What's your favorite movie, or movies?

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  • yesiamaduck
    yesiamaduck Posts: 531 Member
    My fav movie is Withnail & I without exception or question.

    I love the script, the acting, the soundtrack, the pacing & the story... everything about it is done just right and is rightfully considered one of Englands most iconic movies!
  • ErrataCorrige
    ErrataCorrige Posts: 649 Member
    My fav movie is Withnail & I without exception or question.

    I love the script, the acting, the soundtrack, the pacing & the story... everything about it is done just right and is rightfully considered one of Englands most iconic movies!

    See, even the duck doesn't like Howard the Duck, lol.
  • Kougra
    Kougra Posts: 358 Member
    Let's see..here are some of my favorites:

    Pretty much any Zombie movies
    Numerous horror movies (it would take forever to list)
    The Joy Luck Club
    Orphanage

    Husband and I watch LOTS of movies since he owns a video store.

    Wait, where? I need a good video store in FoCo!?!

    The Village Vidiot on West Elizabeth ^_^
  • lyssamichelle
    lyssamichelle Posts: 1,307 Member
    Yeah the foreign ones are a lot more interesting because they're less Hollywooded out with smaller budgets so they have to rely on the plot and acting more.... I guess its also because were prob bored with our culture haha
    Haha yeah and those are just my favorites....

    Damn I watch a lot of movies....

    I watch a lot of movies too, but gosh that's a long list... Lol
    Everything I watch ends up being my favorite really, haha.
    The foreign ones, I always forget the titles.. But those would be my tops.
    I find the themes more relate-able.. In the US, they only show what the "people" want to see. They lack truth. It's all about the glam factor. I'd much rather watch a movie with an out of shape, average looking person who can act.. than watch someone every thinks is just oh so perfect, due to video editing effects. ya know..
  • ErrataCorrige
    ErrataCorrige Posts: 649 Member
    Let's see..here are some of my favorites:

    Pretty much any Zombie movies
    Numerous horror movies (it would take forever to list)
    The Joy Luck Club
    Orphanage

    Husband and I watch LOTS of movies since he owns a video store.

    Wait, where? I need a good video store in FoCo!?!

    The Village Vidiot on West Elizabeth ^_^

    yay, that is less than 2 mins from my house. New business coming his way this weekend!!!
  • ErrataCorrige
    ErrataCorrige Posts: 649 Member
    Yeah the foreign ones are a lot more interesting because they're less Hollywooded out with smaller budgets so they have to rely on the plot and acting more.... I guess its also because were prob bored with our culture haha
    Haha yeah and those are just my favorites....

    Damn I watch a lot of movies....

    I watch a lot of movies too, but gosh that's a long list... Lol
    Everything I watch ends up being my favorite really, haha.
    The foreign ones, I always forget the titles.. But those would be my tops.
    I find the themes more relate-able.. In the US, they only show what the "people" want to see. They lack truth. It's all about the glam factor. I'd much rather watch a movie with an out of shape, average looking person who can act.. than watch someone every thinks is just oh so perfect, due to video editing effects. ya know..
    This is my exact argument for why everyone should boycott the US version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in favor of the Swedish version.
  • jrhstarlight
    jrhstarlight Posts: 867 Member
    This is my exact argument for why everyone should boycott the US version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in favor of the Swedish version.
    [/quote]

    Thank you!! I have no real desire to see it, not that I will doubt the good acting and story but the original which isn't old enough to be remade was excellent. Plus the commercial for the US version looks to be a screen by screen remake. There is absolutely nothing wrong with subtitles people.

    Reminds me of when they remade Let the Right One In, which I fell completely in love with and yet had to be remade for US, again not an old movie and was such a disappointment in comparison to original.
  • chatnel
    chatnel Posts: 688 Member
    The original Footloose
    Zoolander
  • munkeyfunk
    munkeyfunk Posts: 141 Member
    Can't believe no one's posted Inception, that was insane, i also like shutter island and death sentence.
  • _snw_
    _snw_ Posts: 1,298 Member
    My fav movie is Withnail & I without exception or question.

