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Hi,

What's your all time favourite movie?

Mine would be Casno Royale, best James Bond of the lot.

Sarah

Maybe I'm non-committal, but I can't just pick one movie from all time.
However, my current faves are: 

Stardust
Million Dollar Baby
The Royal Tennanbaums
I (heart) Huckabees
Stranger than Fiction
The Red Violin

Yup.  :D

Stardust
American Beauty
Stranger than Fiction
Donnie Darko
Fight Club
The Matrix (not the sequels)
Edward Scissorhands
The Lion King
And Land Before Time (definitely not the sequels!)

These are the ones I'd name off the top of my head.

If I -had- to choose just one, it must be Stardust. I want a DvD with commentary by Gaiman, dammit!


~Moi

I posted my choices in another topic yesterday but I'll repeat it here.

"Hunt for Red October" ... yea I know so boyish :)

There are so many others that I love. I agree with Moira, American Beauty was powerful.
Pulp Fiction and Get Shorty were so amazing because they made you think and
pay attention and were so different. I know people hate those movies but if you
looked past the blood and gore they were amazing films. Same with the Departed...
you never knew what was coming and if you looked past the gore it was great.

But I love a lot of chic-flicks too. The Lake House, Miss Congeniality, The Holiday is a recent fav.

Lots of others, there are too many to pick one. :)

Amanda

Hi,

I like some chick flicks, I don't know why I just get interested in some of them.

Sarah

I get so involved in the characters, it's like I become them... or I guess want to be
them :) I feel their pain, I feel their joy. I've not seen a movie since starting HRT
and I expect the experience will be interesting with my emotional response that I've
had lately. :)

Amanda

Harvey is my fave film...

But by god Moira, I adore all them films, It's almost the exact same as my list if you take out casablanca, American Splendor and any Terry Gilliam and Buster Keaton ones.

A Fish Called Wanda

Posted on: April 09, 2008, 09:53:44 AM

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Quote from: Moira Midnigh on April 08, 2008, 05:23:40 PM
Land Before Time (definitely not the sequels!)

My kids used to joke about waiting for "Land Before Time: the Yucutan Disaster" to finish the series off once and for all.  ;D

I loathed the Land Before Time sequels with a passion, but my brother kept wanting them for birthdays and christmas. Geez, he even watches the series on Cartoon Network now  ::)

They're just so happy-happy it pissed me off at the time...and so stupid...gah.

I confess, I never actually saw the entirety of Pulp Fiction...but the bits I did see were fun ^^'


A dear friend of mine loves to watch Japanese horror movies...I'm not a fan, but it helps when you have someone to cuddle up against while watching. So I guess I won't mind watching them with him when he comes to visit.

He even promised I could cuddle ^___^


~Moi

i bought 'dumplings' the other day waiting my flatmate to return.

the first film was very sad - and sarah the triceratops was a bitch. put me off triceratopses for life.

Quote from: Pica Pica on April 09, 2008, 06:58:22 PM
i bought 'dumplings' the other day waiting my flatmate to return.

the first film was very sad - and sarah the triceratops was a bitch. put me off triceratopses for life.

eh, that triceratops was my favourite character. even had a little puppet of her from one of those pizza chains.

Hi I believe the movie that moved me the most was Titanic
I love pretty well most kids movies, especially those with girl heroes.

Cindy

they were plastic weren't they... i had ducky she was my fave...i wanted to be ducky...yep, yep, yep

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Boe4kW795AY

Quote from: Pica Pica on April 09, 2008, 07:11:45 PM
they were plastic weren't they... i had ducky she was my fave...i wanted to be ducky...yep, yep, yep

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Boe4kW795AY

those plastic things made their way to the UK?

yep yep yep

I've still got it somewhere, i've got 59 handpuppets of various crapness.

My favorite movie of all times.

What Dreams May Come

     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pHCtLzmras

tink :icon_chick:

Ducky will alway be my favourite, yep, yep, yep!

I didn't cry when Littlefoot's mother died. I didn't get it at the time. But when I watch it now, it's so very touching and sad...I never used to cry when Mufasa died either, but recently when I watch it, I have to fight real hard not to cry...and that's a bit awkward when you're surrounded by people who are making 'your mum' jokes while the...ah, wossname...big african running things that trample lions...anyway, while they...well...trample the lion...I lost the point.

Just tell them I got something in my eye. *sniff* Yeah, and I'm allergic to...*sniffle*...dust...and...winter...*sob*

I love cry-movies...I watched Rent for the first time a few months back, and I started crying half-way through ('cause I knew the story and I was singing along) and it felt so good, I watched it again, this time crying throughout the entire movie ::)


~Moi

Quote from: Pica Pica on April 09, 2008, 07:23:26 PM
yep yep yep

I've still got it somewhere, i've got 59 handpuppets of various crapness.

must really like handpuppets.

