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My top 100 movies: #1: E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1 Viewer)
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Andy Dufresne
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It only feels that way.
I thought none of the Avengers or Thor movies were very thrilling. Iron Man 3 was a bore. Batman vs Superman was a catastrophe. The Dark Knight Rises was 70's era Elvis bloated. The Wolverine and Ant-Man were instantly forgettable.
I haven't bothered, and likely won't, with Suicide Squad and X-Men: Apocalypse.
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Andy Dufresne
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#29 - The Matrix
Before our smartphones and social media updating really did enslave us to our technology the Wachowski siblings caught lightning in a bottle with this little bit of zeitgeist. Too bad the sequels sucked the life out of the idea - although I think I could edit one good movie out of Reloaded/Revolutions.
Mix Hong Kong action with just enough philosophy to make it seem smart and you have one of the last daring movies that Hollywood has chosen to produce.
I do wish that, instead of batteries, the mythology had made humans be the microchips providing processing power for the Matrix. But the audience likely wouldn't have understood that back in 1999.
It was one of my all-time favorite movie going experiences, seeing this for the first time.
Trivia:
The filming of the helicopter scene nearly caused the film to be shutdown because they flew the helicopter through restricted Sydney airspace. Laws in the state of New South Wales in Australia were changed to allow the film to proceed.
The name of the company Neo works for is Metacortex. The roots of this word are meta-, which according to Webster's means "going beyond or higher, transcending," and -cortex, which is "the outer layer (boundary) of gray matter surrounding the brain." Thus, Metacortex is "transcending the boundaries of the brain," which is precisely what Neo proceeds to do.
The key of the beginning theme you hear at the beginning of every Matrix movie (rousing strings and horn blasts) ascends by one tone with each movie. The Matrix starts in the key of E, The Matrix Reloaded in F-sharp and The Matrix Revolutions in the key of G-sharp.
Before our smartphones and social media updating really did enslave us to our technology the Wachowski siblings caught lightning in a bottle with this little bit of zeitgeist. Too bad the sequels sucked the life out of the idea - although I think I could edit one good movie out of Reloaded/Revolutions.
Mix Hong Kong action with just enough philosophy to make it seem smart and you have one of the last daring movies that Hollywood has chosen to produce.
I do wish that, instead of batteries, the mythology had made humans be the microchips providing processing power for the Matrix. But the audience likely wouldn't have understood that back in 1999.
It was one of my all-time favorite movie going experiences, seeing this for the first time.
Trivia:
The filming of the helicopter scene nearly caused the film to be shutdown because they flew the helicopter through restricted Sydney airspace. Laws in the state of New South Wales in Australia were changed to allow the film to proceed.
The name of the company Neo works for is Metacortex. The roots of this word are meta-, which according to Webster's means "going beyond or higher, transcending," and -cortex, which is "the outer layer (boundary) of gray matter surrounding the brain." Thus, Metacortex is "transcending the boundaries of the brain," which is precisely what Neo proceeds to do.
The key of the beginning theme you hear at the beginning of every Matrix movie (rousing strings and horn blasts) ascends by one tone with each movie. The Matrix starts in the key of E, The Matrix Reloaded in F-sharp and The Matrix Revolutions in the key of G-sharp.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
#28 - Fight Club
It may sound funny but this movie really did change my life. I realized that I too was letting other people define for me what should make me happy. It helped me become much more of a free thinker.
But really, I think the movie is hilarious.
Richard: Is that your blood?
Narrator: Some of it. Yeah.
And has a cool soundtrack
Where is my mind
Dust Brothers - Abort Mission
Trivia:
The final shot of the collapsing credit bank buildings was designed by Richard 'Dr.' Baily, who worked on the shot for over 14 months straight. According to director David Fincher, there are almost 4 million separately animated digital elements in the shot.
When The Narrator gets on the bus with Tyler, he only pays the fare for one person.
When Tyler Durden calls The Narrator back in the phone booth, the camera slowly tracks in towards the phone. On the left of the phone, a notice can be seen saying "No incoming calls allowed."
It may sound funny but this movie really did change my life. I realized that I too was letting other people define for me what should make me happy. It helped me become much more of a free thinker.
But really, I think the movie is hilarious.
Richard: Is that your blood?
Narrator: Some of it. Yeah.
