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Re: Best movie ever?
Posted By: Faux Pas, on host 216.2.166.229
Date: Wednesday, December 1, 1999, at 12:26:42
In Reply To: Re: Best movie ever? posted by Spider-Boy on Tuesday, November 30, 1999, at 19:40:30:

> Best Trek movie:
> Star Trek II Wrath of Khan

or Star Trek 6, whichever I'm in the mood for.

>
> Best Star Wars movie:
> Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope

Empire. I'd rate ANH as third, just after Jedi. (the Episode 1-3 batch will remain a separate movie series in my mind, probably until 2006, so if you're talking "Star Wars movies", I automatically think of ANH, ESB, and ROTJ.)

> Best James Bond movie:
> Goldfinger

That's a tough one. I'd have to say worst was Moonraker, but the best one? Probably On Her Majesty's Secret Service, but it's been so long since I've sat down and watched all the movies, they're starting to run together in my old age. (Maybe I should buy those boxed DVD sets...) Maybe Tomorrow Never Dies, but I'm biased towards Michelle Kwan/Yoeh.

> Best Stupid movie from my Parents Generation:
> Animal House or Caddyshack

Hey! What do you mean "Parent's Generation"? Young whippersnapper.

> Best Animated movie:
> Snow White

Although it's a toss-up on the Disney front between Robin Hood and Tarzan, I'd have to say that Batman: The Mask of the Phantasm wins out here. Sub-Zero would have won, but it was a straight-to-video release.

> Best Mel Brooks movie:
> Young Frankenstine

Robin Hood: Men in Tights. Other people of my generation point to Blazing Saddles or YF, but I really liked Robin Hood.

> Best Superhero movie:
> Batman

Put "Mask of the Phantasm" behind "Batman", and you're right. (You're not talking about the Adam West/Burt Ward movie, are you? Now that was the "Best Stupid Movie of My Parent's Generation".)

> Best Cowboy movie:
> The Man Who Shot Libety Valance

The Outlaw Josey Wales was pretty good. I'm not as knowledgable with the western genre as I am with other genres.

> Best Monty Python movie:
> Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Yeppers.

> Best Christmas movie:
> It's a Wonderful Life

A Christmas Story. "You used all the glue -- on purpose!"

> Best Stop Motion movie:
> The Nightmare Before Christmas

Oh yeah.

> Best Shakespear movie:
> Henry V

Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh), Much Ado About Nothing... Men of Respect was an interesting setting/retelling of MacBeth.

Best Full-on Wierd Movie:
Being John Malkovich

-Faux "a movie quote probably should go here" Pas

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