I don't have one but here are some of my favourites.

Bad Taste
Conan the Barbarian (probably my all time favourite, but not necessarily the first I would watch)
Planet of the apes (the old one)
Starwars (all of them)
Lord of the rings trilogy
Everything is Illuminated
Night Watch
28 days later (probably the scariest movie I have seen next to the Event Horizon)
Highlander (only the first movie)
The Count of Monty Christo
The Adams Family
Papion
Interview with a Vampire

i did once

Romy and Michele's high school reunion

I would have to say my favorite movie is either The Prestige or Pan's Labyrinth. No idea which one though.

I like The Land Before Time too, but the sequels were horrible.

Mine favorite is "Breaking Away"

Some other fav's are: "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," "Taxi Driver," "Goodfellas," "2001," "Fight Club," and "The Game"

Of course I have many others too, but these were the one's that first came to mind.

The Sopranos
The incredible hulk
Rocky
Savin' private Ryan
Born on the fourth of july
Mission impossible
Boys dont cry
King kong  >:D :D :D

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, The Last Samurai, Hitman, Doom, Any and All Dragon Ball Movies, The Rock, The good the bad and the Ugly, Hang em high, and Con Air

C.R.A.Z.Y.,
Denied,
The Last King Of Scotland,
A Beautiful Mind,
The Fountain,
The Butterfly Effect,
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway.

These have to be my all time favourites. :)

QuoteMy favorite movie of all times.

What Dreams May Come
Tink

"Wow!" That sounds like a wonderful movie. My love Wing Walker is looking for a down load of it. Thanks sweets.

Here is one of my little favorites that I tune into when I get to feeling blue.

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Cindy

Gladiator, without a shadow of doubt. I've seen that film so many times. I love it.

The opening is one of my favourite parts of the film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS0hlOR_J-0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS0hlOR_J-0)

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Brazil
4. Goodfellas
5. Blade Runner
6. The Empire Strikes Back
7. Lost in Translation
8. The Big Lebowski
9. Boogie Nights
10. Donnie Darko

Dead Man
Motorama
Freeway
Donnie Darko
Pulp Fiction
Eraserhead
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
American Beauty
Fargo
A Fish Called Wanda
Anything by George Romero - or that has zombies in it  ::)

the devil wears prada

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I wont be able to think of all of them but the two that spring to mind now are
The Shawshank Redemption and Jurassic Park.

I cant pick one as I love to many...

*-Casper
*-Shawnskank Redeption
*-Scary Movies (All)
*-White Chicks

Many others...

I'd agree with Jay, there's just too many good ones. well here's a few:
Requiem For A Dream
The Dead Girl
The Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Lilja 4-ever
Brazil
Donnie Darko
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Spirited Away
and the Back To The Future Trilogy :D

Dances with Wolves

Runner Up - Big Trouble in Little China

Spider Lilies

Underground - Emir Kusturica

Aag/Fire

Devdas

Wild Side - Sebastien Lishwitz (excellent transgender movie)

Imagine Me and You (((Lena Headey))) ;D

Crouching Tiger (((Michelle Yeoh))) ;D

Land and Freedom

Uccellacci e Uccellini

Pane e Tulipani

Roma

Ayat Ayat Cinta (for sentimental reasons)

I can't even begin to think of some of my 'favorite' movies, I like so many.

The spectrum ranges from Dirty Dancing to Beauty and the Beast (Disney version). 
Sweeney Todd
Kindergarten Cop
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
Untamed Heart (I think that's the right movie. Guy has a babboon heart?)
Encino Man

And so many more. But anything with Johnny Depp gets a huge thumb's up from me.

Master and Commander! Without the shadow of a doubt, the single greatest movie in the world to me. I watch it so much, it drives my friends mad.

But other than that, the Hornblower series and the Sharpe series. Yeah. I love the Napoleonic Wars.

Howl's Moving Castle.  It's pure magic.
Lost In Translation.  Amazing.

Also,

Coraline
Dead Poets Society
Escaflowne
The Crow
The Bird People in China
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Dogma
Tombstone
The Secret Garden
The Little Princess
A Room With a View
Little Women
Jesus Camp
For the Bible Tells Me So
F**K
Superbad

...I could go on and on and on...so I'll stop.

I think that the one movie that would be at the top of my list would be West Side Story.  I am a sucker for a good tear jerker of a love story.

And this is one of the best songs ever, IMHO

West Side Story-Tonight (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_QffCZs-bg#lq2-hq)

Janet

good call, great film.

I didn't like West Side Story that much.  I think it's too sad for me.  I'd rather watch My Fair Lady or The Sound of Music.  I like my musicals happy.  :D

I saw Rent once. And Grease. Those are about the only musicals I've seen.

