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Subject: What's your favorite movie? From: Naemanson Date: 18 Sep 00 - 08:10 AM Sigh... I guess someone had to do it. I have been resisting but now I might as well. After all there have been questions about books, jobs, toothpaste, and breakfast cereals. I avoided posting to the annoying threads but noticed that we had a lot of fun with the books thread. So this is a natural outcropping of that one. So here we go my friends. It would be convenient if we post to the following categories. That might allow us to avoid spin off threads on the same subject. Absolute All Time Favorite: Most Influential: Funniest: Most Exciting: Saddest: Worst: Any predictions on how many times __________ will show up here? Have fun, gang. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: GUEST,LR Mole, in slo-mo, no cookie Date: 18 Sep 00 - 09:11 AM Fave:Cool Hand Luke;Most influential:The Last Waltz;Funniest:Blazing Saddles/A Night at the Opera/A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To the Forum; Most Exciting: The Usual Suspects; Saddest:Old Yeller (Runner Up:Gigot; Worst: Last Year At Marienbad |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Catrin Date: 18 Sep 00 - 09:14 AM Best: Cabaret Fried Green Tomatos at the Whistle stop cafe
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: GUEST,Michael in Swansea Date: 18 Sep 00 - 09:27 AM Best ever: Walt Disney's "Jungle Book" Bored me to tears: "The Godfather", didn't even bother with the sequels. One I'd like to see again: "The Purple Rose of Cairo" M |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: MikeofNorthumbria Date: 18 Sep 00 - 09:43 AM "Best of" lists are apt to be unreliable, even as indicators of our own judgement. How do you compare a movie that totally blew you away when you were 16, with one that seemed deeply meaningful to the more mature (or cynical) you of today? But for what it's worth, here's my list. All of them (except the winner of the "worst" category) are movies that I revisit regularly, and have never yet been disappointed by. Absolute All Time Favorite: It's a Wonderful Life Most Influential: Dr Strangelove Funniest: A Day at the Races Most Exciting: Bullitt Saddest: Blade Runner Worst: Yellowbeard And how about one more category - best musical movie? Meaning 'best movie centred on music', but not necessarily best 'movie musical' (as in South Pacific, etc.) For that one, my vote goes to Jazz on a Summer's Day. Wassail!
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Naemanson Date: 18 Sep 00 - 10:52 AM What a dolt I am! Here, on a site devoted to music I left musicals out of the listing! Please add it to your lists when you make them up. I suppose I shouldn't bother to call myself names. There are those here who are willing to do that for me. Fortunately no one has yet. (Are you listening Selma or Patty?) For an explanation of the last line check out the What's Going On Here? thread. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Mbo Date: 18 Sep 00 - 12:18 PM All Time Favorite: Star Trek: First Contact Funniest: A Christmas Story Most Influential: A Christmas Story Most Exciting: Star Trek: First Contact Saddest: Life Is Beautiful Worst: The Piano |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: GUEST,Russ Date: 18 Sep 00 - 03:21 PM Personal Favorite: Dr. Strangelove. I never get tired of watching it. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Kim C Date: 18 Sep 00 - 03:27 PM All Time Favorite - tie between It's a Wonderful Life and Lonesome Dove Most Inspirational - Iron Will or Ben Hur Funniest - Holy Grail or Raising Arizona Saddest - The Patriot (only because I thought about my own Rev War ancestors and couldn't stop crying) Most Exciting - Silence of the Lambs. Great suspense! Worst - I'm gonna go with Mbo here - I think The Piano is one of the worst I've seen lately. Great costuming, hateful story. Movie Everyone Hated but I loved - Ishtar. There are too many people like that in Nashville! I also want to say that I have a large collection of Disney movies. Lady & the Tramp is probably my favorite of those. :) |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: mousethief Date: 18 Sep 00 - 03:37 PM The Princess Bride!
