What is your all time favorite film?

[Miami Liberal]

Not what you consider to be the best written, acted or directed movie. Post the one movie that you can watch over and over again or that affected your life in some way that now it's your favorite film.

My favorite is, Some Like It Hot. I never get tired of it and it has one of the funniest movie endings ever.

[WI_DEM]

1. "Some Like it Hot" is right up there with me too

also "Double Indemnity" and "To Kill a Mockingbird".

[Flying Flyn]

57. Some Like it Hot is a classic

I love the line "nobody's perfect" at the end. My fav director would have to be Micheal Mann. Heat and The Insider are both awesome.

[Ron Mexico]

88. Delete

I hit the wrong "reply."

[Spinzonner]

2. Silent Running

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067756/

[ceile]

3. "Dial M for Murder" n/t

[Morose]

4. Classic, Brilliant, or Guilty Pleasure?

For classic I think I'm probably all about The Great Dictator. I think it's just so moving on so many levels...and so scary prohpetic.

For modern brilliance I'd go with Being John Malkovitch

And my guilty pleasure has got to be Big Trouble in Little China

Make of those what you will.

[onehandle]

10. Uh...Are you my long lost twin?

What he said.

[lenidog]

5. Lawrence of Arabia and Dr Strangelove

[VOX]

64. Great picks. Can't top these.

Not only are these two films bona fide classics, they are fun (each in a radically different way, of course). :thumbsup:

[left hand man]

76. 2 great movies-- you hit the nail on the head

[HALO141]

6. Dr. Strangelove

The caricatures of 1950's ideologues cracks me up every time.

[Rowdyboy]

7. "The Lion in Winter"

O'Toole and Hepburn are incredible together...

http://www.movieboulevard.co.uk/Composers/Barry,%20John/Lion%20in%20Winter%20CD%20Front%20SONY.gif

[saltpoint]

11. Rowdyboy, this is a GREAT film & you are quite right on --

-- O'Toole and Hepburn. They just blow me away in this one.

[Rowdyboy]

12. The entire cast was superb.....

Another favorite of mine is Little Big Man. Dustin Hoffman's finest role IMHO.

[saltpoint]

16. If they ever make a film called "The Hunt for Osama bin Laden" --

-- they should get Dustin Hoffman to be Musharraff.

"Little Big Man" is terrific. I'd throw in "Midnight Cowboy," too. And "Tootsie," and.... well, hell. he's good in everything.

[leveymg]

23. How about "The Trial of George W. Bush?"

With Bush as himself and a supporting cast of dozens of familiar faces. A documentary.


:bounce:

[signmike]

27. I hope M. Moore is compiling the footage . . .

:applause:

Until then I will say my fave is "Gizmo" - a documentary about nutty inventions.

Close behind, though, is "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" My favorite line is right after Jack fails to lift the water machine and says "I tried, Goddamit. At least I did that."

[leveymg]

29. This is how they'll replay the 2000 (2004) election fraud scene:

McMurphy: The Chief voted. Now, will you please turn on the television set?
Nurse: (she opens the glass panel) Mr. McMurphy, the meeting was adjourned and the vote was closed.
McMurphy: But the vote was 10 to 8. The Chief, he's got his hand up! Look!
Nurse: No, Mr. McMurphy. When the meeting was adjourned, the vote was 9 to 9.
McMurphy: (exasperated) Aw come on, you're not gonna say that now. You're not gonna say that now. You're gonna pull that hen-house s--t now when the vote...the Chief just voted - it was 10 to 9. Now I want that television set turned on, right now. (The Nurse slides the glass panel across the front of the Nurse's Station, shutting out his protest.)

<snip>

McMurphy: Well, that f--kin' Nurse, man...She, uh, she ain't honest.
Dr. Spivey: Aw now, look. Miss Ratched's one of the finest nurses we've got in this institution.
McMurphy: Ha! Well I don't wanna break up the meeting or nothin', but she's somethin' of a c--t, ain't she, Doc?
Dr. Spivey: How do you mean that?
McMurphy: She likes a rigged game, you know what I mean?

[signmike]

32. LOL, yes! Thanks. The names could be changed. (Nurse Rove . . .)

[Rowdyboy]

25. LOL Wouldn't he !

He really can take any role and turn it into his own.

[EVDebs]

15. "My Favorite Year" comes to mind with O'Toole again. Cheers !

[ruthg]

73. that is a lovely movie..

that I haven't seen in way too long..

Thanks for the reminder!!!

[poverlay]

148. I second that... A fantastic movie. That's when I fell i love with P. O'Toole. nt

[screembloodymurder]

8. One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest

Great cast. Great drama.

