what are your favorite movies?

[Perfectlap]

Ok no cable until the cable guy comes to fix it. Looks like I'm going
to Blockbuster this weekend (I hate that place they never have anything).

Please list some of you favorite films old and new.

I'll go first just off the top my head and no particular order:

1. Black Hawk Down
2. LA Confidential
3. Heat
4. Cool Hand Luke
5. Full Metal Jacket
6. Reservoir Dogs
7. The Insider
8. Very Bad Things (dark comedy, Christian Slater)
9. The Godfather
10. Thin Red Line

[bmussatti]

Shawshank Redemption
Monsters Inc. (with the kids!)
21 Grams
Two Moon Junction



Ohh, and how could I forget my movie coming out in 8 days on November 10th- "Stranger Than Fiction". Please go see it! :)

[blinkwatt]

In no particular order;
~Gone in 60 seconds
~Gladiator
~The Girl Next Door
~Old School
~American History X
~A Night At The Roxbury
~Con Air
My All Time Favorite.......Days Of Thunder

[bmussatti]

In no particular order;
~Gone in 60 seconds
~Gladiator
~The Girl Next Door
~Old School
~American History X
~A Night At The Roxbury
~Con Air
My All Time Favorite.......Days Of Thunder


Ahhh, yes, Gladiator was a great movie! Good one, Blink!

[CJ_Boxster]

~Lord of War
~Clock Work Orange
~Pulp Fiction
~Office Space
~The Matrix
~Thank you for Smoking
~Fight Club

[jeffsquire]

MOVIES: Off the top of my head. . .
1. Godfather
2. Ronin (close tie with godfather)
3. Blackhawk Down
4. Bourne Identity/Bourne supremacy
5. Office Space
6. Run Lola Run
7. The Beast (with Georgd Dzunda, Russians in Afganhistan)
8. 40 year old virgin
9. Team America
10.Dial M for Murder
10. Gladiator

Notables. Tremors.

TV/ Series.
1. The Wire. season 1/
1. Band of Brothers
1. Lost
2. The wire. season 3.
3. The wire, season 2.
4. The wire, season 4.
5. Oz
6. 24

[CJ_Boxster]

MOVIES: Off the top of my head. . .
1. Godfather
2. Ronin (close tie with godfather)
3. Blackhawk Down
4. Bourne Identity/Bourne supremacy
5. Office Space
6. Run Lola Run
7. The Beast (with Georgd Dzunda, Russians in Afganhistan)
8. 40 year old virgin
9. Team America
10.Dial M for Murder
10. Gladiator

Notables. Tremors.

TV/ Series.
1. The Wire. season 1/
1. Band of Brothers
1. Lost
2. The wire. season 3.
3. The wire, season 2.
4. The wire, season 4.
5. Oz
6. 24


Office Space....HIGH FIVE!

[Marc Gelefsky]

There are so many... but to name a few

Godfather 1 & 2
Ronin
Gladiator
LeMans
Grand Prix
Young Frankenstein
Blazing Saddles
Reservoir Dogs
Pink Panther.. *
Star Trek II (I admit it damit!)
Apocalypse Now!
Heat
..etc..etc

And anyone see The Daperted? That was a great flick!

[SD987]

My mainstream pics would include (in no particular order)

The Shawshank Redemption
Crash
The Ring (Best horror)
Dances with Wolves
Ocean's Eleven
Hoosiers (Best sports)
Wedding Crashers (Funniest)
Chariots of Fire
Catch me if you can
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Apocalypse Now
The Incredibles
Blade Runner
Gladiator
Jerry Maguire

More obscure pics would include:

Monster's Ball
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
Bad Santa (2nd funniest)
Billy Elliot
Secretary
The Man who Would Be King

[CJ_Boxster]

There are so many... but to name a few

Godfather 1 & 2
Ronin
Gladiator
LeMans
Grand Prix
Young Frankenstein
Blazing Saddles
Reservoir Dogs
Pink Panther.. *
Star Trek II (I admit it damit!)
Apocalypse Now!
Heat
..etc..etc

And anyone see The Daperted? That was a great flick!

Hey i seen it, Damn that should have been in my top 5 fav movies...to late now.


By the way Marc, You wanna ciggerette, what you dont smoke, are you some kinda health nut, go f**k yourself. :)

[Bob O]

As said above, in no particular order:

Sneakers (a silly little movie, but a lot of fun and an outstanding cast)
Apocolypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
Star Trek I, II, III. most of em
Star Wars (the first one)
Blazing Saddles (best comedy of all time, imnsho)
LeMans
The Godfather
Rear Window
Halloween (again,,, the first one, scary as hell and no blood and guts)
Vertigo
North by Northwest (most of Hitchcock's movies)
Bourne movies (both so far)
Mission Impossible (and again,, the original, the sequels were..ummmmm sucky)
Anything (almost) with Sean Connery
Cool Hand Luke
Pappillon

more, but that's a good start
Bob

[Grizzly]

Off the top of my head and in no particular order:

Scarface
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Happy Gilmore
The Usual Suspects
Reservoirs Dogs
To Live and Die in L.A.
Mr. Destiny
L.A. Confidential
Groundhog Day
Crash (The new Crash, not that wierd James Spader Crash)


You're right Jeff. The Wire rocks!

