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[Mrs. House M.D.]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind. Oh my gosh, completely restored my faith in the cliche "things happen for a reason." And that Beck song in it kicks 10 kinds of ass.

I also really love Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Fight Club. Pulp Fiction too.

[rkzenrage]

Anything Akira Kurosawa has ever made.

[PetitMortVampyre]

Hmmm.. Labyrinth with david bowie, it accidentally brought someone into my life, based on a quote from it.... So, yeah it changed my life (that someone would be the Texan who was the father of my twins and rachel *sighs* may they rest in peace...)

And well Jaws kept me outta the water (that and drowning at the age of 5) Lets see...

Fav movie is Arsenic and Old Lace, but it didn't make me go poison men with elderberry wine, lol (YET)

And OF COURSE, Dracula.. when I was 3 or 4 I saw it, and Bela just.. was wow, to me. Then I learned you could die by bleeding to death.. so I get a cut, I would suck on it, so i would not *die*. Ok I learned later in life it would not have helped lol, but its how I got stuck with the vampyre title!!!!

Love, Light and Laughter,
Corvette

[Lucydog]

Oh I love films, I have so many happy memories of them. Every saturday afternoon I would sit and watch the 3pm film on BBC2 with my grandmother. There I discovered wonderful films such as Its a wonderful life, kind hearts and Coronets, In which we serve, Murder she said, reach for the sky, a matter of life and death, just a few to be going on with.

My all time favourites are I know where Im going, Back to the Future, Battle of Britain, the amazing Mr Blunden. I also like europen films a lot, check out swedish and french film makers. Also all films by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

just a few suggestions

[LilCube]

rkzenrage, on Oct 5 2007, 12:16 PM, said:

Anything Akira Kurosawa has ever made.

You sir are a gentleman and scholar. My favorite director...though did you really enjoy "Dreams"? Only really liked the "Tunnel" dream.

My mini review of it...
Like all of Kurosawa's films it's visually stunning, but good lord did the rest suck in this "movie". Was like a bad film school project. If you've never seen a Kurosawa movie, do not watch this one first. It could completely turn you off of him as a director/writer/auteur/etc. All his movies before this one was easily 3 and half stars and better. This one is a 2 at best, with 1 and a half just for being pretty lol. Only watch if you've seen everything else he's done and you're a completist. Otherwise...AVOID.

[Mrs. House M.D.]

I went through a phase where I watched a lot of foreign films. I absolutely love Amelie and Hero. I

[rkzenrage]

Lawrence Of Arabia, The Seventh Seal, To Kill a Mockingbird and Apocalypse Now.
Too many to name... I was a professional actor, taught acting and have a degree in acting.

I absolutely enjoyed Dreams... how can you not enjoy the Cherry Orchard!?
Though the Tunnel is awesome.
You did not enjoy Vincent van Gogh?! OMG!
They are vinyets... not meant to be like his other films.
Did you watch Mishima? You may like it. Not Akira, but just a good film.
Do you prefer his older period stuff or his noir?

Edited by rkzenrage, 05 October 2007 - 07:47 PM.

[LilCube]

I'm a HUGE movie fan. Have almost 500 movies in my collection and constantly growing.

My Top 10
1. Leon: The Professional Uncut International Version(1994) - Luc Besson
2. Seven Samurai(1954) - Akira Kurosawa
3. Infernal Affairs Trilogy(2002/2003) - Wai Keung Lau & Siu Fai Mak
4. Shawshank Redemption(1994) - Frank Darabont
5. Battle Royale(2000) - Kinji Fukasaku
6. Man on Fire(2004) - Tony Scott
7. Gladiator(2000) - Ridley Scott
8. Fulltime Killer(2001) - Johnny To & Ka-Fai Wai
9. Oldboy - Chan Wook Park
10. Hara Kiri(1962) - Masaki Kobayashi

[rkzenrage]

Shawshank Redemption(1994) - Frank Darabont
Great scipt by Stephen King!

[LilCube]

rkzenrage, on Oct 5 2007, 02:42 PM, said:

I absolutely enjoyed Dreams... how can you not enjoy the Cherry Orchard!?
Though the Tunnel is awesome.
You did not enjoy Vincent van Gogh?! OMG!
They are vinyets... not meant to be like his other films.
Did you watch Mishima? You may like it. Not Akira, but just a good film.
Do you prefer his older period stuff or his noir?

Cherry Orchard was ok, and I loved the visuals in Vincent Van Gogh, but that was it.

Never seen Mishima, just looked it up on Amazon, and added it to my wishlist for future purchase.

Originally got into him due to my love of Japanese and Samurai culture so started with his most well known in Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, and Sanjuro. Really, really enjoyed Throne of Blood, Ran, Hidden Fortress, Red Beard, and High and Low as well.

Though none I have seen were bad in any sense of the word. Ikiru, Madadayo, Rashoman, Stray Dog, Dersu Uzala, Rhapsody in August were all fantastic, I don't know if I could watch Dersu Uzala more than a couple times though. Just recently watched The Bad Sleep Well and it's in my top 5 as far as Kurosawa goes.

