*~your all-time favorite movies~*

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 5:54 pm

what are your favorite movies of all time? and why? i am going to guess a few posters' answers....Jives Top Gun , Babyrider Wild One, Der Wulf American Werewolf in Paris, Tombstone Gunfight at the OK Corral, Kensloft Apollo 13, Koan The Brontes, capt. Buzzard U2, Raven Notting Hill, Tmbsgrl Romeo and Juliet, Beth anything Sean Connery, Valerie Rin Tin Tin, Abbey Anne of a Thousand Days , A Kerenina Dr.Zhivago, Godiva Girl Like Water for Chocolate.......i'll be back when i think of some more!

koan · Post by **koan** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 6:02 pm

How fun to try and guess other members' favourites. At the moment, my favourite flick is "What Dreams May Come". I laugh, I cry, I come away with a feeling that maybe life is about something after all.

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 6:18 pm

"Wild One"??? Moi??? :yh_giggle

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 6:23 pm

BabyRider wrote: "Wild One"??? Moi??? :yh_giggle
it's a really old motorcycle movie! that's all i could think of! LOL

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 6:39 pm

lady cop wrote: it's a really old motorcycle movie! that's all i could think of! LOL
Yep, I remember the movie! How about "The Deerhunter"?? :yh_rotfl

I'm betting one of yours is "Die Hard" :yh_bigsmi

Jives · Post by **Jives** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:37 pm

koan wrote: At the moment, my favourite flick is "What Dreams May Come".

If anybody here hasn't seen that movie...GO OUT AND RENT IT RIGHT NOW! Well/ what are you waiting for?!! it rocks!

Actually, although I like Top Gun (the flying's awesome, but the low flybys were a joke) my favorite movies are the old sci-fi classics.

1. The Time Machine (Not the stupid new version, the classic George Pal version)

2. Journey to the Center of the Earth

3. When Worlds Collide

4. Forbidden Planet

I also like a few of the New Movies:

1. Aliens 2

2. Pitch black

3. Star Wars : episode whatever!

4. Red Planet

5. The Abyss

and of course, being an English teacher and a military man, let's not forget the classics:

1. Guns of Navarone

2. The Count of Monte Cristo (New Version)

3. Master and Commander

4. Captain Horatio Hornblower (Gregory Peck rules! Hold the Virginia Mayo!)

and while I have your attention...keep an eye out for a little movie that should be coming out two summers from now...

Ender's Game! by Orson Scot Card! this book is so good, I've read it to 11 years' worth of classes and they all loved it. It won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards which is similar to winning both the Oscars and the Emmy awards.

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:53 pm

I thought of one: Born Free, for Cassie!!!

Funny you should put Dr. Zhivago for AK, I have it on DVD and it's

one of my all time faves...

Another board I frequent just had a whole thread on Rin Tin Tin but

their search engine is really poor so I couldn't find it to share... pics

even!! Apparently the 10th generation of "Rinny" is owned by someone

on that board... pretty cool.

Here's my list, sorry tried to limit it to 10 but was just unable to, and

there are some I left off entirely as a space saving move!

No particular order they are:

Gone With The Wind

Driving Miss Daisy

Bridge on the River Kwai (2nd movie I ever saw... 1st was Old Yeller!)

Sunset Blvd.

Schindler's List

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid

Platoon

Giant

Fargo

A Place In The Sun

Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

Easy Rider (Sorry, BR!!)

And the aforementioned Dr. Zhivago, Julie Christie was the most

beautiful woman EVER in the picture. Gorgeous.

:yh_dance

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:55 pm

Old sci-fi's Jives? What about:

The Day The Earth Stood Still

Klaatu, Barada, Nikto

:yh_alien

Jives · Post by **Jives** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 8:17 pm

valerie wrote: Old sci-fi's Jives? What about:

The Day The Earth Stood Still

Klaatu, Barada, Nikto

:yh_alien

(Jives slaps his forehead with his palm) WHAP!

How could I have forgotten that one???

(Jives walks away whistling the tune to "Bridge over the River Kwai")

koan · Post by **koan** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 8:20 pm

My daughter said her favourite is Tuck Everlasting but likes Spirited Away as a close second.

