Favorite Movies

[Secretariat]

There is thread for Favorite TV shows. so I thought I'd start one for favorite movies.

Here's mine. Strangely I seem to prefer older films.

1. Casablanca
2. All Quiet on the Western Front
3. On the Waterfront
4. Midnight Cowboy
5. Lawrence of Arabia

[philsfan07]

There is thread for Favorite TV shows. so I thought I'd start one for favorite movies.

Here's mine. Strangely I seem to prefer older films.

1. Casablanca
2. All Quiet on the Western Front
3. On the Waterfront
4. Midnight Cowboy
5. Lawrence of Arabia

Mine are a BIT different :-)

1) Goodfellas
2) Rudy
3) Major League
4) Shawshank Redemption
5) In Good Company

[46zilzal]

Strangely I seem to prefer older films.

Not odd: they had stories, character developement, the audience had to be part of the experience, the sound was evenly edited not explosions one minute and whispers the next, Plot twists......

Casablanca has some of the best lines in all of the movies. Today special effects have "dumbed down" the audiences to brain dead automotons. There are few worth the cost of admission.

[Greyfox]

Not odd: they had stories, character developement, the audience had to be part of the experience, the sound was evenly edited not explosions one minute and whispers the next, Plot twists......

Casablanca has some of the best lines in all of the movies. Today special effects have "dumbed down" the audiences to brain dead automotons. There are few worth the cost of admission.

Very hard to rate as I quit going to theatres years ago so there may be better performances on the big screen. I just ... got tired of ... the guy next to me, the price... the popcorn... blah, blah, blah,.... I could rent the movie or see it on cable TV.

I wouldn't say that my picks are the best.
The one's I've chosen, I'd say that I've enjoyed them a lot.
These are not in order.

1. Casablanca - I watch it every second Christmas and it's on tape.
2. My Little Chickadee
3. The Bridge on the River Kwai
4. The African Queen
5. The Sound of Music
6. The Lavender Hill Mob

But having said all of that my top pick would be a film that you might not be able to ever see. The acting wasn't the greatest. It was put together with great speed. It was never meant to be a block buster and wasn't. But,
if you look deeper than the surface, the picture was....

The Man In The White Suit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_in_the_White_Suit

[Greyfox]

Oh. Oh.

I forgot to mention the powerful movie:

The March of the Penguins.

[Lefty]

zilly, when it comes to movies, i couldn't agree with you more.

Gey, The Man In The White Suit was a great movie and made a thoughtful statement.

I agree with all the old movies so far listed and would add:
Dr. Strangelove0
Treasure of Sierra Madre(hope I have this title right)
Anything that starred Bogart became a classic.
Of the Newer movies, slim pickins, but did realy like
Cinderella Man.
hey, I made an inadvertent pun of sorts when i said slim pickens cause he was one of the stars of Dr. Strangelove

[GaryG]

Tombstone
Gone With the Wind
The Godfather
A Christmas Carol (1938)
National Lampoon Vacation

[banacek]

The Sting

[LutherCalvin]

Run Lola Run
Groundhog Day
Gattaca
Casablanca
It's A Wonderful Life

[Pace Cap'n]

A related thread...



www.paceadvantage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33157&highlight=movies (http://www.paceadvantage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33157&highlight=movies)

[bettheoverlay]

Bringing Up Baby
Rear Window
The Apartment
The Lady Eve
Late Spring
Touch of Evil
Out of the Past
The Rules of the Game
The Long Goodbye
The Seven Samurai
Once Upon A Time in the West

[46zilzal]

VERY FEW know Preston Sturgess movies and The Lady Eve is a great one...


Look for the big goof in Casablanca the next time you watch it. Bogart is at the train station waiting for Bergman and he is soaked with rain. Sam says "We've got to go Mr. Richard" while he reads her note telling him she cannot leave. The rain runs the ink down the scence and the water is all over both of them. When they turn to get on the train.......They are bone dry!! Big continuity error, as Major Strasse also has epilets ins some scenes and is without them in others.

