Favourite films...

[TomUK]

In my opinion we've been getting far too serious here recently, so i though i'd bring things back down to earth a bit with a thread about peoples favourite movies.

So...what's your favourite then?

(I'll post mine after a few other posts, but it's a bit embaressing so i'll wait a bit if you don't mind:blush: )

[Andy Broadley]

Convoy (before your time Tom)

Trading Places

Cool Runnings (Sanka you dead? Ya man)

All the Presidents men

Grease

Shrek2 (the first one as well)

Both the Ghostbusters movies

All four HP movies.

[TomUK]

All four HP movies.

Bizarrely Goblet of Fire is the worst book (or at least joint last with half blood prince, but goblet is easily the best film (and also a great film in its own merits)

EDIT: oops, mentioned the wrong book

[Andy Broadley]

Bizarrely Goblet of Fire is the worst book (or at least joint last with order of the phoenix), but goblet is easily the best film (and also a great film in its own merits)
To be honest I've only read the first book.

The rest of them, I've only seen the movies.

I think Prisioner oif Azkeban was the best movie, simply for Heranie punching Draco.

Quality.

[SeenAndUnseen]

I love the HP movies, too. I thought Goblet of Fire was the best yet, though it did make for a not-as-interesting read.
I have read all the books, and Prisoner of Azkaban was my favorite of those -- and I even loved the movie despite how far from the book it strayed in many places.

Other favorite films:
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The Lord of the Rings (trilogy)
The Devil's Advocate
The Princess Bride
Star Wars (all of them)
Gladiator
Bram Stoker's Dracula
A Christmas Story
Titanic


There are tons more I like but I can't think of them all at the moment.

[Andy Broadley]

I love the HP movies, too. I thought Goblet of Fire was the best yet, though it did make for a not-as-interesting read.
I have read all the books, and Prisoner of Azkaban was my favorite of those -- and I even loved the movie despite how far from the book it strayed in many places.

Other favorite films:
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The Lord of the Rings (trilogy)
The Devil's Advocate
The Princess Bride
Star Wars (all of them)
Gladiator
Bram Stoker's Dracula
A Christmas Story
Titanic


There are tons more I like but I can't think of them all at the moment.
Titanic eh?

Was I the only one who cheered when de caprio drowned at the end?

[karen freeinchristman]

Titanic eh?

Was I the only one who cheered when de caprio drowned at the end?

:eek:

:cry: I cry my eyes out every time I watch it (on DVD!)

[jehovahjireh2007]

The Chronicles of Narnia.

Derbystudent

[karen freeinchristman]

I don't really have a favourite, as I have really enjoyed so many over the years. I mean, there are so many different genres, and they are all so different.



but recently - King Kong!

[ctay]

A Walk To Remember

[PaladinValer]

I don't have a "favourite" movie, but I do have some "favorite" movies (:P)

In No Particular Order (Except The First)

1. PJ's Lord of the Rings Triology
2. First two Harry Potter films
3. With Honors
4. Dragonheart
5. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
6. Weekend at Bernie's I and II
7. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
8. Supersize Me
9. Back to the Future Triology
10. ET (especially the special edition)
11. Star Wars (all of them)
12. Star Trek movies (particularly IV..."nuclear wvessels!")
13. The Hunt for Red October
14. Clue
15. Sister Act (I, not II)
16. A Christmas Story (anathema to those who speak ill of it! :P)
17. Jurassic Park movies
18. The Exorcism of Emily Rose
19. Father of the Bride I and II
20. Mary Poppins (double anathema to those who speak ill of it! :P)

For Good Measure, Five Least Favorites

1. Forest Gump
2. Forest Gump
3. Forest Gump
4. Forest Gump
5. Forest Gump

heh :P

[pmcleanj]

Oh, come on, guys!

Why has no-one mentioned Casablanca?

Then there's Aliens, which is a badly under-rated film on several levels (the other Alien movies range from mediocre to desperate, but they aren't in nearly the same class, nor do they benefit from the same level of direction, as Aliens)

And Shichinin No Samurai is right up there with Casablanca.

Then there was this obscure meditation called Kandahar, which is hauntingly memorable.

And a delightful romp that barely made it into the theatres, Jake Speed, which is rivalled only by Tremors in that particular genre of pulp-fiction-adventure movies.

[SirTimothy]

Umm... Mr. Hollands Opus and The Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy are my joint two favourite movies--Hitchhikers guide is within arms reach at present.

Anything by Laurel and Hardy, also.

Timothy

[TomUK]

Mr Hollands Opus is an amazing film. Haven't seen the new Hitchhiker film, but the older TV version was great and i can't see how they could top it.

[SirTimothy]

The new film is well worth the 2 quid to rent.

Timothy

[Wiffey]

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Harry Potter films
Godfather (I & II)
The Color Purple
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Lion in Winter
A Room With A View
Sense & Sensibility
Pride & Prejudice (BBC version, NOT with Keira Knightley!)
The Satyricon
The Squid and the Whale
Brokeback Mountain
Cache
...and every movie ever made by Pedro Almodovar!!!

[pmcleanj]

Mr Hollands Opus is an amazing film. Haven't seen the new Hitchhiker film, but the older TV version was great and i can't see how they could top it.
The original Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a serialized radio play. And it's great. The various knock-offs in book, television and film format don't quite rise to the freshness and creativity of the original (which a highschool friend and I acquired in LP format and listened to one episode per day, during one delightful semester that I'd almost forgotten until now).

Radio comedy and drama are still one of my favourite forms of entertainment, and not yet completely vanished off the face of the earth thanks be to the CBC, despite the competition from television and DVD.

