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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: bchat on March 29, 2010, 09:00:35 PM
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Just to get the ball rolling on idle chit-chat ...
I know people love to discuss "The Greatest Movies Ever", but I'm more interested in which movies people love to watch. For me, a movie isn't very good if I can't watch it over & over again and still enjoy it each time. If I can't watch a "great movie" more than once, how good was it then? And so, in no order what-so-ever ...
Excaliber (1981)
Bad News Bears (1976)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Mystery Men (1999)
AVP: Alien vs Predator (2004)
Phantasm (1979)
The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Airplane (1982)
The Fifth Element (1997)
Clerks (1994)
Monty Python & The Holy Grail (1975)
Hero (2002)
Kung-Fu Hustle (2004)
I, Robot (2004)
The Incredibles (2004)
The New Guy (2002)
School of Rock (2003)
Uncle Buck (1989)
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I agree on a few; Excaliber
AVP: Alien vs Predator
The Fifth Element
Monty Python & The Holy Grail
I, Robot
I also have to add: Labyrinth
I am Legen
Close Encounters
Napoleon Dynamite
Stripes
Watchmen
Shaun of the Dead
Hancock
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Beastmaster
Ronin
I have about 400 dvd's and enjoy most of them. These are some I watch over and over.
I also enjoy TV series as well like Friends
Roseanne
Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Band of Brothers
Rome
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I also have to add: Labyrinth
I am Legen
Close Encounters
Napoleon Dynamite
Stripes
Watchmen
Shaun of the Dead
Hancock
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Beastmaster
Ronin
Some of these I haven't seen, a few (Hancock, I Am Legend, Shaun of the Dead & Watchmen) are too new (for me at least) for me to consider them a favorite yet. I've watched Watchmen 2 or 3 times already and want to watch Hancock again, but it's still too early to tell if they're something I want to watch a couple times a year.
I haven't seen Stripes in years. It's a good movie but I wasn't interested in getting it on DVD. I couldn't past the ten-minute mark with Napolean Dynamite ... simply not my taste in humor.
I have about 400 dvd's and enjoy most of them. These are some I watch over and over.
I didn't take into account the DVDs that my wife claims as her own. Between us both, we have a lot & I wouldn't try to guess what the total is since we've been buying DVDs for over 10 years. There's other movies I like (Harry Potter, Constantine, Lord of The Rings) but they're "hers" so I don't touch them unless she wants to watch them too.
I also enjoy TV series as well like Friends
Roseanne
Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Band of Brothers
Rome
Well, "Favorite TV Shows" is a whole 'nother discussion, but Band of Brothers is up there for me, as well. I'ld add The Simpsons, Futurama, Penn & Teller's B.S. and Mutual of Ohama's Wild Kingdom with host Marlin Perkins as shows I simply don't get tired of watching repeatedly.
I got burned-out on Fresh Prince when my girls were about six months old (they enjoyed watching it), since a couple of channels would run about 8 episodes back-to-back. After a few months, I'ld seen each one about four times, so it's something I can live without now, but maybe in a few years I could start watching it again. I feel the same way about Friends, seeing it often over a short period of time due to the fact that so many stations would run multiple episodes every day.
I really enjoyed Roseanne during its first run, but have had a hard time getting into watching it in syndication.
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I couldn't stand Napoleon Dynamite the first time I watched it. I kept saying to my daughter "so what's the plot? I don't get it." After that I watched it again and it was enjoyable for me. I think I like it because there's no swearing, sex, or violence. I also didn't mention one that is a guilty pleasure. The Legend Of Boggy Creek. It's a cheesy low budget "documentary" about the Fouk Monster in Fouk Arkansas. Crappy acting and cinematography but there's just something about it that appeals to me.
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I also didn't mention one that is a guilty pleasure. The Legend Of Boggy Creek. It's a cheesy low budget "documentary" about the Fouk Monster in Fouk Arkansas. Crappy acting and cinematography but there's just something about it that appeals to me.
I've seen Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues, thanks to my favorite tv show that somehow I forgot to mention: Mystery Science Theater 3000!