Quote from: Nero on March 28, 2009, 12:16:04 AM
I saw Rent once. And Grease. Those are about the only musicals I've seen.

Rent live is AMAZING.  The movie...I was disappointed, but I have the original soundtrack memorized, so yeah...I was biased.  Especially since it was the original cast for the most part!

From, The Devil Wears Prada

Miranda Priestly: This... 'stuff'? Oh... ok. I see, you think this has nothing to do with you. You go to your closet and you select out, oh I don't know, that lumpy blue sweater, for instance, because you're trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously to care about what you put on your back. But what you don't know is that that sweater is not just blue, it's not turquoise, it's not lapis, it's actually cerulean. You're also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar De La Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns. And then I think it was Yves St Laurent, wasn't it, who showed cerulean military jackets? I think we need a jacket here. And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of 8 different designers. Then it filtered down through the department stores and then trickled on down into some tragic casual corner where you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin. However, that blue represents millions of dollars and countless jobs and so it's sort of comical how you think that you've made a choice that exempts you from the fashion industry when, in fact, you're wearing the sweater that was selected for you by the people in this room. From a pile of stuff.

The World Unseen, great film dealing with Apartheid, racism, gender expression and sexual orientation.

Saw it last week and Lisa Ray is so, so hot...

The World Unseen - Official US Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlD3EprZp5M#lq-lq2-hq)

Adding that to the list of must see movie.

Janet

Can't pick just one but here are my favourites.

Pulp Fiction
Hard Candy
Full Metal Jacket
Pineapple Express
A Scanner Darkly
Being John Malkovich
etc

I might add 'The Fisher King' to my list. I saw it again the other day and I loved every moment.

Fletch (I LOVE Chevy Chase)
Fletch Lives
Star Wars(all of em)
Any and all cheesy B-rated horror films
The Departed
A League of Their Own
The Blues Brothers
In the Mouth of Madness
Kids
Gummo

just to name a few

Anne of the Thousand Days.  I was about 8 when I saw it the first time.  First movie I ever fully identified with a female protagonist.  There are alot of versions of the Anne Bolynne story, and we'll never know what really happened.  Unlike almost everyone in the theater, I didn't know how it was going to end, and it broke my heart.  I highly recommend anyone get it from Netflix and watch it.

"Twelve Angry Men", 1957.

Brilliant.  Mostly shot entirely within a single jury room set, so no special effects or fancy scenery.  Just damn fine character acting.

Mean Girls

I have a lot of favourites. Among them are:

Star Wars (Original Trilogy only)
The Matrix
Alice in Wonderland
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Pirates of the Caribbean

The Bird People in China is probably my favorite foreign film (not animated)...and it's by Takashi Miike who does all those bloody yakuza movies...this one is absolutely beautiful, both the story and the scenery.  Not a bloody yakuza movie at all...

Apocalypse Now damn finest movie ever made

Oh, this is going to be easy...The first three Star Wars movies, The first three Indiana Jones movies, The Lord of the Rings (loved the books-they got me through high school and college lit classes).  :) ...now reading through all the listed movies...oh yeah- Shawshank Redemtion, Grease, The Blues Brothers, Castaway, (ok, this is not so easy :embarrassed:), Bladerunner, Sleepless in Seattle, The Lion King... The Green Mile...

Ok, guess it depends on my mood. I'll see a movie on TV this week and skip it, next week I'll watch it back to back on TNT. AMC or whoever is showing it back to back.

I saw "Rent" on Broadway in the 90s--it was awesome.  I cried and cried.

The Sound of Music is one of my favorites, I always cry at the song "I must have done something good".

Dances With Wolves--  I always cry at the end when Wind in his hair is calling praises down upon them as they leave the camp.

"Please Teach Me English" is an adorable and hilarious Korean film.  You should watch it!  :laugh:

The Sacrifice by Tarkovsky
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The best movie I have seen in the past ten years, love, compassion, romance, adventure, suspense, drama, sadness, happiness, exotic beauty all in one.

AVATAR

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I have to agree with a lot of the movies on here... Too many good ones to pick a few, but here's a shot.

The Seven Samurai
Almost all of the Zatoichi movies (26 in total, I think)
The Samurai Trilogy
Labyrinth
the Princess Bride
Avatar
Ghost in the Shell
Braveheart
Ultraviolet
Kickass
The Pillow Book

I know there are a bunch I have missed...

I have such a crazy list of favourite movies.Generally I don't discriminate against different genres of movies (not one for rom-com or romantic... but I give it a chance).
My favourites are: The 10th Kingdom, Breakfast on Pluto, Dawn of the Dead, 28 Days Later, Nightmare Before Christmas, Zombieland, Fight Club, Reservoir Dogs, From Dusk Til Dawn, and the Silence of the Lamb series.

