Favorite movies of all time...

[Kode]

Yes, it's one of those clichéd topics about your favorite movies. Every forum needs one :D

Mine follow: (in no particular order)

Braveheart
Forrest Gump
Gladiator
A Beautiful Mind
Saving Private Ryan
Shawshank Redemption
Pirates of the Caribbean
The Lion King
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Star Wars: all of 'em
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Arc
Lord of the Rings 1/2/ and 3 very soon, I presume

My main criterion for selecting favorite movies are how I felt right after the movie. Did I go "wow" or "aaaw" or did I shed a tear. Either one of the three lead me to select a good movie and all of the above really did one of them to me. If it means so much for you to know, I shed tears for A Beautiful Mind and Beauty and the Beast. :P

Anyway, what are your favorites?

[MeddlingMonk]

You've got nothing here earlier than 1977. I find that very strange. Movies are over one hundred years old. Expand your horizons.

Le Voyage dans la lune
Metropolis
The General
Safety Last
Flesh and the Devil
Grand Hotel
Blessed Event
Little Caesar
The Kennel Murder Case
The Public Enemy
42nd Street
The Thin Man
Manhattan Melodrama
Morning Glory
Platinum Blonde
The Whole Town's Talking
Bringing Up Baby
Ninotchka
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
The Women

...and that's all before 1940.

[ragnar]

There are too many good movies to mention in such a thread.

[Ginny]

Hey, I was just thinking we needed this thread! :D

rags: Agreed.

krkode: Heh, cool, I shed a tear in those too, and don't laugh, but I shed a tear once in... Winnie the Pooh.. :P Well not exactly, more just felt sad, mainly cause it made me think of something in my own life to be honest. One movie I did more than shed a tear in (and that's an understatement) is Fluke. Dunno how many of you have heard of it, but it's a very sad movie, and for some reason whenever I watch it I go through about half the movie being a bit sad but generally cheerful, and then, always at the exact same spot, I am crying my throat out (nearly choking :P) until the end of the movie. Maybe it's just me. The ending is actually good and quite funny. All I can tell you is that it's about a dog, the rest is just.. well, you gotta see it yourself.

Favorite movies that I can remember at the moment, in no particular order:
Fluke
Moulin Rouge
Independence Day
Pirates of the Carribean
Lots of Full length Disney cartoons: Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Alladin, The lion king etc.....
Amadeus (great film with great music)
Hook
Mrs. Doubtfire
Good Morning Vietnam(can you see a pattern?)
Tutsi
You've got mail
Sleepless in Seattle
A Beautiful Mind

I can't remember more right now :P

[Kode]

Robin Williams! *D

I have a similar addiction to watching Tom Hanks movies. Although, like he himself claims, "I've made over 20 movies, and 5 of them are good." :7

[Ginny]

Lol, yeah I love Tom Hanks too (Youv'e got mail, sleepless in seattle) and also I'm reminded now of a pretty silly but funny movie, Jo vs. The Volcano. And yes, I'm addicted to Robin Williams. I also love Julia Roberts And Dustin Hopffman. Oh and Woody Alan, and Meg Ryan, and here's another movie I remembered:
First Wives Club: Bette Midler, Diane Keaton and Goldie Hon/Haun/Hawn (I never could spell this).
And Nicole Kidman is also a favorite. And-- *cutoff sounds*

Do you have the Hallmark channel? There are some pretty good movies there, that aren't very well known:
Alice in wonderland
Prince Charming (it's sort of altered version, and it's damn funny! With what's her name... And also with another what's her name who I also love, and brings me to another movie I almost forgot: )
Wag the Dog. Hilarious, Interesting, Dustin Hoffman, Kirstin Dunst in a small role I think, and such.. :9

Oh and from Disney I also love the sword in the stone.
Somebody stop me.

P.s. Now I gotta go do my Arabic homework. Or commit suicide. Somehow the latter is more appealing :P j/k.

[Egarthen]

My favorites, in no particular order:

Se7en
Fight Club
Clue
Ghostbusters
Dumb and Dumber (Say what you will, but it's a hilarious movie)
Taxi Driver
Apocalypse Now

[Zanthia]

Yellow submarine

gumanjee(hope I spelled it right)

Mulan

[Ginny]

Oh of course, Ghostbusters!

Zanthia: Jumanji, another one I forgot :D
And the Yellow submarine is great too (Beatles rock!) :)

[Henke]

The Lord Of The Rings movies
Braveheart
The Indiana Jones movies
Conan The Barbarian
The Gremlins movies
The Shining
Brotherhood Of The Wolves
The Evil Dead movies
The Seventh Seal
In The Mouth Of Madness
The Monty Python movies
Pirates Of The Caribbean
Vidocq
+ all the great ones I have forgotten

[Phil25]

I see great movies following these criteria:

A} They are rewatchable {say, twice a year}
B} You don't look at your watch during the movie {Or at least not till at least an hour and a half passes by}
C} You remember a lot of it.

