Baumer's ridiculous, uninformed, stupid list of MY BEST 105 FILMS EVER , FULL LIST PG 42

[Empire]

Nah, it will be Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol.

[baumer]

Youre going to love it lol.

Be home in about 4 hours.

[Ethan Hunt]

IMO the greatest fourth instalment in a franchise is Ghost Protocol.

[4815162342]

Thunderball or Friday the 13th IV

[The Futurist]

James Bond, isn t Goldfinger the fourth Bond film ?

[miketheavenger]

James Bond, isn t Goldfinger the fourth Bond film ?

Nope, it's the third one.

[Empire]

It's Scream 4, I think.

[baumer]

Wow. Who knew there were so many great fourth films.

But u forgot about Leprechaun 4.

[The Futurist]

There aren t that many good episode 4 ... Maybe Phantom Menace...

[Plain Old Tele]

We all know it's LETHAL WEAPON 4.

[baumer]

70) The Avengers (2012)

Joss Whedon

 

 

If you are Marvel and you are ready to spend about 350 million dollars on a one of a kind film, who do you hire to helm it? That’s simple…the man who has one directing credit to his name and (ostensibly) has no idea how to handle a budget of that size. And yet The Avengers turned out to be one of the best films of 2012 and is spoken about in the pantheon of great superhero films like The Dark Knight and Spiderman 2. Whedon brought his own geeky sensibilities to the film. There are scenes in it that are right from his childlike mind, like playing Galaga in the floating fortress. So many tiny touches of brilliance were brought to the film because of him. A truly ballsy move by producers Kevin Feige and Alan Fine (among others).  Freddy Vs. Jason was the first film to really combine two separate properties to the delight of all the fans of both characters, but Avengers was a much bigger and more ambitious project and in this viewer's opinion, a close to flawless film.

 

 

Trivia:  Reputedly a scene was filmed where during the final battle Captain America saves an old man trying to protect his grandchildren. He tells him to 'Get them to cover' but as he walks away the old man asks him "Cap, is that really you?'. He turns and, noting the man's World War II veteran lapel pin, trades salutes with him. As Captain America sprints away the children ask their grandfather 'Do you know him?' and he replies 'We ALL know him'.

 

The final end credit scene was added after Robert Downey Jr.. encouraged a scene rewrite: after Tony Stark falls back to Earth, he originally awakens and asks, "What's next?". Robert Downey Jr. thought the line could be more interesting, and the idea of going to a local shawarma restaurant was born. The scene was added one day after the global premiere. Since then, shawarma sales in Los Angeles, St. Louis, and Boston have reportedly skyrocketed.

[Ethan Hunt]

:/

[Sam]

70) The Avengers (2012)

Joss Whedon

 

 

If you are Marvel and you are ready to spend about 350 million dollars on a one of a kind film, who do you hire to helm it? That’s simple…the man who has one directing credit to his name and (ostensibly) has no idea how to handle a budget of that size. And yet The Avengers turned out to be one of the best films of 2012 and is spoken about in the pantheon of great superhero films like The Dark Knight and Spiderman 2. Whedon brought his own geeky sensibilities to the film. There are scenes in it that are right from his childlike mind, like playing Galaga in the floating fortress. So many tiny touches of brilliance were brought to the film because of him. A truly ballsy move by producers Kevin Feige and Alan Fine (among others).  Freddy Vs. Jason was the first film to really combine two separate properties to the delight of all the fans of both characters, but Avengers was a much bigger and more ambitious project and in this viewer's opinion, a close to flawless film.

 

 

Trivia:  Reputedly a scene was filmed where during the final battle Captain America saves an old man trying to protect his grandchildren. He tells him to 'Get them to cover' but as he walks away the old man asks him "Cap, is that really you?'. He turns and, noting the man's World War II veteran lapel pin, trades salutes with him. As Captain America sprints away the children ask their grandfather 'Do you know him?' and he replies 'We ALL know him'.

 

The final end credit scene was added after Robert Downey Jr.. encouraged a scene rewrite: after Tony Stark falls back to Earth, he originally awakens and asks, "What's next?". Robert Downey Jr. thought the line could be more interesting, and the idea of going to a local shawarma restaurant was born. The scene was added one day after the global premiere. Since then, shawarma sales in Los Angeles, St. Louis, and Boston have reportedly skyrocketed.

Wow, that was really unexpected considering your hint.

[James]

I get back what I said. TA over Fight Club?