    I love the script, the acting, the soundtrack, the pacing & the story... everything about it is done just right and is rightfully considered one of Englands most iconic movies!



    Withnail and I ..... Holy *kitten*. I ~loved~ that movie.
  • lyssamichelle
    lyssamichelle Posts: 1,307 Member
    Can't believe no one's posted Inception, that was insane, i also like shutter island and death sentence.
    I can't add Shutter Island to mine, until I fully understand it.. & I've watched it twice now.
    Inception.. I also need to see that a few more times before it makes my list..
  • ErrataCorrige
    ErrataCorrige Posts: 649 Member
    This is my exact argument for why everyone should boycott the US version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in favor of the Swedish version.


    Thank you!! I have no real desire to see it, not that I will doubt the good acting and story but the original which isn't old enough to be remade was excellent. Plus the commercial for the US version looks to be a screen by screen remake. There is absolutely nothing wrong with subtitles people.

    Reminds me of when they remade Let the Right One In, which I fell completely in love with and yet had to be remade for US, again not an old movie and was such a disappointment in comparison to original.

    [/quote]

    Exactly! There was just no reason to do it.

    Of course that same could be said for Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Last House on the Left, and most especially Psycho!!!! (what they hell was Gus Van sant thinking!?!)
  • _snw_
    _snw_ Posts: 1,298 Member
    My fav movie is Withnail & I without exception or question.

    I love the script, the acting, the soundtrack, the pacing & the story... everything about it is done just right and is rightfully considered one of Englands most iconic movies!



    Withnail and I ..... Holy *kitten*. I ~loved~ that movie.


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  • Kougra
    Kougra Posts: 358 Member
    Let's see..here are some of my favorites:

    Pretty much any Zombie movies
    Numerous horror movies (it would take forever to list)
    The Joy Luck Club
    Orphanage

    Husband and I watch LOTS of movies since he owns a video store.

    Wait, where? I need a good video store in FoCo!?!

    The Village Vidiot on West Elizabeth ^_^

    yay, that is less than 2 mins from my house. New business coming his way this weekend!!!

    That is cool. He has a great selection of foreign movies. I love watching foreign horror movies. ^_^
  • munkeyfunk
    munkeyfunk Posts: 141 Member
    Can't believe no one's posted Inception, that was insane, i also like shutter island and death sentence.
    I can't add Shutter Island to mine, until I fully understand it.. & I've watched it twice now.
    Inception.. I also need to see that a few more times before it makes my list..

    Yes shutter island was pretty confusing until the end when my mind was completely blown LOL, what don't you get about it?
  • sarahsmom1
    sarahsmom1 Posts: 1,501 Member
    1)Mr Blandings Builds his Dream House, 2) Goonies, 3)Napoleon Dynamite, 4)Christmas Vacation, 5)Wuthering Heights, 6)Young Frankenstein, 7) Planes, Trains and Automobiles 8) Ghostbusters
  • lyssamichelle
    lyssamichelle Posts: 1,307 Member
    Can't believe no one's posted Inception, that was insane, i also like shutter island and death sentence.
    I can't add Shutter Island to mine, until I fully understand it.. & I've watched it twice now.
    Inception.. I also need to see that a few more times before it makes my list..

    Yes shutter island was pretty confusing until the end when my mind was completely blown LOL, what don't you get about it?
    Pretty much all of it.. The plus side was Leo looked amazing. I'm such a girl. Haha.
    Maybe my mind isn't complex enough to comprehend it.
  • risefromruin
    risefromruin Posts: 483 Member
    Yeah the foreign ones are a lot more interesting because they're less Hollywooded out with smaller budgets so they have to rely on the plot and acting more.... I guess its also because were prob bored with our culture haha
    Haha yeah and those are just my favorites....