[NY BRED]

4getaboutit


wizard of odds:)

excuse me , wizard of oz :jump:

[boomman]

1)Seabiscuit
2)The Sting
3)Let it Ride (Sensing a theme here? LOL:))

4) The Untouchables
5) Rudy
6) Gone with the Wind
7) How the West was Won
8) A Wonderful Life
9) Sound of Music
10) Shawshank Redemption

Boomer

[ldiatone]

hi yens guys
here are a few of my favorite things...movies..
sophies choice
deer hunter
god father(1-2)
pulp fiction
kill bill
shrek
who's that knocking at my door
duck soup
night of the living dead
good @#$k fellows
star wars (any)
midnight cowboy
silence of the lambs(rare)
"oh my god"------>>Blazing sadles and Young Frankstein

[Lefty]

Yah, Silence of the Lambs was a great movie based on a great novel. 0
Another movie I really liked was The Candidate.
After this idiot puppet won, the ending was great. He said something like. "now what do I do?"

[skate]

not too many movies in my career.


and only one, that i saw more than once.

"Let it Ride"

i cant believe, i actually watched it twice in a row, for me, that's a "wow":cool:


"eight Ball" id see again.

[DanG]

Love movies...:ThmbUp::ThmbUp:

Always tough to make lists, because I only think of the couple hundred I left out…




Glengarry Glen Ross


Casablanca


The Godfather I & II


The Wizard Of Oz


The Maltese Falcon


Mr. Smith Goes To Washington


Dr. Strangelove


Amadeus


Network


Dances With Wolves


Duck Soup


Goodfellas


Pulp Fiction


Unforgiven


The Departed


Dr. Strangelove


Schindler's List


Saving Private Ryan


The Silence Of The Lambs


Traffic


Lost In Translation


Seabiscuit


Phar Lap


Shawshank Redemption


Forrest Gump


The Usual Suspects


The Remains Of The Day


L.A. Confidential


Heat


Casino


The Age Of Innocence


The Grifters


Bull Durham
Honorable Mention Cult Classics…


The Big Lebowski


Raising Arizona


Being John Malkovich


Barton Fink


Fargo


Chicken Run


Best In Show


SinCity


Groundhog Day


Prizzi's Honor

[Zaf]

Great List Dan ! Lots of classics there !

Z

[chickenhead]

the glengarry convo spurred me to revive this list. Most of my favs have been mentioned, DanG kind of ran the table. Maybe I can dig up a few overlooked gems.

Seven Samurai may be my tops, it was mentioned once earlier. Set aside a lazy afternoon, well worth it. :ThmbUp:

Slingblade, love it. Hard to believe Billy Bob actually had that in him.

Hoop Dreams, documentary rather than a movie but compelling, inner city basketball.

When We Were Kings, Ali v. Foreman documentary, plimpton and mailer commentary, wonderful.

Cheech and Chong Next Movie. does it really belong here? Seminal stoner humor, I love it what can I say. Opening scene, midday, two of them walking down the street lugging an aluminum garbage can between them filled to the brim with siphoned gas they've stolen, people all around, sloshing around spilling violently all over both of them, garbage still floating around in it, trying to look normal...2 minutes in and my sides hurt.

Ghost Dog, modern day samurai/mobster/live by the code, quirky but I love it.

The Natural, my fav movie as a kid gets me all nostalgic, god forbid I find it on cable when there is something I'm supposed to get done. The Natural on tv = me in the doghouse. Dittos for Rocky and Predator.

Jaws, come on, no mention of Jaws? Robert Shaw in one of my favorite roles ever. Everyone is great in it. I'll always be afraid of deep water. Another doghouse movie for me.

The Hustler..anyone cooler than Newman? Yes, Jackie Gleason. Jackpot! Even Color of Money is damn good...T Cruise as "VINCENT" one of the great flake roles of all time.

Office Space? May have been on here before, needs to be mentioned again. Probably the most popular movie for my generation, and for good reason.

The Big Chill...can't sleep on the Big Chill. What a cast, what a soundtrack, funny, sad, and more funny.

Best Christmas movies, 3 way tie:

NL Christmas Vacation (Randy Quaid in probably one of the funniest roles ever created..the black dickie under the white shirt has me rolling every time),

Miracle on 34th St (I think that guy really was Santa),

A Christmas Story...man I wanted one of those BB guns myself. the frozen flagpole? The Rumpus hounds? Fra-gi-le -- must be from Italy? C'mon.

[Lefty]

Christmas movies: What about A WONDERFUL LIFE?

[Greyfox]

Honorable Mention:

High Noon

[chickenhead]

Lefty, I LOVE It's a Wonderful Life. Its a 4 way tie, thank you...major oversight.

