You're right. I have about 15 or so that are floating around in my favorites list. My top movies are not neccesarily the best ones I've seen. Like you said, they are the ones that I have an emotional connection to.

Wes Anderson is awesome but I haven't seen all of his films yet. My favorite so far is also The Life Aquatic. I love those covers. The Mark Mothersbaugh numbers are awesome, too. The scene where Steve introduces his boat and crew, accompanied by Mothersbaugh's "Let Me Tell You About My Boat" is one of my favorite scenes. I also really liked The Royal Tenenbaums.

Oh, underappreciated and overrated actors. It is relatively easy for me to rattle off some of my favorite actors. Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, and Ingrid Bergman are definitely in the top 5. Other actors I love off of the top of my head: Gary Oldman, Anjelica Huston, Gregory Peck, Katharine Hepburn, Bruce Willis (most people love him for the wrong reasons), Bill Murray, Charlie Chaplin, Helena Bonham Carter (I love how much her older stuff contrasts with her more recent roles. She's great.), John Goodman (I have always had a thing for this guy. He is a pleasure to watch.), James Stewart, Topol (I've only seen him in Fiddler but it is one of my favorite performances EVAR), Henry Fonda, Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Oliver Reed. This list was about 5 times as long before I cut it down. You're welcome.

I'm sure you're the same way that I am with actors. Sometimes I love them because they are truly great actors and sometimes I love them because they are good actors and you just enjoy watching them for whatever reason. I admit that one of the reasons that I love Newman, Brando, and Bergman is because they are all incredibly sexy. They also happen to be exceptional actors. Who are your favorites?

Severely overrated: Meg Ryan, Diane Keaton (used to be okay, now I can't stand her), Nicolas Cage (liked him in Matchstick Men...which reminds me that I love Sam Rockwell), Keira Knightly, and there is something about Mel Gibson's acting that seems...is it insincere? Affected? All I know is that something is off with him and I'm not a fan.

I'll rent The Big Lebowski one of these days.

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You probably already know your top movies, you just haven't declared so boldly what they are. Like I said though, most of my tops are in contention, I just happen to have an emotional connection to two films which may always reign supreme.

If there's anyone to be jealous of it's Wes Anderson and his siblings. Must be awesome to make films with your family and best friends. Loved and own every one of their movies. I think Life Aquatic is my favorite... yeah, definitely Steve Zissou. I mean, you can't go wrong: a movie starring Bill Murray, filled with brilliant sets and costumes, and a soundtrack comprised of David Bowie cover songs by Seu Jorge? Is it wrong that I'm salivating right now? I also really enjoyed Darjeeling Unlimited, despite it's lack of closure. I was hoping Murray would tie in at some point.

As far as people and their movie tastes... You didn't feel the gripping suspense of Armageddon?! Didn't it make you weep when -- I honestly, cannot remember a thing about that piece of trash, except Liv Tyler. (Typical.) I have a friend who once told me The Marine was his favorite film of all time. It was really obnoxious because he was interrupting my first viewing of The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover; kept complaining that he needed an explosive hook.

Now, Big Lebowski... is one of those movies you either love or hate. I've only known people who are one or the other. Probably due to over 200 f-bombs. If you can get over that, you'll realize it's a brilliant homage to Philip Marlowe and old screwball comedy. (And the soundtrack is amazing.)

(I completely agree about Goodman. Thank god for the Cohen Brothers. At least they recognize talent and put him in most of their films.)

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>> ^rottenseed:
Kevin Costner * Nicolas Cage = Paul "Blond Keanu" Walker

yea, but Kevin Costner < Nicolas Cage

Someone, a while back, told Nicolas Cage that he could be an action star.

He, for some reason, believed that person.

That someone has successfully pulled off the biggest prank in the history of the world!

I thought Ghost Rider was half decent, albeit moronic. It could have been a lot worse, and the visuals were pretty strong. I was glad Nicolas Cage finally got to play a Marvel hero. Cage has one of the most expensive comic collections in the world, and actually had to have a Ghost Rider tattoo covered up in order to play Ghost Rider!

I give Nicolas Cage the benefit of the doubt (boy has he been in stinkers lately) for one reason, largely - Guarding Tess

Could be good! You never know. And I do still like nicolas cage, regardless of the cheesy movies he sometimes finds himself in.

Oh, and as for the consensus view of Se7en- that it is far too horrible to ever be watched by a decent human being- I shared that view until quite recently when I viewed it again. It is redeemed somewhat by the quality of the performances of all the principle actors and the tight direction.

I would like to submit the horrifically bad Nicolas Cage 8mm as my idea of a movie that is so repulsive that it should have never been made.

I hate Nicolas Cage so much.

I like how due to my comment the related videos include two Nicolas Cage clips

Nicolas Cage wasn't the problem here

I actually thought the movie was ok. Whats wrong with Nicolas Cage being Ghost Rider?

Whenever a new comic book movie comes out, the nerds are all out in force - saying they feel "betrayed" and all that crap. What more do you want? Who would have played Ghost Rider better then Cage?

Get a girlfriend, get a haircut, and get laid. Ghost Rider was a good movie.

Remember when Nicolas Cage was a good actor who appeared in good movies? It's been a while.

Oh god I had to sift the Ghost Rider one too.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Nicolas-Cage-is-a-TERRIBLE-Ghost-Rider

Nicolas Cage, destroyer of worlds. LOL'd multiple times. I think the fact that I've never seen this (the remake)movie and have no situational context at all to the ownage he smites upon them, makes it funnier.Please don't sucker punch me in the face for saying so, Mr. "Johnny" Cage.