> >
> > > Best Trek movie:
> > > Star Trek II Wrath of Khan
> >
> > or Star Trek 6, whichever I'm in the mood for.
>
> My second choice is First Contact, depending wether I feel for TOS or TNG
>
> >
> > >
> > > 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.
> >
>
> Snow White is the first and best in my mind, although Robin Hood is good too.
>
> > > 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".)
> >
>
> The one with Jack Nicholson as the Joker
> (Where does he get those wonderful toys?)
>
> > > 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
>
> Best Movie No One Else Saw
>
> Seven Days a Week
>
> Honorable Mentions (Movies I don't know how to catagoize)
>
> Matrix
> The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzie
> 12 Chairs
> Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
> A Funny Thing Happend on My Way to the Forum
> Wizards
> Austin Powers (both of them)
>
> Spider-getinmybelly-Boy

I can't believe no one's mentioned on of the best films ever made. The whole film was created like a documentary. The director provided the actors with plot points written out on index cards prior to each scene, and they were left to improvise the entire film. There are many great moments, and even better lines, which are shown to be even more brilliant by the fact that they weren't carefully planned out months in advance, and subjected to rewrites, but merely thought up seconds before they were immortallized on film. What's this creation of genious you ask... why nothing less than Rob Riner's masterpiece "This Is Spinal Tap".

Truly a work of art worthy of praise.

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