Just tastes I guess, but you are certainly in the minority of people I know.

Maybe down the road, I'll give Spirited Away another shot. I've tried watching it twice now and just didn't care for it.

Then again, that could be backlash from the bitterness of walking into my apartment every day during college and seeing my dipshit roommate watching Princess Mononoke again. Gah. I did not like that movie. 

Have you tried Laputa: Castle in the Sky?

1.- Brazil
2.- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3.- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
4.- Twelve Monkeys
5.- Princess Mononoke/Mad Max 2

It's impossible for me to pick a top 5.  But I did write a blog 363 days ago in which I made 4 top-5 lists, to give you some ideas.


My favorite campy-but-epic sci-fi movies of each decade:

1960s: Barbarella
1970s: Logan's Run
1980s: Flash Gordon
1990s: The Fifth Element
2000s: X-Men: The Last Stand

(The 1980s is the only decade I had to think about.  My definition of epic seems to lean towards saving the planet or civilization or the universe, so I couldn't count Back to the Future 2 or Brazil, but they get honorable mentions.  And if you don't think the X-Men movie was campy, watch it again.  He says "I'm the Juggernaut, bitch."  And it's epic as balls.)


My favorite serious business sci-fi movies of each decade:

1960s: 2001: A Space Oddysey
1970s: Solyaris
1980s: Dune
1990s: Twelve Monkeys
2000s: Children of Men

(Frank Herbert, the author of the original 6 Dune novels was also the script consultant on Flash Gordon!)


My favorite 5 musicals of all time:

1. Happiness of the Katakuris
2. Forbidden Zone
3. Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
4. Labyrinth
5. Hair


My favorite 5 too-arty-for-your-mom movies of all time:

1. Week-End - by Godard
2. Takeshis' - by Kitano
3. Eraserhead - by Lynch
4. Un Chien Andalou - by Bunuel
5. 8 1/2 - by Fellini

- Barbarella, well o.k. It's over-rated but only in the delicious sense.

- Logan's Run, a beautiful melange of high and low camp mixed into a sci-fi mystery story.

- Flash Gordon, low camp, the "so bad it's good" type. Too bad Blade Runner shit all over it with a bleeding edge and whack-a-mole high camp that actually worked.

- Fifth Element? Jeez, if you're going to reach that far then the best candidate would be Fight Club. Put down the pipe!

- X-Men, hum, well, it's always some kinda campy when guys dress up in tights. I think camp is actually less appreciatied now as the gay culture is mainstreaming. 

2001: A Space Oddysey - WE HAVE A WINNER!

Solaris - Dude, what? I watched the original in Russian in 1975. It sucked. Clearly you're still upset about that little incident between you and Anthony Burgess.

DUNE - Apparently you forgot to see Aliens, Empire Strikes Back or The Terminator. I'll loan you my DVD's.

Twelve Monkey's - FUCK YEAH!

2000 - Not ready to close out the century yet but CoM is in the running. 

Regarding musicals, I'm not into Singing in the Rain, or The Wizard of Oz, and I haven't seen Top Hat. I really love West Side Story, but I'd still put it 6th on my list.

Have you seen Happiness of the Katakuris? It's Takashi Miike's musical, with zombies, and random claymation scenes, and tells the beautiful story of a family learning how to get along!

And have you seen Forbidden Zone? The music's all Oingo Boingo, and it's basically a live action cartoon with Hervé Villechaize and titties everywhere.




And I don't think Blade Runner was campy enough to dethrone Flash Gordon, but yeah it should definitely tie with Dune in my serious sci-fi list.

I love My Own Private Idaho but don't think it's as bullshit madness-art like the 5 I listed. I still need to see Drugstore Cowboy though.

I think Beat Takeshi lost his mind when he made Takeshis'. I don't even know how to describe it. But I love it and highly recommend it.

Sorry I just saw this.  My other choice was Laputa: Castle in the Sky.

 I'll rent it.

Please do find some way to watch it and tell me what you think.  It's one of those movies that made me feel like a kid agian. ^_^