NationStates Jolt Archive

Whats your favorite movie?
Here are mine in several categories:
Action: The Rock
Comedy: Dodgeball
StarWars Series: Episode III
"R" Movie: Braveheart
Superly Retarted: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Thank you Britain)
Romance: Titanic
Sports: Remember the Titans (Although Radio is great too, and he lives in my state:) ) (Glory Road is pretty good too)
Historical: Alamo
Also: Chariots of Fire and Four Minutes are great movies...if youre a runner

The Yet To Be Released Hunter Blades Trilogy Movie. For A Movie That's Already Out, I'd Say... "Last Life In The Universe" (Foreign Film) Very Intriuging, With A Hidden Message Underneath The Surface.

Platoon, seen it 4 times and I will see it again many more times. It's about an American soldier in Vietnam.

The Yet To Be Released Hunter Blades Trilogy Movie. For A Movie That's Already Out, I'd Say... "Last Life In The Universe" (Foreign Film) Very Intriuging, With A Hidden Message Underneath The Surface.
Blade Trilogy, never liked it, and havnt heard of other 1

StarWars Series: Episode III


You die. Now.

Although Monty Python might redeem that.

Hmm. You're off with a warning. Don't screw up.

The Blues Brothers. It has everything.

my faves for the moment

Ghost In The Shell I & II

Blade Runner

Matrix

You die. Now.

Although Monty Python might redeem that.

Hmm. You're off with a warning. Don't screw up.
I blow my nose in your general direction!!!!!

I blow my nose in your general direction!!!!!

Well sir, I fart in your general direction!

Alexander. Unfortunately, not many can relate to the man portrayed in Oliver Stone's epic, or even get past the homosexuality. I thought it was brilliant.

7 Samauri. Best movie in the history of the world.

Well sir, I fart in your general direction!
Youre mother was a hampster and youre father smelled of elderberries!

7 Samauri. Best movie in the history of the world.
never heard of it....actors?

never heard of it....actors?

It's a classic. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_Samurai)

Made in 1954.

Just to spite Kanabia :D

In no particular order, some that come to mind right now:

Station Agent
Holes
Crash
American Beauty
The Thin Red Line
Heaven's Gate
Everything by Baz Luhrman
Heat
The Pianist
And, of course, Life of Brian.

Oh, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
And 12 Angry Men.

ETA:
Spirited Away
Hero

The Blues Brothers. It has everything.
New Stalinberg wins.

Forrest Gump, however, gets my vote.

And I live in the same area as Radio, and have met the man several times. He needs to run down the Hill at Clemson again!

Van Helsing wins "Seen the most times and still is great every time" award. Mainly thanks to Kate Beckinsdale and the cool scenery.

Saving Private Ryan is probably my over all favorite, though A Bridge to Far is pretty cool as well.

What about "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" I love that movie.

Other movies I like, though, are "War of the Worlds" and "Hostage" was pretty good. in terms of action.

Here are mine in what I think are better caregories:
Sci-Fi: Aliens
Fantasy: Lord of the Rings- Return of the King
Comedy: Eddie Murphy Raw
StarWars Series: Episode V
Retarted: Harold and Kumar go to White Castle
Romance: Last of the Mohicans
Sports: The Waterboy
War: Full Metal Jacket
Tarrantino movie:Pulp Fiction
Kevin Smith movie: Dogma
Stoner movie: Dazed and Confused
Teen Movie: The New Guy
Made for TV movie: Jailbait
Movie that isn't porn but is damn close: Wild Things
Movie that isn't porn but would be with more nudity: Cruel Intentions

Blade Trilogy, never liked it, and havnt heard of other 1
No No No. Not Blade Trilogy. I Mean The Movie Based Off Of The Hunter Blades Trilogy By R.A. Salvatore.