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Jolly Date: 18 Sep 00 - 03:41 PM My favorite movie is "On Golden Pond" - it reminded me of my grandparents, for one reason. I'm also glad to see I'm not the only one that hated "The Piano". Everyone else I know kept telling me how great it was... Kim |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Clinton Hammond2 Date: 18 Sep 00 - 03:44 PM Gladiator, and The Iron Giant have to be the most inspirational, moving movies I have seen in a long time... I don't have an all time favorite move... I have lots movies I enjoy for different reasons...
"Saddest moivie: Blade Runner eh??" Very interesting... care to PM me Mike of N and share your opinion on that one in more detail? I'm curious to hear yer take on it...
One of my favorite movie quotes...
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: DougR Date: 18 Sep 00 - 04:26 PM Impossible for me to answer. I like so many movies. I'm a movie nut. DougR |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Peter Kasin Date: 18 Sep 00 - 05:46 PM All-time favorite: West Side Story. 2nd place: The Children Of Paradise. Several others very high on the list - Movie nut here, like DougR. Funniest: Blazing Saddles, Steamboat Bill Jr., The Paleface (the Buster Keaton Paleface, not Bob Hope or whoever made that 40's one). 2nd: It's A Gift, Dumb And Dumber. Worst: Ludwig: Mad King Of Bavaria. I thought it was so bad, it didn't even have any camp or cult value. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Carlin Date: 18 Sep 00 - 06:16 PM Favorite....toss up between Lawrence of Arabia and Fort Apache Most inspirational....Ben Hur or Spartacus (I like BIG movies) Funniest....Life of Brian Saddest....Old Yeller Most exciting.....that's a tough one....hmmmmm...every year they come out with even more action flics trying to top what came before.....I have to admit though, no movie has ever blown me away the way Star Wars did when I was ten...it was incredible. Favorite musical.....The Music Man |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: GUEST,Indigo Date: 18 Sep 00 - 06:31 PM Best ever, 'The Colour Purple", and 'Tomorrow' Saddest, 'Bambi' Worst, 'Cannibal' (a true story???? Yeah.) Funniest, 'War of the Roses' Great suspense, 'Psycho', & 'The Shinning' Most inspirational, 'Brother Sun, Sister Moon' |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: kendall Date: 18 Sep 00 - 06:32 PM Best Dr. Zhivago Funniest Monte Python and the holy grail Saddest Old Yeller, or, the last few scenes of Robin & Marian with Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn. Most Impressive Braveheart I'm not fond of musicals, but, Carosel was pretty good. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Bill D Date: 18 Sep 00 - 07:11 PM I seem to like the cultish odd ones...and haven't seen many movies lately..
remember "The Wrong Box"..with Peter Sellers"? |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: guinnesschik Date: 18 Sep 00 - 07:28 PM Gee, I'm almost embarrassed to answer, but feel compelled to do so anyway. *G* All time favorite movie: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, It's A Wonderful Life Most Influential: Michael Collins, Braveheart Funniest: Monty Python And The Holy Grail, Cheech And Chong's Next Movie Most Exciting: (Ugh, I'm sorry) Natural Born Killers, Pulp Fiction Saddest: Old Yeller, How Green Was My Valley, Imitation Of Life Worst: Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, Battlefield Earth
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: The Beanster Date: 18 Sep 00 - 07:48 PM This is tough to narrow it down, and I can't pick an all-time favorite but:
Funniest - This Is Spinal Tap, Life Of Brian, Sleeper, After Hours