I recommend Spirited Away to anyone who enjoys animated films. Disney adapted it but left the original animation intact. Brilliant.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 8:22 pm

these are mine (NOT die hard Babyrider, the only action movie i like is true lies because it shows the seven-mile bridge in the keys being blown up, great scenery, but the tourists, for years, thought it REALLY had been blown and would ask how the heck to get to lower keys...LOL LOL...and i told them very naughty lies). so here are the movies that grab my heart....casablanca (you wore blue, the germans wore grey), sound of music for stirring patriotism and love story and the song edelweiss*sob*, key largo bogie and bacall together, four weddings and a funeral for the unlikely premise that an Englishman could fall in love with a yank

, jaws, i like the shark, finding nemo for its animation excellence, any version of a Christmas carol because the story is eternal and i love Dickens, chicago just fantastic, braveheart although it portrays the English as thugs and brutes, moonstruck because i AM cher at the Met, chicken run an absolutely hilarious satire, all disney animation right back to song of the south, and love actually~gatwick airport please!..SURPRISE! i'm a hopeless romantic!

A Karenina · Post by **A Karenina** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 8:25 pm

The new version of The Count of Monte Cristo...I loved the book, but I don't like how Hollywood changes it all. I'm pretty much a sucker for anything Dumas wrote (regardless of his sad psychological obession with his dad's imprisonment.)

Dr Zhivago - I admit that I throw pillows at the screen and demand to know why she puts up with him, but I do watch it, every time I know it's on.

Last of the Mohicans...I love the scene where Daniel Day Lewis is running through the forest hunting the deer, long hair flying. Sigh.

The Princess Bride. Makes me laugh myself silly. It's one movie I have to drink wine with, and I act out the part of the poisoned wine with my cat....ok, so I need a hobby! LOL

Fiddler on the Roof.

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 8:50 pm

Don't know of any movies with cocker spaniels in them... but how's

about the original The Incredible Journey for Rachelg?

:yh_wink

Post by **kensloft** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 9:16 pm

Almost any movie with Robin Williams... Good Morning Viet Nam... Good Will Hunting...

Popeye.

Stage Coach... jw... the man. The shores(?) of Iwo Jima... Rio Bravo

Bullit...Steve McQueen

Cheech And Chong... All the cops in Cheech's family loved them.

As soon as I think of more I'll be back.

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 9:31 pm

valerie wrote: Don't know of any movies with cocker spaniels in them
Uh, Val? How's about "Lady and the Tramp"? A Disney classic!!

I keep hearing Dr Zhivago mentioned here, and it's among my favorites, too. (Sorry to disillusion everyone, BR DOES have a romantic side). It was my parents 1st date movie, and where my first name comes from!

Other favorites: Forest Gump, Scarface, The Godfathers, Legends of the Fall, The Green Mile, Dances with Wolves, and the best 80's movie of ALL TIME: The Breakfast Club.

Post by **kensloft** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 9:35 pm

Sergeant York. GC

Mr. Deeds Goes To Washington.

Love Story

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 9:38 pm

Uh, BR, that one DID occur to me, but I just couldn't figger out how

to say it!!

Or, 101 Dalmations? Wonder if she's ever shown any of those...

:yh_think

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 9:42 pm

LOVE STORY....was living in Mass.at the time and liked the Harvard locales. but it sure was a puke-fest. sorry. it made me gag. but Ali Mcgraw did set some fashion standards for a while. i for one had long dark hair down to my butt and parted in the middle.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 10:23 pm

tmbsgrl wrote: My all time favorites are:

* Dirty Dancing

* Grease ( the first one)

* Green Mile

* Forest Gump

* Beauty and the Beast

LC, i do like Romeo and Juliet but i do not like Decaprio. I like Titanic also. But Dirty Dancing is my favorite above anything else. :-4

yeah, but i knew it would be something romantic! xoxoxox

Post by **kensloft** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 1:46 am

lady cop wrote: LOVE STORY....was living in Mass.at the time and liked the Harvard locales. but it sure was a puke-fest. sorry. it made me gag. but Ali Mcgraw did set some fashion standards for a while. i for one had long dark hair down to my butt and parted in the middle.

