your favourite movies and why?

Date Posted: 5:06pm Subject: Your Other faboutrite movies and why?
I would like to find out what other movies are the favourites of my fellow star wars fans. I'm wondering how varied it will be due to the tremendous popularity of the star wars trilogy in different groups of people.
A few of mine are Clockwork Orange, Dr. Strangelove, Fight Club, Tombstone, and The Big Lebowski

 

The Wedding Singer, or Rush Hour 2.

 

Eyes Wide Shut, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Yellow Submarine, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and The Seven Year Itch.

 

first off, i have no favourite movies. i do have favorite ones.

they include: monty python-search for the holy grail, life of brian; mel brooks-spaceballs, robin hood: men in tights; UHF (the weird al movie), army of darkness, the matrix, go, the naked gun films (classic!), wrongfully accused, and others.




swizzard, the Iron Pope

 

My favorite movie is Conan the Barbarian. Others that are near the top are RoboCop and Army of Darkness.

 

Blimey, I've got loads. Apart from Star Wars, my favourite films are, in no particular order:- Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Back to the Future trilogy, Withnail and I, A.I, A Clockwork Orange, Raiders of the Lost Ark, American Graffiti, The Sixth Sense , The Shining, Duel, Schindler's List, Manhattan, The Italian Job, Jurassic Park, and Animal Crackers. There is more, but I don't want to bore you all .

 

actually swizzard that is how the rest of the world besides you yanks spells the word favourite.
And im glad to see some kubrick, i also forgot american beauty, south park bigger longer uncut, thin red line, and empire of the sun

 

All the Star Wars films
The Godfather
AI
Indiana Jones (EXCEPT TEMPLE OF DOOM)
The Untouchables
The Goonies
Fellowship of the Ring
Harry Potter

 

My Favorite Movies:

Leon: The Professional

Monty Python's Life of Brian

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Bonnie and Clyde

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

The Sting

Spaceballs

The Man Who Would be King

Grave of the Fireflies

Picnic at Hanging Rock

Princess Mononoke

Young Frankenstein

Verigo

Zulu

Toy Story (1 & 2)

Fellowship of the Ring

Harry Potter

The Elephant Man

Murder by Death

All the Pink Panther movies

All the Vacation movies

Back to the Future trilogy

A.I.

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Duel

Schindler's List

Jurassic Park

Annie Hall

Love & Death

 

think that's about all of em...

 

1. Star Wars--the reasons are obvious
2. Lord of the Rings--OMG! That movie rocks! MUST SEE IT AGAIN! And Aragorn is just so damned hot.
3. Dead Poet's Society--I will not conform! (Any other Emerson and Thoreou fans? What about Whitman??)
4. The ODESSA File--Just so awesome...
5. Schindler's List--That is the most profound movie EVER
6. 1776--Normally I don't like musicals, but this one is cool. I am also a major early American history geek.
7. Sword and the Stone--My favorite Disney movie--I am also an Arthurian Folklore geek.

 

I'm not going to explain my choices, I'll just list them...

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

Dr. Suess' How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Pearl Harbor

Saving Private Ryan

Planes, Trains, & Automobiles

Black Hawk Down

Ali

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Harry Potter and the Scorcerer's Stone

The Mummy Returns

Meet the Parents

A.I.: Artificial Intelligence

Little Nicky

American Beauty

The Matrix

Gladiator

CastAway

The Sixth Sense

Unbreakable

American Pie

American Pie 2

Die Hard with a Vengence

Batman Forever

Shreek

Three Kings

Finding Forrester

Titanic

The Majestic

A Beautiful Mind

Monster's Ball

The Thin Red Line

Platoon

American Grafitti

Casablanca

The Godfather

The Godfather 2

Sleepy Hollow

Schindler's List

Fargo

The Green Mile

 

Meet the parents
Dead Poets Society
Rear Window
Ever After
Kate & Leopold
A walk in the clouds
Matrix
The man who knew to much
Young Frankenstein<not sure on title
might python search for the wholy grail
conspiracy theory
Jacob the Liar
Casablanca
Beauty and the beast
Aladdin

 

In no particular order:

Moulin Rouge because the music was great, the acting was superb, and the ending made me cry and still does. And the way it was filmed was very artistic.

A Beautiful Mind because the acting was simply astounding, the way it was filmed was breathtaking, the music was beautiful and complemented the film very nicely, and the story itself was incredible.

Band of Brothers even though it's a miniseries. I can't say enough about it. It was funny, sad, chilling...beautifully filmed and written with an excellent score and wonderful actors.

Immortal Beloved because Beethoven is my favorite classical composer. Gary Oldman gave a wonderful performance, and the pieces of music selected for the film include some of my favorites.

Tron because the idea of it is so fascinating, and the special effects, for that time, are very good.