I'll produce a list when I'm more aware of my surroundings.

[Kode]

I see great movies following these criteria:

A} They are rewatchable {say, twice a year}
B} You don't look at your watch during the movie {Or at least not till at least an hour and a half passes by}
C} You remember a lot of it.

I'll produce a list when I'm more aware of my surroundings.



When I look at my watch, during a movie, it's usually a sign that I'm enjoying the movie and hope that its time isn't running near.

I found myself looking at my watch during the Lord of the Rings when 1 hour was up, and I go "phew, still 2 hours to go" ;)

[ragnar]

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C} You remember a lot of it.

Nah, then it has a too simple story. :)

[Kode]

Nah, then it has a too simple story. :)
A complicated movie can do that to you sometimes too, because that means it explained well, whatever it was that was complicated. :P

But I guess you're right. The Usual Suspects was a good movie, but I still can't catch/understand a whole lot that the movie supposedly showed. :rolleyes:

[Kingzjester]

Underground
Fish Called Wanda
The Blues Brothers
Clockwork Orange
Amadeus
Dr. Strangelove...
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
American Beauty
Being John Malkovich
assorted Almodovar
8 1/2
Citizen Cane
LA Confidential
As far as Disney movies go (I see all y'all young'uns like to include them): Fox and the Hound. Great music to that one too...
etc.
I am probably forgetting something...

[Garyos]

:(

Too many....


I'll just mention that Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail is the only movie thaT makes me laugh just as much every time I see it (every couple months), but I really couldn't list all movies I love because I would keep forgetting and adding, forgetting and adding.

[SamandMax]

Well, the best movie ever made about a cigar smoking duck is Howard the Duck.

[Egarthen]

A complicated movie can do that to you sometimes too, because that means it explained well, whatever it was that was complicated. :P

But I guess you're right. The Usual Suspects was a good movie, but I still can't catch/understand a whole lot that the movie supposedly showed. :rolleyes:

What was complicated about Usual Suspects? I enjoyed it, but it wasn't exactly a mind-bender. I figured out the "twist" about halfway through (I tend to do such things a lot. See the Sanitarium thread, for example).

[Kode]

What was complicated about Usual Suspects? I enjoyed it, but it wasn't exactly a mind-bender. I figured out the "twist" about halfway through (I tend to do such things a lot. See the Sanitarium thread, for example).

The thing is, I didn't figure out the twist ;)

There were apparently many parts in the movie where there are hints hinting that he's really not a cripple, like when he's using the lighter, or pointing the gun. Many of which I caught seeing it the second time around. At first, I didn't think it was important to notice which hand he was crippled in or any of the other sneaky stuff.

[Huz]

I'll just mention that Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail is the only movie thaT makes me laugh just as much every time I see it (every couple months)
Airplane! fulfills that function for me! It's so quotable as well... :D

but I really couldn't list all movies I love because I would keep forgetting and adding, forgetting and adding
Same. Gattaca gets an honourable mention, just because nobody else has mentioned it yet (probably for good reason, but ho hum...)

[twifkak]

Nope, Gattacca was a good movie.

blah blah blah...

I'm not going to even try this list. I haven't seen over 80% of the movies mentioned here.

[LauraMac]

There are too many good movies to mention in such a thread.


Boy that's true. I love movies....

Besides the reason I love certain movies is for the strangest reasons - it can come down to one scene. Here's a list of some...

Last Of The Mohicans (there's this one scene with no dialogue that just slays me)
Gladiator
Battle of Britain
All the Thin Man movies
Catch 22
Dr. Strangelove
The Unforgiven
Schindlers List
The Jerk
A Fish Called Wanda
The Big Hit
The Red Balloon
A Thousand Blows
Seven Samauri
The Usual Suspects
Ghost Dog

[Henke]

Last Of The Mohicans (there's this one scene with no dialogue that just slays me)


Thank you, I forgot that one. That movie is extremely good (and so is the book).

[Garyos]

Airplane! fulfills that function for me! It's so quotable as well... :D

I only saw half og Airlplane before turning it off... meh.

[Claire]

My favourite movies are~

Casablanca
The Silence of the Lambs
Sleepless in Seattle
Sense and Sensibility
Sleepy Hollow (Johnny Depp - 'nuff said)
The X-Men movies

[AGA]

Some films I've really enjoyed are:

Green Mile
Con Air
Shawshank Redemption

I don't watch many movies...