Don't have 'favourite' movie, but I do have movies that I love.
In no particular order, ones which I've seen many times and will usually watch at least once a year:

2001
Full metal Jacket
Bladerunner
The Shining
Alien(s)
Terminator
Dancer in the Dark
The Good the Bad and The Ugly
A very long engagement
City of lost Children
Clockwork Orange
Casablanca
Amelie
Leon (also called The Professional in some places)
Ong Bak
Tom Yum Goong
Fist of Fury
Fist of Legend
Apocalypse Now
Betty Blue
Solaris (original Russian version)
Memories (Japanese manga movie by the guy that did Akira)
Meet the Feebles
The Big Leibowski
Wings of desire

That's all I can think of right now. I'm sure there's others

Also, Battleship Potemkin is also very good.

Eisenstien was a genius, years ahead of his time.

Oh yeah... "Iron Giant" was a very good movie in the animated category. Better than "Finding Nemo".

Kingdom of Heaven
Saving Private Ryan
Falling Down
Blade Runner
Star Wars (all 6)

Kingdom of Heaven
Saving Private Ryan
Falling Down
Blade Runner
Star Wars (all 6)
If it werent for SPR and KoH I would slap you for loving Star Wars episode 1.

Whats your favorite movie?
Here are mine in several categories:
Action: The Rock
Comedy: Dodgeball
StarWars Series: Episode III
"R" Movie: Braveheart
Superly Retarted: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Thank you Britain)
Romance: Titanic
Sports: Remember the Titans (Although Radio is great too, and he lives in my state:) ) (Glory Road is pretty good too)
Historical: Alamo
Also: Chariots of Fire and Four Minutes are great movies...if youre a runner

Action: Master of the Flying Gilloutine (blind dude throwing around a basket that cuts people's heads off. Kung fu action at its finest!)
Comedy: Shaun of the Dead (Zombies and beer, perfect combo!)
Star Wars Series: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Turn to the dark side, you knob!)
Star Trek Series: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (http://www.khaaan.com/) (Khaaan!)
"R" Rated: The Usual Suspects
Stupid, but like it anyway: Baseketball (don't hurt me...)
Romance: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (who can beat a kung fu love story?)
Sports: The Natural (Best. Baseball. Movie. Ever.)
Historical: Tora Tora Tora (Best. WWII. Movie. Ever.)
Honorable Mentions: The Hunt for Red October, Die Hard (just the first one), 2001, Galaxy Quest, The Jerk...

Some of my favorite films are as follows

Action:
--The Killer
--Once Upon a Time in China series
--Terminator
--The Crow
--Bullitt
--Death Wish
--Escape from New York
--The Warriors
--Blade 1 & 2

Sci Fi/Fantasy:--Blade Runner
--Dark City
--Alien 1-3 (I actually liked 3:p )
--Star Wars Episodes 3-6
--Lord of the Rings
--Metropolis
--Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (although it could have been so much better)

Horror:
--Evil Dead Series
--Phantasm Series
--Halloween 1 & 2
--The Eye
--Nosferatu
--Romeros Night of the Living Dead Series
--Lucio Fulci's Zombie (and almost everything else he's done)
--Dario Argento's Suspiria
--Dead Alive/ Bad Taste
--Hellraiser Series (only seen up till 5 though)
--John Carpenters The Fog / The Thing / Christine

Comedy:
--Hear no evil, see no evil
--History of the World, Part I
--Spaceballs
--Monty Python (anything by them)
--Team America: World Police
--Stripes
--Ghostbusters 1 & 2
--Caddyshack
--Animal House
--The Blues Brothers

If it werent for SPR and KoH I would slap you for loving Star Wars episode 1.
Heh, well, I didn't exactly love it, I just put all 6 because I view them as one big movie. But of all 6, episodes I and II were my least favorite.

Animated: The Incredibles. Good story (superheroes going into hiding because they were sued!? Brilliant!) and amazing animation.
Sports: Remember The Titans, or Glory Road. I've only seen Glory Road once, and Titans about 30.... Both are great movies.
So stupid it's funny: Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail (or whatever the actual title is)
Other: The Great Escape

Fight Club...

Best movie with my brand of Fu#ked up humor! :D

You die. Now.

Although Monty Python might redeem that.

Hmm. You're off with a warning. Don't screw up.

See the violence inherent in the system. Help! Help! I'm being repressed.