Oh god...this is hard...hmm....

#1:  A Nightmare on Elm Street or An American Werewolf in London

RESIDENT EVIL(S) ahhh Mila is my wife

Children of Men definitely. But I'm a big fan of dystopian stuff. :)

Sideways. It's incredible and I can watch it over and over without getting bored.

It's impossible for me to limit myself to just one...

Much as it would be with music too....

So dis a list of films that 'do' it for me...lol

Let's start with the French ones:
Trois couleurs trilogy: Bleu, then Blanc and finally Rouge
Un Coeur en Hiver
La reine Margot
Un homme et une femme

Black & Whites:
Casablanca
Bringing Up Baby
Ice-Cold in Alex
The Cat and the Canary
The Dam Busters

Films I've had to go by DVD's of:
Syriana
The Big Lebowski
Solaris
Ridley's original Alien
Intolerable Cruelty
Australia
A History of Viloence
District 9
Inglourious Basterds

Films on the big screen I've enjoyed recently:
Beautiful Kate
The Road
The Ghost Writer

PS: Best vamp movie I've seen recently is dis one.... not for the squeemish!

IMDb Video Player: 30 Days Of Night (http://www.totaleclips.com/Player/Bounce.aspx?eclipid=e69150&bitrateid=472&vendorid=102&type=.mp4)

30 Days of Night is a good one.

But for a good blood one I like Skinwalker Trailer #1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm3h9A_4ypg#ws)

Thanks for the hat tip on that one Janet....

I have to fess-up to a weakness for all that's gothic vampirism....something my younger sis shares as an interest too...

I'm looking forward to seeing this one...

IMDb Video Player: Daybreakers (http://www.totaleclips.com/Player/Bounce.aspx?eclipid=e61864&bitrateid=449&vendorid=102&type=.mp4)

I do like a good Vamp Movie,  But I am a little partial to Lycans.

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Trailer HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnqHbqgPpZc#ws)

So many favourites, I'll try to whittle it down (in no specific order) - Depending on my mood

I love "Cinderella" stories, like Enchanted, Ever After, Ella Enchanted, Princess Diaries

and other "fairy tales" - Stardust, Mulan, Princess Bride, Wizard of Oz, Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast.

Drama - Serendipity, The Notebook, Count of Monte Cristo, Memento

Comedy - What about Bob, Legally Blonde

And Science Fiction / Space Opera - Serenity/Firefly, Aeon Flux, Underworld (trilogy), The Abyss, Star Wars (classic 3) Galaxy Quest, The Matrix

And yes I cry during many of them.  My spouse says I'm a boob.

Cheers!
Rayalisse

Avatar Trailer The Movie (New Extended HD Trailer) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRdxXPV9GNQ#ws)

My top 10:

10. The Big Lebowski
9. Boogie Nights
8. WALL-E
7. Lost in Translation
6. GoodFellas
5. Inception
4. Blade Runner
3. Brazil
2. Pulp Fiction
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Where to start,
I'm a sucker for Hindi movies, good SF, chick flicks, comedy.....
Girls on Top (German)
The Castle
Strange Bedfellows.
Sleepless in Seattle
Grounhog Day
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Zardoz
Bride and Predjudice
Bend it like Beckham
Inception

That will do for now.

I dont have an exact favorite,but I like many movies from the 80s.Movies in general were alot better then.

Maltese Falcon is sexy and good and exciting and funny AND HAS PETER LORRE - end of argument.

My top ten and the reasons I chose them:
10: The Birds.  Because it made me fascinated with the North Coast of California even though it would be 30 years before I got to live there and it inspired me to write a novel.

9: Man's favorite Sport. Because it made me feel what love might be like when I was a pre-teen.

8: Star wars. Because it made me feel that evil can be beaten.

7:The Incident. Because it let me feel what it would be like to finally and permanently stop people who torment me.

6:The Last Starfighter. Because it inspired me to go for it whatever the cost.

5:The Sting. Because it taught me that I couldn't predict the ending of everything including how my life will go.

4:The Summer of '42. Because I wanted to have sex with Jennifer O'Neil as badly as the kid did.

3:Different for Girls. Because I wanted to be as poised and  independent as Kim in her new female gender.

2:Better than Chocolate. Because it was set in Vancouver B.C and had a lesbian transwoman who was accepted by other lesbians and loved by one.

1: Raiders of the Lost Ark. Because it gave me courage to face adversity and it would become my and my wife's theme song.


Maggie

@ Pica, Pica.....*s->-bleeped-<-s*

But more importantly....the Maltese Falcon leads us to Bogie...which takes us to one of the uber-babes of film Lauren Bacall...and she can whistle over any argument!

