Film

[Lolicat]

So what are you favourite films guys? I'm something of a film nut, and spend most of my time watching films or looking up new ones, when I'm not looking for music. Probably my favourite films of all time are, in no particular order:

Battleship Potemkin
The Tracey Fragments
Hard Candy
Ghost World
What Have I Done to Deserve This?

[trench762]

too many to say, so here's just some that I love off the top of my head

A clockwork orange
Pulp Fiction
American Psycho
Equilibrium
Trainspotting
Requim for a Dream
Southland Tales
Goodfellas
Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Where the Buffalo Roam

[Lolicat]

That's a pretty good list, although I don't really like Goodfellas. Nor do I really enjoy Southland Tales, I felt it was too long and rambling, and the director verged heavily into the pedantic.

[nowimnothing]

Leon
Boondock Saints
Danny The Dog
Dancer In The Dark

[trench762]

ty, I'm just a big fan of Ray Liotta is why I threw goodfellas on the list, it is a little drawn out, southland tales I dunno just seeing John Lovitz, Cheri Otari and Sarah Michelle Gellar in those roles so different from what they are used to sold me on it.

[HappyCat]

****ing cats

[a21schizoidman]

A Clockwork Orange
Taxi Driver
Last House On the Left
Easy Rider
My Cousin Vinny
Superbad
Pineapple Express
Resevoir Dogs

[schmeankman]

My Cousin Vinny


Ha!

*high fives*

[Daemius]

Hmmm tough question, I have a lot, I'll list as many as I can off the top of my head:

Amadeus
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Pulp Fiction
Memento
The Matrix (first one only)
Underworld
Sin City
Glory
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Leon the Professional
The Fifth Element
The Terminator
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
The Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile
Cinema Paradiso
The Godfater I & II

[TopazDolphin]

^Pulp Fiction? Excellent!

Casablanca
The Shining
The Silence of the Lambs
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Jacob's Ladder
Empire Records
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Mystic River

I know there are more, but that's all I can think of atm.

[jacobB12`]

I liked 21 and i liked all 3 oceans movies (oceans 11, oceans 12, oceans 13)

[sa_nick]

Taken from my not so reliable facebook page...

Adaptation, Being John Malkovich, Eturnal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, American Beauty, Jarhead, Dogma, Clerks, Chasing Amy, Garden State, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Reservoir Dogs, Children of Men, Science of Sleep, The Emperors New Groove, I Am Sam, Harry Potter, Fight Club, Se7en, What About Bob?, most of the Pixar and Miyazaki films.

[trench762]

nice list nick, although I gotta question the emporers new groove inclusion, almost makes me wanna watch it. Haven't seen science of sleep either, guess I'll check those out at some point. Props to shiziod for including easy rider, another fav of mine I forgot all about.

[sg327]

"The Ghost and the Darkness"
"Silverado"
"Roadhouse"
"Pleasantville"
"Rio Bravo"
"A Night At the Opera"
"The Paleface"
"Son of Paleface"
"The Last Samurai"

[sa_nick]

nice list nick, although I gotta question the emporers new groove inclusion, almost makes me wanna watch it.

It's the funniest animated Disney movie ever. Sure Aladain etc were awesome when you were younger, and have nostalgic value now, but Emperors new Groove is legitimately funny.

[a21schizoidman]

It's the funniest animated Disney movie ever. Sure Aladain etc were awesome when you were younger, and have nostalgic value now, but Emperors new Groove is legitimately funny.
agreed

[citric_bullets]

A few off the top of my head

The Departed
This is Spinal Tap
The Simpsons Movie
V for Vendetta
The Graduate
Superbad
Pineapple Express
Toy Story
The Incredibles
Die Hard
Fight Club

[a21schizoidman]

This is Spinal Tap
The Graduate


i forgot to put those on my list


only problem with the Graduate is I couldn't listen to the sound of silence for about 2 months

[hawkofva]

K-PAX
The Terminal
Cast Away
Twister
Stargate: Continuum
The Fugitive
Die Hard
Pearl Harbor
Across the Universe

[polishdog90]

So what are you favourite films guys? I'm something of a film nut, and spend most of my time watching films or looking up new ones, when I'm not looking for music. Probably my favourite films of all time are, in no particular order:

Battleship Potemkin
The Tracey Fragments
Hard Candy
Ghost World
What Have I Done to Deserve This?