Oh, and Claire, great avatar :) Catch 22 is a great book. Also, I'm from Wales too, so big up the Taffy massive (or whatever it is them kids say nowadays...)

[Claire]

Some films I've really enjoyed are:
Oh, and Claire, great avatar :) Catch 22 is a great book. Also, I'm from Wales too, so big up the Taffy massive (or whatever it is them kids say nowadays...)

At last! A kindred spirit! Would you believe there are people on these forums who actually torment the Welsh?!! ;) In my part we say "Cymru am byth!", but big up the Taffy massive is good too! And yes, Catch 22 is an excellent, excellent book. Yossarian Lives!

[AGA]

At last! A kindred spirit! Would you believe there are people on these forums who actually torment the Welsh?!! ;) In my part we say "Cymru am byth!", but big up the Taffy massive is good too! And yes, Catch 22 is an excellent, excellent book. Yossarian Lives!

Well yeah, he does live, read 'Closing Time', Heller's last book :p

[Tamara]

Would you believe there are people on these forums who actually torment the Welsh?!! ;)
yeah, specially those of them whose names are Berin -- er -- Berian :D :P

Oh, and Claire, you're not really Welsh :P

[Henke]

My favourite movies are~

Sleepy Hollow (Johnny Depp - 'nuff said)


Damn it, another one that I forgot. Great movie.

[AGA]

*AGA stabs Tamz

[Claire]

Oh, and Claire, you're not really Welsh :P

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, they'll kick me out if they know tamara.

[Tamara]

hee. In any case, yes, Catch22 = great book.

[James]

Casablanca is my fav film ever, with Citizen Kane a close second.

[Tanukitsune]

God, I'm gonna sound so geeky... :sad:
Army of Darkness
Bride of Frankestein
Spirited Away
Godzilla Destory All Monsters
The Ring (jap version)
Perfect Blue
Ikiru (living, akira kurosawa)
Seven Samurais
SGT Kabukiman
Druken Fist
Heavy Metal
City Hunter
There are much more, but I know this is more than enough to get "panned" for being more geeky than Bernard :shifty: 11
I can post even more geeky movies I like if you can take it... :P

[RemiO]

In no particular order...

North By Northwest
The Third Man
Swingers
Notorious
Don't Look Now
Memento
Philadelphia Story
Mulholland Drive
Elling
Barton Fink
Double Indemnity
Casablanca
Harold and Maude
The Shining

... and I've probably left out a bunch of great ones there. I'm particularly in to Cary Grant movies which may show from that list. ¬

[Wajus]

Dude that's one crazy question to answer.

Fight Club - retrospective and disturbing
Rocky - unaffectedly positive
Star Wars Trilogy - sci-fantasticly adventuresome
Groundhog Day - positive elan vital
Magnolia - positively introspective
The Unforgiven - hail to the Clint Eastwood, gruesome and unconventional
Taxi Driver - socially dissectional
Once Upon a Time in America - demythologizing classic
Casablanca - classy classic
Nightmare before Christmas - positively grim
...and many, many, maaaaa...ny MORE!

Grrr.. I hate you krkode!

[Kolzig]

Hmm, my list is so big it would make too many pages on this thread...

So I'll just say few:

Blade Runner
All Johnny Depp movies, I've been a Deppmaniac for over 10 years now

A Wonderful Life
Frankenstein
One over cuckoo's nest
The original Star wars trilogy, yes the ORIGINAL, not the crappy edited cgi version.
Indiana Jones trilogy
Gods&Monsters
Kind Hearts & Coronets, an old classic movie starring Alec Guinness in at least seven different roles.

there are just so many great movies...

[Wajus]

Rear Window - reminiscently warning... *gulp* :eek:
Blade Runner - futuristicly Noir
Léon (The Professional) - disturbingly familiar
The Shining - blood-makes-noise-in-my-ears paralyzing

[Henke]

God, I'm gonna sound so geeky... :sad:
Army of Darkness
The Ring (jap version)
Seven Samurais
Heavy Metal


Geeky? I think those four movies is great too. Have you seen the other Evil Dead movies?

It now occured to me that I forgot to mention my favourite animemovie and Disneymovie. It's Castle Of Cagliostro and The Great Mouse Detective.

[Phil25]

Why don't we all state our favorite movie moments as well? Spoiler tags where appropriate folks.

[Tanukitsune]

Geeky? I think those four movies is great too. Have you seen the other Evil Dead movies?