Oh I forget (well I'm off HRT at the mo).....the bestest B&W gender confusion movie of all time is this one...

Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k812fxnpLAM#)

How could I forget them, and Marilyn!!

Nobody's perfect.

Some of my favorites movies are Queen of the Damned, House of Wax, the Hell Boy movies, the Harry Potter movies, Norbit, umm that's all I can think of right now heh

Top 3?.......Garden State, Cast Away, Almost Famous.  Most of the Apatow movies can be funny too.

When all's said and done.... for me this is still the uber #1 chick-flick....

Siskel & Ebert - Earth Girls Are Easy (1989) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaFrlI0R7Sg#)

Ha ha, nice  ;D

Being an old movie fan, and being old myself my picks are:
Fort Apache
The Searchers
Brute Force  8)

Fantasia and all the Busby Berkely - Astaire & Rogers dance films.

And in that case I'll add all the Bob Hope & Bing's brilliant 'Road Movies' series...

Road to Morocco - 1942 - Opening Bit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL1Zf4FouAc#)

The one-liners still get me!  :P

There's no movie that is my definitive number 1, but I guess my top 5 right now (in a varying order) would be:

Dr. Strangelove
Hot Fuzz
Ingloruious Basterds
Suspiria
Life of Brian

I love these movies. Suspria is my favourite horror film, I just love the way it's made. And I've always found Life of Brian to be the funniest movie ever made.

Thanks for the hat-tip on Suspiria....I'll check it out....

One of my fave vamp movies is this one.....which I managed to get on DVD....

IMDb Video Player: The Addiction (http://www.totaleclips.com/Player/Bounce.aspx?eclipid=e10419&bitrateid=471&vendorid=102&type=.mp4)

Walken's fantastic!  :P

Cruel Intentions (Sebastian is my hero)

Probably The Lady Vanishes, an older Hitchcock film. I also really like the two newest James Bond films and Talladega Nights, but I haven't been watching movies much lately.

I have been watching 2 teen lesbian movies over and over again lately. One is called '->-bleeped-<-ing Amal', which is a Swedish movie and the other is called 'Water lillies, which is a French movie. In both movies girls are looking for their (sexual) identity and it seems to fascinate me..

Absolute favourite: C.R.A.Z.Y. It's phenomenal.
Very close runners-up: Green mile, James Bond's with Sean Connery, Catch me if you can, The Incredible Hulk (my favourite (anti-)superhero. I envy him, I also feel like destroying buildings from time to time). And Aladdin. Omg, Aladdin. Apart from being super-hilarious if you watch it as an adult, Aladdin is so closely connected to my life and to my transsexuality and I could never share it before because other people wouldn't understand so I'm doing it now. When I was a child, I was playing fantasy stories in my head all the time and I was always him. I envied him that shirt of his that was always flapping around his bare chest and I could never have that. And he had the magic lamp that guaranteed him realization of any wish. And Jasmine was and still is my ideal woman. And Genie! I never figured the thing with Genie until I saw in a documentary how transgirls really like mermaids because of their not having genitals. And Genie is a male version of that. He desperately wishes to be "set free" from his imprisonment and when Aladdin finally allows him to be free, he gets his pair of legs and becomes a superhappy, full grown man.

Yes, Aladdin rocks.

So Many To name My List could go on and on and on but a top few are

Gone With The Wind
Band Of Angels
Gettysburg
Steel Magnolias
The Sound Of Music
Fried Green Tomatoes
Driving Miss Daisy
Blade Runner
Rebel Without a cause
giant
East of eden
Cemetery man
SubUrbia (1996)
HUD
Titanic
You've Got Mail

and there's really like  1,000's more i could mention but this should do for now ..lol :P

@ Veck, my fave mainstream chick-n-chick movie is....

Bound - Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_23lZ6Iv50Q#)

They're such a great double act...I have to watch it at least once or twice a year...  :P

Talking of good movies and Boston....

I saw this in at a small arts cinema a couple of weeks back....

The Town - Official Trailer [HD] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWxEKnf3Krk#ws)

Ben's looks truly, madly scrumptious throughout....

And I hope Boston proves to be kool in reality when i'm there in a few weeks...lol

If it ever comes to the US, I have a feeling that "Norwegian Wood" will be one of my favorites...it just opened in Japan!  Jealous!

Love Actually
500 Days of Summer
Garden State
Donnie Darko
The Departed
Mary Poppins
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!

I have quite a few! :D

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The Family Stone has always put a smile on my face!

The Royal Tenenbaums!

I love me some Wes Anderson.

