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Edward Grim
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0 posted 2007-05-14 05:19 PM


What's your favorite movie/movies of all time?

I love way too many movies and I can't decide so I'll just name a few of my favorite ones for now.


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In no specific order:


(*) Barton Fink by Joel and Ethan Coen
    The Man Who Wasn't There by the Coen Brothers
    The Big Lebowski by the Coen Brothers

(*) The Dollars Trilogy (Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) by Sergio Leone

(*) Aguirre: The Wrath of God by Werner Herzog
    Fitzcarraldo by Herzog
    Woyzek by Herzog

   (Herzog is my main inspiration for making movies)

(*) Delicatessen by Jeun-Pierre Jeunet

(*) Dr. Strangelove by Stanley Kubrick

(*) Every movie made by Akira Kurosawa (except Hachi-gatsu no kyôshikyoku)

(*) M by Fritz Lang

(*) Bob the Gambler by Jean-Pierre Melville

(*) Pulp Fiction by Quinten Tarantino
    Reservoir Dogs by Tarantino

(*) Hero by Zhang Yimou

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You guys don't have to write this many, I just thought I'd get it started.

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Aurelian
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1 posted 2007-05-14 08:26 PM


Braveheart. But then, I haven't seen very many movies.
Ron
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2 posted 2007-05-14 09:33 PM


I'm waiting for the book.
Edward Grim
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3 posted 2007-05-14 09:45 PM


Waiting for the Braveheart book?
http://www.amazon.com/Braveheart-Randall-Wallace/dp/8408021524/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-5433248-3035019?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1179193475&sr=1-1

Heh, too cool for movies, Ron?

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4 posted 2007-05-15 06:54 AM


Breakfast at Tiffany's
My Fair Lady

Blade Runner
Alien
Enemy Mine

Raising Arizona
Tommy Boy
O Brother, Where Art Thou

Dangerous Liaisons
The Libertine

Gladiator

The Legend of 1900

The Color Purple

Lean on Me

Thomas Crown Affair

The Silence of the Lambs

The only series I really like are the Lethal Weapon and Mad Max. Sorry, Mel fan despite the press. So, of course I adore Braveheart.


New Releases: Dream Girls and 300, and the new Bond is HOT.




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5 posted 2007-05-15 07:08 AM


I'm trying to write the book that Ron's waiting for....
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6 posted 2007-05-15 01:12 PM


The Lord Of The Rings
Pulp Fiction
Dead Man Walking
Million Dollar Baby
Citizen Kane
Schindler's List
To Kill A Mockingbird
Alice In Wonderland
Shawshank Redemption
Godfather (all of them)
Matrix

  
And...I am waiting to read the book that Ron's writing.


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7 posted 2007-05-15 02:14 PM


The Other Sister
Shawshank Redemption
Happy Feet
Hoboken Hollow
Heavy Metal
Pink Floyd The Wall
A Stranger's Heart
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Purple Rain
To Kill A Mockingbird
In Cold Blood
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
Apocalypse Now
Audrey's Rain

There are many others I'm sure. I like almost all kinds of movies. There are some that aren't worth the celluloid they're on but then there are some absolute gems.



Edward Grim
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8 posted 2007-05-15 03:46 PM


Wow, you guys like some pretty good movies. Of course, there's a few in there I'm not too into, but the majority is pretty up there.


Kudos people!!

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9 posted 2007-05-15 04:18 PM


The God's Must Be Crazy
The Usual Suspects
To Kill a Mockingbird
Sawshank Redemption
Pulp Fiction
Pride & Prejudice (w/Greer Garson & Laurence Olivier)

[This message has been edited by aziza (05-15-2007 05:50 PM).]

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10 posted 2007-05-15 08:32 PM


Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

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11 posted 2007-05-15 11:23 PM


La Grande Vadrouille
The longest day
The Importance of Being Earnest
scent of a woman
Coral Sea Dreaming (1996)
Cosmic Voyage (IMAX) (1996)
StarGaze
and more

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12 posted 2007-05-20 02:18 AM


this is easy!
Grumpy Old Men
Grumpier Old Men
Trapped in Paradise
the Nightmare Before Christmas

i could (and do) watch 'em overnover

kisses goodnight,
scarletb.