Hard candy was a great movie. The moment it ended I responded with a "WTF did I just watch?". I like movies that do that for me. I forgot the name of it until I read this thread so now I'm going to find it and watch it again. I kept trying to explain the movie to some of my friends, but you have to see it to understand it. I might check out some of your other favorites as well.

As for my favorites right now:
Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny
Dirty Pictures
Sean of the Dead
Dan in Real Life
This Is Spinal Tap
Fight Club
That Thing You Do!


I'm not very good at remembering movies I like (as previously mentioned), so I don't really keep a favorite list. If you ask me my favorites it usually consists of movies I have recently/semi-recently. I watch the indie and international film channels and I really enjoy a lot of the movies played on there, but I can never remember the names.

[Bobman32x]

The Lack of appreciation of Almost Famous in this thread is depressing. And you people call yourselfs fans of Rock. Greatest movie ever. especially if you have the "Untitled" Bootleg cut (its a real marketed DVD, not an actual illegal bootleg)

and eternal sunshine of a spotless mind

[Lolicat]

I'm a total Ellen Page fanboy, so I really stick all of her films (post-Wilby Wonderful, anything before which doesn't count) as my favourites. I don't think any modern actors have such a consistent record as her, same with Wes Anderson being a driector with a consistent record. I don't really love Tarantino as much as everyone else seems to. His best film was Jackie Brown to me, because I have a huge thing for old Blaxploitation films, his other work seems ok, but relies too much on explosive violence and irregular time flow, which is ok, but it's gotten old.

[AxlVanHagar]

In no particular order....

Star Wars (original trilogy)
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Halloween (1978)
Bladerunner
Lawrence of Arabia
Pulp Fiction
Fight Club
Raiders of the Lost Ark
E.T.
A Clockwork Orange
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Schindler's List
Munich
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
The Thing

That's all for now. I love the art of film and film making. That and music are my favorite art forms. Going by the above list you might say Spielberg and John Carpenter can do no wrong by me, and you'd pretty much be right. :D

[Lolicat]

Personally the only things by Spielberg I can stand are Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones and funding the Quatsi trilogy. I'm not really a fan of him otherwise.
Blade Runner is the best sci-fi film ever. I get teary every time I hear the Tannhauser Gate speech.

[AxlVanHagar]

His best film was Jackie Brown to me, because .

That one is my favorite too. I think Pulp Fiction is his best movie from a film making aspect and I never tire of watching it but Jackie Brown is incredibly under rated IMO.

[Lolicat]

That one is my favorite too. I think Pulp Fiction is his best movie from a film making aspect and I never tire of watching it but Jackie Brown is incredibly under rated IMO.

From a cinematographical view, Pulp Fiction is stronger on camera work, but to me Jackie Brown feel stronger scriptwise, and ahs some brilliant shots, like the introduction.

[AxlVanHagar]

From a cinematographical view, Pulp Fiction is stronger on camera work, but to me Jackie Brown feel stronger scriptwise, and ahs some brilliant shots, like the introduction.

Yup, agreed 100%.

[Lolicat]

Yup, agreed 100%.

It was The Graduate, that the introduction was taken from. Not a film I particularly love, but I enjoy that shot.

[AxlVanHagar]

It was The Graduate, that the introduction was taken from. Not a film I particularly love, but I enjoy that shot.

Heh he yea. I love trying to pick out shots and things that QT punk'd from somewhere else. His films are fun too watch while doing that.

[Lolicat]

A wonderful modern film is Wristcutters. In despite of the sensationalist title, it's a really involving and touching story.

