Mike O Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 ....Whats your all time favorites? The Quiet Man (starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara). The fight scene is classic. My favorite line: "This is a fight I'd come a long way to see" John Wayne responds "I hope you can stick around till the finish." At an Irish Pub over a beer in a pause in the fight with Victor McLaglen. Mike O Link to comment
philbytx Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 So many films, so little time and an ageing brain So here's what readily leapt to mind without trying: A couple of oldies in the forefront: Patton Orrence of Arabia (full Directors cut) Newies in the forefront: No Country for Old Men The White Ribbon Lives of Others Let the right one in Link to comment
BIWOZ Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Where to start? So many ... OLDIES Yangtse Incident: The Story of HMS Amethyst (called, I think "Battle Hell" in some markets) The Ship That Died of Shame Dambusters Singin' in the Rain North by Northwest The African Queen The Searchers The Day the Earth Stood Still ("Gort! Klaatu berada nikto.") Gunfight at the OK Corral Rio Bravo 2001: A Space Odyssey ("I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going.") Dirty Dozen Longest Day Camelot (Richard Harris/Vanessa Redgrave version:"Don't let it be forgot, That once there was a spot, For one brief shining moment, That was known as Camelot!") The Wild Bunch (that final, balletic shootout ... yeah!!) The Dirty Harry series ... Spaghetti westerns! NEW(ISH) A Christmas Story ("You'll shoot your eye out, kid.") Mad Max (aka The Road Warrior) Toy Story I and II Groundhog Day (because I was in love lust with Andie MacDowell) Wild Hogs (my kids called me a "Mild Hog" ...) The Die Hard series ... Terminators Sideways (brilliant, understated little film) Batman Begins (the only good one, IMHO) Iron Man I and II (pure fun) Top Gun Santa Clause (the original) Shooter Think I'm one of the few people who loathed Avatar Perhaps my favourite movie of all is Love, Actually ... Link to comment
RT66Rider Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Wife and I just saw The King's Speech. Excellent film. Link to comment
doc47 Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 The Young Lions (Brando as German officer) The Battle of Algiers (best piece of agitprop ever done) Matewon (great film by writer/director John Sayles) Good Night and Good Luck (Edw. R Murrow biog) Anybody ever see Missouri Breaks? (Or is it Brakes?) Il Postino-- finest bittersweet film ever Rant re We Were Soldiers: Read the book! The film's ending was pure Hollywood fantasy a laJohn Wayne. There was no big bayonet charge. There was no close air support blasting N. Vietnamese. The North Viets never gave up their positions. The Americans withdrew in good order, badly cut up, but being sniped at and cut up further during their withdrawal. (Just like the British at Lexington and Concord....and the analogy is particularly apt!)US forces were eventually choppered out of a different LZ. Link to comment
RonStewart Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Oooohh. Matewan. Good call, Doc. Brilliant. Hard to watch, though. Link to comment
Tom R. Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 +1 for Mr. Holland's Opus and one I didn't see listed; from The Shawshank Redemption... ANDY (Tim Robbins): Think you'll ever get out of here? RED (Morgan Freeman): Sure. When I got a long white beard and about three marbles left rolling around upstairs. ANDY: Tell you where I'd go. Zihuatanejo. RED: Zihuatanejo? ANDY: Mexico. Little place right on the Pacific. You know what the Mexicans say about the Pacific? They say it has no memory. That's where I'd like to finish out my life, Red. A warm place with no memory. Open a little hotel right on the beach. Buy some worthless old boat and fix it up like new. Take my guests out charter fishing That movie stuck with me. Link to comment
doc47 Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 A Thousand Clowns King of Hearts ***Tom Jones*** (1963 Academy Award Winner) Still as funny and creative today as it was then. Albert Finney and Susannah York at her loveliest -- recently R.I.P., I understand. Link to comment
Pilgrim Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Make it mention 2 of Second Hand Lions, a really funny, touching movie. With Robert Duvall and Michael Caine tutoring Haley Joel Osment in how to grow up, it has to be good. Could someone, anyone at all, explain to me why Forrest Gump is not one of the dumbest movies ever made? I've tried to watch it three times and can't more than 30 minutes into it before I switch to something more engaging, like Ishtar. Pilgrim Link to comment
RonStewart Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 The Station Agent (a small, sweet, independent character study) Link to comment
catattoo Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Recent movies i have enjoyed a lot; RED Defiance Inception Scott Pilgrim vs The World Star Trek Link to comment
Whip Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Atlas Shrugged Part 1 I have not been to the movies in several years. I was pleasantly surprised. It seemed to keep the integrity of the book. It was also the only time I have ever been part of a standing ovation at the curtain. ymmv Link to comment
blaisew Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 I'm going to see it today! Ken Link to comment
moshe_levy Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 I'm going to see it tomorrow. Here's a tidbit - my father came to this country from Israel for the sole purpose of studying under her. He was actually in her classes, lectured by her at the Institute, while also going to Columbia in NYC to get his Master's. He still has his old notebooks and various other stuff. Before Rand he wanted to be an archeologist, and wound up becoming an engineer after getting into her works. Today, at 70, he sometimes laments the decision. -MKL Link to comment
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