The Top Five Thread, Resurrected!

[megladon8]

We had this at the old site and I always thought it was fun.

So nothing like bringing old threads back to life when you're bored at 7:00am on a weekday!

It goes like this - one poster gives a topic, which the next poster answers with their list of "top 5", then posts the next topic.

I'll provide an example, then give the topic to get the ball rolling.


Top Five Trilogies

1.) The Man With No Name
2.) Star Wars OT
3.) Bourne
4.) Indiana Jones
5.) Miyamoto samurai trilogy


Next topic: Top five performances by Keanu Reeves

:P

[Qrazy]

1. The Matrix
2. A Scanner Darkly
3. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
4. My Own Private Idaho
5. Speed

Top Five Animals in Films

[megladon8]

You have to choose the new topic.

[Boner M]

Top Five Animals in Films
1. Balthasar in Au Hasard Balthasar
2. Jaws
3. Umberto D's dog
4. Babe
5. The manatee from Long Weekend

Top 5 blood-curdling screams in film

[Ezee E]

1. Balthasar in Au Hasard Balthasar
2. Jaws
3. Umberto D's dog
4. Babe
5. The manatee from Long Weekend

Top 5 blood-curdling screams in film
Nice pick with Flick (Umberto D). Even as a kid, I can't think of an animal I was more emotionally attached to then that one. And that final scene...

[Qrazy]

1. Balthasar in Au Hasard Balthasar
2. Jaws
3. Umberto D's dog
4. Babe
5. The manatee from Long Weekend

Top 5 blood-curdling screams in film

Haven't seen Long Weekend, is it good?

[Boner M]

Haven't seen Long Weekend, is it good?
See my brief review in the Ozploitation thread. In short, it's a fun slab of misanthropic ominousness.

[Benny Profane]

Top 5 blood-curdling screams in film

The Tin Drum better be on this list.

[Ezee E]

The Tin Drum better be on this list.
don't remind me. yeesh

[Grouchy]

Top 5 blood-curdling screams in film
1. Janet Leigh in Psycho
2. Sampled scream in Blow Out
3. Girl in the pit in Silence of the Lambs (several screams)
4. Luke's "NOOOOO" in Empire Strikes Back
5. All of the protagonist's screaming in Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)

Haven't seen The Tin Drum, sorry.

Top5 gumshoes (private detectives)

[megladon8]

Top5 gumshoes (private detectives)


Nice one! I like it because there are so many totally wacko variations on the gumshoe characters.

Here are some of my favorites. Not all strictly private detectives, but they fill the shoes (no pun intended) well enough.

1.) Sam Spade (gotta go with the original, he's still the best)
2.) Deckard (Blade Runner)
3.) Eddie Valiant (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?)
4.) The Dude (The Big Lebowski)
5.) Philip Marlowe (Altman's version, from The Long Goodbye)


Here's a topic which I think could get radically different answers from male and females...

Top five totally unromantic kisses.

[Qrazy]

No Jake Gittes? Come on now.

[megladon8]

No Jake Gittes? Come on now.


Not the biggest Chinatown fan.

It's good, but mine were better ;)

[Qrazy]

Not the biggest Chinatown fan.

It's good, but mine were better ;)

Marlowe and Spade can compete with Gittes but he has the other three beat.

[Grouchy]

Marlowe and Spade can compete with Gittes but he has the other three beat.
Yet, but I love the fact that he included the Dude. He did solve the case after all.

My list would probably be:

1. Jake Gittes
2. Sam Spade
3. Deckard (good un' too)
4. Guy from Angel Heart
5. El Duderino

I dunno about the unromantic kisses. I'm having a hard time thinking about it, so I'm leaving it for someone else right now.

[bac0n]

Top Five Most Unromantic Kisses In Film

5. Snow White kissing Dopey's head (thanks Fezzik!)
4. Anakin Skywalker regretting the kiss that he should never have given Queen Amidala (Attack o' the Clones)
3. Eddie Valiant kissing Roger Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?)
2. Neidermeier kissing horse (Animal House)
1. Michael kissing Fredo (The Godfather Part 2)

Next: 5 most irritating characters in film

[The Mike]

Five most irritating characters in film:

1. Tina Williams, Halloween 5
2. Anakin Skywalker, Star Wars Prequels
3. The Dawson, Varsity Blues
4. Pinocchio, Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio
5. Spritle Racer, Speed Racer

Next: Top 5 Characters you'd like to see battle Godzilla.

[Fezzik]

5 characters I'd like to see battle Godzilla

Nice one for me to step into the thread with....here are mine:

5. Ash
4. The Balrog
3. King Kong
2. Gandalf
1. The Iron Giant


Next: 5 best uses of established pop/rock hit songs in a film.

[Ezee E]

Top 5 Most Irritating Characters in Film

1. The Kid in The Tin Drum
2. Jar-Jar Binks in The Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
3. Howard the Duck in Howard the Duck
4. Tom Cruise's son in War of the Worlds[/b]
5. Rob Schneider in [i]Every Single Movie He's Done

NEXT: Top 5 Most Bizarro, Weird Moments that stick out in a movie.

[Russ]

NEXT: Top 5 Most Bizarro, Weird Moments that stick out in a movie.
Stroszek - Dancing chicken.
The Holy Mountain - Reenactment of the conquest of the Aztecs with frogs and lizards.
Mind Game - Nishi talks to God.
Lost Highway - Robert Blake tells Bill Pullman that he is in his house and to use his phone to "Call me."
Funky Forest - Just about any part of this film will do.

Next: Top 5 sequels.

[The Mike]

Next: Top 5 sequels.

1. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
2. Wayne's World 2
3. Dawn of the Dead
4. Army of Darkness
5. Waxwork II: Trapped in Time

Top 5 Films Featuring Islands.

[Ezee E]

I guess The Mike wanted to name other sequels besides the usuals. Nice.

[megladon8]

Top 5 Films Featuring Islands.


1.) King Kong
2.) The Incredibles
3.) Jurassic Park
4.) Destroy All Monsters
5.) Isle of the Dead


Top 5 depictions of Hell

[bac0n]

Top 5 Depictions of Hell in Film

5. Ghost
4. Event Horizon
3. What Dreams May Come
2. Hellbound: Hellraiser 2
1. Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

Next: Top Five Tear-Jerking moments in film

[Amnesiac]

1. Michael kissing Fredo (The Godfather Part 2)

Ha, good call.

[Melville]

Next: Top Five Tear-Jerking moments in film

1. Camilla and Diane walking up the hill in Mulholland Dr.
2. Harry Goldfarb telling the nurse that Marion won't come to the hospital in Requiem for a Dream
3. George Bailey praying in the bar in It's a Wonderful Life
4. Dixon Steele walking away from Laurel Gray's apartment at the end of In a Lonely Place
5. Oskar Schindler saying he could have saved one more person in Schindler's List


Next: Top Five bitter characters in film

[Melville]

Lost Highway - Robert Blake tells Bill Pullman that he is in his house and to use his phone to "Call me."

Best part of that scene: Bill Pullman saying "That's fucking crazy, man." Hilariously incongruous.

[SirNewt]

1. Camilla and Diane walking up the hill in Mulholland Dr.
2. Harry Goldfarb telling the nurse that Marion won't come to the hospital in Requiem for a Dream
3. George Bailey praying in the bar in It's a Wonderful Life
4. Dixon Steele walking away from Laurel Gray's apartment at the end of In a Lonely Place
5. Oskar Schindler saying he could have saved one more person in Schindler's List


Next: Top Five bitter characters in film

5. Walt Kowalski - Gran Torino
4. Camille Javal - Le Mepris
3. Combo - This Is England
2. The Queen - Snow White
1. HAL 9000 - 2001: A Space Odyssey

Top 5 moments that could be misconstrued as gay.

[transmogrifier]

1. Camilla and Diane walking up the hill in Mulholland Dr.

One of the best moments in film ever.

[Qrazy]

Top 5 moments that could be misconstrued as gay.

5. "I want you inside of me." - Red (Pineapple Express)
4. Rummaging for something. - American Beauty
3. Johnny Depp in drag. - Ed Wood
2. Volleyball - Top Gun
1. Jumping on the bed at the end. (Return of the King)

Top 5 moments at the beach.

[Boner M]

5. "I want you inside of me." - Red (Pineapple Express)
4. Rummaging for something. - American Beauty
3. Johnny Depp in drag. - Ed Wood
2. Volleyball - Top Gun
1. Jumping on the bed at the end. (Return of the King)

Top 5 moments at the beach.

1. The ending of Sansho the Bailiff
2. The beached whale at the end of La Dolce Vita
3. The first daylight shark attack on the crowded beach in Jaws
4. The ending of The 400 Blows
5. The ending of Barton Fink

Top 5 shootouts in Westerns

[Melville]

One of the best moments in film ever.
Damn straight.

[megladon8]

Top 5 shootouts in Westerns


5.) Ending of For a Few Dollars More
4.) Ending with the bulletproof vest from A Fistful of Dollars
3.) Ending of Open Range
2.) Mexican stand-off in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1.) Opening train station scene in Once Upon a Time in the West

Honorable mention: final shoot-out in the rocks in Winchester '73.


