Heres mine, I couldn;t get a legit top 10 without leaving out some favourites.
Braveheart
The Patriot
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Gladiator
One flew over the Cuckoo's nest
Cheech and chong- still smokin
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Zoolander
LOTR trilogy
Nap Dyn
Anchorman
Walk the Line
Princess Diaries (nah not really )
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15 movies you hope are on your next flight from Heathrow
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15 movies you hope are on your next flight from Heathrow
Last edited by big mac on Sun Aug 13, 2006 2:21 am, edited 1 time in total.
I'm sure we have been down this road before, but I enjoy it.
Pulp Fiction Hard Days Night Dirty Harry The Godfather I & II Ferris Bueller's Day Off Ben Hur Dick Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Dr. Stragelove Taxi Driver Major League The Big Lebowski Patton Tokyo Olympiad Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Patton
The Day of the Jackal The Deer Hunter Animal House Caddyshack There's Something About Mary Kelly's Heroes A River Runs Through It A Few Good Men (only for the last 10 minutes) Trading Places I'll stop at 10
Pulp Fiction
Animal House Breaking Away Grand Prix Godfather Godfather II Last Train From Gun Hill High Noon Doctor Strangelove Chariots of Fire The Sting That's 11 off the top of my head, not in preferential order.
I love movie so much i cant go to the the anymore because im afraid the whole time someone might talk and its my church. But anyway i was thinking about the movies that touched me the most, not so much my favorite flicks, but the ones the changed my life for ever. Here they are-
Wizard of OZ- At 5 years old it was there first terror film i ever saw. SUMMER OF 42-a young boy falls in love with a beautiful Jennifer O' neil. It took me years to get over her. The Day The Earth Stood Still[/size]- the first sci-fi with a brain and a heart. Jaws- [/size]never seen anything like it before and neither had anyone else! Aliens[/size]-never seen anything like it ect.ect. The Deer Hunter[/size]- brillant and bitter. Patton[/size]- so horribley real. Close encounters of the third kind[/size]- the first movie about aliens that made me think-maybe? Raging Bull-[/size] a perfect movie-landmark Clockwork Orange-[/size] seeing this at 16 years old was quite an eye opener. My older brother, the artist insisted we see it. Monty Python and the holy Grail-[/size] i didnt know movies this silly could be made. Silence of the Lambs[/size]- still cant watch it again- i cant go back there ever. Lawrence of Arabia-[/size] classic, beautiful. My fav. actor gives his first and maybe best preformance. Open Range[/size]- A cowboy movie that is so real and exciting but nobody saw it. Saving Private Ryan[/size]- again so very real and a must watch to honor those who gave their life.
Yes, we have done this before and we all put different ones every time. Here's my current T10. I have taught a Film Analysis class in high school and college, and I've shown all of these at one time or another as examples of movie-making at its very best.
Apocalypse Now - my favorite Batman Begins - best fantasy Blade Runner - best sci-fi Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - best buddy flick Goldfinger - essential Bond Lord of the Rings – Return of the King - best made picture, surpassing Citizen Kane Memento - best mind-blower One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - best actor ever Raiders of the Lost Ark - best story Seabiscuit - works on FOUR different levels! [edited for egregious 'typo'] Last edited by tafnut on Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:55 am, edited 1 time in total.
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Das Boot The Birds Kingpin Trainspotting When We Were Kings Get Carter Being John Malkovich Blowup The Usual Suspects Sideways Fargo The Last Seduction I'll stop now - could stretch to 50....
In some sort of rough order:
Dr. Strangelove In the Heat of the Night Breaking Away Saving Private Ryan American Graffiti The Godfather M*A*S*H Das Boot Animal House Raiders of the Lost Ark Anyone planning to tally up the votes for a TAFNEWS Message Board Top Ten?
At the risk of parsing words too closely, the subject line is too broad.
