Being slightly parochial Once Were Warriors & Goodbye Pork Pie and also an Ozzie citizen to boot- The Castle, Wolf Creek, Thunderstruck or Lantana. But probably still The Life of Brian.
Nope. That's the 2nd best movie of all time. What's the BEST? Of course, it's...
Singin' in the Rain.
C'mon. Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy sings song and gets girl back...who can argue wtith that?! Nobody. That's who.
Plus, as a 15 year old busboy at a very exclusive restaurant in Lake Tahoe, I had the pleasure of having lunch with Cathy Selden - er, I mean the actress that played Cathy Selden. You may know her as "Debbie Reynolds".
Mine are first the Star Trek Movies then the Lord of the Ring movies. Outside of those movies my favorite is LadyHawke. Great soundtrack, great actors and a great plot.
Ahhh Rick - I always knew that you only appreciate the best! That is one of the coolest dance routines in all of history - add Good Mornin' to "Fit as a Fiddle" (amazing footwork by Gene and Donald - wow!), and you have the makin's for awsome, good ol' fashioned, clean entertainment :thumb:
No one mentioned "Short Circuit" yet. Number 5 is alive.... Or, the TRON movies......
I would have also picked a lot of the movies already mentioned but if you are looking for some fun titles that you may not have seen yet, here are some that were worth watching and were an unexpected treat:
Has anyone seen 2010 A Space Odyssey? It is a sequel to the original. Not a bad movie. They go back to see what went wrong. Ending is quite odd. Sorry, did not mean to be off topic.
My all-time favorite film is an old one, Best Years of Our Lives. Some themes close to me. Came out in 1946, won seven Oscars. It's not everyone's cup of tea, and its pacing is old fashioned by today's standards, but it's still good drama. It's about three returning servicemen from World War II, and how each attempts to cope with civilian life. The story's been done many times, but I think Best Years did it best.
Oddly enough, I enjoy The Green Mile, a movie filled to the brim with killings, hatred, and executions, and yet it's sublimely uplifting and hopeful. I've rewatched it countless times. All the more poignant now that Michael Clarke Duncan passed on just recently.
For comedy, my fav would be Beetlejuice, partly because I think it's funny, but also because I was good friends with one of the movie's writers, Michael McDowell. Sometimes we enjoy movies because of their history with us. That's what makes them uniquely special.
... Suppose you were given the opportunity to watch one last movie before you.. ah.. passed on... What would be the last movie you would watch?
....
That would be the award-winning documentary of my wrenching myself from my death bed, crawling in agony up to the top of a craggy mountain peak after which a blinding white bolt of lightning strikes down from the center of the Milky Way, hits me directly between the eyes, thus electrifying my secret tungsten-lined underwear, which is instantly turned incandescent, thereby enveloping me in a blue-green plasmodium cocoon that lases me into deep space where, after reaching negative light velocity, my Essence is condensed upon a planet of solid carbonaceous chondrite into the form of an immortal god-like entity I name Egomaniac, who then with one wave of my electrified and munificent hand, turns the lifeless cinder into a lush paradise populated with gorgeous goddesses whose only purpose is to please me for an eternity or two.
That would be the award-winning documentary of my wrenching myself from my death bed, crawling in agony up to the top of a craggy mountain peak after which a blinding white bolt of lightning strikes down from the center of the Milky Way, hits me directly between the eyes, thus electrifying my secret tungsten-lined underwear, which is instantly turned incandescent, thereby enveloping me in a blue-green plasmodium cocoon that lases me into deep space where, after reaching negative light velocity, my Essence is condensed upon a planet of solid carbonaceous chondrite into the form of an immortal god-like entity I name Egomaniac, who then with one wave of my electrified and munificent hand, turns the lifeless cinder into a lush paradise populated with gorgeous goddesses whose only purpose is to please me for an eternity or two. Pass the popcorn.
You had me up to the electrified tungsten lined underwear...the just struck a bit too close to home!
#1 Pale Rider - I'd love that flick even if I hadn't been climbing Boulder Mountain while they were shooting below.
#2 The Bourne Identity - but potatohead beat me to it.
#3 Witness for the Prosecution - great acting across the board. Pretty cool ending, too.
#4 A Passage to India - no idea why I like it so much.
p.s: I'll have whatever ElectricAye is having.
pp.ss: In a strange fluke, NWCCTV named some of my least favorite movies of all time. But I think highly of him anyway.
