I don't know if this thread's been made before, and can't remember if it has, so let's try it out!

What is/are your favorite movie(s)? AND why?


I'll name some of my favorites, in no particular order:

Saving Private Ryan

The Big Lebowski

Apocalypse Now

Pan's Labyrinth

Napoleon Dynamite

Full Metal Jacket

A Clockwork Orange

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My reasons? Instead of doing in-depth critiques of each one (since that would take forever), I will just be general about it.

They're all well made! They all do what they are supposed to do for me (make me laugh, cry, stay addicted to the screen). The acting is very good.


Your turn! :]

Ah man too many to mention, here's a few to start out with and I'll post more as the come to me.

City of God
King of New York
Dazed and Confused
Blow

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Hi KRAD, at last a movie thread.
Well as long as they are not supposed to be the best ones but some of them. And most of all some of my favorites, here's a short list.

-Saving Private Ryan. This is the only movie ever, that I had to take a walk after seeing it just to calm down.

-The French Revolution (Parts 1 and 2). They rapped up a lot a good actors in a well made film about an important part of the world history.

-The color purple. Missing pages in my knowledge of the North American history.

-The guitar by Amy Redford. A no bulls**t story about the loss of self identity and redemption.

-Blade Runner. Anything that promotes Phillip K. Dick.

-The Straight Story. Give the man thirty years less and he could have turn the world upside down.

-Dances with wolves. Like Kevin Costner once said:"I like long movies". Seriously I love this one because I discovered Costner with that movie.

I could go on forever because I could say something positive about any film that I ever saw in my life. I am also a big fan of old movies and movies from all over the world.
I also second your list except for Napoleon Dynamite because I never saw this one. See ya KRAD.
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Same here but I will go by what I have seen the most.
God Father
God Father 2
On The Waterfront
Sparticus
Taxi Driver
Good Fellas
Paths of Glory
This is Spinal Tap
King of Kings
Ten Commandments

Too many to choose really, and Taxi Driver and Apocalypse Now have already been mentioned, but here are a few off the top of my head...


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Quite possibly my favorite movie of all time is Sons of the Desert (1933) starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. This is the best movie ever made about the relationships men have with their friends and their wives.

Some of my other favorites:

Bedazzled (1967). Peter Cook and Dudley Moore at their best. If you only know the insipid remake, you must check out the brilliant original.

This is Spinal Tap (1984), Best in Show (2000) and Waiting for Guffman (1996). I really love "mockumentary" comedies. Christopher Guest is a genius. And Spinal Tap is a must-see for all musicians.

Bullets Over Broadway (1994). A lesser-known Woody Allen masterpiece. Dianne Wiest steals every scene she appears in.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966). A wonderful musical comedy starring Zero Mostel.

Manhattan Melodrama (1934). John Dillinger was shot coming out of the theater after this movie. A wonderful tear-jerker starring William Powell, Myrna Loy and Clark Gable.

Metropolis (1927). One of the most visually stunning films ever made. Check out the F.W. Murnau Studios restored version.

Nosferatu (1922). The first great vampire film is still terrifying.

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). Music, comedy, and George Clooney channeling Clark Gable. A delight.

Oscar (1991). This gangster comedy starring Sylvester Stallone was based on a French play. It was a flop because Stallone fans didn't know what to make of it. A real gem.

The Producers (1968). Mel Brooks directed Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. Another great comedy that didn't need to be remade.

Tortilla Flat (1942). A light-hearted adaptation of the John Steinbeck novel starring John Garfield, Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr. Frank Morgan turns in the performance of his career as the Pirate.

Tropic Thunder (2008). The hilarious story of the greatest war movie never made.

True Stories (1986). David Byrne took a bunch of stories from supermarket tabloids and set them in a small Texas town. Features Talking Heads music sung by other people.

Young Frankenstein (1974). I've seen this movie a hundred times, and I always laugh.

I also like just about anything by Woody Allen, the Coen Brothers or Christopher Guest

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the outlaw josey wales - too many quotes to count, and an excellent story.
the passion - i loved the way mel gibson zeroed in on what mary was going through while her Son completed his earthly task.
kelly's heroes - there's an absolute genius audio-only incerpt in the scene toward the end of the movie when savalas (big joe), sutherland (odd-ball) and eastwood (kelly) are going to talk to the german tiger driver that i'll be willing to bet NOBODY but me and the writers have ever noticed.
too many others... did i mention road to perdition? ben hur? gladiator? baby snakes? the good the bad and the ugly, the untouchables? journey to the center of the earth? the lord of the rings trilogy? cukoo's nest? pulp fiction? terminator 2 - judgment day? sin city?... i gotta go...

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My definition of a favorite movie is one I can watch through then go straight back to the beginning and watch again. I have honestly done that with all of these:

The Third Man
Our Man In Havana
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Life Of Brian
The Seven Samurai
Pinocchio
The Kids Are Alright
The Seven Year Itch
Get Carter (original version, obviously)
The Incredibles (yes, really!)

Cheers - C

I quite liked this one-



But I'm usually happy with any Kev Smith stuff.

As far as my suprise film from an actor I dont really like too much



My alltime favourite ever



I watched Hancock the other night. I liked the main body of the film, tremendous idea. The ending let it down a bit though.

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One of the great movie soundtracks!

And thank you for reminding me of North By Northwest - that's the one that's missing from my list. One of the leanest pieces of movie making ever - not a surplus inch of film or word of dialogue in that one.

Cheers - C

Local Hero. Simply the greatest film ever.

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I also very much like the opposite approach to film making. I love the expansiveness of Sergio Leone's films - exactly what Clint says he didn't like about them. (Though Once Upon A Time In America is too slow even for me!)

And I love that long, long shot that closes The Third Man - which Orson Wells fulminated against in a famous interview.

But Hitch is a supreme example of the other end of the spectrum, the ultra-lean approach. And North By Northwest is the best of the lot to my taste. And it has Cary Grant and James Mason, after all!

Good call.

Cheers - C