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What's your favo(u)rite movie of all time??

Mine would have to be Apollo 13.

Forrest Gump

I can't really think of my favorite right now, but that's near the top of my list.

I guess it would have to be.... Hmm.... tough question!

While Santa Clause Couquers the Martians does hold a place in my heart, I guess I'd have to say it would be:

The Exorcist
(what can I say -- good music, true to the book, nicely frightening!)

Forrest Gump

I can't really think of my favorite right now, but that's near the top of my list.

What he said ^^

Along with Garden state, The motorcycle diaries, City of god, and many others.

While Santa Clause Couquers the Martians does hold a place in my heart

lol. I want to see that.

The Burbs

Wow, you're asking a lot! Single out one of them?...

I'll say it's a tie between Clockwork Orange and possibly Fight Club.
The best movie I've seen recently was The Incredibles (http://www.lp.org/lpnews/0501/review.html).

Forrest Gump

I can't really think of my favorite right now, but that's near the top of my list.

Yeah Forrest Gump is great, I pretty much like all films with Tom Hanks in. A brilliant actor.

A Clockwork Orange

Yeah Forrest Gump is great, I pretty much like all films with Tom Hanks in. A brilliant actor.

agreed.

A a tough call, Alien is definately one, right up there with Snatch and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels.

Can't really make the call, I like them all too much to choose between them.

Actually Full Metal Jacket is highest on my list

R. Lee Ermy is the man.


1. Full Metal Jacket
2. Platoon
3. Forrest Gump
4. Happy Gilmore
5. Saving Private Ryan
6. Seven
7. Fight Club
8. Scarface
9. Schindler's List
10. The Matrix

Edit: #9

Schindler's List

hmmm... a shortlist perhaps, more in order here.

The Shawshanks redemption
Dr Strangelove
Monty Python and the holy grail
Dr Strangelove
Akira
Dr Strangelove
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Dr Strangelove
Aliens
Dr Strangelove
Predator.
Dr Stangelove

Eraserhead. ;)

Jurassic Park

I love Clint movies, Unforgiven, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. I'm also a fan of Mad Max and Meet The Feebles.

Personally I think films like Forest Gump are some of the worst. Just my opinion.

Eraserhead. ;)
Whoa there, better than Blue Velvet?

Wow, you're asking a lot! Single out one of them?...

I'll say it's a tie between Clockwork Orange and possibly Fight Club.
The best movie I've seen recently was The Incredibles (http://www.lp.org/lpnews/0501/review.html).

"A Clockwork Orange", yummmm I adore that movie. And I agree with those that have posted "Garden State" it was a fantastic film.

I thought the LOTR films were pretty good too.

A film i watch the most is "Almost Round 3"

for proper full length movies, Pulp Fiction, The Italian Job (1st) and the Shawshank Redemption are brilliant movies, love them

So what are your least favourites then? :D

Whoa there, better than Blue Velvet?

It bored me out of my skull.

The Fifth Element.

So what are your least favourites then? :D

Gigli
Glitter
Charlie's Angels (Both of em)
Final Fantasy: Spirits Within
Any movie released this year :p

Hudson Hawk and Shadow of the Vampire.

The first for dumb fun and the second because it was a brilliant movie.

my least favourite?

anything with "love" in the title, the caption, or just the script in general

I hate movies which have nothing but violence after violence in them and/or lack a good storyline. I'm not much into fantasy movies either. The LOTR films were good, but not really my thing and I doubt I'll ever watch them again.

Movies based on historical people/events are great... but I didn't really think much of Troy and Alexander. Meh, I guess loads of battle scenes just aren't my thing...

I guess you hate anime then :)

my least favourite?

anything with "love" in the title, the caption, or just the script in general

I don't know. I quite liked Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

hmmm....this is hard, narrowing my choice to just one....hmmmm....


Bladerunner, I guess.

Love isn't that bad. It can make for an interesting storyline...

I love Akira. By far my favorite.

However, I though Ray was pretty Brilliant too. I like Collateral as well.

I love Akira. By far my favorite.

However, I though Ray was pretty Brilliant too. I like Collateral as well.

Akira was classic, but the ending was a WTF ending.

I like X better

I love Akira. By far my favorite.


It doesn't put a foot wrong. particularly the soundtrack. The choral theme in Tetsuo (you know the one) always gets the hairs on the back of my head.
Animated gold.

It doesn't put a foot wrong. particularly the soundtrack. The choral theme in Tetsuo (you know the one) always gets the hairs on the back of my head.
Animated gold.

Hell yes!

You know, For some reason, whenever I see the red motorcycle I have a Nerdgasm.

Although I have to sympathize with Luporum; Akira did have kind of a WTF?!? ending.

Either Full Metal Jacket, or Fight Club

Anyone in here see Perfect Blue, if not I recommend watching it.

It's the perfect example of a WTF movie. (Or at least a Holy **** movie)

Hell yes!

