What's up, MOCK?: Film Festival Friday: July 27, 2012

Friday, July 27, 2012

Film Festival Friday: July 27, 2012

Since I have been mentioning flickchart for a couple of Fridays now, and since some folks (*cough* Kate *cough*) might not venture over to see my current top 20, I thought I'd update them now.

Here are my top 20 movies....some I have seen a bunch of times....some only once or twice but they made an impact on me....

20. A Fish Called Wanda

"You pompous, stuck-up, snot-nosed, English, giant, twerp, scumbag, fuck-face, dickhead, asshole."

19. The Terminator

"It had no choice. Their defense grid was smashed. We'd won. Taking out Connor then would make no difference. Skynet had to wipe out his entire existence! "

18. It's A Wonderful Life

"Why don't you kiss her instead of talking her to death? "

17. Air Force One

"Do you know who I am? I'm the President of the United States! "

16. Henry V

"I was not angry since I came to France, until this instant! "

15. Raiders of the Lost Ark

"It's not the years, honey, it's the mileage."

14. Time Bandits

"Oh, Benson... Dear Benson, you are so mercifully free of the ravages of intelligence."

13. About A Boy

"And there I was killing them softly with my song. Or rather being killed. And not so softly either."

12. Star Wars

"Boring conversation, anyway. LUKE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE COMPANY! "

11. Saving Private Ryan

"Sometimes I wonder if I've changed so much my wife is even going to recognize me, whenever it is that I get back to her. And how I'll ever be able to tell her about days like today."

10. Ghostbusters

"Back off, man...I'm a scientist."

9. The Hunt For Red October

The Hunt for Red October (Special Collector's Edition) Movie Poster

8. 12 Monkeys

"Yeah, that's why none of the volunteers come back. They all get a pardon."

7. True Lies

"You aren't her parents anymore, her parents are Axl Rose and Madonna, you can't compete with that kind of bombardment."

6. Fight Club

"This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time."

5. The Fugitive

"Our fugitive has been on the run for ninety minutes. Average foot speed over uneven ground barring injuries is 4 miles-per-hour. That gives us a radius of six miles. What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area. Checkpoints go up at fifteen miles. Your fugitive's name is Dr. Richard Kimble. Go get him. "

4. X-Men 2: X-Men United

"You are a god among insects. Never let anyone tell you different."

3. The Avengers

"You and I remember Budapest very differently."

2. Black Hawk Down

"When I go home people'll ask me, "Hey Hoot, why do you do it man? What, you some kinda war junkie?" You know what I'll say? I won't say a goddamn word. Why? They won't understand. They won't understand why we do it. They won't understand that it's about the men next to you, and that's it. That's all it is. "

1. Die Hard

"Who's driving this car, Stevie Wonder?"

3 comments:

Tony LaplumeJuly 27, 2012 at 5:15 PM
Clearly you're an action lover. But you also love Terry Gilliam. Something tells me you would have loved his Don Quixote.
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SiobhanJuly 28, 2012 at 4:52 AM
Haha I've heard of Monkeys! Will have to see it. I too love Fight Club.
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Alex J. CavanaughJuly 28, 2012 at 12:59 PM
Some good selections! A Fish Called Wanda is hilarious. Nice to see True Lies listed.
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