I know this list is heavy on movies from the '60s and '70s, but in all honesty, few modern movies have touched me like the following have:
Apocalypse Now: Less of a movie about Vietnam than a literal and figurative journey into insanity. Liked the extended version, although the French plantation scene got a little tedious.
M*A*S*H (the movie): If you're only familiar with the TV series, this one will really catch you off guard. No sentimentality, no real statement - just pure, 100 per cent rebel filmmaking.
Vanishing Point: Probably not one a lot of people are familiar with. Let's just put it this way: the best car chases this side of Bond with a countercultural message to boot.
Midnight Cowboy: Nowhere near as sexy as its lurid reputation would have it. In fact, it's quite an ugly movie. However, the film perfectly captures the emotions of living in a strange place with only one person to count on. Perhaps the ONLY movie at which I almost cried at the ending.
The Deer Hunter: Another movie that captures the spirit of friendship between men. They just don't make movies like this anymore.
Star Wars Trilogy (Eps. Four through Six): A lot of fun. 'Nuff said.
Favorite movies (aside from Bond)
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Posted 27 December 2002 - 11:22 PM
The 5 Star Wars movies
Die Hard
The Matrix
Terminator 2
End of Days
Escape to Victory
Die Hard
The Matrix
Terminator 2
End of Days
Escape to Victory
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Posted 28 December 2002 - 06:37 PM
Favourite movies if you dont count OHMSS and FRWL.
Jaws
Jurassic Park
Traffic
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Jaws
Jurassic Park
Traffic
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Posted 30 December 2002 - 04:50 PM
Top Hat -- just the pure joy of life.
Casablanca -- perfect filmmaking.
Grosse Point Blank -- has it all; comedy, romance, action, wit, and a YOLT homage.
The Big Sleep -- I love Bogey, and this has some of the most crackling dialogue ever on screen.
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Moonstruck
Rocky Horror Picture Show (I used to, y'know, do it)
Annie Hall (have you noticed my penchant for romantic comedy?)
Alien
Blade Runner
To Have and Have Not
Miller's Crossing
Broadcast News
Chasing Amy
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (and science fiction?)
The Graduate
Harold and Maude
The Lion in Winter
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Wicker Man
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Casablanca -- perfect filmmaking.
Grosse Point Blank -- has it all; comedy, romance, action, wit, and a YOLT homage.
The Big Sleep -- I love Bogey, and this has some of the most crackling dialogue ever on screen.
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Moonstruck
Rocky Horror Picture Show (I used to, y'know, do it)
Annie Hall (have you noticed my penchant for romantic comedy?)
Alien
Blade Runner
To Have and Have Not
Miller's Crossing
Broadcast News
Chasing Amy
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (and science fiction?)
The Graduate
Harold and Maude
The Lion in Winter
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Wicker Man
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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Posted 30 December 2002 - 06:19 PM
All five Star Wars Movies.
Behind Enemy Lines.
Black Hawk Down.
Pearl Harbor.
Mission Impossible.
Behind Enemy Lines.
Black Hawk Down.
Pearl Harbor.
Mission Impossible.