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So who else here has movies that they just adore, movies that you enjoy so much that you have to watch every time you get a chance to? Basically, what movies are not just your favorites, but ones that you honestly think you could not be the same person without?

Movies on that list for me include:

The Princess Bride
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Labyrinth
The Mirror Mask
Indiana Jones: All four.
Time Bandits
Office Space
Wall-E <--- newest addition to my list

There are others, but I can't think of them right now.

No offense, brother, but I can't think of a movie that meets these parameters. I've seen me some good films, but "can't live without"? Nope.

Horton hears a who is the only movie you will ever need (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VblpG7Up76M&feature=channel_page)

No offense, brother, but I can't think of a movie that meets these parameters. I've seen me some good films, but "can't live without"? Nope.

Ok, so can't live without might be a bit of an over statement.

Oh and: Robin Hood Men in Tights, and Spaceballs

Indiana Jones: All four.


Dude... seriously?!

Dude... seriously?!

Seriously. The only reason anybody ever gives me for not liking the fourth movie is it involved aliens.

Ok, so can't live without might be a bit of an over statement.

Meh. It's your thread. I was just being a bit of an asshole realist. Apologies.

Oh and: Robin Hood Men in Tights, and Spaceballs

Oh, come ON. Show some discrimination, why don't you? Those are the two Brooksfilms closest to the bottom of the barrel, just on top of Life Stinks and Dracula: Dead and Loving It. Start at History of the World, Part One and head chronologically backwards, and we can talk.

Seriously. The only reason anybody ever gives me for not liking the fourth movie is it involved aliens.

Shia LeBeouf. End of sad, sad story.

Favourites that I watch at least once every couple of years are:

Bladerunner
Fifth Element
The Seventh Victim
I Walked with a Zombie
Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
A Canterbury Tale
Diva
The Big Sleep
Ice Cold in Alex
Casablanca
Mediterraneo

no doubt others as well - like Groundhog Day

Shia LeBeouf. End of sad, sad story.

I basically ignore his existence, makes the movie much better :p

Monsters, inc. and The Hunt for Red October.

All the Bond movies, plus two of the fake ones.

Robin Hood Men in Tights
Singin' in the Rain
The Princess Bride
Anchor's Aweigh
+ Just about every Gene Kelley movie, Xanadu included

Those are three movies that I watch a lot, a lot, and somehow they still never get hold.

Das Leben der Anderen, also Wayne's World. BUT ONLY THE FIRST ONE.

All the Bond movies, plus two of the fake ones.

This surprises me

This surprises meWhy?

Christmas story, best christmas movie ever

Why?

I suppose I build up an image of posters in my head, and Bond movies wouldn't have been my first guess. think I had you down as more of an art film kind of person.

Full Metal Jacket
Battle Royale (but not Requiem, as it sucks balls)
Life of Brian
Heat
Alien/Aliens

Laputa, Brewster's Millions, Spaceballs... umm... Star Trek First Contact... *gives up trying to think of more*

One movie I really love is Monty Python's Life of Brian. :-D

All the Bond movies, plus two of the fake ones.

Shit yeah man, I picked up 7 of these not long ago on VHS for a dollar each, best purchase ever. I'm mean, I'm totally not into his imperialist pushing agenda, but something about Bond gets me happy.

Huh, should probably rephrase that last part.

In other news, the Life of Brian and A Clockwork Orange gets my juices flowin'.




No I am not rephrasing that last part! :tongue:

Matrix

Star Wars series...

Ninja turtles series...

the First Matrix...

The Terminator series...

The Dark Knight...

Starship Troopers...

Several more that I cant think of atm...

-All Monty Python Films
-The Lion King
-Jakob the Liar

Yeah, thats all I can think of right off the back. Wanted to put something deep and philosophical on it, but I've never watched such movies more than once or twice.

My Dinner with Andre, Waking Life, a lot of different horror movies.

Has anyone seen Bagman?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H-4h5JtmPA

Star Wars: ep 4, 5 and 6 of course.

