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Post by Detective Mitchell on Jun 28, 2005 1:00:26 GMT -5
One of my favorite directors has to be this man. My vote is for The 'Burbs. Endlessly quotable and really funny, with Gremlins 2 at second, and Piranha at third.
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Post by Detective Mitchell on Jun 28, 2005 19:45:16 GMT -5
Come on people! There has to be people besides Forrest and I who like Dante.
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Post by NCMystie on Jun 28, 2005 20:34:14 GMT -5
I'm with Forrest here as Gremlins 2 is one of the funniest, most anarchic movies i've seen. Right up there with Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Fight Club and early Marx Brothers. Dante's movies of late have sorta gone to the kiddie side of things. Hopefully he'll pull out another great one like howling or burbs'.
By the way, has anyone heard of the alternate ending to the burbs' that the studio rejected for some reason?
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Post by Detective Mitchell on Jun 30, 2005 22:29:55 GMT -5
(bump)
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Post by ratso on Jun 30, 2005 22:37:38 GMT -5
I like the first Gremlins, It used to be my favorite movie when I was real young.
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Post by dash on Jul 2, 2005 11:48:59 GMT -5
lol-- AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON... i used to *so* love that flick. that was like my first introduction to AIRPLANE!-esque type humour growing up.
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Post by otr on Jul 6, 2005 15:37:54 GMT -5
I went with The Howling, but I liked Matinee too.
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Post by kayleigh on Jul 6, 2005 16:21:55 GMT -5
I went with Piranha. There were a couple others on the list I liked, but in the end I'm a sucker for "when nature attacks" movies from the 70's & early 80's.
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Post by Ro-matt on Jul 6, 2005 16:27:19 GMT -5
Oh come on, Gremlins easily. That movie is fantastic.
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Post by Citizen Kane Hodder on May 9, 2006 10:15:22 GMT -5
The Howling
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Post by Chuck on May 9, 2006 12:35:53 GMT -5
Matinee was a loving homage to William Castle and the gimmick films of the 60s.
I think it's the best because Dante was directing from the heart.
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Post by Melting Manos on May 9, 2006 15:55:36 GMT -5
The 'burbs by far for me. It's one of my all-time favorite comedies. Bruce Dern steals the show BIG TIME. The scene when they go to the Klopek's for the first time, and he's being highly suspicious and rude gets me every time. It's one of the very few scenes in any movie that has me laughing so hard I have tears in my eyes every time I see it.
Had he not directed The 'burbs, it would have been The Howling because I also love that one.
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Post by Joseph Javorsky on May 9, 2006 16:51:43 GMT -5
the Burbs
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Post by Jason Voorhees on Jul 22, 2006 16:10:35 GMT -5
I voted for Gremlins.
WAIT, people actually liked the Howling?!?!?!? I hate that turkey! It is so boring and stupid when my brother and I watched it he left after 15 minutes!
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Post by Jack Burton on Jul 23, 2006 7:34:00 GMT -5
Gremlins. It's pretty much a dead heat between 1 and 2, but the "That's how I found out there was no Santa Claus" speech is one of the eeriest, meanest, things ever in a PG movie. I love it!
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