[saltpoint]

9. John Greyson's LILIES.

[AValdoux]

13. Jaws

It was the first adult novel I was allowed to read when I was 12. The movie came out shortly after I read the book. I saw it 4 times in the theater. I own the vhs and dvd, also. I've can't count how many times I seen it at this point. My husband calls it "the greatest fishing story ever told". Some of the lines in it are part of our vocabulary now, "We're going need a bigger boat". I know the monologue Quint gives about the USS Indianapolis by heart. There are so many classic scenes and lines in it, I can watch it at any point and be into it until the end.


AValdoux

[damntexdem]

14. The Wicker Man.

Also:
Seven Beauties
Black Orpheus
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Spirited Away
The Triplets of Belleview

[leveymg]

21. Saw Wicker Man for the 1st time just a few months ago. A Paean to Pagans!

Makes a reversion to pre-Christianity seem truly tempting and intelligent. No wonder they suppressed the film and buried the original cuts under a roadway.

I want to live the rest of my life as a Druid on that island in the Orkneys.

:bounce:

[Bridget Burke]

39. The island would be great--as long as the crops don't fail..

The movie was not what I expected.

The "pagan" goings on seemed very much of the period--the blond ladies, especially, obviously took the occasional shopping trip to swinging London. Several of the songs were not in the most authentic folk style. And the prudish policeman just refused to keep up with the modern world.

The movie seemed almost a comedy or satire--no blood or gore. Nothing horrible. Until the end. He may have been a prude, but deserved better....

And why didn't Christopher Lee become a star beyond the horror world? That voice, that bearing! Of course, he literally towered over most of his contemporaries.

[DerekG]

46. I sympathized with the Christian, myself

Howie was a bit obnoxious, but his concern for the little girl was genuine--and the denizens of Summerisle (sp?) exploited this. Lee's character, on the other hand, was a charlatan, as evidenced by the discourse he had with Howie concerning his ancestor.

It is possible, however, that the writer had contempt for all religious faiths.

[Kire]

66. I do, too.

As a Christian, myself, doesn't that just make some sense.
I fell asleep right after he discovered the plane was broke.
It was nightmarish.

[kwassa]

44. Black Orpheus! just the music from that film!

now I have the theme running through my head

[ruthg]

72. Spirited Away is a masterpiece....

gorgeous, gorgeous gorgeous...


I also adore My Neighbor Totoro.


The guy is a master.

[BOSSHOG]

17. COOL HAND LUKE

38 years later is has yet to be bested in my list of greatest movies ever.

"She doesn't know what she's doing." "Oh, yes she does."

"Shakin it boss."

"What we have here is a failure to communicate."

"Rabbits run Luke."

[burn the bush]

18. The Fisher King

Robin Williams and the under rated Jeff Bridges. It was the only movie I ever saw in which the nudity was totally appropriate and not for ratings. IMO of course

Other than that, I loved Beetlejuice.

[MemphisTiger]

53. I loved that movie. It kind of messed me up and haven't

watched it for a while.

[mpendragon]

19. Life is Beautiful - La Vita è bella

It is funny, sad, romantic, and inspirational. It shows you the best and worst in people.

[BNJMN]

174. Roberto Benigni. Sigh. [nt]

[leveymg]

20. Bladerunner. A futuristic meditation on old subjects: slavery & Christ

Ridley Scott's masterpiece retelling of Philip K. Dick. Amazing visuals. Profoundly moving ending that retells the crucifiction myth. A dark rebuttal to Plato's advise in The Republic about the creation of a race of Guardians. What is to be a superman who confronts mortality?

What is a life? Do we really own our memories?

Everything in the genre thereafter must be compared to it. None have the cinematic inspiration or intellectual integrity to measure up.

:bounce:

[kliljedahl]

55. I'm with you

Although "A Boy and His Dog" sometimes is very close.


Keith’s Barbeque Central

[BlueEyedSon]

22. Casablanca

[poetsdream]

84. I think I've seen it at least 50 times

It is an almost flawless movie. The casting was right on target. Bogart & Bergman have never been better. The story line is of it's time (WWII), but also timeless. It is a true love story without being sappy or sentimental. It's also about doing what's right, a case of trading 'small love' for 'bigger love' out in the world.

Also almost every line in it is memorable (of all the gin joints, in all the towns, she had to walk into mine). And it is a gorgeous movie to look at. I can't say enough good things about it. It is an example of the magic what Hollywood is truly capable of. It truly shines!

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

24. Godfather II...DeNiro was incredible

I found it even better than the original. Didn't care for Godfather III nearly as much.

