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boogie nights to kill a mockingbird citizen kane the godfather lost in translation suicide club the princess bride fargo star wars the age of innocence
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A bit broad a topic dontcha think? I could go on for days...
that being said....
The Jerk It Happened One Night Planes, Trains, & Automobiles Band of Brothers Gladiator Conan the Barbarian The Natural Pink Floyds The Wall A Clockwork Orange Happy Gilmore The Mouse and His Child Curious George Citezen Kane Clerks The Wind and the Lion You Only Live Twice Star Wars Episode III and Empire Strikes Back Shawshank Redemption Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Hero Dumbo Goonies
etc.......
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind the breakfast club fight club ghostbusters vertigo grosse pointe blank
star wars should be on some separate 'goes without saying' list.
bloodynora wrote: star wars should be on some separate 'goes without saying' list.
Aye but not the prequels - what god awful shite they are.
A sampler of my faves would be:
Fargo - just rediscovered this and it's better than I remembered,
Trainspotting - of all time? Plus it's set in Edinburgh 
Withnail And I
American Beauty
Goodfellas
The Big Lebowski
Star Trek First Contact - my geeky pleasure,
2001: A Space Odyssey - proper Sci-fi,
Glengarry Glen Ross
Trading Places - Eddie Murphy's only decent film. Ever.
Ally wrote:
bloodynora wrote: star wars should be on some separate 'goes without saying' list.
Aye but not the prequels - what god awful shite they are.
A sampler of my faves would be:
Trainspotting - of all time? Plus it's set in Edinburgh
disagree with star wars - overrated tosh if you ask me, only held in such high regard because of when it came out - i loved it at the time, when i was 9, but not now.
trainspotting may have been set in edinburgh, but 90% odd was filmed in glasgow
did you know Danny Boyle credits the Spike Jonze-directed video "Sabotage" by the Beasties as a major influence on the opening sequence of the film.
anyway some of my faves
cyrano de bergerac (jean-paul rappeneau version) jean de florette/ manon des sources harvey the princess bride the godfather part ii memento la confidential it's a wonderful life blade runner the hustler blue velvet & a load of others
Never seen any of the Star Wars films nor will i ever...
Rocky Rocky III Rocky Balboa Rocky II The Godfather The Godfather Part II Holy Grail Life of Brian Shawshank Redemption Hidden Agenda Falling Down Ferris Bueller Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story The Goonies Back to the Future Back to the Future Part II Back to the Future Part III
I'm not really a big film person.
You can shove star wars up your arse and fuck off while you're doing it. It's utter bollocks. American bollocks at that.
Saying that, I enjoyed Spun as much as anything I've seen in recent years.
When I really love a film I suspect it's got something to do with something that happened the first time I saw it…
Withnail and I Vanilla Sky The 1996 Monaco Grand Prix Dead Man's Shoes
...are examples off the top of my head. I just have very good memories of the first time I saw them.
Raging Bull The Crying Game The Piano Bad Lieutnant Reservoir Dogs Dr. Strangelove Donnie Darko Pulp Fiction High and Low The Burmese Harp Rushmore Fargo Monty Python and the Holy Grail Napoleon Dynamite Shawshank Redemption The Green Mile 12 Angry Men Better Luck Tomorrow Mean Streets The Last Temptation of Christ Fingers
etc.
Yeah LIFE OF BRIAN ANCHORMAN SOUTH PARK THE MOVIE TRAINSPOTTING 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE ALIEN ALIENS CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND THE ABYSS (special edition,not the twee ending) STAR WARS all of em really STAR TREK movies LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy BLADE RUNNER CARLITO'S WAY SCENT OF A WOMAN HEAT THE MATRIX trilogy RING (original) THE EYE (original) FIGHT CLUB ROBOCOP TOTAL RECALL SEVEN BLAIR WITCH PROJECT SAW
there's loads I've missed off,but these I always feel like I want to watch every few months
hibster wrote: trainspotting may have been set in edinburgh, but 90% odd was filmed in glasgow
Yup, why I said "set" and not "filmed" 
did you know Danny Boyle credits the Spike Jonze-directed video "Sabotage" by the Beasties as a major influence on the opening sequence of the film.
Nope, didn't know that. It is quite distinctive the way the film is edited, narrated and pieced together...
Is it worth them filming "Porno" as a sequel though?
Mind you, I've yet to read the book myself.
Uncle Liam wrote: Never seen any of the Star Wars films nor will i ever...
WOW. when i taught international relations, a lot of my students had never seen star wars, so when we studied the cold war we watched the film and discussed how it was analogous to the cold war.
almost everyone loved it!
Nope. Cold War or not, I flat out refuse to watch any of that space craft bullshit. Unless its red Dwarf.
I mean really, who could really give two fucks who is Vaders son?
Anyway, watche Die Hard tonight. Proper old school film, lots of violence, comic acting, minimal storyline. 
I cant believe I missed Die Hard With a Vengeance of my list. that film kicks arse.