Considering the plot I could understand the puke. Guess it's a guy thing.

Post by **kensloft** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 1:50 am

I Love You Alice B Tonka

Alice's Restaurant

The Untouchables

Post by **kensloft** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 2:00 am

Blue Hawaii

Love Me Tender

Kissing Cousins

Sand Pebbles

Post by **kensloft** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 2:18 am

Bonnie and Clyde

Dillinger

39 Steps

The Birds

greydeadhead · Post by **greydeadhead** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 7:48 am

Casablanca... the all time greatest...

King Kong... the original, another classic

Caddyshack... Bill M's greatest movie... Carl rocks..

rachelg · Post by **rachelg** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 8:01 am

valerie wrote: Don't know of any movies with cocker spaniels in them... but how's

about the original The Incredible Journey for Rachelg?

:yh_wink
Hey what about Lady and the Tramp? I love old Disney movies, they always make me cry though

Post by **kensloft** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 1:52 pm

rachelg wrote: Hey what about Lady and the Tramp? I love old Disney movies, they always make me cry though

The Fisherking... RB

La Bamba

African Queen

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 2:26 pm

rachelg wrote: Hey what about Lady and the Tramp? I love old Disney movies, they always make me cry though :oOkay, now that YOU brought it up, yeah, how's about Lady and the Tramp?

I didn't wanna say it in case it didn't come out right over the 'puter

(smilies be danged!) and someone or several someones thought I was

being snide!

ACK!

:yh_worshp

Post by **kensloft** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 4:59 pm

Paint Your Wagon... Musical

High Noon... good old American way

Godzilla... miniatures that get us to higher places of looking real.

If anyone is going to remark on whether these are my favourites? They are> I like a lot of movies.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 7:58 pm

among my favorites i forgot to mention "the birdcage" with robin williams, nathan lane and hank azaria (whose cabana- boy-houseman portrayal was a fall down screaming laughing bit!)... and nathan lane stole the movie from robin williams, no small feat! the whole thing, with great south beach locales, was brilliantly funny, a remake of the old "la cage aux folles". if a drag queen theme doesn't offend you, you have to see it! ...................and i should have also mentioned Dr. Strangelove , which Anastrophe reminded of me today. the perfect satire. evil genius

koan · Post by **koan** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 8:20 pm

If you liked The Birdcage you should see, if you haven't, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. It's about some aging drag queens who are on their way to do a show with lots of ABBA music. Hugo Weaving pre-Matrix (Agent Smith)

Speaking of Matrix, add that to my list of favourites. First one only, though.

I dressed in a black trenchcoat for a month after I saw that...It's like Rambo meets Cirque de Soleil!!!!

BTW I did have clothes under the trenchcoat. No worries.

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 9:13 pm

Ya know, one that really got me was Goldfinger. I went with a friend to

see it when it came out... we were 12 I think don't remember how we

got in my parents would never have let me see it if they knew.

I remember she and I couldn't get over the fact that the woman in it

was named P***y Galore. Giggled about that one for a long time!

And Sean Connery with his Dom Perignon... sigh...

:yh_sigh

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 9:30 pm

hey Koan, yes i did see and enjoy Priscilla. good story on several levels. Valerie i never got into Bond. or Austin Powers. just not my thing i guess. odd, since i am an Anglophile and love an Englishman. but there's another thread i may have to start, British drama and comedy! wonderful stuff! ............well this goes WAY back...a silent movie called GREED. the thing was about 18 hours long by a german director. i taped it from PBS years ago. evidently it is a classic. well i watched the whole thing and it was the most convoluted and fantastic morality play that was ever written. i can't begin to describe it. but the journey of the protagonist right up to his demise was incredibly detailed and riveting. a silent movie, can you imagine??

Post by **kensloft** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 10:16 pm

Freud...

Saw it when I was 16 and didn't know who he was but I enjoyed it because it brought the world of medical psychiatry to me. Started me looking at people.

