Movies My Readers MUST Watch
By: Dave Martinez | April 11th, 2008
Its come to my attention that I may be a bit of a movie nerd. And its hard to argue – my favorite analogies are usually movie related.
Catherine-Lucia knows it. Melissa knows it. Everyone knows it.
Its in THIS vain that I offer my loving help and guidance.
If you are a reader to redbulls.theoffside.com , you MUST watch these movies in order to get your TOSRB COOLNESS Card. Period. End of discussion. Get your printer ready . . . this is just off the top of my head . . .
American Psycho
Silence of the Lambs
Platoon
Caccoon
Batteries Not Included
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
Ed Wood
Grumpy Old Men (the whole series)
Die Hard With a Vengeance
Coming to America
Terminator (entire series)
Clerks
Full Metal Jacket
Mallrats
Pulp Fiction
Napolean Dynamite
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
The Shining
Rocky (the entire series – yes, even 5)
Tenacious D – The Pick of Destiny
Hamburger Hill
Anchorman
Star Wars Movies (from 3-6)
Star Trek Movies (Next Generation)
The Sandlot
Kill Bill 1 +2
Gladiator
300
Kids
The Godfather Series
Nightmare on Elm Street series
The Ring
Freddy v Jason
Reefer Madness
The Naked Gun Series
Animal House
Blazing Saddles
The Blues Brothers
Boogie Nights
A Bronx Tale
Caddyshack
Casino
A Clockwork Orange
Die Hard Series
Ed Wood
Fargo
Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Fight Club
Groundhog Day
Just the Ticket
Goodfellas
Hoffa
History Of the World – Part 1
JAWS
JFK
The Karate Kid
Mars Attacks
Old School
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Planet Of The Apes
The Pope Of Greenwich Village
Predator
Raging Bull
Reservoir Dogs
Scarface
Seven
Schindlers List
Sling Blade
Spider-Man
Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan
Stripes
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Tombstone
Top Gun
Total Recall
Trading Places
Twilight Zone: The Movie
The Usual Suspects
The Warriors
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Walk the Line
Batman
Batman Returns
Space Balls
Batman Begins
Popeye (with Robin Williams)
Bad News Bears
South Park
Beavis and Butthead do America
The Princess Bride
Office Space
The Fugitive
And the list will continue to grow as my brain receives more input!
Please add on any other movies I may have looked over. If they are good, they are in
A couple of easy favorites? Ok.
Action, 300.
Romantic Comedy, Princess Bride.
Comedy, Blazing Saddles.
Well, you get the idea.
Anyhow, enjoy the list, the pics and all that, and add to it. Get crackin. These movies are important damnit!
WATCH!
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I cant BELIEVE you were flagged?! I swear, this damn spam karma kills me . . .
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damn. i have to add office space. what a dummy.
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Wait, Die Hard 3 was good, but to have in there twice?
And I have to draw the line at Popeye with Robin Williams, that final fight scene was ridiculous.
Also, Rocky 5 didn’t happen, somehow the whole world was on one big acid trip. Somebody put something in the water and if you got a problem with that “My rings outside” but if you “touch me I’ll sue” cause “I didn’t hear no bell”…dammit!
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lol Robert – the biggest unexplained mystery of all time – Did Tommy Gunn exist?
And how was his incurable head trama suddenly gone *POOF*
And he suddenly has a restaurant. Ah man.
“SUE ME FOR WHAT?!”
Sorry for the Double Die Hard, but with a Vengeance was awesome. Do I have the Fugitive up there?
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Melissa’s right – Primer is pretty awesome. Great sci fi with no special effects. Anyway, the only one of these I haven’t seen is Pope of Greenwich Village, which is due to my strong, almost paralyzing, dislike of Eric Roberts. I hate that he’s playing Maroni in Dark Knight. Great list though. I would substitute Primer (or the Hudsucker Proxy) in for Cocoon. And if we’re talking series, Beneath the Planet of the Apes is the king of the Apes series.
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Both Cleopatra Jones movies are fantastic. Probably my favorite of the entire genre.
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and my favorite Roger Corman movie is Big Bad Mamma. But WARNING you get a glimpse of William Shatner muff. Also stars a young Tom Skerritt.
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Also, Predator, but not Alien OR Aliens? John Hurt getting burst open is one of my first “holy-crap” movie scenes, and Aliens has to be my favorite sci-fi action movie.
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Did you know that Joss Whedon wrote the script for Alien 4? And one of the two dudes from City of Lost Children directed it? So much potential turned into one terrible film. Still, I loved the bit where Winona Ryder talks about plugging her modem into the ship’s computer.
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TOTALLY – Alien 4 was such a waste of so much talent. Jeunet loves him some Ron Perlman. Me, not so much. As for Whedon – nobody’s perfect.
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I am shocked, SHOCKED, that Casablanca is not on here.
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… and by Bad News Bears, you mean the Walter Matthau-Tatum O’Neal-Jackie Earl Haley one, right?
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Last one…I swear… Victory. War. Sports. Pele. It’s a trifecta.
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Bad News Bears! With Matthau! Come on!
Which reminds me . . . I should add the Odd Couple 1 and 2.
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I have seen:
Young Frankenstein
Napoleon Dynamite
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What else…
Groundhog Day
Willy Wonka
Walk the Line
Princess Bride (worst movie ever)Aside from Sandlot & Walk the Line, I’m sorry, but man, that list is SOOOO not my style. I stopped watching about half the movies on the list.
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haha fair enough. not for everyone.
btw – Princess Bride is CLASSIC!
“INCONCEIVABLE”
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My family and I are always quoting Wallace Shawn in Princess Bride. “So I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you!”
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He is the best character in that entire movie. Love it.
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it’s all good. just not my style that’s all. then again I have very distinct taste in films…in case you haven’t noticed (like you couldn’t, lol) I am VERY opinionated, which makes me kind of a jerk sometimes
That said I will have to give Coming to America a try, considering both you and Berger’s raving testimony.
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No “Knocked Up”?????????
Or “LOTR”??????Come on Dave, where have ya been?!
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JG – I havent watched either
WOOPS!
lol
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you list is sadly lacking my friend.
Lets start with the basics;
Woody Allen – Manhattan, Annie Hall, Stardust Memories, Love and Death
Scorsese – Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Last Temptation Of Christ, kundun, Goodfellas
kuberick – Paths of Glory, Dr Strangelove, 2001
Fellini – La Strada, La Dolce Vita, Armacord, 8 1/2then you can move on to French New Wave, Japanese Film, Terry Gilliam, Coppola, Peckinpah, Sergio Leone, Spike Lee, Hitchcock, etc.
Im available for condescending private tutelage.
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Where is Happy Gilmore!
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NLR – I should be ASHAMED of myself! Scorsese and Allen especially.
And I need to add Ants. Great movie.
AND HAPPY GILMORE! What an IDIOT!
Will be added, as soon as I am done with my game preview on americansoccerreader
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