Top 5 gay relationships not shown as being outside the norm

[Russ]

Top 5 gay relationships not shown as being outside the norm
The ones in:

5. Making Love
4. Philadelphia
3. Torch Song Trilogy
2. Longtime Companion
1. Parting Glances

Top 5 best performances by an actor/actress in a really, really bad film.

[Sven]

Top 5 best performances by an actor/actress in a really, really bad film.

1 Dustin Hoffman in Confidence
2 Bob Hoskins in Hook
3 Christopher Walken in Envy
4 Joan Fontaine in Suspicion
5 Jean Reno in The Professional

Top 5 best uses of established pop/rock hit songs in a film.

[Russ]

Top 5 best performances by an actor/actress in a really, really bad film.
1 Dustin Hoffman in Confidence
2 Bob Hoskins in Hook
3 Christopher Walken in Envy
4 Joan Fontaine in Suspicion
5 Jean Reno in The Professional

dude...where Faye?

[Sven]

dude...where Faye?

For Dunston Checks In? Whatever, man, that movie is a masterpiece.

[Russ]

Dude..

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g49/digsby/web_no_wire_hangers.jpg

[Sven]

I found her performance in Mommy Dearest to be the primary reason for the movie being unwatchable. It has been a long time, admittedly.

[Melville]

1. "In Dreams" by Roy Orbison in Blue Velvet
2. "This Magic Moment" performed by Lou Reed in Lost Highway
3. "Sinnerman" by Nina Simone in Inland Empire
4. "I've Told Ev'ry Little Star" by Linda Scott in Mulholland Drive
5. "Love Me" performed by Nicholas Cage in Wild at Heart

Next: top 5 monkeys in movies

[Russ]

I found her performance in Mommy Dearest to be the primary reason for the movie being unwatchable.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


It has been a long time, admittedly.
Well alright then.

[Raiders]

dude...where Faye?

Or Jon Voight in Anaconda.

[Sven]

Or Jon Voight in Anaconda.

Anaconda is an awesome movie.

[/I'm not sure if I'm joking or not...]

[Qrazy]

Christopher Walken ever so slightly elevated The Prophecy... but not really.

[Russ]

Or Jon Voight in Anaconda.
Psssst, Phil...we were talking about great performances in bad films.

At least you got the second part right.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Christopher Walken ever so slightly elevated The Prophecy... but not really.

The only thing that elevated The Prophecy was that kid getting hit in the face with the ball on the playground.

[Winston*]

Anaconda is an awesome movie.

Srsly.

[Qrazy]

The only thing that elevated The Prophecy was that kid getting hit in the face with the ball on the playground.

I have no memory of this scene but I still have a feeling you are correct.

[Russ]

This topic would probably make a great standalone thread.

I was originally thinking of Faye in Mommie Dearest and Klaus Maria Brandauer in Streets of Gold.

[The Mike]

Next: top 5 monkeys in movies

1. Clyde - Every Which Way But Loose
2. King Kong - King Kong
3. "We've got to find that monkey!" - Outbreak
4. The Monkey - Robinson Crusoe on Mars
5. Suzanne - Mallrats

Yeah, they're not all really monkeys, but whatev.

Top 5 Historically Inaccurate Performances as Real People

[Kurosawa Fan]

I have no memory of this scene but I still have a feeling you are correct.

I promise you I am. I looked on YouTube and couldn't find a clip. If I find one, I'll post it.

[Derek]

For Dunston Checks In? Whatever, man, that movie is a masterpiece.

I'm hesitant to ask for fear of your answer, but I really must know whether you mean this or not.

[Sven]

I'm hesitant to ask for fear of your answer, but I really must know whether you mean this or not.

You are right to ask, and the answer is no. I do not mean it. The film is terrible (save for an amusing turn from Paul Reubens).

[Derek]

You are right to ask, and the answer is no. I do not mean it. The film is terrible (save for an amusing turn from Paul Reubens).

:pritch:

[monolith94]

1. Clyde - Every Which Way But Loose
2. King Kong - King Kong
3. "We've got to find that monkey!" - Outbreak
4. The Monkey - Robinson Crusoe on Mars
5. Suzanne - Mallrats

Yeah, they're not all really monkeys, but whatev.

Top 5 Historically Inaccurate Performances as Real People

I don't feel qualified to make an official list, but these come to mind:

Dietrich as Catherine the Great
Ian Holm as Napoleon in Time Bandits

tough category

[monolith94]

Oh! And Josh Mostel as King Herod in JCS!

[megladon8]

The ones in:

5. Making Love
4. Philadelphia
3. Torch Song Trilogy
2. Longtime Companion
1. Parting Glances

Top 5 best performances by an actor/actress in a really, really bad film.


