Best Ever Movies

Skyclad01 · Post by **Skyclad01** » Thu Nov 25, 2004 7:16 pm

In no order!

Braveheart

The Postman

Once were warriors

Dances With Wolves

What Dreams May Come

The Princess Bride

Labrynth

The Dark Crystal

Star Wars IV, V, VI

The Matrix

Aliens (all)

Angus

Underworld

Beetlejuice

Bhram Stroker's Dracula

Back To The Future (trilogy)

(and many more!)

PhilO · Post by **PhilO** » Thu Nov 25, 2004 7:26 pm

Ok guys, here's a new movie recommendation. For the last ten years or so, we've been celebrating Thanksgiving with the whole extended family on the Friday after, due to traffic problems for those trying to get to my in-law's house on Long Island rom NJ, etc. Works out great. Therefore, the immediate family has established a new tradition of new movie, with totally empty theaters, and Thai food on Thanksgiving Day.

Today we saw "Finding Neverland", at my daughter's insistence. One of the best ever! Johnny Depp his usual great self, a sure Academy Award nomination for Julie Christie (still gorgeous) as the grandmother and a bunch of really great kids. This near true story of the Scotsman who wrote Peter Pan is riveting. The relatively small audience stayed through the credits and applauded. My daughter was a bit amazed at how much I loved this movie (no blood and guts). Peter Pan (the original with Mary Martin, even though you could always see the strings) was always my favorite, I guess because it was about hope and imagination and a place to go no matter what. This was a fine blending of the story and the story of the story. We enjoyed it immensely.

Best,

Philo

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 1:38 am

Oh, two thrillers I forgot to mention, each truly superb:

Red Rock West (Nicolas Cage and Dennis Hopper)

and maybe the best thriller I've ever seen (but have never found anyone else who saw it): Silent Partner, with Elliot Gould and Christopher Plummer. Made in Canada during the late 70's or early 80's, absolutely brilliant, but mega violent.

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 7:06 am

Here are a few of mine, in no particular order:

Gone With the Wind

Braveheart

LOTR Trilogy

first three Star Wars movies (#'s 4-6)

Indiana Jones movies- #'s 1&3 (didn't like #2 all that much)

In the Name of the Father

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Emma (what can I say...Jane Austen is much better on screen than in the written form)

The Princess Bride (yes I do know a goodly portion of the dialoge)

Finding Nemo

Philadelphia Story

North By Northwest

Miracle on 34th Street (the old one with Maureen O'Hara of Quiet Man fame

)

Pretty much any Katharine Hepburn movie.

My Fair Lady

There are more, but I can't think of them right now since I've had no coffee!

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 7:36 am

Here are a few of my laa-time favorites, but by no means a complete list.

Brazil,
Ghost,
Braveheart,
Princess Bride,
The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy,
It's a Wonderful Life,
Wizard of Oz,
Flight of the Pheonix...

There are many more, but it would take hours to list them all.

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 8:33 am

blackhawk wrote:Oh, two thrillers I forgot to mention, each truly superb:

Red Rock West (Nicolas Cage and Dennis Hopper)

and maybe the best thriller I've ever seen (but have never found anyone else who saw it): Silent Partner, with Elliot Gould and Christopher Plummer. Made in Canada during the late 70's or early 80's, absolutely brilliant, but mega violent.

Red Rock West is a brilliant film.Cage and Hopper deliver two of their best ever roles. I caught it by chance on cable one night and was blown away.A classic Film Noir.

Slan,
D.

PhilO · Post by **PhilO** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 9:11 pm

Ditto for Red Rock West and especially Once Were Warriors.

Ridseard · Post by **Ridseard** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 10:55 pm

emmline wrote:.....Joe Versus the Volcano. Completely wack, but so am I.

Good Grief! Joe fans are few and far between but usually enthusiastic. Either you get it or you don't, I suppose. I made a large web site about Joe. Gave it away a couple of years ago because it got to be too much trouble. It's my favorite movie for a number of personal reasons, and the soundtrack is exquisite. It was the last soundtrack written by Georges Delerue before he died. My former website is at http://www.mindspring.com/~waponi/
(Note the credit at the bottom of the first page.)

A few of my favorites:

Joe versus the Volcano
The Blues Brothers
The Lord of the Rings (all of them)
Caddyshack
Wings of Desire (partly in English, partly in German with subtitles)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Trial (Orson Welles' version)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Harvey
The Third Man
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Richard S.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 12:01 pm

I am sorry I missed this thread. I guess I didn't because I'm posting on it.

Anything by Christopher Guest.
Anything by Coen Bros except Raising Arizona.
Anything by Quinten (will not try to spell last name).

The Godfather 1.
Apocolypse Now.
Cross of Iron
Daddy's Dying, Who's Got the Will.
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. (yes I like this because it is painfully bad).

To name just a few.

dwinterfield · Post by **dwinterfield** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 12:11 pm

geek4music wrote:Anything by Christopher Guest.
Anything by Coen Bros except Raising Arizona.
Anything by Quinten (will not try to spell last name).

I'll put Raising Arizona on the list.

Also, I briefly tuned in to some sort of National Dog Show on Bravo last night and realized the announcers were try to sound like the announcers from Best in Show. Wierd life imitating art?

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:59 am

dwinterfield wrote: I'll put Raising Arizona on the list.

Also, I briefly tuned in to some sort of National Dog Show on Bravo last night and realized the announcers were try to sound like the announcers from Best in Show. Wierd life imitating art?

I'd love to see someone try to imitate Fred Willard. He OWNED that part of the movie.

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:00 am

From the BBC this morning;

Gone with the Wind tops film list

Gone With the Wind, the epic 1939 film starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable, has been seen by more cinema-goers than any other film in UK movie history.

Full story here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4049645.stm

MarkB