What is your favourite film EVER?

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pogody

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Best Film? Peter Jackson's LORD OF THE RINGS, assuming part 3 is of the same standard as parts 1 and 2: the STAR WARS trilogy isn't what we should be using as a comparison for Jackson's achievement; its true peers are the grand epics of Lean and Kurosawa. Closely following are Kurosawa's SEVEN SAMURAI (absolutely 100% magnificent, my undisputed favourite film until LOTR came along); Lean's LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (the most beutiful film of all time?); and Coppola's APOCOLYPSE NOW, just edging ahead of his GODFATHER duology for me. After this I can't really rank them, but my 10/10 films include RASHOMON; SOME LIKE IT HOT; JEAN DE FLORETTE and its second part MANON DES SOURCES; PATHS OF GLORY and DR STRANGELOVE; PULP FICTION; CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON; HEAVENLY CREATURES; THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY; AGUIRRE, WRATH OF GOD; TAXI DRIVER; THE THIRD MAN; THE WICKER MAN; THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS; IF... etc etc etc

Best Director? Akira Kurosawa without a doubt, followed by (in no particular order) Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Howard Hawks, Stanley Kubrick, Quentin Tarantino, Peter Jackson, Orson Welles, Werner Herzog, Roman Polanski (anyody else out there think his best film is FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS?) etc etc

Sexiest Female Actress? Either Marilyn Monroe in SOME LIKE IT HOT (I never understood her appeal until I watched this) or Lauren Bacall in Hawks' TO HAVE AND TO HAVE NOT. You know how to whistle, don't ya...? ;)

hrothgar
 
Goodfellas/Casino (see any link?)



Terminator 1 and 2 (Watched it again last night, what a brilliant film)

Platoon, American Beauty.

The Ring
 
For me it has to be The Green Mile. I have read the book too, but for me the movie was much better. That is a bit strange - because typically the book is better than the film, but I'd say that the film wasn't "sexed up" at all and it followed the plot of the book very closely.

It is a great film, and it's the only film I've ever seen that i had to actually hold back the tears :o :) . It is very moving, and it has a few moments of humour as well.

What's your favourite film, and why ?
 
Im glad u didnt say BEST film because it's surely subjective but how can you narrow it down to just one!!! Mine changes depending on mood. And how can anyone disagree with someone's choice when it is "favourite". Im sure they like things other people dont like.

Anyway, my choice....
er...
Shawshank...
er no Seven...
uh, Jaws no Alien...
no of course Trainspotting...
oops I mean 12 Angry Men...
...Reservoir Dogs, Raiders, umm....
Top Secret! (I better stop there)
 
Mine are:

Falling Down
The Wall (Pink Floyd)
The Shining
Full Metal Jacket
Blade Runner
Blazing Saddles
The Alien Films

I did see Brazil mentioned a few times. I thought that it was a good film but Icouldn't understand it! :confused:
 
good selection!

like you say - too many to mention.

also midnight cowboy, brazil, mulholland drive, memento, american beauty, 12 angry men, fight club, leon, almost famous, being john malkovich, t2, traffic, all the president's men, stand by me, clerks, naked, jfk, thin red line, the man who would be king, taking of pelham 123, 24 hour party people etc etc

Iain
 
sorry - i can never resist the obvious gag.

not that it was a gag as such, but you get the drift.

i should probably namecheck a great film here to this thread back on topic.

how about *Play It Again, Sam*?

Iain
 
Horror ---> The Fog/Ghost Ship (Joint)
Comedy--> Shallow Hal (Side-splittingly hilarious)
Sci-Fi------> The Terminator + Terminator 2
KiRAB--------> Monsters Inc/Toy Story (Joint fave's)
Musical----> Tommy
Action------> Tough choice but I'll go with the Die Hard trilogy
Adventure-> The Indiana Jones Films

plus probably a few more as I can't choose a 'best of all' fave film so this list will have to suffice.


Yeti.
 
Hey,
OMG seen Anger Mangement the other day, and last night i watched The Core

i fort Anger Mangement was good
but 'The Core' was an amazing film, abit crazy, going to the middle of the earth cause the Earths Magnetic field had stopped, causing the suns microwaves to burn the earth, this film had me on the edge of my seat.
 
Just scroled through all the posts and i can belive anyone hasn't has listed the great film
Amile amongst their favourites, this is the film that inspired me to live my life day by day and enjoy .
Seriously everyone should see this film at least once in their life , or possibly 3,4 or 5 times a year
ok just me
Ali
 
Bladerunner
The Amityville Horror
One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest
The Shining
Evil Dead
Memento

adn too many more to mention...........
 
Dream a Little Dream

closely followed by ANY of these:

Better Off Dead
One Crazy Summer
How I Got into College
Dead Man on Campus
Night of the Creeps
The Blob (1988?)
The Breakfast Club
The Legend of Billie Jean
Say Anything
Some Kind of Wonderful
Hiding Out
American Pie (1&2)
Zapped Again
Teen Agent
Home Front
The Beastmaster
Battle Beyond the Stars
Willy Milly
Soul Man
Class
Pretty in Pink

And MANY, MANY, MANY more, but you can probably see where I'm going with this...
 
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