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jreddoch Offline
#1 Posted: Sat, Jun 15 2002, 1:12 PM EST
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Okay, new artsy-fartsy subject. What are some of you guys' favorite movies? Some of mine are "Ran", "Fearless" "Delicatessen" and anything by John Woo, "Hard Boiled" being the finest example.
E-Chick Offline
#2 Posted: Sat, Jun 15 2002, 1:43 PM EST
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With titles like those...sounds more "fartsy" than artsy, LOL! If I only had one choice, I'd have to say my all-time-over-all-can't-do-without-quote-it-every-day-of-my-life-favorite is.......DUMB & DUMBER! Of course anything with Tom Hanks in it is to my liking. And I have a total brain fart on another fav actor...he was in Lonesome Dove, The Apostle...help me out here! I'm sure as soon as I post this, it'll hit me!
KLACTO Offline
#3 Posted: Sat, Jun 15 2002, 1:44 PM EST
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Anything with zombies, robots, mad scientists, and aliens from outer space. If it's got all four, even better.
BMW Offline
#4 Posted: Sat, Jun 15 2002, 2:07 PM EST
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E-Chick, Robert Duvall. One of my favorites, "Stange Brew". Barry
Slimboli Offline
#5 Posted: Sat, Jun 15 2002, 2:31 PM EST
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'The man who would be King' is one of my all time favorites.
Charlie Offline
#6 Posted: Sat, Jun 15 2002, 2:33 PM EST
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Echick, that would be Robert Duval who played Gus in Lonesome Dove, one of my all time favorite movies! Like Pulp Fiction, Saving Private Ryan, Heat, Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, any Hanks movie, Eastwood, DeNiro, Pacino (Scarface) to name a few! Charlie
xibbumbero Offline
#7 Posted: Sat, Jun 15 2002, 2:35 PM EST
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Any movie w/sex and violence. Alot of one or the other will also do. X
Charlie Offline
#8 Posted: Sat, Jun 15 2002, 2:35 PM EST
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Oh, and anything with Bogart, Mitchum, Lancaster, etc! Charlie
jreddoch Offline
#9 Posted: Sat, Jun 15 2002, 3:47 PM EST
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One of Robert Duvall's best performances was in "The Great Santini". No more comments on my flatulence, e-chick!
jbensen Offline
#10 Posted: Sat, Jun 15 2002, 6:16 PM EST
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I'll toss three of my favorites into the ring:

Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1926, B&W/Silent, the version scored by Georgio Moroder), a film that was years ahead of its time. I've seen it at least 20 times in the last 20 years.

No Man's Land (Foreign, Subtitled), about a Bosnian and a Serb stranded in a trench together -- poignantly underscores both the futility and the absurdity of war.

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, the epitome of the spaghetti western, IMHO.

- Jeff
E-Chick Offline
#11 Posted: Sat, Jun 15 2002, 6:25 PM EST
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Thanks BMW & char5353...I tried for hours to recall Robert Duval's name...terrible to admire someone so much and totally blank out on his name! I also have to agree with char5353's selections...just didn't want to think that hard! And speaking of hard (LOL), I also have to agree with X!
1goodfellow Offline
#12 Posted: Sun, Jun 16 2002, 7:08 AM EST
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I like the movie "The Time Machine" with Rod Taylor, but I would also agree with Charlie - Bogart and Lancaster movies are tough to beat...
jreddoch Offline
#13 Posted: Sun, Jun 16 2002, 8:09 AM EST
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My favorite Bogart movie is "The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre". "Badges!? We don't need no stinking badges!".
CL Offline
#14 Posted: Sun, Jun 16 2002, 10:02 AM EST
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Oh yes, Lancaster - how about "From Here to Eternity"? Man, there's alot of good old stuff. I've watched alot of 50's-era movies in the last year or so. I was born early 60's so I watched these as "classics" - I was shocked at how fine Elizabeth Taylor was the first movie I saw her in; I think it was "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". As a kid, nothing got me excited like a new "Rocky" movie. Recent stuff, gotta say "Saving Private Ryan". Hey, want a good movie to take your kids to? I just took my kids to see "Spirit" and we all really enjoyed it. I just bought the soundtrack for the family, REALLY good music, mostly Bryan Adams. My all-time favorite, I'm leaning toward "Godfather".
