at the behest of a fellow member, let's list of our top handful of movies. You don't have to rank them if you don't want to.
Borat.
It's fun to see who laughs at what.....
One star rating by the World. Boy, are they out of touch.
My top ten, but not in order...
Fandango
Defending your Life
Some Like it Hot
Sleeper
The Producers
Airplane!
The Gold Rush
Raising Arizona
A Day at the Races
Blazing Saddles
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Originally posted by aoxamaxoa
Bowat.
It's fun to see who laughs at what.....
One star rating by the World. Boy, are they out of touch.
I like Borat better the first time, when he was going by "Yakov Smirnof." I think all of the legal problems will probably nix any chance of Borat 2.
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Originally posted by sgrizzle
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Originally posted by aoxamaxoa
Bowat.
It's fun to see who laughs at what.....
One star rating by the World. Boy, are they out of touch.
I like Borat better the first time, when he was going by "Yakov Smirnof." I think all of the legal problems will probably nix any chance of Borat 2.
My thoughts exactly Sgrizzle. I always wondered why Smirnof was never referenced as a prelude to Borat. I suppose many find it funny, but I've not been in a hurry to see the movie. It's just a cheap use of stereotypes to get some laughs (IMO).
Not in any particular order:
Godfather parts I & II
American Graffiti
Pulp Fiction
MASH
Blazing Saddles
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Shawshank Redemption
Good Neighbor Sam
Animal House
The much imitated
"Play it as it lays"
1972
By Joan Didion
Directed by Frank Perry
Starring
Tuesday Weld
Anthony Perkins
The U.S. does have a soul. Here's a glimpse at it.
This was back when at least some movies were dark, complex and evocative.
Say Anything
Casablanca
Pulp Fiction
The Wild Bunch
All the President's Men
Crash
Crumb
Hedwig & The Angry Inch
Lawrence of Arabia
The Magnificent Seven or the Seven Samarai
Some of my favorites, not in any particular order.
Broken Blossoms (1919)
Napoleon (France, 1927)
The Big Parade (1927)
The Crowd (1928)
Show People (1928)
Gold Diggers of 1933
Dames (1934)
All About Eve
Sunset Boulevard
A Star is Born (1954)
Some of my favorites are:
The Shining
National Lampoon's Vacation
Goodfellas
A Place In The Sun
City Of God
Being There
Doctor Zhivago
To Kill A Mockingbird
Migration
Toy Story, Finding Nemo & Cars
I was in love with Tuesday Weld in Dobie Gillis. Does that tell my age?
Conan's list is the best so far.
The Day the Earth Stood Still.
2001 A Space Odyssey.
To Please a Lady.
Bullit (only the chase scene - the rest was terrible)
The Great Escape
Grand Prix
Yes, I was a Steve McQueen fan until I found out what a rotten person he was. I still like the movies.
The only movie I've liked recently was Last Holiday with Queen Latifah.
But how could you be my age and not have American Graffiti as your favorite movie of all time?
Oops, forgot Rocky Horror Movie Show - at the movies.
Nobody mentined A Boy and His Dog - another cult film.
Or Deep Throat or Debbie does........
Zoolander
Mr. Deeds
Tommy Boy
Black Sheep
Luther
We Were Soldiers
The Patriot
Elf
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Miss Congeniality
Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion
Air Force One
whoa? Cubs is a Zoolander fan?
almost forgot that one...
Top 10 in no particular order... alright, make that a baker's dozen...
Bull Durham
Shawshank Redemption
Taxi Driver
This Boy's Life (1993-with Rober DeNiro as Leonardo DiCaprio's domineering stepfather)
High Anxiety
Zoolander
Airplane!
The Outsiders
They Live (1988-John Carpenter)
Christine
After Hours (1985-Martin Scorsese)
School of Rock
Clerks
'tis the season, so let's throw in:
A Christmas Story [:P]
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whoa? Cubs is a Zoolander fan?
Well ..... its not fault that I am really really ridiculously good looking.