It now occured to me that I forgot to mention my favourite animemovie and Disneymovie. It's Castle Of Cagliostro and The Great Mouse Detective.
Seen them? :P
I've got them on DVD even the Evil Dead Special Edition that actually looks like the book! :D
I watched them all in one weekend, and then again with the directors comment, and then AGAIN with Bruce's.. :rolleyes:
JOIN US!
Castle of Cagliostro is the only Lupin III moive I've seen... I hope to see the rest...
OK! You asked for it! Here are the even geekier movies I like!
-Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
-Metropolis (The Ozamu Tezuka version, haven't seen the original yet)
-Scooby Doo and the Witches Ghost
-Ghost in the Shell
-Spiritual Kung-Fu
-Kung Pow
-Shaolin Soccer
-Evil Ed
And.... dare I say it?
TOMB RAIDER! (prepares himself to get panned)
To make the list sort, here is one of my mottos:
"There is nothing better than a bad horror movie!"
And just put in nearly every Jackie Chan movie, Godzilla or Gamera movie in to the mix and you got my favourite movies list (With just a dash of anime, a sprig of sci-fi, and some comedy to taste)...
Well Phil25, here is a moment from a movie I love, the Army Of Darkness windmill scene! Its like something from a Tom & Jerry or Bugs Bunny cartoon, some may says its more "3 Stooges", but I can't tell because we dont have their movies in Spain...

[remixor]

-Metropolis (The Ozamu Tezuka version, haven't seen the original yet)

It rules. I got the opportunity to see it in a movie theatre with reconstructed sound, etc. Very awesome. I haven't seen the new one, but I'm not in a big hurry.

Also, Evil Dead rules. I have the Evil Dead 2 special edition collector's tin. Awesome stuff.

[Henke]

Seen them? :P
I've got them on DVD even the Evil Dead Special Edition that actually looks like the book! :D
I watched them all in one weekend, and then again with the directors comment, and then AGAIN with Bruce's.. :rolleyes:
JOIN US!
Castle of Cagliostro is the only Lupin III moive I've seen... I hope to see the rest...
OK! You asked for it! Here are the even geekier movies I like!
-Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
-Metropolis (The Ozamu Tezuka version, haven't seen the original yet)
-Scooby Doo and the Witches Ghost
-Ghost in the Shell
-Spiritual Kung-Fu
-Kung Pow
-Shaolin Soccer
-Evil Ed
And.... dare I say it?
TOMB RAIDER! (prepares himself to get panned)
To make the list sort, here is one of my mottos:
"There is nothing better than a bad horror movie!"
And just put in nearly every Jackie Chan movie, Godzilla or Gamera movie in to the mix and you got my favourite movies list (With just a dash of anime, a sprig of sci-fi, and some comedy to taste)...
Well Phil25, here is a moment from a movie I love, the Army Of Darkness windmill scene! Its like something from a Tom & Jerry or Bugs Bunny cartoon, some may says its more "3 Stooges", but I can't tell because we dont have their movies in Spain...

Your obsession with Evil Dead is most understandable. They all rule. Although how the hell you can enjoy Jackie Chan movies and Tomb Raider is beyond me. :D

Have you seen the trailer for the new Bruce Campbell film? It's called Bubba Ho-tep.


Also, Evil Dead rules. I have the Evil Dead 2 special edition collector's tin. Awesome stuff.

I didn't know there were so many people here with excellent taste in movies.

[Tanukitsune]

Your obsession with Evil Dead is most understandable. They all rule. Although how the hell you can enjoy Jackie Chan movies and Tomb Raider is beyond me. :D
Have you seen the trailer for the new Bruce Campbell film? It's called Bubba Ho-tep.
I didn't know there were so many people here with excellent taste in movies.
He he, I even have the "If Chins Could Kill" and "Evil Dead Companion" books, not to mention the games...
I think I have seen the trailer to Bubba Ho-tep, but I'm not sure if that movies will ever make it here...
I can understand that you didn't enjoy Tomb Raider, it may be a bad movie, but its the best movie based on videogame IMHO, that's why I put it in the list....
The Jackie Chan thing is kinda a funny story, since I spent my youth playing japanese games and watching anime, everobody assumed I liked martial arts movies, I didn't...
But about 5 years ago... I saw a Jackie Chan movie, and became a fan... :D
One question, have you seen the US Jackie Chan movies(Rush Hour), or the ones he made in his homeland (Drunken Fist)?
Oh did I tell you I saw Within the Woods? The prequel to Evil Dead or something like that....