JonR Offline
#15 Posted: Sun, Jun 16 2002, 10:42 AM EST
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I can't wait to see the sequel to "Saving Private Ryan" it's called "Saving Ryans Privates" and stars Adam Sandler (as Private Ryan), and Pauly Shore & Paul Ruben ( as Ryans Privates) due to be released soon! LOL JonR
DrMaddVibe Offline
#16 Posted: Sun, Jun 16 2002, 3:29 PM EST
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Lost Horizon, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Empire Strikes Back, The Mechanic, Goodfellas, The Godfather Saga, Shrek.
jreddoch Offline
#17 Posted: Sun, Jun 16 2002, 3:36 PM EST
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Did any of you see "Smoke"? I loved that movie. Augie Wren's Christmas story had me leaking tears.
xibbumbero Offline
#18 Posted: Sun, Jun 16 2002, 3:38 PM EST
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Do U mean Up In Smoke? X
xrundog Offline
#19 Posted: Sun, Jun 16 2002, 3:46 PM EST
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I agree with the ones posted so far. Good movies there. The two that affected me the most deeply and were, I feel, really well made were; Shindler's List and Saving Private Ryan.
jreddoch Offline
#20 Posted: Sun, Jun 16 2002, 6:06 PM EST
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I mean "Smoke" with Harvey Keitel and William Hurt. Worth renting.
Hansen Offline
#21 Posted: Sun, Jun 16 2002, 9:59 PM EST
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Yeah, Smoke is a good movie. Not an epic, not great. Just good. Probably nothing Your wife/GF would like. (Sequel) Blue in the face is also OK, though it's different with lots of celeberties in small parts. Very funny and odd.
Slimboli Offline
#22 Posted: Mon, Jun 17 2002, 1:54 AM EST
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... and don't forget Papillon!
eleltea Offline
#23 Posted: Mon, Jun 17 2002, 2:14 AM EST
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Farewell My Lovely, Payback, Beetlejuice. "THAT'S why I won't do two shows a night anymore. I won't do 'em."
delarob Offline
#24 Posted: Mon, Jun 17 2002, 2:30 AM EST
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Anything w/ C Eastwood, Highlander, Warriors, The Proffesional, Gettysburg, The Blues Brothers, Forrest Gump.
SteveS Offline
#25 Posted: Mon, Jun 17 2002, 6:46 AM EST
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Although movies are far better today than ever before in a technical sense, I think they were a lot more entertaining before everything had to be an epic blockbuster or convey profound meaning ... I tend to enjoy movies that have surprising turns of events ("Usual Suspects" is a good example) and my all-time favorite is a picture very few people have ever seen for some reason ... made in the 60's, it stars Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Burgess Meredith, Paul Ford, Jason Robards, Charles Bickford and Robert Middleton ... if you've never seen it (and the odds are you haven't) and can find it at a Blockbuster or other rental store, I highly recommend it ... about an hour and 30 or 40 minutes long and although not aimed at kids by any means, it's suitable for the entire family ... it's called "A Big Hand For The Little Lady" ... if you can find it, it's worth watching ... let me know what you think ... (and if you're one of those rare individuals who's seen it, don't give away the surprise twist in the storyline) ...
dmjdc Offline
#26 Posted: Mon, Jun 17 2002, 6:54 AM EST
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I would have to say that I enjoy " dude where's my car" and "Debbie does Dallas".
jreddoch Offline
#27 Posted: Mon, Jun 17 2002, 7:05 AM EST
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Two choices of taste and distinction.
calavera Offline
#28 Posted: Mon, Jun 17 2002, 6:36 PM EST
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Some favorite movies: Blue Velvet (David Lynch is one of the greatest directors ever), Citizen Kane and Casablanca (They don't, or can't, make movies like these anymore), Platoon, Jaws, Beetlejuice ("We've come for your daughter Chuck"), Pulp Fiction (What happened to Quentin anyway?).
jreddoch Offline
#29 Posted: Tue, Jun 18 2002, 1:29 AM EST
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Did you ever see Lynch's "The Straight Story"? Great movie. I didn't really care for "Mullholland Drive", but that is one beautiful actress. Of course, "The Elephant Man" stands out as his classic.
Charlie Offline
#30 Posted: Tue, Jun 18 2002, 7:12 AM EST
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Lynch is hard to watch and I am not a big fan of his movies, but Tarintino is working on a prequel to "Pulp Fiction"! If you haven't seen "Out of the Past", "Kiss of Death", "Kiss Me Deadly", "Touch of Evil", "Key Largo", "Cape Fear" or "The Killing".........go and rent, buy or steal them. All great examples of Film Noir genre and a modern movie that would fall right into that same genre is Mel Gibson in "Payback" (I think his best film role)!!! I only wish I could have seen all of those black and white films on the big screen, but they were all into color and cinemascope when I was a kid! Charlie
E-Chick Offline
#31 Posted: Tue, Jun 18 2002, 7:29 AM EST
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Charlie...kill, kill, kill, kill.....dude, not a happy-go-lucky movie in the bunch?
