whats your favorite movie?

[Kb_cruncher]

I was wondering,with all the encoding going on around here,how much time actually gets spent sitting back and watching them in there entirity(retorical question).

But i thought it would be interesting to see what your favourite movie is.

I'll start the ball rolling.Mine is:-




BLADE RUNNER by ridley scott.

[Bugs Bunny]

Any flick with GRATUITOUS NUDITY!

Ogle ogle..

Damn! My screen is fogged up again! Gotta get one of dem anti-fog filters...

[Fantasma]

Hello Bugs

Well, I can say I have several favorite movies, not just one
and those are:

1. The Black Mask (Jet Li)
2. Terminator (The first one)
3. Ninja Scroll (Anime)
4. Blade

I watch these movies very often.

[Ripe73]

My favorite movies is

*Braveheart
*The Patriot
*The Gladiator
*Enemy At The Gates
*SPR
*Deliverance
*Southern Comfort

and THE LORD OF THE RINGS(Divx Version:)

[Kb_cruncher]

i also like a few cult classics.my best are:

-the italian job(michael caine)

-The conversation(one of harrison fords first)

-full metal jacket(they actually used a real life drill seargant)

-Usual suspects(not a cult but an ending you just don't see coming)

[Doom9]

Matrix ;) What did you expect?

[diji1]

Ahh, theres so damn many of them! Some of my faves tho are:

Two Hands ( aussie film )
Alien, Aliens, Alien 3 ... ( last one sukked bad imo )
Ghost in the Shell
Momento
2001: A Space Oddessy
Commando ( yeah go on, pay me out )
Predator
Idiot Box ( nother aussie one )
A Clockwork Orange
All the "3 Colours" films ...

... man, i just can't pick a favorite! :( ..... but i've watched 2001 more times than any other movie :)

[travis morgan]

The Exorcist
Evil Dead
An American Werewolf in London
Brotherhood of the Wolf

[Slogra]

Army of Darkness
Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
Total Recall
Terminator 2
Star Wars
The Shining

I really like Lord of the Rings too (but i don't have it :()

[macdaddy]

Drama:
Apocalypse Now (redux)
The Godfather (parts 1 and 2)

Comedy:
Election
Fletch/Caddyshack

Music:
Stop Making Sense
Paul Simon's Graceland Concert

Sci-Fi:
Matrix
Blade Runner (Director's Cut)

Anime:
Grave of the Fireflies

Produced outside the US:
Lola Rent
Das Boot
Ran

Documentary:
And We Were Kings
Gimme Shelter
Don't Look Back

[ppera2]

Aliens
Dr. Strangelove
Jurassic Park
Silence of the Lambs

It wasn't question, but best DVD edition what I saw is Gladiator, because of excellent content second disk.

[hakko504]

There's so many...

Star Wars - all four of them
Alien - mostly the first one, but it's the second best series of films made so far. I hope they don't make a fifth one.
The Blues Brothers - The first one. Great film, but the sequel stinks.
Life of Brian - Monty Python's best movie
Wizard of Oz - no comments...
Dracula & Nosferatu - Both Lugosi and Schreck were great as the bloodsucker.
The Invisible Man - Claude Rains in his best performance
The Phantom of the Opera - The 1925 Technicolor version with Lon Chaney Sr.
A Night at the Opera - funniest film ever (and a good record too, but that's a little off topic...)

[FactorM]

Here are some of my favourite movies:

Mononoke Hime
Ghost in the Shell
Microcosmos
2001 and 2010
A Thin Red Line
Memento
Clerks
Blade Runner
Lost Highway
Brother
Apocalypse Now (both versions)

[Ookami]

Internet surfing and watching TV... Janica Kostelic rules...

Oh, the topic (copy and paste from Ultimateboard):

Western: Invitation for a gunfighter

Action: Heat/Aliens

"now something completely different" Movies: Pulp fiction/Memento

Science Fiction: Alien

Animation: Lord of the rings (Bakshi)

Comedy: Airplane

Film-noir: D.O.A.

The special place: Seven Samurai

And I should not forget Miller's crossing in my short list.

Cheers...

Now, I'm really off to watch the hockey (well, in 30 minutes)...