[baumer]

69) Friday the 13th Part IV:  The Final Chapter (1984)

Joseph Zito

 

 

The first three Friday the 13th's range from good to excellent.  The "Final Chapter" is brilliant.  Making any movie is tough.  Making a horror movie imo is the toughest of any genre.  I'll rephrase that, making a great horror movie is the toughest than any genre.  Joseph Zito, the director and Ted White, the actor who played Jason, were two of the driving forces behind the brilliance of the final chapter.  They understood what Friday the 13th fans loved and what they wanted.  And they delivered big time.  This is the last episode that has the feel of what Friday the 13th is supposed to feel like.  Suspense, gore, nudity, good looking actors, the woods, Frank Mancuso's brilliant score and Tom Savini outdoing anything he had done before.  It's said that Savini agreed to return only if he could absolutely destroy Jason, so that there was no way he could come back.  And destroy him he did.  To see the work that went into making the film, to see the puppets, the make up effects, the tricks of the trade and so on, is to witness the brilliance of a great horror film and the ingenuity of a director who knew exactly what he wanted.  

 

 

Add a terrific cast of young and up and coming actors and you have one of the best horror films ever made.  The killings are brutal and there is a lot of blood in this one and there is a terrific amount of suspense.  I have such an admiration for a man like Zito.  He spoke to Sean Cunningham, picked his brain and then came up with a game plan of his own.  Friday the 13th is ridiculed by most and that 's fine.  But there is more to it than tits and machetes.  This is the very essence of horror brilliance.  

 

***One final note about this movie and really the first four or even five films is that I sometimes get emotional when I speak of them.  They were such a huge part of my childhood and like many kids I needed something to help me get through the tough times.  Horror movies, but especially F13th's did that.  My best friend and I were obsessed with them and whenever we had a chance to do so, we'd watch them.

 

 

Trivia:  The scene at the end, in which Corey Feldman hacks up Jason with a machete, was done by having Feldman chop away at two sandbags.

 

On a budget of $1,800,000, the film made $32,600,000 at the box office.

 

According to Corey Feldman, the screams he made when Jason (Ted White) grabs him through the window were genuine, as he was truly terrified.

Edited March 1, 2015 by baumer

[Rorschach]

Passion of the Christ is glorified violence porn with no emotion other than making me cringe. Whatever. It is a fantastical story so maybe I shouldn't have expected much.

For me, the problem with the film was not the glorified violence or many other criticisms I've heard. My main problem with it was that it felt somewhat incomplete narratively, which yeah I get that it is supposed to depict the last twelve hours of Jesus' life but it didn't feel like a complete story and was just a little too ambitious for its own good.

Caviezel is fantastic though.

[75Live]

69) Friday the 13th Part IV:  The Final Chapter (1984)

Joseph Zito

 

 

The first three Friday the 13th's range from good to excellent.  The "Final Chapter" is brilliant.  Making any movie is tough.  Making a horror movie imo is the toughest of any genre.  I'll rephrase that, making a great horror movie is the tougher than any genre.  Joseph Zito, the director and Ted White, the actor who played Jason, were two of the driving forces behind the brilliance of the final chapter.  They understood what Friday the 13th fans loved and what they wanted.  And they delivered big time.  This is the last episode that has the feel of what Friday the 13th is supposed to feel like.  Suspense, gore, nudity, good looking actors, the woods, Frank Mancuso's brilliant score and Tom Savini outdoing anything he had done before.  It's said that Savini agreed to return only if he could absolutely destroy Jason, so that there was no way he could come back.  And destroy him he did.  To see the work that went into making the film, to see the puppets, the make up effects, the tricks of the trade and so on, is to witness the brilliance of a great horror film and the ingenuity of a director who knew exactly what he wanted.  

 

 

Add a terrific cast of young and up and coming actors and you have one of the best horror films ever made.  The killings are brutal and there is a lot of blood in this one and there is a terrific amount of suspense.  I have such an admiration for a man like Zito.  He spoke to Sean Cunningham, picked his brain and then came up with a game plan of his own.  Friday the 13th is ridiculed by most and that 's fine.  But there is more to it than tits and machetes.  This is the very essence of horror brilliance.  

 

 

Trivia:  The scene at the end, in which Corey Feldman hacks up Jason with a machete, was done by having Feldman chop away at two sandbags.

 

On a budget of $1,800,000, the film made $32,600,000 at the box office.

 

According to Corey Feldman, the screams he made when Jason (Ted White) grabs him through the window were genuine, as he was truly terrified.

