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crow_daw · 06-17-2003, 08:49 PM

OK, what movies do you guys think are the BEST ever? We've had the worst, and for all I know, there may have been a Best Movies thread too, but if not, here we go.

I got a couple, although, I admit, most of my movies are recent, so I'm probably neglecting some classics, and I apologize.

1. American Beauty (I'm sorry, but I feel if you didn't like this movie, you just didn't understand it.)
2. Training Day
3. Gladiator
4.Tombstone
5. LOTR I and II

MacGnG · 06-17-2003, 11:20 PM

Back To The Future Trilogy
Tron
Fifth Element
Indiana Jones Trilogy
Hackers

agree with your 1&2, havent seen rest

all i can think of now

mystmarimatt · 06-18-2003, 12:39 AM

i actually disliked American Beauty the first time, but thought it was amazing the second. probably because the first time i saw it was with my mother, so with her in the room, i was mortified. um... let's see.
Requiem For A Dream was amazing
Moulin Rouge just is achingly beautiful
and Titanic. duh.

Nappa · 06-18-2003, 12:49 AM

Terminator series : hope 3 doesn't suck
Transformers the Movie : childhood favorite
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : a surprisingly good movie
Das Boot : great submarine movie
Predator : favorite action movie

May not actually be the greatest movies ever, but I can always pop these in and enjoy them.

crow_daw · 06-18-2003, 04:01 AM

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Originally posted by mystmarimatt
Requiem For A Dream was amazing
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Yeah its not one of my faves but youre right, that movie is great. If you haven't seen it, you should. And check out the score too.

macduck · 06-18-2003, 04:01 AM

this will no doubt bring howls of disbelief, but i think
LORD OF ILLUSIONS
is a fantastic film, it has a great clive barker flavor to it, a mix of hopelessnes and eternal mystery combined with memorably human (for the most part) characters and grim, ultimately futile endeavours.

Maveric · 06-18-2003, 04:35 AM

hmmm, hard to say because everyone's interpretation of "best" isn't always the same. for me the best movies are the ones that I could watch everyday...

Lock, stock, and two smoking barrels
Boondock saints
The Quiet man
Rocky
Star Wars Empire Strikes Back
Clerks
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs

AlphaFox830 · 06-18-2003, 09:46 AM

My $0.02

1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. The Matrix
3. Training Day
4. LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring
5. Starwars: A new hope

FOX

HeyAgain · 06-18-2003, 05:04 PM

Shall We Dance.

paddyjoe · 06-18-2003, 05:14 PM

This is a subject I could think about for a week and come up with a whole revised version. Anyway, right now:

Glory
The Wizard of Oz
Jaws
The Sting
Buffalo 66
Braveheart
Slapshot
Monty Python Search for the Holy Grail
Wild at Heart
The Long Riders

(see, I only thought about it for a couple minutes and already edited)

viveleroi0 · 06-18-2003, 05:24 PM

2001, the matrix, blade runner, saving private ryan, das boot, LOTR 1-2 (soon to add 3)

all kubrick films follow

VirFighter · 06-18-2003, 06:18 PM

Best of movie of all time is Citizen Kane according to AFI.

I personally find it impossible to even list a top five movies of all time because they vary for me week to week. Plus I always kick myself for leaving things out.

I will say that a lot of great movies have been named thus far.

Nikilidstrom · 06-18-2003, 06:43 PM

I could not possibly make a list like this, at least without breaking it down into genres, but i refuse to even try until Ive seen Boondock Saints. Ive heard a ton about his flic, but apprently my town has banned it or something, because non of the 9 video stores here have it available.

Nostromo · 06-19-2003, 05:31 PM

The Godfather (parts 1 & 2)
Jaws
North by Northwest
Spinal Tap
Platoon

RoloTomassy · 06-19-2003, 10:30 PM

I'm in a personal conflict... I don't know if anyone else runs into this problem, but I find there's a difference in my favorite movies, and the movies I think are the best. I'll just go with my favorites.

1) Memento
2) L.A. Confidential
3) Interview with the Vampire
4) Dazed and Confused
5) Goodfellas

The Bolshevist · 06-20-2003, 12:43 AM

Good listings so far...