[bmussatti]

As said above, in no particular order:

Sneakers (a silly little movie, but a lot of fun and an outstanding cast)
Apocolypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
Star Trek I, II, III. most of em
Star Wars (the first one)
Blazing Saddles (best comedy of all time, imnsho)
LeMans
The Godfather
Rear Window
Halloween (again,,, the first one, scary as hell and no blood and guts)
Vertigo
North by Northwest (most of Hitchcock's movies)
Bourne movies (both so far)
Mission Impossible (and again,, the original, the sequels were..ummmmm sucky)
Anything (almost) with Sean Connery
Cool Hand Luke
Pappillon

more, but that's a good start
Bob




Bob, I have not heard of the movie "Papillon", so I did a little research and found the following info. Strange paring, Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman:



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070511/

[AUDIOGUY]

In no particular order

American Psycho
Roadhouse
Blade I, II, III
Forrest Gump
Underworld
Fight Club
Transporter
Snatch
Goodfellas
Scarface
Red Dawn
Mission Impossible II
Bourne Identity, Bourne Supremacy
Anything with Jack Nicholson
Caddyshack
Gladiator
Heat
Tombstone
40 Year Old Virgin
Wall Street
Basic Instinct
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There are so many... these are just ones that I will watch over and over!

[Bob O]

Pappillon: not so odd a paring really (think Midnight Cowboy.. similar sort of character played by Dustin Hoffman in Pappillon). A terriffic movie. Its about the terrible squallor and treatment the prisoners received in the penal colony on French Guyana in the 50s(?) Both McQueen and Hoffman were sentenced to what amounted to life sentences for minor offences, and after many many years one of them escapes. It's purported to be a true story and, in fact, after the movie was released several mags published interviews with the escapee (you'll have to watch it.. i won't spoil the plot for you!) . The colony was closed shortly afterwards. Its both a very depressing and funny movie, and amazing to see what cruelty people will inflict on each other. And wonderful acting by both Hoffman (who should have won an academy award for his role) and McQueen. (not intending to start a discussion of the penal system here.. anyway,,,, the colony was French, and we all know what the French are capable of!!! ) flame suit on :)

Bob

Oh.. and I forgot Pulp Fiction in my list!

[Dr. Kill]

,,,, the colony was French, and we all know what the French are capable of!!! ) flame suit on :)

Bob



Since when do people get flamed here for insulting the French? They make an artform of insulting us. Still, I think the correct stereotype would be to have them muck the whole prison up with complaining government regulations and then surrender it to the prisoners while selling nuclear secrets to the Iranians and blaming the American government for the fall of mankind.

Anyway, more good movies to add to the list (trying not to repeat):

Donnie Darko
Complex World
Commando
½ of the Kung Fu movies out there (the other half suck)
From Dust to Glory
Death Race 2000

[bmussatti]

"The World's Fastest Indian" was a good movie too.

[Grizzly]

Wow! I forgot Wall Street. Good call, Audioguy.

[Dr. Kill]

"The World's Fastest Indian" was a good movie too.

Oh yeah, I have been wanting to see that

[bmussatti]

Oh yeah, I have been wanting to see that

Doc, it is a good movie, and I like Sir Anthony Hopkins. I watched it with my young daughters and 2 nephews. They loved it too. Especially at the end when they realized it was based on true events.

My 9 year old daughter was a little perplex, about why a man (Sir Anthony) kissed another man who was dressed as a woman! I let the wife handle that one!! :)

[AUDIOGUY]

Jeez,
I forgot some of my favorite Arnold movies..
Predator
Commando
Terminator I and II
True Lies...

[Brucelee]

Unforgiven

Enter the Dragon

Circle of Iron

That is a good start.

[jeffsquire]

Unforgiven

Enter the Dragon

Circle of Iron

That is a good start.

These movies are outstanding. we need to classify in genres. Don't you think? For example, Kill Bills are outstanding too. Boy, the choices.

[jeffsquire]

Off the top of my head and in no particular order:

You're right Jeff. The Wire rocks!
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Let me tell you. Whenever I recommend the Wire to friends, they're never disappointed. Even my wife teases me because I'm always looking at, reciting, imitating the Wire jargon. Her joke to me is her calling the Wire the new Shakespeare.

I can't disagree. In 100 years, our progeny will be calling the Wire the "Shakespeare" of the 21st century. Dead serious. Makes me want to visit Baltimore. Ok maybe only during the day, and under police escort.

You're from that area aren't you. Is Baltimore becoming gentrified like so many other cities?

[jeffsquire]

Office Space....HIGH FIVE!
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Yet another classic. I'm sure our MANY, MANY IT guys out there appreciate this film. If you haven't seen it you must.

"Just send me a copy of those TPS reports and that'll be GREAT!!' Even my kids tease me about this one.

[Grizzly]

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You're from that area aren't you. Is Baltimore becoming gentrified like so many other cities?


