| Author |
 Topic Search  Topic Options
|
dude 
Forum Senior Member
Joined: January 30 2004
Location: Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 1338
|
 Posted: March 26 2004 at 07:46 |
Actally i found "Life Of Brian" extremely offensive(the old adage about mocking what you dont understand)....Anyway i cannot say what my favourite movies are because as soon as i think of a few,more pop into my head  .But here are some in no particular order Forbidden Planet.the Carry On Series(there are 31 in all and a new one out this year!) The Thing(with Kurt Russell), The Ghostbreakerswith Bob Hope(the inspiration for Ghostbusters i beleive) The Road movies with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby Without A Clue with Micheal Caine and Ben Kingsley(an excellent Sherlock Holmes sendup) Fail Safe(still one of the most frightening movies about the cold war and how it could have escelated out of control in the sixties.You can also add to that THE Bedford Incident With Sidney Poitier and Richard Wydmark(and Wally Cox in an early serious role) a movie along similar lines to Fail Safe) Another movie i have always enjoyed is a little movie from the early fifties called Atomic Submarine(with Arthur Franz) about a submarines encounter with a ufo...and speaking of submarines i also liked Grey Lady Down(with Charlten Heston)still one of the best submarine disaster films. Westerns would include...High Plains Drifter,with Clint(the man!!) Eastwood,a very subtle ghost story,Shane(a mans man!!)Evil Roy Slade and Support your Local Sherriff (two excellent western comedies)...anyway thats just of the top of my head ,if you were to ask me tommorrow you may get a different list!! 
Edited by dude
|
 |
Joren
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: February 07 2004
Location: Netherlands
Status: Offline
Points: 6667
|
Posted: March 08 2004 at 16:28 |
Maybe I'd better not watch it then 
|
|
richardh
Prog Reviewer
Joined: February 18 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 29585
|
Posted: March 08 2004 at 15:35 |
 Joren wrote:
That Eraserhead trailer was pretty freakey! Maybe I should go watch it (when I've reached the age of eighteen ) |
One film guaranteed to give you nightmares forever!
|
|
Joren
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: February 07 2004
Location: Netherlands
Status: Offline
Points: 6667
|
Posted: March 07 2004 at 11:16 |
That Eraserhead trailer was pretty freakey! Maybe I should go watch it (when I've reached the age of eighteen )
|
|
Vibrationbaby
Forum Senior Member
Joined: February 13 2004
Status: Offline
Points: 6898
|
Posted: March 06 2004 at 12:32 |
|
Check out page two of my web-site for my faves.
|
|
Peter
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: January 31 2004
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 9669
|
Posted: March 06 2004 at 01:07 |
 The Barney Movie. I've been bouncing around the room like an idiot ever since!
|
|
"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
|
|
Dan Bobrowski
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: February 02 2004
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 5243
|
Posted: March 05 2004 at 17:38 |
Barbarella
I've been trying to buy an orgasmatron ever since.
|
|
Peter
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: January 31 2004
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 9669
|
Posted: March 05 2004 at 15:10 |
Stormcrow wrote:
Oh yeah....
Add "Amadeus" to my list.
|
 "Ooo! Rock me Amadeus"
Good choice -- great flick!
|
|
"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
|
|
Stormcrow
Forum Senior Member
Joined: February 05 2004
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 400
|
Posted: March 04 2004 at 00:49 |
Oh yeah....
Add "Amadeus" to my list.
|
|
Jim Garten
Special Collaborator
Retired Admin & Razor Guru
Joined: February 02 2004
Location: South England
Status: Offline
Points: 14693
|
Posted: March 02 2004 at 03:53 |
richardh wrote:
Jim Garten wrote:
"The Cook, The Thief His Wife & Her Lover" Peter, that is a film I could go on about ALL day - visually stunning, probably the darkest comedy you will ever see in your life & Michael Gambon on superb form. Weird to think, Michael Gambon is now to take on the role of Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series of films - that is what I call a study in extremes.... |
Great film.Most Peter Greenaway films are hard to get into but The Cook,The Thief His Wife and her Lover is a masterpeice.Do you know if it is available on DVD?
|
Yes it is - check out e-bay - I got my copy there for 3.99; RESULT
|
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
|
|
richardh
Prog Reviewer
Joined: February 18 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 29585
|
Posted: March 01 2004 at 18:10 |
Jim Garten wrote:
"The Cook, The Thief His Wife & Her Lover"
Peter, that is a film I could go on about ALL day - visually stunning, probably the darkest comedy you will ever see in your life & Michael Gambon on superb form.
Weird to think, Michael Gambon is now to take on the role of Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series of films - that is what I call a study in extremes.... |
Great film.Most Peter Greenaway films are hard to get into but The Cook,The Thief His Wife and her Lover is a masterpeice.Do you know if it is available on DVD?
|
|
Jim Garten
Special Collaborator
Retired Admin & Razor Guru
Joined: February 02 2004
Location: South England
Status: Offline
Points: 14693
|
Posted: March 01 2004 at 03:21 |
|
"The Cook, The Thief His Wife & Her Lover"
Peter, that is a film I could go on about ALL day - visually stunning, probably the darkest comedy you will ever see in your life & Michael Gambon on superb form.
