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True Lies (1994)
by and far one of Arnold's best flics
great movie with great action, and Arnold can even laugh at himself, and Tom Arnold with the role of a lifetime as the sidekick who is sick of behing in the van.... the perfect balance of spoof of the genra yet giving serious action
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
An Epic that comes once a generation
1977, a Long time ago in a galaxy far far away... there was a genra busting masterpiece Star Wars, then a darker and far superior Empire, then marketing of lunch boxes led to ewoks in Jedi and the Series fell off...
I worry from time to time that there is no creativity out there wich is how we end up with the 6th star wars when the series ran out of gas after the second, I like most people read the LOTR in HS and always worried that they would attempt to make it and it would be cheesey (imagine clash of the titans level effects and lack of cinematography for the LOTR series)
Peter Jackson has brought vision to bring the books to life to make it real, but I also feel he has also define a new standard on the use of CGI, there in the last few years has been a backlash against CGI the hul looked fake, and star wars attack of the clones while fun looked like a cartoon, it really impairs with the suspension of disbelieve and the gravity of it all... Peter Jackson has found the balance to create the incredible without it being unrealistic or fake....
Amazing triliogy, most trilogies do not maintain throught out, (the matrix movies decline rapidly after a brilliant original and a decent second to a horrid conclusion) and I already mentioned the evil ewoks...
Mike
A Christmas Story (1983)
Its not Christmas unless I see it a few times with the family
I am only 30, but I shared this movie with my father because it reminded him of things when he was young, (he was randy's age at the time) all the old nostalgia, the tree's the trains the old furnaces, cars and even with all the bickering families that were together... We watch the marathon every year and its like my father sharing his childhood with us... also its funny as hell
Mike
Witch Hunt (1994)
One of the most enjoyable made for cable movies
This movie is one that I watch everytime it comes on cable, hopper is good in it as is penolope ann miller, it has great sets and mood and is offbeat enough to help start a trend that lead to all the good cable movies and series we are now accustomed to... (soprano's carnivale, six feet under etc)