[Henke]

He he, I even have the "If Chins Could Kill" and "Evil Dead Companion" books, not to mention the games...
I think I have seen the trailer to Bubba Ho-tep, but I'm not sure if that movies will ever make it here...
I can understand that you didn't enjoy Tomb Raider, it may be a bad movie, but its the best movie based on videogame IMHO, that's why I put it in the list....
The Jackie Chan thing is kinda a funny story, since I spent my youth playing japanese games and watching anime, everobody assumed I liked martial arts movies, I didn't...
But about 5 years ago... I saw a Jackie Chan movie, and became a fan... :D
One question, have you seen the US Jackie Chan movies(Rush Hour), or the ones he made in his homeland (Drunken Fist)?
Oh did I tell you I saw Within the Woods? The prequel to Evil Dead or something like that....


He he he I have seen Within The Woods too. :D

I have never liked martial arts movies. A movie which only contents is about people kicking eachother sounds incredibly boring in my ears. But a cool fight is...well kind of a cool thing to watch. 8-) I really liked Brotherhood Of The Wolf (Le Pacte Des Loups) och The Musketeer was fun and those included some martial arts. The only 100% martial art movie I have enjoyed is Hero which had a good story to. I have a friend who is obsessed with Jackie Chan so I have seen many of his movies old as well as new and they have all sucked big time IMHO. ;)

[ragnar]

hee. In any case, yes, Catch22 = great book.

I second that.

[Sopp]

hmmm :)

Donnie Darko

Ghost World

Pulp Fiction

Mulholland Drive

[remixor]

He he, I even have the "If Chins Could Kill"

Oh yeah? I've got that too....signed. Oh yeah. And I shook the hand of the man himself and he said "Groovy."

Oh did I tell you I saw Within the Woods? The prequel to Evil Dead or something like that....

Saw that too. Not too wonderful obviously but since it got Raimi money it's great to me.



I've been excited about Bubba Ho-Tep for a while but I haven'te seen the trailer. Where can one get it?

[Tanukitsune]

Oh yeah? I've got that too....signed. Oh yeah. And I shook the hand of the man himself and he said "Groovy."
I've been excited about Bubba Ho-Tep for a while but I haven'te seen the trailer. Where can one get it?
:\ Lucky you, how am I gonna get mine signed? I don't think Bruce will ever visit Spain... :frusty:
It sucks to be a geeky fanboy in Spain, nobody knows Godzilla, and when I tell them about Bruce Campbell, I have to say "You know, the thief from Xena and Hercules!" :rolleyes: ....
I had to buy the Evil Dead moives IMPORT!
The trailer of Bubba Ho-tep is here (http://www.bubbahotep.com/) .
The only signed thing I have is a comic of underground artist, who has now lost nearly all of his fans... :frown:

[Kolzig]

Somehow I need to see Bubba Ho-Tep, I've watched that trailer too many times.

Bruce is seems to be doing a wonderful job in portraying the King.

This movie is a must-see.

[Henke]

Somehow I need to see Bubba Ho-Tep, I've watched that trailer too many times.

Bruce is seems to be doing a wonderful job in portraying the King.

This movie is a must-see.

Sure is. I'm really looking forward to it. :9~

[remixor]

Holy crap. Holy crap. That trailer ruled. If that film isn't released near me I'm going to...I don't know, I'll do something very unpleasant.

[Tina]

Without a doubt I would say Donnie Darko is my all time favorite movie.

[Phil25]

Yeah, I love Donnie Darko too. One of my favorite parts is when Donnie is in the washroom with Frank and keeps stabbing him repeatedly in the eye with the knife

[Tina]

hehe, I think one of my favorite moments is
In the auditorium when Donnie ask Jim Cunningham questions.
Because I admire his courage there.
But the whole movie is so good, that it wouldn't really be fair to pick out a few moments.
There are too many :D

[Maccas]

12 Monkeys
Casablanca
Citizen Kane (I can't believe you spelled one of your fav movies wrong kingz)
Clerks
Donnie Darko
Fight Club
High Fidelity
Lock, Stock
Memento
Miller's Crossing
Pleasantville
Royal Tenenbaums

Edit: Dead Man, Amelie, City of Lost Children and Godfather part 1/2, Shawshank Redemption (I should've posted a list of my dvd's lol)

[Angella]

Clash of the Titans

[Kingzjester]

Citizen Kane (I can't believe you spelled one of your fav movies wrong kingz)Holy shit, so I have....

[remixor]

Donnie Darko.

Ha! Ha! Of course I am kidding! Fooled you!

[ragnar]

I just saw The Blues Brothers movie for the first time (yeah, I too wonder why I haven't seen it before) and although it isn't on my favourite movies of all time list it certainly is a real treat with some good blues!

[twifkak]

I just saw The Blues Brothers movie for the first time (yeah, I too wonder why I haven't seen it before)
I haven't seen Scarface, Goodfellas, or Pulp Fiction, so I forgive you.