[Zarxrax]

My favorites are:
Rat Race
Adolescence of Utena (anime)
Battle Royale (Japanese film)

[MaTTeR]

1. Pitch Black
2. Reservoir Dogs

:D

Hmm..maybe I should have made Platoon my top choice.

[tenebrenz]

A few of my favourites

Live and Let Die
Deep Red (Profondo Rosso)
La Double Vie de Veronique - no dvd release so far :(
The Wicker Man
Predator
Theatre of Blood

[FranchiseJuan]

Mine are:

Braveheart (who does not love this movie)
Great Expectations (Gwenith and Ethen)
The End of the afair (Julian Moore!!!!)

There are so many more great movies that I love, but these are the ones I love.... and watch over and over and over and over.......

Got to go.... poping in the second disk of Braveheart now....

[Mikele]

I like a lot of movies, specially some european classics, but one of the best movies I've seen recently is... Monsters Inc.! I still cannot believe how much I love it.

[Bugs Bunny]

Oh so you blokes want specifics is that it.. OK Bugsy gives ya specifics! Umm I like..

Under Siege! starring Erika Eleniak! oh and she got some hippy guy as a sidekick but I never got his name.. Man.. she's got.. PRESENCE! Yeah lots of em.. great big ones.. they plump when ya cook em.. pant, pant...

Casablanca! INGRID BERGMAN I LOVE YOU!! Even if ya got yer clothes on! Man you blokes are a sorry lot missing out on the best babe flick of all time.. FIFTY HAIL MARYS FOR ALL YOU LOT!

No but OK what is Bugsy's MOST FAVORITEST SHOW OF ALL TIME..

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour OF CORSE! No really I am not fibbing! Pepe la Pew he iz mah IDOL! I dare you to name one flick with characters that ya can remember for OVER 70 YEARS! AND NEVER GREW OLD! HAH!

OK now fer a minit of silence...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&u=/ap/20020223/ap_on_en_mo/obit_jones_4


He wuz my hombre... <sniff> <sob>

[dragoman]

Hi,

I have many favorites, but ones I seem to never tire of watching:

1) Star Wars
2) 2001 A Space Odyssey
3) The Matrix
4) Dune (1984)
5) Waterworld (alright, alright, I know.....just like it, ok?)

Recent movies I have seen that I really liked:

Lord of the Rings (a masterpiece!)
The Count of Monte Cristo (brings Dumas' book to life very well)

and, just tonight, Queen of the Damned (not true to the book, but Lestat is masterful, and plays the character better than Tom Cruise ever did...)

cheers,

dragoman

[Alex787]

Braveheart
The Gladiator


Well anything with DTS

[sierrafoxtrot]

heheh,

pi
memento
waking life
ghost dog
three colours red
donnie darko
lola rennt
fight club
mononoke hime
shakespeare in love (aaaaawww....)

[FactorM]

damn, i forgot ghost dog :)

[ChristianHJW]

1. Braveheart
2. Gladiator
3. The English Patient
4. Highlander ( Part 1 )
5. Deep Blue Sea

:D ...

[friar01]

i can't believe anyone hasn't mentioned the shawshank redemption. that movie has to be one of the greatest ever made. if you haven't seen it yet, you should.

[dragoman]

i can't believe anyone hasn't mentioned the shawshank redemption.

You just did. :)

Yes, this and the Green Mile are masterful adaptations of Stephen King's stories by director Frank Darabont.

He also did The Majestic, which is a great movie with Jim Carrey, something a lot of people don't know...

dragoman

[rmatei]

There are so many but if you put a gun to my head I'd say:
- The Godfather
- Thelma & Louise

Followed by... The Graduate, Seven Samurai, American Beauty, Fight Club, Goodfellas, Dances With Wolves, Dr Strangelove, Godfather part II, the Exorcist, Le pere Noel est une ordure...

This year: In the bedroom, Amelie, Black Hawk Down, and not LOTR, or A Beautiful Mind.

[Goldfinger_007]

Well, there are loads of films i love, but (as you can guess by my user name) i never tire of watching Goldfinger :)

BOND
do you expect me to talk?
Goldfinger
No Mr Bond, I expect you to die!