Ermmm... *thinks*

Just today, I finished watching 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.' That goes near the top, but maybe not quite at the top of the list. Other good ones are Pulp Fiction, Clockwork Orange, and all of the Python films that I have seen (the one I'm missing is Yellowbeard, or whatever its called).

See the violence inherent in the system. Help! Help! I'm being repressed.

Strage women, laying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government...supreme executive power is derived by a mandate from the masses, not by some farsical aquatic ceremony...you can't expect to weild supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you...look, if I went around claiming I was an emperor, just because some moisten bink lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.

Honourable mentions to Le Samourai, Le Cercle Rouge, Withnail & I, Ghost Dog, Conan The Barbarian, Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby & The Year My Voice Broke.

Some of my favorite films are as follows


[Horror:
--Evil Dead Series
--Phantasm Series
--Halloween 1 & 2
--The Eye
--Nosferatu
--Romeros Night of the Living Dead Series
--Lucio Fulci's Zombie (and almost everything else he's done)
--Dario Argento's Suspiria
--Dead Alive/ Bad Taste
--Hellraiser Series (only seen up till 5 though)
--John Carpenters The Fog / The Thing / Christine



When I take over the world, (and I will) you will be spared for liking these films.
Especially the films in bold print.
For liking Dead Alive, you may be given a position of administration.

Why?

Because smart people recognize entertainment, when it comes in the form of a room full of zombies, and one man with a lawnmower.

By no means a complete list and without any ranking:


- Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (followed by House of flying daggers, oh the colours!)
- Shawshank Redemptions
- Blade Runner
- Monty Python (anything by them, most times I like the Flying Circus more than the movies...Yes! wherever bicycles are broken, or menaced by International Communism, Bicycle Repair Man is ready!)
- Million Dollar Baby
- Leon - The Professional
- Dogma
- Amelie
- Matrix 1
- Charlie's Angels 1&2, sorry, but I love Drew, so you could ad almost all of her movies!
- Why we fight (even if it makes me angry)
- Bob Roberts
- The Good the Bad and The Ugly
- Mystic River
- Fight Club (sick, but good)
- 12 Monkeys
- Sin City
- Don Camillo & Peppone movies, don't know if they're that well known in america, but a catholic priest vs. italian communist, who yould ask for more. very very funny and charming movies
- The Green Mile - best Stephen King movie
- Indiana Jones - you just don't forget the heros of your youth...

and many many more I can't think of right now!

fight club
the commitments
i heart huckabees
team america: world police
south park: bigger, longer, and uncut
trainspotting
billy eliiot
cheats
romy and michele's high school reunion
shaun of the dead
the forbidden zone
now and then

Land and Freedom
Kagemusha
Ran
Some like it hot
Blazing Saddles
Downfall
13th warrior
Aguirre:wrath of god
Breakfast at tiffanys
The Producers
Goodfellas
Boogie Nights
Big Lebowski
Lawrence of Arabia
Akira
Ghost in the shell

Just to spite Kanabia :D

Pfft.

American Beauty

It was okay. I only vaguely remember it.

The Thin Red Line

It was okay...I liked the german language movie Stalingrad better...it was better than Saving Ryan's Privates anyway.

EDIT - Or do you mean the original one?

Everything by Baz Luhrman

Even that shitty Romeo and Juliet remake? I hated that.

Haven't seen the others you mentioned.

- Le fabuleux destin d' Amélie poulain
- The pianist
- Angela's ashes
- Billy Elliot
- Pride and prejudice
- Forrest Gump
- Trainspotting
- Chocolat
- Hooligans
- L'auberge espagnol
- Goodbye Lenin
- Cold mountain
- The moulin rouge
- Sleepers
- se7en
- Requiem for a dream
- The hours
...

snipI meant the new Thin Red Line by Terrence Malick.
And, apart from the first 20 minutes, Saving Private Ryan was a piece of crap, if you ask me (which nobody's doing, I know).

And that shitty Romeo and Juliet remake is actually the Luhrman movie I love the most.

