What is your Mount Rushmore of movies?

[Zeze]

[Inspired by this thread]

When you think of all the movies you've watched, what come to mind as the most memorable experiences that really caused you to love movies?

If you had to pick 4 games that are the foundations of YOUR movie watching history, what would they be?

Mine would be:

1. Shawshank Redemption: Nothing but heart, and good old human drama. The bromance of Andy and Red in the end beats all real-life romances.

2. Terminator 2: My #1 childhood movie. I will use the word 'perfect' to describe this masterpiece. It's not just empty action, but has soul. Come to think of it, I can't think of any movie to date that pulled off both aspects of cinema. T3 and TS were absolute joke, I pretend they don't exist/aren't canon. No soundtrack can hit me in the feels like this one.

3. Forrest Gump: Gets me every time. I'm not particularly a big fan of Tom Hanks, but this grave scene... oh man.

4. Something About Mary: I could name another drama or action (Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind, etc), but I can't entirely ignore the comedy genre. This movie is a comedy perfection because it's also not a mindless flick. It's got a rather cohesive plot, and humor is just RIGHT on the money- not too low-brow stupid but just edgy enough. No other comedy gets me from start to finish like this. I guess my definition of stupid funny would be like the works of Jay & Silent Bob. Dat Patrick Healy fvkcing gets me.

I would have to mention some classics like The Godfather didn't have a big impact on me because I never watched them until much older.

 

[skyking]

North by Northwest

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Star Wars Trilogy (primarily Empire Strikes Back)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Godfather
Jurassic Park

Not my top 4 movies of all time, but the ones that have the strongest memories of inspiring awe. Actually Empire and Godfather are my top movies of all time, but still, that's not specifically why I listed them.

 

[brianmanahan]

1. lotr: the return of king

2. cast away

 

[xanis]

1. Star Wars trilogy
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Garden State
4. Jurassic Park

 

[chalmers]

1. Shawshank Redemption
2. The Goonies
3. LOTR trilogy
4. Back to the Future

 

[KeithTalent]

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey Greatest sci-fi film of all time and also a technical marvel.

2. Amadeus Amazing performances, great story, and beautiful music too.

3. Reservoir Dogs Balls out fun with great dialogue. I would rate other QT films higher, but RD has a special place in my heart.

4. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre One of the scariest, most visceral movie experiences I've ever had.

Like AP above, these are not my top four movies of all time (though two of them are, my sig has the full top 100) they are the four that speak to a specific part of my life and a particular realization about how films can work, hence the very different styles and subject matters. All four of those I've watched innumerable times too.

KT

 

[Drako]

The Godfather.

Best movie ever.

 

[skyking]

The Godfather.

Best movie ever.

I love that one, but you of all people should have picked up on my reference above

 

[Theb]

Trainspotting and maybe Blazing Saddles. I can't think of any others.

 

[shortylickens]

Whatever happened to "The Egg McMuffin" of things?

 

[KeithTalent]

Whatever happened to "The Egg McMuffin" of things?

Egg McMuffins are gross. So we'd just be talking gross-out movies and horror films.

KT

 

[Printer Bandit]

the GOOONIES

 

[Kadarin]

The Lost Boys

Quite possibly the best vampire movie.

 

[lxskllr]

Not a big fan of movies, but if I had to pick one, maybe V For Vendetta.

 

[KeithTalent]

Do you guys know what Mount Rushmore is?

KT

 

[lxskllr]

Do you guys know what Mount Rushmore is?

KT

Dude, I had to work to come up with one, and you want three more?!

 

[Harrod]

October Sky
Enemy at the Gates
Sunshine

 

[KeithTalent]

Dude, I had to work to come up with one, and you want three more?!

Yeah bro.

KT

 

[NFS4]

Do you guys know what Mount Rushmore is?

KT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap9IDYasCgI

 

[lxskllr]

Yeah bro.

KT

Sigh...

Harry Potter series. The specific one doesn't matter. I liked the idea of Hogwarts, and all the magic stuff.

Nightmare Before Christmas. Because it's awesome, and has good staying power. You can watch from October-December, and it's timely.

Hmm...

I'll go with Forest Gump. Just a good entertaining movie.

 

[Jeffg010]

1. Splash - When Daryl Hannah walks out of the ocean naked. I was only 13 at the time that's how I know there was a god.

2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - all favorite movie. When that orc get his head chopped from Boromir.

3. Napoleon Dynamite - Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.

4. Platoon - When Tom Berenger tells Charlie Sheen do it and he shoots him.

 

[blankslate]

1. Doctor Strangelove this movie tells some truths about the military we'd rather not know

2. Blade Runner. I read DADoES because of it and I realized what one of the most important human qualities is as a result.


3. Remains of the Day. absolutely the most heartbreaking movie about romantic feelings ever



4. Toss up between

a) Dazed and Confused.

b) Groove.

 

[randomrogue]

I don't think I could pick just 4 since some are trilogies and some just are kinda tied. I also tried to pick movies from when I was younger and that I mostly saw in the theater. The Shawshank Redemption is probably the best movie I've ever seen but I was in college when that came out.

1. Original Star Wars Trilogy

Needs no explanation.

2. Gremlins, Back to the Future, Ghost Busters, Goonies, ET, Star Trek IV

These were the ultimate kids movies that made me love movies. There's probably more that will come to me later.

3. Indiana Jones Trilogy

Temple of Doom was the first one I saw in the theater and it scared me a bit but I still loved this series.

4. Die Hard, Dances with Wolves

Die Hard is the first movie I remember cheering for in the theater and Dances with Wolves was the first super long movie that I could sit through and really enjoyed. Up until then I don't think there were many movies longer than 90-120 minutes. That was a 3 hour movie.

 

[Ken g6]

If you had to pick 4 games that are the foundations of YOUR movie watching history, what would they be?

Umm, let's see. I can barely think of four movies I've seen that are based on games.

- Tomb Raider
- Final Fantasy
...um

OK, I can't think of four movies I've seen that are based on games. :$