Might I add...

-Casablanca ("Are my eyes really brown?")

-Fritz Lang's silent classic Metropolis (NOT the horrible version with the Queen soundtrack, but the new one with the restored "lost" footage...not that I don't like Queen)

-1951 version of Scrooge (A Christmas Carol) with Alistair Sim. (Waiter...more bread! - Ha'penny extra, sir... - No more bread!!)

-Full Metal Jacket. ("M I C K E Y - M O U S E!")

-A Bridge Too Far. ("I'm afraid we're not equipped to accept your surrender. So sorry!")

-The Bond Films...("Nooo, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die...")

-Apollo 13 ("Gentlemen...what are your intentions?")

And of course...

- Schindler's List ("It is a verse from the Talmud...He who saves one life saves the world entire.")

MrFlux · 06-20-2003, 01:29 AM

Donnie Darko
Training Day
The Crow

Haven't really got 5 favourites but those 3 are all DAMN good.

MacGnG · 06-20-2003, 11:57 PM

Requiem For A Dream
Schindler's List
Memento
Monty Python Search for the Holy Grail

gotta agree with those

komodo · 06-21-2003, 12:36 AM

5. The Abyss

4. American Beauty

3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

2. Platoon

1. Aliens

Aliens wasn't a drama, or a philosophical film. It was an action film that didn't take itself to seriously. But, when you come right down to it, it set out to do something (entertain) ... and it did it far better than any movie before or since. Every "space marine" since Aliens has been based on the Colonial Marines. Every dropship pilot has been based on Caberra. Every hardcase Sergeant has been based on Apone. Aliens changed more about sci fi movies, books, and games than any other single film, and that's why it's my number one movie.

crow_daw · 06-21-2003, 04:12 PM

thanks for posting guys. I knew this would happen, and it did, you guys reminded me of movies that I forgot, like an idiot. Some of the best:
Memento (groundbreaking)
Aliens (a truly smart action movie, and those are few and far between)
Schindler's List (one of those movies you love and hate at the same time, but you can never deny that its brilliant)
Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail (probably the funniest movie ever)
and one that I'm surprised to say no one's posted yet,
Silence of the Lambs (debut of Anthony Hopkins as the freakiest villain in cinema, Hannibal the Cannibal)

H12 · 06-21-2003, 04:52 PM

In no real order...
(keep in mind I don't think any of these are likey some of the greatest movies ever, but they're my favorites and that has to account for something)

-Matrix
-Pulp Fiction
-Monty Python And The Search Of The Holy Grail
-Fight Club
-Truman Show
-The Negotiator

I haven't seen this movie yet, but I hear so many great things about it and it's not listed yet, so I'll give it a mention: The Green Mile.

crow_daw · 06-21-2003, 06:08 PM

H12, DAMN good list my friend, DAMN good.

Tech · 06-21-2003, 10:40 PM

Star Wars (new hope) <- i think with the age of the film, people forget just exactly how incredible this movie was when it was made, and how it still stands today.

docbungle · 06-22-2003, 03:40 PM

A Clockwork Orange

Brazil

Two Girls and A Guy

Waking Life

Office Space

Swingers

The 25th Hour

Eiresol · 06-22-2003, 04:50 PM

City Of God

DocLu · 06-22-2003, 05:12 PM

They're not the greatest five, but I love um

- Igby Goes Down
- Charade
- Boondock Saints
- American Graffiti
- The Outlaw Josey Wales

Frowning Budah · 06-22-2003, 08:13 PM

OK, let me take a stab at it. Note these are what I would consider the most entertaining not necessarily the best in term of quality or message.
Jaws
The Replacements
Matrix
Holy Grail
Silence of the Lambs
Clockwork Orange
Indiana Jones
Casablanca
Star Wars

I am sure I will think of a dozen more in a few minutes.

BulletBob · 06-22-2003, 11:14 PM

In no paticular order...