Wasn't the whole point of Philadelphia that people were still hateful of gays?

[Milky Joe]

Oh! And Josh Mostel as King Herod in JCS!

And I'll add David Cross as Allen Ginsberg in I'm Not There.

[Russ]

Wasn't the whole point of Philadelphia that people were still hateful of gays?
No.

[megladon8]

No.


Well I would at least argue that the relationship is not seen as "normal" by other characters in the film.


EDIT: I mean, Hanks loses his job because he's gay.

And Denzel is very homophobic.

So yeah, gonna have to call you on that one :P

[Russ]

Well I would at least argue that the relationship is not seen as "normal" by other characters in the film.


EDIT: I mean, Hanks loses his job because he's gay.

And Denzel is very homophobic.

So yeah, gonna have to call you on that one :P
Meg, I think you're taking a very superficial view and you need to be looking a bit deeper. The fact that a segment of society was portrayed as homophobic had no bearing on how Demme portrayed the relationship of Hanks and Banderas in Philadelphia. Would you not agree that it is precisely because their relationship was shown on-screen as one very much “in the norm” (they love, they fight, they grieve, they care deeply for one another…hey, they’re just like regular folks!) that Denzel’s character moves beyond his homophobia towards a gradual understanding and acceptance? And, seeing as how Denzel’s character was the one character with whom most of the straight members of the audience related to, well, it’s no wonder that Philadelphia is rightly regarded as one of the main reasons that Hollywood and, by extension, a significant segment of society, have been able to move past the gay stereotypes on display in The Celluloid Closet. Does homophopia still exist? Sure it does. But the portrayal of the gay couple in Philadelphia has probably done more to show mainstream audiences that gays are very much part of the norm than just about any other film in history. I should have put it at number 1 on my list.

[Benny Profane]

I don't really like that movie, but that ending, with the snapshots, and Neil Young's song "Philadelphia" playing, now that is powerful stuff.

[Ezee E]

Meg, I think you're taking a very superficial view and you need to be looking a bit deeper. The fact that a segment of society was portrayed as homophobic had no bearing on how Demme portrayed the relationship of Hanks and Banderas in Philadelphia. Would you not agree that it is precisely because their relationship was shown on-screen as one very much “in the norm” (they love, they fight, they grieve, they care deeply for one another…hey, they’re just like regular folks!) that Denzel’s character moves beyond his homophobia towards a gradual understanding and acceptance? And, seeing as how Denzel’s character was the one character with whom most of the straight members of the audience related to, well, it’s no wonder that Philadelphia is rightly regarded as one of the main reasons that Hollywood and, by extension, a significant segment of society, have been able to move past the gay stereotypes on display in The Celluloid Closet. Does homophopia still exist? Sure it does. But the portrayal of the gay couple in Philadelphia has probably done more to show mainstream audiences that gays are very much part of the norm than just about any other film in history. I should have put it at number 1 on my list.
Well said. The movie generally gets hated around here for the Demme effect, but you point out some of the reasons why it is great in my mind.

[megladon8]

Oh for the historically inaccurate performances, I'm surprised no one mentioned Jonathan Rhys Myers as Henry VIII.

[Wryan]

Did someone in this fucking thread call The Professional a "really, really bad movie" by association? I'm too lazy to go back, but if I find you, I will neg rep you. What the fuck, man? Leon's better, but come on!

[Qrazy]

Oh for the historically inaccurate performances, I'm surprised no one mentioned Jonathan Rhys Myers as Henry VIII.

I have trouble believing Rhys Meyers has ever given a great let alone a good performance.

[Ezee E]

Did someone in this fucking thread call The Professional a "really, really bad movie" by association? I'm too lazy to go back, but if I find you, I will neg rep you. What the fuck, man? Leon's better, but come on!
That was Sven.

Only Sven can get away with that.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Oh for the historically inaccurate performances, I'm surprised no one mentioned Jonathan Rhys Myers as Henry VIII.

If you're referring to his work in The Tudors, he's fucking atrocious. Even with the historical inaccuracies, I might be able to watch it if he weren't involved. He's awful.

[Wryan]

I have trouble believing Rhys Meyers has ever given a great let alone a good performance.

His Titus was ok. But then I'm biased cause I love Titus utterly.

[bac0n]

5. Dietrich as Catherine the Great
4. Ian Holm as Napoleon in Time Bandits
3. Josh Mostel as King Herod in JCS![/QUOTE]
2. (tie) David Cross as Allen Ginsberg in I'm Not There.
2. (tie) Jonathan Rhys Myers as Henry VIII.
1. Al Leong as (Bob) Ghengis Khan in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Next: Top Five Monster Fisticuffs!