You know, For some reason, whenever I see the red motorcycle I have a Nerdgasm.

Although I have to sympathize with Luporum; Akira did have kind of a WTF?!? ending.


I dunno.... I don't get it, but I'm not... not getting it, like 2001.
and the red motorcycle is quite fantastic. Sound I remember better than pictures, though, which is why when I think Akira, I think of the soundtrack. Take LOTR for example. Thousands of perfect tableaus, and I remember more than that is how cool the nazgul sounded, and the elven horns... strange thing.

Hannibal.
Very well made - scary but not cheap horror with too many bums and boobs.

I loved the start of The Village, but the ending was just plain stupid if you ask me.

Dead Poets' Society is one of the best films ever made, I cried my heart out when the students stood on their desks at the very end. Sob Sob

Hell yes!

You know, For some reason, whenever I see the red motorcycle I have a Nerdgasm.Hehe...I have a Akira and bike model from McFarlane Toys.

Although I have to sympathize with Luporum; Akira did have kind of a WTF?!? ending.


Yes, the ending kind of left a lot of things unfinished...but, at least it was done according to the guy who wrote the comic. BTW, Otomo has just put out a new movie, called "Steamboy"...let me find the link for the site and I'll come back and edit it in.

**edit**http://www.steamboy.net/intro.shtml Thar ya go! :D Uhm...only thing is, its in japanese. But you can tell what the links are by looking in the progress bar at the bottom of IE while you have the cursor highlighting one.

Hmmm. I don't have my MOST Favourite per se. Lots of really good well written movies out there.

Lemme just think atop of my head some all times favorite and some that has truly stand the test of time..

Braveheat, Forrest Gump, American History X, Shawshank Redemption, Starship Troopers, Godfather I

Hannibal.
Very well made - scary but not cheap horror with too many bums and boobs.

I loved the start of The Village, but the ending was just plain stupid if you ask me.

Dead Poets' Society is one of the best films ever made, I cried my heart out when the students stood on their desks at the very end. Sob Sob
Can't go wrong with either Robin Williams or Sir Anthony Hopkins in a serious or dramatic role.

As for The Village....WTF are you watching Shylaman crap for? You should know better. Bad, DeathandHatred, bad! Go bang your head against a wall, like so :headbang: until those nasty ol thoughts get out. lol

Eurotrip.

As for The Village....WTF are you watching Shylaman crap for? You should know better. Bad, DeathandHatred, bad! Go bang your head against a wall, like so :headbang: until those nasty ol thoughts get out. lol

Hey, I sat in the cinema rocking back and forth with my arms wrapped around my knees. The beginning music was scary okay.
The only reason I went to go see it in the first place was because my friends were, and I tagged along.

Whilst on Shylaman...I don't know about anyone else but I found "Signs" very funny and not scary. Anyone else think that?

Hands down, Pink Floyd's The Wall. No argument. Big Fish and the Rurōni Kenshin Tsuiokuhen OVA are up there. I can't think of any others at the moment.

Really old: Arsenic and Old Lace
Bringing Up Baby
Not as old: Dr. Zhivago
Bladerunner
Recent: Snatch
LOTR Trilogy

Akira. I saw it ten years ago, barely remember any of it, and yet Tetsuo's death has haunted my subconscious for the last ten years. I really need to see it again, but I haven't found it in a single store.

I just saw Napoleon Dynamite. I wouldn't say it's my favorite movie, but I thought it was pretty funny.

Ghost World, or possibly American History X.

Eurotrip.
michelle trachtenberg is hot but its hardly a good movie, didnt even make the cinema's here

Shawshank is good.
American Graffiti is too.
So is the Green Mile.
So is the Exorcist.
and 2001:SO.

But the best movie of all time is obviously Fahrenheit 911. Its insights into philosophy and the deception and blatant ignorance of Mr. Bush. are some of the rare grains of truth you will find in the world. Before, I didn't know what to think about politics, but after watching this movie there is no doubt that it is great and Bush is evil. Michael Moore is great man. :rolleyes: :p :cool: ;)

best movie ever: Blade Runner right behind it: Brazil
The LOTR trilogy are some of the worst I've ever seen.
Together with starwars episode -1 and -2.

michelle trachtenberg is hot but its hardly a good movie, didnt even make the cinema's here

I dont know if it made the cinemas here either, but I just watched it, and I havent laughed at a movie as much for years, very funny flick.
The eastern Europe money conversion skit was the best part.

3) After Life - only because of the premise of the movie...when you die, you are sent to a sort of wainting area or purgatory. there you must decided what memory was greatest for you out of your entire life. the ppl that work in this waiting area will attempt to re-create at it as best then can. apon creation, it is filmed with you and then shown to you. after the moment is over, you have vanished, forced to relive the moment over and over again for the rest of eternity but with the moment being as brand new to you as the first time. which makes you think: if i were to die today, what moment in my life would i want to remember forever ?