-The Boondock Saints
-The Usual Suspects
-Pulp Fiction
-Chasing Amy
-Monty Python's Life Of Brian

Sun Tzu · 06-23-2003, 12:00 AM

Lord of the Rings Trilogy-FOTR, TTT

Star Wars saga

Braveheart

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Evil Dead I and II

Dances with Wolves

One Flew Over the Coo Coos Nest

Goodfellas

Creepshow

Jurassic Park

Terminator I and II

The Matrix

GunslingerCold · 06-24-2003, 03:07 AM

These are some movies I thought were very entertaining (in no particular order):

Memento
Rushmore
Snatch
The Matrix
Equilibrium
Akira
Best In Show

frankgrimes · 06-25-2003, 10:16 PM

first one that always comes to mind is Bladerunner, but Gunslinger, I like 5 of your 7 picks.

Batman976 · 06-25-2003, 11:10 PM

A few of my favorites include:

Apocalypse Now
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Batman
This is Spinal Tap

There are several others that I could include, but I'll keep the list fairly short.

BastardSamurai · 06-25-2003, 11:15 PM

My list changes so much, but the one (or two) thing(s) that remains constant are Godfather I and II. Everytime I watch either one, I see something new and amazing about it.

TenDeuChen · 06-25-2003, 11:26 PM

Mulholland Drive
Lost Highway
Blue Velvet

Yeah...i like lynch

LotR Trilogy will probably be the best trilogy ever made IF the third is as good as the other two, (and everyone who has seen early cuts have said it is better so...let's hope!)

Mr_Q · 06-25-2003, 11:28 PM

Hmmmm...

I don't know if this is really my all-time favorite list or not, but off the top of my head these are some movies I really like:

Star Wars Trilogy
Braveheart
Gladiator
Spaceballs
Galaxyquest
The Matrix
Indiana Jones Trilogy
Monty Python and the Holy Grail

And of course anything with Jean Claude Van Damme is just wonderful...

^^And just so I don't get spammed, that last one was a joke^^

boredjerk · 06-25-2003, 11:37 PM

Apocalypse Now
Platoon
Taxi Driver
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Raising Arizona
Wild at Heart
The Jerk

wackeyass · 06-26-2003, 04:06 AM

HEAT!!! Having Deniro and Pachino in one movie is enough for me and then comes that gun fight in the streets just after the real thing happened in L.A. a few days before the release. WOW.

vermin · 06-26-2003, 06:54 AM

Repo Man
Aliens
Clerks
Slacker
Full Metal Jacket
Spinal Tap
Brazil
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
The Unforgiven
2010
The Beast of War
Conan the Barbarian
The Road Warrior
Quick Change
What About Bob?
The Fifth Element

frankx · 07-20-2003, 04:58 PM

Godfather I and II
Lord of the Rings
Mulholland Drive
Clockwork Orange
O' Brother Where Art Thou?
Big Trouble in Little China
Blade Runner (Director's Cut)
Silence of the Lambs
Brazil
Star Wars (the original)
Manhunter
Pi
1984
Gattaca
Dune (David Lynch long version)
Full Metal Jacket
The Shining
Pulp Fiction

LHFire · 07-23-2003, 09:41 AM

The Killer (john woo)
The Usual Suspects
Memento
Akira
Tombstone
Matrix
LOTR
Blazing Saddles (the funniest movie)
Drunken Master II (the legend of drunken master here in the states) crazy fight scenes.

06-17-2003, 08:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
crow_daw Idolator Location: Vol Country	Best Movies Ever? OK, what movies do you guys think are the BEST ever? We've had the worst, and for all I know, there may have been a Best Movies thread too, but if not, here we go. I got a couple, although, I admit, most of my movies are recent, so I'm probably neglecting some classics, and I apologize. 1. American Beauty (I'm sorry, but I feel if you didn't like this movie, you just didn't understand it.) 2. Training Day 3. Gladiator 4.Tombstone 5. LOTR I and II

06-18-2003, 12:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
mystmarimatt Omnipotent Ruler Of The Tiny Universe In My Mind Location: Oreegawn	i actually disliked American Beauty the first time, but thought it was amazing the second. probably because the first time i saw it was with my mother, so with her in the room, i was mortified. um... let's see. Requiem For A Dream was amazing Moulin Rouge just is achingly beautiful and Titanic. duh. __________________ Words of Wisdom: If you could really get to know someone and know that they weren't lying to you, then you would know the world was real. Because you could agree on things, you could compare notes. That must be why people get married or make Art. So they'll be able to really know something and not go insane.

