Favorite Movie

 

I just saw the Great Debaters starring denzel Washington and I loved it!  Take everyone in your family to see thsi movie.   It is very inspiring! To find out more, go to

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427309/....................Jackie

 

 

 

 

 

My favorite movie is Stand by Me. It is really a coming of age story about four friends who set off on an adventure to find the dead body of a kid, but along the way the journey transforms into something much larger. The movie is based on a short story by Steven King (sorry Horror fans -- this one isn't scary) as he recalls some of his own childhood memories. My favorite sceen in the movie has to be when the four companinions are crossing over a railroad bridge and wouldn't you know it the railroad turns the corner and almost runs them down! It is a classic and a must see. dh 

 

My favorite movie?  That is hard.  I don't have just one.  The list would include Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, All that Jazz, Lord of the Rings, any of the Harry Potter movies, Still Breathing, and any of the Marx Brothers movies ("There is no sanity clause."). -- Jairia.

 

 

I wish everyday could be Groundhog Day! It could be cause it's my birthday too! -- "Go JJ Go"

 

 

 My favorite movie is Gone with the Wind. Need I say more??? -Grace

 

 

  Ah yes Princess Bride is the all-time favourite, but Fifth Element, and Green Card were also most entertaining. - Heatherhill-Noelle

 

 

Love Actually, Moulin Rouge, Ever After. My three fall backs when nothing else is on. Can watch them over and over (even watched Moulin Rouge 3 times in one day (just couldn't be bothered getting up to change DVD)). Jenny P.S.  Hey Kids, Don't buy drugs. Become a pop star, and they give you them for free.

 

I loved Ladyhawke! Have had a crush on Pfeiffer ever since, she's beautiful. But Rutger Hauer was great too, and he was in Bladrunner, so he's got good form. I love the Capra films, they are just so good. (And Xmas wouldn't be Xmas if you didn't watch "It's a wonderful life" - actually do the double with "Love actually".)

• It's a wonderful life
• Mr Smith goes to Washington
• Meet John Doe

30's - "For whom the bell tolls"

40's - "Casablanca" - outstanding

Love the Hitchcock's films "Vertigo" and "Rear window" - Jimmy Stewart was a hero to me. "PSYCHO" scared the hell out of me.

The Duke - Loved "The searchers' and "The quiet man".

60's - "To sir with love", "In the heat of the night", "Lilies of the field", "Bullitt" - obviously, "The great escape", Butch Cassidy...", "The graduate" - Anne Bancroft - Yowsah!!, "The heart is a lonely hunter" - book and movie, "To kill a mockingbird" - Book and film,

70's - "All the president's men" - book and movie, "The french connection", "Apocalypse now", "The Godfather I & II", "The excorcist" - Book and movie, "Annie Hall" - masterpiece!, "Rocky"

80's - "Zelig", "The terminator", "Ferris Bueller", "Stand by me", "Breakfast club", "Ghostbusters", "The Princess bride", "Uncle Buck", "Back to the future", "Batman"

90's - "Terminator series", "LA Confidential", "The Shawshank redemption" - masterpiece!, "Saving Private Ryan", "Tha Matrix" - outstanding, "Fargo", "Reservoir dogs", "Pulp fiction", Magnolia" - outstanding, "Analyse this", "The sixth sense" - outstanding.

Naughties - "Eternal sunshine of the spoptless mind" - MASTERPIECE!!, "Punch drunk love", "War of the world's", "Minority report" - outstanding, "Lord of the rings" -outstanding, "Unbreakable" - outstanding, "Signs" - outstanding, "Finding Nemo" - masterpiece, ditto The Incredibles".

Probably dozens more! Cheers Enzo

 

 

My fave. classic fantasy movie is Ladyhawke.  1985 but still holds up with an ethereal Michelle Pfeiffer and a suitably strong chinned Rutger Hauer as the tragic medieval lovers cursed to meet briefly in human guise at sunrise and sunset with the lovely Isabeau as a hawk and Navarro as a wolf for the rest of the 24.  The ache of their unfulfilled love fairly drips off the screen.It takes a young Matthew Broderick as a petty thief  "the mouse"  & Ian McKern as a  disgraced monk to foil the scheme of the evil Bishop to part the lovers forever.  Such tragedy, romance, pain. Director Rick Donne and story Edward Khmara.

 

 

Raloki  -  My favourite Movie would have to be....I have too many! It would have to be the Lord of the Rings trilogy, especially the soundtracks. I also  love the the Harry Potter series. You know what was funny though? Hocus Pocus with Bette Midler.... now that was a laugh a minute and a good movie for the teens.

 

 

The Classic of all time Blade Runner.  Can't wait for the new DVD release Blade Runner Final Cut, with extras.  Come on .. admit it .. a masterpiece.

