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Some cool tags & lists for Movies

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Prelude 16 years, 11 months ago at Jun 21 16:55 -
Post any cool tags you've discovered that help you find good list of movies, or post any good lists you may have made.

I'll start:

Movies tagged with '300 Greatest Films'
-note: it shows 359 items, although it adds up to 305 movies, so Listal's add-up feature is buggered up, Tom.

Movies tagged with 'IMDB Top250'
-not fully finished yet, but nearly there

Movies tagged with 'IMDB Bottom100'
-unfinished, but amusing list

Movies tagged with 'Cannes Winner'
-nowhere near complete, but has some unique gems

And here are some of my personal lists I've made:
(caution: they may load up very slowly, especially the IMDb250)

AFI's 100 Best American Films
-all 100 there, in correct order, from #1 to #100

Top 50 Box Office Hits of all time
-note: this list was taken from Boxofficemojo, is listed in correct order from #1 to #50, and most importantly, is 'adjusted for inflation', not sorted by total dollar amount made. quite a few surprises on that list.

IMDb Top250 list, sorted by popularity
-LOADS VERY SLOW, but listed in correct order as of Spring 2007

HAPPY FILM EXPLORING! :)
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Deleted 16 years, 11 months ago at Jun 21 18:47 -
Great links, Prelude, thanks.

Though it's a shame to think this thread may soon be inundated with mindless chatter or pushed down by argumentative threads.
coyoteblue 16 years, 11 months ago at Jun 21 20:38 -
I guess I'm more left brained when I make my lists (for dvds rather than movies, but that's splitting hairs):

Hammer horror

Chinese Horror

Eurocult

Wu Xia

Girls With Guns

My Tags tend to be simple and descriptive; good for drilling down ie: start with comedy, narrow with horror, only works for two levels (asian, comedy for instance) but it's handy.
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Prelude 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 22 15:50 -
If I keep replying, than it won't be burried by mindless chatter. ;)

cool links, coyote
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Prelude 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 22 17:36 -
Munky informed me that AFI just recently updated their list on their 10th anniversary. Here is an updated list:

AFI's 100 Best American Films - 2007 edition

I tried to list all notable changes to the original 1997 edition in the description panel on the left side of the list.
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Prelude 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 23 12:16 -
anyone else have good ones?
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Prelude 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 25 13:09 -
Movies that educate, not just entertain
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Prelude 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 25 13:14 -
Movies about drugs, the drug culture, or drug-related plot
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Prelude 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 25 13:22 -
and 2 more, hopefully to get some discussion going on this (the lack of movie buffs at listal is rather disheartening - everyone just wants to make friends or talk about mountain dew or pie or jesus *rolleyes*)

For fans of biographies or biopics

For fans of conspiracy theories
tartan_skirt 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 25 15:15 -
Nice tags. I think I'm getting a bit more thorough with my tagging as I recently started adding the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts that I've watched to my movies list. I loved them as a kid but never realised they were individual films, so now they are a cure to my boredom trying to track down all the ones I've watched. :P Anyway, I've been tagging them with the characters featured so I can easily find them when I'm in the mood for each.

I'm also starting to tag locations a lot more (ie Glasgow, Edinburgh, London) just incase I want to find them.

Have a look at all those tags!

EDIT: Oh, and for people who like things for free:

Public domain films!
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Prelude 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 26 2:49 -
I might help you with some of those Looney Tunes tagging. I got a DVD with dozens upon dozens of episodes of the best of the best Looney Tunes / Merry Melodies.
jonathon 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 26 6:10 -
public domain tag! That's awesome. Thanks for these.
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Deleted 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 26 6:11 -
I was shipped straight from the Atari Godzilla forums, and have brought over four of my buddies there. One of them was disappointed with Listal's movies list, that they weren't all together and didn't all have pictures. I decided to officially ADD the original Japanese posters for almost all of them and list them in order.

Godzilla Movies 1954-2004

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Prelude 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 26 11:59 -
A list I just finished up:

James Bond 007, in correct film chronological order.
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Prelude 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 26 12:33 -
And one more, recently finished list:

Carry On series - British comedy series from the 60s and 70s, featuring lots of slapstick humor, double meanings, and sexual exploitation of women. Ah, the good ol' days. :)
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Deleted 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 26 13:35 -
What? No slasher horror lists?!
coyoteblue 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 26 14:24 -
Since slasher movies are a degenerate form of giallo, perhaps giallo would do?

giallo
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Deleted 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 26 15:28 -
I was thinking more along the lines of the classic Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Evil Dead, Friday the 13th, Halloween variety.
coyoteblue 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 26 16:40 -
Not to be a pedant (too late!), but Evil Dead isn't a slasher flck.
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Deleted 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 26 17:07 -
Shh.... it totally is.
Strappado 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 26 17:38 -
I dont understand
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Prelude 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 26 18:12 -
sorry voxy, it isn't. Evil Dead is a zombie flick. A slasher flick would imply some sort of psychotic serial killer is on the loose, 'slashing' up people for maximum gore effect, rather than simply using bullets.

I guess this is about a good place to start at as any:
movies tagged with 'slasher'

getting back to zombies for a sec:
movies tagged with 'zombies'
coyoteblue 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 26 18:43 -
Well, no. Evil Dead isn't a zombie movie either. Mind you, it's been a while since I've seen it and I'm more familiar with EVIL DEAD 2: DEAD BY DAWN (which is essentially an higher budget re-make of the first movie). Possessed people and body parts do not a zombie make; at least in the classical sense.
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Deleted 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 26 19:13 -
What the fuck is up with that dudes face?