[MissWaverly]

26. the original Godzilla

I know it's hokey, but there's one scene where there's a injured woman on the sidewalk trying to shield her child from a wall of flames that symbolizes to me to savagery of war, to me, Godzilla was a takeoff on the brutality of war, and in the end the only solution to Godzilla is a weapon so horrible that the inventor kills himself so that it will never be used again.

[kliljedahl]

56. Get ready for the new one

The original as the original, as it was done in Japan, not the one we see here. All the anti-war, anti-nuke , pro environmental stuff that was edited out here is put back. Haven't seen it, but the Pre-reviews I've read all say it. Supposed to be released soon.


Keith’s Barbeque Central

[Leftest]

28. What Is My All Time Favorite Film?

[bigwillq]

30. (Tie) Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption

which both came out the same year and lost the Oscar to fucking Forrest Gump.

[Shopaholic]

31. I'm shallow. . .

the one film I can watch over and over and never get tired of? It's a tie between Blazing Saddles and Raising Arizona.

[MemphisTiger]

33. The Big Lebowski

"Dude here"

[Feathered Fish]

34. The Shining - anytime, anywhere

I once watched it 5 times in one day. Sad, huh. I was deathly ill, and it was all that could make me forget about my condition.

[soleft]

35. What's Up Doc

because it was the first movie I ever loved, one of the first movies I saw in a movie theater. I adored Barbara Streisand, and at that point, I didn't even know she could sing.

[La Coliniere]

36. Rules of the Game.....

by the French master Jean Renoir. Made in 1939 on the eve of all hell breaking loose in Europe, this is one of the richest and most sublime films ever made about the delusional nature of man. It infuriated the Parisians when it came out, and it was banned by the Nazis when they occupied the country. Went out of circulation for 20 years and has just recently been restored (for a 3rd time!) and reissued on a Criterion DVD in all its sublimity.

The film is a light social comedy on the surface, but there is no film I know of that is richer in subtext and more powerful in its condemnation of the ruling classes and the foolish underclass who blindly let them get away with their games. The famous "hunting sequence" is one of the most haunting commentaries about human cruelty ever put on film. The amazing thing about the film is that, on the surface, it's a lighthearted romp. Dare to look behind the frolicsome veneer and peer into the void. This film is special indeed. In fact, my DU user name is an homage to this masterpiece. Pour a glass of wine, settle down, and let the film wash over you.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

52. One of my favorites, too - although for me "Grand Illusion"

is the film that I consider the greatest of all (another Renoir masterpiece and also banned by Hitler). I liked French actor Marcel Dalio who had the major role in "Rules Of The Game" (the greatest role of his career) and who also had a major role in "La Grande Illusion". Dalio played the croupier in "Casablanca" who brought Claude Raines his winnings as he was describing how shocked he was over gambling occurring at Rick's. Dalio was also in another enjoyable film called "Les Maudits" ("The Damned"), about Germans escaping from Germany at the end of World War II in a submarine and trying to make their way to South America. That's one of my favorites in my large collection of classic French cinema on video. Marcel Dalio often played the same types of roles in French films as Peter Lorre in American films, of shifty-eyed, foreign, shadowy sneaks. He was a great actor.

[ruthg]

74. wonderful choice...

Then watch Jules and Jim and then watch Grand Illusion and then watch The Discreet Charm of the Bourgoise and then watch Shoot the Piano Player and then watch a lovely film that so many people haven't seen called " To Jonah Who Will Be 25 in The Year 2000"


Then switch to German expressionism and get depressed.



vive la France ( and their filmakers).

[leeman67]

37. used to be Bladerunner (the theatrical version, not the director's

cut). Now my favorite is the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I know that sounds lame because they're so popular, but I just never tire of seeing any of those films.

honorable mentions:
Close Encounters
The Shining
The Birds
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Jaws
Kingpin
The Exorcist
Apocalypse Now
Spirited Away

[gauguin57]

38. Sophie's Choice. Perfect film.

Meryl Streep at her finest ... the best performance I've ever seen by woman or man ... and Kevin Kline and Peter MacNicol were no slouches either.

All I have to do is hear the first line of Emily Dickinson's "Ample Make This Bed ..." and I LOSE IT!

It makes me sob every time I see it. So moving. The book, by one of my fave writers, William Styron, kicks ass, too.

[Elle Woods]

48. The thing I loved about that film so much was that entire chunks of

the script were taken straight from the novel. There was no improving on Styron so the screenwriter didn't even try.