So who else here has movies that they just adore, movies that you enjoy so much that you have to watch every time you get a chance to?
Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road.
Cannible Women of the Avocado Jungle of Death
Jack Frost (not the Micheal Keaton one)
Dirty Pair: Project Eden
Dirty Pair: Nolandia Affair
Megazone 23 / Pt 2 / Pt 3a / Pt 3b

Start at History of the World, Part One and head chronologically backwards, and we can talk.

History of the world sucks way more than Robin Hood Men in Tights.

Must see movie: The Blues Brothers

The Shawshank Redemption
Immortal Beloved
Apollo 13
Manos: The Hands of Fate and possibly Zardoz

Starship Troopers...

Nice moves Skallvia. Where'd you learn to do that?


Vanishing Point, The Proposition, THX 1138 and Aqua Teen Hunger ForceTM Colon Movie Film For Theaters For DVD

Birdman of Alcatraz (an amazing film i stumbled across one afternoon If you don't like my other suggestions this one has to be watched, really well done film)

Big Trouble in Little China is a good laugh for the tacky effects bonus

Layer Cake if you want to see Daniel Craig actually fit the role he's meant to be acting (the more recent bond film not worth seeing in my book)

Fight Club (interesting themes and ideas played around with here)

A Bridge too far (I have a likeing for WW2 films)

Pans Labyrinth (interesting film)

Big Lebowski (it's a bizzare cult film, really really odd)

The shining (A horror film that doesn't rely on gore to get the audience kicking)

Me Myself and Irene or Liar Liar (Jim Carrey has the right character for his roles, both quite well done)

Blues Brothers (one of the few musicals i enjoyed)

Naked gun films are quite reliable for a laugh too

Red Dragon interesting again

Scarface (it's okay)

School for Scoundrels (It's funny to pick up the old fashioned and random insults)
That's all i can think of for now but there are other good films i haven't seen or can bring to mind.

The Adventures of Robin Hood
Captain Blood
The Seahawk
Dunkirk
San Demiterio London
The Guinea Pig
Reach for the Sky
Angels One Five
Passport to Pimilico
The Titfield Thunderbolt
Ask a policeman
Boys Will boys

Indiana Jones: All 4
*I Will Be Going to see Valkyrie soon after it comes out*
Red Dawn
The Day After

Yojimbo.

The Duellists.

Pan's Labyrinth.

Nixon.

Paths of Glory.

Ran.

Barry Lyndon.

The Seventh Seal.

Comedy:

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

My Man Godfrey.

Grosse Pointe Blank.

Life of Brian is brilliant too, if a little overly-quoted.

There are films I like and will re-watch, but, really, I can live without them.

Tora, Tora, Tora
Independence Day
The Women (1930s version)
Since You Went Away
A Letter to Three Wives
The Best Years of Our Lives
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Three Men and A Baby (I like Tom Selleck, ok?)
Elizabeth
Eliazbeth, the Golden Age

Rollerball
Silent Running
Blade Runner (Without voice-over, by preference)
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Seven Samurai
Nosferatu (Original)
The Dollar Trilogy.

I would be an incomplete and inferior human being without:

The Lion King
The Princess Bride
Hot Fuzz
Citizen Kane
The Manchurian Candidate (original please!)
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Dr. Strangelove
Star Wars trilogy
Three Kings
The Dark Knight

That about sums it up for the really important ones. There are more which I love, but they're the aces.

Glad to see that I'm not the only one who likes The Princess Bride.

Moving portraits are the work of Satan.

....I just can't think of any right now....

Wayne's World[/I]. BUT ONLY THE FIRST ONE.

<< Bill and Ted

Jack Frost (not the Micheal Keaton one)

this is why I never bathe

Everything Mel Brooks was ever associated with. Everything the Pythons were ever associated with. Star Wars -- the original trilogy. The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Various other comedies.

Everything the Pythons were ever associated with.

Even the Meaning of Life?

Even the Meaning of Life?

Pray tell, what is wrong with the meaning of life?

Glad to see that I'm not the only one who likes The Princess Bride.

Are there people who don't like The Princess Bride? I've never met them...

Are there people who don't like The Princess Bride? I've never met them...

