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| 30 JUL 2005 at 3:07pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | I cannot pick just one movie. I like to laugh.
Galaxy Quest. Independence Day. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. LadyHawke. Shrek.
These are movies I have the DVD to. I guess to qualify as a great movie in my mind it has to be something I want to watch over again.
I've hired a lot of very ordinary DVDs lately.
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| 30 JUL 2005 at 3:19pm |
Alan ThornSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 240
Joined: 8 JUN 2005
Status : Online | I don't have a "best". Some films I like in particular are:
Delicatessen
Donnie Darko
Ghost World
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| 30 JUL 2005 at 3:30pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
Posts : 5892
Joined: 4 NOV 2002
Status : Online | Again, no best, because it depends on the genre. My favorites would include:
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (though only seen once, so that might change, but I doubt)
Memento
Fight Club
Pulp Fiction
Groundhog Day (I love anything related to this phenomenon...my favorite episodes of TV shows like X-Files and SG1 are among those with a day repeating over and over)
Almost Famous
Still undecided about a horror movie, because I still have to see the greats, but The Shining, The Thing and Evil Dead are heads-up right now.
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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| 30 JUL 2005 at 4:34pm |
IviniaGuild Master
Posts : 4459
Joined: 7 JUN 2003
Location: US
Status : Offline | Go ahead and laugh...
1] Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (The filter would have too much fun with this one!)
2] Robin Hood (Errol Flynn)
3] Legend of Sleep Hollow (Johnny Depp)
4] What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (Johnny Depp)
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| 30 JUL 2005 at 5:13pm |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
Posts : 4038
Joined: 27 SEP 2004
Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | A few favorites:
Young Frankenstein
Ghostbusters
Being There
Star Wars (original)
Alien
The African Queen
Local Hero
Cannery Row
The Butcher's Wife
and many more!
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 30 JUL 2005 at 6:23pm |
AvakaJourneyman
Posts : 1437
Joined: 17 SEP 2003
Status : Online | I also love Legend of Sleep Hollow with Johnny Depp
Edward Scissorhands with Johnny Depp
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Princess Bride - liked the sword fighting scenes
The Gangs of New York
Myst IV - Never finished it. Got frustrated with it.&&Myst V - Did not finish it either. Very disappointing.&&ATTWN - BORING!!! Never finished it. Kept falling asleep.&&Paradise - So far .... not so good&&Voyage - Not on my favorite list
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| 30 JUL 2005 at 7:28pm |
Terry PenrodGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 6693
Joined: 16 OCT 2004
Location: US, Texas
Status : Offline | .
Although made before I was born, I still love all the original Thin Man movies starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles along with Asta The Wonder Dog and a terrific supporting cast of notable character actors. Same goes for Laura, Otto Preminger's all-time great detective love story starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Vincent Price and Clifton Webb as Waldo Lydecker with one of the most memorable scores ever written by David Raksin.
There are of course a host of other old Hollywood classics I love but of the major American films made during my lifetime, I still adore both Chinatown and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - which IMO epitomize the career of Jack Nicholson.
For broad comedy and wry social commentary, another of my all-time favorites is Stanley Kubrick's brilliantly funny anti-nuclear war epic Dr. Strangelove or: HILTSWALTB starring Peter Sellers in three major roles and an amazing cast of other talented actors. Who could ever forget Slim Pickens' dry reading of the contents of the official U.S. Air Force Survival Kit to the somber tune of Johnny Comes Marching Home Again or George C. Scott's reaction to the Russian Ambassador's seeing "The Big Board" or Sterling Hayden's paranoid ramblings as Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper about the contamination of vital bodily fluids to Seller's hilariously befuddled Group Captain Lionel Mandrake?
For serious mystery and suspense, nothing to date has beaten the original Alfred Hithcock classics. For truly good sci-fi (with a definite Hitchcockian touch of class), Ridley Scott's Blade Runner based on Philip K. Dick's short story still takes the cake in almost every department.
