Favorite Movie

[gretchen]

Mine has to be Annie Hall by Woody Allen.

[Gailh]

Casablanca

Gail

[David]

Kiss Me Deadly

[LiamMcConville]

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[dnightshade]

It would really have to depend on my mood but I could pretty much always watch:

In the Company of Wolves
Alice in Wonderland (any version)
Gothic

I know, it's three not one.

[trackaghost]

Mine has to be Annie Hall by Woody Allen.

Not Interview With The Vampire?

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For real?

[LiamMcConville]

For real?


Yes. :distress::(

[LiamMcConville]

No they are good movies, just not what I expected.


Btw, my real favourite movies are Harold & Maude, Rushmore, Brazil, Jaws, A Touch Of Evil, Night Of The Hunter and Harvey.
Actually maybe It's A Wonderful Life too.


Okay. :lol: Why didn't you expcet them?

And honestly, The Working Girl is an awful movie, I just love it because it represents everything that was ridiculous about the eighties and early nineties. The good times I missed out on. :(

Music of the Heart is just amazing though. I love me some Meryl Streep.

[trackaghost]

Okay. :lol: Why didn't you expcet them?

And honestly, The Working Girl is an awful movie, I just love it because it represents everything that was ridiculous about the eighties and early nineties. The good times I missed out on. :(

Music of the Heart is just amazing though. I love me some Meryl Streep.

Working Girl is great! Funny, smart, brilliant comic performances. I'm old enough to have seen it in the cinema when it first came out too.

I guess I didn't expect those choices from you because they are the sort of movies my mum would cite as her faves. I think when I was your age my favourites were angsty teen stuff like Heathers, Pump Up The Volume (I even had the soundtrack!) and The River's Edge.

[LiamMcConville]

Working Girl is great! Funny, smart, brilliant comic performances. I'm old enough to have seen it in the cinema when it first came out too.

I guess I didn't expect those choices from you because they are the sort of movies my mum would cite as her faves. I think when I was your age my favourites were angsty teen stuff like Heathers, Pump Up The Volume (I even had the soundtrack!) and The River's Edge.

:lol: Lucky you! My favorite line is when Sigourney Weaver is talking about Jack proposing, and she's listening reasons, the last of which is: "I am, after all...Me. Gets me every time! :]

I don't know. Teen movies these day's suck. I suppose American Pie is to us what, hm, Star Wars or Sixteen Candles was to you. And when I think "great movie," American Pie doesn't come to mind. :laugh:

[bretonbanquet]

Many of my favourite films have an alarming tendency to be remade really really badly :mad:

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But hopefully not all will end up that way :(

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[David]

I think when I was your age my favourites were angsty teen stuff like Heathers, Pump Up The Volume (I even had the soundtrack!) and The River's Edge.When I was a teen, my favorite movies were of the French poetic-realist school: Renoir's "Les Bas-Fonds" & "Nana" & the Carné-Prévert "Le Jour Se Lève" & "Drôle de Drame." But as an adult, you must put away childish things, so I outgrew those films & moved on in my early 20s to the Technicolor Bavarian snickerdoodles of Powell & Pressburger: "The Tales of Hoffmann," "Black Narcissus" & "The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp." :mad:

Now in my rapidly advancing twilight, I prefer the tense, embalmed mise en scène of Douglas Sirk: "All That Heaven Allows," "Written on the Wind" & "Magnificent Obsession."

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[michelle2677]

in this order

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and tied for third place-

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[LiamMcConville]

in this order


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Love this movie. Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman in the same movie? Sheer perfection. If only they worked Meryl Streep and Anthony Hopkins in there too.

[Miss Vicky]

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[rbs3676]

ALL ABOUT EVE

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[mylittledemon]

Mine has to be Annie Hall by Woody Allen.

Thats so hard to pick just one. If I had to...mmm...it would probably be "Lawrence of Arabia."

Other faves include..."Batman" (the one w/ Michael Keaton)..."Aliens" (Sigourney weaver kicking arse!)..."Ghostbusters"..."Back to the Future"...the list goes on...

[suzyvermoesen]

In random order:

Rosemary's Baby
Yours,Mine and Ours (with Lucille Ball)
Father of the Bride ( the one with Spencer Tracy)
Into the wild
Excalibur
The Cider House Rules (in fact, any Lasse Halstrom movie)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

[gretchen]

Not Interview With The Vampire?



For real?

hmm, Interview was good, but a bit too Hollywoodish with the casting choices and not darkly brooding enough for me:D

[GardenStateGirlie]

i have a lot of favorite films...most of which i own...

la femme d'Ã* côte
six degrees of separation
brighton beach memoirs
looking for alibrandi
heathers
indochine
ridicule
huit femmes
amélie
elizabeth
gone with the wind
broadcast news

...i could go on.

