Hand in your Geek Card. What movies are a must see?

[GalileoAce]

Fifth Element.  dunno if it's geeky, but it's probably my favourite film.   

That movie is Super Green! 

I need to watch it again!

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Fifth Element!! Leeloo Dallas multipass 

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Fifth Element!! Leeloo Dallas multipass 

lmao just noticed this:



Leeloo is great.

[Phlexor]

One of the reasons I wasn't here for a few weeks before was cos our cat died, got run over. We had named her Leeloo.

[Nocturnalist!]

At least one Star Trek film.

I think you have to have seen them all, even the ones that suck, just so you can bitch about them with other geeks. 

I've seen them all and have them in my DVD collection

The worst is 'Star Trek: Generations' without a doubt. The best is 'Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan' and my personal favourite is 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture'.

[Nocturnalist!]

The story was good...but you have to think about it later to realise what it could've been.

Watch 'The Wrath of Khan' and 'The Undiscovered Country' back-to-back and what need is there for 'Nemesis' which was a faulty construct hoping to repeat the greatness of the two by rehashing elements of their plotlines... and missing the point.

[Nocturnalist!]

All three Back To The Future movies.

Woohoo. First is the best. Third is the most fun. Second is the more Science Fictional and darker.

[GalileoAce]

At least one Star Trek film.

I think you have to have seen them all, even the ones that suck, just so you can bitch about them with other geeks. 

I've seen them all and have them in my DVD collection

The worst is 'Star Trek: Generations' without a doubt. The best is 'Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan' and my personal favourite is 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture'.

Really?

The story was good...but you have to think about it later to realise what it could've been.

Watch 'The Wrath of Khan' and 'The Undiscovered Country' back-to-back and what need is there for 'Nemesis' which was a faulty construct hoping to repeat the greatness of the two by rehashing elements of their plotlines... and missing the point.

I fail to see how Nemesis is anything like Undiscovered Country (my all time fav). Political Intrigue hardly constitutes similarity.

All three Back To The Future movies.

Woohoo. First is the best. Third is the most fun. Second is the more Science Fictional and darker.

I like the second best...but only because it goes back to the first in a cool way.

[Nocturnalist!]

Watch 'The Wrath of Khan' and 'The Undiscovered Country' back-to-back and what need is there for 'Nemesis' which was a faulty construct hoping to repeat the greatness of the two by rehashing elements of their plotlines... and missing the point.

I fail to see how Nemesis is anything like Undiscovered Country (my all time fav). Political Intrigue hardly constitutes similarity.

I said rehashing ELEMENTS of their plotlines Like I said, they did so while missing the point. I think they should have followed on from 'Insurrection' and examined the Federation's own troubles... repercussions of several recent wars... Dominion and Borg. While 'Insurrection' had weaknesses, it would have made an excellent springboard.

'Undiscovered Country' is my third favourite, after 'The Motion Picture' and 'The Wrath of Khan'

All three Back To The Future movies.

Woohoo. First is the best. Third is the most fun. Second is the more Science Fictional and darker.

I like the second best...but only because it goes back to the first in a cool way.

I am torn with the three because they all are my favourite of the three depending upon my mood.

[Nocturnalist!]

Playing my Nerd card rather than my Geek card...

Everybody should watch 'Citizen Kane'.

Everybody should also watch 'Vertigo', 'A touch of Evil', 'Psycho' and 'Peeping Tom'.

I could probably list hundreds of other movies everybody should watch... but Nerdish rather than Geekish.

[GalileoAce]

I'm surprised you consider TMP your fav... It had barely enough story for a tv episode (seeing how it was based on one!), and the rest was filled in with (incredibly awesome for it's day) FX.

Though the Director's Cut DVD is pretty awesome

[Nocturnalist!]

I'm surprised you consider TMP your fav... It had barely enough story for a tv episode (seeing how it was based on one!), and the rest was filled in with (incredibly awesome for it's day) FX.

Though the Director's Cut DVD is pretty awesome

I say it is my favourite, but that doesn't mean I think it is the all-round best of the series. I like the slowness and the grandeur and the awesome score by the late great Jerry Goldsmith. I like the passages of stillness in the movie. I just love watching it. It is beautiful.

The Director's Cut is the best version. Robert Wise wasn't able to complete the movie before the studio released it into theatres. The theatrical was always rather unfinished.

[odeon]

THX-1138.

And to be a real geek, you need to prefer it to Star Wars.

What about the Remastered THX-1138?

(I has the dvd of it)

It's OK. I have that on DVD, too.

[odeon]

Playing my Nerd card rather than my Geek card...

Everybody should watch 'Citizen Kane'.

Everybody should also watch 'Vertigo', 'A touch of Evil', 'Psycho' and 'Peeping Tom'.

I could probably list hundreds of other movies everybody should watch... but Nerdish rather than Geekish.

"Peeping Tom" is such a boring film, though.

And "The Trouble with Harry" is better than "Vertigo". So there.

[Nocturnalist!]

"Peeping Tom" is such a boring film, though.

Whaaaaat?!!!

Its a work of genius.

And "The Trouble with Harry" is better than "Vertigo". So there.

'The Trouble with Harry' is a great movie... erm but 'Vertigo' is the greatest of all the Master's films. I don't think you'd find many who would agree with you there, Odeon

But then... I'm a movie NERD