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Bedtime for Bonzo
The Freaks
The Sound of Music
Westside Story
Paint your Wagon
The Thin Man series
Anything with Peter Lorre in it
Charlie Chan movies
- Particularily the letters scene: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xlh8uh_memphis-belle-letters-scene_shortfilms
Gladiator
C.W.
I think he played Patton better than Patton played Patton!!
Nope. That's the 2nd best movie of all time. What's the BEST? Of course, it's...
Singin' in the Rain.
C'mon. Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy sings song and gets girl back...who can argue wtith that?! Nobody. That's who.
Plus, as a 15 year old busboy at a very exclusive restaurant in Lake Tahoe, I had the pleasure of having lunch with Cathy Selden - er, I mean the actress that played Cathy Selden. You may know her as "Debbie Reynolds".
Yes, it was love.
Twuue wuv.
-MattG
Good mornin', good mornin', to you!
(I know, it's just not the same coming from me!)
The Princess Bride
Monty Pyhton and the Holy Grail
Galaxy Quest
Arsenic and Old Lace
We're No Angels (The 1955 Bogart/Ustinov/Ray version)
Dang! I hit five already? What about Kelly's Heroes or McClintock or The Quiet Man?
(See how I managed to sound outraged and still sneak in three more?)
In those immortal words of Samuel J. Snodgrass..
Ah, The Quiet Man, that would be me wife's favorite, we watch it every year 'round easter.
(and why did I hear that in Michaleen Oge Flynn's voice as I typed it...)
C.W.
You can't leave out "Make Me Laugh".
There, it's been said.
Edit: Dang auto correct!! It's "Make 'em Laugh"
"I'm giv'n three to one on Danaher!"
-MattG
I would have also picked a lot of the movies already mentioned but if you are looking for some fun titles that you may not have seen yet, here are some that were worth watching and were an unexpected treat:
Cowboy Bebop (awesome Anime) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Bebop
Hunter Prey - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Prey
The Librarian series (just a fun adventure) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Librarian_%28franchise%29
Planetes - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetes
Enemy Mine - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemy_Mine_%28film%29
Memories - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memories_%28film%29
There are many others..
Robert
Post #21 I have both 1 and 2
Jim
OT again.
Has anyone read 2061 and 3001?
All four are on my shelf.
Didn't notice that you already called it out. Instead I'll substitute Disney's Black Hole. VINCENT is the robot...
Forgot about that one.Yes VINCENT was a great robot!
Oddly enough, I enjoy The Green Mile, a movie filled to the brim with killings, hatred, and executions, and yet it's sublimely uplifting and hopeful. I've rewatched it countless times. All the more poignant now that Michael Clarke Duncan passed on just recently.
For comedy, my fav would be Beetlejuice, partly because I think it's funny, but also because I was good friends with one of the movie's writers, Michael McDowell. Sometimes we enjoy movies because of their history with us. That's what makes them uniquely special.
-- Gordon
That would be the award-winning documentary of my wrenching myself from my death bed, crawling in agony up to the top of a craggy mountain peak after which a blinding white bolt of lightning strikes down from the center of the Milky Way, hits me directly between the eyes, thus electrifying my secret tungsten-lined underwear, which is instantly turned incandescent, thereby enveloping me in a blue-green plasmodium cocoon that lases me into deep space where, after reaching negative light velocity, my Essence is condensed upon a planet of solid carbonaceous chondrite into the form of an immortal god-like entity I name Egomaniac, who then with one wave of my electrified and munificent hand, turns the lifeless cinder into a lush paradise populated with gorgeous goddesses whose only purpose is to please me for an eternity or two.
Pass the popcorn.
You had me up to the electrified tungsten lined underwear...the just struck a bit too close to home!
Hunt for Red October
October Sky
(singin' in the rain is still better though)
-MattG
#2 The Bourne Identity - but potatohead beat me to it.
#3 Witness for the Prosecution - great acting across the board. Pretty cool ending, too.
#4 A Passage to India - no idea why I like it so much.
p.s: I'll have whatever ElectricAye is having.
pp.ss: In a strange fluke, NWCCTV named some of my least favorite movies of all time. But I think highly of him anyway.
Star Wars (Original)
Star Trek
2. Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away.
3. The Wizard of Oz
So many choices. So little time.
Forbidden Plannet
Jason and the Argonaughts
Gold Finger
Bedazzled (Original 1967 version with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore)
As I'm approaching the end of life I might get more philosophical and contemplative and want something more intellectual:
Monty Pythons Meaning of Life
The Life of Brian.
Altogether now:
"Always look on the bright side of life..."