2)Fear and Loating in Las Vegas - visually disturbing at times, funny at others. excellent portrayal of the spiral downward through excess and ones own ego.

(drumroll please)

1) Natural Born Killers - what can i say? I love the exaggerated violence of the movie as well as the media's portrayal of our anti-hereos Mickey and Malory. The way it is shot with film and animation. The music video style cuts that plague the movie. The symbolism. The cast. I mean, how many times have you seen a movie with Rodney Dangerfield (RIP) acting as a complete animal and applaude when he dies ? Finally, the soundtrack. An often overlooked part of a movie, the music is as much a character as any person shown here. Overall, I guess I am saying that no matter how many times I watch it, it could never fade with time and will always be fresh and new to me.

Shrek I think

3) After Life - only because of the premise of the movie...when you die, you are sent to a sort of wainting area or purgatory. there you must decided what memory was greatest for you out of your entire life. the ppl that work in this waiting area will attempt to re-create at it as best then can. apon creation, it is filmed with you and then shown to you. after the moment is over, you have vanished, forced to relive the moment over and over again for the rest of eternity but with the moment being as brand new to you as the first time. which makes you think: if i were to die today, what moment in my life would i want to remember forever ?


For me I would say this encounter I had with a blonde beautiful woman four years ago, the best part went for an unusually long time, that would be the moment I would pick.

Hats off to all the Monty Python, Lynch, Kirasawa, Coen Bros., Kubrick, Fellini & Bergman fans..."whewhhh!" Plus more...but what I'm going to throw in as one of the most WRONG yet well done films: "Forbidden Zone" by Elfman. Don't confuse this with a readily available soft porn movie of the same name. The Forbidden Zone stars the midget Herve Villechaize..."Da plane, Da plane."
This movie is way "wrong", but if watched more than once...ranks high on the truly & accomplished WEIRD scale. Find it... :eek:

Lord of the Rings. All three of them.
Also Shawshank Redemption and Gattaca

This is one of the hardest things i've had to do. I don't have one favourite film really, as it depends what I want to watch, so for comedy it has to be shrek 2 or the incredibles, and the same for animation. action, it's gotta be The One with Jet Li, musical - mary poppins or an american in paris and just to cap it off Dirty Dancing for a good girly night in.

Goodfellas
The Sergi Leone Spaghetti Western Trilogy
(A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars more, The Good The Bad and The Ugly)
LA Confidential
The Godfather Trilogy
Saving Private Ryan
JFK
Casino
Where Eagles Dare
Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon
Welcome to Sarajevo
Man Bites Dog
Dobermann
The Shining
The Exorcist
The Blair Witch Project
Watership Down
Terminator 2
Alien
2001: Space Odyssey
Event Horizon

My favorite movie is a russian movie called 'Brat-2'. (Brat is russian for 'Brother', heh.) It's great.

My favorite english movie would be a tie between the Godfather trilogy and the Untouchables. I love gangster movies.

Kelly's heroes. Greatest movie EVER.

The 5th Element.

I do not know why.

The 5th Element.
I do not know why.

The singing blue girl?

I was kidding about Eurotrip.

Favourite movies are 1. Dr Zhivago(Omar Sharif)
2. Blade runner
3. Star wars
4. Battlestar Galactica
5. The Nutty Professor(eddie Murphy) 1&2
6. Gallipoli
7. Breaker Morant
8. Anything with Monty Python in it.
9. Anything with Tom Cruise
10. Eurotrip.

Hmm, can't decide between Fifth Element, Tim Burton's A Nightmare Before Christmas, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Princess Mononoke.

Glory.

The 5th Element.

I do not know why.
Because apparently Milla Jovovich, Bruce Willis, and Chris Tucker are an unbeatable trio?

The Cannonball Run.

Classic hilarious comedy movie with more stars than you can shake an Oscar party at.

Because apparently Milla Jovovich, Bruce Willis, and Chris Tucker are an unbeatable trio?
What? No mention of Gary Oldman? He's soooo good at portraying bad guys(and you just gotta love that haircut LOL)

Oh, oooh, argh this is too hard!
Well, Phantom of the Opera, the recent film adaptation, does spring to mind, but primarily because the soundtrack is so goddamned brilliant. And Gerrard Butler plays a superb Phantom and Emmy Rossum has an extraordinary singing voice.
The Lord of the Rings films were great of course, and First Contact and Return of the Jedi are the best films in their own franchises.
Oh yes, and the unforgettable Pirates of the Carribean. A really fun film, but dragged out of the classics list by one man- Orlando Bloom. His horiddly flat performance stuck out nastily throughout, like a reverse Truman show. He was acting and everybody else was real.
Yes, I like Sound of Music as well, shut up.
Oh yeah, and Akira? Is that really so popular? I just saw it around a mate's house and found it to be very fun, but with a plot which solely served to tie together fun explodey scenes, although it contains much more depth than some rubbish.

Mikorlias of Imardeavia