hey everyone... whats your fav movie of all time?

[carol]

Hands down favorite movie is "Babe". Yes, the talking pig one. I LOVE that movie. Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a close second.

 

[gwb8568]

way too many to list and/or remember but here are a few:

rockstar
beetlejuice
the breakfast club
all of the older clint eastwood spaghetti westerns (tgtbtu, high plains drifter, fistfull of dollars, etc.)
saw I & II
wolf creek
hostel
joy ride
all of the cheech & chong movies
oh brother, where art thou
close encounters of the third kind
napoleon dynamite

 

[Steve'sMom]

Dances With Wolves.....has been my fave since the first time I saw it.

 

[Daeraelle]

Tank Girl.

 

[Drucifer]

Watership Down.

 

[snakemom1961]

OH MANNNNNNNNNNN.........almost forgot....One of my all time favs.......Never Cry Wolf(The study of wolves and how they live in the alaska tundra)

 

[Cegninedorf]

Well, the Monty Python films have been named -- I love the Holy Grail, The Meaning of Life is ok, and the Life of Brian is fun...but I love the DVDs of their shows, too...in fact, a really fantastic British comedian to see is Eddie Izzard; live or on DVD (Dress to Kill is brilliant -- I've even gotten it for my mother, who loves him!), Eddie is amazing.

Otherwise, for films...the vast majority of my collection isn't in English. I'd recommend...
Cinema Paradiso -- probably the most lovely film ever, Italian
Jeux d'enfants (Love me if you dare) -- in a tie for my favorite love film ever, with a hypnotic score (with more ways than you've ever heard "La vie en rose" performed! excellent soundtrack, though)...French
El amor perjudica seriamente la salud (Love can seriously damage your health) -- fun Spanish film and if you like the Beatles, this is even funnier...
Like Water for Chocolate (Como agua para chocolate) -- excellent Mexican film that coincides beautifully with the book by Laura Esquivel...
Nowhere in Africa -- heartbreaking German film of a Jewish family's struggle upon escaping to Africa during the war...
Goodbye, Lenin! -- honestly, a brilliant German film...and the end shows exactly the way I imagined myself being "disposed of" even prior to seeing this film; I laughed & I cried...
And, one English one for all of you non-subtitle-loving people (aside from the Eddie Izzard recommendation)...
Truly Madly Deeply -- the other contender for my favorite love film ever... (And I just love Alan Rickman in a film...!)

So, just a couple of my perennial favorites from my collection...

 

[Cegninedorf]

Ooooh, bloody &^%$, I forgot a couple (which I won't link to Amazon...sorry!): Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and I love Scrooged & Love Actually for the holidays, and of course, The Sound of Music...hey, I grew-up with a post-war music-lovin' mama so this was always on, when it could be. How can you not love it???

 

[jazzgeek]

Cinema Paradiso -- probably the most lovely film ever, Italian

OMG, what a gem this is. A movie that's a love letter to movies.

Like Water For Chocolate is another nice one, and Amelie is a fun, quirky flick as well.

regards,
jazz

 

[Tom Tuttle]

Volunteers :John Candy. Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson :cheers:

 

[Weebonilass]

Ooooh, bloody &^%$, I forgot a couple (which I won't link to Amazon...sorry!): Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and I love Scrooged & Love Actually for the holidays, and of course, The Sound of Music...hey, I grew-up with a post-war music-lovin' mama so this was always on, when it could be. How can you not love it???

C,

So you really liked Priscilla Queen of the Desert? I've been tempted to get it several times due to Hugo, but passed each time thinking it was probably really lame.

 

[Cegninedorf]

C,

So you really liked Priscilla Queen of the Desert? I've been tempted to get it several times due to Hugo, but passed each time thinking it was probably really lame.

If you love ABBA music, then you will undoubtedly love Priscilla. The movie is a fun romp with 3 drag queens -- one is completely outrageous, one is dignified and classy, and the other is a little obnoxious... -- on their way to a show, having to travel through the Australian outback. You can imagine all of the problems that they have (breakdowns, etc...). It's fun, charming, an excellent laugh, but not completely fluff -- there are some human connections, indeed...I really enjoyed the film so much that when it finished, I started it all over again to watch it a second time... Enjoy!

Oooh, and I forgot to mention: the Rocky Horror Picture Show & Four Weddings and a Funeral...both of those movies I watched ad nauseum before my ACT in high school and I had the Time Warp & Love is All Around running through my head as I just picked C to the rhythm of the music...

 

[carol]

Well, the Monty Python films have been named -- I love the Holy Grail, The Meaning of Life is ok, and the Life of Brian is fun...but I love the DVDs of their shows, too...in fact, a really fantastic British comedian to see is Eddie Izzard; live or on DVD (Dress to Kill is brilliant -- I've even gotten it for my mother, who loves him!), Eddie is amazing.

Hee hee. I'm an Eddie fan too.

 

[kimbyra]

There have been a lot of great movies mentioned, (I watched Monty Pythons/Holy Grail last night) so I'll just add Princess Bride (hilarious) and Gladiator. Probably my fav would either be the Lord of the Rings Trilogy or Kenneth Branaugh's version of Othello.
Cheers!

 

[Nanci]

C,

So you really liked Priscilla Queen of the Desert? I've been tempted to get it several times due to Hugo, but passed each time thinking it was probably really lame.

I've got a Brit friend who loves that movie too. She raved about it so much I bought it instead of renting. Our taste in movies is, sadly, not the same.

Ginger- PM me- I'd be happy to send you a belated Christmas gift! You can judge for yourself.

Nanci

 

[diamondlil]

Director's cut of 'Blade Runner', I'd read the story (big Phillip K Dick fan here), then read an article about the making of, saw it in the cinema and was blown away. So I've got it on video and on dvd!
'Switchblade Romance'
All the 'Alien' films, even the highly doubtful 'vs predator' one
'Pitch Black' Again the original story a fav
And definately, 'A boy and his dog', from the Harlen Ellison 'blood' stories
I got Monty Python dvds from my boys this christmas, and I love Arnie' action movies, I usually end up helpless with laughter at his catchphrases, the 'Conan' films make me roll up into a helpless heap.
Watched a very silly disaster film onj tv last month, where a speciaal drilling ship-thingy had to go into the Earth's core. Was very drunk etc with the b/f and we were hooting along merrily at the pseudosciece. Best line (I may have been a little too drunk to remember correctly)..........The hull's made out of UNBELIEVABULUM! This led to inebriated speculation of how this incredible alloy, that would withstand enormous pressure and temperature, could actually be shaped to make anything with..................

 

[kimbyra]

Woooo! I'm a Phillip K. Dick fan myself! He's great.

It looks like a lot of us like Pitch Black (including me). Thats a cool movie, and scary too.

 

[diamondlil]

Woooo! I'm a Phillip K. Dick fan myself! He's great.

It looks like a lot of us like Pitch Black (including me). Thats a cool movie, and scary too.

Yup, I'm a total sci-fi nerd, luckily for me the local library had a big collection of Gollancz sci-fi when I was a kid and I had permission to take out the adult boks early, so I read the whole lot

 

[MegF.]

Star Wars I think...saw it when it came out in the 70's in Brentwood at the big theater there. Was awesome!

 

[gwb8568]

oh man.................i can't believe i forgot to list one of my all-time favs in my last post. a classic that i don't find many people ever hearing of.
Private Eyes with Tim Conway & Don Knotts.............great flick. Wookalar.