The best summer movie season ever is now over.

[CelticPredator]

Citizen Kane is one of the greatest movies ever. And it's way better then LOTR.

Credit where it's due, though, that Peter Jackson has come a hell of a long way!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtPYTfS8Kuw

I'd say he's downgraded.

Brain Dead must have a sequel.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I'm starting with '75... Because I'm old.

75: Jaws*

76: Rocky*

77: Star Wars*, Close Encounters of the Third Kind*

78: Superman: The Movie*, Grease

79: Alien*, Rocky II

80: The Empire Strikes Back*

81: Raiders of The Lost Ark*, Superman II

82: E.T., Blade Runner, The Thing, Poltergeist, First Blood, Rocky III

83: Return of The Jedi, National Lampoon's Vacatiom

84: Terminator*, Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom, Gremlins, Romancing The Stone, Beverly Hills Cop, Ghostbusters

85: Back To The Future*, Rambo II, Fletch*, Goonies

86: Aliens*, Top Gun, Platoon

87: Lethal Weapon*, Predator*, Robocop*, The Untouchables*, Full Metal Jacket*

88: Die Hard*, Rain Man, Beetlejuice, Who Framed Roger Rabbit

89: The Abyss*, Batman, Born on the 4th of July, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade

90: Goodfellas*, Total Recall, **** Tracy

91: Terminator 2*

92: Unforgiven*, Batman Returns

93: Jurassic Park, The Fugitive, Cliffhanger

94: The Shawshank Redemption*, Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction, True Lies

95: Braveheart, Heat, 12 Monkeys, Apollo 13

96: Mission: Impossible

97: L.A. Confidential*, Good Will Hunting

98: Saving Private Ryan*

99: The Sixth Sense, The Matrix

00: Gladiator, Cast Away, X-Men

01: A.I.*, Fellowship of The Ring

02: Minority Report, Signs, Spider-Man

03: Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of The Black Pearl, X2: X-Men United

04: The Passion of The Christ*, The Incredibles*, Spider-Man 2

05: War of The Worlds, Batman Begins, Revenge of The Sith

06: The Departed, V For Vendetta

07: Zodiac, 300

08: The Dark Knight, Iron Man, Wall-E, Tropic Thunder

09: Up*, District 9, Inglorious Basterds, Watchmen, The Hangover

10: Inception, Toy Story 3, The Town

11: Rise of The Planet of The Apes, Captain America: The First Avenger, Super 8, X-Men: First Class

12: The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, The Campaign


That is my list. Those with * are ones I feel are absolutely among the top "classic" genre movies ever made, certainly in my lifetime.

I learned a couple of things doing this... not so many * in recent years. And 1987 is an unsung year of kick assdom.

And Khev, THOR was marginally better than GREEN LANTERN. I actually dig both of them, but neither is all that great.

Good list. I remember all those well.

1984 I remember being a huge year -- so many films I wanted to see that year. Most were of their time. I would consider Ghostbusters a classic though. And why didn't Animal House make your list in 1978, or Ferris Bueller in 1986? Don't like comedies?

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

Citizen Kane is one of the greatest movies ever. And it's way better then LOTR.

Yeah, Citizen Kane was a great superhero movie.


But no, there is no movie that is "way" better than the LotR trilogy. There are better movies out there, but it's not possible for a film to be "way" better. The LotR trilogy is near perfection.

 

[The Josh]

Oh, that's just terrific. I always wanted Michael Westen to play Bilbo Baggins. Is Ash going to be his quirky comic relief bff?

Sorry, that's the impression I got from what you just said; that they are basically going to unearth every single trivial and/or contrived detail and spout it to us in a monotonous narrative throughout the entire trilogy. Dear god, I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

Don't get me wrong, I love the Hobbit and have read it quite a few times, but to me doing more than the one film just seems... unnecessary. I mean, I would rather have the one good film and leave it at that, than draw the process out with various bits of information that may or may not cause the integrity of the project to turn on its head.

Okay, stopping now. I sound like Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory, lol.

Don't know what to tell ya. Stick to reading the book.

 

[The Josh]

Yeah, but all of those films involved countless battles too. So, it kinda sorta evens out.

Anyway, they better know what they're doing. If you thought people complained about LOTR being two movies too long... I can't wait to see what happens this time. Although, it's not exactly the same. There's no strapping Frodo to a giant ass Eagle, flying him over Mount Doom and tossing in the One Ring to save the day.

Only an some lacking intelligence thinks lotr is too long.

 

[DarthBakura]

Only an some lacking intelligence thinks lotr is too long.

They weren't.

It's just one of those things where people didn't understand why Frodo couldn't have taken a sky taxi to get rid of the ring. To that, I would say... there's three books, so three movies and what kind of movie would that be... a small man flying on an eagle's back the entire time? Why not just hire Colin Farrell in that case?

 

[Kuzeh]

82 and 84 are tied as the best summer movie years IMO...

 

[IrishJedi]

1987 is definitely in the running as well.

 

[DiFabio]

The Fellowship of the Ring is definitely my favorite of the three. One of my favorite films.

As far as the Theatrical release vs. the Extended Edition, I dunno. I LOVED the theatrical release back when I first saw it, but the Extended Edition definitely added to the experience.

I love the little extras like the gift giving scene (except for the fact Boromir doesn't get a gift), Bilbo's introduction, and some of the added material towards the end of the film (Strider and Boromir noticing Gollum, the extended Amon Hen battle, etc.)

I thought it was a great accompaniment.

 

[IronFingaz]

Just out of curiousity what superhero movie does anyone think was better made than FOTR?

Maybe The Incredibles or Watchmen but there's plenty of superhero/comicbook movies that's better then TTT and ROTK.

 

[Adolfo]

Guys there's Superhero Film Fanatics and then there is Fantasy film fanatics...thats it...as for myself I lean towards a good fantasy film of which LOTR is king of the Fantasy genre I would say

 

[Oscar_the_Gungan]

I'm convinced next summer will be great for one major reason: Pacific Rim.