My favorite low-budget movie is Roger Corman's Fantastic Four.
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Great topic guys!
I'll have to add my own strange choices sometime.
#1 - Harold and Maude (loved Cat Stevens music ever since)
#2 - The Warriors
#3 - Rollerball
Not the best ever but very re-watchable.
:)
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When pushed and asked to name my three favorite movies of all time (I can't narrow it down to just one), my stock answer is normally:
Blade Runner
Fantasia
Schinder's List
I can't watch Schindler's List very often; but I think the last scene is quite possibly the most powerful sequence ever put on film; I can tear up just thinking about it.
Fantasia is just a sentimental favorite; I no longer think it's Disney's or animation in general's finest moment. But it really is still amazing in its own way.
Blade Runner is a classic example of a good book becoming a GREAT movie. (Great books can sometimes become Good movies. Good books can sometimes become Great movies. A Great book rarely becomes a Great movie; I can think of only 3 exceptions on my personal list. Although I do sometimes waffle on Princess Bride as a 4th.) I think I've seen Blade Runner more times than any other movie in the theater; I've caught every revival I've heard of in time. So I've seen it on the big screen at least 8 times; in at least 3 different versions. And each edit has just gotten better; it's the only movie I've bought the super-duper DVD gift set overkill special on.
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I have 1'000 of movies though most of them are on video tape which is going to be something of a problem for me in years to come.
Favorites ? now your asking, lets see now in age order only.
The Invisible Man
Bride of Frankenstein
Adventures of Robin Hood
Casablanca
For A Few Dollars More
Good The Bad and The Ugly
Planet of the Apes
Angel Angel Down We Go
American Graffiti
Grease
The Blues Brothers
Star Trek: Wrath of Khan
Bit of an odd selection and no 'comic book' films lncluded although I do have most of the main releases of the passed 30 years on tape or disc of which I think the first two Superman movies and Rocketeer are the ones I've looked at the most.
-Nigel
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I have to add "Plan 9 from Outer Space" & "Young Frankenstein" to my list of favorite movies. Never fails, I always forget something ... must be getting old! And yes, I said "Plan 9". It's awesomely bad, plus it's got Tor Johnson.
Blues Brothers & Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan are up there for me, but I have to be in a certain mood to watch them.
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OK, here are some of mine:
Citizen Kane
Casablanca
Slaughterhouse-Five
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1941
2001: A Space Odyssey
Superman
Chinatown
Once Upon a Time in the West
Thunderball
Rocky
The Truman Show
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Camelot
Dr. Strangelove
Empire of the Sun
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Enchanted
The Loved One
There are bound to be more, but that's off the top of my head.
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I also have Rocky Horror, 1941 and Roger Rabbit in my collection and have viewed them a number of times.
Think I might also add the musical remake of 'Little Shop of Horrors' to my list.
-Nigel
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Never got into Rocky Horror. It was one of those movies like Clockwork Orange that all my friends said were awesome and I had to think the same.
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest was another good one.
Never saw Casablanca but I want to. One good old movie I saw and want to again is The Major and The Minor with Ginger Rogers.
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Rocky Horror only works for me in a theater with a group of friends who know when to yell at the screen. Watching it at home just makes me realize how bizarre the movie is.
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Off the top of my head and these are films I watch over and over and some will have different titles in the USA:-
The Quatermass Experiment (1950s)
Quatermass 2 (1950s)
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
The Big Sleep
The Long Arm (with Jack Hawkins - 1956)
Girl in the Headlines (Ian Hendry - 1963)
Green for Danger (Alastair Sim, Trevor Howard - 1946)
Ask A Policeman, and many other Will Hay comedies (old)
All 3 Bourne films
The Ghost Train (Arthur Askey - old)
This is getting silly. As I write a title , another 2 pop into my head. Anyone curious about my list should probably consult IMDB.
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I usually wait 10 years before watching a movie again. The Gods Must be Crazy, Uncle Buck and For Richer or Poorer ("mostly planting season) and A Christmas Story are exception. As well as the animated Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer.
