Name your favorite movies
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For me, the top movie is Casablanca.....action, sex, suspense....there is nothing to not like about that movie IMO. It's perfect. I could watch that movie weekly.
Taxi Driver...the study of a psycho is always a interesting view if done right, and that was done right.
The Wizard of OZ....I know, I know, but it reminds me of sitting on the couch, eating popcorn and drinking Coke with my Mom, so it's on the list!
One Flew Over the Coo Coos Nest..again...about perfect in every way...humorous yet tragic...hard to put those together.
Summer of 42....every kids dream
The Cowboys...I know a John Wayne movie...there is some solid writing in that movie with several scenes that are funny as hell.
Rear Window...the real one...Hitchcock at his best
I will add more if this gets any action.
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Hopefully mine are pretty self explanatory, I'm terrible at explaining why I like movies...
GoodFellas - the best movie of all time
Blade Runner - the best sci fi movie of all time.
Slap Shot - the best sports movie of all time.
The Man With No Name - the best trilogy of all time.
Rouding it out is pretty much anything involving Martin Scorsese, Bill Murray or Al Pacino.
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I'll give this a bit more thought but rhese are some solid entries to my ten best.
THE GODFATHER
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
WIZARD OF OZ
CASABLANCA
ROCKY
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST
ANNIE HALL
There are some I love that float in and out of the top ten OR don't stand up to that honor as years go by.
IE films I never sought out to see numerous times or did see often but question top ten of all time status after time.
Still great films.
FIELD OF DREAMS
THE ELEPHANT MAN
ROLLERBALL
Branagh's HAMLET
etc.
And it's hard to add a comedy but some examples of comedies I LOVE...
ANIMAL HOUSE
CADDYSHACK
STRIPES
DEFENDING YOUR LIFE
WSS
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1. Napoleon Dynamite
2. Dumb and Dumber
3. Pulp Fiction
4. Any Star Wars movie other then The Phantom Menace
5. Rudy
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Can someone please tell me why Citizen Kane is on the top of many movies top 10 of all time. That movie blows. Ok it's Rosebud, we get it.
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I'll give this a bit more thought but rhese are some solid entries to my ten best.
THE GODFATHER
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
WIZARD OF OZ
CASABLANCA
ROCKY
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST
ANNIE HALL
There are some I love that float in and out of the top ten OR don't stand up to that honor as years go by.
IE films I never sought out to see numerous times or did see often but question top ten of all time status after time.
Still great films.
FIELD OF DREAMS
THE ELEPHANT MAN
ROLLERBALL
Branagh's HAMLET
etc.
And it's hard to add a comedy but some examples of comedies I LOVE...
ANIMAL HOUSE
CADDYSHACK
STRIPES
DEFENDING YOUR LIFE
WSS
ROCKY
Man Rocky is awesome. The story behind it emulates life.
Sylvester Stallone, was an unbankable unknown at the time - an underdog actor/writer in the film industry (with 32 previously-rejected scripts) similar to the boxing 'bum' in the film. Stallone supposedly wrote the script for the sports comeback film over a three-day period.
What the hell happened to Stallone?
Luck is Tim Couch. Big, Dumb Goofy, slow thinking QB - Ghoolie, 2-28-12 -
Can someone please tell me why Citizen Kane is on the top of many movies top 10 of all time. That movie blows. Ok it's Rosebud, we get it.
Can someone please tell me why Citizen Kane is on the top of many movies top 10 of all time. That movie blows. Ok it's Rosebud, we get it.
I think because of innovations in film and sound.
Like 2001.
The breaktroughs overshadowed the actual film.
WSS
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@danamal said:
There are many movies that would make my top ten but any way I put them together my first choice would be "Tombstone."you aint no daisy.
I love that movie.
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Well for the good names for the twin kids as your name is Hameed i think you kids name should be
AYYAN and Ammanat, Cute name for the cute kids.
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Great list
I would add Cool Hand Luke ......one of the best ever
The Sting
Butch Cassiday and Sundance Kid
and the latest Titanic
all great flicks
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I'm your Huckleberry
Kate, you're not wearing a bustle, how lewd.
I think Tombstone was one of Val Kilmer's better movies. I also think he did a great Jim Morrison in The Doors. In vino veritas.
Hwidi
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Maverick. I loved that.
Great scenery is the best.
Like Cast Away. I loved the whole thing.
The most fun movie I have ever seen, was a very old movie
by Disney, called "Legend of the Scarecrow" or something like that.
It was about the leader of Americans in the War of Independence.
He dressed as a scarecrow, as he rode his white horse through
the countryside, Zorro-like.
And, "The Scarlet Pimpernel" is also one of my favorite all time movies.
But just once, I wish they would show the Scarecrow movie again.
Does anybody ever remember seeing it? It just has to be out there, somewhere...
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Maverick. I loved that.
Great scenery is the best.
Like Cast Away. I loved the whole thing.
The most fun movie I have ever seen, was a very old movie
by Disney, called "Legend of the Scarecrow" or something like that.
It was about the leader of Americans in the War of Independence.
He dressed as a scarecrow, as he rode his white horse through
the countryside, Zorro-like.
And, "The Scarlet Pimpernel" is also one of my favorite all time movies.
But just once, I wish they would show the Scarecrow movie again.
Does anybody ever remember seeing it? It just has to be out there, somewhere...
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Old School
Borat
Avatar
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Spiderman
Saw I, II, III
Cast Away
Young Guns I, II
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My greatest fear is open water and still get chills watching this move K
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Well, I was always an excellent swimmer.
