It occurred to me today while reading of the apparent idiocy of Russell Crowe that he is truly one of my favorite actors perhaps one of the great modern actors because he has starred in a number of my favorite movies ("great" to me)in a relatively short time span. These do not include that for which he won an Oscar - Gladiator, which but for an opening riveting battle scene is only slightly better than Spartacus and probably not as memorable. Among my personal favs are L.A. Confidential, A Beautiful Mind and Master and Commander.
That said, what are your five favorite movies of all time - only five. Mine are:
1- On the Waterfront
2 - The Deerhunter
3 - Taxi Driver
4 - Breaker Morant
5 - L.A. Confidential
Five Favorite Movies - Thoughts of Crowe
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Five Favorite Movies - Thoughts of Crowe
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Re: Five Favorite Movies - Thoughts of Crowe
Well, I would hardly call my knowledge of movies comprehensive, but here's my list as of right now:
The Producers
Sling Blade
Pulp Fiction (see avatar)
Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
This will probably change in ten minutes.
EDIT: Tyler reminded me, I'm not including the Star Wars movies. It would be like asking what your favorite Beatles' album is. Everyone knows it's Sgt. Pepper, but they want to know what's your other favorite.
The Producers
Sling Blade
Pulp Fiction (see avatar)
Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
This will probably change in ten minutes.
EDIT: Tyler reminded me, I'm not including the Star Wars movies. It would be like asking what your favorite Beatles' album is. Everyone knows it's Sgt. Pepper, but they want to know what's your other favorite.
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The Italian Job (Michael Caine verson)
Star Wars (I'll just lump them all into one here, but I'm excluding the prequels of course)
Fight Club
Bullit
Monty Python's And Now For Something Completely Different
my list is also subject to change
Star Wars (I'll just lump them all into one here, but I'm excluding the prequels of course)
Fight Club
Bullit
Monty Python's And Now For Something Completely Different
my list is also subject to change
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Nope. I can't do it. My list changes several times in the time it takes to type it.
Doh, let's try...
Harvey
Bladerunner (for Rutger Hauer's death scene)
Big Fish
The Quiet Man (**ducks**
)
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Hang on, I've changed my mind...
Doh, let's try...
Harvey
Bladerunner (for Rutger Hauer's death scene)
Big Fish
The Quiet Man (**ducks**
)The Day the Earth Stood Still
Hang on, I've changed my mind...
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And whether the skin be black or white as the snow.
Of kith and of kin we are one, be it right, be it wrong.
As long as our hearts beat true to the lilt of a song.
And whether the skin be black or white as the snow.
Of kith and of kin we are one, be it right, be it wrong.
As long as our hearts beat true to the lilt of a song.
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Five is hard and keeps changing all the time.
OBTW "The gods must be crazy"=excellent and somebody else mentioned it.
here goes.
1.Jacobs Ladder
2.One flew over the Cuckoos nest
3.Young Frankenstein
4.Deliverance
5.Taxi Driver.
OBTW "The gods must be crazy"=excellent and somebody else mentioned it.
here goes.
1.Jacobs Ladder
2.One flew over the Cuckoos nest
3.Young Frankenstein
4.Deliverance
5.Taxi Driver.
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Five? Don't be silly, dahling. I watch five per week. I like some of the ones mentioned so I won't repeat them, but add a few more to the list that I keep finding myself coming back to:
Pow Wow Highway
Buckaroo Bonzai
Killer Klowns
Eraser Head
LOTR (the whole shebang)
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Pow Wow Highway
Buckaroo Bonzai
Killer Klowns
Eraser Head
LOTR (the whole shebang)
djm
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It is easy to over rate recent films but after some considerations these are my top five:
- Down by Law (Jim Jarmush)
- The Hairdressers Husband (Patrice Leconte)
- Yojinbo (Akira Kurosawa)
- The Double Life of Veronica (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
- Big Blue (Luc Besson)
Can't belive that no one listed Down by law yet, it's a cinematic milestone
/MarcusR
Edit: couldn't pick just one of the Three Colors Trilogy and felt the need to change to another favorite by Krzysztof Kieslowski. This is tough, I think I'll changed my mind again
- Down by Law (Jim Jarmush)
- The Hairdressers Husband (Patrice Leconte)
- Yojinbo (Akira Kurosawa)
- The Double Life of Veronica (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
- Big Blue (Luc Besson)
Can't belive that no one listed Down by law yet, it's a cinematic milestone
/MarcusR
Edit: couldn't pick just one of the Three Colors Trilogy and felt the need to change to another favorite by Krzysztof Kieslowski. This is tough, I think I'll changed my mind again
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I really don't have favorites, but here are two I enjoyed because they were so bad they were good(with reviews, in case you're interested!):
Teenagers From Outer Space http://www.badmovies.org/othermovies/teenspace/
Yor: The Hunter From The Future(Why isn't Yor like other men???)
http://www.badmovies.org/movies/yor/
http://www.stomptokyo.com/movies/y/yor- ... uture.html
And three I liked because they actually were good:
Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers
Amelie
Better Off Dead (this one I wasn't sure if I should call it good, or so bad it's good. I think it's good, because they meant it to be the way it is. It gets a bit boring toward the end though.)
Teenagers From Outer Space http://www.badmovies.org/othermovies/teenspace/
Yor: The Hunter From The Future(Why isn't Yor like other men???)
http://www.badmovies.org/movies/yor/
http://www.stomptokyo.com/movies/y/yor- ... uture.html
And three I liked because they actually were good:
Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers
Amelie
Better Off Dead (this one I wasn't sure if I should call it good, or so bad it's good. I think it's good, because they meant it to be the way it is. It gets a bit boring toward the end though.)