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One movie I haven't seen listed that everyone should try (IMO) is a little picture called Four Rooms. It's hilarious. >:D
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The Shawshank Redemption
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One movie I've not seen listed and I love is The Sting. If I could make myself forget one movie so I could watch it again for the first time this would be it. Still very enjoyable to watch it again, but nothign quite like the first time.
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I think it may have been long enough since I've seen the Sting that I could be surprised by at least some of the twists again. What a great film.
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The Sting! I only saw it once but enjoyed it. The more people post, the more I remember. Gangs of New York was good. Daniel Day Lewis was excellent in it. Right now I'm watching the Alien Quadrilogy. I like Aliens (2nd one) best and the first and fourth are second best. The third one was only so-so.
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I've always liked movies that were made in the 80's. The first movie I remember seeing was Ghostbusters. It was at a drive in theater with my parents, think I was 3 or 4 years old.
Other awesome 80's flicks:
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Uncle Buck (1989)
Willow (1988)
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
The Lost Boys (1987)
lethal Weapon (1987)
Ladyhawke (1985)
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1988)
Back To The Future (1985)
An American Werewolf In London (1981)
Airplane (1980)
A Christmas Story (1983)
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Hi folks
I love speculative fiction, and I've a penchant for post-apocalyptic stuff. Still favs, however would be Forbidden Planet, War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, the Day the Earth Stood Still, and (why, I don't know) Robinson Crusoe on Mars. I've watched these so many times I can't even count.
I should probably watch more comedies and help my occasionally sour worldview
--Dave
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Listed by favorite Motion Picture Performers.
Humphrey Bogart,
The Big Sleep, High Sierra, Casablanca, The African Queen
James Cagney
Yankee Doodle Dandy, Public Enemy, White Heat (Look at me Ma, I'm on top of the world!!!), Angels With Dirty Faces (O.K. Rocky, come out with your hands up!),
Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracey
Woman of the Year, Pat and Mike, Adams Rib
Jimmy Stewart
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Rear Window, Harvey, Destry Rides Again, It's a Wonderful Life, The Shop Around the Corner, You Can't Take It With You.
Cary Grant,
Arsenic and Old Lace, Operation Petticote, Father Goose, I Was a Male War Bride, An Affair to Remember, Monkey Business, The Bishop's Wife, His Girl Friday,
Gunga Din (What a film!!!, Indiana Jones was taken from this!!! None stop action from beginning to end!)
Bringing up Baby,
This is just a partial list, nothing on it is past about 1960 I think. I would like to see how many films of the past forty years hold up half as well as any of these that I have just mentioned!!!
B.
Any film Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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I'll jump in on this. Haven't been watching too many movies lately, but a few favorites off the top of my head.
Repo Man - early '80s new wave punk, alien conspiracy, Harry Dean Stanton madness
Tampopo - pretty abstract but eternally watchable story - food and eating are really the main characters
Kill Bill - the best love letter to Westerns, Kung Fu Movies, and Samurai Flicks ever - a movie about movies that nobody got when it first came out
Bakuto Gaijin Butai - stripped, spare, yet ultra-stylish yakuza movie from the '70s - hip doom
Hard Core Logo - Canadian mockumentary following a washed up punk band on their last tour - hilarious in its crushing hopelessness
5 Shaolin Masters - the very best kung fu movie ever
Dead Man - either the tarot deck as interpreted as a western, or a western as interpreted as a tarot deck
Wow, this has put me in the mood to watch a movie...
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Hi kusunoki,
Love your list. I've seen them all.
I personally found Five Deadly Venoms a better kung-fu movie but likely because it's so comic-book influenced.
bminor, I too am a big fan of TCM classic movie fair. Joan Blondell is one I always watch out for. One of the few women that could go toe-to-toe with Cagney in a scene. For pure eye-candy give me Rita Hayworth anyday!
-Yoc
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Oh, Venoms is a fine film, as well. One could imagine worse evenings than one spent watching both it and 5 Shaolin Masters back-to-back.