Nice tag! :P

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Prelude 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 27 11:47 -
That french site (my french is a bit rusty so it was difficult to navigate thru) had your missing posters:

Mechagodzilla II

Space Godzilla

I never knew there were so many Godzilla variants. I'm gonna have to check a few of them out. Which ones do you recommend, besides the original Godzilla?

p.s. I also added their English titles as well as description I sniped off of IMDB site. You can do that as well, by hitting 'EDIT ITEM' right below 'Ads by Google' near the image posters.
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Deleted 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 27 16:04 -
Wow, you've really been a great help! I had no idea you could edit the actual item, besides being able to edit the picture. I knew this information comes from a database, and I guess I just assumed you have to go to the database to edit it.

Thanks! And, to answer your question, the Godzilla movies widely considered as the best (besides the original) are:
1) Mothra vs Godzilla (1964) - Be aware that there's a similar title called Godzilla vs Mothra that isn't on par with this one.
3) Invasion of the Astro Monster (1965) - This one especially appeals to the Sci-Fi crowd.
3) Godzilla vs Biollante (1989) - This movie picks up where Godzilla 1985 leaves off, in case the beginning is a bit confusing.
4) Godzilla vs Destoroyah (1995) - This is the last movie in what is referred to as the "Heisei" series of Godzilla films. Many references to the original Gojira are present.
And 5) Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) - This movie, as well as most of the others in the "Millennium" series, works as a stand-alone movie, with no real connection to any other Godzilla movie but the original.

Mothra vs Godzilla and Invasion of the Astro Monster are available on DVD from Classic Media and Godzilla vs Destoroyah and GMK: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack are available on DVD from Sony. Netflix should have them as well. However, Godzilla vs Biollante is only on VHS as of yet.

I'll admit that some of the Godzilla movies aren't for everybody. There's a campy value to some that others don't get into as well. At any rate, these are the movies that appeal to the general public the most. And for those of you who haven't seen it (I assume you have, Prelude?), Gojira (1954) is also a classic.

I'll try to add more tags so I can post them here. I've been so focused on DVD, CD, Book, and Video Game lists that I haven't taken full advantage of the Movies application.
tartan_skirt 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 27 18:32 -
Only one "food porn" movie? Aww, I want more...
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Prelude 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 27 18:44 -
www.listal.com/viewproduct/dvds/96749

this might be considered 'food porn' as well :)
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Prelude 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 27 21:03 -
here's a nice one :)

Sequel that makes you say WTF
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Raven 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 28 0:44 -
I think this thread is a great idea. I'm loving all the different tags. It's giving me ideas
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Prelude 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 28 3:36 -
Czech films

For such a tiny nation that went thru so much (world war 2, then communism), the Czechs sure managed to put out plenty of Oscar worthy masterpieces.
tartan_skirt 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 28 16:28 -
"I might help you with some of those Looney Tunes tagging. I got a DVD with dozens upon dozens of episodes of the best of the best Looney Tunes / Merry Melodies."

Help is welcome and its always nice to get some more tags on them. ;) After I get through that lot I'm looking to hunt down all the old Pink Panther shorts I watched as a kid. I've never kept track of them before and I'm looking forward to it (even though it wil be a lot of work).
tartan_skirt 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 28 19:35 -
I'm on a short film run at the moment:

The Hire series.

Action (and car) fans should like them.
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Prelude 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 29 2:40 -
My favorite type of comedies -- ones oozing with satire
tartan_skirt 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 29 21:57 -
Bringing this one back up to the top again:

Rotoscoping

It's an animation technique of drawing around actual human (or otherwise) figures to create the images. Just think He-Man. ;)
Anonymous 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 29 21:59 -
Rotoscoping's a good one; Renaisance and Sin City are superb examples.
tartan_skirt 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 29 22:03 -
I never thought of Sin City before! I'm going to add it to the Wikipedia list and tag it so on IMDB.
coyoteblue 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 29 22:45 -
I might be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure Renaisance is an example of motion capture, like Monster House and Sin City of the melding of live action and cgi, like Sky Captain. For examples of rotoscoping look to Bakshi's Wizards and Lord of the Rings.
tartan_skirt 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 29 22:51 -
I checked IMDB and there is a credit for a "rotoscope artist" on the Sin City page. I've watched Wizards and Fire and Ice and tagged them, but haven't got around to Lord of the Rigs yet.

Checked Renaisance, never heard of it before, and found that there is no credit for a rotoscope artist, nor does anywhere else mention it being rotoscoping, so I'll leave that one out for now. (Especially since the top 2 Google hits contradict each other on the matter.)
Anonymous 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 29 22:53 -
I'm sure Sin City was rotoscoped, although, now you mention, less sure about Renaissance; that could have been green-screened and composited.
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Tom 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 30 22:20 -
I like movies based on true stories so this tag is pretty cool

True stories
Anonymous 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 30 22:28 -
As an aside, how do you make clickable links on these forums?
tartan_skirt 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 30 22:31 -
I use "based on true story" myself.

Richard, take a peek at the bottom of the page. The "link example" is how it is done. ;)

EDIT: Also, when you're trying to show your own tags you need to have the URL from your profile (it should include your username).
Anonymous 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 30 22:34 -
Aaaah, tonight's Bacardi has made me blind!
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Tom 16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 30 23:03 -
Some html is allow but links will work on their own most of the time if you just paste them in
Manling 16 years, 10 months ago at Jul 1 16:39 -
Never Finished

Never finished for various reasons, funny how most of them are rated half a star.

Movie Theater

Movies seen in the Theater...

And then 2005, 2006 and 2007.

I didn't feel like going back any farther :)
Ipanema 16 years, 10 months ago at Jul 3 18:55 -
available for free
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