I went to see The American with Clooney.... just before Crimbo

IMDb Video Player: The American (http://www.totaleclips.com/Player/Bounce.aspx?eclipid=e82225&bitrateid=472&vendorid=102&type=.mp4)

Not an easy film.... (my mate I went with didn't like it at all)..... but George obviously has a thing for 'tormented' men seeking love closure...

His performance in Solaris quickly came to mind..... and he's ageing nicely....

Moving on the trailer for this does look great....

So when it breaks in the UK it will be on my bigscreen to do list....

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1035245593/ (http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1035245593/)

Natalie as an exotic dancer in Closer was very good..... so she has form for the physicality...  :P

Bladerunner and fifth element

TG for HBO in dah hotel while in the USA...

Otherwise post surgery i'd be climbing the walls more nuts than usual....two diversions since i've been here were

Repozesshon Men...

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3661497369/ (http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3661497369/)

Cute Jude Law... in a SciFi thriller.... though if the japs or euro's had done it, me thinks it could have been edgyier/darker...

Dis too i  liked a classic re do...

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi992805401/ (http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi992805401/)

With a great british talent cast... and prodigal son, dominant dad dynamics...lol

I really don't have one favorite but a few of the ones i really like are

The Lords of the rings Trilogy
Chronicles of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the wardrobe
Man in the Iron Mask    DiCaprio's version
Robin Hood        Kevin Costners version
Braveheart
Sleepless in Seattle
You've got mail
and any B type monster flick

My new favorite movie is "The Trotsky" which was amusing, which I first saw the other day.

Other than that, A Clockwork Orange, Donnie Darko, Be Kind Rewind, Garden State... I can't think of anything else at the moment.

mine has to be either Boys dont cry (typical, lol) or Dog Pound, both amazing films

Have just got back in from seeing Black Swan....

Black Swan Movie Review (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkmA9Kx8CEg#ws)

Portman's attuned on-screen unravelling already gaining her the Grammy & BAFTA for best actress so far, I wonder if an Oscar now beckons too?

(And even though it was shown at the local art house movie flick place)..... sadly there were a few groans/snickers at the very  end.... (all male toned) ....which was a shame for me... as I think that as a film it deserves some respect...

But if you're not part of the driven creative world, perhaps the mental aspect is less easy to get?

Personally, I found the story, very moving; sadly apt too as a reflection on the TG state and how we 'chase' that elusive perfection.... trying to beat against all the odds the difficulties and the competition and drive for a brilliant physical success... much as principal company ballet dancers do....

That when we get there, finally attain that command performance..... then what?  :-\

I just saw the ultimate in mind-blowing movies.  Inception.  It is nothing like they lead us to believe when it first came out.

If I had to pick only one favourite I would say Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Other favourites are...
Contact
The Man From Earth
Gattaca
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
2001
The Road
Alien
Star Trek: Wrath of Khan
Shaun of the Dead

I do like Wrath of Khan (Khaaaaaaaan!) but I like First Contact more and the reboot film even more :)

Quote from: Princess Rachel on March 21, 2011, 12:35:14 AM
I do like Wrath of Khan (Khaaaaaaaan!) but I like First Contact more and the reboot film even more :)

I was going to include Star Trek XI but I think I had already listed 10 movies. ;) Khan and the reboot are my equal favourite Trek movies. I'd say First Contact comes in next tied with The Voyage Home.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Fight Club, and Donnie Darko.

Das Boot
U-571
Just Married
50 First dates

I can't pick just one!  :P

Trainspotting
Equilibrium
1984
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Requiem For A Dream
It
Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory
Clockwork Orange
Donnie Darko
Princess Mononoke

Almost forgot to add, Where The Buffalo Roam

Dersu Uzala, hands down.

Beauty and the Beast

hmmmmm so many too pick as favorites so I list I few I truly like

Love Actually
NottingHill
Zombieland
Dawn of the Dead
50 First Dates
The Proposal
Lord of the Rings
The first Matrix
Up (There is actually this guy at work that looks like Russell lol)

Delicatessen!

No other film has made cannibalism a humourous idea while keeping a straight line!

Troglodytes to the rescue ;-)

There's lots of movies I like and for sure I've forgotten to mention some, but this is what I can come up for now:

Shawshank Redemption
Million Dollar Baby
Gran Torino
The Karate Kid
Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants
Schlinder's List
Freaky Friday

The genry really varies as you see :) I'm see to like a wide variety of movies. One movie currently tops my list of personal favourites and I watched it only recently. It really touched me to the heart: Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211915/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211915/)

**no spoilers, just my summary of Amelie**
Amelie is about a 23-year old girl from Montmartre, Paris who got homeschooled by her father and lost her mother at a very young age. She grew up lonely and as a young girl she has developed a very active imagination to combat her feelings of loneliness. She works as a waitress in a local cafe and she eventually decides to become a do-gooder and help other people in their lives. In devoting her life to helping out others she meets lots of people and eventually finds happiness herself.