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Stunt Man
Repo Man
Sixth Sense
Detective:
Chinatown
the Thin Man movies (Wm. Powell and Myrna Loy)
Drive-In Movie:
The Born Losers (prequel to Billy Jack)
War / anti-war:
The Great Escape (Steve McQueen)
M*A*S*H
The Crying Game
Spy:
From Russia With Love
Dr. No
Bourne movies
Western:
Little Big Man
Cat Ballou
Bite the Bullet
Pale Rider
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
really wanna see the Randolph Scott Budd Boetticher westerns
Hitch:
To Catch a Thief
Rebecca
The Thirty-Nine Steps
Strangers on a Train
North By Northwest
Frenzy (sick Hitchcock)
Bogart:
Maltese Falcon
The Big Sleep (Chandler)
Casablanca
Disney:
The Light in the Forest (I haven't see it since I was a kid tho)
Shaggy Dog (original)
Horror:
28 Days Later
The Hills Have Eyes (original)
Shawn of the Dead
Tremors (guilty pleasure)
Brendan Fraser Mummy Movies
SF:
Blade Runner
Forbidden Planet
Mad Max 2:Road Warrior
Aliens 2
Bill Murray:
GROUNDHOG DAY (!!!!!!)
Caddyshack
Stripes
Foreign:
Amarcord
My wife & I really liked My Life As a Dog but haven't seen it in a long time.
etc.
TCM is my favorite cable channel.
Re Bride of Frankenstein: every time I try to watch it, I fall asleep in the middle of it.
Re The Gods Are Crazy: would have been one of my favorites except for the racism (blacks are incapable of ruling themselves etc.) and pro-apartheid propaganda.
Re Tampopo: liked it enough to buy it on video.
Bob
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Yes to Tremors. A guilty pleasure for me also. Have wathced it several times
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A few more favorites I missed last post:
John Sayles:
Return of the Secaucus Seven
Lone Star
Lone Star is a special favorite of my wife and me. Nice moral dilemmas in the story.
Brit TV mini-series:
Edge of Darkness - NOT THE 2010 MOVIE!!!
Bob
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Hi folks
I love speculative fiction, and I've a penchant for post-apocalyptic stuff. Still favs, however would be Forbidden Planet, War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, the Day the Earth Stood Still, and (why, I don't know) Robinson Crusoe on Mars. I've watched these so many times I can't even count.
I should probably watch more comedies and help my occasionally sour worldview
--Dave
Robinson Crusoe on Mars was much better than I expected.
Bob
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Speaking of Brit TV I have watched Sharpe series a few times and plan on watching it again with my wife.
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Most of mine are the best of a 'type' of movie that I highly enjoy
1. Blazing Saddles (the best piece Mel Brooks has ever done, tho I like Young Frankenstein a lot)
2. Brazil (Terry Gilliam, former Monty Python member has a dark, twisted imagination)
3. 2001 Space Odyssey
4. Sin City (the visual appeal of this direct from comic to movie-medium is huge)
5. Barton Fink (The Cohen Brothers are artists, and I could have listed a half-dozen other pieces of theirs)
6. Pan's Labyrinth (Gillermo Del Toro's fantasy world...both pretty and gruesome)
7. Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (fight and chase movie that is jaw dropping)
8. Run Lola Run (you have to be able to handle subtitles, but brilliant bending of the narrative stream)
9. Akira (groundbreaking anime...power and drama to spare)
10. Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood brought the Spaghetti Western into the modern age here)
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The Outlaw Josey Wales
Unforgiven
A Fistful of Dollars
For a Few Dollars More
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Blade Runner
Cobra (favourite car ever, the 1951 Mercury Coupe)
Tucker
The Maltese Falcon
The Big Sleep
White Heat
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Breakfast Club
My Science Project
Real Genius
Gladiator
Braveheart
Silverado
Crank I & II
Snatch
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Caddyshack
Tango & Cash
First Blood
Red Dawn
Any Bond flick
Sin City
Watchmen
Under Seige
Cyborg
Star Wars
Empire Strikes Back
The Car
Death Proof
My Fair Lady
Mary Poppins
Police Academy
The Money Pit
Hardware
Road Warrior
Lethal Weapon
Die Hard
Rocky IV
Predator
Aliens
Aliens vs. Predator
No particular order, but those are all the movies I can think of that I just never get tired of...
