General Category > General Discussion

Favorite Movies

<< < (9/12) > >>

Lady Sky Skipper:
I'll post a few myself:

Pan's Labyrinth
Sunset Boulevard
Repulsion
Night Nurse
Dr. Strangelove
Both Airplane! I and II, (The sequel is actually not bad!)
Brazil, (Holly and I think a dystopia would actually be like the one in this movie.)
Citizen Kane, (I can see why everyone likes it, it's like an American version of a Greek tragedy.)

This list isn't complete but those were the one I could think of at the moment.

Yoc:
Is this the 1931 Night Nurse with Joan Blondell and Barbara Stanwyck?
http://former.imdb.com/title/tt0022208/

I loved it - Blondell is one of my favourite goldenage actresses.
:)

Roygbiv666:
I remember watching (and enjoying) the Carry On series broadcast (likely) on the CBC here in Canada back in the late 70 or early 80s.

Favorites:
1. Amadeus - I probably watch this once every couple years. I generally prefer the theatrical release (on DVD) to the Director's Cut (BD), except for one scene which has female nudity (yay!) that also explains something that never made sense in the theatrical release that occurs nears the end of the film. Love the scene with Mozart dictating to Salieri, hearing the music in his head.
2. Rope - this is a relatively obscure Hitchcock film from the 40s, shot and edited to appear as a continuous piece, which is less interesting to me than the character of Rupert Kadell (Jimmy Stewart) having his philosophy thrown back in his face. He could also be viewed (at a stretch) as a proto-House character.
3. Murder by Decree - before DVD, if I stumbled across this on TV, I had to stop and watch it. Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper - how can you go wrong?
4. That Thing You Do! - Tom Hanks' great little film about a one hit wonder band of the 60s that never was. Nice music, nice performances, nice story, and a young and lovely Liv Tyler!
5.Life of Brian/Holy Grail - can't decide, but probably lean more to Brian.
6. Star Trek II-IV: I tend to view this as one big trilogy. "The word is "no". I am therefore going anyway."
7. Walk Hard:The Dewey Cox Story - I think I've watched this 2007(?) flick like 5 times. Probably worn too thin for any near-future viewings, but love it. A great parody of the musical bio-pic (like the Johnny Cash one a few years ago, the obvious inspiration).
8. Hamlet II - again, probably worn thin, but thought it was so absurd, a parody of the inspirational teacher movie.
9. Psycho - still holds up after 50 years, and looks great on BD.
10. Frenzy - another Hitchcock film, this time from the early 70s. Not great, but thought it was cool.

Lady Sky Skipper:
To Yoc,

Yep, the Night Nurse movie I mentioned is the same one with Blondell and Stanwyck ;)

Yoc:
I like your taste Lady.
I'll drop anything if there's a Blondell or Cagney (or both if I'm lucky) on TCM.
The others on your list were pretty cool too.

My own top film depends on genre but I'd likely go with 'Harold and Maude' which totally turned me onto Cat Stevens music so it's got that special meaning for me as well as a great film.

Others on my list just off the top of me head -
Alien, Aliens, The Warriors, Phantom of the Paradise, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Baraka, The Thin Man series, most Bogart films... and that's enough for now.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page