Great Movies Thread

[trackaghost]

Originally Posted by Serrart

Another Kitano fan? He's fantastic, in my opinion, Zatoichi was beautiful too.

Romy

Absolutely. I went through a phase of watching lots of Japanese movies and Kitano definitely came out tops with me.
I loved Zatoichi too. And have you seen Brother? It's such a superb gangster movie.

I love the fact he'll star in something like Battle Royale then turn around and make something as poignant as Kikujuro.

[wondergirl9847]

Looks like a bunch of us like a lot of the same movies. Also, there are lots of movies I like, but aren't my faves.

Toy Story (1 and 2, but 1 is my ultimate fave)
Robin Hood: POT
Shawshank Redemption
Dirty Dancing
The Odd Couple
9 to 5
The Breakfast Club
A Christmas Story
Arsenic and Old Lace
A Streetcar Named Desire
Paper Moon
Back to the Future
Son-In-Law (shut up, it's still funny. "Hey, uh, Crotch.." "Crawl!" BWAH! I'm gonna miss Lane Smith. )

[Serrart]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

Absolutely. I went through a phase of watching lots of Japanese movies and Kitano definitely came out tops with me.
I loved Zatoichi too. And have you seen Brother? It's such a superb gangster movie.

I love the fact he'll star in something like Battle Royale then turn around and make something as poignant as Kikujuro.

Brother is great, he's able to reinvent genres, IMO. Also, his eclectism is really remarkable: he's not gifted only as a director or as an actor but also as a painter, his paintings in Hana-Bi were beautiful.

Romy

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by Stephanie

Absolutely! That movie is frickin hilarious!!!! Anyone who has not seen it MUST SEE IT!

Okay, I'll add it to my list.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by Serrart

-The Remains OF The Day - My favourite actor and my favourite actress, who make together an amazing movie couple.
thoroughly when I watched it the first time.

Romy

I just saw her in that episode of Cheers where she plays the kiddie entertainer who is obsessed with Frasier. She is great, and can really sing.

Originally Posted by Serrart

-Adam's Rib/Pat and Mike - Hepburn-Tracy... need I say more?


Romy

I almost listed Pat & Mike, which I have on video. I bought it originally because Alice Marble has a cameo, and I loved her book.

- Jake

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

I love Fear & Loathing. I'm more of a Gilliam fan than Thompson though, but I thought he definitely captured the spirit of his writing.

Dr. Thompson holds a very special place in my heart.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

Paper Moon

I forgot about this one. That and The Last Picture Show are Bogdonavich's masterpeices. Plus I love the fact they are shot in black & white.

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by Claudia

- Rebecca

I almost listed this one.

BTW, I thought we were supposed to explain our picks? That would be helpful to those of us who don't know/haven't seen all these movies, if folks wouldn't mind the extra work.

- Jake

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally Posted by darklinensuit

BTW, I thought we were supposed to explain our picks? That would be helpful to those of us who don't know/haven't seen all these movies, if folks wouldn't mind the extra work.

I'm too lazy to explain so you get links to professionally written plot summary

[diamondsnake]

The Story of Us is my favorite movie of all time. Everybody go rent it!

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by diamondsnake

The Story of Us is my favorite movie of all time. Everybody go rent it!

Is that Michelle Pfeiffer?

- Jake

[amoscascott]

My all time favorite movie has to be Grease, followed by That was then, This is now. I also loved the old Thin Man movies, and cant wait to rewatch them when they are finally released next month on dvd.

[Claudia]

Originally Posted by darklinensuit

I almost listed this one.

BTW, I thought we were supposed to explain our picks? That would be helpful to those of us who don't know/haven't seen all these movies, if folks wouldn't mind the extra work.

- Jake

Oh, I love 'Rebecca'. Judith Anderson as Mrs. Danvers is haunting.

Mm... I didn't want to be bother explaining the movies, but since you say so, I now have an excuse -

- All About Eve - The dialogues, the actors, the carachters, the story. Everything is great in it.
- Arsenic And Old Lace - You've got to love those two aunts.
- Breakfast At Tiffany’s - Holly Golightly is probably my favourite movie carachter.
- Bringing Up Baby
- Gone With The Wind - I've only seen it once... And I don't think I'd need to watch it again (althoug I'm sure I will). Quite unforgetable. From the carachters to the music.
- It’s A Wonderful Life - Such a sweet, light-hearted movie.
- Oscar and Lucinda - Well, I must admit that I'd watch anything that had Ralph Fiennes in it, but I really like this movie, especially the first half of it.
- The Petrified Forest - Great performances by Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis and Leslie Howard... But my favourite carachter has to be Gabrielle's slightly crazy grandfather (Charley Grapewin). I'm not sure why, but I tend to always like the supporting carachters the most.
- The Philadelphia Story - Three of my great actors together (James Stewart, Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant) plus a funny little sister and a cynical photographer. Couldn't be better!
- Psycho
- Rear Window - One of my favourite Hitchcock movies.
- Rebecca
- Roman Holiday - Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck are charming. A sweet story.
- A Streetcar Named Desire - Great performances.
- Victor/ Victoria - Robert Preston and Leslie Ann Warren are extremely funny.

[diamondsnake]

Originally Posted by darklinensuit

Is that Michelle Pfeiffer?

- Jake

Yup (and she just so happens to be my favorite actress)

I just think that movie is amazing... funny, dramatic, beautifully filmed.

[AliceLover]

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