Favorite Movies - what do you watch??

[IzmSchism]

okay I know this isn't in the proper section, but i figure there will be a higher response in this forum than of any other, so here are my favorites

- Yojimbo
- Citizen Kane (possibly my most favorite)
- Clerks
- Lone Wolf and Cub (the series)
- Wu Tang and Shaolin
- Seven Samurai
- Repo Man
- Evil Dead series...
- Dazed and Confused
- and recently,,,,
The Man who wasn't there, w/ Billy Bob, Cohen Brothers

just to name a few....what are yours?

[red senator]

-One flew over the cuckoo's nest
-Juice
-American History X
-Fight Club
-Dogma

[munkey soup]

-Requiem for a Dream
-The Thin Red Line
-Trainspotting

Many others too numerous to count, but these are my current favorites I've been watching lately. Although The Thin Red Line will stay at the top along with Days of Heaven. I love Terrence Malick.

[Shyne]

my favorite all time is Pulp Fiction.

i recommend:
-Office Space
-Mulan
-Forrest Gump
-Men of Honor

[Sasafrás]

I like:

- American History X
- American Beauty
- Buena Vista Social Club
- Pulp Fiction
- Lolita (the old one & the new one)
- Mi Familia
- Slums of Beverly Hills
- Go
- Hav Plenty ;)
- Election :)
- The Wild Child (1970 French film directed by François Truffaut)
-Smoke Signals (I almost forgot!)

Also almost forgot:

-Life is Beautiful (even though I've only seen it once, it is one of the most beautiful movies I have ever seen.)
-Being John Malkovich :)


(Edited by La Rainbeaux at 12:40 pm on April 28, 2002)


(Edited by La Rainbeaux at 9:58 pm on April 28, 2002)

[Hayduke]

American History X
Enemy at the gates
Platoon
Apocalypse now ( old one )
And many many other "charlie " movies altough propaganda I really dig these movies.

[mcleodstickle]

Pulp Fiction
Buena Visat Socail club
One last time
I will...


They are the only ones from the top of my head at the mo
hey, red senator
is one flew over the cuckoo nest good as a film? ive read the book, and i loved it. Any comparisons between the two?

Lauren

[Maaja]

My favorite films are:

Love's a ***** (Mexico)
25 Watts (Uruguay)
Brother (and Brother 2) (Russia)
Sisters (Russia)
Cityzen Kane
Wir Kindern vom Bahnhof Zoo (Germany)
Lawrence of Arabia (Or was it Arabian Lawrence?)
Les parapluies de Cherbourg (France)

[guerrillaradio]

Too many....hehe.

Fight Club
Apocalypse Now
Reservoir Dogs
American Beauty
The Shining
American History X
A Clockwork Orange
Snatch
The Sixth Sense
Vanilla Sky
South Park (sorry, I love that film!!)
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Forrest Gump
The Truman Show
8mm

EDIT: I watched Trainspotting for the first time last night so I'll add that one on...

(Edited by guerrillaradio at 2:14 pm on April 30, 2002)

[IzmSchism]

i totally forgot about Oliver Stone, WAllstreet and Platoon are most excellent.

[munkey soup]

Oy, I forgot Citizen Kane, the best movie ever!

[libereco]

there are too many really, but the one that has to been mentioned is of course:

The Big Lebowski

[Fires of History]

There are simply TOO MANY to even possibly name. I agree with most of the ones mentioned so far.

But, for the love of all that is good, please -please- tell me that someone here has seen Baraka!

If you haven't seen Baraka, do not pass go, do not collect $200, and go directly to your local video store and rent it today.

Baraka is a non-verbal documentation of the human condition. It will make you cry, and of course want to kill the next capie you see. And it has THE MOST BEAUTIFUL soundtrack of any movie I've ever seen.

GO SEE BARAKA! You will NOT regret it :)

(Edited by Fires of History at 10:05 pm on April 28, 2002)

[Rob]

Reservoir Dogs
Meet the Feebles
A Fistful of Dollars
Dogma (or really any Kevin Smith)
Romper Stomper
The Evil Dead trilogy
Repo Man

[RedRevolutionary87]

snatch
apocolipse now (the horror;) )
no man's land(yugoslavian movie)

i think thats about it

[Domino]

Hiya! :) I'm new, by the way ;)

The Thin Red Line
The Big Lebowski
Box Of Moonlight
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain
Ladri Di Biciclette
La Vita è Bella
Modern Times
Interview With The Vampire
Amores Perros
El Cometa
Lord Of The Rings ( well? ;))

[munkey soup]

Box of Moonlight's a good movie. (I like LOTR:FOTR too)

[Hayduke]

I totally forget my favourite movie ever:

THE GODFATHER

1 and 2 are brilliant the third is still good but less.

