OT: Favorite Movie

[ZeroAdunn]

After the crap fest that was hit movies that blow chunks, I would like to see what peoples favorite movies are. Go on post a little about your favorite movie and why you like it!

[narf poit chez BOOM]

mousehunt. and not just because it has a mouse in it. it's funny, it's original and it has weird hat's.

home alone 1&2. three was ok.

star wars 4,5,6.

most of the star trek movies.

the lord of the rings movie's.

contact was ok for watching once.

and i was young at the time, but i liked the ninja turtle movies. want to see if i can find them again.

broken arrow. "i don't know what scares me more, that we lost a nuke or that it happens enough that we have a phrase for it." qoute may not be exact.

some Jon Woo movie's, some Jackie Chan movie's. stuff by Stevan Seagal is ok for action/martial arts movie's.

a couple of rocky's.

oh, and spaceballs. can't forget spaceballs.

[David E. Gervais]

Well, I'll give you my 'short list'..

1)Star Wars: A new hope
2)Raiders of the lost Ark
3)The Princess Bride
4)Monty Python's The Holy Grail
5)The Court Jester

I was 17 when the original Star Wars Came out and had just finished High School. IMHO I was at the perfect age to recieve the full impact of the movie. Prior to Star Wars, 2001:A Space Odyssey was the front end of technology for Sci-Fi movies. Although a great movie, it had a very slow rythme. Can you imagine if all Sci-Fi movies followed the 2001 movie model? going for 'realistic' space travel as opposed to the swashbuckling action found in Star Wars.

Before Star Wars, Space movies had a much more 'serious undercurrent'. After Star Wars Space movies became 'FUN'

"The flagon with the dragon holds the brew that is true"

nuf said. Cheers!

[DavidG]

Terminator
The 6th Sense
The Truman Show

I first watched these knowing nothing about them which make the especially good. Like the scene were you first realize arnie is a robot. Or finding out along with Jim Carey that he is in a TV show.

And lets not forget First Blood!! "Nothing is Over. NOTHING!!"

[deccan]

Favorite movies in no particular order:

Memento

Brilliant movie. Strikes a chord with me.

Fight Club

Cool lines and characters. Clever, but I suppose kind of empty.

July Rhapsody

Cantonese movie starring Jacky Cheung and Anita Mui. A literal translation would be "Men at 40", about a male high school teacher of Chinese literature facing a sort of mid-life crisis.

More when I think of them ...

[General Woundwort]

Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai.

Possibly the best movie ever made.