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Gunga Din, Casablanca, The Long Ships, Sullivan's Travels, Silverado, The Crimson Pirate, The "Carry On" series, Matewan, and my guilty pleasure- O Brother Where Art Thou?" Cheers, Jeff
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I have not seen the carry on series for a very long time. would like to see again
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I got a collection of "CarryOn" from Barnes and Noble last year. Being on sale and finding an additional coupon, I had to pick it up. The collection didn't have all of the great ones, but enough to make it worthwhile, including my favorite- "Carry On Cleo". Sometimes dumb, sometimes a bit raunchy, but always fun! Cheers, Jeff
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My favorite of the 'Carry On' films is 'Camping' for a number of reasons but I am always happy to watch most of them again with the exception of the last two which IMO were just dire !!!
I have always thought that the very broad humour of many of these films especialy from the mid 60's onwards was a very 'British' thing unlikely to appeal that much to many overseas markets.
I Would be very interested to hear some points of view from anyone here outside of the UK on this subject.
-Nigel
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I remember liking the Carry On Movies 30 years ago but have no rememberance of them other than funny at the time. Wish BBC America would run some.
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My faves are all over the genre map.
#1---Bonnie & Clyde
Others in no particular order:
The Black Stallion [just watched this again recently--WOW!]
Tombstone
Yankee Doodle Dandy
A League of their Own
Hard Day's Night
LA Confidential
Starman
Lost in America
Time After Time
Zelig
Galaxy Quest
Austin Powers
Chaplin
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The Ten Commaments and Ben-Hur!!!!! ;D
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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.
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Is this the 1931 Night Nurse with Joan Blondell and Barbara Stanwyck?
http://former.imdb.com/title/tt0022208/ (http://former.imdb.com/title/tt0022208/)
I loved it - Blondell is one of my favourite goldenage actresses.
:)
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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.
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To Yoc,
Yep, the Night Nurse movie I mentioned is the same one with Blondell and Stanwyck ;)
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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.
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Speaking of Jimmy Stewart makes me think of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Lets us all know how, unfortunately things really have not changed. R of D does not matter. The system is completely corrupted. A good man can make little headway.
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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.
In addition to Blondell and Stanwyck Warner Brother's also had the always delightful Glenda Farrell. Some tough dames who could hold their own with the tough guys at that studio.
Best
Joe
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Jeeves & Wooster, broadcast back in the early 1990's on PBS.
Introduced me to the very dry and wonderfully witty world of P.G. Wodehouse.
It doesn't hurt at all the Stephen Frye portrayed the imitable Jeeves and the addle headed Berty Wooster was portrayed by Hugh Laurie.
For many years after it was broadcast we would check out the VHS tapes of the series from our library. Five years ago the family chipped in and bought the entire series on DVD for my birthday, or so they say. They enjoy it as much as I. We watch it still.
It is fantastically funny send up of the British upper class.
Here is some dialogue between the Wooster and his valet Jeeves.
Bertie Wooster: Ah, Jeeves, how was the little chap this morning?
Reginald Jeeves: Distressingly willful, sir.
Bertie Wooster: Ah well, we must look on the bright side, Jeeves. We must think of the untold goose we have done ourselves by nannying the beast until Aunt Agatha has finished her inspection of the continent.
Reginald Jeeves: True, sir. Um, pardon me for asking, sir, but are you proposing to appear in public in those garments?
Bertie Wooster: What? Certainly, Jeeves. What, a bit vivid do you think?
Reginald Jeeves: Not necessarily, sir. I am told that Mr Freddy 'He's a Riot' Flowerdew often appears on the music-hall stage in comparable attire, but...
Bertie Wooster: No, no, no. No, no, no. No buts, Jeeves. I happen to think very highly of them."
If you have not heard of the gems I envy you on your first viewing of them.