I might actually say it's a 5-way and throw in the original Rudolph cartoon, as its not Christmas for me without it, but don't know if I'd get much support. :blush:

[bigmack]

A Christmas Story...man I wanted one of those BB guns myself. the frozen flagpole? The Rumpus hounds? Fra-gi-le -- must be from Italy? C'mon.
If I knew it was for sale I would have bought it as well. A life showing folk the house and selling leg lamps - Beats sellin' insurance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC_ihQ1UqxY

[BIG RED]

War: The Longest Day/Tora Tora Tora

SciFi: Star Wars/Close Encounters

Horror/SciFi: Alien/Preditor

Western: True Grit/Unforgiven

Season: It's a Wonderful Life/Rudolph

Classic: Night of the Living Dead
(there's a gazillion zombie movies out there now because of this film)

Fantasy: Lord of the Rings/Appleseed

NAKED LUNCH, I will stop watching this movie.....
once I'm off drugs :lol: :lol:

[GaryG]

NAKED LUNCH, I will stop watching this movie.....
once I'm off drugs :lol: :lol:I wouldn't have mentioned it but since you brought it up....me too. Why is it that when you say you like Burroughs people look at you funny? I am going to add a book to the list, what the hell: On the Road by Kerouac. WSB was the character Old Lee. I think OTR was supposed to be made into a movie but never happened as far as I know.

[JPinMaryland]

They did make a movie out of Kerouac/Neil Cassaday's relationship called Heartbeat, I think. With Sisssy Spacek, maybe you're thinking of that.

[chickenhead]

I wouldn't have mentioned it but since you brought it up....me too. Why is it that when you say you like Burroughs people look at you funny?

Great movie great book. There was another junkie movie in the 90's where Burroughs played basically himself, a real old heroin junkie...forget the name..

[GaryG]

They did make a movie out of Kerouac/Neil Cassaday's relationship called Heartbeat, I think. With Sisssy Spacek, maybe you're thinking of that.Yes, probably so. I want to play Old Lee if they ever do make it.

[chickenhead]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC_ihQ1UqxY

I always like seeing stories like that, thanks Mack. :ThmbUp:

[46zilzal]

John Ford's favorite movie he actually made twice, first with Will Rogers called Judge Priest and then again in the 50's as The Sun Shines Bright. Deep to the stereotypes offered (of subserviant blacks) is a moral story.

It is about a judge, up for re-election, who has to do what is right versus what would be politically helpful. In the later version he is called to speak at the funeral of one of the town's ladies of the evening and does so out of kindness: a poltically risky maneuver. At first he is following the hearse through the town all by himself followed by the other ladies. As it moves down their main street, others spontaneously join in until the attendance at the ceremony encompasses almost the entire town.

[chickenhead]

haven't seen that, but reminded me that Mockingbird isn't on this list.

Such a great American book turned into such a powerful movie.

"Stand up children, your father is passing." The integrity of Atticus is awe inspiring. One for all time.

[46zilzal]

haven't seen that, but reminded me that Mockingbird isn't on this list.

Such a great American book turned into such a powerful movie.

"Stand up children, your father is passing." The integrity of Atticus is awe inspiring. One for all time.

When he "turns the other cheek" after that clown spits on him tells you how deep his character goes.

One of the best American films ever.........If you ever watched the movie Pleasantville, they do homage to the court scene showing the people in the gallery at court as "colored" while the rest of the people were black and white.

I heard a funny interview with Gregory Peck. He laughingly said that "evey script they gave him had Carey Grant's fingerprints on them."

[DanG]

Maybe I can dig up a few overlooked gems.

Slingblade, love it. Hard to believe Billy Bob actually had that in him.


Chick;

You mentioned so many excellent films. I hesitated even posting the list because of the inevitable hundreds of omissions.

Example;…For leaving ‘Sling Blade and BB Thornton’s performance off I should be beaten with ‘Kaiser blade.

Classic scene among many in a great movie…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sHgFeBmT1s

[46zilzal]

The original Shall We Dance in Japanese is a great one: better than the re-make although that wasn't bad.

[chickenhead]

You mentioned so many excellent films. I hesitated even posting the list because of the inevitable hundreds of omissions.

