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Favourite Movies. (1 Viewer)

Bunny04

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no.1 -- DONNIE DARKO -- (has to be one of the BEST movies ever! ^^)
no.2 The matrix 1 '( i really don't like the other movies no 2, and 3 )
no.3 The Return of the King - Lord of the Rings
no. 4 Sailor Moon - Promise of the Rose - Manga Version ( Japanese version, Fieore and Mamoru, Usagi etc)
no 5. Pirates of the Carrabiean
no.6 Edward Scissorhands
no.7 The Lion King ( Only the first movie...gah i hated the 2nd, didnt even bother with the third)
no.8 Star Wars ( Original Triology... NOT the crappy new ones... I love IV V and VI )
no.9 Finding Nemo
no.10 Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban
no.11 Sailormoon Super S movie - the Dream world ( Manga version- Japanese Version- Usagi and Chibi Usa, Peru Peru... etc)
 
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almost famous
mean girls
garden state
the september sessions (uh, its a surfing movie)
the notebook
donnie darko
jay and silent bob strike back
orange county
romeo & juliet (the newish one)
50 first dates

.. yeah. i pretty much just like to be entertained when i watch movies, as opposed to analysing every last detail of the story line. therefore i like lame movies.
 

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Adding a few more- The Godfather in particular part 2, Never Ending Story (my childhood move!!)
I watched Donnie Darko as a result of it being the ultimate of flicking through the channels. I LOVED that movie and I still do. So many people I have spoken to about it say they have never heard of it (probably bc its such a struggle to recount such a plot) Now its soo damn popular....
 
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Updating my list, which I haven't done in a while:

1. Amadeus (Milos Forman) - the most sublime movie ever. perfection.
2. Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock)
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Milos Forman)
4. The Great Escape (John Sturges)
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Extended Edition (Peter Jackson)
6. Singin’ in the Rain (Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen)
7. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles)
8. Memento (Christopher Nolan)
9. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz)
10. Quiz Show (Robert Redford)
11. Dead Man Walking (Tim Robbins)
12. Gattaca (Andrew Niccol)
13. Death on the Nile (John Guillermin)
14. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch)
15. Gone With the Wind (Victor Fleming)
 

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I've decided.. that I can't decide between the 18 movies that stand out for me above the movies I simply enjoyed. So here they are again, in no order

Lost in Translation (2003) – Sofia Coppola
The Godfather Part 2 (1974) – Francis Ford Coppola
Kill Bill (2003) – Quentin Tarantino
The Godfather Part 1 (1972) – Francis Ford Coppola
Forrest Gump (1994) – Robert Zemeckis
In the Mood for Love (2000) – Wong Kar Wai
Chungking Express (1994) – Wong Kar Wai
Casablanca (1942) – Michael Curtiz
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) – Frank Capra
Fallen Angels (1995) – Wong Kar Wai
Dr Strangelove (1964) – Stanley Kubrick
American Beauty (1999) – Sam Mendes
Sideways (2004) – Alexander Payne
2046(2004) – Wong Kar Wai
Almost Famous (2000) – Cameron Crowe
Stand By Me (1986) – Rob Reiner
Million Dollar Baby (2004) – Clint Eastwood
Say Anything (1989) – Cameron Crowe
 

Monkey Butler

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Shit, this is hard...

Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Mulholland Dr.
Dr. Strangelove
A Clockwork Orange
Full Metal Jacket
Memento
Hero
A.I. (don't laugh, I reckon it worked really well as a fairy tale, if not as anything else)

And I really don't understand all the love for Donnie Darko. I used to really like it, but I've seen it a bunch of times now and it just seems really amateurish (or rather, very "film school graduate") - Richard Kelly intentionally poses questions that cna't be answered by what is given to the audience within the film just to create an artificial mystery, and there are some very laboured, wanna-be quirky/cool moments (the Smurfs thing or the guy doing crack at school for example). He also fails to make his intentions clear, and includes little details that could be important but aren't emphasised enough (characters being manipulated etc. He points out in the director's commentary on the DVD, for example, how often Frank will appear driving past in his car or something, but the audience doesn't know that's his car, so the importance of him being there is lost). It's a pretty well directed film, but it's not THAT good IMO. I dunno, maybe I've just seen it too many times, or I've been around too many people who think it's Jesus. And the Director's Cut sucked. Complete waste of time if you've already seen the movie.
 

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1. A Clockwork Orange
2. Almost Famous
3. The Royal Tenenbaums
4. Pulp Fiction
5. Coffee and Cigarettes
6. The Virgin Suicides
7. The Beach
9. Girl, Interrupted
9. Drowning Mona
10. Grease
 

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Mulholland Drive
A Clockwork Orange
This is Spinal Tap
Three Kings
Lawrence of Arabia
Almost Famous
Raging Bull
 

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Amelie is my all-round favourite. Meaning that it can blow me away no matter what mood I'm in, or what type of movie I feel like watching; whether I want to relax or be challenged.

Other films that I love, but I'm not always in the mood to watch:
-Fight Club
-The Blues Brothers (sometimes you just need four fried chickens and a coke)
-Monty Python's films/shows
-The Closet (le Placard)
-LotR trilogy
-Kill Bill
 

lachlan43

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My all time favourite is Remember the Titans. Nothing beats it, even if they do run the wrong way to score the winning touchdown in the first game.

So my entire list is:

- Remember the Titans
- The Last Samurai
- ConAir
- True Lies
- The Rock
- The Sound Of Music
- Die Hard
- Mercury Rising
 

Gustus

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Not a real movie watcher but hey

- The Lion King
- Light it Up (I cry every time)(one of my kids is going to be called ZIGGY)
- Save the Last Dance
- Blue Crush
- Honey
- I seen this movie once bout two teens creating a documentry on thier lives in 'the hood', it was really good and down to earth ( based on a true story) (ANYONE KNOW THE NAME)
- Benaeth Clouds
- Fast and the furoius (and 2)
- Shrek
 
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Some of my favourites, just off the top of my head, are:

  • Little Voice
  • Being John Malkovich
  • 21 Grams
  • Lost in Translation
  • Evita
  • Mystic River
  • Mulholland Drive
  • Dancer in the Dark
  • High Society
  • Memento
  • American Beauty
 

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Can't be stuffed to check the last 53 pages or whatever it is, but has anyone seen 'Big'??? absolutely LOVE that movie! Esp the baby corn bit...ahahahahahaha!!!:rofl:
 

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Mystic River was absolute shite sorry :p I can't believe it got nominated. Sean Penn is cool though.
 

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