The plot, the music, the actors and everything about the movie is wonderful and has a scent of magic, yet everything displayed in the movie is so ordinary and easy to relate to. Amelie contains so many details, so I'm almost sure to spot some new details when watching it for a second time. The movie is so powerful it makes you appreciate the life's simple pleasures and it even makes you want to go to Paris yourself! (I've been in Paris many years ago).

I can recommend the movie to everyone :)

I can't narrow them down!
A few on the top of my head are; Finding Nemo, Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Harry Potter, and Lord Of The Rings.

My Favourite movies... (cant choose one)

Grease
The Last Samurai
Empire Strikes Back
Fried Green Tomatoes at The Whistle Stop Cafe.
Avatar
Its a Wonderful Life

I love true life movies too. Especially anything starring Melissa Gilbert or Patty Duke.

I'm sure I'm forgetting some amazing ones but Avatar pops into my mind first. It was just so beautiful and everything. I'm also a sucker for teen movies like Mean Girls and Clueless. I also loved a movie I watched recently, called Easy A. :)

Chinese Botanist's Daughter  :)
Shakespeare in Love
Agora
Fried Green Tomatoes
Brazil

And finally, 2001: A Space Odyssey, just because I love the reaction I get when I show it to people for the first time.  :laugh:

Dr. Zhivago, Citizen Kane, To kill a mockingbird,

Kate D

Is that the one with Buster Keaton?

I'm a huge LOTR geek,  ;D other movies:

Akira
Withnail and I
The Matrix
The Lovely Bones
Goldfinger
Guns of Navarone
The Lion King
District 9

To name a few..
Anywhere but here
Running with scissors
Boys don't cry
Monster
Donnie Darko

And many many others

Always has been, always will be, The Lion King.

Star Trek (II, III, IV,& VI)
Star Trek (2009)
Star Wars (III, IV,V,VI)
Bad Boys
Lord of the rings (all)
Matrix
Spaceballs
Princess Bride
Serendipity

In The Mood For Love

My Sassy Girl ( korean original)

2046

Love Letter (the japanese film)

Battle of Algiers

Land and Freedom

The SHORT list? or the LONG LIST...

LA Confidential
The Sand Pebbles
Kelly's Heroes
Twilight
On Her Majesties Secret Service (edged out Goldfinger)
Blood Simple (the First Cohen Bros. flick)
Valdez Is Coming
Seven Days In May
Snatch


...short list :laugh:

Avatar
Requiem for a Dream
Toy Story series
Star Wars series
Pocahontas
Stephen Spielberg's A.I.
WALL-E
Shutter Island

Top 3:
Requiem for a Dream
Necromentia
The Boondock Saints

My favorite movie of all time is American History X, an excellent drama revolving around two neo-Nazi brothers.

Some other favorites are...

Pulp Fiction
Ratatouille
The Empire Strikes Back
Full Metal Jacket
12 Angry Men
Monty Python (both Holy Grail and Life of Brian)
Some Like it Hot
A Clockwork Orange
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Social Network
Pinocchio
Mr. Smith goes to Washington
Juno

And so, so many more...

Hmmm I have so many favorites :S. It is actually hard to pick just one.

1. Alien

2. Pandorum

3. Cargo

4. Lord Of The Rings trio

These are the ones I like the most.

Looking forward to Prometheus I am not sure about the spelling there :P.

Here are a few:

All Monty Python movies
Amadeus
The Shawshank Redemption
The Princess Bride
A Fish Called Wanda
Young Frankenstein
V for Vendetta

Heavy Traffic, The fly, woody allen films

Slumdog millionaire
Shawshank Redemtion
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Muppets Take Manhatten


I cant remember much of names...usually it's "you know the movie with....."

Kristyn

More...

Repo Man
CoolHand Luke
Dr Strangelove
Where Eagles Dare
Full Metal Jacket
Underworld, 2 & 3
Billy Jack

Breakfast at Tiffany's

- Alien
- Aliens
- Alien3
- Paprika (anime movie directed by Satoshi Kon)
- Constantine
- Danny the Dog
- King Kong (2005 redux)
- Tuntematon sotilas (tells about the Continuation War)
- Uuno Turhapuro films (legend in Finland, hilarious comedy movies)
- Disney classics (like Lion King and so on)
- Seven
- Silence of the Lambs
- Hannibal
- Red Dragon
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Van Helsing
- Dumplings (Korean horror movie with a very bizarre and disturbing subject)
- Ichi the Killer (Japanese movie based on a manga with same name, lots of gore!)
- Battle Royale
- Spirited Away
- Howl's Moving Castle
- 300
- Monthy Python: The Meaning of Life