[dub_lover]

Good to see Dr Strangelove up there -if you haven't seen it yet, it's one of the funniest (and serious) films ever. What else...
Oh yeah, Evil Dead 2 (Dead by Dawn) - hillarious
Pulp Fiction
Twelve Monkeys
Brazil (also by Terry Gilliam)
Toy Story
2001 (another film by Kubrick - maybe too "slow" for todays instant gratification audiences)
Star Wars
Citizen Kane (set the standard years ago)
And Trainspotting's pretty good too

hmm....I guess I like lots of films LOL

[lapin]

it's hard to stay neutral after having read everybody's list....

here's mine:

Mullholland drive
Lost highway
Blue velevet (ok, i'm not gonna list ALL lynch films ;)
Brother
Carnival of souls
Ghost dog
Happiness
Dr. strangelove
Cat on a hot tin roof
Toxic avenger
Exotica
Kid's return
Night of the iguana

these are just my favs, but i can watch ANYTHING !

edit:how dare i forget brazil ??

[dvd2svcd]

1. Highlander
2. Back to the future (Trilogy)
3. The Matrix
4. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

[Gren]

hmmmm where to begin

James Bond:
You Only Live Twice, Thunderball & Dr No (Ursula Andress is the Bond Goddess of all time) (very hard choice! - also like the roger moore ones and goldeneye was also a good chop)

Star Wars:
original trilogy - all good for different reasons

Star Trek:
2 - wrath of Khan, 6 the undiscovered country, first contact and insurrection

Indiana Jones:
Gawd! hmm, all three are great

Westerns:
Dances with Wolves, For A Few Dollars More, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

Adventure - the mummy

Action:
Batman & Batman Returns, Counterforce, Under Siege

Sci Fi
Back to the Future 1-3

Sylvester Stallone:
Demolition Man, Rambo 1-3, The Specialist,

Arnie
Conan the Barbarian, Conan the Destroyer, Red Sonya, Red Heat, T2, 6th day

+ i bet i've missed heaps

{ed) - black hawk down is quite good as well although not really up there with the rest

(ed - 2nd) what's your favourite scary movie? probly bwp & bwp book of shadows - mind u, the others was great in the cinemas! thought there was someone running behind me!

[Emp3r0r]

I was getting worried until I read the last post, but thank gawd somebody likes the Indiana Jones movies.

I'd have to say most recently is Black Hawk Down.

other favorites:
Fight Club
American Beauty
(What If)Red Dawn
Early Rambo's, Rocky's, Jaws
Friday and Halfbaked
Spaceballs and Monty's Holy Grail
Matrix


Oh BTW, what was that old movie about a futuristic prison and they implanted something into their bodies, and there was a Bot that kept eye on prisoners, I think that was a good movie.

[FactorM]

@Emp3r0r:

perhaps it is 'the fortress'

[ofirmantis]

a movie I can see over and over again (and I do) is Sam Pekinpa's "convoy" with kris kristoferson...

there is "Run Lola Run" and "clerks", airplain (both) - I can watch them over and over again...

other than that there are the "usual" great movies such as
Gladiator
Fight Club
Ghost in the shell
Terminator
the naked gun (the 1st)
top secret

and many other movies everybody here agree about.

[Emp3r0r]

Ah yes, that is it... not bad for "Our Price: $9.98" at Amazon... good deal. If it hadn't been so long since I'd seen it, I would be sure about the deal. What the hell is the Re-Animator, they mentioned that movie in American Beauty. Any good?

[MaTTeR]

Re-Animator is a classic horror:eek:

Though I wouldn't place it above Bruce Cambell's Evil Dead.

[kasteybah]

I think these aren't anymore favorites for anyone:

Casablanca
Birth of a nation
Gone with the wind
À bout de souffle
The great dictator
Easy Rider
Appocalipse Now
....

Sorry for my bad english.

[DDogg]

The Green Mile (I think this movie is a true masterpiece)
What Dreams may Come (people either love it or hate it, it rocked my world)
A fun movie not mentioned is True Lies (Ok, its Arnie, but Jamie Lee Curtis stole the film and the wit buried in it is good a second and a third time.)
Speaking of stealing a movie, Tommy Lee Jones in the Fugitive
Switchback (Danny Glover and Dennis Quaid)
BoonDock Saints is weird, but has something intangible that makes it rather special. Defoe is masterful as the swishy detective.
Dead Calm with Sam Neil and Nicole Kidman is not to be missed.
Postman - A strange bird but it lingers
Tequila Sunrise - Mel, Kurt and Michelle Pfeiffer is an old sizzler

[markrb]

My favorites for different reasons.