Cheers, Terry
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| 30 JUL 2005 at 10:18pm |
alkis21Schattenjger
Posts : 2112
Joined: 23 OCT 2002
Location: GR
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Sandy_Sleuth (30 JUL 2005 2:17pm)
As far as new movies go, I Loved Willy Wonka.
Oh for crying out really loud... [img]http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2/images/smiles/z_blabby.gif[/img]
The Shawshank Redemption for me.
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| 30 JUL 2005 at 10:57pm |
trudysgardenSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 312
Joined: 19 JUL 2005
Status : Online | I love tripping over Purple Rain at 3 am. Life just stops till it ends. Likewise - but don't think it's on TV ever - Clockwork Orange. Can't analyze it - just gotta watch and be stupified - like a moth to a buglight. I'm usually too ADD to sit and watch a whole movie
happy trails,
Carolyn
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| 30 JUL 2005 at 11:48pm |
AndromusGuild Master
Posts : 5538
Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Can't pick just one. I'm sure I'm forgetting something that belongs on here, but here's my top ten for the moment, and no particular order).
1. To Kill A Mockingbird
2. Casablanca
3. The Maltese Falcon
4. The Fellowship of the Ring
5. The Empire Strikes Back
6. Raiders of the Lost Ark
7. North By Northwest
8. The Shawshank Redemption
9. The Usual Suspects
10. 2001: A Space Odyssey
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| 1 AUG 2005 at 1:23pm |
JerrySorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 363
Joined: 2 MAR 2003
Status : Online | I've got waaaay too many, but here are some in no particular order:
Amadeus
All Quiet on the Western Front
Once Upon A Time in the West
Once Upon A Time in America
Godfather Trilogy
LOTR Trilogy
Lawrence of Arabia
Casablanca
The Maltese Falcon
Mr. Smith goes to Washington
Vertigo
Rear Window
The 39 Steps
Ed Wood
Karakter
La Meglio Gioventu
Paths of Glory
The Killing
Ran
Schindler's List
Seven Samurai
Stagecoach
The Untouchables
The Usual Suspects
And I'm probably forgetting a lot...
[url=http://www.intervocative.com/DVDCollection.aspx/Jerry2000]My dvd's[/url]
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| 2 AUG 2005 at 3:23am |
HelenGuild Master
Posts : 3436
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | Theres a ton, but "Clockwork Orange" is always the first that comes to mind for me whenever this question is asked.
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| 2 AUG 2005 at 3:52am |
convertIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 7
Joined: 6 JUL 2005
Status : Online | For me it's:
1. The Outlaw Josey Wales
2. The Princess Bride
3. The Professional
4. Sin City
5. The Hobbit (cartoon feature length movie)
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| 2 AUG 2005 at 4:40am |
| Deleted User | Really, this is an impossible question. I've seen thousands of films and have loved many. I have over hundreds of films in my collection and even more in my netflix queue, so who knows how my list would change from day to day?
Desert Island films? Here's a short list, alphabetically:
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Almost Famous
Amadeus
Amelie
Animal House
Apocalypse
Bagdad Café
Best In Show
Black Stallion
Blade Runner
Blazing Saddles
Brazil
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
Caddyshack
Up in Smoke
City of Lost Children
Coffee and Cigarettes
Donnie Darko
Fargo
The Fisher King
For a Fist Full of Dollars
Glengarry GlenRoss
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Highlander
Indiana Jones and the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Jackie Brown
La Femme Nikita
Lord of the Rings: All three
Lost In Translation
A Mighty Wind
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Moulin Rouge
The Name of the Rose
O Brother, Where Art Thou
On Golden Pond
The Princess Bride
Raising Arizona
The Red Violin
Shawshank Redemption
Shrek
The Silence of the Lambs
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
This Is Spinal Tap
Time Bandits
Toy Story
12 Monkeys
Waiting for Guffman
The Wizard of Oz
Young Frankenstein
Eh?