06-18-2003, 04:01 AM	#6 (permalink)
macduck Upright Location: waikato, NZ	this will no doubt bring howls of disbelief, but i think LORD OF ILLUSIONS is a fantastic film, it has a great clive barker flavor to it, a mix of hopelessnes and eternal mystery combined with memorably human (for the most part) characters and grim, ultimately futile endeavours. __________________ thy end is nigh

06-18-2003, 04:35 AM	#7 (permalink)
Maveric Insane Location: Houston, Texas	hmmm, hard to say because everyone's interpretation of "best" isn't always the same. for me the best movies are the ones that I could watch everyday... Lock, stock, and two smoking barrels Boondock saints The Quiet man Rocky Star Wars Empire Strikes Back Clerks Pulp Fiction Reservoir Dogs

06-18-2003, 09:46 AM	#8 (permalink)
AlphaFox830 Tilted Location: Chicago	My $0.02 1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. The Matrix 3. Training Day 4. LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring 5. Starwars: A new hope FOX __________________ Self Styled Pirate

06-17-2003, 11:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
MacGnG Know Where!	Back To The Future Trilogy Tron Fifth Element Indiana Jones Trilogy Hackers agree with your 1&2, havent seen rest all i can think of now

06-18-2003, 12:49 AM	#4 (permalink)
Nappa Tilted Location: behind you!!	Terminator series : hope 3 doesn't suck Transformers the Movie : childhood favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : a surprisingly good movie Das Boot : great submarine movie Predator : favorite action movie May not actually be the greatest movies ever, but I can always pop these in and enjoy them.

06-18-2003, 05:04 PM	#9 (permalink)
HeyAgain Psycho	Shall We Dance.

06-18-2003, 05:14 PM	#10 (permalink)
paddyjoe through charlatans phone Location: Northcoast	This is a subject I could think about for a week and come up with a whole revised version. Anyway, right now: Glory The Wizard of Oz Jaws The Sting Buffalo 66 Braveheart Slapshot Monty Python Search for the Holy Grail Wild at Heart The Long Riders (see, I only thought about it for a couple minutes and already edited) Last edited by paddyjoe; 06-18-2003 at 05:19 PM..

06-18-2003, 05:24 PM	#11 (permalink)
viveleroi0 Psycho Location: Oregon	2001, the matrix, blade runner, saving private ryan, das boot, LOTR 1-2 (soon to add 3) all kubrick films follow __________________ "It's not that I don't understand, it's that I don't care" - Homer Simpson

06-18-2003, 06:18 PM	#12 (permalink)
VirFighter Insane Location: Raleigh, NC / Atlanta, GA	Best of movie of all time is Citizen Kane according to AFI. I personally find it impossible to even list a top five movies of all time because they vary for me week to week. Plus I always kick myself for leaving things out. I will say that a lot of great movies have been named thus far. __________________ "The South is gonna boogie again" - Disco Stu

06-18-2003, 06:43 PM	#13 (permalink)
Nikilidstrom Stick it in your five hole! Location: Michigan, USA	I could not possibly make a list like this, at least without breaking it down into genres, but i refuse to even try until Ive seen Boondock Saints. Ive heard a ton about his flic, but apprently my town has banned it or something, because non of the 9 video stores here have it available.

06-19-2003, 05:31 PM	#14 (permalink)
Nostromo Upright Location: Burlington, Ontario	The Godfather (parts 1 & 2) Jaws North by Northwest Spinal Tap Platoon __________________ "If it ain't broke, don't break it."