Well, I must tottle off the Drones now a play a bit of indoor rugby with the blokes....
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Most films we watch are old(er) and often b&w. And British. Doesn't stop us digging out the Bourne trilogy regularly. I recently bought the re-release of an old British comedy thriller, The Black Rider, which had been cleaned up and re-issued. Stars Jimmy Hanley, Kenneth Connor, Lionel Jeffries and a number of other well known British bit part players. Smugglers, Eastern spies, Haunted Abbey and '50's Britain. I could act it by now.
A couple of others we enjoy re-watching are, Jigsaw, a police procedural, with Jack Warner (of Dixon of Dock Green fame) and Dry Rot, a film version of a stage farce which stars, Ronald Shiner, Brian Rix and Sid James. Still makes us laugh.
Jeeves and Wooster are regularly re-shown on cable and satellite here but as far as the books are concerned, I prefer, the Blandings Castle series - giant marrows, prize wining pigs, intrigue, misunderstandings, fearsome aunts, impersonations and wonderful language.
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My top 5 movies of all time:
1) Frank Capra's "it's a wonderfull life". James Stuart's so brilliant there, and the whole film is captivating.
2) "Dancer in the dark". Very powerfull film and such a great surprise for me because Lars von Trier's not normally my cup of tea.
3) "Head on" (or Gegen die Wand). Very harsh but also sentimental movie about Turkish people living in Germany.
4) "Broken Embraces". A bold movie that works well on so many levels. You just have to watch it unfold
5) "Breakfast at Tiffany's". Awesome film way ahead of it's time.
I used to watch a movie per week at least but nowadays I have become more selective. If it's a movie by certain directors (Almodovar, Eastwood, Woody Allen and David Cronenberg are the most shining examples) I will attend the screening immediately. For the rest will I simply go for the dvds (with some exceptions made when dealing with comic book movies then again not always)
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
John Carter
Star Wars
Empire Strikes Back
Better Off Dead
Outlaw Josey Wales
Aliens
My Science Project
Love and a .45
From Dusk 'Til Dawn
Snatch
These are the forever movies... the ones I can and will watch in whole and in part whenever and wherever I encounter them.
And, yes, John Carter joined these hallowed ranks instantly... Such a fun film!
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I just do not watch movies or TV shows over and over. Once every ten years is my norm. I seldom enjoy a movie as much as the first time. I have to judge a movie based on how much I loved it the first time. So I go with Raiders of the Lost Ark and Temple of Doom, Star Wars 4-6, The Gods Must be Crazy and yes I will add John Carter to the list. The list does not include Disney/Pixar, etc or comedies which is like comparing apples to oranges. I can not rank comedies compared to action, etc
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My favorite movies (in no particular order):
Pulp Fiction
North by Northwest
Clerks
A Clockwork Orange
True Romance
Nausicaa in the Valley of the Wind
Kick-Ass
Army of Darkness
Full Metal Jacket
Akira
There are a ton of movies I can watch over and over, those are just the ones that come to mind in an instant.
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I don't really care for so-called "comic book movies" and the only three of that sub-genre I really enjoy are "The Shadow", "The Phantom", and "Mystery Men." I did enjoy "Iron Man" but I've found that I don't like seeing it again and I think the reason I liked it is simply that it was so much better than I thought it would be that I was impressed. I'm in a caregiver situation and it is not possible for me to go to movies, so I have not seen a movie in a theater since the very early spring of 2009. I would like to see "The Avengers" but I doubt I will have a chance until it is available on DVD and then only if my library buys a copy (the chance of that are very good, and they have copies of the second Iron Man movie (which I did not like), and "Captain America, the First Avenger" (which I thought was a little better than mediocre). I find movies and comics to be two completely different things, and move adaptions of comics don't work for me, although I do like some comic book adaptions of movies.