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13 posted 2007-05-21 11:27 PM


The man who wasn't there.
The cuckoo
The secret of Roan Innish               When the whales came
Three wishes
Bruce Almighty
Koyla
Downfall
Once were warriors
The goddess of 1967  
Lots more but I won't be a pig at the "trough"

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14 posted 2007-05-22 07:20 AM


Pride & Prejadice
Unusual Suspect
Kennedy
Perfect Storm
Sense and Sensibility
Shrek
Instinct
Hearts in Atlantis
The Edge
The Champ
City of Angels
Crossing Guard
Deja Vu
Waterworld
Polar Express
DeVinci Code
Message in a Bottle
Departed
Narnia
The Earthling
Green Mile
Dances with Wolves
Once Upon a Time in America
Stepmom
Out of Africa
The Tall Man
Good Shepard
Upside of Anger
Lorenzo's Oil
Beloved
True Grit
Forest Gump
Radio
Casablanca
Notting Hill
Steel Magnolias
Fried Green Tomatoes
River Runs Through It
I Dreamed of Africa
Beyond Boarders
Proof
Schindler's List
Terms of Endearment
Constant Gardner
English Patient
Titanic
Gladiator

and many many more


Edward Grim
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15 posted 2007-05-22 03:21 PM


I highly recommend:

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Terry Gilliam (based off my favorite book by Hunter S. Thompson)
Brazil by Gilliam

Naked Lunch by David Cronenberg (don't worry, it's not a fleshy picture)

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zisou by Wes Anderson
The Royal Tenenbaums by Anderson
Rushmore by Anderson

City of Lost Children by Jeun-Pierre Jeunet

Burden of Dreams by Les Blank (a documentary on the filming of Herzog's Fitzcarraldo)

Man with the Screaming Brain by Bruce Campbell

Charlie Chaplin films

The Triplets of Belleville by Sylvain Chomet

Kung Fu Hustle by Stephen Chow

The Raven by Henri-Georges Clouzot

Bubbha Ho-Tep by Don Coscarelli

A Bullet for the General by Damiano Damiani

Tuvalu by Veit Helmer

Down by Law by Jim Jarmusch
Dead Man by Jarmusch
Coffee and Cigarettes by Jarmusch

Harakiri by Masaki Kobayashi

I also liked:

300
The Godfather (first 2)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
Apocalypse Now
Grumpy Old Men




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16 posted 2007-05-23 12:00 PM


Favorite Coen Bro's:

Man Who Wasn't There
O Brother Where art Thou?
Raising Arizona
Hudsucker Proxy

Favorite Treks:

III -- Wrath of Kahn
IV -- Search for Spock
Generations

Tarantino:

Pulp Fiction
Jackie Brown
Dusk Till Dawn

Sci-Fi:

Bladerunner
Planet of the Apes (1968 version)
The Truman Show
Spiderman 2
Star Wars Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars

Animated:

The Incredibles
Toy Story
Shrek
Roger Rabbit

Adventure/Action:

Gladiator
Spartacus
The Princess Bride
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Pirates of the Carribean and Dead Man's Chest
The African Queen
Raiders of the Lost Ark


Biography:

Ray
Bravehart
Patton
Ed Wood
Man on the Moon
Walk the Line
Blaze

Comedy:

Young Frankenstien
Forest Gump
Raising Arizona
Waterboy
Happy Gilmore
Support Your Local Sherrif
Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday
Cat Ballou

Western:

C'era una volta il West (Once Upon a Time in the West)
Tombstone
High Plains Drifter
Fistfull of Dollars
Good Bad and Ugly
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
Lonesome Dove

Thriller:

Fight Club
The Shining (1980)
Sin City
Silence of the Lambs

Horror:

The Birds
Rosemary's Baby
The Haunting (1963)

Indy:

To Kill a Mockingbird
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Amadeus
Kill Bill
Sling Blade
Dr. Strangelove

Fantasy:

It's a Wonderful Life
Wizard of Oz
The Green Mile
Big Fish

Music Related:

School of Rock
A Mighty Wind
The Commitments
Coal Miner's Daughter
Ray
Walk the Line
Hard Days Night
Pink Floyd The Wall
This is Spinal Tap
The Song Remains the Same
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Hairspray
The Blues Brothers
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Jungle Book
O Brother Where Art Thou?

