OT: The Undisputed Cinema

[Chuck_Clark]

Please post your own!

Sorry, but I decline, for two reasons. One, I don't want to type that much; and two, I have strange tastes in movies. For example, two of my all time favorites are "The Horse Soldiers" and "Zulu".

'Nuff said?

[carrie]

Bringing Up Baby
Singing in the Rain
North by Northwest
Rear Window
Choose Me

Carol

[chas]

I can't believe I didn't inlcude possibly the best movie ever:

Young Frankenstein.

Also, seeing Army of Darkness listed reminded me of

Evil Dead II -- Dead by Dawn -- I don't normally like movies that mix violence with comedy, but this one is just too hilarious. It had one of the sickest, funniest gags I've ever seen: Ash (Our Hero) has a hand that's possessed and trying to kill him. He finally cuts it off, but it's still animated and trying to kill him. Finally he traps it under a bucket. It's still pretty feisty, so he piles a bunch of books on the bucket, topped by "A farewell to arms." Little details like that, and big details such as Ash attaching a chainsaw to his stump are just priceless.

I also concur with La Femme Nikita, Princess Bride, and Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and would add to that

Life of Brian

[jim_mc]

Nosferatu (1929)
Memento
Adaptation
Sid and Nancy
Apocalypse Now
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse
The Wild One
On the Waterfront
Taxi Driver
Mean Streets
Breaking Away
Dazed and Confused
M (Fritz Lang)
Rope
The Deer Hunter (possibly #1)
The Godfather (parts 1 and 2)
The Wizard of Oz

[cowtime]

Off the top of my head-

Very Best- all of which I've watched over and over and never
tire of them-

Comedy-Yellowbeard
(Monty Python.....with characters like Lord
LambournBlind Pew, Mrs. Beard(Madelyn Kahn at her
best , Cheech and Chong as members of the Spanish Inquisition
opposition, and of course, Yellowbeard himself......

Arthur
even though I know practically every line, it is still just
as funny to me as the first time I saw it.

Being There-
Peter Sellers is so good as Chauncy Gardner
I love stuff that points out how foolish we can be
when we take ourselves seriously.
Raising Arizona-
what more can I say..the usage of the English
language is what facinates me here.
American Women
(European title- The Closer You Get)
Irish fellows post an ad for beautiful American
ladies to come to Ireland for a dance on their
island, this is one of the funniest ones I've ever
seen.

Drama- Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?
Richard Burton and Liz Taylor at
their best..... talk about mind games!SNAP!
The Lion in Winter-
Elenor of Aquatain(Katherine Hepburn) vs.
Henry II (Peter O'Toole) actually a Va. Wolfe
for Mideval times.
Gallipoli-
great WWI true story of Australian troops sacraficed.
Rob Roy-
soooooooo much better than Braveheart, and actually
pretty factual and accurate.

Western- The Long Riders- with the Carradine brothers playing the
Younger gang, the Keach brothers , James
and Stacy Keach as Frank and Jessee James,
the Quaid brothers, and another set who's
names escape me, real brothers playing
brothers, plus like Rob Roy, fairly historically
accurate on major items, plus lots of great
music and wry humor.

Blazing Saddles- can't be topped , belongs in this catagory
since it is such a takeoff of every Western
ever made.

[Dale]

Off the top of my head-
Being There-

O yes. That should have been on my list.

You're so right about language in Raising Arizona:

"Her insides were a rocky place, where my seed could find no purchase."

[chas]

You're so right about language in Raising Arizona:

"Her insides were a rocky place, where my seed could find no purchase."

And (paraphrase) "My Edweena wanted a critter." When my wife was pregnant and I was referring to "the critter," some members of the family were actually offended. I guess some people just don't get it, or possibly have never seen Raising Arizona. I find that hard to believe, but then one of my colleagues actually had never heard of Aretha Franklin. THAT'S truly mind-boggling. (FYI, 66 years old, has lived in the US his whole life.)

[PhilO]

How could I forget "The Seven Samurai."

