Current Events > Hey CE... which movie that I've never seen before should I watch next?

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Make the decision for me

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Alien is my pick, followed by Mad Max

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Out of those, Alien is probably the big one.

BUT, I voted Mad Max. But I need to ask, have you seen its more famous sequel, the Road Warrior? More people have probably seen that. So if you haven't seen either, I'd really recommend watching Mad Max, and then jumping into the Road Warrior. And THEN going to the recent reboot, Fury Road, which is amazing.

There's a third original movie called Beyond Thunderdome... but it's not the same....

Agreed, I prefer Mad Max 2, aka The Road Warrior, to the first one.

That said, several entertaining movies in this list. Hard to go wrong here. Picking Beverly Hills Cop just because its vintage Eddie Murphy.

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JimmyFraska posted...

But I need to ask, have you seen its more famous sequel, the Road Warrior?

Never seen any of em.

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Beverly Hills Cop is a riot, most people probably need a good laugh and that movie is great.

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Escape from L.A. is one of my favorite movies

Ailen then Mad Max then Airplane

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Punch, Drunk, Love. If you're in the mood for something depressing and funny.

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Parasite_Eve posted...

Beverly Hills Cop is a riot, most people probably need a good laugh and that movie is great.

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that a pretty good list of movies to watch. alien, airplane, PDL are all amazing. mad max 1, nacho libre, beverly hills cop, escape from la are legit. and clue, batman, and boondocks arent my favorites but they're not bad movies by any means.

you can't really go too wrong there

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Final bump

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tm315 posted...

Escape from L.A. is one of my favorite movies

Really? I was a huge fan of Escape From New York but I did not care for Escape from L.A.

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nacho libre, man.

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Don't watch Nacho Libre I like Jack Black and I couldn't sit through the movie isn't just take that off your list.

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Alien wins. Starting it in the next 15 minutes.

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The Popo posted...

Alien wins. Starting it in the next 15 minutes.

Is good movie :)

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alien easily.

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If you like it, Aliens needs to be high on your priority list

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MabusIncarnate posted...

If you like it, Aliens needs to be high on your priority list

I previously made a poll like 2 weeks ago, simply between Alien and Escape From NY. Escape won the poll... and after I said that and went to watch the movie, people voted for Alien in force. I came back after watching Escape, and Alien had a lead in the poll.

I figure I might make a running poll every week or two, when Im in the mood for a movie night. Remove the movie that won the previous week and replace it with a new one.

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Copy_X_Mk_ll posted...

Airplane!, followed by Alien, followed by Mask of the Phantasm

do yourself a favor and never watch Nacho Libre

don't listen to this guy, Nacho Libre was great

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Mad max the Alien on an Airplane

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Copy_X_Mk_ll posted...

do yourself a favor and never watch Nacho Libre

It is like watching a car wreck in slow motion. It will scar your mind, haunt your dreams... but you keep watching. You will think about it and be tempted to watch it again.

IMO, it is the same caliber of film as Almost Heroes (Farley, Perry).

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@The_Popo what did you think of Alien?

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clue has some of the funniest people of all time in it. i know it didn't get many votes, but please, watch it sooner than later.

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Parasite_Eve posted...

Beverly Hills Cop is a riot, most people probably need a good laugh and that movie is great.

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Same damn thing happened that occurred with my first poll... after I watch the movie, I come back to find another movie took the lead.

MabusIncarnate posted...

what did you think of Alien?

Sorry, I previously said last night I was starting it in 15 minutes. Started it, and a few things came up - had to put it off until today, but I just finished it.

@MabusIncarnate

(Spoilers ahead for Alien, in case anyone else cares to hear my thoughts...)

Very good movie. With this being such a well-known and often-referenced movie, there were certain things I knew going into it, such as what the Xenomorph would look like, that it did not appear until fairly deep into the plot, and the chest-popping scene.

But aside from that, a fair amount of details were surprises to me. I never knew how the alien would get inside Kane. The fact that something that hatched would suction itself to his face and stay there for a good amount of time was interesting, and I liked how they had the acid-blood (whatever it was) create a reason to force them to keep it in place.

Two things that really jumped out at me were the camera angles that were used and the long stretches of silence. Both were used to strong effect.

Also, two things about the ending. First... the size of the self-destruct explosion got a laugh outta me. Nothing bad about it, but they apparently felt that if they needed to destroy the ship, an atomic bomb level explosion would be needed. Second... they fooled me on when the Xenomorph would be killed. I thought for a moment once Ripley was in the escape ship that shed killed the alien in the self-destruction, and that it was a bit of an anticlimactic ending. Furthermore, since we saw the alien stare at Jones (the cat) while it is inside the cage at the end, I thought the cat might somehow be involved with some weird ending. The fact that the alien stowed away surprised me.

But yeah, very good movie. Ill absolutely watch Aliens at some point.

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Punch Drunk Love, but Airplane is 10/10 too.

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Awesome, yes definitely do Aliens at some point, it's very different but really great.

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ScazarMeltex posted...

Really? I was a huge fan of Escape From New York but I did not care for Escape from L.A.

Yeah, I mean I really enjoyed it. I wouldn't call it a good movie, but that's why I liked it so much