Drama

Casablanca
Taxi Driver
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Glory
Good Night and Good Luck
Goodfellas
Chinatown

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17 posted 2007-05-23 08:13 AM


In no particular order:

This is Spinal Tap. (hey, I'm a musician...)
Almost Famous
Top Gun
Heartbreak Ridge
Full Metal Jacket
Dead Poets Society
The Quiet Man (possibly the best fight scene in movie history)

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18 posted 2007-05-23 12:50 PM


Geez Reb, what do you do with your free time!
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19 posted 2007-05-23 01:49 PM


Garbo Talks
To Kill a Mockingbird

'nuff said!

Essorant
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20 posted 2007-05-23 11:43 PM


I doubt he has much free time.  He is too busy watching movies
rwood
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21 posted 2007-05-24 08:04 AM


Confessions:

I cried when Glen Campbell died in True Grit.

I never could stand Star Wars.

I loved and owned Grease and Staying Alive albums.

I participated in the Rocky Horror Picture Show mania in theaters.

Thought Miles O'keeffe from Tarzan, The Ape Man was the most handsome Adonis to ever grace the big screen.

and I was a cult classic horror fanatic and would rather see films such as The Shining over Blue Lagoon, when I was 12.

yeah, I even got a kick out of Shaun of the Dead.

and I've never been so mad at a bad ending in my life than when I watched Message in a Bottle, which made me swear off Sparks.

  


icebox
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22 posted 2007-05-24 02:52 PM


I don't remember the name of it, but I remember there was a donkey involved....
Edward Grim
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23 posted 2007-05-24 10:06 PM


Regina,

Great idea to do the confessions thing! I have a few of my own:


I thought Citizen Kane was dull and so, so overrated.

Raging Bull is also overrated.

I never liked French New Wave until recently.

Yeah, I never liked Star Wars either.

I think Peter Jackson is a story harvester.

Every Dirty Harry sequel needs to be forgotten.

The only good thing about Pale Rider was the end.

There is no actress prettier or cooler than Judy Davis.

I got caught up in Dogme95 and am still into it.

I once called Lars von Trier in a report my distant uncle and Werner Herzog the cinema messiah.

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24 posted 2007-05-24 11:06 PM


Geez Christopher -- how many of those titles haven't YOU seen?  

But, you do the math -- that's 89 movies at about 90 minutes per, over a 40 year period...  

B'sides that -- on my confession list -- I used to be part owner of a video store chain...  and to this day I still can't believe the people who would come in night after night after night and take home three of em at a time.

My other confession -- unlike Ron, I wait for the Cliff Notes!  

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25 posted 2007-05-27 10:20 PM


I don't remember the name of it, but I remember there was a donkey involved....

geez icebox..sounds like "Bride of the burrow"...xxx

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26 posted 2007-05-28 12:44 PM


...hmmm...nope that's not it; there was a woman in a nun's costume though....
moondogz
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27 posted 2007-05-28 06:20 AM


sorry icebox I was just being silly.
I think the one u r looking for is
"Two mules for sister Sarah."

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28 posted 2007-05-28 10:57 AM


Yes, that's it!  A movie completely without a sense of reality or of socially redeeming value!!!  Loved it.

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29 posted 2007-05-28 11:57 PM


The God's Must Be Crazy

Azzia, you are the only one who mentioned that one. I loved it. Saw it many times over with my grandson. It is one of the things that bound us together. We still mention it. He was 8 then and tenty five now. The God's Must be Crazy 11 came out and was very funny also.
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30 posted 2007-06-06 12:05 PM


ah  There are sooooo many...
The three that seem to be the most prominent in mind at the moment are...

Monty Python and The Holy Grail

What Dreams May Come

Donnie Darko

Edward Grim
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31 posted 2007-06-06 04:05 PM


I love Monty Python; they are my main inspirations for theater.


Here's a few more:

Do the Right Thing by Spike Lee (One of my favorites)

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie by Luis Buñuel

Night and the City by Jules Dassin
  Rififi by Dassin

Bloody Sunday by Paul Greengrass (powerful)

more later...

“Suddenly a giant Cabbage Patch Doll jumps out from behind the shower curtain and grabs him violently.”