06-19-2003, 10:30 PM	#15 (permalink)
RoloTomassy Banned Location: my room	I'm in a personal conflict... I don't know if anyone else runs into this problem, but I find there's a difference in my favorite movies, and the movies I think are the best. I'll just go with my favorites. 1) Memento 2) L.A. Confidential 3) Interview with the Vampire 4) Dazed and Confused 5) Goodfellas

06-20-2003, 12:43 AM	#16 (permalink)
The Bolshevist Insane Location: Vancouver, Canada	Good listings so far... Might I add... -Casablanca ("Are my eyes really brown?") -Fritz Lang's silent classic Metropolis (NOT the horrible version with the Queen soundtrack, but the new one with the restored "lost" footage...not that I don't like Queen) -1951 version of Scrooge (A Christmas Carol) with Alistair Sim. (Waiter...more bread! - Ha'penny extra, sir... - No more bread!!) -Full Metal Jacket. ("M I C K E Y - M O U S E!") -A Bridge Too Far. ("I'm afraid we're not equipped to accept your surrender. So sorry!") -The Bond Films...("Nooo, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die...") -Apollo 13 ("Gentlemen...what are your intentions?") And of course... - Schindler's List ("It is a verse from the Talmud...He who saves one life saves the world entire.") __________________ Workers of the world, UNITE! You have nothing to lose but your silly uniforms and paper hats!!

06-22-2003, 04:50 PM	#25 (permalink)
Eiresol Crazy	City Of God

06-20-2003, 01:29 AM	#17 (permalink)
MrFlux Fluxing wildly... Location: Auckland, New Zealand	Donnie Darko Training Day The Crow Haven't really got 5 favourites but those 3 are all DAMN good. __________________ flux (n.) Medicine. The discharge of large quantities of fluid material from the body, especially the discharge of watery feces from the intestines.

06-20-2003, 11:57 PM	#18 (permalink)
MacGnG Know Where!	Requiem For A Dream Schindler's List Memento Monty Python Search for the Holy Grail gotta agree with those

06-21-2003, 12:36 AM	#19 (permalink)
komodo Tilted	5. The Abyss 4. American Beauty 3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 2. Platoon 1. Aliens Aliens wasn't a drama, or a philosophical film. It was an action film that didn't take itself to seriously. But, when you come right down to it, it set out to do something (entertain) ... and it did it far better than any movie before or since. Every "space marine" since Aliens has been based on the Colonial Marines. Every dropship pilot has been based on Caberra. Every hardcase Sergeant has been based on Apone. Aliens changed more about sci fi movies, books, and games than any other single film, and that's why it's my number one movie.

06-21-2003, 04:12 PM	#20 (permalink)
crow_daw Idolator Location: Vol Country	thanks for posting guys. I knew this would happen, and it did, you guys reminded me of movies that I forgot, like an idiot. Some of the best: Memento (groundbreaking) Aliens (a truly smart action movie, and those are few and far between) Schindler's List (one of those movies you love and hate at the same time, but you can never deny that its brilliant) Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail (probably the funniest movie ever) and one that I'm surprised to say no one's posted yet, Silence of the Lambs (debut of Anthony Hopkins as the freakiest villain in cinema, Hannibal the Cannibal) __________________ "We each have a star, all we have to do is find it. Once you do, everyone who sees it will be blinded." - Earl Simmons

06-21-2003, 04:52 PM	#21 (permalink)
H12 I'm not about getting creamed, I'm about winning! Location: K-Town, TN	In no real order... (keep in mind I don't think any of these are likey some of the greatest movies ever, but they're my favorites and that has to account for something) -Matrix -Pulp Fiction -Monty Python And The Search Of The Holy Grail -Fight Club -Truman Show -The Negotiator I haven't seen this movie yet, but I hear so many great things about it and it's not listed yet, so I'll give it a mention: The Green Mile. __________________ "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit." --Aristotle Last edited by H12; 06-21-2003 at 04:55 PM..

06-21-2003, 06:08 PM	#22 (permalink)
crow_daw Idolator Location: Vol Country	H12, DAMN good list my friend, DAMN good. __________________ "We each have a star, all we have to do is find it. Once you do, everyone who sees it will be blinded." - Earl Simmons

06-21-2003, 10:40 PM	#23 (permalink)
Tech Addict Location: Baltimore MD	Star Wars (new hope) <- i think with the age of the film, people forget just exactly how incredible this movie was when it was made, and how it still stands today. __________________ -Tim- ~I swear sometimes i feel like i'm married to a child. ~You better watch who you're calling a child, Lois, cause if i'm a child than you know what that makes you? a pedophile. and i'll be damned if i'm going to stand here and be lectured by a pervert.

