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| Author: | xiayun [ Fri Nov 11, 2005 4:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Empire's 50 Greatest Independent Films |
50. El Mariachi 49. Run Lola Run 48. Cube 47. Blood Feast 46. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) 45. Mad Max 44. Amores Perros 43. Shadows 42. Swingers 41. Dead Man's Shoes 40. The Descent 39. The Passion Of The Christ 38. Grosse Point Blank 37. Being John Malkovich 36. Buffalo '66 35. THX-1138 34. The Blair Witch Project 33. Shallow Grave 32. Two Lane Blacktop 31. Pink Flamingos 30. Sweet Sweetback Baadassss'... 29. Bad Lieutenant 28. In The Company Of Men 27. Dark Star 26. Lost in Translation 25. Drugstore Cowboy 24. Happiness 23. The Evil Dead 22. Nosferatu 21. Roger And Me 20. Slacker 19. Lone Star 18. Withnail And I 17. City of God 16. She's Gotta Have It 15. Blood Simple 14. Stranger Than Paradise 13. Memento 12. Eraserhead 11. Bad Taste And the top 10: 10. Mean Streets 9. Sideways 8. The Usual Suspects 7. Sex, Lies, And Videotape 6. Night of the Living Dead 5. Monty Python's Life Of Brian 4. Clerks 3. The Terminator 2. Donnie Darko 1. Reservoir Dogs http://www.empireonline.co.uk/features/ ... /50-41.asp |
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| Author: | andaroo1 [ Fri Nov 11, 2005 4:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Empire's 50 Greatest Independent Films |
xiayun wrote: 2. Donnie Darko This list is garbage. |
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| Author: | xiayun [ Fri Nov 11, 2005 4:42 am ] |
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Hehe, with 50 films listed, everybody should find some films they think are overrated. I'm sure Lecter isn't happy to see Run Lola Run and The Blair Witch Project in there.  Overall, I find the list decent, except that there should be some Asian films.
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| Author: | The Dark Shape [ Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:39 am ] |
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Great to see Cube getting some love. |
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| Author: | Dr. Lecter [ Fri Nov 11, 2005 6:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Empire's 50 Greatest Independent Films |
andaroo wrote: xiayun wrote: 2. Donnie Darko This list is garbage. You are garbage! 
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| Author: | Dr. Lecter [ Fri Nov 11, 2005 6:39 am ] |
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Actually, I am quite content with the lost, even though many "indies" here, don't even seem to be indies anymore to us due to their popularity. Sure, I would love Blair Witch Project and Run Lola Run banned from this and any other list, but other than that I must say I am pretty happy with it, way happier than with the horror movies list. Donnie Darko has got to be by far and away my favorite of the bunch and I like to see it that high on the list. Reservoir Dogs deserves its spot as well, I'd say. Very happy to see The Usual Suspects, Sideways and The Terminator in the Top 10. Hey, it's actually a really good list. Other hightlights of the list include Amores Perros, The Evil Dead, Being John Malkovich, The Descent and City of God. |
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| Author: | Dr. Lecter [ Fri Nov 11, 2005 6:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Empire's 50 Greatest Independent Films |
I have seen the following: 49. Run Lola Run 48. Cube 46. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) 45. Mad Max 44. Amores Perros 40. The Descent 39. The Passion Of The Christ 37. Being John Malkovich 34. The Blair Witch Project 23. The Evil Dead 17. City of God 9. Sideways 8. The Usual Suspects 6. Night of the Living Dead 3. The Terminator 2. Donnie Darko 1. Reservoir Dogs |
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| Author: | getluv [ Fri Nov 11, 2005 9:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Empire's 50 Greatest Independent Films |
48. Cube 46. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) 44. Amores Perros 37. Being John Malkovich 34. The Blair Witch Project 26. Lost in Translation 24. Happiness 17. City of God 13. Memento 9. Sideways 8. The Usual Suspects 6. Night of the Living Dead 5. Monty Python's Life Of Brian 4. Clerks 3. The Terminator 2. Donnie Darko 1. Reservoir Dogs Those are the ones I've seen. I don't understand why HAPPINESS is in the list. But it is a great list. |
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| Author: | Johnny Dollar [ Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:25 pm ] |
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It's certainly an interesting list. I love Grosse Pointe Blank so very much, but its existence as an independent film is news to me. |
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| Author: | El Maskado [ Fri Nov 11, 2005 1:19 pm ] |
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Donnie Darko #2?? I agree with Andaroo in saying the movie is highly overated. I did like it but I dont see what the fuss is about. Was it because its a movie set in the 80s about time travel with a bunch of Tears of Fears songs mixed in? |
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| Author: | Groucho [ Fri Nov 11, 2005 1:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Empire's 50 Greatest Independent Films |
Some good ones in here, and a lot I have never even heard of. I've seen the following: 45. Mad Max 37. Being John Malkovich 35. THX-1138 27. Dark Star 26. Lost in Translation 22. Nosferatu 16. She's Gotta Have It 13. Memento 9. Sideways 8. The Usual Suspects 7. Sex, Lies, And Videotape 5. Monty Python's Life Of Brian 4. Clerks 3. The Terminator 2. Donnie Darko 1. Reservoir Dogs http://www.empireonline.co.uk/features/ ... /50-41.asp[/quote] |