 

Anne - I'm a lover of old movies - favourite musical - "Singing in the Rain"  Favourite dramas - too many to mention but "Double Indemnity" with Barbara Stanwyck comes to mind & usually anything starring Bette Davis.

 

 

A movie for all the family is "The Princess Bride" as the blurb says "A story that will touch your heart and tickle your funny bone".  This movie has it all - true love, sword fights, killer rats, an evil prince and much more (also a little bit of kissing).

 

My favorite movie is Baz Lurhman's Romeo + Juliet, with Leonardo Dicaprio and Claire Danes. This is the most exciting and exhilarating movie I have ever seen. It feels as though you are holding your breath the whole way through it.

 

My favorite movie of all time is Anne of Green Gables - the one with Canadian actress Meegan Follows. I saw the movie when I was in middle school and have yet to find a better movie. It's funny, endearing, sad, classic. It's just great. If you have not seen it, you should. It truely takes you to another time and place. -Susan

 

 

My all time favorite movie is The English Patient. I don't pull it out to watch, cause it's so intense and I can't repeat the initial experience. For feeling good I watch Lord of the Rings, a good fantasy ride.

 

 

Empire of the sun is my ultimate favourite amongst other favourites. It is a film that I have watched more 10 times. And surprisingly, and particuliarly over long intervals of watching it, I understand it differently. I guess it's an inducation that I have changed.

Apart from being a great story, it is a historical film about the Japanese invasion in China during the second world war told through the narrative of a little English boy. The emotions never fail to have it's presence.

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Recently I watched a very good movie called 'Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles'. It is very moving and the scenery is beautiful. The theme is about father-son relationship. If you don't mind subtitles, I highly recmommend it. The other one I recommend is the Japanese version of 'Shall We Dance?'. Don't worry, the music is not exotic, rather, it is from the west, such as 'Shall We Dance?' from King and I, and 'Save the Last Dance for Me'. It deals with a serious subject (mid-life crisis) in a funny way. The leading actor and actress plus those in supporting roles are superb. Once again, it has subtitles.

 

A favourite would have to be one that you can watch over and over until you know it off by heart. You know what the character is going to do next but you are willing them from your armchair not to do that thing thats going to get them into trouble. I cant narrow it down to one but the only movies i need in my collection are 'It's a wonderful life;' 'Sense and Sensability' (Emma Thompsons screen play); 'Bridget Jones Diary;' 'The Mirror has Two Faces;' and 'American Dreamer.' Cheerio, Maryanne.

 

Barb and Jessie both love the GodFather which illustrates the importance of the family, in more ways than one, and Godfather II which was the last movie that Pacino didn't overact in. I watch them both at least once a year. Chicago and All that Jazz are my favorite musicals because Bob Fosse was the best choreographer ever. Also love the scary movies--Halloween, Alien, Shaun of the Dead

I'm not sure if you add to the top or bottom of a blog so excuse my ignorance (I've added to the top). I wasn't going to add at all but just had to say what a brilliant movie Arsenic and Old Lace is - if you've not seen it, then I recommend it as an oldie, but a goodie!

 

Ah -- too many favorite movies to choose from (isn't Johnny Depp fun to watch???). But I do love the classic black and white romantic comedies like Arsenic and Old Lace and Bringing Up Baby, both with Cary Grant (the latter with Kate Hepburn talking a million-miles-a-minute!). A favorite color one that always brings smiles (for me) is Pillow Talk with Doris Day and Rock Hudson. -Patricia (whose birth was announced on the marquee of a drive-in theatre!)

 

Breakfast at Tiffany's is one of my all-time favorites. Audrey Hepburn is at her best as Holly Golightly. Everything from the clothes to the twists in the plot to the theme song, Moon River, is wonderful.

 

The Goonies a classic childhood epic by Steven Spielberg is one of my unbeatble favourites and also love the action packed True Romance, with screen play by Tarantino.

 

Favorite Movie

 

 

Some of the very best movies are the old ones. I enjoy surfing around on the weekend and finding an old movie. My favorite are comedies and musicals.

 

My all time favourite movie is "the colour purple" its a great story that makes you laugh and cry

 

• Favorite movie, hum this is a hard one, but I guess I would have to say Pirates of the Carribean - The Black Pearl. God knows how many times I've seen that movie and everytime I can sit down and watch it just like it was the first time. A close second would be The Man Who Would be King starring Connery and Cain (gotta love it).

 

• Casablanca

 

*I like the Quiet Man or any John Wayne movie. It is hard to find "heroes" nowadays. --Storyspinner2

 

 

*Click (watched it last night) ~meta

 

• I love watching movies. Here is my most recent favorite Crash. ~ life_is_bella

 

1. I love Dr. Zhivago and have seen -is- it too many times. This movie, rich in history, with both beautiful, horrific. Costuming is awesome and casting is perfect! I love Omar Sharif. His eyes are fantastic. Each time I watch Dr. Zhivago, I more understand the dangers of socialism. Lena Tompkins

 

• I too enjoyed Dr. Zhivago, it was so sentimental and poingant!