Cheers

D-Day

[MJM]

Cheech and Chong 'Up In Smoke'
Pink Floyd 'The Wall'
EasyRider
Happy Gilmore

[El Brujo]

THE CROW (the sequels are ok but cant compare to the original).
Trainspotting
The Matrix
A Clockwork Orange
The God's Must Be Crazy
Bram Stroker's: Dracula
Event Horizon
Half Baked
Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back
Dumb & Dumber
Enemy At The Gate
Rapid Fire
Rush Hour
Enter The Dragon
American History X
Alien (the whole series)
Seven
Howard Stern's: Private Parts
Rising Sun
The Abyss
etc.

And horror movies, animae and B-movies as a whole, in general.

(Edited by El Brujo at 5:33 am on April 30, 2002)

[I Will Deny You]

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Sophie's Choice
Annie Hall
Devil in a Blue Dress
Scent of a Woman
Casablanca
Fantasia
Goodfellas
Jesus' Son
Cop Land
Animal House
The Breakfast Club
The Usual Suspects
Rocky :)

[Sasafrás]

DIO MIO! I forgot!

- A Bronx Tale!

I love that movie!

La Bamba is good too :)

[Xvall]

Enemy at the gates..

[Fires of History]

So nobody has seen Baraka? Really? Damn...

*shuffles off, sad, losing hope*

But what did I expect? After all, it wasn't made in Hollywood.

Edit: It's still the best film I've ever seen :)

Edit again: Maybe THIS WILL WHET YOUR CURIOSITY (http://office.geog.uvic.ca/dept/undergrad/sogs/baraka.html)

http://www.mty.itesm.mx/dhcs/centros/cinema16/ciertamirada/gifs_mirada/baraka.gif

(Edited by Fires of History at 11:43 pm on April 29, 2002)


(Edited by Fires of History at 11:50 pm on April 29, 2002)

[munkey soup]

I'll try and find it and tell you what I think of it. Definately looks interesting.

[Alejandro C]

-Clockwork Orange
-Caddyshack
-Godfathers
-Big Lebowski
-South Park
-Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
-Fight Club
-The Wall
-Apocalypse Now
-Requiem for a Dream
-Half Baked
-Gridlock'd

[Titus]

blade runner
withnail and i
apocalypse now
american beauty
american history x
a clockwork orange
the usual suspects
the godfather I and II
the shining
fight club
amelie
pulp fiction
fear and loathing in las vegas

...to name but a few


(Edited by Titus at 1:42 pm on July 28, 2002)

[abstractmentality]

pulp fiction
breath control: the history of the human beat box
memento
Pi
american beauty
dogma and all kevin smith

maaja: amores peros (love is a *****) is fucking great, love that one. I saw Y Tu Mama Tambien 5 times in the movies as well, awesome movie! one of the things i liked about that one was that it didnt portray sex in the usual super-glamorous-everything works out fashion that movies tend to do.

La Rainbeaux:
a bronx tale kicks ass! i always get a tear or two when C says "waste of talent" to sonny at the end. and i cant believe that somebody beyond myself has seen mi familia. that was a movie my whole family would watch together when i was a little kid. lol.

and requiem for a dream people, what the hell is that movie about? it appears on a lot of peoples best movies list, but i dont even know what its about, only that its directed by the same guy that did Pi.

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[mentalbunny]

requiem for a dreawm ensured i will never touch heroin, it's bloody scary and incredibly moving. there are so many good film. i saw MiB2 recently, it was ok, good for a luagh but not a good film, if u get me.

I adore monty python and the holy grail, what a classic. My friend and i have seen it soooo many times, we practically know it all off by heart!

[guerrillaradio]

Quote: from abstractmentality on 5:09 am on July 28, 2002
and requiem for a dream people, what the hell is that movie about? it appears on a lot of peoples best movies list, but i dont even know what its about, only that its directed by the same guy that did Pi.

It's the darkest and most depressing film you'll ever see. Essentially it's about four people's struggle against all the odds to realise their desires, and ultimately, each one fails (well, OK, one kinda succeeds, but at a high price). It was the first film to make me cry, predominantly cos it felt so real.

[Napalm Dust]

The Thin Red Line
Reservior Dogs
The Godfather 1 + 2
Se7en
Boogie Nights
Magnolia
Raging Bull
Taxi Driver
The Big Lebowski
American Histroy X

Pretty much anything by Speilberg, Tarantino, Stone, Scorcese, Coen, Fincher, Kubrick, Anderson, Cameron.

I just finished watching JFK. Fucking amazing.

[canikickit]

La Haine

[sugarcandy113]

forest gump
the green mile
murder by numbers
smoke signals(although i havent seen the very start)
erm i cant think of anyothers at the moment!

[Napalm Dust]

Quote: from canikickit on 5:56 pm on Aug. 4, 2002
La Haine


La Haine was amazing. How could I forget about that one.

[abstractmentality]

Quote: from guerrillaradio on 4:59 pm on Aug. 3, 2002

Quote: from abstractmentality on 5:09 am on July 28, 2002
and requiem for a dream people, what the hell is that movie about? it appears on a lot of peoples best movies list, but i dont even know what its about, only that its directed by the same guy that did Pi.

