top 5 favorite anything

[godthedog 0]

hitchcock edition (maybe i did this before, but too lazy to check):

 

1. notorious

2. rear window

3. vertigo

4. strangers on a train

5. shadow of a doubt

[Guest thatdude21601]

1.) The People vs. Larry Flynt

2.) Aliens

3.)Alien

4.)Oh Brother, where art though?

5.)Ninja Turtles 1

 

Transformers, Roger Rabit, Life of Brian, and a Christmas Story all tried to be on my list... but didn't fit.

[bobobrazil1984 0]

The Shawshank Redemption

The Empire Strikes Back

The Godfather

Clue

Lost in Translation

Lord of the Rings.

 

whoops that's six (8 really but eh).

[Guest Shutterspeed]

1. The Shawshank Redemption

2. Citizen Kane

3. The Usual Suspects

4. Star Wars

5. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

[ArkhamGlobe 0]

The John Carpenter Edition:

 

1. Escape from New York

2. The Fog

3. The Thing

4. Assault on Precinct 13

5. Halloween

[godthedog 0]

the "black & white photography in the color era" edition:

 

1. schindler's list

2. eraserhead

3. raging bull

4. in praise of love

5. ed wood

[godthedog 0]

the "amazing final shots" edition:

 

1. ran

2. magnolia

3. the third man

4. chimes at midnight

5. grey gardens

[ArkhamGlobe 0]

The great opening scenes edition:

 

1. Aguirre - Wrath of God

2. Once Upon a Time in the West

3. Stalker

4. Persona

5. Repulsion

[Hank Kingsley 0]

"Seen In The Last Month" Edition:

 

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2. Collateral

3. Se7en

4. Full Metal Jacket

5. True Romance

[the max 0]

Right now:

 

1- Se7en

2- Boiler Room

3- Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

4- The Jerk

5- Freeway

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

-Dawn of the Dead

-A Clockwork Orange

-Night of the Living Dead

-Re-Animator

-Halloween

[The Mandarin 0]

I was off sick today, so I decided to watch some flicks for the first time.

 

The Ring- **1/2 out of *****

Punch * out of *****-- Original, I'll give it that. I HATED the actors and actresses, though.

The first half of Apocalypse Now- ****3/4 out of *****.

[ArkhamGlobe 0]

The "Some of my favourite scenes" edition:

 

1. Singing and dancing in the woods in Pierrot le fou.

 

I could probably make an entire list of just scenes from Godard movies, but I'll refrain from doing that at the moment. As for this scene, it encapsulates what I love about Pierrot le fou, the wild spontaneity and vibrant sense of life belying a sense of incredible anguish and sadness. The two characters, in their search of liberty and life manage to find it briefly in a simple song in the woods. The moment soars.

 

2. Odile's song in Band of Outsiders.

 

Another Godard movie, but I'll pick something else next time. This scene is pretty similiar to the scene from Pierrot le fou, except this instead of expressing a sense of liberty found for a moment, expresses a deep yearning for it. The Liberté sign appearing always gives me chills.

 

3. Annabelle Lee rejecting Johnnie Gray in The General.

 

I can't really explain why I like this scene so much, except that it manages to be both very funny and surprisingly moving at the same time, particularly the moment when Johnnie doesn't notice that the train is carrying him away.

 

4. Bruno Ganz becoming human in Wings of Desire.

 

I've always felt this was nicely understated and so Ganz' sense of wonder becomes incredibly moving. Also the following tracking shot as Ganz walks through the city somehow managed to infuse me with a similiar sense of wonder.

 

5. The ending to Mississippi Mermaid.

 

I don't want to spoil this, so I can't speak that much of it, but I'll say that Belmondo is amazing here and the scene reaches a kind of understated poignancy I can't really recall seeing anywhere else. And the closing shot is pretty tremendous too.

[Downhome 0]

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[SinToxic 0]

In no particular order but most favorite in their genre:

 

1. LOTR Trilogy

2. Kill Bill

3. Musa The Warrior Princess

4. 12 Chairs (Russia - 1971 Version).

5. OldBoy

[Guest The Iron Yuppie]

1. The Lord of the Rings

2. Dr Strangelove or; How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

3. JFK

4. Casablanca

5. Reservoir Dogs

[Ed Wood Caulfield 0]

1. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie

2. The Naked Gun Trilogy

3(t). Army Of Darkness

3(t). Spaceballs

4(t). Do The Right Thing

4.(t) The Star Wars Trilogy

5. Ed Wood

 

Honorable mentions go to the Austin Powers Trilogy, Airplane, Airplane II: The Sequel, Rocky I-V, Men In Black I and II, Scarface, Zoolander, A Christmas Story, Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn, Kung Pow: Enter The Fist, and Fear Of A Black Hat.

[Guest Coffey]

1. Scarface
2. Rudy
3. First Blood
4. The Godfather
5. Die Hard

[ArkhamGlobe 0]

I guess it's time to update my actual top five. Looking back at the first I posted here, little has changed. My original list:

 

1. Pierrot le fou

2. Dr Strangelove

3. Celine and Julie Go Boating

4. Blue Velvet

5. Sherlock Jr

 

The revised list:

 

1. Pierrot le fou

2. Céline and Julie Go Boating

3. L'Age d'Or

4. Dr. Stranglove

5. Sherlock Jr.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Celine and Julie Go Boating would be a good band name.

 

Top five movie titles that would make ok or better band names:

 

The Crying Game

Scent of a Woman

Scanners

From Beyond

Celine and Julie Go Boating

[Hank Kingsley 0]

Then:

 

1. Pulp Fiction

2. Lawrence of Arabia

3. The Usual Suspects

4. Casablanca

5. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Now:

 

1. GoodFellas

2. Pulp Fiction

3. Dr. Strangelove

4. Casablanca

5. Sideways

[Guest Undertow]

This is tough:

 

1. The Godfather

2. Donnie Darko

3. Snatch (The Guy Ritchie film)

4. Aladdin

5. Au Revoir, Les Infants!

[godthedog 0]

5. Sherlock Jr.

i just recently saw this for the first time. HOLY FUCK is it a great movie.

[ArkhamGlobe 0]

Yeah, it's one of the few films I've seen where figuratively my jaw just dropped and I sat and stared in amazement at the screen throughout.

[MARTYEWR 0]

Hmmm...

 

1. Pulp Fiction

2. Kill Bill Vols. 1 & 2

3. LOTR Trilogy

4. American Beauty

5. Reservoir Dogs

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

My favorite movies from my favorite actors edition:

 

John Wayne-"Rio Bravo"

Peter Lorre-"The Maltese Falcon"

Elvis-"Tickle Me"

Humphrey Bogart-"Treasure of the Sierra Madre"

Arnold Schwartzenegger-"The Running Man" (today)

[tominator89 0]

In no particular order:

 

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Shawshank Redemption

Halloween

Goodfellas

Back To The Future

[Hank Kingsley 0]

Favorite moments:

 

1. Goodfellas - Sunday, May 11, 1980

2. Almost Famous - Tiny Dancer

3. Dr. Strangelove - The mineshaft debate

4. Pulp Fiction - Adrenaline

5. Casablanca - Rick's goodbye

[Yuna_Firerose 0]

Titus

Sleepy Hollow

Suicide Kings

To Wong Foo: Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar

Around the Bend

[Dangerous A 0]

Top 5 in no particular order as of right now...

 

Pulp Fiction

Star Wars

Big Trouble in Little China

Ghostbusters

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