Your favorite movies — Page 5

Ziggy Stardust said:

FanFiltration said:

 "The Exorcist III"

Why do you like the third installment more than the original classic?

Good question.

1) The way it is directed first off. I just like the way the story is told visually. The way some of the shots mixed with the soundtrack had much more of an horror impact on me then the possessed little girl did. 

2) Gorge C. Scott and Brad Dourif at their best!

3) IMHO, III contains of of the scariest moments in motion picture history. And, I'm not going to spoil it for the people who have not yet seen the film.

4) The more psychological angle of the story.

5) The writing and acting of a great dead pan support cast. 

6) Fabio is in it.

Even with it's flaws, it's a movie I can re-watch at almost any time. Whereas with the first Exorcist, I would need to be in a certain type of mood to sit through all of it. The first film is a good movie, but for my tastes, it tends to lag at points. I'm also not as fond of the cast in that one. Mostly the players in the supporting roles.  

How could I forget?

"This is Spinal Tap"

Off the top of my head, some of my all-time favorite movies that I could watch again and again and again

• 2001: A Space Odyssey

• Vanilla Sky

• The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

• Pulp Fiction

• The Lord of the Rings

• The Fountain

• Braveheart

• On The Waterfront

• The Machinist

• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

• Memento

• Cinema Paradiso

• Sunshine

• Once Upon a Time in the West

• The Truman Show

• Cast Away

• A History of Violence

• There Will Be Blood

• 12 Angry Men

• The Godfather

• The Prestige

• Terminator 2

• Magnolia

• Sherlock, Jr.

• The Big Lebowski

• Amadeus
• The Empire Strikes Back

I try not to include more recent movies but I feel like Black Swan will make the list one day.

Anchorhead said:

The very last one I did was U2 - Pop.  The one before that was Yes - Talk.  I wore the Yes shirt to the Talk concert and several people asked where I got it, because it wasn't at the souvenir shirt booth.

My list of my favourite movies. I probably have alot more but this is off the top of my head.

• The Empire Strikes Back
• Moulin Rouge!
• The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
• Star Wars
• The Lord of the Rings
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn
• Braveheart
• The Pianist
• Batman Begins
• The Room
• Fight Club
• Alien
• Serenity
• Raiders of the lost Ark
• Mission: Impossible
• Jaws
• Terminator 2
• The Terminator
• A Clockwork Orange
• Akira
• The Lady Vanishes
• Citizen Kane
• 2010: The year we make contact
• Return of the Jedi
• Beowulf
• The Big Lebowski (Thanks to Frink for reminding me of what I was missing)
• Independence Day
• The Godfather
• Flash Gordon
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Superman 2
• Moon
• Tron
• Watchmen
• The Dark Knight

Uh-oh!  Is either of you with C3PX right now?  Because he goes through men like tissue paper, but just wait until he gets dumped.  All heck breaks loose and his inner hippie takes over!

Greeny, 2010 but no 2001?  For shame...
And do you love Batman Begins so much you put it there twice?

xhonzi said:

Uh-oh!  Is either of you with C3PX right now?  Because he goes through men like tissue paper, but just wait until he gets dumped.  All heck breaks loose and his inner hippie takes over!

That's me, remember? ;)

Ziggy Stardust said:

By the way, some of you may or may not have heard that I'm compiling a favorite films year-by-year list. Should I post it in here or give it it's own thread?

Your own!

RedFive said:

Greeny, 2010 but no 2001?  For shame...

A favourite film, for me, would be a film I can sit through without having to fast forward it (That goes for you too, Star Trek: The Motion Picture). And when the ENTIRE plot of 2001 can be summed up in detail in the first few minutes of 2010, it's doing something wrong.

I do think Kubrick is a good director, probably the best, but for me 2001 is way overrated. Plus 2010 focuses more on the characters and the story, something that 2001 did very little.

Plus I don't tend to look at 2001 as a film. A piece of Art, yes. But a film, No.

Oh and please don't tell me I need to go to art school to 'understand' it. I've been to art school and I do understand it, but I still don't enjoy it.

And do you love Batman Begins so much you put it there twice?

Shut up! No I didn't, you did!!

Ziggy Stardust said:

I-I think I love you. ;-)

You wouldn't be the first, Ziggy. ;)

greenpenguino said:

RedFive said:

Greeny, 2010 but no 2001?  For shame...

A favourite film, for me, would be a film I can sit through without having to fast forward it (That goes for you too, Star Trek: The Motion Picture). And when the ENTIRE plot of 2001 can be summed up in detail in the first few minutes of 2010, it's doing something wrong.

I do think Kubrick is a good director, probably the best, but for me 2001 is way overrated. Plus 2010 focuses more on the characters and the story, something that 2001 did very little.

 

Plus I don't tend to look at 2001 as a film. A piece of Art, yes. But a film, No.

 

Oh and please don't tell me I need to go to art school to 'understand' it. I've been to art school and I still don't enjoy it.

RedFive said:

greenpenguino said:

RedFive said:

Greeny, 2010 but no 2001?  For shame...

A favourite film, for me, would be a film I can sit through without having to fast forward it (That goes for you too, Star Trek: The Motion Picture). And when the ENTIRE plot of 2001 can be summed up in detail in the first few minutes of 2010, it's doing something wrong.

I do think Kubrick is a good director, probably the best, but for me 2001 is way overrated. Plus 2010 focuses more on the characters and the story, something that 2001 did very little.

 

Plus I don't tend to look at 2001 as a film. A piece of Art, yes. But a film, No.

 

Oh and please don't tell me I need to go to art school to 'understand' it. I've been to art school and I do understand it, but I still don't enjoy it.

Well..... I like bits of it.

bkev said:

 

Anchorhead said:

The very last one I did was U2 - Pop.  The one before that was Yes - Talk.  I wore the Yes shirt to the Talk concert and several people asked where I got it, because it wasn't at the souvenir shirt booth.

Really? '90s U2? Haha. I hear Pop is very forgettable.

 

The three albums U2 put out in the 90's are three of my favorite albums of all time! And Pop was the last interesting thing U2 has done. Everything that has come after has been quite dull.

My top-15 favorite films, roughly in this order:

• Star Wars
• 2001
• Secret of Santa Vittoria (finally restored on DVD!)
• Five Million Years to Earth (aka Quartermass & the Pit)
• The Body Snatcher (the Karloff film, not the pod people)
• Kung Fu Panda
• Abbot & Costello Meet Frankenstein
• A Shot in the Dark (aka Pink Panther 2)
• Office Space
• Vertigo
• The Maltese Falcon
• His Girl Friday (maybe the funniest movie ever)
• Nosferatu (the first, silent one)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Black Sabbath (the Karloff segment)