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32 posted 2007-06-10 06:32 PM


well this is an easy one, Ace Ventura- when nature calls. I love the funny un's
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33 posted 2007-06-11 02:42 AM


Forever Amber
Conspiracy of Hearts
Breakfast at Tiffanys
An Affair to Remember

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

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34 posted 2007-06-26 03:00 PM


"The Raven"..... thats a classic!
Brimstone and treacle
clockwork orange
lifestyle of the potatoe men
wickerman( the original film )
The devil rides out
twelve monkeys
snatch
casino royal ( the original film)
one flew over the cookoos nest
If


These are a few of the films i like



PhaerieChild
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35 posted 2007-06-26 04:33 PM


The French Connection

PhaerieChild
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36 posted 2007-06-28 12:36 PM


Just got done watching Pan's Labyrinth. Very interesting fantasy, reality blend.
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37 posted 2007-06-28 08:34 AM


i have seen that film....watched with the company of the man i love..... loved the film too.
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38 posted 2007-06-28 10:59 AM


Edward Grim,

have you ever watched Fawlty Towers?

quite a laugh.

Edward Grim
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39 posted 2007-06-28 11:05 AM


Yes, that's one of my favorite television shows.

The German episode still has me laughing.

“Well all the apostles, they’re sittin’ on the swings, sayin’ I’d sell off my savior for a set of new rings.”

hush
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40 posted 2007-07-02 01:41 AM


Coffee and Cigarettes bored the hell out of me. So did Citizen Kane.

But I did love The Gods Must be Crazy

And Reb- I thought Start Trek II was the wrath of Kahn?

A few of my absolute favorites:

It's a Wonderful Life
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Big Lebowski
Jurassic Park
Die Hard
Do the Right Thing
Run, Lola, Run
Kill Bill 1&2
Pulp Fiction
Grindhouse
Borat
The Harry Potter Series
The Pirates of the Caribbean Series
The Royal Tennenbaums
Fight Club
Animal House
The Blues Brothers
I [heart] Huckabees
Bad Santa

Grinch- you and my film-minor fiancee would have all kinds of interesting conversations.

hush
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41 posted 2007-07-02 01:42 AM


Oh- and, speaking of Donkeys- Clerks 2
Edward Grim
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42 posted 2007-07-13 04:54 PM


Anybody ever seen: "And the Ship Sails On" by Fredrico Fellini? I love love love that movie. He's probably my favorite Italian director. He's made some of the most interesting and important films in all of film history.

is his film about the truth of directing and it is just... Amazing. Anybody interested in filmmaking needs to see it.

He also did "La Dolce Vita", very powerful movie. He did "Satyicon", "Armacord", "Histoires Extraordinaires." and several others.

It's been said that he's never made a bad film. That even though certain films weren't his best, there were still certain scenes that were better than anything supplied by the movies before it.

He was a real artist. You guys should check him out.

“Well all the apostles, they’re sittin’ on the swings, sayin’ I’d sell off my savior for a set of new rings.”

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43 posted 2008-01-10 11:41 PM


1. Lady Godiva - Maureen O Hara
2. Caligula - Malcolm McDowall
3. Jesus Of Nazareth - Robert Powell
4. The Passion of the Christ - Jim Caviezel
5. Jesus 1999 - Jeremy Sisto
6. anything with Tommy Lee Jones
7. The Blues Brothers 1980 - Belishi AUkroyd
8. The Rocky Series 1976-2006
9. the A Star is Born Trilogy 1937-1976
10 The Oliver Stone Vietnam Trilogy 1986-1993
11 Titanic 1997
AND honesty and forthrightess compels me to say
that I have enjoyed
12 The Last Temptation of Christ - 1988 - DaFoe Hershey
AND
13 The DaVinci Code - Hanks Tautao  MacKellan


and i plan to see Angels and Demons later this year, I listened to the audio book a couple of years ago.

[This message has been edited by Ron (01-11-2008 10:23 AM).]

JEZZ24
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44 posted 2008-01-11 07:33 AM


hhhmmm.... here a few of my faves:

Vanilla Sky
Romeo and Juliet
The Butterfly Effect
Man on Fire
All the American Pie Films, he he!!

There's lots but I wont bore you with anymore, lol

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45 posted 2008-01-23 09:58 PM


SWEENEY TODDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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