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| Author: | trixster [ Fri Nov 11, 2005 2:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Empire's 50 Greatest Independent Films |
I've seen... 37. Being John Malkovich 34. The Blair Witch Project 26. Lost in Translation 13. Memento 9. Sideways 8. The Usual Suspects 6. Night of the Living Dead 3. The Terminator 2. Donnie Darko Glad to see Donnie Darko, The Terminator, and The Usual Suspects all make the top ten. Memento should also be in the top ten. As with the horror list, the inclusion of Blair Witch automatically lowers its credibility. Oh well. |
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| Author: | andaroo1 [ Fri Nov 11, 2005 10:25 pm ] |
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Donnie Darko is an awful movie and whoever likes it thinks all children should die in gas chambers without trials. |
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| Author: | Dr. Lecter [ Fri Nov 11, 2005 10:25 pm ] |
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andaroo wrote: Donnie Darko is an awful movie and whoever likes it thinks all children should die in gas chambers without trials. Hmmm, I am from Germany, I am offended 
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| Author: | Atoddr [ Sat Nov 12, 2005 3:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Empire's 50 Greatest Independent Films |
39. The Passion Of The Christ 37. Being John Malkovich 26. Lost in Translation 23. The Evil Dead 19. Lone Star 15. Blood Simple 13. Memento 9. Sideways 8. The Usual Suspects 6. Night of the Living Dead 3. The Terminator These are the ones I've seen. |
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| Author: | MikeQ. [ Sat Nov 12, 2005 3:46 am ] |
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Donnie Darko at #2 is friggin' sweet!!!! A lot of awesome films on this list. I love it. PEACE, Mike. |
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| Author: | BJ [ Sat Nov 12, 2005 3:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Empire's 50 Greatest Independent Films |
andaroo wrote: xiayun wrote: 2. Donnie Darko This list is garbage. Donnie Darko ruled man :shakes fist at Andaroo: |
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| Author: | Atoddr [ Sat Nov 12, 2005 8:16 am ] |
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I'm surprised how many people haven't seen Blood Simple, the Coen brothers first film. |
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| Author: | Anonymous [ Sat Nov 12, 2005 8:20 am ] |
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Atoddr wrote: I'm surprised how many people haven't seen Blood Simple, the Coen brothers first film. It's the only Coen brothers film that I actually like. |
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| Author: | Atoddr [ Sat Nov 12, 2005 8:24 am ] |
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loyalfromlondon wrote: Atoddr wrote: I'm surprised how many people haven't seen Blood Simple, the Coen brothers first film. It's the only Coen brothers film that I actually like. No love for Fargo? |
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| Author: | Anonymous [ Sat Nov 12, 2005 8:47 am ] |
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Atoddr wrote: loyalfromlondon wrote: Atoddr wrote: I'm surprised how many people haven't seen Blood Simple, the Coen brothers first film. It's the only Coen brothers film that I actually like. No love for Fargo? I never quite understood the hype. It's not a bad film, many people seem to like it, but it never clicked with me. I'm a film noir whore so Blood Simple fits right up my alley. I'm all over the place with some of the directors: Not a fan of Sex, Lies, And Videotape and most of Soderbergh's early work but I think The Limey and Out of Sight are perfect films. Can't stand Eraserhead, can't stand Lynch but The Straight Story is incredible. Shallow Grave over Trainspotting, that's a tough call. Boyle's indie opus Trainspotting opened the floodgates for UK neo cinema. |
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| Author: | Dr. Lecter [ Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:59 am ] |
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loyalfromlondon wrote: Atoddr wrote: loyalfromlondon wrote: Atoddr wrote: I'm surprised how many people haven't seen Blood Simple, the Coen brothers first film. It's the only Coen brothers film that I actually like. No love for Fargo? I never quite understood the hype. It's not a bad film, many people seem to like it, but it never clicked with me. Same here. Fargo is good, but I don't think it's incredible and I don't see anything in McDormand's performance that was supposedly so outstanding. Now, Loyal, O Brother, where art thou? deserves some love, though! |
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| Author: | Star Wars [ Sun Nov 13, 2005 1:18 am ] |
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The Usual Suspects is the worst film ever. Oh wait... SPOILER Kevin Spacey is Soze END SPOILER what a dumb ending. It was hyped and that's all it is? Argh! |
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| Author: | Dr. Lecter [ Sun Nov 13, 2005 1:28 am ] |
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Star Wars wrote: The Usual Suspects is the worst film ever. Oh wait... SPOILER Kevin Spacey is Soze END SPOILER what a dumb ending. It was hyped and that's all it is? Argh! Please, shut up.
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| Author: | Bradley Witherberry [ Tue Apr 04, 2006 3:22 pm ] |
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Oops! Sorry about the repost, and I'm one of the more frequent visitors to this forum... 
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