You haven't seen the others? Not even Heat (spectacular shoot-out), Spirited Away (manga-ish brilliance), Hero (martial arts pefection), or God forbid, Life of Brian?

And, apart from the first 20 minutes, Saving Private Ryan was a piece of crap, if you ask me (which nobody's doing, I know).

Exactly right. The beach scene was cool. The rest...eh...

And that shitty Romeo and Juliet remake is actually the Luhrman movie I love the most.

Hmm. It irritated me. Maybe I just hate Leo.

You haven't seen the others? Not even Heat (spectacular shoot-out), Spirited Away (manga-ish brilliance), Hero (martial arts pefection), or God forbid, Life of Brian?

Oh, yeah, i've seen Life of Brian. Missed that on your list...but it was a couple of years ago, so I think i'm due to watch it again. :p

But not the others, i'm afraid.

Exactly right. The beach scene was cool. The rest...eh...:eek: Did we just agree on a movie??

:eek: Did we just agree on a movie??

I believe we did. :D

See, that IMHO is a perfect example of a movie that tries to be serious and fails...

:eek: Did we just agree on a movie??
hell even i'd agree with you on that one :P



though, in answer to the OP... my favourite movie... *scratches head*
off the top of my head:
Star Trek First Contact
LOTR trilogy
Brewster's Millions
Dumb & Dumber ;)
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey and Excellent Adventure
Wayne's World 1 & 2
Starship Troopers
The Island
Equilibrium
Event Horizon
shawshank redemption
the last samurai
gandhi
ghostbusters 1 & 2
Goodfellas
Laputa
(and once upon a time, Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back... and Cheech & Chong Up In Smoke... but no longer)

i have about 300 dvds in my case upstairs so there's probably a whole bunch i'm leaving out (mostly crap comedies that i'm just forgetting)

I meant the new Thin Red Line by Terrence Malick.
And, apart from the first 20 minutes, Saving Private Ryan was a piece of crap, if you ask me (which nobody's doing, I know).

And that shitty Romeo and Juliet remake is actually the Luhrman movie I love the most.

You haven't seen the others? Not even Heat (spectacular shoot-out), Spirited Away (manga-ish brilliance), Hero (martial arts pefection), or God forbid, Life of Brian?

Heat is a fantastic movie. I think (correct me if I'm wrong) it's the first film where Al Pacino & Robert DeNiro are actually in a scene together (or talking together). Something like that. Anyway, it's a really good film, well worth seeing. The bank heist scene through LA city centre is just super cool.

Heat is a fantastic movie. I think (correct me if I'm wrong) it's the first film where Al Pacino & Robert DeNiro are actually in a scene together (or talking together). Something like that. Anyway, it's a really good film, well worth seeing. The bank heist scene through LA city centre is just super cool.
Yep, that's right. Tough I remember reading back then that they didn't actually meet, but were filmed separately! I'm too lazy to IMdb it, and I can't remember if they're really never in the frame together, so maybe that's just a legend...

Yep, that's right. Tough I remember reading back then that they didn't actually meet, but were filmed separately! I'm too lazy to IMdb it, and I can't remember if they're really never in the frame together, so maybe that's just a legend...

Yeah there's a scene where they're having a conversation in a cafe, where they pretty much say if they see each other again, they'll shoot on sight. I haven't seen the film for a couple of years, but I'm 99% sure they're both in frame, talking to each other.

When I take over the world, (and I will) you will be spared for liking these films.
Especially the films in bold print.
For liking Dead Alive, you may be given a position of administration.

Why?

Because smart people recognize entertainment, when it comes in the form of a room full of zombies, and one man with a lawnmower.

Dead Alive is arguably one of the greatest zombie films of all time. Nothing beats the lawnmower scene except for the whole "I kick ass for the lord!" scene.