[Phil25]

I just saw The Blues Brothers movie for the first time (yeah, I too wonder why I haven't seen it before) and although it isn't on my favourite movies of all time list it certainly is a real treat with some good blues!I love the end chase. It's so hilariously over the top.

[Garyos]

I just saw Rosemary's baby for the first time. Awesome.


And Blues Brothers is the greatest musical EVER. (Which makes it almsot the best movie ever in my book).

[SamandMax]

I just saw The Blues Brothers movie for the first time (yeah, I too wonder why I haven't seen it before) and although it isn't on my favourite movies of all time list it certainly is a real treat with some good blues!


I hate Illinois Nazis.

[remixor]

We're on a mission from God.

[Garyos]

Jesus H. Tap-dancing Christ...I Have Seen The Light!!!

[remixor]

Best. Movie. Ever.

[ragnar]

I love the end chase. It's so hilariously over the top.

I wonder how many cars they wrecked in that chase. :)

[Garyos]

I don't know how many, but it's a world record....

[Garyos]

Just saw Dancer in the Dark for the first time......... :\





Step aside, Blues Brothers.....

[Ninja Dodo]

A lot of the films that have already been mentioned and...

The Matrix 1 & 2 - yes, the second one too, the second half makes up for the slow start)
Southpark, bigger, longer & uncut - the ultimate parody of the US
Bowling for Columbine - the best documentary ever!
The Frighteners - hilarious and scary at the same time
As good as it gets - deliciously cynical
Ocean's Eleven - FUN
The Sixth Sense - SCARY, eventhough I knew the ending because a friend had told me. Still sort of felt surprising somehow...
Shrek - "Yeah! I'm a FLYIN' talking donkey!"
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - fantastic fighting scenes and great acting also
The Truman Show - brilliant satire
Les Visiteurs - one of the funniest films ever
Men in Black - "You don't like it, you can kiss my furry little BUTT!"
The Gods must be crazy 2 - great fun
The Fifth Element - strange, wild and generally a great film
Sunes sommar - FUNNY! (jag skrattade så hårt jag nästan dog...)
Back to the future trilogy - Doc
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - "No, god isn't with us, cause he hates idiots too."
Jurassic Park - ROAR!

I also really enjoyed Taxi, by Luc Besson... though it doesn't quite make it to my all-time favourites list. Also while I'm at it with non-english films, "Fucking åmal" is also an excellent film. Ooh, and has anyone ever seen No Man's Land?

[remixor]

Just saw Dancer in the Dark for the first time......... :\

Step aside, Blues Brothers.....

What?? Those two movies have absolutely nothing to do with each other. There are literally no planes on which they can be compared. I thought Dancer in the Dark was very good, but perhaps a bit too manipulative.

BTW, just to be clear, I don't actually think The Blues Brothers is THE best movie of all time, I just say that about everything I think is really cool ;) It's obviously quite far from the best movie ever, but it's certainly in my top 5 comedies, unquestionably.

[Kode]

What?? Those two movies have absolutely nothing to do with each other. There are literally no planes on which they can be compared. I thought Dancer in the Dark was very good, but perhaps a bit too manipulative.

BTW, just to be clear, I don't actually think The Blues Brothers is THE best movie of all time, I just say that about everything I think is really cool ;) It's obviously quite far from the best movie ever, but it's certainly in my top 5 comedies, unquestionably.

Perhaps they compete as his favorite movie?

[Tina]

Dancer in the dark is the movie I've cried the most in... My head hurt for a long time afterwords because of the crying... Indeed one of my favorites.

[Tamara]

Just saw Dancer in the Dark for the first time......... :\

OK, you passed my 'are you human' test :)

I was traumatized by that movie, I adore it .. someday I'll be able to watch it again :)

[remixor]

OK, you passed my 'are you human' test :)

I was traumatized by that movie, I adore it .. someday I'll be able to watch it again :)

And what about Tina, hmmmmm?!

I've managed to watch that film twice but I don't know if I ever will again.

[Tina]

I really feel like watching it again... I don't think I can watch it with people though, because I have problems with crying in front of people... So it would have to be a time when I would not be disturbed...

I might actually watch it again tonight...

[Henke]

So I take it that you all think that Dancer in the Dark was a good movie? :P
A girl in my class has been telling me to see it, but she's such a huge fan of Björk so I've always thought that could have clouded her judgment. :rolleyes:

[Tamara]

nono, henke, it's an excellent movie :)

and yes, of course tina passes the test :P which I talk about on my webpage, hint hint ;)

[Henke]

nono, henke, it's an excellent movie :)

and yes, of course tina passes the test :P which I talk about on my webpage, hint hint ;)

All right, I belive you.

