Top 10 Movies
Based on TV Shows
The last few years we've had to sit through crap like THE DUKES
OF HAZZARD and STARSKY & HUTCH as they poop all over some of our most cherished
childhood memories. I never thought seeing Rocky and Bullwinkle in a major
motion picture would make me want to throw myself into the heart of a live
volcano. It did though, and so did a lot of these other useless adaptations.
Still, with all these recent announcements, I can't help but get excited. The
new TRANFORMERS pictures look cool enough, finally seeing Homer Simpson in a
film trailer gave me goose bumps, and the thought of Jack Bauer taking his
ass-kicking antics to the big screen makes me want to dance around my living
room wearing nothing but work boots and a belt to tuck my gun into. Until then,
let's take a look at some of the best ideas to go from our boob-tube to our
local theatres.
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5. MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
(1996)
Take one of the biggest stars in the world and give him the
greatest theme song in the world and watch the magic happen. Spectacular stunts
and outrageous back-stabbing only add to the fun. Having the original show's
main character as the bad guy didn't go over too well with die hard fans but
rumour is, Tom Cruise can do whatever the f*ck he wants. That includes having
all die hard fans of the original show killed.
4. THE NAKED GUN
(1988)
Two Ricardo Montalban movies in one Ten Spot? You're damn right.
I don't care who you think you are - if you have never laughed at Lt. Frank
Drebin at some point in your life, you suck. The parody movie is a fine art and
hasn't been done this well since (SCARY MOVIE comes close though). It's also fun
to revisit if only to realize how hilarious O.J. Simpson actually was before
becoming a deliverer of death.
3. THE BLUES BROTHERS
(1980)
There's no denying my love for John Belushi. The fact that I can
actually remember the day I heard there was going to be a Blues Brothers movie
is kind of weird. I was six years old, how the hell did I know who the Blues
Brothers were? Where were my parents? Why did I have a smoker's cough?
Theatrically, the greatest thing that will ever come from SNL.
2. THE FUGITIVE
(1993)
One of, if not the only, movie associated with a television
series to be nominated for Best Picture. Tommy Lee Jones also got nominated that
night and ended up taking home the Oscar for his portrayal of Deputy
United States Marshal Samuel Gerard. Harrison Ford never got the praise Jones
did but he too shines here as Dr. Richard Kimble in search for the one-armed man
that killed his wife.
1. THE UNTOUCHABLES
(1987)
Exaggerating is fun. That's why knowing that most of the shit
that goes down between Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner) and Al Capone (Robert De Niro)
in this film never really happened doesn't really matter to me. Jim Malone (Sean
Connery) is still one of my favourite characters of all time and watching Frank
Nitti (Billy Drago) fly off that roof at the end is what dreams are made of. Did
anyone else notice that the top three movies on this list took place in Chicago?
Represent Moreno!
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3:06PM on 09/01/2006
For what it's worth, I would've rated Serenity much, much higher.
And I wouldn't've rated the Twilight Zone movie at all (I don't know which was worse, the campy remake of "Nightmare at 20,000 F...
For what it's worth, I would've rated Serenity much, much higher.
And I wouldn't've rated the Twilight Zone movie at all (I don't know which was worse, the campy remake of "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" or the chicken$#!+ ending they slapped onto "It's a Good Life").
But what really needs to be said is: WHERE THE BLOODY HELL IS MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL?!? Its absence completely invalidates the entire list.