Spinal Tap
The Third Man
The Day the Earth Stood Still (or Forbidden Planet, or Body Snatchers...really, any 1950s sci-fi movies)
Plan Nine from Outer Space
Life of Brian
All About Eve
The Out of Towners
The Odd Couple (the original)
Fiddler on the Roof
Thank You for Smoking
Shawshank Redemption
The Color Purple
Anything by Mel Brooks
Anything w/Peter Sellers
Dr. Strangelove
Trading Places
Godfather I and II
Any of the Thin Man movies
Village of the Damned
The Dirty Dozen
The Great Escape
Arsenic and Old Lace
Airplane
Office Space
In no particular order and off the top of my head. I've probably left a favorite or two (or three) out.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Papillon
Trading Places
Office Space
Bedazzled
Shawshank Redemption
Saving Private Ryan
Enemy of the State
The Blob
A Christmas Story
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Odd Couple
The Wizard of Oz
A Place in the Sun
The Great Escape
The Good, Bad and Ugly
Thunderball
The Spy Who Loved Me
Barbarella
Independence Day
Pirates of the Carribean #1
Hidalgo
Miami Vice
Ice Age - #1 and #2
Gods Must Be Crazy
Straight To Hell
Mystery Men
Open Range
Easy Rider
Guess I finally burned-out on This Is Spinal Tap.
jdb
This is an excellent topic. I completely forgot about Dr. Strangelove. I doubt whether youngsters would get it. Picture Slim Pickens astride you-know-what, waving his hat and giving a rebel yell.
I enjoyed Dr Strangelove. Especially when I foudn out Slim Pickens didn't know it was a comedy.
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Gladiator
Bladerunner
Aliens 2
Star Wars (especially the first trilogy, not episode 1,2,3 but episodes 4,5,6 which were the first ones to come out so could be called the first trilogy, although the second series were prequils to the first series they just didnt come out in that order so... What was I talking about again?)
X-Men 1 and 2
Stargate
Dune, all of them
Princess and the Warrior
Chocolat
Amelie
Billy Elliot
Count of Monte Cristo
Harry Potter
Ice age 1&2
The Dark Crystal
Monsters Inc.
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Originally posted by LisaPeace
The Color Purple
"The Color Purple" is the only movie in my entire life (49+ years) that has ever made me cry. I remember going by myself to see that movie at the old Annex 7, by Southroads Mall. That final scene where Goldberg is reunited with her sister and her children is so touching. I would have to add this one to my favorites list too.
Just some of my thoughts about film history. I know many people that won't even watch a film today if it is in black & white, not to mention silent films. Some of the greatest motion pictures in film history are silent films, hence the large number of silent favorites in my previous post. Silent films were never realy silent, for they had full orchestral scores, or were accompanied by piano at the very least. They relied on the acting/pantomime ability of the cast to convey emotion on a purely physical basis, along with the emotion of the musical score. Pure cinema at it's best. As Norma Desmond said, "I AM big, it's the PICTURES that got small."
Christine
Road House
Wrong Turn
Vanishing Point
Porky's 1,2 and 3
Rock Star
Babes In Prison 2
Driving Miss Daisy
In Alphabetical Order:
The Blues Brothers
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Fargo
Ferris Bueller's Day Out
Forrest Gump
The Ghosts and the Darkness
Home Alone
Jaws
Life as a House
Meet Joe Black
The Mission (1986)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
The Princess Bride
Saving Private Ryan
The Shawshank Redemption
Sling Blade
Unforgiven
V for Vendetta
[8D]my favorites are:
1.santa clause
2.national lampoons christmas vacation
3.sweet home alabama
4.father of the bride
5.home alone
6.uncle buck
7.star wars
8.talledega nights
9.billy madison
10.american pie
My favorites although I know I left a few out.
Lost in Translation
Sideways
Chasing Amy
When Harry Met Sally
Almost Famous
Say Anything
Grease
Schindlers List
Life of Brian
Modern Times
Battleship Potemkin
Howl's Moving Castle
Leon
Rabbit Proof Fence
Steel Magnolias
Dr Strangelove
Amelie
Three Colours Trilogy