I've met a few poor souls :(

Hellraiser + Hellraiser 2 - The cenobite/Hell sequences really helped me loosen up as a storyteller. They also scared me shitless.
Ginger Snaps - It is sort of embarrassing, but this was my introduction to "feminist" fiction that I enjoyed. I don't think I'd have ever gotten into reading Jane Austen or Angela Carter without having seen GS first.
Oldboy - Until I'd seen this, my idea of Asian cinema was just silly Martial Arts movies from the 60's-80's or Black & White snooze fests. The other two movies in the Revenge Trilogy are pretty good, but this one was the ground breaker for me (and my favorite).
Funny Games, Shivers, Leon: The Professional, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, probably a few others. Played a rather interesting role in my early puberty/sexual development.

Hellraiser + Hellraiser 2 - The cenobite/Hell sequences really helped me loosen up as a storyteller. They also scared me shitless.
Ginger Snaps - It is sort of embarrassing, but this was my introduction to "feminist" fiction that I enjoyed. I don't think I'd have ever gotten into reading Jane Austen or Angela Carter without having seen GS first.
Oldboy - Until I'd seen this, my idea of Asian cinema was just silly Martial Arts movies from the 60's-80's or Black & White snooze fests. The other two movies in the Revenge Trilogy are pretty good, but this one was the ground breaker for me (and my favorite).
Funny Games, Shivers, Leon: The Professional, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, probably a few others. Played a rather interesting role in my early puberty/sexual development.

Just watched Funny Games, via Netflix. Boring, and a total waste of Tim Roth, in my opinion.

Everything Mel Brooks was ever associated with. Everything the Pythons were ever associated with. Star Wars -- the original trilogy. The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Various other comedies.

Even Dracula: Dead and Loving It and Life Stinks? You are one loyal person. But that's a Dakotan for you -- gotta admire that tenacity.

Even the Meaning of Life?

The least of their films (unless you count Jabberwocky as a Python film), but still some pretty good stuff in there. Mister Creosote, Salmon Mousse, Live Organ Transplants, "A Tiger? In Africa?", The Machine That Goes *ping*....

History of the world sucks way more than Robin Hood Men in Tights.

*facepalm* No, no it doesn't. RH:MiT had three -- THREE -- decent gags in it. The rest were so amazing obvious that my sister and I were guessing punchlines well in advance of their deliveries. And who didn't see the knight-dominoes sight gag coming a mile away? It's crap.

Must see movie: The Blues Brothers

Here, you've redeemed yourself in my eyes (like THAT matters).

"It's 106 miles to Chicago. We got a full tank of gas, a half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses."

"Hit it."

Just watched Funny Games, via Netflix. Boring, and a total waste of Tim Roth, in my opinion.
I was referring to the original German version, which I first saw about 10 years ago. I've not seen the 2007 remake.
Of course, if you don't have a sadistic streak, you probably wouldn't like the original one either.

Hot Fuzz.

And Twelfth night.

Serious, I know it's a play and all, but 400 years later, and Shakespeare is still 90% more epic then the rest of these so called writers out there.

*facepalm* No, no it doesn't. RH:MiT had three -- THREE -- decent gags in it. The rest were so amazing obvious that my sister and I were guessing punchlines well in advance of their deliveries. And who didn't see the knight-dominoes sight gag coming a mile away? It's crap.

Yes it is, when it first came out I enjoyed it and thought it was a good movie (I was only about 10 at the time). I recently rewatched the film and had trouble finding any point where I could constantly laugh

Here, you've redeemed yourself in my eyes (like THAT matters).

"It's 106 miles to Chicago. We got a full tank of gas, a half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses."

"Hit it."

Now that he has redeemed himself, can he come back?

Indiana Jones: All 4


Woohoo! I'm not alone in the world!

How about Mad Max? Especially Road Warrior!

Woohoo! I'm not alone in the world!

How about Mad Max? Especially Road Warrior!

As awesome as the Road Warrior is (it did set the bar for post-apocalyptic films) I'd say the original Mad Max is a much better film. The Toecutter has got to be one of the coolest, most badass villains caught on camera. He is probably the reason I like The Proposition so much as the character of Arthur Burns seems to be based directly on the Toecutter.