[Raiden]

40. Pulp Fiction is my all time favorite movie

Pulp Fiction, The Shawshank Redemption, and Forrest Gump --- 1994 was a good year


Also Kill Bill, Jackie Brown, Edward Scissorhands, Psycho, The Elephant Man, Gandhi, To Kill A Mockingbird, The World According To Garp, Casablanca, A Christmas Story, The Color Purple, Fargo, On Golden Pond, Pleasantville, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and True Romance.


And I'm currently in a horror movie phase, so I'll throw in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Suspiria, Halloween, Don't Look Now, Carrie, The Exorcist, Freaks, Misery, Night of the Living Dead, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Omen, The Shining, The Silence of the Lambs, Seven, The Wicker Man, Alien, Alice Sweet Alice, Black Christmas, The Others, etc.











You didn't think I could name just one did you?

[Miami Liberal]

47. Gotta agree with you

1994 was one of the best years for movies. Pulp Fiction is one of my top 5 favorite films.

[Paul Hood]

41. The Grapes of Wrath.

Because Tom Joad is still here.

[Kenneth ken]

42. The Princess Bride n/t

[kwassa]

43. "The Seven Samurai", by Akira Kurosawa

I think I've seen this one ten times, which is a lot for me. I rarely watch a film twice.

[kaitykaity]

45. Unfair. I have genre favorites.

Drama, comedy, action, kids.

I guess if I had to pick one, it'd be
Cabaret.

[MISSDem]

49. To Kill A Mockingbird

Love this movie.

[MISSDem]

59. But then I saw "Leaving Las Vegas"

and so maybe it is my favorite now.

[goodhue]

50. Aguirre: The Wrath of God

[Kool Kitty]

58. OMG, I absolutely love that film!

Kinski was magnificent.

[philosophie_en_rose]

51. About a Boy.

.

[brettdale]

54. F9/11

F9/11 and all the rocky movies.

[Longgrain]

60. I always go back to Doctor Zhivago.

Story of my life it seems.

[im10ashus]

61. All About Eve!

LOVE that movie.

[jobycom]

62. Strictly Ballroom.

[Trigger Hippie]

63. Network

Great acting and a great message. Plus, I've always loved William Holden. Sunset Boulevard is great too.

[Kire]

65. I hope I haven't seen it yet.

But I saw "My Dinner with Andre" this week, it comes close.

[Kashka-Kat]

67. favorite in the sense of seeing it a million times?

Powwow Highway-- Im sure there are others which are technically "better" but this is one I happen to have and never get tired of-- great story, characters, setting etc.

[Sewsojm]

68. Office Space

Great movie!!

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

138. Yea! Good to see it here (eom)

[ls317]

69. Movies

Black like Me
Pulp Fiction
Raising Arizona
True Romance

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

139. Raisinig Arizona LOL!!! (eom)

[tjwash]

70. The Producers.

Zero Mostel, Gene wilder, it just doesn't get any more clever or funny than that one for me. I can watch it over and over, and it just keeps getting better.

[ruthg]

71. ah yes...."nobody's perfect"....

but my favorite movie of all time, since I was about 18 is Jules and Jim. I am ancient now and that movie still makes me feel all goosebumpy and stuff.

[bobgreenboston2]

75. Dead Poet's Society

Dead Poet's Society

[Gatchaman]

77. I don't think a bad film has been mentioned yet

So instead of repeating something, I'll add Vanishing Point.

[CrazyForKucinich]

78. The Beach

After about the 5th viewing of it...it became my favorite movie. Then after reading the book...I don't think there is anyway that it will be removed from #1.

Other favorites:

Before Sunset
American History X
He Got Game
Glory
Chasing Amy

[tarkus]

79. Great choice for movies and avatars. I have to go with Chasing Amy too

[CrazyForKucinich]

81. Thanks!

:)

[BlakeB]

80. Gosh...

this is a hard one. I have a lot of movies that I really, really love... but I think my all time favorite has to be "Pulp Fiction" with "American History X" coming in a close second.

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

82. The Empire Strikes Back

I usually list my top five when answering this question just because any of the five could top my list at any given time.

The Empire Strikes Back
Clerks
American Beauty
The Exorcist
Mulholland Drive

[CAG]

83. Monty Python and the Holy Grail or Hannah and Her Sisters

For drama's, I can't pick just one:
To Kill a Mockingbird
Schindlers List
JFK
Casablanca

[Paladin]

85. "L.A. Confidential"

Extraordinary rendering of a brilliant, complex novel.

