So If I Never Watch "The Fifth Element," Do I Get To Live Forever?

[snurri]

Fifteen Geek Movies to See Before You Die.

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[the-flea-king.livejournal.com]

If only it worked that way.

I am one of six people who enjoyed that movie. But I completely understand why some people loathe it.

The only one on that list I haven't seen in Repo Man. Is it really worth tracking down? Didn't sound that much of a geek movie to me.

[snurri.livejournal.com]

"Repo Man" is not a geek movie at all. It's a punk movie, and a must-see. I am not joking.

[the-flea-king.livejournal.com]

I shall locate it post-haste.

[ecmyers.livejournal.com]

That's the only one I haven't seen too. I will add it to my list.

[rudi.livejournal.com]

I'd forgotten about Dark City.

Even though I've only seen it in pieces out of sequence on TV, 5th Element really is a lot of fun. (And I think you're probably more likely to enjoy it if you're looking for "fun" rather than anything particularly substantial.)

[snurri.livejournal.com]

I rather liked "Dark City," but it falls a bit short of Classic status IMO.

I have seen bits of "The Fifth Element" on TBS and such. Just never the entire thing.

[buymeaclue.livejournal.com]

>I'd forgotten about Dark City.

Blasphemy!

[tanaise.livejournal.com]

You've never seen the Fifth Element? I think you can forget about ever being AWESOME.

Of the list, I haven't seen 4:
• Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
• Serenity
• Dark City
• Repo Man

And of the 4, I totally intend to see Serenity, I was just rewatching the series before I watched it, and then I got side tracked by something else (oh, Christmas. That's what distracted me.).

[snurri.livejournal.com]

"The Fifth Element" is the only one I haven't seen. And now it's a matter of life and death!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_stranger_here/]

I'd trade out Darkman for Buckaroo Banzai. Other than that, I've seen and loved all of those, except The Matrix, which I saw and liked okay.

[snurri.livejournal.com]

Yeah, BB trumps Darkman, although it's hard for me to dis anything Raimi.

The Matrix was like geek porn, and I kind of hated it. It looked pretty, but it was all "I'm actually very important! I can download badassery into my brain! A pretty girl's love will save me!" Bah.

[the-flea-king.livejournal.com]

Agree with you there on the Buckaroo. I sometimes forget how much of an impact that had on my friends.

[dxmachina.livejournal.com]

I've not seen quite a few on that list. I do, however, like The Fifth Element quite a lot.

[snurri.livejournal.com]

I'd say pretty much all those films are worth a look. Which, you know, speaks well to the question of "The Fifth Element," so one of these days when I'm feeling like ending my life maybe I'll watch it :-)

[douglain.livejournal.com]

My take on the list:

• Brazil -- This Gilliam's best.
• The Matrix -- Definitely a good pick.
• The Fifth Element -- Horrible Dreck. Willis is awful.
• Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan -- The best Star Trek movie of the lot. Not necessarily a must see movie compared to other movies, however.
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home -- Second best Star Trek movie, but if you're not a fan of the series don't bother.
• Serenity -- I don't know anything about this at all.
• Dark City -- Visually compelling, smart, unique film that misses being good enough to be actually memorable.
• 12 Monkeys -- Not nearly as difficult a movie as people seem to think. It is actually very straight forward. It's not even as hard as Back to the Future 2 plot point wise. Truly good. Memorable. Best Gilliam after Brazil.
• Shaun of the Dead -- A fun zombie parody that made me curious enough to watch the original 1979 Dawn of the Dead which is a friggin masterpiece!
• Darkman -- Haven't seen it.
• Army of Darkness -- Saw it. Laughed. But really, who cares?
• War Games -- More of a nostalgia movie for middle aged Gen Xers than anything.
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail -- I own this movie on DVD.
• Office Space -- I own this too.
• Repo Man -- I should own this one.

How are these GEEK movies. What the fuck does that word mean, exactly?

[snurri.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on Brazil. I love Gilliam's stuff but that's the apex. Have you seen La Jetee, the film that 12 Monkeys was based on? I think it does just as much or more, and far more succintly. I think it's like 12 minutes long?

[barthanderson.livejournal.com]

How is Holy Grail a geek movie? Are you kidding me?? Utter half a syllable of any line at a convention, and you'll get 50 people completing the rest of the movie's dialog from that point forward and giggling like ninnies (me included). It's THE Geek Check flick.

But Brazil doesn't belong on this list. Mundane's embrace it too readily. :)

Now, Munchausen...?

[ajjones.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't call those geek movies, but then I may be in geek denial.

Fifth Elment I liked, and yes, got goosebumps when the blue lady sang. Mila was hot. But it had more than it's share of annoyances, mainly Bruce Willis who I loathe and Chris Tucker. But it's a fun movie, not to be dissected under a microscope. Oddly enough---Gary Oldman is terrible in it. And he's my fav actor.

[snurri.livejournal.com]

I think I'm in geek denial too, at some level. But, I think most of those are fairly geeky.

[rnb.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen Darkman or Serenity (although Serenity is next on my Netflix queue.) I wish I hadn't seen the two Star Trek movies (or any episode of any series), but alas. Star Trek IV made me want to punch a whale or William Shatner or both.

Repo Man is a great movie, but it's not a geek movie.

The Fifth Element is a lot of fun if you're not expecting a great sci-fi movie.

Shaun of the Dead had such a great first act but never really took it anywhere interesting.

No Blade Runner?!

[snurri.livejournal.com]

Darkman is more in the class of films that are great to watch in a group so as to ridicule it while watching; it's not terrible, but it is silly.

Totally with you on Repo Man. It's punk, or maybe punk noir. Kiss Me Deadly with torn jeans.

[infanttyrone.livejournal.com]

I just can't get behind this list. While Repo Man and Brazil happen to be in my top 5, I thought the Matrix was derivative Cliff's Notes nonsense, and Dark City couldn't hold a shot for more than 3 seconds. And no Blade Runner?
I'll watch the Fifth Element, though. It's not genius, but sometimes I'm just in the mood for live action Heavy Metal comic/movie (Stargate is also good for that.)

[snurri.livejournal.com]

It sounds like I enjoyed Dark City a little more than you did, but otherwise, yeah.

Except, Stargate? Really?

[carnwrite.livejournal.com]

I've seen most of those, aside from Serenity, Darkman, War Games, Holy Grail, and Repo Man. Ok, looks like I've got some Tivoing to do!

I second the recommendation someone else made for Donnie Darko. It's seriously weird stuff, AND it has a bizarre and disturbing giant rabbit *shudder*

[snurri.livejournal.com]

Well, War Games and Darkman can probably wait. (Honestly, I'm not sure why War Games is on that list.) But the other three, definitely.

And Donnie Darko is awesome; no argument here.