And has a cool soundtrack
Where is my mind
Dust Brothers - Abort Mission
Trivia:
The final shot of the collapsing credit bank buildings was designed by Richard 'Dr.' Baily, who worked on the shot for over 14 months straight. According to director David Fincher, there are almost 4 million separately animated digital elements in the shot.
When The Narrator gets on the bus with Tyler, he only pays the fare for one person.
When Tyler Durden calls The Narrator back in the phone booth, the camera slowly tracks in towards the phone. On the left of the phone, a notice can be seen saying "No incoming calls allowed."
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I swear, when I was a kid I was with my dad at one of his friend's house who was hosting a party for the Leon Spinks-Mike Tyson fight (?) and I overheard two guys talking about The Princess Bride and this line was actually uttered. "It was a great movie, I mean it was no Rocky III, but..."
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
"The most blatant case of fraudulent advertising since my suit against the film The Never Ending Story"
Gr00vus
Footballguy
This is one of those I'll get stuck on whenever it pops up on t.v., even though I own the disc.
James Daulton
Footballguy
AD and I could be movie marathon watching buddies!
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
#27 - Gladiator
A great villain, great score, well staged action sequences, and excellent performances all around.
I do like the extended version a bit better as it shows more how full of daddy issues and just bat guano crazy Commodus really is.
Now We Are Free
Strength and honor!
Trivia:
Joaquin Phoenix ad-libbed his scream of "Am I not merciful?", and Connie Nielsen's reaction of frightfully pulling away from him was genuine, since she wasn't expecting it.
Maximus's tattoo "SPQR" stands for "Senatus Populusque Romanus," which translates to "The Senate and the Roman People". This was one of the main slogans of Rome throughout its history (as well as today, e.g. manhole covers etc.).
The names of the horses on Maximus's breastplate, "Argento" and "Scatto" mean silver and trigger (Argento=silver, Scatto=mechanical latch, or trigger). Silver was the name of the horse ridden by The Lone Ranger and Trigger was the name of the horse ridden by Roy Rogers.
A great villain, great score, well staged action sequences, and excellent performances all around.
I do like the extended version a bit better as it shows more how full of daddy issues and just bat guano crazy Commodus really is.
Now We Are Free
Strength and honor!
Trivia:
Joaquin Phoenix ad-libbed his scream of "Am I not merciful?", and Connie Nielsen's reaction of frightfully pulling away from him was genuine, since she wasn't expecting it.
Maximus's tattoo "SPQR" stands for "Senatus Populusque Romanus," which translates to "The Senate and the Roman People". This was one of the main slogans of Rome throughout its history (as well as today, e.g. manhole covers etc.).
The names of the horses on Maximus's breastplate, "Argento" and "Scatto" mean silver and trigger (Argento=silver, Scatto=mechanical latch, or trigger). Silver was the name of the horse ridden by The Lone Ranger and Trigger was the name of the horse ridden by Roy Rogers.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Three of those are top 25.
Strangely enough, they follow each other in sequence.
Strangely enough, they follow each other in sequence.
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#26 - The Shawshank Redemption
"...and for the briefest of moments every last man at Shawshank felt free."
Red: We sat and drank with the sun on our shoulders and felt like free men. Hell, we could have been tarring the roof of one of our own houses. We were the lords of all creation. As for Andy - he spent that break hunkered in the shade, a strange little smile on his face, watching us drink his beer.
Trivia:
Andy and Red's opening chat in the prison yyar took nine hours to shoot. Morgan Freeman pitched that baseball for the entire nine hours without a word of complaint. He showed up for work the next day with his arm in a sling.
After the film gained popularity, Ted Turner sold the television rights to TNT, his own network, for much lower than normal for such a big film. Because it is so inexpensive to show, the film is broadcast on TNT extremely often.
In Stephen King's original story, Red was written as a white Irishman. In the movie, they left the line, "Maybe it's 'cause I'm Irish," in as a joke, even after they had cast Morgan Freeman as Red.
"...and for the briefest of moments every last man at Shawshank felt free."
Red: We sat and drank with the sun on our shoulders and felt like free men. Hell, we could have been tarring the roof of one of our own houses. We were the lords of all creation. As for Andy - he spent that break hunkered in the shade, a strange little smile on his face, watching us drink his beer.
Trivia:
Andy and Red's opening chat in the prison yyar took nine hours to shoot. Morgan Freeman pitched that baseball for the entire nine hours without a word of complaint. He showed up for work the next day with his arm in a sling.