Quote from: Tossu-sama on December 09, 2011, 10:51:19 AM
- Alien
- Aliens
- Alien3
- Paprika (anime movie directed by Satoshi Kon)
- Constantine
- Danny the Dog
- King Kong (2005 redux)
- Tuntematon sotilas (tells about the Continuation War)
- Uuno Turhapuro films (legend in Finland, hilarious comedy movies)
- Disney classics (like Lion King and so on)
- Seven
- Silence of the Lambs
- Hannibal
- Red Dragon
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Van Helsing
- Dumplings (Korean horror movie with a very bizarre and disturbing subject)
- Ichi the Killer (Japanese movie based on a manga with same name, lots of gore!)
- Battle Royale
- Spirited Away
- Howl's Moving Castle
- 300
- Monthy Python: The Meaning of Life

Dude a Satoshi Kon fan? High five man. My favorite of the film's he's directed is Millennium Actress but everything he's done is fantastic.

I doubt anyone will have heard of my favorite: Tekkon Kinkreet

Quote from: fatalerror on December 15, 2011, 09:46:55 PM
Dude a Satoshi Kon fan? High five man. My favorite of the film's he's directed is Millennium Actress but everything he's done is fantastic.

Oh yeah, I love his work! ;D Alongside Paprika, I like Tokyo Godfathers.

Gotta add a new film to my list which is Sex and the City (how manly I am?). We'll see if the second movie will make it to the list as well. :D

High Noon (1952)

Grace Kelly
Katy Jurado
Gary Cooper
Lloyd Bridges

4 Academy Awards

American Film Institute rank #27

Bill Clinton's favorite film too

Anything with Ryan G. like My Blue Valentine, and recently saw Drive... killer.
also Michelle's work of course, she was a fave before her hubs came up but same same, luv em both.

Edward Scissorhands

The Crow

The Lion King

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

But I'm A Cheerleader

Hostel 2

Resident Evil Apocalyspe

The Crow: City of Angels

Lion King

Godfather I & 2

Casino

Raging Bull

Shutter Island

Shawshank Redemtion

The Dark Knight

Million Dollar Baby

I know not very lady like but i guess i'm a weirdo.

The Italian Job  (1969)

and

The Italian Job  (2003)
:D

Dear John ;D
Mulan
The Truman Show
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

Priscilla Queen of the Desert,
The Dish
The Castle
Mad Max II (only because I met most of the cast)

OK I'll confess these are are all Australian movies but I am from Australia.

::) ::) ::)

akira
blade runner
inception
chronicle
star wars trilogy (original)
casshern
mad max 2
the last samurai
28 days later
ghost in the shell
district 13
batman begins & TDK
kickass
perrier's bounty
tron 1 & 2
the social network
harry potter saga
the departed
cloverfield
fight club
star trek series
man on fire
kung fu hustle
reign over me
motorcycle diaries
old boy
requiem for a dream
twin warriors
unleashed
slumdog millionaire
rocknrolla
tropic thunder
tombstone
red eye
smokin aces
lord of war
what dreams may come
avatar
district 9
battle royale
princess mononoke
spirited away
fame
trainspotting
the beach
sunshine
disney animations

uhhh... i like movies, okay?

Quote from: schism on February 07, 2012, 01:40:03 PM
akira
blade runner
inception
chronicle
star wars trilogy (original)
casshern
mad max 2
the last samurai
28 days later
ghost in the shell
district 13
batman begins & TDK
kickass
perrier's bounty
tron 1 & 2
the social network
harry potter saga
the departed
cloverfield
fight club
star trek series
man on fire
kung fu hustle
reign over me
motorcycle diaries
old boy
requiem for a dream
twin warriors
unleashed
slumdog millionaire
rocknrolla
tropic thunder
tombstone
red eye
smokin aces
lord of war
what dreams may come
avatar
district 9
battle royale
princess mononoke
spirited away
fame
trainspotting
the beach
sunshine
disney animations

uhhh... i like movies, okay?

Some awesome movies there! Blade Runner - awesome, Sunshine - vastly underrated imho, Tron 2 - amazing soundtrack!, Tombstone - great! I always found Mad Max much better than its sequel, it just seemed grittier and more emotive.
Mines (in no particular order) are: Apocalypse Now, Blade Runner, Raiders of the Los Ark, Last of the Mohicans, Miller's Crossing, Apocalypto, The Lion King, Up, Conan the Barbarian (my guilty pleasure - but friggin' awesome musical score!), Star Wars (IV-VI), Once Upon a Time in the West, The Good The Bad & The Ugly, Raging Bull, Blood Diamond, True Romance, City of God, Gladiator, Apocalypto ... seriously this list could take a while!