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02-28-2009, 04:45 PM
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I'll try to be concise but I have "favorites" for various reasons: best story/plot, best casting/characterization, best looking (cinematography), best score/use of music etc...soooo, in no particular order:
The entire Back to the Future series 2001 and 2012 The ORIGINAL Star Wars trilogy (not that hideous prequel trilogy abortion) Star Trek II Wrath of Khan Star Trek IV The Abyss The Day The Earth Stood Still (original) Journey to the Center of the Earth (original) Galaxy Quest American History X The Illusionist The Time Machine (original) A Touch of Evil Run Silent, Run Deep South Pacific The Apartment Sneakers The Andromeda Strain (ORIGINAL!!) Colossus: The Forbin Project I've never seen a John Wayne film I didn't like There are many more, but that's a partial list of films I can watch any time and always get lost in them.
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02-28-2009, 05:06 PM
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This is as bad as favorite band/music/lp threads but I'll kick in a few.
+1 on Shawshank, The Usual Suspects, Casablanca, Goodfellas, The Godfather, Blazing Saddles and I'm sure some others I may have missed. I also like the following quite a bit: The entire LOTR trilogy The Blues Brothers Airplane Caddyshack Casino Royale (the Daniel Craig version) Goldfinger Reservoir Dogs Pulp Fiction Forbidden Planet The Wild Bunch Winchester '73 North By Northwest Chinatown Annie Hall Pirates of the Caribbean It's a Wonderful Life Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade The Man Who Would Be King And I'm sure there's lots more I just can't think of right now...  I'm sure more will come to me later
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02-28-2009, 05:21 PM
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Yeah, I know what you mean. Leaving out the Indy Jones trilogy, or anything directed by Peter Jackson, or any Clint Eastwood film (dir or acting)...all the Roger Corman/Vincent Price Poe adaptations...pretty much the entire Hammer Studios catalog or the entire Sean Connery Bond films wasn't an oversight; it was a space saving move.
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02-28-2009, 09:48 PM
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A few of my many favourites are
Rudy Scent of a Woman Cool Hand Luke Flight of the Navigator Shawshank Redemption Rocky 1 and 4 Godfather 1 and 2 Back to the Future I, II and III Top Gun Iron Eagle In Search of Bobby Fisher Big Lobowski Pulp Fiction Rambo First Blood Theres many others I love film almost as much as music and vintage audio .... Almost
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02-28-2009, 09:53 PM
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Cinema Paradiso
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02-28-2009, 11:04 PM
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In no particular order:
Blade Runner Daredevil Batman Returns Thelma & Louise Tomorrow Never Dies Memoirs of a Geisha Fifth Element Run Lola Run Cars X-Men III
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02-28-2009, 11:30 PM
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The Hunt for Red October (all time favorite)
No particular order: Paprika Godfather The original star wars triolgy Apocolypse Now Slumdog Millionaire Independance Day Robin Hood: Men in Tights Dr. No Goldfinger Goldmember Cool Hand Luke The Sting The Great Escape Pearl Harbor High Fidelity Forrest Gump Planet of the Apes (original) Force Ten From Navarone Back To the Future Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan The French Connection From Russia With Love American Pie Accepted 2001: A Space Odyssey Monty Python and the Holy Grail South park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut Full metal Jacket U571 Platoon JFK Driving Miss Daisy Ghostbusters! The Last Crusade Lawrence of Arabia Amadeus Kingdom of Heaven ...and that's all that I can think of at this point. There will be more.
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03-01-2009, 12:01 AM
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absence of malice
the verdict maltese falcon to have and have not fallen goldfinger ( gotta love a movie in 1963 that snuck "Pussy Galore" past the censors) the thin man capt blood as good as it gets elmer gantry double indemnity casablanca theres more i just can't think
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03-01-2009, 02:40 AM
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FMJ - Just watch the 1st 30 min of the flic. This is the most accurate portrayal I've seen of 'boot camp', not to mention it's funny. Midnight - It's chocked full of 'entertaining characters'. One line says it all for me. Kelso is on the phone with his boss in NYC, and he says 'These people down here are walking an imaginary pet on a leash. They are heavily armed and heavily drugged. New York City is boring. Talk to you later.' Half the films Eastwood & Newman were involved in. More to follow.......................
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03-01-2009, 06:47 AM
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Since someone reminded me of The Thin Man, all of which would be on my list. Let me add another movie with William Powell:
How To Marry A Millionaire. Lauren Bacall takes a dig at her husband Humprey Bogart. "Look at Roosevelt, look at Churchill, look at old fella what's his name in The African Queen." 
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03-01-2009, 07:48 AM
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Captain Blood!!
Damn, add "Dawn Patrol", and "Robin Hood" to my list. Plus all those Cagney ensemble movies were pretty good, and Bogies' film noir' "Dead Reckoning " is sweet too. I love TCM I love the part in Dawn Patrol when the aviators get caught in the basement and Reagan says something like "C'mon you Krauts, give us a break"  "Some Like it Hot" makes my list too.
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03-01-2009, 10:54 AM
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Yep, I agree "the Shootist" was one of Wayne's best, I loved True Grit too though I only watched it to see Glen Campbell die.
Hitchcock's the 39 steps Manhunter Shaun of the Dead Blazing Saddles High Anxiety Das Boot The Enemy Below Fate is the Hunter Corvette K-225 One film that I can watch many times and not get tired of the "The Dish", it's a slow moving flick and is kinda lost on anyone who isn't old enough to have watched the Apollo 11 landing in 69. Full of good acting..... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0205873/
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