[Ches]

Im not a big movie person at all. I never pay attention and Im noturious for curling up and passing out at the movie theatres. In my 25 yrs of life I have managed to be " 'Wow'-ed" by 2 or 3 movies. Watching Mississippi Burning at like 9 yrs old was a break thru for me. I never understood or felt so bad for the history of humanity until watching that movie. Next up... the infamous Lolita.. every daddys favorite girl.. haha. Its twisted, but amazing. I love watching Lolita find her sexuality and turn into a little Vixen! Right on Girl! And last, the movie I watched repeatedly in the hospital, MURDERBALL!!!! Those guys are so kick ass in every sense. Their humor and perspective on life was so refreshing and quite hopeful.

Edited by Ches, 06 October 2007 - 03:21 AM.

[smokymtn memories]

I don't really see much in the way of current films. Would probably help if I would purchase dish and get off the attenna. But, I'm a sucker for a John Wayne movie. I own most of them. I love holiday movies, have a copy of North and South, Roots, and...........don't laugh.........the first season of Dr. Quin with Jane Seymour.

Now, the grandson, owns every Star War movie made, including the Ewok movie. Thanks to him, (he just turned seven), I've seen them all, several times, and I don't think I've ever seen them in the right order.

[darrel]

being a person who has a parinoid out look on our government, I would have to say two movies,
1) Conspericy Theary (I think is the title) with Mel Gibson
2) National Treasure

these did not change my life, but they did push my feeling about our government even farther, just like the "grassy knowll" about who shot kennedy, sure they have released the papers finally, but all the real info is blacked out. we are only told what they want us to know.

[rkzenrage]

LilCube, on Oct 5 2007, 04:05 PM, said:

rkzenrage, on Oct 5 2007, 02:42 PM, said:

I absolutely enjoyed Dreams... how can you not enjoy the Cherry Orchard!?
Though the Tunnel is awesome.
You did not enjoy Vincent van Gogh?! OMG!
They are vinyets... not meant to be like his other films.
Did you watch Mishima? You may like it. Not Akira, but just a good film.
Do you prefer his older period stuff or his noir?

Cherry Orchard was ok, and I loved the visuals in Vincent Van Gogh, but that was it.

Never seen Mishima, just looked it up on Amazon, and added it to my wishlist for future purchase.

Originally got into him due to my love of Japanese and Samurai culture so started with his most well known in Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, and Sanjuro. Really, really enjoyed Throne of Blood, Ran, Hidden Fortress, Red Beard, and High and Low as well.

Though none I have seen were bad in any sense of the word. Ikiru, Madadayo, Rashoman, Stray Dog, Dersu Uzala, Rhapsody in August were all fantastic, I don't know if I could watch Dersu Uzala more than a couple times though. Just recently watched The Bad Sleep Well and it's in my top 5 as far as Kurosawa goes.

High and Low... there are no words. Also, Rhapsody in August, different, but so touching.
Seven Samurai & Yojimbo changed my life though.

Edited by rkzenrage, 06 October 2007 - 08:32 PM.

[Joed]

I've only a handful of movies that I would be willing to watch more than once. I really enjoy "The Trip to Bountiful", although it never fails to make me incredibly sad.

[john S.]

hmm, silent films,, i'd choose as best "Metropolis"
the 30's was david copperfield and goodby mr chips with honorable mention going to "Gone with the wind". Gary Cooper owned the "Westerner" but walter Brennan got the oscar. Henry Fonda was the good guy in "My Darling Clementine". John Wayne slamed home "Stagecoach" as Ringo.
Bogart owned the 40's starting with the best movie of all times, Casablanca, then maltese falcon, to have and have not, with treasure of the sierra madres as a finale.
The Duke teamed up with Fonda in "Fort Apache" and almost appologized to a few indians.
Nobody that lived during WW2 thought John Wayne wasn't really Sgt. Striker in "Sands of Iwo Jima"
In the 50's movies mostly got fat. John wayne kicked it in "the searchers". I consider this to be the beginning of disinformation in movies. "gary cooper in "High Noon" Massive pics like "Ben Hur" told us stories of how history wasn't. Bogart and Hepburn in "african Queen" "twelve O'clock High" proved Gregory Peck could act. Moby Dick proved he could win awards.
In the 60's Sergio Leone stole the westerns. Spaghetti was everywhere. Cool hit the screen with Steve McQueen in every movie he made. "the Great Escape" was as close to a good war movie as anyone was getting. "Mary Poppins popped outt of disney for kids while "My Fair Lady" was thrown at us from a dying movie studio system.
Just when you thought musicals were dead and gone the "beatles" reinvented them with "Hard days Night". That stirred up hollywood and we got the "Sound of Music"
David Lean made "Lawrence of Arabia" Great filming, great acting, bad history.
hitchcock blindsided folks with "Psycho".
Nobody forgot "the miracle worker" or " "to kill a mockingbird" but the real screen drama oozed from "who's afraid of Virginia Wolfe" (felt like I was in Mr & Mrs. Burton's house). They acted it so well it caused their first of three divorces and hollywood came out with a rating system.
The duke gets his first oscar in "True Grit".
The 60's ended with sam peckinpaw reclaiming the western with "the wild bunch".
If that was too real it was followed closely by "butch cassidy and the sundance kid"
"Bullitt" proved only American muscle cars make a chase sceene real. "The french Connection" proved Americans owned police thrillers and "Dirty Harry" drove home the point.
Just when everyone was sick of vietnam and the military , out came "catch 22" and "MASH".
The hit nobody expected was "PATTON". Great filming, great acting, great writing, almost historically correct, and by the end of the show people actually believed the man had friends in real life!
John Wayne put down his guns in "The Shootist"
The "Excorcist" scared people stupid then the "Omen" caused a comeback in satan worship. Nightmare on Elm Street" proved satan lived in hollywood.
Just when you thought nobody smiled Woody Allen had to "Take the money and run" "Bananas" and do a "Sleeper".
Blake Edwards snuck in S.O.B. And his wife got naked before doing "Victor Victoria".
In the 80's movies hit a brick wall. the dumbing of America became evident as hollywood forgot how to write or act or film. Everything went into TV." Ghandi", "Ahmadaus" and "Unforgiven" are the memorable movies everyone has forgotten.
"Ferris Buehler's Day Off" made money but not sense. "Roots" showed TV had a big heart for movies and Robert Duvall burned his mark on westerns in "Lonesome Dove"