[vermicious knid]

My very favorite movie:
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This picture was taken the first time the opening scenes of Gone With the Wind were filmed. The producer wanted it filmed with a different dress, so months later it was filmed again. It is the second version that is in the film.

[JazmenFlowers]

I hate lists like this. but, if someone had a gun to my head right now I'd say Sordid Lives.

[Sarah]

i don't watch movies a lot, but these are my all-time favorites, i guess:

pulp fiction
natural born killers
kill bill vol. 1
kill bill vol. 2
wayne's world
wayne's world 2
grandma's boy
the parent trap (the good one, with hayley mills and maureen o'hara)
the quiet man
mclintock
tombstone

and, of course...

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harvey!

[strandinthewind]

. . . I'd say Sordid Lives.

Lord Child - I do not know which one I'd be in that if they had to cast me, though I think the Delta Burke character likely would be it :eek:

Fabulous movie!

[CelticGypsy]

My favorites:

Barefoot in the Park
The Notebook
A Knight's Tale - RIP Heath:(
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Great Gatsby

[JazmenFlowers]

Lord Child - I do not know which one I'd be in that if they had to cast me, though I think the Delta Burke character likely would be it :eek:

Fabulous movie!
I'd be Sissy for sure.

btw, you do know they are taping a series to air on Logo with most of the original cast. Ty in the series will be played by Jason something. he married Del Shores in 2003 and his hometown is about 20 minutes from me.

[shackin'up]

The Holy Grail

[darklinensuit]

In no particular order:

Europa, Europa
When Harry Met Sally
Fiddler on the Roof
Tootsie
Harold and Maude (though I have mixed feelings about the ending)
Crossing Delancey
Airplane
Born Free
North by Northwest
The Fugitive
The Princess Bride
The Muppet Movie
Mary Poppins
The Others
To Kill a Mockingbird
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
The Return of Martin Guerre
Defending Your Life
Die Hard
My Bodyguard
Overboard
Paper Moon
Modern Times

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

The Holy Grail

Wow, I hadn't figured you for the religious type. ;)

- Jake

[SuzeQuze]

Working Girl is great! Funny, smart, brilliant comic performances. I'm old enough to have seen it in the cinema when it first came out too.

I guess I didn't expect those choices from you because they are the sort of movies my mum would cite as her faves. I think when I was your age my favourites were angsty teen stuff like Heathers, Pump Up The Volume (I even had the soundtrack!) and The River's Edge.

How dark is River's Edge? I loved that movie.

My favorite movie is Groundhog Day.

[SuzeQuze]

hmm, Interview was good, but a bit too Hollywoodish with the casting choices and not darkly brooding enough for me:D

I thought Brad played Louis quite dark and brooding. Cruise was okay as Lestat but I would've loved to see someone else in that role. He just didn't have the stature for it but he did a decent job. Although now that I know how psycho he is that is hard to admit. ;) Antonio was great as ... crap, what's-his-name? Perfectly cast as seductive and cunning.

[Stew_Matthews]

I thought Brad played Louis quite dark and brooding. Cruise was okay as Lestat but I would've loved to see someone else in that role.

Of course the film had to be changed a bit when River Phoenix died as he was due to be in it - in fact didn't they begin filming with him in it? I can't remember now what part he was slated for but I recall they rewrote some of it after his death.

I always thought that Pitt and Cruise would have been better swapping roles in the film.

My favourites change but I tend to keep watching

The Pianist (favourite sad one)
The Unforgiven (favourite cowboy)
Chinatown
Apocalypse Now
Dogville


I tend to watch those most months.

[carrie721]

Apocalypse Now

oh man. good movie but once in this lifetime was enough for me :laugh:

[gretchen]

I thought Brad played Louis quite dark and brooding. Cruise was okay as Lestat but I would've loved to see someone else in that role. He just didn't have the stature for it but he did a decent job. Although now that I know how psycho he is that is hard to admit. ;) Antonio was great as ... crap, what's-his-name? Perfectly cast as seductive and cunning.

Well, you're right Antonio Banderas was right on as Armand, but I would have liked to see Julian Sands as Lestat and someone lesser known as Louis..but I did like the movie.

[GardenStateGirlie]

The Great Gatsby

forgot this one. also a favorite of mine as is the novel.

[SuzeQuze]

Of course the film had to be changed a bit when River Phoenix died as he was due to be in it - in fact didn't they begin filming with him in it? I can't remember now what part he was slated for but I recall they rewrote some of it after his death.