Is one asking what we think are the BEST movies of all time (in the sense of doing a critique), or the ones we'd want the most to watch again (and again, as in the desert island scenario). My two lists wouldn't be remotely similar.
gh, that definition is up to the individual. My favorites, in no particular order:
La Vita E Bella (Life is Beautiful) Casablanca Raiders of the Lost Ark The Sting Clerks The Muppet Movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail On The Waterfront The Princess Bride Back to the Future
Following tafnut's concept
The best ever - La Grand Illusion Fantasy/Sci-fi - Star Wars Megafilm - War and Peace (Bondarchuks) Action - Die Hard Ultimate mindless entertainment - Dumb and dumber Being thrown back to college - Animal House Gangster satire - Pulp fiction Animated for children - Monsters, Inc. Blowing your mind - Usual suspects Ugliest - Caligula Acrobatic old - Harold Lloyd Acrobatic new - Jackie Chan Sport - Rocky (original) Artistic - La Strada Fairy tale - Princess Bride Best background music - Amadeus
The Magnificent 7
Duel (first movie of Spielberg) Rollerball (first one) The Graduate Cool Hand Luke The Hustler In the Heat of the Night Pretty Woman The Godfather Dr. Strangelove Bullitt Great chase The Money Pit (doesn't this apply to all of us) When will it get done? 2 weeks! phil weishaar chapman kansas where it was 108 today
I must say, 3 films I could add to my list are...
The Graduate (loved the soundtrack) Rainman (great acting) Shawshank Redemption (watched it 5 times for school, still like it!) Last edited by big mac on Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:00 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Great choices big mac!
Rashomon
Dr. Strangelove Monty Python and the Holy Grail The Producers (the original w/ Zero Mostel) The Silent World (Jacques Cousteau's) Citizen Kane Goodfellows Downfall Harakiri The Ladykillers (w/ Alec Guinness) Someone should start a list of the 25 best or favorite films so that we could all add. How do you limit yourself to only 10. This is more of an off-season exercise anyway.
Hmm, let's see.
Star Wars I Star Wars II Star Wars III (my favorite) Star Wars IV Star Wars V Star Wars VI Monty Python: Quest for the Holy Grail Bourne Supremacy X-Men 3 Ocean's 11
Im amazed at how many movies other listed were on my favorite list... I would add Terminator I to the list ... and I would also add Ben Hur as a great Classic. ... I just watched the Truman Show and it was great...
Do you recommend taking a trip to London? C'mon the trilogy is awesome. I don't watch them non-stop, but you can't go wrong with some of the most lucrative films in history.
Since the original posting was for the 10 to 15, and since 5 minutes after I posted yesterday I realized to my dismay that I'd left off Paths of Glory, I'll add 5 more to my list to get to 15.
Paths of Glory Z Annapurna Attack! The Seven Samurai
Ill go back and read your list... confession of a bad habit, I tend to fire off a post before reading all the threads... Next time I am on the west coast Im going to take you up on that offer and Ill bring the steaks and beer.!.. Thanks Badhammy you're the best.. also The Big Lebowski was a riot..
Bad Hammy is moving up in the world. First he established a fan club of Pulp Fiction, now you two have one for Ben Hur. WOW :-).
And The Big Lebowski. Next up, Dirty Harry . . . and everyone is invited over to watch all four on the Big Kahuna . . . paulthefan has the beer and steaks . . . I have the BBQ and spirits . . . anyone else??
With all four essential food groups covered, how can anybody not accept such an invitation. Just throw Dumb and dumber in the mix.
A few of my all-time faves that I'd love to see again and that I don't think have previously been mentioned.
He Who Must Die (Dassin) King of Hearts (de Broca) The Maltese Falcon The Bridge on the River Kwai The Horse's Mouth
He Who Must Die ia a Kazantzakis' masterpiece, perhaps even more artistic than Zorba the Greek.
And "King of Hearts" is a really wonderful film. I saw it in a theater, years ago, probably at the New Varsity in Palo Alto. In the last year, I found that the library had a copy (can't remember video or DVD). The movie has legs. I was thinking about my list (did the title of the thread change?), but got sidetracked with EC and AC results. I'll think about it. At one time, my two favorite movies were single letter jobs, Z and M. A couple years ago, I rewatched Z. I couldn't figure out what was wrong. It was not nearly so gripping as when I saw it in the early '70s. About half way through, I realized that whoever put out the DVD had dubbed the damn thing. The original, with subtitles worked better for me.
As for going to Heathrow, I'm not sure I am ever going to fly again. It's not the fear of terrorism, it's that air travel quality has just gotten worse, and worse and I really have to steel myself to get on a plane. I've just about decided to bag Osaka, cause I just don't want to spend that much time on a plane, with no amenities. Maybe things will be better for Berlin '08. Doubt that the flight will, but it will be shorter.
[quote="Pego"][quote="tandfman"]A few of my all-time faves that I'd love to see again and that I don't think have previously been mentioned.
The Maltese Falcon Best line: " This is coin of the realm. One dollar of it is worth ten dollars of talk. "
Jules Dassin has died at the age of 96. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/01/movie ... obituaries
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