a majestic and beautifully crafted film, that looks, sounds and feels just right. I am still stunned at just how well it catches the mood and imagery of the books.

2) The Empire Strikes Back: The best of the Star Wars series and not just because the Empire wins. A comparison to this film shows up everything that is wrong with The Phantom Menace.

3) Braveheart: I remember that Rob Roy, not a bad film really, was released at the same time and ended up looking like amateur hour by comparison. Powerful.

4) Shawshank Redemption: I rarely have any interest in this type of film, but this was so well done that it is impossible to ignore it in any 'best' list.

5) Being There: Possibly Peter Sellers' finest hour. A beautiful film.


Worst

1) The Sound of Music: Even the Nazis would be forgiven for much if they had just executed THAT family.

2) Happy Gilmore: Embarrassingly NOT funny. More like 'Sad' Gilmore really.

3) Fuzzbucket: The man at Disney who is responsible for this woeful rip-off of E.T. should be strung up by the scrotum. Sums up why Disney should stick to animation.

4) The Dirty Dozen - The next mission: The worst war movie of all time, that followed up the most overrated war film of all time. Thoroughly unbelievable and unlikeable.

5) In Love and War: The second worst war movie of all time - my wife made me see it and even she hated it. Surely Ernest Hemmingway wasn't such a stupid, shallow, one-dimensional prat. Surely the director of this abomination was.
 
And apologies to topdon for leaving Prêt-à-Porter off my list of worst movies (although I would find it hard leaving out any of the ones I mentioned).

That film was an absolute stinker.
 

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