I always thought that Pitt and Cruise would have been better swapping roles in the film.

My favourites change but I tend to keep watching

The Pianist (favourite sad one)
The Unforgiven (favourite cowboy)
Chinatown
Apocalypse Now
Dogville


I tend to watch those most months.

Christian Slater took the role River was slated for - the interviewer. I'm not sure if they started with River or changed anything, I can't remember. I think I might have to watch that one again soon. I agree, I thought Brad would've made a better Lestat. He wasn't a big enough star at the time though. Depp probably would've been excellent as he is so talented, dark, and nearly pretty.

[Stew_Matthews]

oh man. good movie but once in this lifetime was enough for me :laugh:

......yes it aint really Walt Disney is it:laugh:

Sadly my best friend and I can do the entire dialogue for about the first hour and a half cos we watched it so much. Even now we do bits of it but with better American accents. A classic film but I don't find it as stomach churning as say Goodfellows. I can cope with people being shot but all that beating people to a pulp is very unpleasant:laugh:! Dogville is the one I have to get psyched up for. A really tough film!

[David]

ChinatownForget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.

[buckymcnix]

My Life as A Dog
Brother from Another Planet
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

[TheBlueLamp]

Carrie
Psycho
Dawn Of The Dead (both versions)

[gretchen]

okay since we're doing more than just one:

A Perfect Murder
Wall Street
Romancing The Stone
The American President
Wonder Boys
The Game
Disclosure
The Ninth Gate
The Jackal (Richard Gere)
Scent Of A Woman
Some Kind Of Wonderful
The Abyss
Salem's Lot
Underworld
Ladyhawke
Wolf
Heat
Unfaithful
The Omen (Gregory Peck)
...and so many more

[dnightshade]

Well, you're right Antonio Banderas was right on as Armand, but I would have liked to see Julian Sands as Lestat and someone lesser known as Louis..but I did like the movie.

Are you kidding??? Did you read the book? Armand was supposed to be a very youthful (teenage) vampire. Don't get me wrong, I love Antonio Banderas - he is damn hot!! But Armand was not Latino neither. It was total miscasting. That whole movie sucked 'cuz the casting was so bad. Louis was suppose to be a tall slim dark-haired man. Lestat was a blonde - Tom Cruise bit!!!! Julian Sands was Anne Rice's initial choice but they waited so long to make the movie JS had gotten too old. That whole movie was a total letdown to Anne Rice fans who had read the book. Worse book-to-film ever! I was living in NO when they filmed it - my house is in the movie - and everyone was saying how horirble it turned out. 13 y/o Kirsten Dunst as Claudia?? Claudia was supposed to be 5 years old. It sucked!

[mylittledemon]

okay since we're doing more than just one:

A Perfect Murder
Wall Street
Romancing The Stone
The American President
Wonder Boys
The Game
Disclosure


Yer a Michael Douglas fan! I think "The Game" is awesome. And "Wonder Boys" is pure class.

[David]

That whole movie sucked 'cuz the casting was so bad.Oh, the problems with that film run far deeper than the casting! :eek::] :angel:

[strandinthewind]

AND NOW IT'S SPRINGTIME FOR HITLER AND GERMANY!

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Yes, perhaps not as good as this one:

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but, John Barrowman is without flaw to these eyes and ears~!

Also -- the Ziegfeldesq girls with sausages and pretzels in their headdresses are sublime.

[strandinthewind]

Are you kidding??? Did you read the book? Armand was supposed to be a very youthful (teenage) vampire. Don't get me wrong, I love Antonio Banderas - he is damn hot!! But Armand was not Latino neither. It was total miscasting. That whole movie sucked 'cuz the casting was so bad. Louis was suppose to be a tall slim dark-haired man. Lestat was a blonde - Tom Cruise bit!!!! Julian Sands was Anne Rice's initial choice but they waited so long to make the movie JS had gotten too old. That whole movie was a total letdown to Anne Rice fans who had read the book. Worse book-to-film ever! I was living in NO when they filmed it - my house is in the movie - and everyone was saying how horirble it turned out. 13 y/o Kirsten Dunst as Claudia?? Claudia was supposed to be 5 years old. It sucked!

They took liberties and Rice initially was pissed and said so publicly. But, she later recanted and said she liked it.

I lived in NOLA when they were filming it. It was way cool.

As for the movie, I thought that while it was different than the book, it, on its own, was good if not great. But, to each their own.

[gretchen]

Are you kidding??? Did you read the book? Armand was supposed to be a very youthful (teenage) vampire.