[Gowienczyk]

Here's some of my favorite films to come to mind, I could do this list so much better, but you have it for now:

Harvey (1950)
Winchester '73 (1950)
The Pink Panther (1963)
Police Story (1985)
Silverado (1985)
The Living Daylights (1987)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
GoldenEye (1995)
The Postman (1997)
The Watcher (2000)
Sin City (2005)
The Departed (2006)
Flyboys (2006)
V for Vendetta (2006)
American Gangster (2007)
Disturbia (2007)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Doomsday (2008)
Eagle Eye (2008)
Vantage Point (2008)

...and those are just off the top of my head. Mostly I really like well written police dramas, westerns, post-apocalyptic films and a well paced comedy. I also love films with unique and conceptual visual imagery (Sin City, The Spirit, etc.)

[a21schizoidman]

In no particular order....

Star Wars (original trilogy)
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Halloween (1978)
Bladerunner
Lawrence of Arabia
Pulp Fiction
Fight Club
Raiders of the Lost Ark
E.T.
A Clockwork Orange
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Schindler's List
Munich
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
The Thing

That's all for now. I love the art of film and film making. That and music are my favorite art forms. Going by the above list you might say Spielberg and John Carpenter can do no wrong by me, and you'd pretty much be right. :D

damn! you have just as good taste in movies as you do in music Axl!!! some of my favs in there

[Gowienczyk]

I forgot to include Heat in my list, I think!

[Gowienczyk]

In no particular order....

Star Wars (original trilogy)
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Halloween (1978)
Bladerunner
Lawrence of Arabia
Pulp Fiction
Fight Club
Raiders of the Lost Ark
E.T.
A Clockwork Orange
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Schindler's List
Munich
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
The Thing

That's all for now. I love the art of film and film making. That and music are my favorite art forms. Going by the above list you might say Spielberg and John Carpenter can do no wrong by me, and you'd pretty much be right. :D

Bolded is what I agree on; UNDERLINES is where I don't really agree as far as my taste goes.

[a21schizoidman]

Bolded is what I agree on; italics is where I don't really agree as far as my taste goes.

umm Gowie, italics dont work in quotes, lol

[Gowienczyk]

umm gowie, italics dont work in quotes, lol

oshi-

[Lolicat]

Personally I don't really like police dramas apart from the Infernal Affairs series.

[sweet-t310]

Funny you should ask...

http://webpages.charter.net/sweett310/Top%20Movies.xls

(tabs at bottom to scroll by all-time, decades, and year-by-year)

[Der_Lex]

I'm a big Darren Aronofsky fan, so The Fountain, Pi and Requiem for a Dream would top my list (still waiting for The Wrestler to come out in theaters over here). I also like most of the Coen brothers' films (especially The Big Lebowski). Other than that it's the usual things you'll find on a lot of 'best movies' lists, like Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail, The Shawshank Redemption and A Nightmare Before Christmas.

[AxlVanHagar]

damn! you have just as good taste in movies as you do in music Axl!!! some of my favs in there

Thanks dude! :D

[AxlVanHagar]

Bolded is what I agree on; UNDERLINES is where I don't really agree as far as my taste goes.

Thanks for the feedback Gowie, I'm surprised we have as much in common as you've indicated. Usually it seems I tend to disagree with you lol but you're opinion is valued. You are very knowlegable on things.

[benson111]

The Wrath Of Kahn - Star Trek
All the Star Wars Movies ( Yea i like em all as a whole they are very good)
Both Hulks
Citizen Kane
Goodfellas
Superman 1 2 3 5
Xmen movies
All Pixar Movies
Trick - or - Treat
2001 a Space Odyssey
The Good The Bad The Ugly
The Dark Knight ( New On My List of course )
A ClockWork Orange
Almost every John Wayne Movie
I could go on and on and on.......

[Gowienczyk]

Thanks for the feedback Gowie, I'm surprised we have as much in common as you've indicated. Usually it seems I tend to disagree with you lol but you're opinion is valued. You are very knowlegable on things.

Everybody disagrees with somebody on something! ;)

[franticfish]

One flew over the cuckoo's nest ftw


Monty Python & the Holy Grail is my favorite comedy.

[Lolicat]

Monty Python & the Holy Grail is my favorite comedy.

I personally think that Life of Brian is the superior Python film, The Holy Grail is just too open-ended, it flows badly at points.

I saw The Day the Earth Stood still the other week, it was a terrible film.

[Mikey803]

Favorite movie of all time for me would have to be Fight Club.