After the film gained popularity, Ted Turner sold the television rights to TNT, his own network, for much lower than normal for such a big film. Because it is so inexpensive to show, the film is broadcast on TNT extremely often.
In Stephen King's original story, Red was written as a white Irishman. In the movie, they left the line, "Maybe it's 'cause I'm Irish," in as a joke, even after they had cast Morgan Freeman as Red.
Nick Vermeil
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Bull Dozier
Footballguy
Shocked it is this low.
Lot's of gems when their air the pop up trivia version. I've seen the movie so often it is not distracting.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
#25 - The Terminator
Done on a shoestring budget and using guerrilla filmmaking techniques, this movie was a surprise hit even to Cameron. He viewed it as more of a horror/slasher type movie than an action film. Fortune favors the foolish, I guess.
Having a female hero broke new ground. The stop motion effects were old-school. And it all comes together in spite of Brad Fiedel's truly awful musical score (except for the main theme, of course). It also captured a dual zeitgeist score with fear of technology and the Cold War nuclear annihilation .
Trivia:
Arnold Schwarzenegger's famous debut line 'I'll be back' was originally scripted as 'I'll come back'.
Filming of the final shot, with Sarah Connor driving off into the distance, was interrupted by a policeman asking if the crew had a permit (which they didn't). Special effects supervisor Gene Warren Jr. lied that the production was his son's student film. Also, Sarah Connor wasn't being played by Linda Hamilton but by a double.
The tanker truck that explodes at the end is a model, not a real truck. It was filmed twice because the wire pulling the truck tugged too hard initially, pulling the front axle off and ruining the shot.
Done on a shoestring budget and using guerrilla filmmaking techniques, this movie was a surprise hit even to Cameron. He viewed it as more of a horror/slasher type movie than an action film. Fortune favors the foolish, I guess.
Having a female hero broke new ground. The stop motion effects were old-school. And it all comes together in spite of Brad Fiedel's truly awful musical score (except for the main theme, of course). It also captured a dual zeitgeist score with fear of technology and the Cold War nuclear annihilation .
Trivia:
Arnold Schwarzenegger's famous debut line 'I'll be back' was originally scripted as 'I'll come back'.
Filming of the final shot, with Sarah Connor driving off into the distance, was interrupted by a policeman asking if the crew had a permit (which they didn't). Special effects supervisor Gene Warren Jr. lied that the production was his son's student film. Also, Sarah Connor wasn't being played by Linda Hamilton but by a double.
The tanker truck that explodes at the end is a model, not a real truck. It was filmed twice because the wire pulling the truck tugged too hard initially, pulling the front axle off and ruining the shot.
massraider
Footballguy
massraider
Footballguy
Along with Karate Kid, just a movie that reminds me of being a kid.
I dunno, feels like there were copies of these VHS tapes everywhere when I was a kid.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
James Daulton
Footballguy
TheAristocrat
Footballguy
Terminator 2 should be around here as well, right?
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
rick6668
Footballguy
Gr00vus
Footballguy
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Gr00vus
Footballguy
Stay is probably in my top 10 right now at least. Potentially one or two more. But the current avatar is more a life's work tribute to a dead genius. I may go back to Hrundi V. Bakshi at some point (The Party is probably a top 10 movie for me, I haven't thought that list through much though). You've been Andy Dufresne your entire run here.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
I like the character. Doesn't make the movie he's in better than the ones in my top ten.
What's wrong about being in the top 25? That's way up there.
Gr00vus
Footballguy
Nothing wrong with it, it was just a surprise, I figured it would end up top 10 at least given your username/avatar. Incidentally, I think it's a top 10 film myself, but that's not the nature of my surprise at the ranking.
Aerial Assault
Footballguy
You're on fire. My only complaint is that this is too low.
This movie has some truly brilliant touches that make it even better than it was already:
- The Terminator methodically surveying the glass around the desk sergeant at the police station after being told he can't see Sarah. For once in the movie, we don't get his/its perspective, and in a rare nod to audience intelligence, we are left to conclude ourselves that he was analyzing it to determine whether it was bulletproof. Clearly, it was, hence "I'll be back" and driving through it with a truck.
- Reese's dialogue while under "interrogation" at the police station. Stellar.
