My top ten comic book movies

1. The Crow (1994)
2. The Dark Knight (2008)
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
4. Batman (1989)
5. V for Vendetta (2006)
6. Sin City (2005)
7. X-Men 2 (2003)
8. Iron Man (2008)
9. Watchmen (2009)
10. Batman Returns (1992) OR Batman Begins (2005)

Other movies I enjoyed, but aren't my favourites:

300 (2007)
Batman Forever (1995)
From Hell (2001)
TMNT (2007)
X-Men (2000)
The Mask (1994)
Immortel (2004)
Alien Vs. Predator (2004)
Constantine (2005)
Ghost World (2001)
Hellboy (2004)
A History of Violence (2005)
Judge Dredd (1995)
The Punisher (2004)
The Rocketeer (1991)
The Shadow (1994)
Supergirl (1984)
Spiderman (2002)
Spiderman 2 (2004)
Spiderman 3 (2007)

He Was A Quiet Man review

Plot 100%

Most people don't have a f**king clue that this movie exists. Well, neither I. But first thing I noticed was the cover and I thought wtf is this?

Hmm, it's got a cover with a dude holding dynamite. And that dude is played by Christian Slater. I'm not a big fan of Christian Slater but he was in one classic movie that I liked called HEATHERS.

So I read the back to see what the plot is and have never heard of any movie like this before. Completely original plot. So I did not hesitate to buy it.

Script 100%

Well, after watching it I was completely BLOWN AWAY by how well developed the script is. The writing is total genius, so much subtlety and multiple layers. You will have to watch it more than once to pick up on everything in it.

To say the tone of this movie, would be a dark comedy/drama.

Acting 100%

Which leads to the acting. Christian Slater TOTALLY DISAPPEARS into the role of Bob Maconel. You cannot even imagine anyone else playing him. Perfect comic timing and delivery of dialogue.

Great support is given by William H. Macy (guy is a solid actor), Elisha Cuthbert who is not a dumb bimbo but plays a very mature and complex role and the rest of the cast who are also great.

Visuals 80%

This is more of an actor's movie than a visual masterpiece which is cool. Not every movie has to have great visuals as long as you can f**king see the thing.

Some people have bitched about the cgi. Well, the cgi isn't supposed to be realistic because it exists totally in the character's head as a fantasy so I can forgive the dodgy cgi (it isn't that bad, really).

Score 95%

The score is perfect for this movie, it has a great soundtrack of songs I've never heard before that fit perfectly.

Violence/Swearing/Gore/Nudity

Violence - low

Swearing - yes, quite a bit of swearing ("Those f**king bastards are dead")

Nudity - yes, some female nudity in this

Gore - none

Overall 97%

This movie has cult classic written all over it. It's way under-recognised for what it is - a low budget, independent movie. But it kicks ass and it's the most original movie I've seen in years. It's also one of the blackest comedy/drama I've ever seen. Besides another black comedy/drama classic called The Young Poisoner's Handbook (also check that out it's awesome). It's also got great entertainment value. A fun movie filled with good performances. And realistic in that you may be able to recognise many of the characters and situations (or even stereotypes maybe).

DO NOT watch the trailer btw. It makes it out to be a happy love story which it is definitely not. Probably trying to appeal to the "chick flick" demographic.

Paul Verhoeven - "Filmmaking is hell"

Favourite movies 1917 - 1947

1917 -
1918 -
1919 -
1920 - The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
1921 -
1922 - Nosferatu the Vampire
1923 -
1924 -
1925 - The Lost World, The Battleship Potemkin
1926 -
1927 - Metropolis
1928 - The Man Who Laughs (Joker!)
1929 -
1930 -
1931 - Frankenstein, Dracula
1932 - Freaks
1933 - King Kong, The Invisible Man
1934 -
1935 - Bride of Frakenstein, The 39 Steps, Triumph of the Will
1936 - Reefer Madness, Things to Come
1937 -
1938 -
1939 - The Wizard of Oz
1940 - Pinocchio
1941 - Dumbo, The Wolf Man
1942 - Bambi, The Cat People
1943 -
1944 - Lifeboat
1945 -
1946 - Great Expectations
1947 -

