Film for Film...

[MR2-Sooner86]

Die Hard series > Lethal Weapon series

It's not even close.

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Deep Impact > Armageddon

[Blue]

Back to the Future > Bill and Ted. But its close.

[sooner59]

The Program > Varsity Blues

[afs]

Indiana Jones > The Mummy

[afs]

Star Wars > Star Trek

[MR2-Sooner86]

Grass Growing > Battlefield Earth

[nighttrain12]

Halloween > Friday the 13th

A lot more thought went into the making of the Halloween films plus more of them have been scary.

[jumperstop]

The Prestige > The Illusionist

[jumperstop]

Tombstone > Wyatt Earp

[StoopTroup]

The Rite>The Exorcist

[StoopTroup]

Hannibal Lector>any other Cannibal

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Saving Private Ryan > Thin Red Line

[mgsooner]

The Longest Yard (1974) > (x50,000) The Longest Yard (2005)

[StoopTroup]

Snakes on a Plane>Any other Plane Movie

[StoopTroup]

Full Metal Jacket>Apocolypse Now

[mgsooner]

Hunt for Red October > Crimson Tide

[jumperstop]

Home Alone 2 > Home Alone

[StoopTroup]

Big Lebowski>Fast Times at Ridgemont High

[SoonerofAlabama]

Indiana Jones > The Mummy


Star Wars > Star Trek

These two are obvious.

[SpankyNek]

Amazon Women on the Moon>The Kentucky Fried Movie

The Love Bug (and all sequels)>The Fast and the Furious(Ditto)

[StoopTroup]

LMAO

The Love Bug (and all sequels)>The Fast and the Furious(Ditto)

[SpankyNek]

LMAO

The Love Bug (and all sequels)>The Fast and the Furious(Ditto)

I almost could have put Three Hour Long Grainy 8mm Film of a Cat Crapping in a Urinal>The Fast and the Furious.
I actually like the old Buddy Hackett Herbie flicks, though.

[BudSooner]

These two are obvious.
But how long are you going to continue supporting George Lucas after the repeated rapings, **** poor stories, a WHINING older Anakin Skywalker and uh...Jar Jar Binks?

Lucas can kiss my dimpled fat ***.

[jumperstop]

Bugs Life > Ants

[Penguin]

Saving Ryan's Privates > Saving Private Ryan

[Penguin]

Pirates (with Jesse Jane) > Pirates of the Caribbean

[StoopTroup]

Lion King>than any Penguin movie

[MR2-Sooner86]

But how long are you going to continue supporting George Lucas after the repeated rapings, **** poor stories, a WHINING older Anakin Skywalker and uh...Jar Jar Binks?

Lucas can kiss my dimpled fat ***.

The Prequel Trilogy wasn't as bad as many make it out to be. Nothing had been done like Star Wars before it so of course it was groundbreaking and revolutionary. Many people also saw it when they were younger and remember how they reacted to it.

No matter what the prequels were never going to do that. Many people saw them and didn't get that magic feeling they had when they saw Star Wars for the first time so, to them, it automatically sucked. If you go online and you see kids and teens, who never saw the original Star Wars in the theater, they look at the prequels the same way Baby Boomers/ Gen Xers look at the original Star Wars. They have the same excitement and magical feeling their parents had back in the day.

As for the "too much CG" argument, where do you stop? Star Wars was groundbreaking because it embraced technology and set out to do things nobody had done before. Were they suppose to stop? I can see both sides of the argument. Yes, you can make some awesome models but CG helps with time and money. What do you think is easier and cheaper, 100,000 clone suits made or 100,000 clones made in a computer? You have to pick and choose what you're going to spend it on. They still used models and such in the prequels but it's mixed in with CG so much you really don't notice it. For example the waterfalls on Naboo were actually them pouring salt.

http://massassi.hobby-site.com/massassi/pictures/episode_1/img/grand_arena_and_podrace_course06.jpg

You probably wouldn't believe me but that's a model right there. Not too bad huh?

Also, if you REALLY pick apart the original movies, like many do the prequels, you can find some bad things as well. Anakin whining? Don't remember Luke from New Hope? Ewoks?

The ONLY thing from the prequels I thought Lucas really screwed up on was trying to describe the force with midichlorians.

Now, what about Star Trek?

The first attempt sucked and sucked hard.
Search for Spock was a snoozefest.
The Final Frontier and The Undiscovered Country were a waste of perfectly good film that could have went to make hot dog documentaries.

[SoonerofAlabama]

New Batman movies > New Superman movie

[TitoMorelli]

Saving Private Ryan > Thin Red Line

I'm part of the vast minority that likes Thin Red Line better, but it's probably just a matter of taste for me.

[TitoMorelli]

After I went back and watched parts of Phantom Menace, I decided it wasn't a complete waste. But should have been much much better. Darth Maul should have had a more prominent role, e.g. Thought the next two episodes were a joke.

"Wrath of Khan" is a great story and can even get me weepy sometimes, something that none of the Star Wars movies ever came close to doing.