- The seamless integration of the very dark plot with the lighter touches provided by Paul Winfield, Lance Henriksen and Earl Boen. The two lead cops were portrayed so well that you really felt something when they met their fates (although IIRC, Traxler didn't necessarily end up the way it appears he did as a deleted scene makes clear - someone correct me on this)
- The Alamo Sport Shop scene, including "Phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range", "Hey, just what you see, pal," and "Any one of these is ideal for home defense"
- Pretty good chemistry between Biehn and Linda Hamilton.
- Utterly fantastic action scenes given the shoestring budget.
I could go on and on, but won't. Great pick. A masterpiece.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
#24 - Gettysburg
Not only is this a great war movie, it's also excellent for leadership insight.
Both the Battle of Little Round Top and the Third Day (including Pickett's Charge) are incredible.
I would edit out almost all of the scenes with Gen Armistead as I think those sort of bog down the film, but all the other performances are first rate.
Good musical score too.
A few of my all-time favorite scenes - Colonel Chamberlain casts a vision and gives purpose to the fight.
General Stewart, you messed up royally. It won't happen again. Now, forget it, and go do the job I know you're capable of.
Chamberlain and Kilrain discuss what the war means to each of them.
Trivia:
When Pickett tells Armistead that he cannot order Garnett not to make the charge, he is alluding to the fact that at Kernstown (1862), when the Virginians were still under command of Stonewall Jackson, Garnett had been threatened by Jackson with court martial for cowardice and dereliction of duty and only Jackson's death stopped the court martial. Pickett and Armistead as Virginians and friends of Garnett would have known that, hence Pickett's unwillingness to order Garnett to stay behind.
General James Longstreet jovially points out that General George Pickett graduated from West Point (Officer School) "dead last" (in 1846). Longstreet himself graduated 54th out of 56th in 1842.
Not only is this a great war movie, it's also excellent for leadership insight.
Both the Battle of Little Round Top and the Third Day (including Pickett's Charge) are incredible.
I would edit out almost all of the scenes with Gen Armistead as I think those sort of bog down the film, but all the other performances are first rate.
Good musical score too.
A few of my all-time favorite scenes - Colonel Chamberlain casts a vision and gives purpose to the fight.
General Stewart, you messed up royally. It won't happen again. Now, forget it, and go do the job I know you're capable of.
Chamberlain and Kilrain discuss what the war means to each of them.
Trivia:
When Pickett tells Armistead that he cannot order Garnett not to make the charge, he is alluding to the fact that at Kernstown (1862), when the Virginians were still under command of Stonewall Jackson, Garnett had been threatened by Jackson with court martial for cowardice and dereliction of duty and only Jackson's death stopped the court martial. Pickett and Armistead as Virginians and friends of Garnett would have known that, hence Pickett's unwillingness to order Garnett to stay behind.
General James Longstreet jovially points out that General George Pickett graduated from West Point (Officer School) "dead last" (in 1846). Longstreet himself graduated 54th out of 56th in 1842.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
DocHolliday
Footballguy
Great stretch of selections here. Matrix is one of my all time favorites. Robocop, Gladiator, Shawshank, and Terminator are just plain guy fun.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
#23 - Apollo 13
The space program is the coolest thing we've ever done.
Jim Lovell: From now on, we live in a world where man has walked on the moon. And it's not a miracle, we just decided to go.
It's James Horner's finest work too. And a proper version is hard to find. I bought a copy that went out to Oscar judges that doesn't have the lines of dialog or rock songs on it. It's awesome.
The Launch
Darkside of the Moon
Trivia:
Apollo 13 (1995)The cast and crew flew between 500 and 600 parabolic arcs in NASA's KC-135 airplane (nicknamed the "Vomit Comet"). Each arc produced 23 seconds of weightlessness. All of these flights were completed in 13 days. The actual KC135 used (NASA serial number N930NA) was decommissioned in 1995 after 22 years of service and placed on display (2000) at Ellington Field.
While Tom Hanks narrates the line "And as for me...", the real Jim Lovell is shaking hands with Hanks.
Ron Howard stated that, after the first test preview of the film, one of the comment cards indicated "total disdain"; the audience member had written that it was a "typical Hollywood" ending and that the crew would never have survived.
The space program is the coolest thing we've ever done.
Jim Lovell: From now on, we live in a world where man has walked on the moon. And it's not a miracle, we just decided to go.