    Damn I watch a lot of movies....

    I watch a lot of movies too, but gosh that's a long list... Lol
    Everything I watch ends up being my favorite really, haha.
    The foreign ones, I always forget the titles.. But those would be my tops.
    I find the themes more relate-able.. In the US, they only show what the "people" want to see. They lack truth. It's all about the glam factor. I'd much rather watch a movie with an out of shape, average looking person who can act.. than watch someone every thinks is just oh so perfect, due to video editing effects. ya know..
    This is my exact argument for why everyone should boycott the US version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in favor of the Swedish version.

    Or maybe people should just read the book :P
  • Jarnard
    Jarnard Posts: 497 Member
    Some are pretty hard to watch. Some have a dark humor to it, such as Happiness and Welcome to the Dollhouse.
  • KrisRain
    KrisRain Posts: 8
    My eclectic list :)

    Beetlejuice
    Bram Stoker's Dracula
    Pride and Prejudice ( BBC Version 1995)
    How to Marry a Millionaire ( 1953 Marilyn Monroe)
    The Harvey Girls ( 1946 Judy Garland)
  • ErrataCorrige
    ErrataCorrige Posts: 649 Member
    Yeah the foreign ones are a lot more interesting because they're less Hollywooded out with smaller budgets so they have to rely on the plot and acting more.... I guess its also because were prob bored with our culture haha
    Haha yeah and those are just my favorites....

    Damn I watch a lot of movies....

    I watch a lot of movies too, but gosh that's a long list... Lol
    Everything I watch ends up being my favorite really, haha.
    The foreign ones, I always forget the titles.. But those would be my tops.
    I find the themes more relate-able.. In the US, they only show what the "people" want to see. They lack truth. It's all about the glam factor. I'd much rather watch a movie with an out of shape, average looking person who can act.. than watch someone every thinks is just oh so perfect, due to video editing effects. ya know..
    This is my exact argument for why everyone should boycott the US version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in favor of the Swedish version.

    Or maybe people should just read the book :P

    Well, I kinda assumed that went without saying. And my favorite books would be a much longer thread altogether! :wink:
  • lyssamichelle
    lyssamichelle Posts: 1,307 Member
    Yeah the foreign ones are a lot more interesting because they're less Hollywooded out with smaller budgets so they have to rely on the plot and acting more.... I guess its also because were prob bored with our culture haha
    Haha yeah and those are just my favorites....

    Damn I watch a lot of movies....

    I watch a lot of movies too, but gosh that's a long list... Lol
    Everything I watch ends up being my favorite really, haha.
    The foreign ones, I always forget the titles.. But those would be my tops.
    I find the themes more relate-able.. In the US, they only show what the "people" want to see. They lack truth. It's all about the glam factor. I'd much rather watch a movie with an out of shape, average looking person who can act.. than watch someone every thinks is just oh so perfect, due to video editing effects. ya know..
    This is my exact argument for why everyone should boycott the US version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in favor of the Swedish version.

    Or maybe people should just read the book :P
    If only everything started out as a book...
  • lyssamichelle
    lyssamichelle Posts: 1,307 Member
    My eclectic list :)

    Beetlejuice
    Bram Stoker's Dracula
    Pride and Prejudice ( BBC Version 1995)
    How to Marry a Millionaire ( 1953 Marilyn Monroe)
    The Harvey Girls ( 1946 Judy Garland)
    It's always so weird to see the name Dracula. Haha.
    Mostly because he married into my family.. & I always feel bad when I see it.
    Would have been cool, if he was actually a vampire.
  • VonRockette
    VonRockette Posts: 159 Member
    Newsies
    Boondock Saints
    Equilibrium
    Lord of the Rings (trilogy)
  • munkeyfunk
    munkeyfunk Posts: 141 Member
    Can't believe no one's posted Inception, that was insane, i also like shutter island and death sentence.
    I can't add Shutter Island to mine, until I fully understand it.. & I've watched it twice now.
    Inception.. I also need to see that a few more times before it makes my list..