[soonerinabilene]

Tommy Boy>Black Sheep

[Jacie]

Big Lebowski>Fast Times at Ridgemont High

I like FTARH . . .

[StoopTroup]

I like FTARH . . .

Yeah me too. But The Dude had a better life approach than Sean Penn IMO. :D

[S.PadreIsl.Sooner]

Animal House > PCU

PCU was fun, though.

[S.PadreIsl.Sooner]

Lord of the Rings trilogy > all other trilogies

[SanJoaquinSooner]

Best Picture snubs:


Fiddler on the Roof > French Connection


Lilies of the Field > Tom Jones


The Graduate > In the Heat of the Night


The Color Purple > Out of Africa (by 3 standard deviations)


My Left Foot > Driving Miss Daisy


The Shawshank Redemption > Forrest Gump


Fargo > The English Patient

[My Opinion Matters]

Yeah, but seriously though, the prequel trilogy is objectively terrrible. It's like they were written by an 11 year old.

[My Opinion Matters]

I also realize that the group that's most likely to disagree are grown men without children that pay full movie theater price to see things like Green Lantern and Faster and Furiouser. So yeah, whatever.

[C&CDean]

Platoon > Full Metal Jacket > Thin Red Line > My morning **** > Apocalypse Now

Harry Potter > LOTR > Willow > Narnia

[sooner59]

I had forgotten all about Willow. That was back in the day.

[GDC]

Best Picture snubs:


Fiddler on the Roof > French Connection


Lilies of the Field > Tom Jones


The Graduate > In the Heat of the Night


The Color Purple > Out of Africa (by 3 standard deviations)


My Left Foot > Driving Miss Daisy


The Shawshank Redemption > Forrest Gump


Fargo > The English Patient

Saving Private Ryan > Shakespeare In Love

[GDC]

I had forgotten all about Willow. That was back in the day.

http://nmyniche.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/tomas3.jpg

[sooneron]

Best Picture snubs:


Fiddler on the Roof > French Connection


Lilies of the Field > Tom Jones


The Graduate > In the Heat of the Night


The Color Purple > Out of Africa (by 3 standard deviations)


My Left Foot > Driving Miss Daisy


The Shawshank Redemption > Forrest Gump


Fargo > The English Patient

Goodfellas > Dances with wolves

Raging Bull > Ordinary People


yeah, I had a films school woody for Scorsese flicks.

[SoonerofAlabama]

Mrs. Doubtfire > Big Mommas House

[sooneron]

Beaumont, Texas (in Footloose) > Beaumont, Texas

[Chuck Bao]

Rocky Horror Picture Show > Best Little Whore House in Texas > Victor/Victoria

Awww heck, I like all three.

[oudavid1]

Deep Impact > Armageddon


The Program > Varsity Blues


Saving Private Ryan > Thin Red Line


The Longest Yard (1974) > (x50,000) The Longest Yard (2005)


Hunt for Red October > Crimson Tide


Bugs Life > Ants


New Batman movies > New Superman movie


Tommy Boy>Black Sheep

My selections

[Curly Bill]

Lonesome Dove > everything else

Watched it tonight. :D

[GDC]

Lonesome Dove > everything else

Watched it tonight. :D

I agree.

[sooneron]

My selections

Longest Yard 05 and Crimson Tide? kids these days :rolleyes:

Sandler's Yard was a mess that wasn't funny and Crimson Tide is just the typical Bruckheimer crap - overblown bravado with the same soundtrack over and over ...

[TitoMorelli]

So, Tootsie or Some Like It Hot?

[jumperstop]

So, Tootsie or Some Like It Hot?

Never seen the other, but I see Tootsie when I was a kid and thought it was funny.

Mrs. Doubtfire > Tootsie still though

[Jacie]

The Wild Bunch > any other western

[Jacie]

Hell Is For Heroes > any other WWII movie

[Jacie]

The Great Escape & Stalag 17 > Von Ryan's Express

[Jacie]

Movies starring Dustin Hoffman > movies starring Woody Allen

[Jacie]

Airplane > Airport (or any Airport sequel)

[BOOMERBRADLEY]

Lord of the rings trilogy > Harry Potter trilogy

[Jacie]

Lord of the rings trilogy > Harry Potter trilogy

Two points here:

1. LOTR was already covered in this post.

S.PadreIsl.Sooner
Sooner Benchwarmer

Location: Somewhere between Texas and Mexico
Posts: 347
Re: Film for Film...

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Lord of the Rings trilogy > all other trilogies

2. Harry Potter isn't exactly a trilogy, more like an octology or something like that.

[BOOMERBRADLEY]

Two points here:

1. LOTR was already covered in this post.

S.PadreIsl.Sooner
Sooner Benchwarmer

Location: Somewhere between Texas and Mexico
Posts: 347
Re: Film for Film...

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Lord of the Rings trilogy > all other trilogies

2. Harry Potter isn't exactly a trilogy, more like an octology or something like that.

Wow...

Thanks for breaking that down for me officer :rolleyes:

[sooner59]

Hobbit Potter