When we were in Hawaii, back in the early years, I let my Wife and friends rest on the beach, and
I swam back out, and saw a giant sea turtle. So, I followed it, it was huge, awesome.
After a little while of watching it about 25' below me in crystal clear water, and taking
in all the beautiful plant life etc....
the bottom of the ocean disppeared into nothing. Empty blue-green space.
So, being very intelligent
, I stopped, the sea turtle went straight down into the nothing,and I straightened up, looked around and saw no land. Well, it was behind me when I spun around.
But, the little tiny dots way back on shore seemed to be waving their hands...
and I started my swim back. It was only then I noticed the current, and thought of...
the movie Jaws.
So, I did get back, the Greek God surfer/lifeguards quietly said that I had to be some kind of swimmer
to swim directly back, for being from Ohio.
More quietly, they said "but, with all due respect, that was a very stupid thing to do, if you had run into
problems, we couldn't have gotten to you in time. Please don't ever do that again."
And then, my Wife ran up and hugged me, and started fussing at me about being such an idiot when
I try to show off for her.
So, I should have been a good bit more afraid...
And, I got badly sunburned, and I still had her help me put on my shirt, and went on our tourist explorations, the next couple of days.
The third day later, I actually was in no pain after she put a lot of aloe with lidocaine on my back.
It isn't the first time in those early years, that I have regretted showing off for my Wife.
Last year, she was telling our neighbors about this (Hawaii came up), and about another time I was
joking around, about being Tarzan, and picked up this big huge rock in our new front yard with no lawn yet. The neighbors
actually remembered.
Okay, so I got injured when I slipped into the ditch with it. But that's a story best left alone.
Anyways, I learned I didn't have to show off for her anymore. It only took me a year and a half...
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I'll go favorite by genre:
1) Comedy - Revenge of the Nerds or Caddyshack
2) Sports - Hoosiers or Major League
3) Drama - The Shawshank Redemption (best 25-minute ending in movie history)
4) Horror - The Exorcist or Jaws
5) Mob Movie - The Godfather Part I/II or GoodFellas
6) Chick Flick - Notting Hill
7) Foreign - Pan's Labyrinth
War - Band of Brothers (miniseries) or Saving Private Ryan9) Oldie but a Goodie - It's A Wonderful Life
10) Western - High Plains Drifter (Eastwood is one bada** m'fer in this one)
11) Spy - Goldfinger
12) Science Fiction - Star Wars 4,5, & 6
13) Adventure - Raiders of the Lost Ark
14) Documentary - Hoop Dreams
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I'll give this a bit more thought but rhese are some solid entries to my ten best.
THE GODFATHER
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
WIZARD OF OZ
CASABLANCA
ROCKY
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST
ANNIE HALL
There are some I love that float in and out of the top ten OR don't stand up to that honor as years go by.
IE films I never sought out to see numerous times or did see often but question top ten of all time status after time.
Still great films.
FIELD OF DREAMS
THE ELEPHANT MAN
ROLLERBALL
Branagh's HAMLET
etc.
And it's hard to add a comedy but some examples of comedies I LOVE...
ANIMAL HOUSE
CADDYSHACK
STRIPES
DEFENDING YOUR LIFE
WSS
I'll give this a bit more thought but rhese are some solid entries to my ten best.
THE GODFATHER
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
WIZARD OF OZ
CASABLANCA
ROCKY
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST
ANNIE HALL
There are some I love that float in and out of the top ten OR don't stand up to that honor as years go by.
IE films I never sought out to see numerous times or did see often but question top ten of all time status after time.
Still great films.
FIELD OF DREAMS
THE ELEPHANT MAN
ROLLERBALL
Branagh's HAMLET
etc.
And it's hard to add a comedy but some examples of comedies I LOVE...
ANIMAL HOUSE
CADDYSHACK
STRIPES
DEFENDING YOUR LIFE
WSS
Love ya Steve, different strokes for different folks. I've probably seen 1\50th of the movies you have. I'm a Si-Fi action adventure guy. Yeah, I get Casablanca & Wizard of Oz, really liked Clockwork Orange & The Godfather. But I'd put Annie Hall (one of the few movies I've ever walked out on) and Last Picture Show in my 10 WORST. Other Oscar nominees of dishonorable mention- The Piano and Howard's End- add in Pulp Fiction and Fight Club to the list. No Comprendo.
In your second tier liked Elephant man, But I'll take Dances With Wolves over Field of Dreams (that I haven't survived in it's entirety yet)- but I've tried to- I just think the whole premise is stupid.
OK, I'm biased- I'm a Tolkien fan so the Lord of the Rings trilogy has to be #1 in my book. Other DVDs that I actually spent money on I would put in consideration are Gladiator and Braveheart. Saving Private Ryan is up there on my list- Tom Hanks got screwed out of another Best Actor award on that one IMHO. Scarface got mentioned- ditto.
[[Now there's plenty of stuff I wouldn't put in "Best Picture" category that I really liked- the Matrix Trilogy, Independence Day, Star Wars, 2001- Kill Bill I&II I could go on- but you get the general picture]]
I have a soft spot for westerns- guess my great-grandmother who couldn't speak (or understand) a word of English and would watch the Lone Ranger & Roy Rodgers all day filtered down to me- give me Silverado and Unforgiven there.
Bad PC incorrect humor- Blazing Saddles.
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