Your favorite movies and or Books

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  1. PhilipRivers17

    PhilipRivers17 Well-Known Member

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    Your favorite movies

    I think a persons movie and/or Book preferences say a lot about them and since we are on a "getting to know each other" kick, i thought it would be cool to know everyones favorite movies or books

    Just post your top 5 movies and or books, if you have more feel free to post as many as you want

    Movies

    1. Rocky I, II, III, IV, V
    2. Forrest Gump
    3. Jurrasic Park Trilogy
    4. Scarface
    5. Godfather Trilogy
    6. Matrix Trilogy
    7. All Star Wars Movies
    8. Schindler's List
    9. Remember the Titans
    10. The Rock


    Books

    1. The DaVinci Code
    2. Harry Potter Books
    3. Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment
    4. Plato's Republic
    5. Makiaveli's Prince

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  2. ReX

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    In no particular order:

    Movies --
    1.Pi
    2.Full Metal Jacket
    3.Heatbreak Ridge
    4.Fight Club
    5.Rounders
    6.Dead Presidents
    7.Se7en
    8.Reservoir Dogs (pretty much every single Quentin Tarantino film starting from this one... although the only one I haven't seen was Kill Bill V.2)
    9.Minority Report
    10.The Animatrix

    Books --
    1.Tropic of Capricorn (Tropic of Cancer)by Henry Miller
    2.Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills by Charles Henderson
    3.The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams
    4.The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger
    5.The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia.. I suppose Disney is making a movie based on this book) by C.S. Lewis
     
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  3. Pinstripe Moose

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    Favorite Movies:

    Field of Dreams
    Super Troopers
    Spaceballs
    Office Space
    Indiana Jones (all three)
    The Sandlot
    Midnight Madness
    Citizen Kane
    Vertigo
    North By Northwest

    Favorite Books (note: I don't read fiction)

    Preparing for the 21st Century
    The Case Against the Global Economy
    The Head Game: Baseball Seen From The Pitcher's Mound
    Jihad Vs. McWorld
    Summer of '49
    Race Matters
    Gods Other Son
    A Bright Shining Lie
     
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  4. burntCanunck

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    Re: Your favorite mo

    i'm about to get my hands on a copy of that, just waiting for a friend to finish reading it and then to me ... yay.

    books:

    lord of the rings trilogy for
    brave new world
    bruce campbell : autobiography of a B movie actor
    Motley Crue: DIRT


    movies?? hmmmm lots to choose from i don't think i have a true number 1.

    star wars episodes IV, V, VI
    lord of the rings trilogy
    evil dead, evil dead II, army of darkness (love bruce campbell) he's from flint, and i met him and he signed my copy of his autobiography :D
     
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    Pulp Fiction
    Old School
    First Blood
    caddy shack
    this is spinal tap
    dirty harry
     
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  6. PhilipRivers17

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    Re: Your favorite mo


    i promise you it will be one of the best books you will ever read. Its great
     
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  7. The Original MP

    The Original MP Wreck 'Em Tech

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    People read books for fun.... WOW :shock: :laugh:



    Movies:

    Comedies: ( in no particular order)
    1. super troopers
    2. club dread
    3. office space
    4. road trip
    5. euro trip
    6. american pie ( 2nd and 3rd ones sucked )
    7. Friday, Next Friday, Friday after Next
    8. How High
    9. Dont be a menace in south central
    10. Dodgeball
    11. Bad Santa

    Horror:
    1. Texas Chainsaw Massacre ( new one )
    2. All the Nightmare on elm street movies
    3. House on Haunted Hill
    4. All the Hellraiser movies were great
    5. 13 Ghosts was aite
    6. The Ring was good the 1st time i saw it

    Everything else:
    1. Black Hawk Down
    2. Saving Private Ryan
    3. Silence of the Lambs
    4. Hannibal
    5. Matrix trilogy
    6. Gothika
    7. Bad Boys II

    Ya soo I've got lots more I could add to all these lists but I think thats pretty good for now.... :D
     
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  8. Junk69

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    Re: Your favorite mo

    It was one of my favorite reads this year.
     
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  9. TommyNuGuns

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    Movies:
    - Requiem for a Dream
    - Memento
    - Snatch
    - Scarface
    - Forrest Gump
    - Frailty
    - Reservoir Dogs
    - Kill Bill Vol. 1
    - Monty Python and the Holy Grail
    - 28 Days Later


    Books:
    - Misery
    - The Stand
    - A Time To Kill
    - Red Dragon
    - The Pelican Brief
     
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  10. burntCanunck

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    Re: Your favorite mo

    i couldn't wait any longer so i decided to pick up a copy for myself :p

    it was 30% off at chapters

    everyone i talk to tells me the same thing so hey why not make a good investment.
     
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  11. PhilipRivers17

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    i haven't heard one bad thing about the DaVinci Code. Being the best seller for over a year has to go for something.
     
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    my 2 favorites are Old School and Super Troopers
     
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