Hmm, the test on your webpage? You mean she isn't one of those people who "keep insisting they're right when they're obviously not"? :P

[Tamara]

:P is that a veiled hint? If so, *whack*

I cried at the ending of 'Dancer in the Dark'. I think that anyone who doesn't, isn't human.

that bit :P

[Henke]

Oh, you mean that bit. :D

Well I agree, as far as if you see a movie which you think is good and very sad then of course you cry. Everybody (of us humans that is) cries at that point.

I guess I now really must get myself to see "Dancer in the dark". :rolleyes:

[myhrik]

Here we go:

Blade Runner (the only movie that has ever made me cry)
Star Wars Episodes I, II, (III), IV, V and VI
Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Those are the topsest for me.
But that doesn't mean I don't like Lord of the Rings too. ;)

[jaf]

Blade Runner
All Pixar movies
Shrek
My neighbour Totoro
Spirited Away
Princess Mononoke
Paris, Texas
Little Shop of horrors
Moulin Rouge
Romeo+Juliet
Los amantes del circulo Polar
Buffalo 66
Gattaca
LOTR trilogy
Starwars (original trilogy)
.
.
.

[Garyos]

What?? Those two movies have absolutely nothing to do with each other. There are literally no planes on which they can be compared. I thought Dancer in the Dark was very good, but perhaps a bit too manipulative.


I had a hallucination where I saw a post by me where I said "Blues Brothers is teh best musicel EVAR," so I thought it was faitly obvious that people'd understand that it had just lost that title.


But MAN, Dancer in the Dark... I was weeping practically from the beginning, I don't think I've cried that much, and so openly EVER before.... My mother kindly provided me a hankie halfway through.

[remixor]

I had a hallucination where I saw a post by me where I said "Blues Brothers is teh best musicel EVAR," so I thought it was faitly obvious that people'd understand that it had just lost that title.

Ah, ok. Makes sense now. I guess I didn't make the connection because neither of those movies are really musicals, but they both contain musical-esque choreographed songs.

[Tamara]

But MAN, Dancer in the Dark... I was weeping practically from the beginning.
Nah, cmon now, the beginning wasn't really sad at all ... it was sort of upbeat and hopeful and quirky and beautiful. Once that guy steals the money, around the middle of the movie, I think that's when things start going awry. And the ending .. that ending is what transformed the whole movie from very good to a masterpiece. It traumatized me .......... :frown: :\ I still can't even listen to that track on the soundtrack, cos it stops at the same place ................ http://mommietalk.com/images/smilies/sobbing.gif http://mommietalk.com/images/smilies/wah.gif

[remixor]

that guy steals the money, around the middle of the movie, I think

Damnit, that scene and MOST OF ALL the part when she's crying and trying to get her money back and he's going "It's MY money! Mine! You're stealing it from me!" and calling his wife kick my ass.

[Tamara]

don't you dare 'most of all' that scene! (though yeah, it was powerful .. )

the MOST OF ALL is quite evidently
the last scene, where she's hanged and is so hopeful and almost delusional till the last and the noose chokes off her last breath and up till then you kept hoping against hope she was going to be saved ... :\ But it's the song being broken off midway that did it for me .. no movie moment will ever top that. I almost fainted in the cinema.

However those scenes you mentioned did get too much for me after I'd watched the full movie .. I managed to rewatch up till the midway point, but then knowing what was going to happen was just too much and I had to switch it off .. I'm too sensitive for my own good sometimes :)

[myhrik]

Dancer in the Dark is one of my all-time favourite movies in a very strange way, because being a huuuge Björk fan I bought it on DVD, but after watching it once (over a year ago now) I just haven't managed to watch it again. :\

That's when I decided that if people warn me that a movie I am going to see is "very sad", I just ask if it's "as sad, or even MORE sad than DITD". If the answer is "yes" I know I can never watch it. That's why I've simply avoided watching movies like Requiem For a Dream, which I've heard is quite extreme. Oh, do call me a chicken, I don't care. ;)

[Tamara]

Sadder than DITD?!? Is that even possible??? :\ I gotta try this Requiem for a Dream to find out, I guess ... but seriously .. that end bit .. nothing, ever can surpass it ..

[Kingzjester]

Requiem for a Dream is one trippy movie...

[Pappapisshu]

Requiem for a Dream is one trippy movie...

...as is Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. That one is not so sad though.

[Kingzjester]

RfoD also features one of the 432 Wayans brothers in a tolerable role.

[Garyos]

Nah, cmon now, the beginning wasn't really sad at all ... it was sort of upbeat and hopeful and quirky and beautiful.