06-22-2003, 03:40 PM	#24 (permalink)
docbungle It's all downhill from here Location: Denver	A Clockwork Orange Brazil Two Girls and A Guy Waking Life Office Space Swingers The 25th Hour

06-22-2003, 05:12 PM	#26 (permalink)
DocLu Upright	They're not the greatest five, but I love um - Igby Goes Down - Charade - Boondock Saints - American Graffiti - The Outlaw Josey Wales

06-22-2003, 08:13 PM	#27 (permalink)
Frowning Budah Slave of Fear	OK, let me take a stab at it. Note these are what I would consider the most entertaining not necessarily the best in term of quality or message. Jaws The Replacements Matrix Holy Grail Silence of the Lambs Clockwork Orange Indiana Jones Casablanca Star Wars I am sure I will think of a dozen more in a few minutes.

06-22-2003, 11:14 PM	#28 (permalink)
BulletBob Psycho Location: Rupp Arena	In no paticular order... -The Boondock Saints -The Usual Suspects -Pulp Fiction -Chasing Amy -Monty Python's Life Of Brian

06-23-2003, 12:00 AM	#29 (permalink)
Sun Tzu Conspiracy Realist Location: The Event Horizon	Lord of the Rings Trilogy-FOTR, TTT Star Wars saga Braveheart Raiders of the Lost Ark Evil Dead I and II Dances with Wolves One Flew Over the Coo Coos Nest Goodfellas Creepshow Jurassic Park Terminator I and II The Matrix __________________ *To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.- Stephen Hawking*

06-24-2003, 03:07 AM	#30 (permalink)
GunslingerCold Banned Location: IL	These are some movies I thought were very entertaining (in no particular order): Memento Rushmore Snatch The Matrix Equilibrium Akira Best In Show

06-25-2003, 10:16 PM	#31 (permalink)
frankgrimes Psycho	first one that always comes to mind is Bladerunner, but Gunslinger, I like 5 of your 7 picks.

06-25-2003, 11:10 PM	#32 (permalink)
Batman976 is you wicked? Location: I live in a giant bucket.	A few of my favorites include: Apocalypse Now One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Batman This is Spinal Tap There are several others that I could include, but I'll keep the list fairly short. __________________ The following statement is true. The preceding statement was false.

06-25-2003, 11:15 PM	#33 (permalink)
BastardSamurai Upright	My list changes so much, but the one (or two) thing(s) that remains constant are Godfather I and II. Everytime I watch either one, I see something new and amazing about it.

06-25-2003, 11:26 PM	#34 (permalink)
TenDeuChen Upright	Mulholland Drive Lost Highway Blue Velvet Yeah...i like lynch LotR Trilogy will probably be the best trilogy ever made IF the third is as good as the other two, (and everyone who has seen early cuts have said it is better so...let's hope!)

06-25-2003, 11:28 PM	#35 (permalink)
Mr_Q Tilted Location: Minnesota	Hmmmm... I don't know if this is really my all-time favorite list or not, but off the top of my head these are some movies I really like: Star Wars Trilogy Braveheart Gladiator Spaceballs Galaxyquest The Matrix Indiana Jones Trilogy Monty Python and the Holy Grail And of course anything with Jean Claude Van Damme is just wonderful... ^^And just so I don't get spammed, that last one was a joke^^

06-25-2003, 11:37 PM	#36 (permalink)
boredjerk Insane Location: Antarctica	Apocalypse Now Platoon Taxi Driver One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Raising Arizona Wild at Heart The Jerk __________________ Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.

06-26-2003, 04:06 AM	#37 (permalink)
wackeyass Insane	HEAT!!! Having Deniro and Pachino in one movie is enough for me and then comes that gun fight in the streets just after the real thing happened in L.A. a few days before the release. WOW.