Shia LeBeouf. End of sad, sad story.

I still haven't figured out why everybody hates him so much. He's definitely a character actor, but other than that...

I Dont hate Shialebeouf

Robinson Crusoe on Mars :p

*facepalm* No, no it doesn't. RH:MiT had three -- THREE -- decent gags in it. The rest were so amazing obvious that my sister and I were guessing punchlines well in advance of their deliveries. And who didn't see the knight-dominoes sight gag coming a mile away? It's crap.
Which fails to make History of the World suck any less. It was humorous. At all. At any point.

Holy shit, I forgot blues brothers even existed. I'm definitely watching that tonight, I feel like a good film.

Another good movie is Kung Fu Hustle. A parody of the classic kung fu movies but manages to stand alone as an action comedy.

Another good movie is Kung Fu Hustle. A parody of the classic kung fu movies but manages to stand alone as an action comedy.

Makes me think of Kung Pow! Enter the Fist....God that movie ruled...If you havent seen it with the original Lines, you HAVE TO...NOW...it funny as hell...

Monsters, inc. and The Hunt for Red October.

I liked Hunt for The Red October, but I wish Harrison Ford had played Jack Ryan in it for consistency reasons. He was a very good Jack Ryan. Of course, with the franchise just starting, they probably only had a budget for a few top-billed actors, of which there were several in that movie.

Any movie with sean connery

I've met a few poor souls :(

Yeah, my ex was one of those few poor souls.


Shit yeah man, I picked up 7 of these not long ago on VHS for a dollar each, best purchase ever. I'm mean, I'm totally not into his imperialist pushing agenda, but something about Bond gets me happy.

Huh, should probably rephrase that last part.

It's okay, something about Bond gets me "happy", too. ;)

Any movie with sean connery

even highlander?
where he played an immortal Spanish man who was killed by another immortal Kurgan who was then killed by The main Character?
Where his accent is so bad it's only beaten by the poor Scottish accent of the main character.
I mean come on, it's funny but so baad.

Yeah, my ex was one of those few poor souls.


Need a movie watching buddy? I never get to watch Princess Bride with anyone, and its best to share with friends. Most of my Ex's hated it too...

Oh, how about Clash of the Titans and Jason and the Argonauts?

I was referring to the original German version, which I first saw about 10 years ago. I've not seen the 2007 remake.
Of course, if you don't have a sadistic streak, you probably wouldn't like the original one either.

Fair enough. I admit the premise turns me off, though, even if the remake was inferior.

Yes it is, when it first came out I enjoyed it and thought it was a good movie (I was only about 10 at the time). I recently rewatched the film and had trouble finding any point where I could constantly laugh

There's a clue. I was so hoping it would be good, too. My sister and I just kept punchiling the jokes before the actors did, and got more and more disappointed as we kept getting them right.

Now that he has redeemed himself, can he come back?

Of course! I hope he does.

I still haven't figured out why everybody hates him so much. He's definitely a character actor, but other than that...

Read your own post. He's a character actor who keeps getting lead roles.

Which fails to make History of the World suck any less. It was humorous. At all. At any point.

Then we agree! Huzzah!

Plague Dogs

Any movie with sean conneryEspecially Zardoz, right?

Fear and Loathing in Las vegas
The Dark Knight
Office Space
Any Coen Bros. Films (Especially The Big Lebowski)

Anything by Kevin Smith, except maybe Clerks 2.

Anything by Kevin Smith, except maybe Clerks 2.

The Donkey Show was overboard but I loved that one too.

The Donkey Show was overboard but I loved that one too.

I absolutely enjoyed Dogma. He was so in your face with a few of the issues discussed. I absolutely cheered when Serendipity (or was it the Apostle?) talks about how Catholics don't celebrate their religion. They mourn it. That touched me, because I was raised a Catholic. And I think truer words haven't been said.

I absolutely enjoyed Dogma. He was so in your face with a few of the issues discussed. I absolutely cheered when Serendipity (or was it the Apostle?) talks about how Catholics don't celebrate their religion. They mourn it. That touched me, because I was raised a Catholic. And I think truer words haven't been said.