[PaladinValer]

Mr. Holland's Opus and the Tremors movies I should also add to my list. Thanks for reminding me of them! :thumbsup:

[UberLutheran]

Favorites (in chronological order):

1. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
2. The Women (1939)
3. Mildred Pierce (1946)
4. All About Eve (1951)
5. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
6. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
7. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
8. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
9. The Producers (1968)
10. The Graduate (1969)
11. The Out of Towners (1970)
12. La Cage aux Folles (1978)
13. Being There (1979)
14. Tootsie (1982)
15. 9 to 5 (1980)
16. Dark Habits (1984)
17. Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
18. Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
19. Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
20. Steel Magnolias (1989)
21. Slacker (1991)
22. Schindler's List (1993)
23. Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
24. Office Space (1999)
25. Brokeback Mountain (2005) (say what you like, but the cinematography is breathtaking and the weather scenes are some of the best ever captured on film!)

Oh -- forgot one: A Christmas Story. You'd better like this movie, or I will personally come to your house and sit on you!)

Dogs
1. Swing Kids (the very last line of the move says it all: "Swing Heil! Swing Heil!")
2. Twister (tornadoes that oink and grunt?)
3. Robin Hood: Men in Tights (close to as bad as it gets)
4. Queen of Outer Space (1958). (dreadful movie, but Zsa Zsa Gabor is fabulously awful! "I hate dot qveen!")

[PaladinValer]

Twister a bad movie?

**Casts UberLutheran into an F5**

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! :D

[IowaLutheran]

I agree with lots of those already posted. To the action genre I would add Raiders of the Lost Ark andto the horror genre I would add The Exorcist and The Shining.

[TomUK]

OK, here goes...

IMHO the all time greatest movie is ET. I just don't think anything can ever or will ever top it.

The other titles in my list (though i've probably forgotten loads)

Amadeus
The Godfather trilogy (literally the whole trilogy - part 3 is a masterpiece)
North by Northwest
All the Star Wars films
The Thing
The elephant man
Much ado about nothing (the Kenneth Brannagh version)
The fifth element
The little mermaid ( :blush: )
The silence of the lambs
Kill Bill (both)
Fargo
The Quest (bit of a tale to that one!)
Die Hard
Rear window
Naked Gun

There's probably loads i've missed of that (just remembered the green mile for one!) but i think that gives an overview.

ET though is without any doubt the greatest event in motion picture history. I'd be happy to fight to the death over it!

[UberLutheran]

Twister a bad movie?

**Casts UberLutheran into an F5**

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! :D

Like these two (which my uncle took the picture of)?
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/images/tornado-palmsunday04-11-1965.jpg


A real tornado is so much more impressive than those fake things they had in Twister.

An F4 I chased (and got within 1/2 mile) sounded a bit like being directly under a jet engine at takeoff.

[PaladinValer]

The Fifth Element was excellent, wasn't it, TomUK? I got the special edition DVD of it...you get to her the full performance of the Diva! :)

UberLutheran, I agree that the tornadoes in the movie were...iffy. However, being a bit of a extreme weather-lover, I find myself defending the movie because, well, tornadoes are pretty darn cool (as your awesome pic shows!). The only thing in extreme weather more beautiful are hurricanes...

...

...and I am utterly jealous that you've even seen tornadoes first hand. :)

[IowaLutheran]

...and I am utterly jealous that you've even seen tornadoes first hand. :)
My wife won't let me go outside to look when there is a tornado warning.

[AngCath]

Brotherhood of the Wolf, The Mission, Emperor's New Groove, 2001: A Space Oddyssey

[Wiffey]

Brotherhood of the wolf was freaky-cool. It just included nods to so many film genres and influences. It had that buddy film with indigenous sidekick, Opus Dei plotting, Dangerous Liasons, kung-fu creature-feature feel.:thumbsup:

[Inside Edge]

Star Wars (A running theme in these parts)
Ever After
Back to the Future (Trilogy)
Lord of the Rings (Trilogy)
Spider Man
X-Men 2
A.I.
Groundhog Day
Dodgeball
Elf

[Colabomb]

Star wars (All of them)

Lord of the Rings (all of them)

Philadelphia

A few Good men

Fiddler on the Roof



All I can think of now, more later.

[Colabomb]

Star Wars (A running theme in these parts)
Ever After
Back to the Future (Trilogy)
Lord of the Rings (Trilogy)
Spider Man
X-Men 2
A.I.
Groundhog Day
Dodgeball
Elf
Oh yeah, Groundhog day.

[ContraMundum]

No Laughing, ok? I'm a bit weird.

Joe's Apartment
Independance Day
Alien vs. Predator
War of the Worlds (remake)
Blues Brothers
North Sea Hijack
Chronicles of Riddick
Luther
Open Range
Monsters Inc.
Saving Private Ryan
Pale Rider
The Passion of the Christ
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Napoleon Dynamite (Vote for Pedro!)

[TomUK]

Just finished watching 'Simon Birch'. It actually made me cry which is really quite pathetic.

[ContraMundum]

It's amazing, just reviewing the films we've all listed, at how much immorality we put ourselves through. We seem to like being entertained by the things Christ died to save us from.

As it stands, I avoid films showing unclothed people like the plague. I still need to figure out how to apply the same standard to violence, language and crime, etc. It's a difficult line we all walk sometimes.

[karen freeinchristman]

We just watched our new 'Grease' DVD last night for our weekly family 'film night', and considering it was PG, I felt uncomfortable with some of the things said by the characters, in front of my 10- and 7- year olds.
(Pretty true to what I remember of high school life, though! ^_^ )

[SirTimothy]

I know, Contramundum. My favourite films are ones which contain as little bad language as is realistic. I don't watch violent movies, or movies which contain sex, nudity or drugs. That's my bottom line.

Timothy