Hey Chuck - I think Zulu is one of the greatest war movies ever made; the tension is sustained throughout, much like.....well like in "The Terminator."

[Lorenzo]

um...I've never heard of any of those movies.

The last time I was in a theater, these were popular:
"Inherit the Wind"
"Casablanca"
"Gone With the wind"
"The Sound of Music"
"To Kill a Mockingbird."
"The African Queen"


I wasn't aware that they were still making movies, but I kinda knew something was going on since there's quite a line up on weekends for popcorn balls, or something...they have really strange names for them nowdays like Pulp Fiction...god, they must taste awful.

But the one I really wanted to see a while back, that everyone was just raving about, was the one that just about got Clarence Thomas from getting nominated to the supreme court. I forget the name of it...Long Acres or something like that. (just kidding!)



Okay, seriously...

The Godfather
One Flew Over a Cookoos Nest
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Graduate
Forrest Gump
The Elephant Man
Gandhi
The Killing Fields
Shawshank Redemption
Citizen Kane
Schindler's List
Like Water Like Chocolate

[kevin m.]

There have been some fantastic films mentioned so far-
'M' - just incredible-years since I've seen it,I may just have to purchase the DVD now!
'Zulu' -"why us Sarge?" "Cos we're 'ere lad,- cos we're 'ere" may just have to be my next signature!
'Nosferatu' (f.w. Mernau)-I've got this on order;last night I started watching 'Shadow of the Vampire' with William Dafoe as Max Shrek (the ultimate method actor-he IS a REAL vampire! )
I also have the 1978 Klaus Kinski remake of 'Nosferatu'-If I watch anymore vampire films lately,I'll have to work nightshifts!
I don't know if I can be bothered to type a list-I'd end up with R.S.I.,much more productive to practice whistle instead!

[don]

I won't bother with any of my favorites that have already been mentioned, but here are a couple that are all right in my book:

Hopscotch, with Walter Matthau (about a CIA agent turned anti government - with Glenda Jackson - and the clothes are campy)

for airplane buffs, Battle of Britian, and Tora, Tora, Tora

Stagecoach, an 1939 John Wayne movie directed By John Ford (one of the best of the oat burner movies)

[mrosenlof]

Since my little picture is Japanese:

Ikiru; Kurosawa dir.
Maboroshi no Hikari; Koreeda dir. Watch for this director, he's young and making some marvelous films. (Maborosi in English)


Since this is a musical bulletin board:

Singin in the Rain;
Mary Poppins; The first movie I remember seeing indoors


Some of the obvious classics:

It happened one night;
Casablanca;
Dr. Strangelove;


Gotta have a swashbuckler!

The Adventures of Robin Hood; Errol Flynn of course


Animation:

Pinnocchio; Disney from the 30s
Tonari no Totoro; Miyazaki from the 80s (My Neighbor Totoro in English)

[PhilO]

The SUnshine Boys with Walter Mathau and George Burns; Some LIke IT Hot; The Apartment and The Odd Couple are all hysterical, as are Duck Soup and A Night at the Opera.

Philo

OK, ok, I'll stop...

[madfifer9]

Yes, Claudine!! I agree with you! Three of my favorites that I have to watch whenever they come on TV. Since I get some Canadian TV stations, they're on quite often:

The Commitments
Brassed Off
The Full Monty

Also, for clever dialogue:
Educating Rita
Desk Set (Tracy/Hepburn)
It Happened One Night (Gable/Colbert)
The Princess Bride
Broadcast News

Other favorites:
Amelie (I laughed SO HARD!!! This is the best I've seen this year)
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Dances With Wolves
Driving Miss Daisy
Young Frankenstein
Rebecca (Olivier/Fontaine)
Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion
'night Mother (Spacek/Bancroft)

That's all I can think of for now, and my list may be different tomorrow!

Linda S.
madfifer9

[dakotamouse]

Alright Lorenzo! Finally another African Queen fan.

It wasn't an all time great movie great movie but I was quietly surprised by "Tea with Musolini."

Chas... I'm as shocked as you. Someone who's never heard of Aretha Franklin? Why you'd better "Think" about that one.