The same thoughts here, its never been put better. I was never a Catholic though.

Then we agree! Huzzah!
Wasn't.

I'm really not sufficiently interested in films to be able to find any film indispensible. A good many books fall into said category, but no films.

I will say most Jim Carrey films I cannot live without. He is the king of physical comedy.

At least nowadays....

Wasn't.

Wasn't what?

Still celebrating. Yaaaaaay!

Movies I... well, could live without but I do prefer living with:
Sergio Leone's "Dollar Trilogy"
Indiana Jones I and III (II was quite sucky)
Star Wars IV and V
Monty's Holy Grail, Brian, The Meaning of Life
John Ford. Almost everything
Ejzenstejn's Aleksandr Nevskij and Ivan Groznyj 1 & 2
Fellini's Amarcord and La Strada
Monicelli's I soliti ignoti, I compagni and La Grande Guerra
De Sica's Miracolo a Milano and Bycicle Thieves
Clint Eastwood's Bridges of Madison County
Nocnoj Dozor
The Thin Red Line
Tarkovskij's Solaris
La classe operaia va in paradiso
Kubrick's Barry Lindon, Dr.Strangelove and Full Metal Jacket
The Eagle has landed
The Enemy at the Gates (though we all miss Leone's projected - and never shot - Stalingrad)
Lawrence of Arabia
The forbidden planet (the most perfect sci-fi transposition of The Tempest)
Heimat 1
Nosferatu (the original)
Dreyer's Vampyr
Young Frankenstein (FrOnkenstEEn!!!)
Welles' Touch of Evil
Most of Hitchcock's (not Psycho or the Birds, though)

Star Wars
The Dark Knight
Indiana Jones (First and third)
All of Alfred Hitchcock's films

I suppose I build up an image of posters in my head, and Bond movies wouldn't have been my first guess. think I had you down as more of an art film kind of person.
Good heavens, no.

Patton
The Poseidon Adventure
The Andromeda Strain
The Wizard of Oz
Gone With The Wind
White Christmas

Need a movie watching buddy? I never get to watch Princess Bride with anyone, and its best to share with friends. Most of my Ex's hated it too...

I've turned a bind eye to some worrying personality traits in my time, but not liking The Princess Bride has to be a 'dump her immediately' issue.

[tenuous claim to fame]
I know the guy who choreographed the left handed sword fight scene.

He is nice.
[/tenuous claim to fame]

Movies I... well, could live without but I do prefer living with:
Sergio Leone's "Dollar Trilogy"
Indiana Jones I and III (II was quite sucky)
Star Wars IV and V
Monty's Holy Grail, Brian, The Meaning of Life
John Ford. Almost everything
Ejzenstejn's Aleksandr Nevskij and Ivan Groznyj 1 & 2
Fellini's Amarcord and La Strada
Monicelli's I soliti ignoti, I compagni and La Grande Guerra
De Sica's Miracolo a Milano and Bycicle Thieves
Clint Eastwood's Bridges of Madison County
Nocnoj Dozor
The Thin Red Line
Tarkovskij's Solaris
La classe operaia va in paradiso
Kubrick's Barry Lindon, Dr.Strangelove and Full Metal Jacket
The Eagle has landed
The Enemy at the Gates (though we all miss Leone's projected - and never shot - Stalingrad)
Lawrence of Arabia
The forbidden planet (the most perfect sci-fi transposition of The Tempest)
Heimat 1
Nosferatu (the original)
Dreyer's Vampyr
Young Frankenstein (FrOnkenstEEn!!!)
Welles' Touch of Evil
Most of Hitchcock's (not Psycho or the Birds, though)

This is, of course, impossible. Have breakfast at Milliway's.

Read your own post. He's a character actor who keeps getting lead roles.

This I see. But I think he's actually ok for the characters/roles they give him.

Drama:
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Goodfellas
The Dirty Dozen
The Sting
Forrest Gump
Gone with the Wind
The Quiet Man
The Searchers
Ben-Hur
The Ten Commandments
The Matrix
Terminator 2
300
The Sure Thing

Comedy:
Animal House
Caddyshack

Musical:
My Fair Lady

Are there people who don't like The Princess Bride? I've never met them...