Actually, that's what makes The Wire so great. It's dead up accurate. What you see on The Wire is exactly what B'more is like. Once you get out of the Inner Harbor tourist area, don the armor boys.

[01slowbox]

definatly "full metal jacket" and "Ali"

[NickCats]

Gotta go with the Jerry Bruckheimer produced films :

Crimson Tide
The Rock
Con Air
Armageddon
Gone in Sixty Seconds

[rdancd816]

An old classic, "Dr. Strangelove". Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Slim Pickens, James Earl Jones, and some great lines..."You can't fight in here, this is the war room!". Directed by Stanley Kubrick.

[denverpete]

Princess Bride

Unforgiven

Die Hard

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Usual Suspects

Heat

The Godfather

Fight Club

Reservoir Dogs

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

[Perfectlap]

The Wire was absolutely the Best show on HBO, better than Sopranos (great writing but once again we make sociopaths out to be human, which they are not thus they end up getting acquitted by juries like Gotti Jr.)
The Wire was one of those shows I had to watch with closed captioning and Tivo because the jargon was so dense on character says: "Webay got wind in em' "
?????? :confused:
Translation: Webay has wind in him (means the character Webay has the courage to murder someone).

Yes, Wall Street and American Pyscho totally forgot those, inexcusable because I quote those film at least twice a day. The final scene in AP where they show Reagan on TV (grandpa by day, secretely planning wars at night) was an A+.

and Snatch, Lock Stock, really liked Traffic and...

[kabel]

+ add a couple more to the list here:

Dual
Hunt For Red October
Repo Man
History of the World

[porscheracer]

My favorite Porsche movies.

No Mans Land
(Young Charlie Sheen Porsche thief). One of the best Porsche chasing scenes.

Leman - P fans cult favorite

Risky Business - Cruise gets chase by Vinny the killer pimp. "Porsche there is no substitute"

Bad Boys - black Porsche turbo vs cobra

can u name a movie with a Boxster doing a chase?
:dance:

[Dr. Kill]

can u name a movie with a Boxster doing a chase?
:dance:

No. I checked the movie car chase database and it didn't list one either.

http://www.varaces.com/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=vehicles.php

I seem to remember it used to have one listed for the Boxster though - it was somthing obscure, but I swear it was in there.

[Perfectlap]

no chase scene but I think it was in Adam Sandler's Water Boy, his trailerpark girlfriend steals it for a joy ride.

[super66]

[QUOTE=porscheracer]
Risky Business - Cruise gets chase by Vinny the killer pimp. "Porsche there is no substitute"QUOTE]

hysterical....this movie was just on cable the other night, I love the 928....but that was hands down the worst chase scene ever.....those cars couldn't have been driving any slower....movies have come along way :D

I hope it was a 928 or you guys will kill me

my list:
Wedding Crashers
Old School
Space Balls!!!!!
The Notebook, I got hooked on Rachel McAdams alright...can't blame me..
Just Friends (Hysterical, Amy Smart and Van Wilder, go get it)
Dude where's my car
Pick a stars wars except Jar Jar
The Rockys...what your prediction clubber,,,,"pain"

and for the best show on TV.....ENTOURAGE!!!!!!!!!!

[jeffsquire]

My mainstream pics would include (in no particular order)

The Shawshank Redemption
Crash
The Ring (Best horror)
Dances with Wolves
Ocean's Eleven
Hoosiers (Best sports)
Wedding Crashers (Funniest)
Chariots of Fire
Catch me if you can
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Apocalypse Now
The Incredibles
Blade Runner
Gladiator
Jerry Maguire

More obscure pics would include:

Monster's Ball
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
Bad Santa (2nd funniest)
Billy Elliot
Secretary
The Man who Would Be King
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Did you put down "Billy Elliot?" Dude, that's just wrong. :) :dance:

[jeffsquire]

An old classic, "Dr. Strangelove". Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Slim Pickens, James Earl Jones, and some great lines..."You can't fight in here, this is the war room!". Directed by Stanley Kubrick.
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How did I forget this classic too? Put her in the top 10 somewhere.

[bmussatti]

How about "Master and Commander- The Far Side of the World" with Russel Crowe! This is a great movie to watch at home with:

1) Good TV
2) DVD player with DTS capability
3) 5.1 Surround Sound

The battle scenes are amazing and the DTS sound quality is excellent.

[redman12]

Top Gun
The Unit
Pensicola Wings of gold

[Dr. Kill]

Did someone mention:

Mad Max
Road Warrior

I think that if someone lists Thunderdome in their favorites though, they should get banned.

[Brucelee]

Thunderdome.

[Dr. Kill]

We'll miss you Bruce

[Brucelee]

We'll miss you Bruce

I am going to have a long talk with myself.

Perhaps I will shape up?

[Rail26]

Supertroopers!

[porscheracer]

My all time favorite

1) American Psycho 2000 There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman; some kind of abstraction. But there is no real me: only an entity, something illusory. And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable... I simply am not there.


2) After Hours when Soho use to be a cool place to hangout

3) The Big Lebowski "the dude"

4) Dumb and Dumber "# 1 comedy film"

5) Fearless (best karate film)