 

• "This is Spinal Tap" -mockumentaries are probably my favorite genre and this is the grandaddy of them all.

 

*"The Wiz", what a cast! If you haven't seen it, you must!

• My favorite movies are Final Destination I & II and Dodgeball the true underdog story.

-shundra

 

• My favorites are oldies like The African Queen & an odd one, Dark at the Top of the Stairs.

-Chris

 

• Some of my favorites are musicals like Grease, The Sound of Music, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and Annie. ~Amy

 

*I'm a sucker for love stories. I think my all-time favorite is The Princess Bride. I also like Willow, The Lion King, Robin hood, and Gone with the Wind. -Emily

 

• I enjoyed very much the movie "Frequency" with Jim Caviezel. The Count of Monte Cristo starring the same actor was pretty good. Aura

 

• My favorites are the old pulp serials or movies influenced by them such as Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. - J. Stubbs

 

• Braveheart is my favorite movie. It changed my life. nancynoreen

 

• My favorite movies are Jurassic Park, A Knight's Tale, and Hook. ~Carrie

 

• Some of my favorites are Muriel's Wedding, The Shipping News, and Secretary. ~ Lesley (aka BiblioChick)

 

• Gone with the Wind

 

• DR. STRANGELOVE! Peter Sellers at his best!

 

• I went to see The Departed last night - another Scorsese masterpiece - Patrice
• My favorite movies are Firefox with Clint Eastwood and Tombstone with Kurt Russell.
• Patrice, can we talk?? I just saw The Departed too -- LOVED it!! Like watching the extended dance version of the Sopranos! -melanie pb 

 

 

*My absolute favorite is Princess Bride. I also love the movie version of Pride and Prejudice, the BBC version that came out in the late 90s. -Erin

 

• Currently, my favorite is OCEAN'S 11 . My man George Clooney is absolutely beeutiful in this movie. And the music isn't bad either. / Kirbskorner

 

• My favorite movie? So hard to say but one is Day of the jackal

 

• judging solely by the number of times I saw it in the theatre, I would have to say Serenity. It has humour, drama, pathos, witty dialogue, great characterization and some pretty nifty effects without being ALL about the effects! -FrancesBurney

 

• "The Wiz", what a cast! If you haven't seen it, you must! -- MAXIMAL-MAXIM

 

• One of my favorite comedy is The Wedding Singer. My favorite drama is Ordinary People. -JRR

 

****Sound of Music****

 

 

****One of my favourites in "The Shawshank Redemption" - and one of my favourite websites is the Internet Movie Database.

 

• Lord of the Rings - such an epic and gorgeous scenery
• I agree, this is my favorite movie too. I could watch it again and again (and I have). Now I just need to find time to reread the books...

•  I agree too, Lord of the Rings trilogy best movie in history.  Loved it so much I read the books.  Saw the first movie seven times at the cinemas!!

• Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing and Charm School - it's a mouthful to say, but I found it a delight to watch.

 

• I have too many favorite movies to make a selection. Each movie has a special meaning for me, and I like to watch them when I am in a particular mood. Here goes..... Cars, Love Actually, Any movie with John Wayne, Gregory Peck, Kathryn Hepburn, British movies of the 60's, etc...... Wendy C.

 

• A few of my favorite movies are Heavyweights, Garden State, Closer, Zoolander, Hawaii, Oslo, Stand By Me, and almost anything under the Film Movement. - Felicia

 

There are so mnay to choose from, but I'm currently obsessed with old movies and am madly in love with Cary Grant - so pretty much anything with him in it - particularly Father Goose. I also love the Thin Man series and I want to be Nora Charles! ~ Annette

 

Depends on my mood, but "Brigadoon" and "An affair to remember" would be up there....crawfie

 Brigadoon is great to watch really late at night, gives it that extra magical touch.

• The Full Monty.

 

My favourite movie would have to be Burnt by the sun. http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/burntbysun/burntbysun.html

 

For a long time Strictly dancing - although have seen it so many times now....

 

The Dixie chicks move - Shut up and sing - was wonderful, at many levels - the life of travelling musicians and a slice of American life.

http://www.dixiechicks.com/06_dcmovie.asp

 

And Neil Young's Heart of gold. http://www.heartofgoldmovie.com/ Wonderful!