It's James Horner's finest work too. And a proper version is hard to find. I bought a copy that went out to Oscar judges that doesn't have the lines of dialog or rock songs on it. It's awesome.
The Launch
Darkside of the Moon
Trivia:
Apollo 13 (1995)The cast and crew flew between 500 and 600 parabolic arcs in NASA's KC-135 airplane (nicknamed the "Vomit Comet"). Each arc produced 23 seconds of weightlessness. All of these flights were completed in 13 days. The actual KC135 used (NASA serial number N930NA) was decommissioned in 1995 after 22 years of service and placed on display (2000) at Ellington Field.
While Tom Hanks narrates the line "And as for me...", the real Jim Lovell is shaking hands with Hanks.
Ron Howard stated that, after the first test preview of the film, one of the comment cards indicated "total disdain"; the audience member had written that it was a "typical Hollywood" ending and that the crew would never have survived.
pats3in4
Footballguy
Buzzbait
Footballguy
Top 5 for me. Love this movie. I read the King story long before the movie came out (Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption).
Vanilla Guerrilla
Footballguy
This page contains 2 DvD's that I have lent out to someone and have never gotten them back. Gladiator is in Dallas, and I don't know where Fight Club is. I've never watched Apollo 13.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Brady Marino
Footballguy
Buzzbait
Footballguy
As a kid I couldn't read enough about the Mercury and Apollo programs. The accomplishments of NASA in the time frame dictated by Kennedy is simply phenomenal.
One of my favorite moments that most, who aren't NASA junkies, aren't aware of is John Aaron's SCE to AUX call that saved the Apollo 12 mission. It's amazing that he was able to recall that obscure switch from a previous simulation and apply it to what happened to the Apollo 12 launch scenario.
SCE to AUX
Related to Apollo 13 Aaron was the guy Kranz put in charge of the Lunar Module's power supply. Aaron was in charge of rationing the spacecraft's power during the return flight and devised an innovative power up sequence that allowed the Command Module to reenter safely while operating on limited battery power.
The guy proved he mettle on two consecutive missions.
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Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
I'd read about that before. Real cool.
I like to use the phrase "Steely eyed missile man".
joffer
Footballguy
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
#22 - Last of the Mohicans
Michael Mann's first cut if this movie was 3 hours long. I wish I could have seen that.
As it is, there are three versions: the original 1992 release 112 minute version, the 2001 117 minute director's expanded version, and a 2010 director's definitive cut at 114 minutes.
I think the original release is the best (the conflict between Hawkeye and Hayward is best portrayed) but the recent Blu Ray version is close enough. The DVD version is atrocious.
Awesome battle scenes, a hot Madeline Stowe, and another great musical score add up to an epic movie.
DDL rules, as usual, but Wes Studi's Magua is as threatening a villain as you'll see.
I do think that Chingach####'s final, extended speech on the DVD might be superior but you can't win them all.
From the point where the Sachem agrees to Hawkeye's bargain until Chingach#### has his vengeance on Magua is about as good as filmmaking gets.
Trivia:
Many long nights were spent filming the siege scenes. Due to the expansive area involved, loudspeakers were installed around the battlefield and fort so directions could be easily given to the hundreds of cast and crew. One night after many long hours, Mann was heard to shout over the speakers, "What's that orange light? Turn out that orange light!" After a pause another voice (an A.D.?) came over the speakers stating, "That's the SUN, Michael."
When the film was pushed back from its original summer release to September, Randy Edelman was brought in to provide additional music after Trevor Jones could not return to the film (after having written about fifty minutes of music). Edelman was then in charge of assembling the music for the new cut of the film which clocked in at about 114 minutes (Down from 3 hours). Jones and Edelman did not work together on the score which is why the subsequent soundtrack album separates Jones' music from Edelman's - the album's first half is Jones' score followed by Edelman's and ending with Clannad's song.
Michael Mann's first cut if this movie was 3 hours long. I wish I could have seen that.
As it is, there are three versions: the original 1992 release 112 minute version, the 2001 117 minute director's expanded version, and a 2010 director's definitive cut at 114 minutes.
I think the original release is the best (the conflict between Hawkeye and Hayward is best portrayed) but the recent Blu Ray version is close enough. The DVD version is atrocious.
Awesome battle scenes, a hot Madeline Stowe, and another great musical score add up to an epic movie.