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: catspaw49 Date: 18 Sep 00 - 07:59 PM Not a good thread for me....I'm a junkie like Doug. I have all the dialogue memorized to most of the Marx brothers movies, love Mel Brooks and Woody, have seen every Cary Grant, Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart, Marilyn Monroe, movie extant. All of the Neil Simon stuff, Strangelove, everything mentioned above, Spielberg anything, and on and on. No way I can pick. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: richlmo Date: 18 Sep 00 - 08:10 PM Not really my favorites, but I'll watch both of them everytime I catch them on , The Outlaw Josie Wales and Jeremiah Johnson |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Midchuck Date: 18 Sep 00 - 08:25 PM All-time favorites: 6-way tie: The Great Race/The Outlaw Josey Wales/Blazing Saddles/Young Frankenstein/The Princess Bride/The Road Warrior/ Funniest: 4-way tie: The Great Race/Blazing Saddles/Young Frankenstein/Showgirls Saddest: donno. I avoid sad movies if I can. If I see one by accident, I mentally block it out. I get all the sadness I need by singing bluegrass songs. Worst: Don't remember. I've seen so many awful ones that they come together in a blur. I watch sci-fi movies and martial arts movies voluntarily. My wife says, a good movie has to have helicopters, tentacles, and lava. I agree, but I want it to have t***s and van explosions as well. Most exciting: Showgirls. (What? That wasn't what you meant by "exciting?" Well, you should have been more careful in your choice of words.) Peter. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Hutzul Date: 18 Sep 00 - 08:43 PM Best of Show: "Gone with the Wind" Musical: "Guys & Dolls" Saddest (Heart-tugging): "Beaches" Saddest (Horrifying): "Saving Pvt Ryan" Funniest: "Where's Poppa?", "The In-Laws", "The Awful Truth", Inspirational: Ghandi Worst: Anything by Woody Allen, except Broadway Danny Rose |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Jim Dixon Date: 18 Sep 00 - 09:10 PM All time favorite: 2001: A Space Odyssey. Runner-up: Walkabout Most inspirational: Gandhi. City of Joy. Grand Canyon. American Beauty. Schindler's List. Koyaanisqatsi. Funniest: Anything by Charlie Chaplin or Laurel & Hardy. Also Dr. Strangelove, The General (Buster Keaton). Nation Lampoon's "Vacation" series (Chevy Chase), Raising Arizona, The Commitments. Most exciting: Contact. Blood Simple. Sling Blade. Deliverance. Rob Roy. Pulp Fiction. Alien. Best sad movie: Schindler's List. (Sad movies, like The Way We Were, usually turn me off.) Worst: Wayne's World. (The only video I ever rented, watched half of, and didn't bother to finish.) Most overrated: Anything by Woody Allen. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: BlueJay Date: 19 Sep 00 - 01:21 AM Favorite: Les Miserable with Frederick March Most Influential: Dr. Strangelove Funniest: The Mouse That Roared, or Being There Runner up: Raising Arizona Actual Musical: The Music Man Musical Theme: The Commitments |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Metchosin Date: 19 Sep 00 - 01:45 AM Most Poignant - Il Postino
Funniest - Three way tie - Johnny Stickino or the priest vignette from Night on Earth or Clockwise
Saddest - Sophie's Choice
Best Musical - The Commitments or Cabaret
Best Films General - so hard....Zorba the Greek, Ship of Fools, The Cook, The Thief His Wife and Her Lover (difficult), Citizen Kane, Dr. Zhivago (I've seen it three times at different ages of my life and had a different take on it each time) And tomorrow, depending on my mood the list could be completely different. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Lepus Rex Date: 19 Sep 00 - 02:16 AM My favourites: A Fish Called Wanda, The Big Lebowski, Barton Fink, 12 Monkeys, and Magnolia. Worst: Every video my ex-girlfriend's friend Tracy owns (mostly teen crap, with the exception of 12 Monkeys, which I love...), anything with Adam Sandler, and Encino Man. Saddest: Shanghai Triad (I think I'm the only person, anywhere, who loves this movie...), Encino Man. Funniest: A Fish Called Wanda, The Big Lebowski, Life of Brian. Musical: Phallus in Wonderland (GWAR movie, heh) ---Lepus Rex |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: CarolC Date: 19 Sep 00 - 02:40 AM I have only one category. Movies that I like the best. There are several in this category, and I will probably be forgetting some. The Milagro Beanfield War, Field of Dreams, Benny and Joon, The Butcher's Wife, L.A. Story, The Man Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, Drop Dead Fred, all of the Wallace and Gromits, Fargo, The Grand Canyon, Harvey. That's all I can think of right now. Carol |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Metchosin Date: 19 Sep 00 - 02:46 AM I'd like to add "Z" and Babette's Feast to my list and my husband would like to add Juliet of the Spirits. And I'd better stop here or another "Oh yeah!" will pop into my mind ad infinitum. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: GUEST,Kryptonium Date: 19 Sep 00 - 04:59 AM My favourites: Stripes/Hunt For Red October / Blade / Action / Preview Channel(hehe) / The Matrix