Those are just a few of my favorites

[rkzenrage]

Just watched Spotless Mind... was ok.

[kewlcatkez]

LilCube, on Oct 5 2007, 08:49 PM, said:

I'm a HUGE movie fan. Have almost 500 movies in my collection and constantly growing.

My Top 10
1. Leon: The Professional Uncut International Version(1994) - Luc Besson

Hi,

I only know of one other person besides me who loves Leon/the professional, and that is my husband. Its good to see that their are others!
It can be misundestood me thinks..

I tend to like obscure films and those with interwoven stories, 'morals', or based (even loosely) on fact etc. Mainstream wise I have an eclectic taste.

Films adapted from books always seem to be attractive to me, although I often feel frustrated that details are skimmed or missed.. I remember seeing 'the color purple' and "to Kill a Mocking bird" and feeling deflated that, although TCP did a great job, they just didn't give justice to the books. I did however find that I really appreciated the movie adaptation of "In Cold Blood". I am not one for watching 'violence' etc, but the film and book are based on real life events so added to the power IMO.


Looking at a Brit expat's movies. One who 'sticks' out is of course the infamous Kubrick. Stanley Kubrick's movies never really 'floated' my boat in their entirity so to speak. Aside from "Lolita" and "full metal Jacket" which I did have a lot of time for. Kubrick's adaptation of King's "The Shining" terrified me! Of course I saw the once banned "clockwork Orange" at Uni and thought it a bit dull when put into the context of the fact that it was baned here til the late 90's/2000! ( mmm just how did I see it then...<whistles>). If anything "A Clockwork Orange" speaks a different message to me now than it did back then! The forced 'psychiatric treatment' can be likened to the desparation of society to obtain a physical conformity to its norms...Yeah I know a very simplistic view when you look at the actual 'message' and observations of the movie itself...lol..

Roman Polinski (?spelling) "Rosemary's baby" was a powerful movie for me as it really made me scared half to death at the time! His skill at instilling fear is a gift! In the other end of Polinski's spectrum are "Dance of the Vampires", a fab gothic satirical film, and "Rush Hour 3"..LOL.

Of course there are many more Directors, writers and movies in general which I have opinions on but I could go on forever, unfortunately..lol. One last thing..

Sometimes I absolutely love snuggling up with a cheesy flick! Because, at the other end of the spectrum are the "Columbo" detective movies we have, the two hour plus epidsodes from the 70's and 80's which tell you 'who dunnit' right off the bat!

Edited by kewlcatkez, 12 October 2007 - 08:38 PM.

[Cheshire]

Tim Burton's work, and movies that cast Jennifer Connelly, Johnny Depp, and a few others. (not all in the same movie, obviously.) Lots of pre-pocahontas Disney. Oh yeah...if it has fairies, I'm interested.

Waking The Dead, Cirque du Soliel (sp?/all of 'em), Toys, The Black Cauldron, and my favourite "I'm sick" movie: The Secret of NIMH. Almost forgot "Darby O'Gill & The Little People". I'm not going to try to list all the favourites...I'll be here forever!

[hockeydahc]

love movies. never turn away from teh Shawshank Redemption.
also good What dreams may come, Gladiator, Greedy(even more so now... watch it, you'll see.) murderball completely transformed my attitude and spirit.

[quad]

number one favourite is the doors personal favourite because of my past
And it has definitely helped me appreciate my past relationships
But it was just one
I think
the rest would just be too many to mention
because I have spent the past five years watching television as if it was oxygen

[Mrs. House M.D.]

I love Kubrick. What a genius.
I just read A Clockwork Orange and it made the movie ten times better for me.
And Full Metal Jacket seriously stops my heart.