MSN's Top Ten Movies You Must Watch on DVD/HT

[Wingznut]

1. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings (2001)
2. Toy Story 2 (1999)
3. The Matrix (1999)
4. Apocalypse Now (1979)
5. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
6. Gladiator (2000)
7. Jurassic Park (1993)
8. Saving Private Ryan (1999)
9. Heat (1995)
10. Fight Club (1999)

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All in all, I think it's a pretty good list. Not perfect, obviously, as it's entirely subjective.

 

[GTaudiophile]

I own 6 of those 10.

 

[anxi80]

personally, i wouldve put 'saving private ryan' higher up there on the list. heat is up there, not bad for a 4 year old dvd. its a great movie, i wish mann would re-release with the extra scenes (17 extra minutes of footage) and a dts track.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

"Lord of the Rings" <- sucked, boring as hell (fanboys, flame away)
"Apocalypse Now" <- would have been good had it not been 3 and a half hours long with no closure
"Fight Club" <- good, but not top 10 material

 

[conjur]

LOTR #1?

Pffft...buncha damn geeks!!

And, Gladiator is also way overrated.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

HEAT'S gunbattle scene...w/ full sound...WOW!!

<--owns that dvd

 

[pulse8]

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle
"Lord of the Rings" <- sucked, boring as hell (fanboys, flame away)
"Apocalypse Now" <- would have been good had it not been 3 and a half hours long with no closure
"Fight Club" <- good, but not top 10 material

It's not based on quality of the film but the experience of watching it on a home theater system.

And Apocalypse Now isn't 3 and a half hours, the Redux is. The original is about 2 and a half hours and it has plenty of closure if you can actually grasp what's going on.

 

[sillymofo]

I like some of those, my own list though:

Forest Gump
Titan A.E.
Spiderman
M.I.
T-1, 2 and 3


some others.... forgot....

 

[Ness]

U-571!!!!!

I swear that felt so realistic that I whispered to my friend to not talk because I was afraid the germans would hear us.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: cr4zymofo
I like some of those, my own list though:

Forest Gump
Titan A.E.
Spiderman
M.I.
T-1, 2 and 3


some others.... forgot....

Spiderman sucks balls.
Forrest Gump isn't really that great, well it is and it isn't. Def. not top 10 material.

 

[fs5]

we made an ATOT list a while back:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=1161201&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE=

 

[Wingznut]

Originally posted by: cr4zymofo
I like some of those, my own list though:

Forest Gump
Titan A.E.
Spiderman
M.I.
T-1, 2 and 3

Titan A.E. is an awesome HT movie.

 

[AmericasTeam]

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
HEAT'S gunbattle scene...w/ full sound...WOW!!

<--owns that dvd

Yeah that scene is the best to test out one's surround sound.

Toy Story 2, seems odd to be in top 10

 

[bandana163]

LOTR 1 alone shouldn't be on the top. Only the trilogy together.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: Vaerilis
LOTR 1 alone shouldn't be on the top. Only the trilogy together.

Difficult when only 2/3rds of it have been released though.

 

[arod]

Yep, those flicks own on my system.

 

[AmdInside]

They forgot Band of Brothers.

 

[bandana163]

Originally posted by: Lonyo

Originally posted by: Vaerilis
LOTR 1 alone shouldn't be on the top. Only the trilogy together.

Difficult when only 2/3rds of it have been released though.

I mean the first episode is not strong enough on its own.

 

[minendo]

I'll watch all of them except Number 1.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I also own 6 on those.

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

The Fifth Element is a reference-quality HT movie, particularly the Superbit version.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: ness1469
U-571!!!!!

I swear that felt so realistic that I whispered to my friend to not talk because I was afraid the germans would hear us.

I didn't like U-571. Effects were good and all but the story just didn't stand up well.

Go rent Das Boot. Or better yet buy it. That is a great movie!

 

[JulesMaximus]

I also like Apollo 13. Great movie and the scene where that big Saturn rocket fires up and leaves the launch pad just gives me goose bumps every time I watch it.