Im only 18 :-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: GUEST,Kryptonium Date: 19 Sep 00 - 05:00 AM My favourites: Stripes/Hunt For Red October / Blade/Preview Channel(hehe) / The Matrix
Im only 18 :-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Gervase Date: 19 Sep 00 - 05:37 AM What is it with "It's a Wonderful Life"? In the USA it seems to have become as much a staple of Crhistmas as the Queen's Speech is in the UK - maybe more so. I remember spending one Christmas just outside Chicago, and I swear you could have watched the film 24 hours a day by hopping rom channel to channel. It is a wonderful tearjerker though. But, good grief, only one "Citizen Kane" and no "Casablanca" so far? Shame on you all! For a film that I can (and do) watch a couple of times a year, "Casablanca" has to be the one. It's simple, corny and always moves me to tears - but that's maybe because Ingrid Bergman has to be the most beautiful woman to have graced the screen (until maybe Juliette Binoche and Beatrice Dalle...), and thus Rick's selflessness is so much the more poignant. Particularly as I always thought Victor Laszlo was a bit of a drip. Pah, women!! In terms of cult films that you tend to remember vast chunks of dialogue, there's the Python epics from my schooldays, the wonderful "Withnail and I" and - beloved of every English schoolboy in the Seventies - If. But, for sheer take-your-breath away impact, the best film I ever saw was years ago when they re-edited the Abel Gance "Napoleon". That is some film! |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Patrish(inactive) Date: 19 Sep 00 - 06:26 AM Favourites, Austin Powers 1 and 2 Saddest, City of Angels Funniest, Young Frankinstien Worst, Shampoo and The Godfather Scariest, Salems Lot I love all the old black and white stuff, Olivia de haveland, Bette Davis, Cary Grant etc... Patrish |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Rana Date: 19 Sep 00 - 08:24 AM No one has mentioned "Harvey" yet! Another one from a few years ago I enjoyed was "The Man who came to dinner" - could never find it on video, fortunately either TVO or PBS showed it. 3 with musical themes are the 2 mentioned above "Commitments" and "Spinal Tap" but I'll also add "Lenigrad Cowboys do America" Funniest for me include "Afterhours" and "No Surrender" and lots of the Ealing Comedies. Movies I can watch over and over again are Casablance, Sims - "Christmas Carol", "Dr. Strangelove" Movies I have spent ages trying to get the video include: "Picnic at Hanging Rock" - probably the most 'lyrical' for me if that makes sense and you know what I mean, "Aguirre, the Wrath of God" - worth it for the first 10 minutes alone, and also by Herzog - "Nosferatu" Add films like "Usual Suspects" and "Resevoir Dogs" and the list goes on! I'm sure I've missed a lot and people above have mentioned many I enjoy. 2001 is the film I've seen the most but I haven't seen it for years. Rana |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: kendall Date: 19 Sep 00 - 08:31 AM I forgot The African Queen and Lonesome Dove. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Bagpuss Date: 19 Sep 00 - 08:37 AM I will probably have a totally different list tomorrow but these are my choices just now: Best ever, Can't decide - too many to choose from Saddest, Cyrano de Bergerac or Carla's Song Worst, Event Horizon or The English Patient Funniest, Delicatessen Great suspense, Rear Window Most inspirational, Kes Bagpuss |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: GUEST,Mbo_at_ECU Date: 19 Sep 00 - 10:23 AM Rana, is the Leningrad Cowboys Do America the one where they have those cool mohawks? BTW my Mom & Dad ADORE Stripes. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Steve Latimer Date: 19 Sep 00 - 10:51 AM Favourite Drama: Apocalypse Now Favourite Comedy: Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Musical theme: (Tie) The Commitments and This is Spinal Tap. Spinal Tap made it very difficult to listen to a lot of the sixties and seventies guitar gods that were my main staple up until then. When Nigel was playing his solo and then pulled out the violin and ran it across the guitar strings, then tuned the violin while strumming acrross his other guitar with his foot I knew I would never be able to listen to Jimmy Page again. Western: (tie) High Noon and Unforgiven |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Metchosin Date: 19 Sep 00 - 10:58 AM Rana, I am a Christmas Carol fan as well, but it has to be the black and white version with Alistair Sim. He owns Scrooge. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Date: 19 Sep 00 - 11:06 AM "Desert island film":The Producers OR Some like it hot (also funniest). "Talk along with the dialogue":Casablanca "Worst": Wicker Man (that'll stir 'em up!) "Special mention": High Society(at the time I never thought I'd see Louis perform live-but I did, twice!) "Scariest":Don't look now (I passed out on the pavement on the way out.)I've got it on video but we haven't watched it yet- SHE says I'm too heavy to resuscitate these days! RtS |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: GUEST,laika Date: 19 Sep 00 - 11:18 AM some favourites: Little Voice/My Left Foot/Smoke/ funniest: Big Lebowski/Noises Off/Bullets over Broadway/Blues Brothers/American Beauty saddest: The Color Purple worst: anything with Terence Hill and Bud Spencer
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Peg Date: 19 Sep 00 - 11:38 AM My personal faves in no particular order (except the first five):
Picnic at Hanging Rock also, in general, I love films by Mike Leigh, Nicholas Roeg, Michael Haneke, Jane Campion, Peter Greenaway, Olivier Assayas, and Australian and Scandinavian cinema... |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Mbo Date: 19 Sep 00 - 11:41 AM I like Thomas Campion better. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Steve Latimer Date: 19 Sep 00 - 11:47 AM Rana, I forgot about the Leningrad Cowboys, what a hoot. And yes Mbo, that's the one with outlandish Mohawks. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Mbo Date: 19 Sep 00 - 11:50 AM I think I'm gonna get me one of those! |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: GUEST,dan evergreen Date: 19 Sep 00 - 12:18 PM "Schindler's List," "The Horse Whisperer" and "Unforgiven." |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: GUEST,dan evergreen Date: 19 Sep 00 - 12:27 PM "Schindler's List," "The Horse Whisperer" and "Unforgiven." |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Lepus Rex Date: 19 Sep 00 - 01:38 PM If ya get the haircut, don't forget the shoes... ---Lepus Rex |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Lepus Rex Date: 19 Sep 00 - 01:56 PM Oh, let me add to my 'worst' list: Anything by Disney. They extract what little life remained in old childrens' stories, and use ugly, generic animation to do so. ---Lepus Rex |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Ely Date: 19 Sep 00 - 03:29 PM Best (and Saddest): Matewan (Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones), the Field (Richard Harris, Brenda Fricker, Sean Bean) Worst: the Piano, the Red Violin (I walked out of Violin--it was so bad that all the "dramatic" lines literally sounded like joke punchlines). I don't know that I think it deserves "worst" but I hated American Beauty. Funniest: Alice's Restaurant Massacree (playing guitar and kazoo at the same time!!). I also have a soft spot for Bean--we think my dad is the missing link between Rowan Atkinson and Jim Varney. Another movie that I really like even though it isn't particularly good is Falling Down (Michael Douglas? One of the Douglases, at least). Sad and funny at the same time. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Ely Date: 19 Sep 00 - 03:33 PM I was terribly disappointed by Disney's "Little Mermaid". In the Brothers Grimm version, she jumps off the castle and dies--by that time I was really looking forward to it. Actually, we declared a family-wide boycott on Disney for historical butchery when they tried to make Gettysburg a theme park. My kid brother and his fellow Civil War reenactors were almost literally up in arms over that one. I think it's the one issue where the North and South might have united . . . |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Rana who SHOULD be working Date: 19 Sep 00 - 03:53 PM Mbo, as Steve and Lepus noted Lenigrad Cowboys had the "mohawks" and elongated winklepicker shoes. They also did a concert in Moscow