Well, I guess I got my ass kicked on that :laugh:

[gretchen]

Yer a Michael Douglas fan! I think "The Game" is awesome. And "Wonder Boys" is pure class.

How did you guess? :D.

[carrie721]

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[Richard B]

I love movie threads.

Course, having close to 400 DVD's at home, I would be so hard pressed to pick just one fav as I love all my movies for various reasons. But right now, I love:

Pan's Labyrinth
Corpse Bride
Chocolat
John Carpenter's The Thing
The Lives Of Others
Ratatouille

[dnightshade]

I love movie threads.

Course, having close to 400 DVD's at home, I would be so hard pressed to pick just one fav as I love all my movies for various reasons. But right now, I love:

Pan's Labyrinth
Corpse Bride
Chocolat
John Carpenter's The Thing
The Lives Of Others
Ratatouille

That is a GREAT movie! Add it to my list, too. I was just talking about that w some friends the other day. Kurt Russell at his gorgeous best! Just the suspense and everything - great acting, too.

[Richard B]

That is a GREAT movie! Add it to my list, too. I was just talking about that w some friends the other day. Kurt Russell at his gorgeous best! Just the suspense and everything - great acting, too.

I just watched it 2 nights ago. Wow. The film packs a punch, a hard punch. Still gives me chills and freaks me out.

[Serrart]

Just three of the many:
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Romy

[skcin]

Like, ever? Just one? It's still gotta be Goodfellas for me. Runner-ups, off the top of my head:

Some Kind of Wonderful
The Breakfast Club
My Left Foot
Gone With the Wind
Imitation of Life (1930's version)
Little Women (Kate Hepburn version)
Grumpy & Grumpier Old Men
Silence of the Lambs
Dazed & Confused
Overboard
Awakenings

[vermicious knid]

Somebody had Europa Europa on their list. I watched it last night. It is about a jewish boy in the 1940's who is pretending to be Aryan. I thought the most powerful part was when he was riding the trolley through the ghetto, and looking through the filthy window, horrified at the conditions of his own people.

I did not know there had been such a thing as jewish ghettos right in the city. I thought you were either free or in a concentration camp in the country.

[GarboSpeaks!]

:thumbsup: I knew there was yet ANOTHER reason I loved you Paula.
Tied for 1st are:
Sid & Nancy or Goodfellas
I've seen them both easily 100x's or more, and can recite from start to finish. If they are on TV I can't turn them off. I LOVE these movies!
Runners up are:
Brazil (an equally fuginfantastic film that I can't complteley recite but GD it's a good one!)
The Handmaid's Tale (Bought it recently & revisited, it's not as disturbing as it was the 1st time I saw it, but it's still a good flick)
Miracle Mile Just a good movie. Great to speculate as it unfolds.
Movies that are some of my fav views, but I don't currently have them, and some I haven't seen in years...starting w/ one that I guess made it to DVD recently.
Baxter (The Talking Dog) For all of you into "off" films, this is a must. Not for the morally faint of heart though. Think Solendz's (sp?) "Happiness" ...another must see...you are so disturbed by the fact that you are watching it, but there is not a snowballs chance in hell you'll turn it off.
"The Quiet Earth"-Sorta Omega Man/I am Legend but w/out the Zombies.
Classics include All About Eve, Imitation of Life & Grand Hotel.

[darklinensuit]

Somebody had Europa Europa on their list. I watched it last night. It is about a jewish boy in the 1940's who is pretending to be Aryan. I thought the most powerful part was when he was riding the trolley through the ghetto, and looking through the filthy window, horrified at the conditions of his own people.

That was I. IMO it's one of the very few excellent movies on the Holocaust. I will soon be revising a paper on it, specifically on how the makers depart from the book in just about every (biographical) detail but still promote it as a "true story."

I did not know there had been such a thing as jewish ghettos right in the city.

Ghettoization was a major stage in the execution of the Final Solution in eastern Europe - the Nazis did not really attempt it in the west.

The most famous one was in Warsaw, & you might remember the (really bad) David Schwimmer TV-movie, "Uprising", depicting the revolt there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_ghetto_uprising

I thought you were either free or in a concentration camp in the country.

It's estimated that over 2 million (of the 6 million) were executed by mobile killing squads, locals, etc. - sometimes in mass shootings into rivers or ditches, such as at Baba Yar in Ukraine, or as depicted in the otherwise weak movie, Everything is Illuminated. Several million died in the death camps, and a smaller number in the concentration camps.

As for Europa, Europa, there was some controversy about the refusal to enter it into the Best Foreign Film category.
Thanks for the opportunity to write about it here.

- Jake