Weird to think, Michael Gambon is now to take on the role of Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series of films - that is what I call a study in extremes....
|
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
|
|
Peter
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: January 31 2004
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 9669
|
Posted: February 29 2004 at 22:45 |
Gonghobbit wrote:
Anyone ever see 'Eraserhead'? I love 'Brazil' too. DeNiro makes a great renegade air conditioning repairman. |
 Eraserhead (was that a David Lynch film?) was a seriously WARPED movie, Gong! Nightmarish! I loved it! Brazil too! Congrats on your twisted taste!
How did you like Jabberwocky? How about The Cook, the Thief, the Wife and Her Lover
Anyone out there recall a sci-fi film called A Boy and His Dog? (Another strange one!)
|
|
"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
|
|
richardh
Prog Reviewer
Joined: February 18 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 29585
|
Posted: February 29 2004 at 18:24 |
I like Film Noir and Sci-Fi a lot. Blade Runner is my favorite which is a combination of these genres.
Other faves:
The Last Seduction (dark but humurous tale with a very sexy Linda Fiorentina!)
Brazil (best Terry Gilliam film)
Twelve Monkeys (second best Terry Gilliam film)
Deep Rising (extremely entertaining tongue in cheek horror)
Bound (sexy film noir)
Devil's Advocate (Al Pacino rules!)
The Thing (Great special effects)
Alien (A cut above your average sci-fi horror)
The French Connection (1&2) (Gene Hackman is one of my favorite actors)
The Long Good Friday (Best Brit Gangster Flick by a country mile)
Unforgiven (Great Western)
The Good,The Bad And The Ugly (Another great western)
Monty Python And The Holy Grail (Bloody funny!)
When Harry Met Sally (Best Rom-Com)
Trains ,Planes And Automobiles (Most overlooked and underated film)
|
|
Joren
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: February 07 2004
Location: Netherlands
Status: Offline
Points: 6667
|
Posted: February 23 2004 at 09:46 |
Gonghobbit wrote:
Python's funny as hell, I love British comedy in general...although not movies, 'Bottom' and 'Fawlty Towers' are hysterical, worth picking up on dvd if you like Brit humor. |
I once watched Fawlty Towers, quite funny. With John Cleese form Monty Python...
I forgot to say I looove Star Wars!
|
|
dt_1928
Forum Groupie
Joined: February 04 2004
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 59
|
Posted: February 20 2004 at 19:56 |
Paco Fox wrote:
The Bakshi one.... nooo! Just joking!
dude, thats not even funny
3.- Star Wars (A New Hope): I guess it was the film that made me love movies. John Williams defined movie music in the soundtrack, by the way.
ya, that was the greatest sound track out of any of the sw movies
4.- Back to the Future: That's what I call a tight screenplay. Great main theme by Alan Silvestri, by the way.
i agree 100%
|
|
|
i was uncool before uncool was cool.
|
|
Gonghobbit
Forum Senior Member
Joined: February 03 2004
Status: Offline
Points: 232
|
Posted: February 20 2004 at 18:43 |
|
Python's funny as hell, I love British comedy in general...although not movies, 'Bottom' and 'Fawlty Towers' are hysterical, worth picking up on dvd if you like Brit humor.
|
|
'This is a local shop, there's nothing for you here'
|
|
Joren
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: February 07 2004
Location: Netherlands
Status: Offline
Points: 6667
|
Posted: February 20 2004 at 13:19 |
|
I love all of the Monty Python movies (Holy Grail, Life Of Brian, Meaning Of Life) and I think 'Brazil' is a great movie too (made by one of the Python boys). More recent movies I loved were 'Amélie' (French) and 'Ghost World'
|
|
Redstar
Forum Newbie
Joined: February 16 2004
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 61
|
Posted: February 17 2004 at 07:16 |
Escape from New York
The Exorcist
The Thing (1982)
Road Warrior
The Ninth Configuration
The Thin Blue Line
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
(gee, wonder what age group I'm in?)
|
|
Jim Garten
Special Collaborator
Retired Admin & Razor Guru
Joined: February 02 2004
Location: South England
Status: Offline
Points: 14693
|
Posted: February 16 2004 at 05:01 |
|
My film tastes depend on my mood at the time, but these following choices (in no real order) I can always go back to....
1 - Anything by the Coen Brothers (espec. Fargo, Millers Crossing)
2 - All 3 LOTR films (and they said it couldn't be done!)
3 - The Big Blue (stunning, just stunning)
4 - Dogma (hysterically funny & thought provoking at the same time)
5 - The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
|
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
|
|
Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.
/PAlogo_v2.gif "Progarchives.com Homepage")
Movies