My fencing coach.

This I see. But I think he's actually ok for the characters/roles they give him.

That's not the issue really. It's that the characters/roles he plays have no business in the movie.

I just saw Seven Pounds. And i must say that is the best original film to come out in a good while (and if its a book then fuck it it's still a good movie)

I've turned a bind eye to some worrying personality traits in my time, but not liking The Princess Bride has to be a 'dump her immediately' issue.

[tenuous claim to fame]
I know the guy who choreographed the left handed sword fight scene.

He is nice.
[/tenuous claim to fame]

I always ended up finding a reason based on more solid evidence, but the relationship was practically void by then in my opinion.

I always ended up finding a reason based on more solid evidence, but the relationship was practically void by then in my opinion.
the princess bride was on bravo tonight.

i thought of you when i watched it.

This I see. But I think he's actually ok for the characters/roles they give him.

Not this because of...

That's not the issue really. It's that the characters/roles he plays have no business in the movie.

this.

the princess bride was on bravo tonight.

i thought of you when i watched it.

Should I apologize?

Should I apologize?
lol

no

i love that movie.

lol

no

i love that movie.

Wasn't sure, some people demand an apology when they think of me :).

Wasn't sure, some people demand an apology when they think of me :).

I know I do.

Wasn't sure, some people demand an apology when they think of me :).
it was in the abstract so no trauma was associated with it.

This is different from what movies I think deserve to be seen, or are masterpieces.

What movie can I not live without? None. i.e. none.

This is different from what movies I think deserve to be seen, or are masterpieces.

What movie can I not live without? None. i.e. none.

What movies do you think are masterpieces and deserve to be seen then?


Why the hell does everyone take 'Can't live without' to be literal?

What movies do you think are masterpieces and deserve to be seen then?


Why the hell does everyone take 'Can't live without' to be literal?

because some people smell like the puss coming out of my big toe.

Wasn't sure, some people demand an apology when they think of me :).

Only when I think of you leering over me, lube in hand, as I sob gently through the ball gag.

because some people smell like the puss coming out of my big toe.

Please tell me you meant "pus", and not that you've got either a cat or a vagina emerging from your hallux.

Only when I think of you leering over me, lube in hand, as I sob gently through the ball gag.


That was only once, and I was at a low point in my life.

Thank god the police arrested me and made me realize what I was doing.

Next time I'll disconnect the phone lines.

That was only once, and I was at a low point in my life.

Thank god the police arrested me and made me realize what I was doing.

Next time I'll disconnect the phone lines.

Promises, promises.

I'm not sure what I would do if I lived in a world where there was no Animal House.

Other than that, Say Anything. Guilty pleasure? Almost certainly, but it makes me happy.

Anything by Kevin Smith, except maybe Clerks 2.

Clerks 2 is phenominal soley because they keep playing King Diamond in it.

I'm not sure what I would do if I lived in a world where there was no Animal House.

Other than that, Say Anything. Guilty pleasure? Almost certainly, but it makes me happy.

"I can't believe I threw up in front of Dean Wormer."

"Face it, Flounder, you threw up on Dean Wormer."

I guess I do have one entry:

Grosse Pointe Blank.

Promises, promises.

You dropped the charges, that means you were totally into it!

In other news, the Life of Brian and A Clockwork Orange gets my juices flowin'.
No I am not rephrasing that last part! :tongue:

I shudder to think.
Good movies both but ... if you won't rephrase I'll :gas:.

Yeah, my ex was one of those few poor souls.




It's okay, something about Bond gets me "happy", too. ;)

Perhaps that's why ex?

Bond is a chance to live up to all your potential, to be able to do all that, without having to actually join a secret service and worry about all that that entails (who's giving the orders anyway and would you take them if you knew?). Life's complicated and full of excuses and bad calls; Bond is simple. happy.
Ooops over thunk

My fencing coach.