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| 2 AUG 2005 at 11:45am |
Alan ThornSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 240
Joined: 8 JUN 2005
Status : Online | It's not my favourite movie but when I was a boy I remember watching, and loving, this Australian film about a group of children who visited this lake in the middle of nowhere. Every now and then these bubbles would appear on the surface of the water and it seemed as though somekind of monster lived beneath it. Except, (spoiler), in the end it turned out to be somekind of mechanical digger. Does anybody remember this film?
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| 2 AUG 2005 at 3:13pm |
Sandy_SleuthPrivate Detective
Posts : 556
Joined: 22 JUL 2005
Status : Online | Wow! I guess it is impossible to pick a few!! Allot of good favorites out there!! I'm glad to see that there are others out there that love the movies as much me!
Think scary movies now.
Which ones had you looking behind the couch and under the stairs? Which ones had you turn the volume down on the remote, because you thought you heard something???
Which ones gave you nightmares when you were a kid??
The very FIRST Halloween did it for me when i was a kid!
It was the first of it's kind! I never trick or treated alone after that!!!
There are some movies that just make the hair on the back of your neck stand up!!!!! Which ones do that to you??
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| 2 AUG 2005 at 6:19pm |
krkdnosePrivate Detective
Posts : 707
Joined: 9 JUN 2004
Status : Online | A few of my favorites:
1) A Clockwork Orange
2) Brazil
3) Life of Brian
4) Blade Runner
5) Breaking Away
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| 2 AUG 2005 at 9:40pm |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
Posts : 4038
Joined: 27 SEP 2004
Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | While reading all these lists, I find myself agreeing with 3/4 of the movies mentioned as being ones I've enjoyed. I think I'll stroll over to Blockbusters and look for some of these oldies but goodies tonight.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 3 AUG 2005 at 4:29am |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By egroeg (2 AUG 2005 10:40pm)
i don't have one realy but the first thing that came into my head was the Big Lebowski, so maybe thats is it afterall.
My fav Cohn brothers film is O' Brother, Where Art Tho.
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| 3 AUG 2005 at 11:41am |
| Deleted User | Not exactly on-topic, but I just watched special edition DVD of HP And the Prisoner of Azkaban, and I have to say this is the worst book to film adaptation I've ever seen!
The little time spent on the actual plot is rushed and abrupt, so many vital omissions. Now I understand you just can't transfer the whole book into film, but come on! Plus, they added stupid and irrelevant elemants.
Yes, it was stunning, yes, it was beautiful, even decently acted, but script/direction wise, it was atrociuos. The book thousands of times better than the movie.
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| 3 AUG 2005 at 11:56am |
Sandy_SleuthPrivate Detective
Posts : 556
Joined: 22 JUL 2005
Status : Online | What about Scary Movies? Or do you not really care for them much?
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| 3 AUG 2005 at 12:02pm |
KingRyanSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 281
Joined: 25 JAN 2004
Status : Online | 1. Scary Movie 3 -- this is the only movie that has ever had me on the floor at one point in uncontrollable laughter.
2. Office Space
3. Clue
4. Scent of a Woman
5. Caddyshack
6. Rear Window
[size=14][b]Currently Playing:[/b]&&Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis[/size]
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| 3 AUG 2005 at 2:23pm |
JohnBoyIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 31
Joined: 26 JUL 2005
Status : Online | Powder, Whale Rider, The Green Mile, Midnight Express, just to name a few. I could actually go on and on.
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| 4 AUG 2005 at 2:48pm |
| Deleted User | It's too hard to pick a single best movie, but it seems we are all thinking more or less of movies that put us in a certain mood that we like every time we watch it.
I must also say Blade Runner is one of those movies for me, because of its mood. There's nothing quite like it.
Another movie that I can watch for this reason alone is Barry Lyndon. It's really long and nothing terribly exciting happens as far as the story goes. But the pictures!
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