2001: A Space Odyssey because, well, it's great. Great music (I love The Blue Danube), and I really like Hal.

The Black Stallion because I love horses, and this is simply the best horse movie ever made. The way it is filmed is simply beautiful. I like the fact that there is no dialogue for about half the movie. Also, the race scene at the end is nicely done.

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings for its breathtaking scenery and special effects. The acting was also good (I especially loved Ian McKellan) and, as someone who has never read the books, I found the story easy to follow.

And that's all, I think.

 

All of SW
LOTR
The Mummy
The Mummy retuns
Matrix
Mr.Nice guy
Rush Hour 1/2
Gladiator
Robocop
Indiana Jones series

and some more...

 

The Colour Purple.

I can be walking down the street & if someone yells "CEEEELIEEEEEE" I just start crying.

NETTTTIEEEEEEEEE

 

i forgot 3 kings

 

LORD OF THE RINGS!

All the Star Wars films

Various Disney movies (Mulan, Tarzan, Lion King, Monsters Inc, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid...in no particular order )

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

A Knight's Tale

Center Stage

Mask of Zorro

Star Trek IV TVH, and all the TNG movies (sorry if you don't know what those acronyms mean!)

The Princess Bride

Hackers

Ever After


I think that's about it...

 

A few in no particular order:

Rushmore
The Game
Fight Club
Dead Poets Society
Schindler's List
Fallen
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Falling Down
Jaws
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Rounders
Nixon
JFK
Reservoir Dogs
Batman
Full Metal Jacket
The Usual Suspects

 

Hmmmmm Lets see...

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Memento
Reservoir Dogs
Fight Club
Se7en
The Big Lebowski
Cast Away
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

 

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Gladiator

The Silence of the Lambs

Hannibal

Fight Club

Braveheart

Stargate

Independence Day

The Patriot

Star Wars

The Empire Strikes Back

Return of the Jedi

The Phantom Menace

The Mummy

The Mummy Returns

Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters 2

Men In Black

Beetlejuice

Batman

Batman Returns

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Ed Wood

Mars Attacks

Sleepy Hollow

Planet of the Apes

Alien

Aliens

Alien 3

A Clockwork Orange

2001: A Space Odyssey

The Shining

Eyes Wide Shut

Moulin Rouge

Sommersby

Poltergeist

Jaws

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1941

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Jurassic Park

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Back to the Future 1,2 and 3

Predator 1 and 2

The Exorcist

A Civil Action

A Simple Plan

The Omen

Ben-Hur

Maverick

Boogie Nights

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring

The Others

 

From this year:

1. Mulholland Drive
2. Gosford Park
3. Memento
4. A.I.
5. Moulin Rouge
6. Ocean's 11
7. A Beautiful Mind
8. The Royal Tenenbaums
9. Black Hawk Down
10. In the Bedroom

 

Almost Famous
Rushmore
The Royal Tenenbaums
Back to the Future
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Die Hard
Lord of the Rings--Fellowship of the Ring
Fight Club

 

Seven Samurai
Reservoir Dogs
Life Is Beautiful
Like Water for Chocolate
Run Lola Run
The Yellow Rolls Royce
Breakfast At Tiffany's
Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy
Stealing Beauty
Empire of the Sun
Dream for an Insomniac
Beautiful Girls
A Love Story
Tampopo
Europa, Europa
Hiroshima, My Love
Ran

...

 

All four Star wars films - obviously - and I've no doubt Eps 2 & 3 will be added

Pulp Fiction - Tight , well written & directed and very, very funny

Se7en - Note for all horror film makers, the depths of the human soul are far scarier than any beastie or demon could ever be

Gremlins - dementedly brilliant with just a touch of menace

Jaws - Another note for horror film makers, if you are going to put some sort of beastie in the film, don't show it in it's entirity in the opening 5 mins, there is a thing called suspense that should be used.

Alien - see above & a feminine hero, a rarity before this film.

Die Hard (only the first one) - the hero is not indestructable, and Alan Rickman is the best baddie actor ever.

Restless Natives - little known whimsical scottish comedy that just .... I dunno it just touches all the right buttons

Lock Stock & Two Smoking barrels - The best gangsters come from London

The Terminator - IMHO much better than the sequel.

The Princess Bride - Wonderful, innocent fun. Everyone in my family, across three generations, loves it.

Jurassic Park - the only film that has come clost to AHN to providing that initial WOW factor.

Star Trek 2 The Wrath of Kahn - what Star Trek should be, nasty, vengefull, full of hatred (both ways, Kahn hates Kirk, Kirk hates Khan), death of a leading character/hero (the good guys shouldn't always come out unscathed) and the realities of battle.

Bill & Ted films - stupid, moronic, clueless, make-it-up as-we-are-filming-it plots, completely inane, unbeliveable (Bill & Ted as the greatest people ever) but just wonderfully, wonderfully funny