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What is your favourite movie and why? :D
From Nemo1 UK
STYX Caught in the act. Live.
The movie speaks for itself.
The Seven Samurai
A 1950s classic which spurned a fair few copycat movies eg. The Magnificent Seven
http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/kurosawa/sevensamurai/
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Any movie with Goats in the title, as a subject, or as actors...
Because I've got goats...
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Mmmmmm your not one of those FURRIES are you robo mate? :) ;)
PollyAnna:)
And they call me the wisea$$
One of my favorite lesser known movies:
Creator - (the one with Peter O'Toole)
Why? About life, death and love.
For older movies, I would say Pillow Talk, just because its a wholesome clean funny romance movie, todays equivilent would be Sleepless in Seattle, for same reason. I also loved Breakfast at Tiffanys, its just a classic.
For today's movies my favourites are Cold Mountain, awesome movie, and The Last Samurai, both are a must see for anyone.
"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" One of the funniest I've seen with the longest list of comedians in it's credits ever. :D
also "The Gods Must Be Crazy" good comedy if you can take the first few minutes. :D
"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" One of the funniest I've seen with the longest list of comedians in it's credits ever. :D
must agree with you there BOB that movie is a riot :)
I see that Around the world in 30 days has made a modern remake comeback... that original was also funny as hell...... I may go see the new one as well.
Just Playin
06-23-04, 12:17
Blazing Saddles, Three Stooges, anything with Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder, Heartbreak Ridge, and The Jerk.
i have so many favorites- most of the 80's cult classics- Breakfast Club, Sweet Sixteen, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller, etc....
more recently "men of Honor", Shawshank Redemption, Where the Heart is (great feel good movie), LOTR, and Pirates of the Carribean - mainly because with Johnny Depp AND orlando Bloom- its worth watching! lol
I'm also a HUGE Harry Potter fan, but like the books over the movies
There are so many movies I just cant imagine just having one favorite.
Full Metal Jacket
Gladiator
Braveheart
The last Samurai
and so many more
"The Blues Brothers", "Animal House" and "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane" w/ Bette Davis and Joan Crawford . But the funniest movie I think I've ever seen is "Arsenic and Old Lace" w/ Cary Grant. (No I didn't really see it with Cary Grant but that would have been very nice :D )
And I don't believe there was a goat in any of them :rolleyes:
My favorite movie is definately The Nightmare Before Christmas.
I love that movie. I feel like I can relate to it in a way. :)
But the funniest movie I think I've ever seen is "Arsenic and Old Lace" w/ Cary Grant. (No I didn't really see it with Cary Grant but that would have been very nice :D )
yeah i've seen that one...that is a good movie.
and I don't understand why all you ladies like Johnny Depp. He looks like a strung out drug addict :eek: imo, anyway.
my fav's are:
Fight Club
Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Saving Private Ryan
Dirty Harry (the original) "So you have to ask yourself a question...did I fire 6 shots or only 5?
Hunt for Red October
thats all I can think of right now
yeah i've seen that one...that is a good movie.
and I don't understand why all you ladies like Johnny Depp. He looks like a strung out drug addict :eek: imo, anyway.
my fav's are:
Fight Club
Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Saving Private Ryan
Dirty Harry (the original) "So you have to ask yourself a question...did I fire 6 shots or only 5?
Hunt for Red October
thats all I can think of right now
dang ace, there seems to be a theme running through those!
Do we detect a dark side? (note to self - don't make him angry- lol) :D
I'm not a huge Johnny Depp fan, I'll take Richard Dean Anderson anyday. I mean he's McGyver and now a space traveller. Never a dull moment. ;)
I have never been a big Johnny Depp fan, but i DO like him in that movie!!! lol
Maybe its the whole dirty pirate look....lol
I have never been a big Johnny Depp fan, but i DO like him in that movie!!! lol
Maybe its the whole dirty pirate look....lolsoo...you like sweaty mechanics too? i hear they get dirty on the job. lol
@ kiwi
I like movies that are different. I like Brad Pitt as an actor, and Q. Terintino is one of the greatest director's ever. Kill Bill was great. Can't wait to see vol.2. But it didn't make my all time list.
The Forbidden Zone.
Awesome 80s flick, a chaotic musical fantasy.
Any movie with Hervé Villechaize beats all other movies.
I like the Breakfeast Club too.
Monty Python - Life of Brian
because of it's antidote qualities....the jokes that is
Monty Python - Life of Brian
because of it's antidote qualities....the jokes that is
Well of course! Monty Python and the Holy Grail! (And to think I'm always telling unsuspecting new people here to "run away") duh <head smack> :rolleyes:
I don't know if anyone mentioned this bu i like the Matrix , and lord of the rings (3rd one)
12 Monkeys, Pulp Fiction, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Memento, and Glory Daze.
2001: A Space Odyssey (Loved HAL), Catch 22, The Seventh Seal (Bergman), The Matrix:D
Older movie: Fist full of dollars - because Clint is COOL
Newer: The 13th Warrior - Just a macho flick.
Newer: Rat Race - Funay!!
Newer: Super Troopers - Funay!!
Newer: Mystic River - even though it had Sean Penn and TIm Robbins ... I liked it... Way to go Clint.
It's funny. Every time somebody asks for a favorite movie, everybody always posts a list. Hard to pick just one. Lots of "favorites", but if I had to pick just one, it would be Miracle on 34th Street, with Jimmy Steward/Donna Reed. Colorized version preferably (I'm not THAT much of a purist.)
Oh GOD I'm punchy today. "It's A Wonderful Life", not Miracle On 34th Street". It's been a long week already.