with the Red Army choir or something which came out as a film - haven't seen it. Mtechosin, You're right it has to be the Alistair Sims B&W version of Christmas Carol (which is why I put it down as Sims - Christmas Carol - might have been missed) - I'll admit it, even now I can't get past the crutches and will Tiny Tim survive part without tears - who said grown men shouldn't cry!! Speaking of sad I totally forgot to put down Dersu Ursala which is absolutely gorgeous. Rana |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: GUEST,Luther Date: 19 Sep 00 - 04:39 PM whoa, Lepus, no! Disney, you hate Disney??!!! Even, like say, Sammy the Sycophantic Sea Slug ???? Narrator: But how was Sammy to know mom's douche bag was more than just a brightly colored plaything? Mom: Bobby, either that slug goes, or I do!!! Bobby: But mom!!!! DAD????!!!!!! Dad: Your mother is right, son. Sammy is a wild thing, and like all wild things, we must abandon him in the median on I95. Sammy: (oozes a little slime and mugs adorably)
Lepus, baby, I can't even believe you said that. How else would generations of American children have come to such a special understanding of nature?
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Thomas the Rhymer Date: 19 Sep 00 - 04:41 PM **************** **************** **************** *****_BABE_***** **************** **************** **************** Although 'Zentropa' is my fave recently... |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: M.Ted Date: 19 Sep 00 - 05:05 PM Another vote for "Children of Paradise"--I am just sickened when list of allegedly great films are made and this one isn't on it--though "Stolen Kisses" et al should be mentioned here somewhere, as well. Funniest movies--it would have to be one of the Sturges movies, "Palm Beach Story", "The Miracle at Morgan's Creek" or "Sullivan's Travels" Favorite trash movie"Valley of the Dolls" Favorite musical has to be "Singing in the Rain" Favorite film noire--"Out of the Past"or "Double Indemnity" How about some favorite war movies? I'll open with "The Grand Illusion", "The Cruel Sea", but I am fond of the John Wayne variety, as well-- |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: gillymor Date: 19 Sep 00 - 07:17 PM The Third Man , Michael Collins, The Crying Game, Breaker Morant, Annie Hall, Scarecrow, Sex, Lies and Videotapes, The 39 Steps, Fargo, Lolita.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: GUEST,Dave "Mr. Dressup" Date: 19 Sep 00 - 07:41 PM My absolutely favourite movie of all time. "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" I've memorized almost every line of that movie, and it still makes me smile to think of some of the stuff in that movie. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: bflat Date: 19 Sep 00 - 08:17 PM I like almost everything Cary Grant was in. An Afair To Remember is my sentimental favorite. But, for great serious film is has to be Schindler's List. bflat |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: thosp Date: 19 Sep 00 - 08:27 PM my favorite is more than just a movie to me --- it is a love affair -- an ideal for my life -- a mandala -- when i walked into a theatre in yellow springs ohio in 1967 --just to kill a little time - i didn't know a thing about the movie than would mean so much to me for the next 33 years and counting -- that helps me center myself through lifes storms,hurricanes and earthquakes -- and love affaires -- for me "King of Hearts" peace (Y) thosp |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Grab Date: 20 Sep 00 - 08:58 AM Absolute Favourite: Baghdad Cafe - beautiful film. First saw it in a French cinema whilst on holiday, then eventually got it in English back home, and without the dubbing it was even better. Shame they tried to TV-ify with Whoopie Goldberg, but that died after a series, so that's OK. Funniest: Muppets in Space and Demolition Man, both hugely funny films ("President Schwartzenegger?!"). And Waking Ned for the nude motorcyling. Most Influential: What, no-one mentioned Star Wars? Or Terminator? Come on... Most Exciting: Die Hard, no questions. Most Scary: Without a doubt, it's got to be Event Horizon. I can't imagine seeing it at the cinema again, but equally I can't imagine not having seen it - it's got that hypnotic kind of fear like a king cobra. Worst: Too many to count. Grab.