The Manchurian Candidate...

Frank Sinatra's original. When it came out. It was the first time that I could see the power of the martial art's punches and chops. Another psychological thriller using the power of the mind being taken over by them dirty commie basta**ds.

Wizard of Oz...

Judy Garland's voice and songs.

Never realized how prolific she was and I thought if there are any Garland fans then this'll make your eyes boggle and mind pop.

http://www.jgdb.com/muscred.htm#w

Bothwell · Post by **Bothwell** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 3:01 am

The bycicle thief

Godfather 1 & 2

Cabaret

The Green Mile

Shawshank Redemption

Cassablanca

Maltese Falcon

Wonderful Life

Blah blah blah, there are so many movies that I love

sorry to anyone who likes it but Love Story has to be the most turgid fare ever, I am of an age when that was a date movie. You sure as hell wanted to make sure that the lady in question would be "physically cooperative" after having to sit through that rubbish

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:21 am

Korbin Dallas wrote: How dissappointing that you didn't know that I took my user name from the lead character in one of my favorite films "Fifth Element" or was that too obvious for you?

yes, i often miss the OBVIOUS...however, i never saw "the Fifth Element".............i also failed to mention all 1379 FG members in my initial post.

Post by **kensloft** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 5:34 pm

Goober wrote: I can't believe that not one person mentioned the great and awe inspiring.. Weekend at Bernies
You'll just have to bear with us older types because there is a long list of films we all love. When you are here you will be doing the same thing telling the young 'un that you just haven't gotten there yet.

Jives · Post by **Jives** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:04 pm

Does anybody like those "Breakfast Club" type movies? We're learning the growth of the individual in my night school class so tonight we're watching 'Some Kind of Wonderful."

Great flick, snappy and heartfelt dialog! John Hughes movies rock!

Post by **kensloft** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:34 pm

Jives wrote: Does anybody like those "Breakfast Club" type movies? We're learning the growth of the individual in my night school class so tonight we're watching 'Some Kind of Wonderful."

Great flick, snappy and heartfelt dialog! John Hughes movies rock!
Breakfast Club propelled a few good stars into the ether. Some kind of Wonderful I'm not sure that I've seen. Sounds like a good reality check for people.

koan · Post by **koan** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:44 pm

I like some of the oddities like

Brazil

Monty Python's Holy Grail

Better Off Dead

and some of the risque/sexy films

Last Tango In Paris

The Sheltering Sky

and, yes

9 1/2 weeks.

capt_buzzard · Post by **capt_buzzard** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 3:31 pm

valerie wrote: I thought of one: Born Free, for Cassie!!!

Funny you should put Dr. Zhivago for AK, I have it on DVD and it's

one of my all time faves...

Another board I frequent just had a whole thread on Rin Tin Tin but

their search engine is really poor so I couldn't find it to share... pics

even!! Apparently the 10th generation of "Rinny" is owned by someone

on that board... pretty cool.

Here's my list, sorry tried to limit it to 10 but was just unable to, and

there are some I left off entirely as a space saving move!

No particular order they are:

Gone With The Wind

Driving Miss Daisy

Bridge on the River Kwai (2nd movie I ever saw... 1st was Old Yeller!)

Sunset Blvd.

Schindler's List

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid

Platoon

Giant

Fargo

A Place In The Sun

Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

Easy Rider (Sorry, BR!!)

And the aforementioned Dr. Zhivago, Julie Christie was the most

beautiful woman EVER in the picture. Gorgeous.

:yh_danceHey that's my list too:-6

rachelg · Post by **rachelg** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 9:06 pm

Ok, other than Lady and the Tramp, my favorite movies of all time are: Revenge of the Nerds (the first one), Gone with the Wind, E.T., Seabiscuit, It's a Wonderful Life, The Green Mile, and Ice Age

koan · Post by **koan** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 11:51 pm

A couple more for my list:

Dirty Dancing

Bladerunner (I worked with Sean Young a number of times, too)

Labyrinth

The Exorcist (scariest movie ever made)

favourite Disney movie...The Rescuers