    Yes shutter island was pretty confusing until the end when my mind was completely blown LOL, what don't you get about it?

    ok ok, well in a nutshell Leo's wife's death drove him insane, so he is sent to this mental institute, but in his mind he fabricates a fake personality in which he is a cop, so the whole movie is pretty much him hallucinating, then at the very end he snaps back and realises that it was he himself who killed his wife since she killed their children .
    This explains it nicely http://screenrant.com/shutter-island-spoilers-discussion-vic-46052/
    Pretty much all of it.. The plus side was Leo looked amazing. I'm such a girl. Haha.
    Maybe my mind isn't complex enough to comprehend it.
  • lyssamichelle
    lyssamichelle Posts: 1,307 Member
    Can't believe no one's posted Inception, that was insane, i also like shutter island and death sentence.
    I can't add Shutter Island to mine, until I fully understand it.. & I've watched it twice now.
    Inception.. I also need to see that a few more times before it makes my list..

    Yes shutter island was pretty confusing until the end when my mind was completely blown LOL, what don't you get about it?

    ok ok, well in a nutshell Leo's wife's death drove him insane, so he is sent to this mental institute, but in his mind he fabricates a fake personality in which he is a cop, so the whole movie is pretty much him hallucinating, then at the very end he snaps back and realises that it was he himself who killed his wife since she killed their children .
    This explains it nicely http://screenrant.com/shutter-island-spoilers-discussion-vic-46052/
    Pretty much all of it.. The plus side was Leo looked amazing. I'm such a girl. Haha.
    Maybe my mind isn't complex enough to comprehend it.
    Ahhh..
    See by the end I was thinking he was in a mental institute in his mind where he where he was crazed by murders of his loved ones his imaginary mind created an alternate imaginary world as a cop.. & then my mind exploded from not understanding anything.
  • KrisRain
    KrisRain Posts: 8
    Can't believe no one's posted Inception, that was insane, i also like shutter island and death sentence.
    I can't add Shutter Island to mine, until I fully understand it.. & I've watched it twice now.
    Inception.. I also need to see that a few more times before it makes my list..

    Yes shutter island was pretty confusing until the end when my mind was completely blown LOL, what don't you get about it?

    ok ok, well in a nutshell Leo's wife's death drove him insane, so he is sent to this mental institute, but in his mind he fabricates a fake personality in which he is a cop, so the whole movie is pretty much him hallucinating, then at the very end he snaps back and realises that it was he himself who killed his wife since she killed their children .
    This explains it nicely http://screenrant.com/shutter-island-spoilers-discussion-vic-46052/
    Pretty much all of it.. The plus side was Leo looked amazing. I'm such a girl. Haha.
    Maybe my mind isn't complex enough to comprehend it.
    Ahhh..
    See by the end I was thinking he was in a mental institute in his mind where he where he was crazed by murders of his loved ones his imaginary mind created an alternate imaginary world as a cop.. & then my mind exploded from not understanding anything.

    Watch 12 monkeys ( that will blow your mind and confuse as well)
  • Veganniee
    Veganniee Posts: 460 Member
    Manhunter
    This is Spinal Tap
    Untouchables
    Alien
    Aliens
    Some Like It Hot
    Event Horizon
    Brief Encounter
    Cape Fear (original)
    Magnificent Seven
  • lyssamichelle
    lyssamichelle Posts: 1,307 Member

    Watch 12 monkeys ( that will blow your mind and confuse as well)
    Can't say I've ever heard of that one, lol.. It looks interesting though
  • yesiamaduck
    yesiamaduck Posts: 531 Member
    For the record I cannot stand Howard, I do not wish to be associated with him

    Hope that clears some of the confusion up with you


    I enjoyed How To Get Ahead In Advertising but not nearly as much as my beloved Withnail
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