Well, hwat got my tearducts going was her conversation with the policeman when they reveal their secrets...... the acting was so good that I was moved to tears BECASUE of it's hopefulness and beatuifulness....

I first thought she was saving the money to operate HERSELF... so when she tells him about her son....
:\

Of course, it was all downhill from there.....


And Requiem for a Dream isn't as sad, but it's terribly depressing nonetheless.....

[twifkak]

Ass ta ass!

[headdead20]

Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Requeim for a Dream
Harold and Maude
The Elephant Man
Space Odyssey 2001
Pulp Fiction

[Zanthia]

Rockys horror picture show
The Last Unicorn
Hair
Westside Story




And a couple of others, but I think I already mentioned them... Somwhere...

[sillycanadian]

A Clockwork Orange
Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Amadeus
West Side Story
Full Metal Jacket
Donnie Darko
The Usual Suspects
A Hard Day's Night
A Fish Called Wanda
2001: A Space Odyssey
Schindler's List
American Beauty
Spinal Tap
Both Lord of the Rings (and I"ll assume the third one)
Star Wars: A New Hope
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Little Voice
L.A. Confidential
Lolita
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail
Monty Python's And Now for Something Completely Different
Monty Python's Life of Brian
The Shining
Henry V
Empire of the Sun
The Producers
Young Frankenstein
Lawrence of Arabia
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Its a Wonderful Life
Psycho

there's probably more

[remixor]

Great list! I'd agree with every single were it not for two exceptions:
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, and :r Donnie Darko :r (surrounded by vomiting smilies for maximum effect)

[Garyos]

Great list! I'd agree with every single were it not for two exceptions:
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, and :r Donnie Darko :r (surrounded by vomiting smilies for maximum effect)

Stupidhead. :rolleyes:

:D

[Ninth]

For me, it'll be Blade Runner above all else.
And then:

in SF:
Brazil
Dune
Aliens
Terminator 1
maybe Cypher...

non-SF:
Mulholland Drive
Requiem for a dream (yep, that's sad all right, and difficult to watch near the end, but it's worth it IMO)
Fucking Amal
The Million Dollar Hotel
Rebels of the Neon God
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Big Lebowski
Exotica
To be or not to be
The Seventh Seal

and a huge bunch of others I can't remember just now, or that i'm too lasy to type.

[myhrik]

For me, it'll be Blade Runner above all else.

:)

Good boy!

[Ninth]

Well, there aren't that much movies that get better and better each time I watch them...
And it was already a shock the first time.

[Devilwoman]

Well this is a tough one.........

Monty Python's Life Of Brian
Lord Of The Rings trilogy
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Meaning Of Life (always good for a :\)
Terminator 1 + 2 (not seen 3rd...yet)
Pulp Fiction
Matrix 1 + 2
Rose Red
It
The Stand
Seven
Bone Collector
Red Dragon
Sience Of The Lambs
Hannibal
Dog Soldiers
and ermmmm.......Ice Age :o


Erm......can't think of any more offhand, but I'm sure there's plenty more!! *D

[redhotray]

At last! A kindred spirit! Would you believe there are people on these forums who actually torment the Welsh?!! ;) In my part we say "Cymru am byth!", but big up the Taffy massive is good too! And yes, Catch 22 is an excellent, excellent book. Yossarian Lives!

Cor, we got a Welsh clique building here, coz I'm from Wales as well!!! WOOHOO!!!!

Whereabouts in Wales are you from, or as Tamara said, are you REALLY from Wales?!??! (The plot thickens).

I'm Cardiff born, but live just in the border of Newport!!

[Claire]

Cor, we got a Welsh clique building here, coz I'm from Wales as well!!!

Excellent, another Welshie! Cymru am byth! I'm from Pembrokeshire. And just ignore Tamara - I'm *ahem* third generation Welsh.

[ConcreteRancor]

Well, let's go with this list, in order:

The Shawshank Redemption
The Princess Bride
The Lord of the Rings
Star Wars (The ORIGINAL Trilogy*)

And then others, in no specific order:

Army of Darkness
Big Fish
Dogma
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns
Indiana Jones Trilogy
Kill Bill 1 & 2
Mallrats
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Nightmare Before Christmas
Requiem for a Dream
Shrek 1 & 2
Snatch
X-Men 1 & 2

* I HATE how we always have to specify this now.

[redhotray]

Excellent, another Welshie! Cymru am byth! I'm from Pembrokeshire. And just ignore Tamara - I'm *ahem* third generation Welsh.

I'm half Welsh myself, as my Dad is a cockney, and my Mum's nan is originally from Bath (though my mum was born in Wales).

Third Gen Welsh how, btw?