Favourite movies 1948 - 1978

1948 -
1949 - Samson and Delilah, The Fountainhead, Mighty Joe Young
1950 -
1951 - Alice in Wonderland, The Day the Earth Stood Still
1952 - Singin' in the Rain
1953 - House of Wax, The War of the Worlds
1954 - Animal Farm, Creature from the Black Lagoon
1955 - Rebel Without A Cause, Tarantula
1956 - The Ten Commandments, Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers, Forbidden Planet, Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1957 - Bridge on the River Kwai
1958 - The Horror of Dracula, The Fly
1959 - Ben Hur, Some Like it Hot, North by Northwest, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Plan 9 from Outer Space
1960 - Psycho, Spartacus, The Time Machine
1961 - 101 Dalmations
1962 - Lawrence of Arabia, The Longest Day, Cape Fear
1963 - The Birds, Jason and the Argonauts, 7 Faces of Dr Lao
1964 -
1965 - Dr. Who and the Daleks
1966 - Batman, The Good The Bad & The Ugly
1967 - One Million Years B.C.
1968 - Night of the Living Dead, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes, Rosemary's Baby
1969 -
1970 -
1971 - A Clockwork Orange, Dirty Harry, Play Misty for Me, THX 1138, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
1972 -
1973 - The Exorcist, American Grafitti, Live and Let Die, Sleeper, The Wicker Man
1974 - Texas Chainsaw Massacre
1975 - Jaws, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Dog Day Afternoon, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Death Race 2000, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Picnic at Hanging Rock
1976 - The Omen, Taxi Driver
1977 - Star Wars, Eraserhead
1978 - The Deer Hunter, Halloween, The Lord of the Rings

Favourite movies 1979-2009

These are my favourite movies by year, over the last 30 years. It's far from an exhaustive list, their may be some I have forgotten that I will later add to. They're not the only movies I like from that year, but these are just my absolute favourites:

1979 - Alien, Mad Max, Monty Python's Life of Brian, Time After Time
1980 - The Empire Strikes Back, The Shining, The Elephant Man, Altered States
1981 - Raiders of the Lost Ark, Time Bandits, Mad Max 2, An American Werewolf in London, Clash of the Titans, Excalibur
1982 - Tron, The Thing, Blade Runner
1983 - Return of the Jedi, Scarface
1984 - Ghostbusters, Dune, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Neverending Story, The Terminator
1985 - Brazil, Commando, Day of the Dead
1986 - Aliens, The Fly
1987 - Predator, The Running Man, Robocop, Full Metal Jacket
1988 - Beetlejuice, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Blob, Child's Play, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, They Live!, Willow, PIN
1989 - Society, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Batman, Ghostbusters II
1990 - Home Alone, Ghost, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Total Recall, Arachnophobia, Edward Scissorhands, The Witches
1991 - Terminator 2, Hook, The Doors, What about Bob?, The Silence of the Lambs
1992 - Aladdin, Batman Returns, Alien 3, Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Crying Game
1993 - Jurassic Park, In the Line of Fire, The Fugitive, Mrs Doubtfire, Cliffhanger, Demolition Man, Falling Down, Fire in the Sky, Groundhog DAy
1994 - Forrest Gump, The Lion King, The Mask, The Crow, Leon, The Shawshank Redemption, Wes Craven's New Nightmare, Wolf
1995 - Batman Forever (when it was released I was a huge fan, now not so much), Jumanji, Se7en, The Young Poisoner's Handbook, Braveheart, La Cité des enfants perdus, Dead Man, A Goofy Movie (yeah I loved it back then and still remember it so sue me), Heat, In the Mouth of Madness, Judge Dredd, Powder, Rob Roy, Twelve Monkeys
1996 - Independence Day, Mars Attacks!, Star Trek: First Contact
1997 - The Fifth Element, Alien Resurrection, Cube, Event Horizon, The Game, Starship Troopers,
1998 - Dark City
1999 - The Matrix, Bicentennial Man, The Blair Witch Project, Existenz, End of Days, Fight Club, The Sixth Sense
2000 - Memento, Malena
2001 - LOTR: FOTR, Jurassic Park 3, A.I., Amelie, Black Hawk Down, Donnie Darko, Earth Vs. The Spider, Enemy at the Gates, From Hell, The Score
2002 - 28 Days Later, One Hour Photo, The Ring, S1m0ne, They
2003 - The Matrix Reloaded, The Dreamers, Willard
2004 - The Passion of the Christ, I, Robot, The Machinist, Saw
2005 - Revenge of the Sith, Batman Begins, The Brothers Grimm, Serenity, Sin City, Wolf Creek
2006 - V for Vendetta, Silent Hill, Pan's Labyrinth, A Scanner Darkly, United 93
2007 - 300, Bridge to Terabithia, 28 Weeks Later, Sunshine, The Mist, Earth (documentary)
2008 - The Dark Knight, Cloverfield, Rambo, Iron Man
2009 -

Metropolis (1927)

This movie is a true classic silent film, just watch this clip - I can't believe the kind of ambience and atmosphere it generates.



I haven't seen it in a proper version yet but since this is supposedly from the dvd it looks good and the new soundtrack sounds awesome too.