 

My all-time favorite movie is The Magnificent Seven. A terrific cast, the best (in my opinion) music score ever for a film, by Elmer Bernstein, an excellent screenplay, and a theme of self-sacrifice,and doing things for others without thought of reward. Other movies on my Top Ten list are: Aliens (with a truly great performance by Sigourney Weaver); The Great Escape (wonderful ensemble acting and another fantastic score by Elmer Bernstein); Apollo 13 (Tom Hanks and Ron Howard at their best, James Horner's inspirational score, and what a storyline!); Matinee (John Goodman, Jerry Goldsmith's delightful score, and a funny, warmhearted script); Glory (the best historical film I've ever seen); Experiment in Terror (Henry Mancini's first-rate score, excellent use of San Francisco locations and a truly spectacular, sadly overlooked performance by Ross Martin); Bullitt (Steve McQueen's best performance, the greatest car chase on film, an absorbing script and Lalo Schifrin's perfect score); North By Northwest (my favorite Hitchcock film, and I love most anything he directed); and Night Shift (one of Ron Howard's early directing efforts is touching, warm, and genuinely funny, with great songs, including the first version of "That's What Friends Are For", and pitch-perfect performances by Henry Winkler, Shelley Long, and Michael Keaton).

 

All-time favorites- Princess Bride, Rudy, and yes, the Goonies is a good one, too.~Linda

 

 

When was the last time or the first time anyone saw FREAKS BY TOD BROWNING. Pure brilliance!!When released theatrically in 1932, FREAKS was met with near universal disgust by critics and audiences alike, lasting in theatres for only a short time in the states and bannned in the UK. - catwoman

 

A Polish film, in the style of Jaques Tati - The Big Animal. A beautifully told fable about what happens to a Polish community when a visiting circus leaves its camel behind! A subtle, comic look at how hypocracy, greed and prejudice unhinge the daily life of a small town.

 

I love anything by Hitchcock, but Rear Window is my absolute fave. How many movies are set in one room and keep you spellbound? Room with a view is another favorite- it just captures that feeling of unrequited (and then gloriously requited) love. More recently I loved eternal sunshine of a spotless mind because it just makes you appreciate that life is all about the experience - painful or not. Little Miss Sunshine made me laugh, I could go on but I won't. Love movies.... - Booklover

 

My favorite movie is The Taming of the Shrew with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.  The romantic chemistry between those two made the film.  I had one of the first video recorders back in the early 80's and I paid $80 for a Beta Tape just because I loved that film. I have since bought it on DVD...ah the times are a changing!

 

I like off-beat movies.  A recent favorite is Lars and the Real Girl starring Ryan Gosling.  Lars Lindstrom in an introvert who begins an emotional relationship with a life-sized doll named Bianca.  To Lars the doll is real and alive.  Soon everyone in his small town, including his reluctant brother, invites Bianca into their lives and Lars finally becomes part of the community.  The film is both touching and very funny.  Don't miss it if you get a chance to see it.  - Pageman

 

My all time favourite is 2001 A Space Odyssey.  Saw it at the Trak Cinema when it was first released in Australia.  Went to see it everytime it was reshown. Saw it 3 times in one week.  Even persuaded my younger daughter to see it at the Astor theatre for the 30th anniversary of the film's release here.  She loved the Art Deco theatre and actually enjoyed the film. Still as powerful after 30 years. Lisek.

 

My all time favourites are : Amateur by Hal Hartley, Room with a view, Little Miss Sunshine, Rio Bravo, Alien & Aliens ... there are just way too amny to list.

 

I don't have one favourite, but loved all the Indiana Jones movies, as well as 'Three men and a baby' and 'Four weddings and a funeral'. Seems to be a bit of a theme here - yes I do like a good laugh!

 

My vote is for a little-known Australian movie called "In a Savage Land", which was only released for a short time. It was a sweeping saga about love, war and the treatment of natives, and was mainly set in Papua New Guinea in WW2. The film was very thought provoking and extremely moving. It reminded me of a more realistic, smaller-scale version of "Gone with the Wind".   Stuartdh 

 

My favourite movies list is growing all the time. Thinking back to the first movie that really took my breath away it would have to be The Piano.  The Music was enthralling ,Holly Hunter's rendition of 'The Heart asks Pleasure First' on that desolate, windswept NZ beach was never to be forgotten.

 

I really enjoyed American Beauty, Almost Famous, Amelie and The Piano. At the moment I'm loving any Alfred Hitchcock movie also... such suspense!-Lisa

 

 I LOVE MUSICALS, ESPECIALLY THE CLASSICS (I.E. SOUND OF MUSIC, WEST SIDE STORY, SINING IN THE RAIN ETC)  I ALSO LOVE HINDI FILMS (CLASSICS: DUS NUMBRI, SILSIA, SHOLAY...RECENT: BABUL, KUCH NA KA HO, FAMILY) -SAW

 

Again, so many titles to choose from:

Amelie

Shawshank Redemption

Monsters Inc

Shaun of the Dead

Princess Bride

Legend

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

And so many others.

- Sian

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