 

surprised you have it this low actually

[baumer]

Well, it is ranked 10/10.  

[Kalo]

70) The Avengers (2012)

Joss Whedon

 

 

If you are Marvel and you are ready to spend about 350 million dollars on a one of a kind film, who do you hire to helm it? That’s simple…the man who has one directing credit to his name and (ostensibly) has no idea how to handle a budget of that size. And yet The Avengers turned out to be one of the best films of 2012 and is spoken about in the pantheon of great superhero films like The Dark Knight and Spiderman 2. Whedon brought his own geeky sensibilities to the film. There are scenes in it that are right from his childlike mind, like playing Galaga in the floating fortress. So many tiny touches of brilliance were brought to the film because of him. A truly ballsy move by producers Kevin Feige and Alan Fine (among others).  Freddy Vs. Jason was the first film to really combine two separate properties to the delight of all the fans of both characters, but Avengers was a much bigger and more ambitious project and in this viewer's opinion, a close to flawless film.

 

 

Trivia:  Reputedly a scene was filmed where during the final battle Captain America saves an old man trying to protect his grandchildren. He tells him to 'Get them to cover' but as he walks away the old man asks him "Cap, is that really you?'. He turns and, noting the man's World War II veteran lapel pin, trades salutes with him. As Captain America sprints away the children ask their grandfather 'Do you know him?' and he replies 'We ALL know him'.

 

The final end credit scene was added after Robert Downey Jr.. encouraged a scene rewrite: after Tony Stark falls back to Earth, he originally awakens and asks, "What's next?". Robert Downey Jr. thought the line could be more interesting, and the idea of going to a local shawarma restaurant was born. The scene was added one day after the global premiere. Since then, shawarma sales in Los Angeles, St. Louis, and Boston have reportedly skyrocketed.

Nice one Baumer  Avengers is wonderful. don't let anyone tell ya otherwise. 

[baumer]

68) Boyz N The Hood (1991)

John Singleton

 

 

Boyz ‘N The Hood is the tour de force first film by writer/director John Singleton. He gives us fascinating and tragic story of living in "the hood," the poorer, almost all Black and Hispanic sections of Los Angeles. It shows us the story of Tre (Cuba Gooding Jr.), as he tries to make good decisions in the face of a world where good decisions are rarely rewarded. It shows the conflicting values of loyalty, honor, pride, and vanity, and how to deal with them in a place where going to the store can get you killed. This danger brings a sense of dread to even the most innocuous scenes. The danger serves the dual purpose of making us even more invested in these characters, and more importantly, to give insight to the constant fear that pervades "the hood." Yet, Singleton makes an intensely moral film that argues that restraint, effort, and self reliance are the ways to make it out of "the hood." Lawrence Fishburne plays Tre's father as the moral center in this film that is strong, fair, tough, and in its own way, perfect. He has many powerful scenes but the one that stands out is when Tre (his son) wants to take vengeance on those who killed his best friend.  He is confronted in the living room by Fishburne, who sees he has a gun in his hand.  We then get this exchange:

 

 

Furious Styles: Now I want you to give me the gun.

[Tre does not hand the gun to his father]

Furious Styles: Oh, I get it, you gonna end like Doughboy... like little Chris in a wheelchair.

[Tre still doesn't respond]

Furious Styles: GIVE ME THE MOTHERFUCKING GUN, TRE.

 

There's also a fantastic homage (or is it a criticism) of Stand By Me at the beginning of the film where the four young boys go on a quest to find a dead body, but not in the middle of the woods, but in a back alley on the streets of LA.  

 

 

Trivia:

 

In order to maintain a sense of realism (i.e., shots firing unexpectedly), John Singleton never gave the actors cues as to when the shots would be fired. As such, their reactions are real.

 

John Singleton based Tre's childhood on his own. Singleton's father was a mortgage broker like Laurence Fishburne's character. When he was 12, Singleton moved in with his father in South Los Angeles. Like Tre, Singleton stayed out of trouble with his father's guidance and went to college.

 

Ice Cube was John Singleton's first choice for Doughboy, he approached him at a rap music concert a couple of times, and Cube was reluctant to audition via a screen test, conducted by Singleton himself. Singleton later encouraged Cube to write screenplays (based on Cube's contribution to rap lyrics) - which resulted in the successful 'Friday' film series.

 

John Singleton's Oscar nomination for Best Director at the age of 24 made him the youngest director to ever receive such an accolade, beating Orson Welles by a good two years.