Charlie Offline
#32 Posted: Tue, Jun 18 2002, 8:09 AM EST
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E-chick, OK, "happy movies" uh, let's see....."Some Like it Hot", "Groundhog Day", "Caddyshack", "Splash", "The Out of Towners" Jack Lemon, "Legend of Bagger Vance", "What Women Want", "Grumpy Old Men", "BeetleJuice", "SpiderMan", is that enough on the happy movie side? Charlie
E-Chick Offline
#33 Posted: Tue, Jun 18 2002, 8:56 AM EST
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:)
SteveS Offline
#34 Posted: Tue, Jun 18 2002, 9:16 AM EST
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Some others that come to mind that I liked a great deal were "Scent Of A Woman", "As Good As It Gets" and "Brother, Where Art Thou?"
Charlie Offline
#35 Posted: Tue, Jun 18 2002, 9:29 AM EST
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"Raising Arizona", "Home for the Holidays", "National Lampoon's Vacation", "Nat Lampoon's Christmas Vacation", "What About Bob?",and "Stripes" and "Mickey Blue Eyes"!!! Charlie PS Is that enough comedies? Still prefer the "Kill, Kill Kill" types of movies!
Charlie Offline
#36 Posted: Tue, Jun 18 2002, 9:30 AM EST
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And my all time favorite comedy, "Tin Men" directed by Barry Levinson! Charlie
SteveS Offline
#37 Posted: Tue, Jun 18 2002, 10:25 AM EST
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I liked Tin Men too ... which makes me think of another picture, although not a comedy, that I like a lot and which not too many have seen ... "Glengary, Glenross" ... I saw an interview with Jack Lemmon in which he said that he thought this might have been his best picture ever ... and I think he might have been right. An all-star cast if ever there were one too; besides Jack, there was Al Pacino, Ed Harris, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, and Alan Arkin
jreddoch Offline
#38 Posted: Tue, Jun 18 2002, 1:44 PM EST
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Have any of you seen any of Errol Morris's documentaries like "The Thin Blue Line", Fast, Cheap, and Out Of Control" or "Dr. Death"? "Fast, Cheap..." is one of my very favorite documentaries.
E-Chick Offline
#39 Posted: Tue, Jun 18 2002, 3:18 PM EST
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J...The Thin Blue Line sounds familiar...what's the story line?
jreddoch Offline
#40 Posted: Tue, Jun 18 2002, 3:41 PM EST
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It's about a man wrongly convicted of killing a policeman in Dallas.
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#41 Posted: Tue, Jun 18 2002, 5:26 PM EST
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Animal House......Caddyshack......The Survivors.......The Godfather........The Outlaw Josey Wales.......The Shining.......to name a few, I could go on and on and on!
jjohnson28 Offline
#42 Posted: Tue, Jun 18 2002, 5:32 PM EST
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Cape Fear was an awesome movie and I just loved Oh Brother Where Art Thou.
xibbumbero Offline
#43 Posted: Tue, Jun 18 2002, 5:56 PM EST
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From here to eternity,Giant,God Father1&2,Brazil,One Eyed Jacks,The quiet Man,Up in Smoke. X
efrainc1 Offline
#44 Posted: Tue, Jun 18 2002, 7:46 PM EST
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It's hard to have a favorite movie because it depends what kind of mood I happen to be in. Just about anything Mel Brooks. To watch a movie that makes you forget for two hours is always a good movie. I usualy like the movies that the reviewers hate.
jreddoch Offline
#45 Posted: Wed, Jun 19 2002, 2:25 AM EST
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What's the worst movie you've ever seen? For me, it was easily "Battlefield Earth". So awful it left me speechless (a truly rare event). I couldn't take my eyes off it, like watching a train wreck.
E-Chick Offline
#46 Posted: Wed, Jun 19 2002, 7:56 AM EST
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Worst: DUNE
Charlie Offline
#47 Posted: Wed, Jun 19 2002, 8:05 AM EST
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Agree on previous two worst, Dune and Battlefield Earth, now how about "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" and the Ed Wood bomb, "Plan 9 From Planet Earth"! Charlie
bud451 Offline
#48 Posted: Wed, Jun 19 2002, 8:10 AM EST
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Dune!? Really? I liked it a lot and own the DVD. Great movie, IMHO. My worst "A" movie is The Godfather III, mainly because it used the name of the two best movies of all times and wasn't even in their league, IMFO of course.
bud451 Offline
#49 Posted: Wed, Jun 19 2002, 8:12 AM EST
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"Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" and the Ed Wood bomb, "Plan 9 From Planet Earth"! ....Wow! some of my favorites, especially Ed Wood. P9fPE is a classic cult "B" movie...love it.
delarob Offline
#50 Posted: Wed, Jun 19 2002, 8:40 AM EST
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"Stop, or my mom will shoot". The guy that appropriated money for this movie ought to be cleaning urinals by now.
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