DDL rules, as usual, but Wes Studi's Magua is as threatening a villain as you'll see.
I do think that Chingach####'s final, extended speech on the DVD might be superior but you can't win them all.
From the point where the Sachem agrees to Hawkeye's bargain until Chingach#### has his vengeance on Magua is about as good as filmmaking gets.
Trivia:
Many long nights were spent filming the siege scenes. Due to the expansive area involved, loudspeakers were installed around the battlefield and fort so directions could be easily given to the hundreds of cast and crew. One night after many long hours, Mann was heard to shout over the speakers, "What's that orange light? Turn out that orange light!" After a pause another voice (an A.D.?) came over the speakers stating, "That's the SUN, Michael."
When the film was pushed back from its original summer release to September, Randy Edelman was brought in to provide additional music after Trevor Jones could not return to the film (after having written about fifty minutes of music). Edelman was then in charge of assembling the music for the new cut of the film which clocked in at about 114 minutes (Down from 3 hours). Jones and Edelman did not work together on the score which is why the subsequent soundtrack album separates Jones' music from Edelman's - the album's first half is Jones' score followed by Edelman's and ending with Clannad's song.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
#21 - Jurassic Park
Who cares about the plot holes and inconsistencies (why is there now a huge drop off where the T-Rex was just standing not five minutes ago? And why didn't Tim pick up the shotgun and shoot the raptor at the door instead of hopping up and down like an idiot as his sister hacks the 'UNIX' system?) WE'RE TALKING DINOSAURS HERE!
Everyone knew that moviemaking had changed forever when they got their first look at the Brachiosaurus on its hind legs eating from a tree. It...was...AMAZING!
And the two main themes are some of John Williams' best work.
Trivia:
Spielberg made $250 million from this movie's theatrical run.
Ariana Richards' audition consisted of standing in front of a camera and screaming wildly. Director Steven Spielberg "wanted to see how she could show fear." Richards remembers, "I heard later on that Steven had watched a few girls on tape that day, and I was the only one who ended up waking his sleeping wife off the couch, and she came running through the hallway to see if the kids were all right."
Less time separates humans from T-Rex than T-Rex from Stegosaurus.
Who cares about the plot holes and inconsistencies (why is there now a huge drop off where the T-Rex was just standing not five minutes ago? And why didn't Tim pick up the shotgun and shoot the raptor at the door instead of hopping up and down like an idiot as his sister hacks the 'UNIX' system?) WE'RE TALKING DINOSAURS HERE!
Everyone knew that moviemaking had changed forever when they got their first look at the Brachiosaurus on its hind legs eating from a tree. It...was...AMAZING!
And the two main themes are some of John Williams' best work.
Trivia:
Spielberg made $250 million from this movie's theatrical run.
Ariana Richards' audition consisted of standing in front of a camera and screaming wildly. Director Steven Spielberg "wanted to see how she could show fear." Richards remembers, "I heard later on that Steven had watched a few girls on tape that day, and I was the only one who ended up waking his sleeping wife off the couch, and she came running through the hallway to see if the kids were all right."
Less time separates humans from T-Rex than T-Rex from Stegosaurus.
Bogart
Footballguy
In my top 10. While I know we had the Internet for a few years before The Matrix came out, I feel like this was one of the last big movies that wasn't affected by the Internet, either with spoilers or previews or 24/7 production diaries.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Top 20 coming up! 
rick6668
Footballguy
Still bugs me today every time I catch it.
Great selection. Went to this opening night with the wife. One lady in the theater was scared beyond belief and everytime a dinosaur attacked someone, she was screaming, "Oh Jesus! Help me Jesus!"
Love it.
Bull Dozier
Footballguy
Fantastic movie experience. I was all in on Jurassic Park when it came out. It was my schtick with friends that if we were at a convenience store, or something like they, I would buy some random JP junk (like a jaw breaker the size of an organge, dinosaur egg I guess). I still remember hearing the T-Rex footsteps, seeing the puddle ripple, and feeling the vibrations in the theater and thinking this was groundbreaking stuff. Classic popcorn flick of the first degree.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Love JP, and that more than makes up for #22.
Great job on the list, can't wait for the top 20!
Great job on the list, can't wait for the top 20!
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
I'll just warn you in advance that I totally cheated with the Disney/Pixar rankings.
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