[StClone]

144. Yep

With that:

O'Brother Where Art a Thou
Raising Arizona

[cheeseit]

86. The Evil Dead

I know a lot of people prefer the second one, but the original just blew me away when I saw it for the first time as a kid. I could watch it all day. Actually, I have done a couple of times...

[ladeuxiemevoiture]

87. "Diabolique" with Simone Signoret and Vera Clouzot

Clouzot was the loveliest woman, even though I'm gay. Yes, it's just kind of a dumb, fun film, not the most deep.

As to more "serious", deep type films, I suppose "Trip to Bountiful". Then again, "Gloria" with Gena Rowlands who has always been my favorite actress. Then again, anything with deep-voiced Colleen Dewhurst. Hard to pin down just one.

I did like Niagara with MM.

[tarkus]

98. That really is quite the film.

Of the films I saw in French Film class this was probably the most enjoyable.

[Ron Mexico]

89. The Usual Suspects (n/t)

[Shredr]

90. THE LORD OF THE RINGS

the whole trilogy as one film. Takes my breath away.

[Kahuna]

91. Midnight Cowboy.

Great movie. None better, imho.

[MISSDem]

107. Agree. One of my favorites.

[akarnitz]

92. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

I mist up every time I even think about it.
It's shot magnificently:the overcast exteriors are counterpointed w/the most wonderful pastel costumes.
The plot is a bittersweet love story set against the war in Algeria.
And it's a musical, but it's not(no spoilers here).
And Catherine Deneuve is stunningly beautiful. She may be the most
beautiful woman in a film ever. IMO.

[ernstbass]

93. To Kill a Mockingbird

[Montauk6]

94. The Godfather, without a doubt

[MISSDem]

95. Since I watched it again I return to To Kill A Mockingbird.

"Hey, Boo".

[SixStrings]

96. Mony Python - Quest for the Holy Grail

Classic. Can watch it anytime. Most quotable movie in history.

[poverlay]

149. That and "12 Angry Men"... They're good opposites. nt

[tarkus]

97. Chasing Amy

Whenever I watch it I'm incredibly excited about Kevin Smith and movies in general for like, a week afterwards.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

140. Another dandy! (eom)

[Politically_Wrong]

99. Groundhog Day!

Gotta love it! Ya just gotta!

[Politically_Wrong]

100. Forrest Gump

...another all time classic.

[Callalily]

102. I beg to differ . . .

This is one movie I REFUSE to watch. Just don't see the humor . . . maybe I'm missing something? But I suspect not.:banghead:

[MISSDem]

106. I didn't think Forest Gump was funny but I liked it

and thought it was touching.

[Callalily]

101. Most definitely . . .

To Kill a Mockingbird, which happens also to be my all time favorite book.

Oh . . . and anything by Hitchcock. I've yet to accomplish seeing them all though.

[ExclamationPoint]

103. Donnie Darko or The Dead Poet's Society

Monty Python, Cabaret, and West Side Story are all close seconds. And I have to say that I loved Lord of the Rings.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

141. Like Jake Gyllenhaal...also The Good Girl (eom)

[StellaBlue]

104. Gone with the Wind

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

105. True Romance

closely followed by Muppets Take Manhatten, Annie Hall, Braindead & Hard Boiled.

[2bfree]

108. Shirley Valentine.

I love that movie! Why isn't it on DVD?

[Bombtrack]

109. I'm such an unsophisticated manboy.

X2: X-Men United, Return of the Jedi, and Dazed and Confused are all at different times switching places for #1

Also JFK, Platoon, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Running on Empty, Jurassic Park, The Sting, The Warriors, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

[hippiegranny]

110. Educating Rita

an obscure oldie, but goodie.

[NYCGirl]

111. "Out of the Past" — Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas

[frankly_fedup2]

Hands down "The Abyss" in the movie they actually showed the liquid

oxygen that our military had way back then (about 10-15 years ago) so they could dive to depths never before done. They used a rat to show the example (and supposedly an actor, but I really, really do not believe the actor was using it).

They put the rat down into the liquid oxygen which it just looked like they were drowning the rat. The rat was panicking (like anything would), then after the rat filled it's lungs with the liquid oxygen, it seemed okay, and was swimming around swallowing more and more liquid oxygen. It was weird, and they say the person that uses it experiences what drowning feels like, but then once the lungs are filled with the liquid oxygen, they are pretty comfortable.

I still wouldn't want to do it though.

[Vincardog]

112. That depends how low could you go?

[frankly_fedup2]

123. According to the movie, if I remember this right, a diver with just their

tanks would only last about 2 hours or a little more. With the lungs filled with liquid oxygen, no need for tanks; however, they were in a special suit. A lot heavier suit with one of those big screw on helmets like an astraunauts. I know in a sub they can go lower underwater cause of the decompression or something like that.

