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No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Armaggeddon: 2:31
Shawshank: 2:22
Fight Club: 2:19
Casino: 2:58
Goodfellas: 2:26
Apocalypse Now: 2:33
Inglorous Basterds: 2:33
Heat: 2:50
Blade Runner: 1:57

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Superb list - all would be in my all-time Top 50........ Shawshank would be in my all-time Top 3.

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The Day of the Jackal

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so are we now talking films we don't get or has it moved on to films we like?

don't get/can't stand:

the godfather - lots of people love it. i just think it is boring and crap.
titanic - utter shite
evita - i was forced to go watch this in the cinema. left after 10 minutes...
bill & ted blah blah - just thinking about the stupidity gives me a headache
sex in the city - where is the gun?
harry potter - can't get into it..can't read the books either..
butterfly effect - i tried twice to watch this, but no chance..

i mostly agree with the lists being put forward for good films but one film i love and most people seem to hate is Full Metal Jacket. Another one I like which has a bad reputation is Se7en....

the film that has surprised me the most this year as i thought it would be shit, but it was pretty good is Hunger Games..

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Nope, it was shit! I kept expecting sparkly vampires to pop out from behind the trees and threaten to give her eternal life.

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Both are better in their original format. Book vs film will win 99% of the time...

Best adaptation of Fear And Loathing is the audio version with Harry Dean Stanton. Please download (legally if you will) - it's brilliant... (no one will. shame.)

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I wish 10% of the people that watched Hunger Games have watched Battle Royale.... and then work out which was better. Weapons can be supplied.

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Meant to put this in the thread of movies to watch.

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But they didn't did they?

I loved it - helped by a whole cinema audience cheering her on............

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I've got both Brother and Battle Royale on DVD. Although I enjoyed Hunger Games, it's not something I'd watch again (unlike Battle Royale).

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That's the exact same reason I thought it would be shit up front, but was pleasantly surprised that no such thing happened. Vampires are so..last year! :p

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I haven't but I will look for it now and report back..

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Cloverfield .... does anyone know wtf that was about? To be fair I dropped off after 20 mins. so please keep your responses short or I'll zzzzzzzzzzzzz

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adding Mad max onto my list- couldnt even fall asleep during it!

oh and Highlander- I think that is a film for boys only!

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Beaches. A film about women crying, for women who like to cry. A lot.

See also Steel Magnolias....

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