What 5 movies would best represent us? [Archive]

Doc Safari

07-29-14, 14:25

It's a thousand years in the future.

Archaeologists of that time have discovered a site that appears to be a well-preserved city from the late twentieth or early twenty-first century.

Several days into the dig, they discover a hollow cylinder, sealed at both ends. When they open the container, they find what appear to be shiny silver plastic discs. One of the archaeologists speculates that these must be what the ancients called "DVD's."

Since the container was sealed, the contents are perfectly preserved. Another artifact appears to be a note that reads in the ancient language of English: "These five movies were sealed in this container as being the best representation of our civilization's history, culture, and values."

What five movies does the cylinder contain?

Outlander Systems

07-29-14, 14:55

Idiocracy.

Moose-Knuckle

07-29-14, 15:30

Idiocracy.

Close the thread, this man just won it in the first post!

Moose-Knuckle

07-29-14, 15:32

Okay my contribution.

Network.

Doc Safari

07-29-14, 15:36

You guys can pick more than one movie. That's why I said "five movies."

My List:

1. Idiocracy

For obvious reasons this pretty much describes our civilization. Unfortunately.

2. Saturday Night Fever

For showing big city life and the desire to party and impress the opposite sex more than anything else.

3. Saving Private Ryan

For showing what war is really like (supposedly).

4. The Searchers

To my mind, this is one of the best and most realistic westerns ever made.

5. Gravity

I'm debating if this may be the best sci-fi film of all time. I certainly think it's the most realistic.

SteyrAUG

07-29-14, 16:13

Idiocracy.

Beat me to it.

SteyrAUG

07-29-14, 16:14

5. Gravity

I'm debating if this may be the best sci-fi film of all time. I certainly think it's the most realistic.

Geeze, special effects aside I thought it was a pretty crappy movie.

SteyrAUG

07-29-14, 16:17

Geeze, special effects aside I thought it was a pretty crappy movie.

My five would be:

1. Best Years of Our Lives
2. Citizen Kane
3. Blackhawk Down
4. Heat
5. Death Wish

Rather than let Hollywood attempt to "represent" history in a factual way, I figured it would be more interesting to see how good movies hold up over time.

TriviaMonster

07-29-14, 16:28

I don't want the future Amerikans to think (if its allowed) that we were losers, so Star Trek. Not the new ones.

fixit69

07-29-14, 16:33

Geeze, special effects aside I thought it was a pretty crappy movie.

Pretty much this. It was great to look at (cg sfx), but was hard to watch.

I'm thinking:
In no particular order

Citizen Kane
Blackhawk Down/Lone Survivor( maybe not the best movies, but I like them)
Pulp Fiction(this may cause debate but its a polarizing movie)
Star Wars 1-6( yea some of it sucked, but Lucas created an amazing universe and its my list)
The best years of our lives. (Maybe not for some, but hey it's my list)

Magic_Salad0892

07-29-14, 16:34

1.) Idiocracy
2.) HEAT
3.) Black Hawk Down
4.) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
5.) Shindler's List

WickedWillis

07-29-14, 16:34

Geeze, special effects aside I thought it was a pretty crappy movie.

Gravity was horrible IMO. Why did that win any awards whatsoever?

ColtSeavers

07-29-14, 17:05

The Blues Brothers
The Princess Bride
2001 A Space Odyssey
2010
Idiocracy

Outlander Systems

07-29-14, 17:30

Close the thread, this man just won it in the first post!

; )

Just bein' honest...

SteyrAUG

07-29-14, 17:44

1.) Idiocracy
2.) HEAT
3.) Black Hawk Down
4.) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
5.) Shindler's List

Actually an excellent list. I wonder if they'd "get" Monty Python 1,000 years from now.

TehLlama

07-29-14, 20:29

Idiocracy.

Why come I didn't say that first? Brought to you by Carl's Jr.

Moose-Knuckle

07-29-14, 20:35

Brought to you by . . .

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FromMyColdDeadHand

07-29-14, 20:50

My only concern with Idiocracy is that they won't get it....

Forbidden Planet
Star Wars: A New Hope
Godfather
Schindler's List
Caddy Shack

Magic_Salad0892

07-29-14, 23:38

The Gingerdead Man with Gary Busey has my honorable mention.

Grand58742

07-29-14, 23:45

Ya'll are just wrong for not putting Blazing Saddles at the top of your list.

ETA: In seriousness, a good western like Tombstone should be in there.

ColtSeavers

07-30-14, 00:35

Ya'll are just wrong for not putting Blazing Saddles at the top of your list.

ETA: In seriousness, a good western like Tombstone should be in there.

History of the World part 1

Still waiting for Hitler on Ice and Jews in Space!

Doc Safari

07-30-14, 08:55

The reason I included 'Gravity' is because it shows the technology of space travel better than any other film, I think.

People 1,000 years from now could see how primitive our space technology was.

Maybe I should have picked 'Apollo 13' instead.

sadmin

07-30-14, 10:54

Any movie that shows complete logical abandon and focuses on narcissistic driven immediate wants while exploiting our foolhardy faith in complete strangers.

You should do a time capsule left by the members of M4C since we are mo' betta than the lot. Now excuse me while I hit the gym followed by a selfie.

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SilverBullet432

07-30-14, 10:56

titanic: america is the ship, and the iceberg is our future...

SteyrAUG

07-30-14, 13:49

T2C

07-30-14, 14:21

Idiocracy.

You beat me to it.

jmoore

07-30-14, 14:45

Pulp Fiction :)

john

brickboy240

07-30-14, 15:16

Red Dawn

After 8 of Obama and another 4-8 of Hillary...we will then be at "Red Sunset."

LOL

Trajan

07-30-14, 15:38

Still waiting for Hitler on Ice and Jews in Space!
While I did laugh at this, I'm not sure what you're trying to say here...

Regardless of movie made, it would be horrifically misinterpreted.

Star Wars would just confuse them; they would think we all just abandoned the planet in the 1970s and left the bottom of the barrel (where Idiocracy comes in).

Any movie that shows complete logical abandon and focuses on narcissistic driven immediate wants while exploiting our foolhardy faith in complete strangers.

Now excuse me while I hit the gym followed by a selfie.

That is our entire culture, not just M4C.

PD Sgt.

07-30-14, 15:40

In no particular order;

Unforgiven
Saving Private Ryan
Star Wars
All the President's Men
Monty Python's Holy Grail

I figure you show a western, a war movie, a political based movie, a sci-fi, and a comedy. If I could add a sixth, it would probably be The Godfather.

fixit69

07-30-14, 15:49

The reason I added Star Wars is it shows the human imagination. How far we can go in our life is only limited by our imagination.

Sadly, it is lacking in so many. Any purpose or drive is being bred out of our young and replaced by nannystateism.

Pulp fiction is the other side of life I have had a glimpse into

The rest pretty much speak for themselves.

And by the way Idiocracy, while annoying to me, is pretty appropriate. I give it an honorable mention.

SteyrAUG

07-30-14, 16:10

While I did laugh at this, I'm not sure what you're trying to say here...

Regardless of movie made, it would be horrifically misinterpreted.

You will need to watch Mel Brooks "History of the World: Part I" to understand.

montanadave

07-31-14, 14:41

Roger and Me

Bowling For Columbine

Fahrenheit 9/11

Sicko

Capitalism: A Love Story

:jester:

Doc Safari

07-31-14, 14:43

Roger and Me

Bowling For Columbine

Fahrenheit 9/11

Sicko

Capitalism: A Love Story

:jester:

You forgot "An Inconvenient Truth". :confused: