Quoted from Dreamscale Well...what can I say?  Wait...I know... Avatar - Biggest domestic gross.  Biggest World Wide gross.  92% Approval on Rotten Tomatoes.  I think that says enough...

Avatar was a visually stunning experience in 3D. The story was horrid.....

Titanic was a really great story. I'm not a fan of that type of films, but I've seen it at least 8 or so times.

Quoted from Penoyer79 Titanic also grossed a zillion dollars...and beat out LA Confidential, As Good As It Gets, and Good Will Hunting for Best Picture. do i consider it a better film then those? HELL NO.

Why do you have a hard on for AVATAR?

I'm not sticking up for Jeff here although he is my friend but I don't  understand why it's getting such a slap.

The CGI was cutting edge, way ahead of its time.

The story was textbook. I personally thought it reminded me of Dances with Wolves.

But the whole "I hate Avatar" seems silly.

It was a pretty damn good movie.

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its not a personal attack... i just thought the movie was blugh...and coming from one of the more "brutal honest" script critics on this site someone who makes no bones about bragging about how he has so much trouble finishing scripts on this site.....

i expect better.

Avatar - "I dissected a frog once." *Cringe*

Avatar - never seen it.

Something always struck me funny about the skinny blue alien things and a near 3 hour run time... What's sad, I have it on my SGS2, it came with the phone, and I've never booted it up.  Actually, I don't think I can boot it up because I took the original mem card out and swapped in a larger one.  I still can't delete that damn icon, though.

Quoted from Penoyer79 its not a personal attack... i just thought the movie was blugh...and coming from one of the more "brutal honest" script critics on this site someone who makes no bones about bragging about how he has so much trouble finishing scripts on this site..... i expect better.

I'm confused, Penny...you started a thread asking for everyone's favorite movies...not the "best movies", but each individual's favorite movies.  Checking back on the movies all you movie experts have listed is interesting, to say the least, yet not a single soul decided to utter a peep at some of the shit thrown out...until the King of all films was mentioned.

It's funny, really how a few wannabe writers and movie know-nothings have such a hatred for Avatar.  Doesn't make any sense to me, but it is quite humorous.

Go watch Pink Flamingos and Shitty Shitty Bang Bang back to back and get back with me.

Pink Flamingos is a masterpiece.  And it made plenty of money, considering how much it cost to make.  Plus it got John Waters his first real directing gig.    

  

Quoted from mcornetto Pink Flamingos is a masterpiece.  And it made plenty of money, considering how much it cost to make.  Plus it got John Waters his first real directing gig.

Uh...yeah...a true masterpiece, or maybe just a piece.  A $10,000 budgeted piece of something.  OK...there we go.

But, Michael, if you want to say this is one of your all time favorite movies, that's perfectly fine.  You want to stick up for it, you go, boy.

Nobody said a word about your choice...until a few decided to knock one of mine and call it shit.  And until right now, I didn't even knock it...just invited Penny to entertain himself with it.

Quoted from Dreamscale I'm confused, Penny...you started a thread asking for everyone's favorite movies...not the "best movies", but each individual's favorite movies.  Checking back on the movies all you movie experts have listed is interesting, to say the least, yet not a single soul decided to utter a peep at some of the shit thrown out...until the King of all films was mentioned. It's funny, really how a few wannabe writers and movie know-nothings have such a hatred for Avatar.  Doesn't make any sense to me, but it is quite humorous. Go watch Pink Flamingos and Shitty Shitty Bang Bang back to back and get back with me.

I've nothing against Avatar and it's massive success -- Not at all.  I concede it's more than a movie for sure.  It's a pop cultural icon now.  I've just never vested the interest in it as so many others, clearly, have.  I will no doubt watch it someday, and I hope we all can agree, without seeing either Avatar or Twilight:

Avatar>>>>>>>>>>>>>Twilight

Mirite?

Quoted from Dreamscale I'm confused, Penny...you started a thread asking for everyone's favorite movies...not the "best movies", but each individual's favorite movies.

i just said i *thought* Avatar was shit... you're the one deeming it the king of all films.
you also forget i complimented you on your picks of "dusk til dawn" and "abyss"

Quoted from Dreamscale It's funny, really how a few wannabe writers and movie know-nothings have such a hatred for Avatar.

hey! i represent that remark

I heard a quote recently that frankly, I feel carries a lot of weight. That is, no matter how good a movie is, it will always be hated. Case in point: Avatar. Really, not that bad a story. Just utterly cliched and frequently duplicated. I didn't think it was all that bad.

However, I thought "unobtanium" was the cheapest element of the whole film and I don't see how fans can defend it. They could easily have chosen another name without changing anything else about the story.

Anyway, for my money, best flicks would be (more or less in order):

The Fly, Dead Ringers, Oldboy, Hellraiser, Audition, Martyrs, Casino, Goodfellas and Jaws.

No matter how much my tastes change (and believe me, they've changed a lot), I just can't help but come back to these ones. I'd be hard pressed to come up with a different list that carries as much weight collectively.

Quoted from James McClung Anyway, for my money, best flicks would be (more or less in order): The Fly, Dead Ringers, Oldboy, Hellraiser, Audition, Martyrs, Casino, Goodfellas and Jaws.

Loved The Fly. Perfer Casino over Goodfellas...the movies felt very similar too me. Joe Pesci and Robert De Niro basically played the same characters.... i'm glad Scorsese changed up his gangster-tales with The Departed.

as for Martyrs - i'll give you it was a well done movie.... but if i lived my whole life - i think i could have gone without watching that one.

not sure how anyone could sit through that movie for more then one viewing... eesh. i'm no lightweight - but i felt sick for two days after watching that one.

Alien
Aliens
Raiders of the lost ark
The Thing (1982)
E.T
Halloween (1978 )
The Exorcist
Saving Private Ryan
Silence of the lambs
Goodfellas
Hugo
True Romance
Pulp fiction
T2
The Departed
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Millions
Platoon
The Shawshank Redemption
Empire Strikes Back
Lord Of The Rings Trilogy

Quoted from Grandma Bear Avatar was a visually stunning experience in 3D. The story was horrid.....

I second that opinion, Pia!  Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful... wish I'd seen Avatar in 3d.  But the story?  Knew what all the characters would say, even before they opened their mouths.  And the cliche story line (complete with the evil profit motive)....just made me cringe.

Personally, I like my movies to bring something new to the table.  Show individuality, intelligence, at least in some aspect.  Or at least have soul and joie de vivre.  (Like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.)  Sometimes, it's good to just watch something that's simple, pure and makes you smile...  

(Course, I'm also a fan of rampaging Aliens too!)

How is it that every thread on this site manages to turn into a fight? Some like Avatar, some not. Leave it at that.

1. Pulp Fiction.
2. Grindhouse.
3. GoodFellas.
4. Die Hard With a Vengeance.
5. Memento.
6. Se7en.
7. The Cable Guy.
8. Zodiac.
9. The Usual Suspects.
10. Man on the Moon.
11. Sin City.
12. JFK.
13. Die Hard.
14. The Prestige.
15. The Thing (1982).
16. Dawn of the Dead (2004).
17. Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
18. The Social Network.
19. The Wrestler.
20. Boogie Nights.
21. In the Mouth of Madness.
22. There Will Be Blood.
23. 8 Mile.
24. Twelve Monkeys.
25. Magnolia.

Runners-up (virtual tie with Magnolia):

26. American Gangster.
27. Heat.