It's the darkest and most depressing film you'll ever see. Essentially it's about four people's struggle against all the odds to realise their desires, and ultimately, each one fails (well, OK, one kinda succeeds, but at a high price). It was the first film to make me cry, predominantly cos it felt so real.


thank you GR, finally somebody answers my question. it sounds interesting, and i think i will pick it up when i cash my pay check. ill make sure to post what i think of it after i see it.

[abstractmentality]

well, i finally bought requiem for a dream, and i just got done watching it. that was great. not sure what else to say. sort of in a lose of words for the movie. i think im going to watch it tomorrow again. has anybody read the book the movie is based off of? that might be something to check out.

[deadpool 52]

Um, no. Oliver Stone is a moralizer, as opposed to Spike Lee and Kubrick, who are moralists.

Izm - I am fucking glad to see that you appreciate the greatest Japanese directork, and one of the best of the world, who is Akira Kurowsowal; and I recommend Sanjuro, which is a companion piece to Yojimbo, and Ran, which is one of the most complex movies I have ever seen.
I still need to see of his, Shadow Warrior, High and Low, and about two others whose names I do not remember.

I am sure that I will forget some, o well.

Apocolypse Now Redux
A Clockwork Orange

Akira
Requiem for a Dream
Pi
Woodstock
Fitzcarraldo
Metropolis
Ran
High and Low
Seven Samurai
Yojimbo
Sanjuro
Rashomon
The Hidden Fortress
Mean Streets
Taxi Driver
Godfather p. 1-3
Raging Bull
Gattaca
The Fountainhead
Dune
Dune
Blade Runner
Blade Runner (Directors Cut)
Run Lola Run
Das Boot
The Wanderers
Lolita (Kubrick version)
2001: A Space Odyssey
Barry Lyndon
Night of the Living Dead
Baraka
Dogma
Amadeus
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon
Nixon
Dr. Strangelove
All Quiet on the Western Front
Jungle Fever
Malcolm X
Do the Right Thing
Paths of Glory
The Great Escape
The Matrix
Fight Club
The Deer Hunter
China Town
Office Space
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
(the original) Joan of Arc (in French)
Nosferatu
Dracula
Blackula
. . . just kidding.

[soul esperado]

monty python and the holy grail

mallrats, clerks, chasing amy, dogma, jay and silent bob strike back - a.k.a the entire collection of view askew productions.

dazed and confused
willow
poetic justice
requiem for a dream ( hell of a soundtrack )
snatch
labyrinth ( the best of david bowie, i'd say )
clue
scarface
ocean's 11
the breakfast club!


what. a dork. i am.

[John Difool]

Quote: from deadpool 52 on 8:31 pm on Aug. 19, 2002

Izm - I am fucking glad to see that you appreciate the greatest Japanese directork, and one of the best of the world, who is Akira Kurowsowal

well, you'll be happy to know that my list also include :
Rashomon
Sanjuro
Ran
Kagemusha
The Castle of the Spider's web
(that's about it ofr Kurosawa ;) )
Sonatine
A scene at the sea
Mononoke Hime
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain
The good the bad and the Ugly
For a few dollars more
Once upon a time in the west
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain
Yi-YI
In the mood for love
Once upon a time in CHina 1&2
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain
Les tontons flingueurs
DAs boot
the Thin red line
citizen kane
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain
Dr Strangelove
Barry lyndon
2001
MOnthy python and the holy grail
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain
the killer
blade runner
Snatch
Dogma (those two crack me up for obscure reasons )
Todo sobre mi madre
Tacones lejanos (I just love victoria abril :))
Black cat, White cat
and of course,
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain

:)

I might have missed a few :)

*edit* indeed I have :
Aprile
Brain dead
Tous les matins du monde



(Edited by John Difool at 6:18 pm on Sep. 22, 2002)

[deadpool 52]

Niice.

I do not know of movies like:

Sonatine
A scene at the sea
Mononoke Hime
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain

. . . though.

[John Difool]

Quote: from deadpool 52 on 9:42 pm on Sep. 22, 2002

I do not know of movies like:

[...]
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain


whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat ???§!!!!!1111 :o

/me faints

;)

[mentalbunny]

does anyone know where fires of history has got to? well anyway in another film thread someone mentioned some film called "baraka", and i saw a bit of it in RS, my rs teacher is a true dude. anyway, apparently it was commisioned or something by the UN!

my fave films are
monty python and the holy grial
requiem for a dream
girl, interrupted

[Anonymous]

And sliding doors. Sorry but i like this film.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail also.

and some others.

[guerrillaradio]

Quote: from mentalbunny on 10:00 pm on Sep. 22, 2002
does anyone know where fires of history has got to?

He pretty much left. You can still email him I think...

[John Difool]

DAmn, I forgot about two movies
the 15 minutes "Derrick vs Superman", a thing made by connecting re-dubbed (in French) parts of various series made to fit together as a .. well.. coherent but absurd story
and "la classe americaine", aka "le garand detournement" which is a parody of citizen kane built on the same principles .. (never saw so many stars in a single movie :D)
French speaking guys should find that stuff on edonkey or on IRC ...

(Edited by John Difool at 4:35 pm on Sep. 26, 2002)