Blues Brothers - First one only. Seen it almost 30 times.
Final Countdown - Actually a bad movie I really love. Seen it about 20 times.
Star Trek 2 - Gotta love Ricardo as a heavy.
Almost Famous - Classic in the making.
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - Candy Man Rules.
Leon The Professional - European Version of The Professional
Dances with Wolves, Directors Cut - 4 hours long, but worth it.


Mark

[macdaddy]

Update: you can go ahead and add the anime "Metropolis" to my list. Just got back from seeing it-if you live in a city that gets the theatrical run, go see it...

___

@ markrb:

Ty Law should have been the MVP. I was there, and it was bitchin'!!!

Sorry that this is totally OT, but it also had to be said!

[Gren]

could have edited my post for the 3rd time - but who would read it?!

:D

yes well indy does rawk bawx as does true lies (good arnie movie)

but how could i forget Merlin (with sam niel as merlin) as well as The Odyssey - they aren't movie's per se, as they have only been shown on TV and show them in two parts. i haven't seen it in the video store however, i know that Merlin is on DVD in Germany!

fortress was alright movie - shot in australia i believe.

and a movie query, what is the movie where in the future, all the crims get dumped on some island. one side of the island is held by all the hardcore crims and anarchists where as the other is held by the more peaceful ones. the movie follows some new crim (who i think is innocent) - no it's not escape from new york or LA

next friday was also a great laugh as was American Pie 2 - was much better than i expected

[macdaddy]

R U talking about the movie with Ray Liotta (Goodfellas)and Lance Henrickson?

[Gren]

sorry mac - have no idea who's in it!

:scared:

[FactorM]

i think you are speaking about 'Escape from Absolom'.

[markrb]

Sounds like No Escape with Ray Liotta. The guy had a big gun that blew up the camp at the end? They sent in Helicopters and the prisoners take it over kicking the warden out to get killed by the bad guys? Bad guy had his nose pierced on the bridge about 5 times?

Just saw Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. This was one funny movie. Half the cast of Amercian Pie was in it along with Mark Hammil and a ton of other cool cameos.


I agree if it wasn't for Ty Law and the Whole defense the Pats would have never won. The played a great game, except for Willie his holding penalty almost killed them when they got the ball on a fumble and ran it back for a TD.

Mark

[macdaddy]

markrb got it right-"No Escape" (if that's the name of it-I still don't recall) is the film I think you are referring to...

Ironically, McGinist (sp?) was the only defensive player on whom the books were offering action as the game's MVP. I quietly gloated as I saw nothing but Rams out that week, boozin' and huffing cigars-I'm not kidding. The best was the Pats coming out as a team-the Lam fans sitting around me had no idea what was going on, and still didn't get it when I explained it to them. Ultimately, the final, game-winning drive merits the MVP. Thus, as my final list update, I recommend a sporting spectacular DVD. While technically not a movie, SuperBowl XXXVI Champions (http://www.nflshop.com/catalog/productdetail.cfm?TID=7193-41010216545241160322377-0&sku=SB36D-PA&TeamName=Patriots&module=Home&action=View&gridID=3) is approximately 95 minutes of sweet action!!!

[yosemite]

well, everything with Mel Gibson . This man is the best actor u can imagine!

[Flora]

come on guys, do you know they made movie outside of the US?

like:
Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain (french)
Cyrano de Bergerac (french)
Billy Elliot (english)
Full Monthy (english)
Das Boot (german)
Clockwork Orange (english)
Abre los Oros (Spanish)
Atta me (Spanish)
For a Fistful of dollards (Italian yes!)
For a Few dollards more (Italian too!!)
The good, the bad and the ugly (Italian again :) )
Lawrence of Arabia (english)
Hidden Dragons and crouching tigers (chinese/hong kong/taiwan)
Le nom de la rose (french, featuring Sean Connery and Christian Slater)
Hard Boiled (and all other John Woo movie before he made crap at hollywood)
L'Ours (french)
Breaking the Waves... (finish I think but i'm not sure)

And I am just mentioning the famous one...