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Added by the giraffe on 9 Jul 2011 07:04
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Few things the giraffe loves about cinema

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People who added this item 5483 Average listal rating (3807 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 8.4
Tarantino's writing and direction and love of cinema


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People who added this item 203 Average listal rating (128 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.5
The Marx Bros. doing what they do best
Harpo and his harp

Chico and his piano

Groucho's wit
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People who added this item 2303 Average listal rating (1374 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 7.9
Brazil (1985)
Terry Gilliam's odes to imagination (and his refusal to compromise his vision to suit others)



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People who added this item 4728 Average listal rating (3270 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.5
Beetlejuice (1988)
Tim Burton's dark humor


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People who added this item 697 Average listal rating (404 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.6
Jim Henson's muppets


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People who added this item 292 Average listal rating (163 ratings) 7 IMDB Rating 6.4
Maniac (1980)
Tom Savini's special effects


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People who added this item 2642 Average listal rating (1736 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 8.1
Life of Brian (1979)
The Pythons...then and now


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People who added this item 9314 Average listal rating (6849 ratings) 8.3 IMDB Rating 8.8
Fight Club (1999)
Grevious bodily harm to Jared Leto



Thanks to drugs for the inspiration
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Generally speaking

Laughing (especially when it brings tears)


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People who added this item 5554 Average listal rating (3660 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 8
Big Fish (2003)
Great stories


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People who added this item 582 Average listal rating (389 ratings) 6.8 IMDB Rating 6.9
Original ideas


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People who added this item 1837 Average listal rating (1072 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.5
Grindhouse (2007)
Having fun


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People who added this item 120 Average listal rating (50 ratings) 6.8 IMDB Rating 6.7
Finding a movie that few people know about & sharing it with others



(See also: Great underappreciated films)
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People who added this item 8630 Average listal rating (6218 ratings) 8.3 IMDB Rating 8.9
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Dialogue that sticks in my head forever

(I could easily perform ALL of the dialogue with the film running on mute.)


(Coens' dialogue is always awesome)
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People who added this item 1111 Average listal rating (669 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 7.8
Frankenstein (1931)
Horror in all its forms


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People who added this item 1776 Average listal rating (1159 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 7.9
Zombies


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People who added this item 1270 Average listal rating (812 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.9
King Kong (1933)
Giant monsters


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People who added this item 848 Average listal rating (562 ratings) 6.4 IMDB Rating 6.7
Pandorum (2009)
Space madness

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People who added this item 1848 Average listal rating (1139 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 8.1
Being left to make my own conclusions about what I watched



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People who added this item 3552 Average listal rating (2457 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.7
Realistic romances




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People who added this item 4024 Average listal rating (2747 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 8.2
Toy Story 3 (2010)
Animation with soul


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Realizing that strangers aren't as strange as they seem

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People who added this item 567 Average listal rating (411 ratings) 5.6 IMDB Rating 5.7
Hudson Hawk (1991)
Movies that refuse to take themselves seriously


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People who added this item 3261 Average listal rating (2112 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 8.6
Finding joy in tragedy

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People who added this item 2507 Average listal rating (1666 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.6
Stardust (2007)
Adaptations that are as good or better than the source material

(Much better than the book IMO.)

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People who added this item 2133 Average listal rating (1264 ratings) 8.6 IMDB Rating 8.6
Seven Samurai (1954)
Epic films that don't feel as long as they are


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When the bad guys win

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People who added this item 1691 Average listal rating (1166 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 8
A great spoof


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People who added this item 2399 Average listal rating (1546 ratings) 7.1 IMDB Rating 7.3
Framed narratives


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People who added this item 7304 Average listal rating (5121 ratings) 7.7 IMDB Rating 8.2
Dystopian goodness


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People who added this item 582 Average listal rating (297 ratings) 6.9 IMDB Rating 6.8
Mirrormask (2005)
Seeing new worlds


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People who added this item 253 Average listal rating (181 ratings) 8.1 IMDB Rating 8.6
Breaking the 4th wall


(For more examples, see Breaking The 4th Wall list by C!pH3r)
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Arterial blood sprays

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People who added this item 81 Average listal rating (46 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.2
Actors disappearing into their characters


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People who added this item 2601 Average listal rating (1736 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.8
The Goonies (1985)
Making my inner child happy


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Mocking a bad film (at home, not in theatres)
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People who added this item 1247 Average listal rating (810 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 8.2
Great suspense/twists/turns


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People who added this item 892 Average listal rating (613 ratings) 6.4 IMDB Rating 7.1
Payback (1999)
Seeing good and evil in the same character


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People who added this item 6263 Average listal rating (4260 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 8.3
A great soundtrack


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People who added this item 2647 Average listal rating (1786 ratings) 6.4 IMDB Rating 6.7
Wanted (2008)
Expectations being surpassed

(I expected to HATE Wanted & hadn't even planned on seeing it. Glad I did.)

(I typically hate sports movies)

(Rare that I like musicals too)
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The feeling I get when I've just watched something Great




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