...Also Lucio Fulci and Dario Argento can show these pansy american horror film makers how to scare someone

this might seem boring, but some recent Best Picture (Oscars) pictures atre among my favorites, chief among them:

Titanic
Gladiator

couple of near misses:
LA Confidential
Saving Private Ryan

*The only recent Best Picture (past decade or so) that I can't stand is The English Patient... I've tried and tried to stay awake through the whole damn boring thing, but I have yet to achieve that goal.

others, off the top of my head:
Blazing Saddles
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
There's Something About Mary
The Rock
Armageddon

The only recent Best Picture (past decade or so) that I can't stand is The English Patient... I've tried and tried to stay awake through the whole damn boring thing, but I have yet to achieve that goal.
Oh, that reminds me... The English Patient is also an all-time favourite. :D

And I also forgot Billy Elliot.


Yeah there's a scene where they're having a conversation in a cafe, where they pretty much say if they see each other again, they'll shoot on sight. I haven't seen the film for a couple of years, but I'm 99% sure they're both in frame, talking to each other.
I looked it up on IMdb, here's what it says:
The first film to ever feature both Robert De Niro and Al Pacino acting together, which created much hype prior to release. They both starred in The Godfather: Part II (1974) but never shared the screen together as split chronology prevented this. When this movie was finally released, even its advertising material promoted the film as a De Niro/Pacino "showdown."

Many viewers claim that Robert De Niro and Al Pacino never (or hardly ever) actually share screen time during the film, despite the hype surrounding the films release as showcasing their first screen appearance. In most Pan and Scan versions of the film, and TV broadcasts, it does appear that during the "diner scene" the two never actually share the screen, but viewing the film in correct letterbox format, as the director intended, clearly shows the two actors sitting at the table, though only in wide shots.
Urban legend after all...

Der Untergang
Dr. Strangelove
Waterloo
The Perfect Storm
Starship Troopers
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Kill Bill vol 1
Master & Commander
Shaun of the Dead
to name a few

Strage women, laying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government...supreme executive power is derived by a mandate from the masses, not by some farsical aquatic ceremony...you can't expect to weild supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you...look, if I went around claiming I was an emperor, just because some moisten bink lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!

:D :D :D

That's my favourite part of that movie, and possibly of any movie.

:D :D :D

That's my favourite part of that movie, and possibly of any movie.

Ni!

Ni!

No, sorry. Dennis the peasant pwns the Knights Who Say Ni :p

No, sorry. Dennis the peasant pwns the Knights Who Say Ni :p

True. I had really hard time drinking my coca cola when I saw that scene first time. The fact I hadn't slept for 24 hours didn't help a bit.

Edit: Judean People's Front/Popular Front etc. comes close, though.

Best films:

Monty Python
Starship Troopers
Twelve Monkeys
Unbreakable
Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning (best amateur film.)
Star Wars 4-6

I also forgot Time Bandits,, and Adventures of Baron Munchausen. 2 great films

Equilibrium
That's a great film. I forgot to mention that one. It's like a combination of The Matrix and 1984, but I liked it better than both of those films. It had really good stunts too; it wasn't all computer animation like the matrix.

Ah yes Equilibrium. One of the finest actin films i own. Would it be possible to make a sequel to that?

Ah yes Equilibrium. One of the finest actin films i own. Would it be possible to make a sequel to that?
It would certainly be entertaining if they did make a sequel. But I doubt it will happen. I don't think it made very much money, well at least in America it didn't.

I can't believe you people forget the best films!

Citizen Kane, Metropolis, Alexander Nevsky, Ran, Battleship Potemkin?

You young'ens forget all the good classics! They may be silent, but the "Steps of Odessa" montage in Battleship Potemkin pwns all other scenes.

I can't believe you people forget the best films!

Citizen Kane, Metropolis, Alexander Nevsky, Ran, Battleship Potemkin?

You young'ens forget all the good classics! They may be silent, but the "Steps of Odessa" montage in Battleship Potemkin pwns all other scenes.

scroll back buddy I mentioned Metropolis..I never foget the classics, and citizen kane doesn't need to be in any list to be a great film.

actually i'll be nice and do it for you.:D

Sci Fi/Fantasy:
--Blade Runner
--Dark City
--Alien 1-3 (I actually liked 3:p )
--Star Wars Episodes 3-6
--Lord of the Rings
--Metropolis
--Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (although it could have been so much better)