What is Your Favourite Movie?
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@ajstringham said:
I always have a hard time picking this one. I have a list of around 10 that I keep as my top 10. That list includes (in no particular order):
The Shawshank Redemption
V for Vendetta
The Princess Bride
The Green Mile
Up
The Last Samurai
Forrest Gump
The Muppet Movie
The Great Muppet Caper
The Many Adventures of Winnie the PoohThe ones in bold are the ones for sure. The others I kind of thought of now but the others are definites and have been considered over time and many times.
A.J. your here now
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@dashrender There are two I couldn't think of. Both AMAZING movies! Always cry at the end of Mr. Holland's Opus. Finding Forrester was just...wow!!
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@scottalanmiller Also, can't believe I forgot American History X. Just a flat out powerful movie. Kingdom of Heaven was amazing too!
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@ajstringham said:
@dashrender There are two I couldn't think of. Both AMAZING movies! Always cry at the end of Mr. Holland's Opus. Finding Forrester was just...wow!!
It's weird... for me these two movies are way outside my wheelhouse, but for some reason they just speak to me.
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One movie that I absolutely loved, and no one else seems to know, from the 1990s Laserdisc era is "Tune in Tomorrow." Some seriously weird stuff but a classic film. Good cast too.
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I am a big fan of the classic John Woo films like "The Killer" in 1989 and "Hard Boiled" in 1992. Those are two that I never managed to own myself but was able to rent on Lasterdisc in the 1990s. Those were great movies. I feel like no one makes good stuff like that anymore.
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The Big Lebowski. I couldn't imagine anyone else playing the dude besides Jeff Bridges.
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Also love the Kill Bill movies.
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@lance said:
The Big Lebowski. I couldn't imagine anyone else playing the dude besides Jeff Bridges.
That was definitely a great movie. Laserdisc title for me too
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@lance said:
Also love the Kill Bill movies.
Those were not ones that did it for me, but from much of the same crew I loved "El Mariachi" and "Desperado." Those were amazing.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@lance said:
The Big Lebowski. I couldn't imagine anyone else playing the dude besides Jeff Bridges.
That was definitely a great movie. Laserdisc title for me too
Laserdisc
I have haven't seen one of those for awhile. Good Stuff. -
Was a huge fan of Jackie Chan's middle era films. His early stuff was too cheesy and later stuff is too American. But in the middle his catalogue really was good. Exciting, interesting and fun and enjoyable.
- Who Am I?
- Drunken Master II (Legend of Drunken Master)
- Mr. Nice Guy
- Gorgeous
- Accidental Spy
The last one is the late era but kept the awesome feel of much of the middle era. There are good films from every era, especially the later with many good Americanized titles like the Rush Hour and Shanghai Noon series.
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@lance said:
Laserdisc
I have haven't seen one of those for awhile. Good Stuff.I still have about 350 of them. All mint in boxes at my dad's place. Don't use them anymore but can't get rid of them. I have things like the impossible to get reference standard 1985 digital transfer Star Wars Trilogy before any of the crappy modifications were made to them. Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Shawshank Redemption.... all kinds of stuff. And horrible B movies too. Death Race 2000 and worse. I was a serious cinemaphile in the 1990s.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Was a huge fan of Jackie Chan's middle era films. His early stuff was too cheesy and later stuff is too American. But in the middle his catalogue really was good. Exciting, interesting and fun and enjoyable.
- Who Am I?
- Drunken Master II (Legend of Drunken Master)
- Mr. Nice Guy
- Gorgeous
- Accidental Spy
The last one is the late era but kept the awesome feel of much of the middle era. There are good films from every era, especially the later with many good Americanized titles like the Rush Hour and Shanghai Noon series.
I never really watched any kung fu movies. I think I will have to check some of these out.
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Legend of Drunken Master is awesome but doesn't make much sense unless you have seen the not very good original, Drunken Master. But the original is early era that gives you a feel for Jackie Chan when young - when developing his career. The sequel is him in command at the height of his career. Two very different films but they go together.
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Dirty Dancing has been my favorite movie since 5th grade. I love tons of movies, but that one I can watch over and over again. My number of views must be in the 50's or above at this point.
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@Dominica said:
Dirty Dancing has been my favorite movie since 5th grade. I love tons of movies, but that one I can watch over and over again. My number of views must be in the 50's or above at this point.
Don't forget...
- Never Been Kissed
- Ever After
- The Wedding Singer
Those are in your watch over and over list.
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And, of course, I love the even numbered Star Trek movies.
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@scottalanmiller True. I love Drew Barrymore's romantic comedies.
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I did a search to look up the best movies of the 1990s. And I found this site: http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/feature/the-100-best-films-of-the-1990s/334
What is interesting is that the picture that they chose to show is from Fallen Angels, which is War Kar-Wai's sequel, or really third part of a series of vignettes, to my all time favourite film Chungking Express.