Touche

Bond is a chance to live up to all your potential, to be able to do all that, without having to actually join a secret service and worry about all that that entails (who's giving the orders anyway and would you take them if you knew?). Life's complicated and full of excuses and bad calls; Bond is simple. happy.
Ooops over thunk

Yeah i think so, I am about 99% certain she was saying "James Bond is Sexy"

Yeah i think so, I am about 99% certain she was saying "James Bond is Sexy"

Who's she?
Oh. I see. Sigh, you're right.

Look, girl, you want a James Bond you can have him. But only once. Plenty of them in the sea.

Who's she?
Oh. I see. Sigh, you're right.

Look, girl, you want a James Bond you can have him. But only once. Plenty of them in the sea.

Hmm so you think maybe if I work on my Sean Connery impression?

This is, of course, impossible. Have breakfast at Milliway's.

I do. Every day. ;)

Anyway, why not? I think Birds and Psycho are quite overrated.

Drama:
The Dirty Dozen
The Sting
Ben-Hur
The Ten Commandments
The Matrix
Terminator 2


You call these "drama"? Ok, watching Matrix is a dramatical experience enough (more or less like crossing the English Channel during a major storm... two hours of vomiting :tongue: )... but I wouldn't place them in the "drama" category.

Looking at the mentions so far I reconise and apprecite these:

A Clockwork Orange
Bond
Bill and Ted
Bladerunner
Casablanca
Fifth Element
Gone With The Wind
Immortal Beloved
Labyrinth
Laputa
Layer Cake
Leon: The Professional
Mad Max
Monsters inc.
My Fair Lady
Singin' in the Rain
Star Wars series...
the First Matrix...
The Lion King
The Matrix
The Princess Bride
The Thin Red Line
Three Kings
Twelfth night
300

But there are quite a few in here I think I shall have to see as the above list is full of holes and context requirements.

How do you guys remember all the movies that fit this box? I change too often to want the same box and I don't own much ... this is fascinating, maybe another memory will pop out with another recommendation.

Ones I can think of not so far mentioned:

Red Sorghum (actually anything by same producer. Also try Zhu Dou and others of the same era)
Dr Zhivago (better after reading One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich)
The Dark Crystal (I was very young)
The piano
and I'm a sucker for anything derived from Heinlein, Arthur C Clarke, Asimov or H G Wells. It looks as thouhg there're quite a few on the list anyway so I'm guessing some of you know what I mean.

How do you guys remember all the movies that fit this box? I change too often to want the same box and I don't own much ... this is fascinating, maybe another memory will pop out with another recommendation.


Heh, I don't lol.

Heh, I don't lol.

Ergo this post?

Ergo this post?

I was answering, I don't remember them all. I type like I talk a lot of times.

My fencing coach.

The choreographer I was referring to taught me epee.

Clerks 2 is phenominal soley because they keep playing King Diamond in it.

and they play songs from his best album "Them".


*listening to it now*

The choreographer I was referring to taught me epee.

My coach would not like him, either, if he did not teach you foil first.

Misty Beethoven

My coach would not like him, either, if he did not teach you foil first.

Set your mind at rest. I knew foil (and only foil) when I met him, though he still kept me on it for best part of a year before handing me an epee.

Frankly, I'm surprised you aren't questioning how an epee coach came to devise one of the most over-the-top swordfight scenes in 20th century movie history. But I guess the answer's in the question - it's a movie.

You call these "drama"? Ok, watching Matrix is a dramatical experience enough (more or less like crossing the English Channel during a major storm... two hours of vomiting :tongue: )... but I wouldn't place them in the "drama" category.

Drama, action, historical epic, whatever. Close enough. No use splitting hairs on a list like this.

Now if you were wondering why I included certain films, that's another question.

railfan tapes of narrow gauge multiple units and furry anime.

actually i live without consumer media just fine, but as for what i find gratifying, first and primarily those above. well done speculative fiction with believable effects, consistent with known science and their own universe also of course. the more believably alien the better.

movies are too damd expensive anyway. movies too damd expensive and broadcast visiual media tends to be corporate crap. the only broadcast media for me, is local community noncomercial independent radio. even that, this participatory internet is preferable to.

Easily the original trilogy or Star Wars. The prequels were utter crap.