You did great. Hell I narrowed it down to Christmas Contenders and forgot to put It's A Wonderful Life on my Ticket. :bang: :bang:

[46zilzal]

When Ted Turner bought MGM he found many movies that had never left their vaults and released them over time. One that I had never seen was a Spencer Tracey (1944) flick called The Seventh Cross, an amazingly stark look at a Danish fellow's reaction to a concentration camp.

He starts out on a rampage of revenge killing and then realizes he is no better than the Nazi's he escaped from.

[DanG]

The Sun Shines Bright is a moral story.

A serious question 46, I’m curious.

To each his own, but you mention the “moral” fiber of films often. Why is ‘morality in art so important to you?

Salesman, lawyers, murderers and yes even horseplayers all have a story to tell if done effectively.

[chickenhead]

you guys like Jimmy Stewart, have you seen him read his poem about his dog on Carson?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUNJjIwlHk8

WARNING: If you are at all a sentimental type, or love dogs, you might get a little verklempt. ;)

[spilparc]

2001: A Space Odyssey

[46zilzal]

To each his own, but you mention the “moral” fiber of films often. Why is ‘morality in art so important to you?

Salesman, lawyers, murderers and yes even horseplayers all have a story to tell if done effectively.

STORY: It is a lost aspect of most movies. The majority of the ones coming out are special effects extravaganza's and little else.

Movies, at the root, should entertain, inform, enlighten. As I stated before, the choice of which one wants (since we pay through the nose to get it) is very personal.

I understand that some people want an insight into drug dealers lives, or whatever, I would choose to pass on that as being so completely foreign to my nature that even that insight, honestly viewed, would not make me leave that theater with any satisfaction. That is, IF their is a story......

One of the reasons there are so many remakes today is that there are NO STORIES out there.

A great show like Mr. Smith Goes to Washington wouldn't fly today (although with the recent events in Congress it would be germane). As I heard two thrity-somethings say however when I saw it at a university movie program: "Hey that was pretty good for a black and white movie."

The PHOTOPLAY is supposed to, in my way of thinking, put you in another man's shoes for a time in order for you to better understand a point of view, situation or time that you would not normally be a part of. The choice of where that movie takes you is yours: it has to be relevant. If I see a movie about the subject matter of a Glengarry Glenross (which I did not before viewing it) I would have chosen NOT to even begin looking at it as it is a relevant to my life as the financial history of Estonia.

I often show senior's the great movie The Notebook as it is one of the best insights for people to understand the ravages of Alzheimer's disease.

[GaryG]

PSYCHO

Grapes of Wrath
Stagecoach (the 1939 classic)
Citizen Kane

[DanG]

The PHOTOPLAY is supposed to, in my way of thinking, put you in another man's shoes for a time in order for you to better understand a point of view, situation or time that you would not normally be a part of. The choice of where that movie takes you is yours: it has to be relevant. If I see a movie about the subject matter of a Glengarry Glenross (which I did not before viewing it) I would have chosen NOT to even begin looking at it as it is a relevant to my life as the financial history of Estonia.

I often show senior's the great movie The Notebook as it is one of the best insights for people to understand the ravages of Alzheimer's disease.
Interesting 46, thanks.

To me the paragraph above is a little contradictory. True, a quality movie can put you in another man’s shoes and take you into a world you hadn’t dreamed of. It’s “relevance” to ones life is where we agree to disagree.

I love experiencing new subject matter and it’s probably why for example I cringe at many sports movies. I played every sport imaginable and when I see an actor playing the part of a famous pitcher and he throws the ball like Barney Fife :eek: I have to look away.

Recent analogy and then I have to get out to Belmont. :)


Once a week for many years I play bass in a band. My personal taste runs to instrumental / jazz / rock fusion. (Weather Report, Dixie Dregs etc…) A week ago Thursday we had a local three piece horn section sit in with us and they new every big band arrangement known to man. I had a BLAST playing with these guys having really never played that style of music before.

PS: This experience forced me to buy 3 Count Basie CD’s and they are AWESOME in every way.


Thanks for the thoughtful reply…best of luck today and I admire your service to the elderly as it’s a badly overlooked segment of our society. :ThmbUp:

[BIG RED]

Forgot the Horse movie.....Lucky # Sleven

Hehe..haha..hehe..hoho

[BIG RED]

Well, the first 4 minutes :)

[GaryG]

Horse movies - Hot to Trot with Bobcat

[BIG RED]

Well, the first 4 minutes :)

....and the last 4