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Ely Date: 20 Sep 00 - 03:07 PM Ooh, i love Fargo, too. And My Left Foot was pretty amazing (at least, Daniel Day-Lewis was pretty amazing). My dad votes for Babe. We've been giving him pink pigs every birthday and Christmas ever since. HE even has a talking Babe piggy-bank.
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: MichaelAnthony Date: 21 Sep 00 - 02:05 PM Recently Magnolia and American Beauty. Overall Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Margaret V Date: 21 Sep 00 - 11:24 PM Marcel Camus' "Orfeo Negro" ("Black Orpheus"). You kind of stagger out, totally overwrought from the continuous drumming throughout the movie, drugged by the vastness of love, convinced of continuity, won over by beauty. But "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Holy Grail" are right up there too; and I'll confess to loving Agnieszka Holland's "Secret Garden." I'll also confess to walking out of The Cook, The Thief, the Bottlewasher, etc; call me a plebe, I just couldn't deal with it. Margaret |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Metchosin Date: 22 Sep 00 - 01:52 AM Grab, thanks for reminding me of Baghdad Cafe! Which got me into another series of "Oh Yeahs!" in the foreign film category: Zucker Baby, Soren and Fitz Carraldo are superb.
Margaret V., I can understand your reaction. I found The Cook, The Thief, The Wife and Her Lover an extremely important film because it took violence out of the realm of entertainment and put it into its proper scale. It was exactly the right size, no larger and no smaller than real life and hence unavoidably disturbing.
Actually the number of occurences and the severity of those events was actually modest compared to many other films, which do not affect us as profoundly. What made this film ring true, was the fact that the psychological impact and terror of these acts of violence, strike us as intensely as if we had been sitting in our favorite resturant and were to have such an event happen, two tables away from us.
This film does not glorify violence, but clearly expresses how violence and those who embrace and relish its credo, seek to violate and horrify and degrade those who reject it. The sexuality in the film has offended one or two critics who thought it would be more appropriate for Helen Mirren's part to be played by a post-pubescent Hollywood nymph (Siskel and Ebert and I believe one critic in the New York Times).
The fact that two middle aged human beings could find spiritual succor, mutual refuge and a passionate form of expression of their need for one another, may be lost in the intensity of the imagery (some of it beautiful, some of it savage). In many ways, this film was classical tragedy and grand opera presented in a format that would seldom serve either. As much as I admire and respect this film and its maker, I can certainly appreciate that it for many, would be difficult if not impossible to watch to its end. I think we all bring different perceptions and sensitivities to our experience of Film, Art, Music etc. and the important thing is for us to trust our own instincts and sensibilities and be O.K. with that. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Metchosin Date: 22 Sep 00 - 02:38 AM I also got up and walked out of the theatre in Easy Rider, because I couldn't handle it. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: kendall Date: 22 Sep 00 - 07:58 AM I cant believe I forgot to mention Mr. Roberts. you are right about Allistair Sim owning Scrooge. I always thought Tiny Tim was kinda "sappy" but its still a great story. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: kendall Date: 22 Sep 00 - 08:04 AM and, finally, MATEWAN represents one of the reasons I'm a "yellow dog democrat" Another is The Grapes of Wrath. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Lucius Date: 22 Sep 00 - 08:06 PM I hate these BS threads--but movies, just one: Local Hero |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: kendall Date: 22 Sep 00 - 08:23 PM the scenery was great in Local Hero |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: Metchosin Date: 22 Sep 00 - 08:29 PM scenery? Hell! the music didn't suck either. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What's your favorite movie? From: thosp Date: 22 Sep 00 - 09:41 PM well there wwas also "thief of bagdad" peace (Y) thosp |