Here is a list of movies which I consider to be first class:
Los Olvidados
Picnic at Hanging Rock
O, Lucky Man
Dr. Strangelove (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)
The Loved One
The Bride of Frankenstein
Yojimbo
Seven Samuri
Stray Dog
Gran Torino
The Spirit of the Beehive
That Obscure Object of Desire
Never Give a Sucker and Even Break
The Cameraman
The Lusty Men
The Bank Dick
The Gold Rush
The Thin Man
Z
Annie Hall
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World`
O Brother, Where Art Thou
There are also a wealth of movies I love which I do not think are first class, ranging from things like "Rancho Deluxe" to "The Thing (from Another World)" to "Tarzan and his Mate" to "The Haunting (of Hill House)" to Ken Russel's "The Devils." I enjoy 1950s Sci-fi movies, I like some very low brow comedies, and I like undubbed lowbrow Mexican movies still in their original form like "Juan Nadie" and "Narcosatanicos." My tastes aren't even terribly consistent.
For what it is worth,
Jon
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Jeeves & Wooster, broadcast back in the early 1990's on PBS.
Have you seen the "What if Bertie Wooster was Batman?" thing?
http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2010/02/22/what-if-bertie-wooster-rather-than-being-a-mere-layabout-was-also-batman/
BCing you
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Good fellas
True Romance
God of War
Analize this 1,2
The Scarface
21
Tha last casino
Shooter
12 - Nikita Mihalkov
Awesome movies :)
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It might be too soon to tell if they will become favorite films, but I ordered "The Complete Nancy Drew" from Amazon and it arrived yesterday. Bonita Granville starred as Nancy Drew in four movies in 1939 and 1940 which were quite popular, mainly because they are very entertaining. My wife is a mystery addict and she read all or most of the Nancy Drew books when she was in elementary school, and we had seen "Nancy Drew, Reporter" before and enjoyed it, so when I saw the collection was affordable I order it. Nancy Drew movies from the forties are probably an acquired taste but I enjoyed watching all four. My wife says the films aren't quite like the books and that Nancy shouldn't be quite as old as Granville played her but one of the nice things about these is that Granville was fifteen and sixteen when she made the films, so it seems perfectly natural to me. As mysteries go, the plots aren't much but the comedy aspects of the films are what carries them; basically well done low brow comedy carries the movies but the mystery conventions keep them from being just low brow comedies. The chemistry between Nancy, her father, and Nancy's long suffering boyfriend works very well. While these could be described as being something like "Andy Hardy Solves a Mystery," the films are a lot of fun. Granville was a very good child actress who was nominated for but did not win an Academy Award when she was eleven or twelve; the Nancy Drew movies served as a vehicle for her to transition from child star to grown actress which is something that not many juveniles of the thirties and forties managed to pull off; she went on to make a few good comedies and at least solid film noir before she married and became a successful television producer (she financed and piloted the "Lone Ranger" and "Lassie" series) and retired from acting. I wish she had been in a few more Nancy Drew movies but I'm happy with the four she did make. I know we'll watch them again but I'm not sure they will become favorites but they could.
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There are also a wealth of movies I love which I do not think are first class, ranging from things like "Rancho Deluxe" to "The Thing (from Another World)" to "Tarzan and his Mate" to "The Haunting (of Hill House)" to Ken Russel's "The Devils." I enjoy 1950s Sci-fi movies,
I'm the same way. Cheesy b-movies and classic sci-fi is endlessly amusing. Classic Italian and Spanish horror also never fails to hit the spot.
Eraserhead
Zombi 2
Tombs of the Blind Dead
Night of the Seagulls
Phantasm 1,2,3,&4
The Evil Dead
Messiah of Evil
Demons
Night Train to Terror
Brides of Blood
Two Thousand Maniacs
Poultrygeist
I watch these time and time again.
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anyone every hear of these?
Lady Black Cat (1966)
Lady Black Cat Strikes Again (1967)
Director: Cheung Wai-Gwong
Cast: Connie Chan, Wu Fung, Sek Kin
Or this one?
The Black Rose
(Hong Kong, 1965)
IMDB
In addition to The Spy With My Face, a direct sequel
been looking for these for a long long time....
Mr. Goldenage
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Five Deadly Venoms (78) was my favourite
I'll have to keep an eye open for yours.