However, with this liquid oxygen stuff, in the movie it was like he went down several miles. I don't know if that is possible or not?

Now Miners going underground can go down inside the ground a lot further then a diver can dive.

[MuseRider]

113. Not in a million years

not to see anything. I am a diver and the thought terrifies me, there is nothing worth seeing that badly. 180 might know something about this, he was a Navy diver I think (a diver for sure, I think Navy).

[mike_c]

114. point of clarification....

It wasn't "liquid oxygen," it was water supersaturated with dissolved gaseous oxygen. Liquid O₂ at one atmosphere is -300 F. The mouse would have frozen rather quickly.

[Hobarticus]

115. I wish I could say something witty about Ed Harris' performance...

being frozen, but he's one of my fave actors.

[Tesla]

116. I had a panic attack watching that movie

I couldn't breathe!!

[frankly_fedup2]

129. OMG! I hate panic attacks. They come from nowhere and for no

reason. I get that way sometimes with movies as well. I get so into what I'm watching, I start getting tense or anxious. I've never had a panic attack from one though.

I'm such a wuss that when we went to Disney World, I would not ride 20,000 Leagues under the sea (and the ride did not even go all the way underwater). What made it more humiliating was the fact that it is right beside the flying Dumbo ride that two-year olds ride!

[frankly_fedup2]

127. I've always like Ed Harris as well, except in that movie with Jim Carey

where Carey was being filmed 24/7 and he didn't know it, "The Truman Show" I think? Harris played the director or something. Maybe it was much more the movie then Harris' performance.

With the special effects in the Abyss, and Harris' acting, when he put on the suit that would fill his lungs with "this stuff" that enabled him to dive to the unbelievable depths needed, it looked like he had totally inhaled all the fluid. Also, when the Aliens took him into their world, it sure look like he had actually done it (as far as inhaling the fluid). Goes to show that he is a good actor because he was so believable.

I also really like (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio). My favorite movie of hers was Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves though.

Also, while I was at the and look at the top 250 movies (per members votes which really is unbelievable some of the movies on that list), right off the bat I see, "The Shawshank Redemption." That was another favorite movie. "To Kill a Mockingbird" is another favorite. Not on the list, but Morgan Freeman (one of my favorite actors) reminded me of "Driving Miss Daisy. I also liked "Chain Reaction" but it was suppose to be a flop at the box office but made a small profit.

So, basically, I guess I have several favorite movies.

[phaseolus]

117. I talked to a former Navy SEAL who claims to have used it

He said the sensation reminded him of vomiting, but you sort of get used to it.

I wonder who was the first human they tried it on -- did they get someone to volunteer??? Or did they ... "experiment" on an unwilling participant?

[frankly_fedup2]

128. Are you serious? So they are STILL really using this stuff? That was

one thing I couldn't figure out either . . . so once the lungs are filled with this fluid, how do they keep it from going into the stomach? Also, it has to affect the heart in some way. I would think by slowing down the heart rate but that is just a guess. Also, did they say how far down they could go?

I didn't think anyone in the military could turn down any type of training. So that would make all of them unwilling volunteers I would think.

That is why * always gives his propaganda speeches flanked in front of nothing but military personnel. As long as they are in the military, they cannot say anything against the Commander In Chief. I think that is where all these Republican idiots get the military backs *. Because they are always cheering him. PUHHHLEEEEAASEEE! They are such idiots . . . especially Limpballs.

[Ready4Change]

118. A friend of a friend tried this.

A friend (whose integrity I trust) said a friend (who I don't know at all) tried this. Both are researchers, but in different fields. I don't know what field he was in which put him in such a position.

He said that the oxygen supplied was insufficient to provide usable consciousness. It was hard to get past the panic/fear/drowning stage and still maintain an awareness of ones surroundings. And even if you did stay aware, it was like being pretty much imobilized due to drugs or alcohol. His group didn't do any extended sessions out of fear of brain damage due to sustained oxygen deprivation.

So, if the military actually uses the stuff, they've advanced it way past the state of the art as of 10-15 years ago.

[skids]

119. Stuff's been around for ages.

I remember seeing it on "That's Incredible" when I was a kid.