Oh yeah, I forgot one:
Throne of Blood. It's an old Samurai movie based on Shakespeare's "King Lear"
Adrynalyne
06-23-04, 19:28
Too many to mention.
But I really like
The Last of the Mohicans
http://majorgeeks.com/vb/images/smilies/eek.gif I almost forgot the Godfather!!!!!!!!
Movies that I will watch again and again are: Rebecca(Alfred Hitchcock), M*A*S*H, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Back to the Future, An American Werewolf in London, The Terminator, Pulp Fiction and Men in Black. They are just soooo watchable.
*gasp* Sorry...Throne of Blood was actually an adaptation of Macbeth, not King Leer. Silly me. :rolleyes:
OverCooked
06-23-04, 19:58
In no real order
LOTR 1-3
Godfather
Braveheart
Full Metal Jacket
The Dirty Dozen
Blazzing Saddles
SpaceBalls
The Terminator II
Saving Privite Ryan
Hunt for Red October
Man on Fire
Just a few off the top of my head. Of coarse there are hundreds of others.
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cooked
Too many to mention.
But I really like
The Last of the Mohicans
You might be interested in this: http://www.4literature.net/James_Fenimore_Cooper/
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12 Monkeys , Donnie Darko , The last Samurai , Braveheart , Dune , and Children of Dune In no order .....
Oh yeah, I knew I forgot one...Blazing Saddles.
Any movie with Hervé Villechaize beats all other movies.
Not a movie, but you might find this interesting: http://members.tripod.com/~jerkbait/articles/herv.html
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And, of course, there's Debbie Does Dallas - a true classic...
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I lent my copy to x & he never returned it. :D
I lent my copy to x & he never returned it. :DHeh heh...XXXflat. :D
Off The Top of My Head
The Straight Story
Brassed Off
Whats Eating Gilbert Grape
Bar Fly
Face Off
Leaving Las Vegas
Spartagus(sp)
Das Boot
IMSA
Shiver Me Timbers
06-24-04, 00:52
Gosh I have way too many to list. All LOTR, most of Nicolas Cage, most of Bruce Willis, all Star Trek, all Star Wars, and the list keeps on going.
You ever notice that you can't just narrow it down to a few? :rolleyes:
uh... does "Debby does Dallas" qualify :D
North By Northwest - Cary Grant + Hitchcock = classic
Muppet Christmas Carol - Makes me laugh & cry at the same time. Always been a big muppets fan, especially when mice or fruit sing!!!
Office Space - Just for the fact that it feels good to be a gangsta & that, I too, have no idea what "PC load letter" means. :)
Overboard- Goldie Hawn, Kirt Russel
Love the riches to rags story, and would love to believe that all the snooty women have a nice side also.
I don't have one particular "favorite," so I'll list a few that I really like:
Narc, Heat, Boondock Saints, Matrix, Bad Santa, Happy Gilmore, Office Space...
Too hard......
Ok here's my top three this week.
1. 12 Monkeys
2. Run Lola Run
3. Allegro Non Troppo (the Italian Fantasia)
LinuxWeather
06-27-04, 06:31
Aside from the obvious, Fight Club etc...I would have to say CLUE (1985) just camp at its best
Some other campy movies, THE REF & SWEETEST THING - althought sweetest thing is a bit of a chick flick its funny at times
Fight Club
Ghost Dog
The Professional
Scarface
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Reservoir Dogs
Kill Bill Vol.1 and Vol.2
Blow
Just Playin
06-27-04, 17:28
A few more:
The Blues Brothers
Reefer Madness (one of the most unintentionally funny movies ever)
The People Under The Stairs
Barbershop
The Hunt for Red October gets a few mentions. Sean Connery fans should hire out the video of A Good Man in Africa starring Sean Connery, Colin Friels, Joanne Whalley, Lou Gossett Jnr, John Lithgow, Diana Rigg (The original Emma Peel in that great TV series The Avengers). Must be one of the few movies that Sean Connery dies in. Colin Friels girlfriend has a body to die for. Film is rated R though is pretty tame IMHO. Damn thing is not released on DVD yet, though.
Anyone who has spent time in Africa, or any third world country will appreciate it.
More http://www.prairienet.org/ejahiel/agoodman.htm Bazza
I thought of what is probably my most current favourite today, "We Were Soldiers". I am not sure how many times I've watched it now and I still cry most of the way through it.
Matacumbie
06-28-04, 22:25
[QUOTE=muskybob]"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" One of the funniest I've seen with the longest list of comedians in it's credits ever. :D
Ditto muskybob, that is the best movie, what a classic! It was just on the other night. I heard a lot of the actors in the movie did it for free just to be in it. Oh well, good to know there is another fan out there. Steve
My new favorite movie... When Trumpets Fade. It was a HBO movie made in 98 (I think). Picked it up for cheap. I was a little skeptical cause it was an HBO flick. Really liked it... based on WWII battle of the ardenes(sp?) I liked it .... the characters were somewhat different than most war movies... and it had that country singer from Slingblade in it too... did a good job.
LOTR (all of them)
Boondock Saints
Equilibrium
Braveheart
Gladiator
It's a Wonderful Life
A Beautiful Mind
Good Fellas
Dumb and Dumber
Pulp Fiction
Resivor Dogs
That's all I can think of right now, anyhow.
...Equilibrium...
An excellent movie.
One of the funniest of the Sherlock Holmes movies, Without a Clue. Micheal Cain and Ben Kingsley.
Just about any sci-fi or horror. One that hasn't been mentioned here is Cube. (and Cube2, both very similar!)
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