No in order
Control 24 Hour Party People Trainspotting Vanilla Sky The Beach 28 days later Back to the Future
bloodynora wrote: eternal sunshine of the spotless mind the breakfast club fight club ghostbusters vertigo grosse pointe blank
star wars should be on some separate 'goes without saying' list.
mostly UTTER TOSH!
Burt Reynolds wrote:
bloodynora wrote: eternal sunshine of the spotless mind the breakfast club fight club ghostbusters vertigo grosse pointe blank
star wars should be on some separate 'goes without saying' list.
mostly UTTER TOSH!
Agreed.
I've been to the cinema five times this millenium, one of them was to watch Fight Club. I walked out.
Amelie Beijing Bicycle Blade Runner Breaking Away Casablanca Cyrano de Bergerac Dances With Wolves Enemy at the Gates Fearless The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly The Great Escape Hero Hidalgo House of Flying Daggers Il Postino Iron Monkey It's a Wonderful life Last of the Mohicans Matewan My Dinner with Andre The Road Warrior Sanjuro Seven Samurai Shane Tombstone Waterworld Wyatt Earp Yojimbo
God where to start.Impossible
But the first one that comes into me head is Bad Boy Bubby.A classic! 
Uncle Liam wrote:
Burt Reynolds wrote:
bloodynora wrote: eternal sunshine of the spotless mind the breakfast club fight club ghostbusters vertigo grosse pointe blank
star wars should be on some separate 'goes without saying' list.
mostly UTTER TOSH!
Agreed.
I've been to the cinema five times this millenium, one of them was to watch Fight Club. I walked out.
disagreed eternal sunshine, vertigo & grosse point blank can be added to mine. all top films & fight club was rather good too.
also realised i left off sexy beast. was reminded last night during conversation.
Uncle Liam wrote:
Burt Reynolds wrote:
bloodynora wrote: eternal sunshine of the spotless mind the breakfast club fight club ghostbusters vertigo grosse pointe blank
star wars should be on some separate 'goes without saying' list.
mostly UTTER TOSH!
Agreed.
I've been to the cinema five times this millenium, one of them was to watch Fight Club. I walked out.
someone who has back to the future II and III on their list should frankly be barred from having any opinion. on anything. ever.
myabe if you went to the cinema a bit more often you'd have a better appreciation of the art form ;)
and where's your list, burt?! unavailable for public scrutiny? butch lesbian and the lapdance kid?
i will concede the inclusion of breakfast club and ghostbusters owe more to their impact on me at the time of viewing than an ongoing conviction of their brilliance.
bloodynora wrote:
Uncle Liam wrote:
Agreed.
I've been to the cinema five times this millenium, one of them was to watch Fight Club. I walked out.
someone who has back to the future II and III on their list should frankly be barred from having any opinion. on anything. ever.
myabe if you went to the cinema a bit more often you'd have a better appreciation of the art form ;)
there have been way more than 5 excellent films this millenium so you're certainly missing out liam
do feel however that you need to have seen a film before you can dismiss it. even if it's just on telly, when you don;t really see it properly.
North By North West Dark City Gattaca Logan's Run The Last Seduction Betty Blue To Kill a Mockingbird Blade Runner The Lake House
Just a start there and hum there seems to be a large representation of S F there but there you go. It will probably be additions to once I go through my pile of new DVDs.
Loads of people here have also listed films I like, but I don't feel like doubling up too much tonight.
Don't forget the B movies. That's where the action and adult themes are. ;) My way of picking them is when they have at least one actor who made it and I half way like.
Uncle Liam wrote: Never seen any of the Star Wars films nor will i ever...
how silly. the original is a hugely influential and culturally significant piece of work.
next time you're tempted to go and see that bloke from 'i am kloot' in scunny, pop round mine instead. i'll let you watch the video and give you a glass of squash.
bloodynora wrote:
Uncle Liam wrote: Never seen any of the Star Wars films nor will i ever...
how silly. the original is a hugely influential and culturally significant piece of work.
As is The Hidden Fortress. ;)
Bringing up Baby (1938) The Road to Morocco (1942) Notorious (1946) Rope (1948) Sunset Boulevard (1950) Royal Wedding (1951) Roman Holiday (1953) Rear Window (1954) High Society (1956) Funny Face (1957) Vertigo (1958) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) Lolita (1962) Charade (1963) My Fair Lady (1964) The Italian Job (1969) Murder by Death (1976) Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence (1983) My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) Back to the Future (1985) Philadelphia (1993) The Ref (1994) Trainspotting (1996) Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) The Full Monty (1997) Le Placard (The Closet) (2001) Chicago (2002) Beyond the Sea (2004) Kinsey (2004) Kinky Boots (2005)
Jeffari-al-Texani wrote: Oh...let's see
Star Wars Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Tombstone Anchorman
I knew I'd forgotten some...
I'd like to add
Fargo Full Metal Jacket Sling Blade
Comrade Shampanyov wrote:
bloodynora wrote:
Uncle Liam wrote: Never seen any of the Star Wars films nor will i ever...
how silly. the original is a hugely influential and culturally significant piece of work.
As is The Hidden Fortress. ;)
yeah yeah. see also 'metropolis', joseph campbell etc etc
i didn't say original ;)