[intheflow]

120. I combined this thread with the favorite movie thread.

Per your request, frankly_fedup2. :hi:

[frankly_fedup2]

131. Thanks so much (nt)

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

121. sadly that's cut over here in England.

as the BBFC claim it breaks the 1937 Animals Act against cruelty to animals in film. James Cameron has argued (to no avail) that several different rats were used and none were harmed. I'm not a particular fan of the film, so I can live without importing an uncut DVD.

for a little more info on the Animals Act:
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/592440/

[sakabatou]

126. Kinda like the LCL fluid in Evangelion

[Gilmore]

122. Labyrinth!!!!

That is my all time fav ever since I was young

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

125. I first saw it

quite soon after my brother was born (I was about 10) and I used to do the 'Magic Dance' with him (thankfully I never dropped him when I threw him skywards!). I can still remember the intro:

You remind me of the babe.
What babe?
The babe with the power.
What power?
The power of voodoo.
Who do?
You do.
Do what?
Remind me of the babe.

Incidentally, I only discovered a year or so ago that Terry Jones (Monty Python) wrote the screenplay, although it was changed drastically by Henson.

Jones interview:
http://www.angelfire.com/la2/withinyourheart/monty.html

& to read an early version of Jones' script:
http://www.magitech.com/~cruiser1/labyrnth/script.txt

Finally, you may be interested in this:
http://tokyopop.com/news/press2005/2005_hensen.php

[baron j]

133. My favorite, too!

[cynatnite]

124. Inherit the Wind...

That and 'To Kill A Mockingbird' are my favorites, but 'Inherit the Wind' just is awesome and I get blown away every single time.

It's timeless.

[Number9Dream]

146. Version with Spencer Tracy, Fredric March & Gene Kelly

It's so hard to pick one favorite... depends on my mood.
Inherit The Wind has it all... fantastic acting and thought provoking.
The newer versions are good, but Spencer Tracy is amazing.

[YOY]

130. American Beauty

Love the message. Spacey is fantastic and if only we could learn to view life as magical as it really is...

[JudyM]

156. Me too... also Shawshank Redemption, Arlington Rd. and Antwon Fisher. n/t

[MemphisTiger]

132. The Big Lebowski

MARK IT ZERO

[Spirochete]

153. That's, like, your opinion, man

and mine, too.

The Dude Abides!

[Jamastiene]

134. The Goonies

Something about rejected kids in peril who ban together to do something adventurous and helpful always seems to grab my attention. Add a pirate ship and I'm hooked. Hollywood saw me coming with that movie. I have sucker written on my forehead when it comes to any movie like that and anything by Spielberg. I love his movies in general, but the Goonies takes the cake.

[infidel dog]

171. Please tell us you're joking. For the love of bog, tell us you're joking.

[lovelaureng]

135. What Dreams May Come

[Cocoa]

136. "Gimme Shelter"

the one movie in my movie collection. It would be hard to think of another movie I would bother buying.

[Greylyn58]

137. I have 3 that I could watch over and over

Arsenic and Old Lace...no matter how many times I watch this movie I still laugh. It has some of the most incredible visual jokes in it and Cary Grant has some of the funniest expressions ever. Wonderful movie. Insert a loud blowing bugle here---CHARGE!!!!!!!!!!

To Kill A Mockingbird is another movie that I have seen so many times and when it was put out on DVD I had to buy it. Gregory Peck gave the best performance of his career as Atticus Finch(A true hero)--a small town southern lawyer, who during the depression era tries to defend a black man unjustly accused of raping a white woman. It's also a coming of age story of his two children. I could watch this movie over and over...it is just beyond wonderful.

The Last of the Mohicans 1992 version by Michael Mann
It is just an incredibly filmed movie. I'm probably biased as it was filmed in the North Carolina mountains.(my home state). I just become so involved in the movie and the story. I must add that I hate what Mann did with the Director's Cut DVD version. Just ruined some of the best parts of the movie. I keep hoping that the original will be released in the US on DVD.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

142. Henry Fool (Hal Hartley)

...probably has something to do with being an obscure writer. Great screenplay, excellent cast. No one saw it.

[pepperbear]

143. North by Northwest n/t

[Enoch1981]

145. The saw movies

I'm not sure why but these films affected me deeply, particularly 1 & 3. On one level, I loved the asthetics and the intelligence that went into the writing. I was also affected by the philosophical undercurrents in Jigsaw's motivation. It wasn't your typical crime film. On a personal level, I suppose it resonated with me because I spend much of my time sick in bed and wondering how much time I have left...that's why Jigsaw's explanation for his crimes fascinated me. You really do learn how to value the little things, like the glass of water that he mentioned. It was a unconventional source for such insight...and its rare to see a horror series put together so well.

[Number9Dream]

147. Scrooge (A Christmas Carol) - Alastair Sim - 1951

This story is just as relevant almost 200 years later. This version edges out the George C. Scott version. I can watch it any time of year.

[MISSDem]

150. Just one?

I can't do that but I have several.
To Kill A Mockingbird
Leaving Las Vegas
The American President
Brokeback Mountain
The Wizard of Oz
It's a Wonderful Life
Stop me I've lost control!

[Dr. Strange]

151. This is Spinal Tap

I mean, come on, they went to eleven!

[Crocodile Hunter]

152. Back to the Future

Love it.

[Toasterlad]

154. Currently? "V for Vendetta"

But there are SO many movies that I could - and do - watch over and over again. Here's just a sample:

The Incredibles
A Few Good Men
Real Genius
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
Young Frankenstein ("Put...the candle...beck!")
Terminator (The original - accept no sequels)
Steel Magnolias
A Fish Called Wanda
Murder By Death
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Office Space
The Princess Bride ("Inconceivable!")
Waiting for Guffman
The Untouchables
Waking Ned Divine
West Side Story

And so on... :crazy:

[aaronbees]

155. Mulholland Drive is my favorite

It's the movie I can watch again and again and each time feel mesmerized by its surrealist, dreamy puzzles. And ultimately, it's a great and sad love story no matter how strange Lynch's vision is.

[harun]

157. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

I just don't see how it gets any better than that :-).

[FiveGoodMen]

158. Have you seen 'Once Upon a Time in the West'?

[harun]

159. No. Any good?

[FiveGoodMen]

160. Great!

Made after GB&U by the same director.

Originally meant to star Eastwood, but he turned it down and Bronson got that role instead.

It's big, sweeping, and SLOW! Needs to be watched when your attention span is on max, but well worth it.

My favorite western.

[harun]

162. I have added it to my Netflix queue, will check it out (n/t)

[Sanctified]

161. DiG!

Is absolutely my favorite movie, I could watch it over and over, the music is excellent but what really hooks me is watching someone totally self destruct right before my eyes. It's almost like watching a train wreck, you don't want to look but you have to see what happens.

[MinM]

163. The Conversation (1974)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrhRsZ56b4g

[lazarus]

164. Blade Runner, the Final Cut

Got it on Blu-Ray. Just incredible.

[dddem]

165. Sorry, like Lays potato chips, I can't have just one

But I can't believe no one has yet mentioned "Crash" or "The Sandlot". 2 of my all time favorites. Or "Captains Courageous".
Also, for fluff - theres nothing like watching Robert Preston in "The Music Man".
I love movies.

[Onceuponalife]

166. Once Upon A Time In America

and The Grapes of Wrath, what film critic Leslie Halliwell once called a "poem of a film."

[mackerel]

167. So many great films have been listed! It's hard to pick just one.

Did anyone post Seven Samurai?

[emmadoggy]

168. Field of Dreams...

What can I say? I'm from Iowa.

And when he says, "Hey..Dad? Wanna have a catch?", it still makes my throat tighten and the tears flow.
Plus, it was shot in the summer of 1988 - the year I got married - during the worst drought since the Dust Bowl years. It was a very memorable summer for me, so that connection probably adds to the impact on me. The cinematography is gorgeous and shows the true beauty of Iowa, which really says something for the cinematographer given the conditions that summer.

Can't help it. I love the movie.

[skippercollector]

169. there are two

Growing up, it was The Music Man. I watched it every time it was on TV. I still hope that someday I can see it on the big screen at a revival someday.
In 1995, that changed when I saw Apollo 13. I'd never seen a movie before in which I forgot everything outside of me as I sat there in the theater. Over the next few years I learned a lot about the space program.
The ironic thing is, even though both of these are Ron Howard movies, I was never fond of either The Andy Griffith Show or Happy Days.

[ZombieHorde]

170. Just picking one is super tough, but I will pick Izo.

Each time I watch Izo, it seems a little different. The first time I saw it, I thought it was just OK. But I found myself thinking about it, and I watched it again, and again, and again.

Here is a scene from the beginning of the movie I found on youtube. In this scene, Izo is confronted by the ghost of one of his previous victims.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GwHIL91ShA&feature=related

[infidel dog]

172. Sorry, must have a favorite three. Godfather I & II, and Dr. Strangelove...

"Mein Fuhrer! I can WALK!!!"

[BNJMN]

173. Baraka

Seen it 50 times and counting.

[Cheap_Trick]

175. Manhunter

Featuring the first and best (IMHO) Dr Lector, Brian Cox

[AlexW52]

176. The Big Lebowski

Such a great, classic film.

Jeff Bridges deserved an Oscar for that movie, which was not recognized at the time as being as brilliant as it was.