Kevin's Watch

Cail wrote:Cannonball Run and Smokey & the Bandit are perfect examples of what I'm talking about. I know every line in those movies, and will stay up 'till all hours of the night watching them, but it's never occur to me to put either of them in my top 10.

Every line that Jackie Gleason utters in Smokey & the Bandit is pure, unadulterated, gold.

Absolute classics, Cail. Classics.

Interesting mention about "Joe and the Voncano"....
I have only seen this once, but I recall it being underrated. Not sure if I would call it a great film (would have to see it again), but the story and the way it was filmed was very interesting and quirky.
I remember the ending being a little boring and the casting of the head 'cheiftian' guy being very bad...

will have to check it out again...

I feel the same way. I saw it when it came out and haven't seen it since. I loved Dan Hedaya (Nick Tortelli) in it, but otherwise I thought it was just OK.

And c'mon, Abe Vigoda as the tribal chief was perfect.

No particular order cause it gives me a headache to try to choose.

Dark Star
Army of Darkness
Big Trouble In Little China
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
Star Wars Episode IV
Escape From New York
Star Trek II
Forbidden Planet
Kelly's Heroes
Raiders of the Lost Ark

However this list changes with my mood so......

Here's my favourite top 10 films, in the order that I thought "oh yeah that was great!"

1. Alien. I first saw this when I was 9 or 10 at a friends place, and it scared me silly, nightmares for weeks. It still gives me the creeps when I watch it today. (Could almost include Aliens as well, for Sigourney Weaver's brilliant performance - so real, so believable - and James Cameron's take on the Alien story)
2. Top Gun. So many reasons. Cool planes. Tom Cruise at his smart-arse best. Val Kilmer. Anthony Edwards. I always find this movie both funny and sad. Made me want to be a pilot during my teenage years, and I would've been except for my very shoddy eyesight.
3. Chasing Amy. Saw this with a mate of mine, and there's one scene in the movie where we'd had almost the same conversation in real life, quite freaky. Many paralells to my life in this movie (long story), except for the disappointing ending.
4. Beautiful Girls. Had to put an Uma Thurman movie in, as I had a huge crush on her during my teen years, and it also features a surprisingly seductive performance from a very young Natalie Portman, before she became every geek's fantasy.
5. Gattaca. Uma, Ethan Hawke, and Jude Law. Wonderful science fiction movie. Uma Thurman, I love you!
6. Fight Club. Pitt and Norton are both brilliant in this subversive mindf$@# of a movie.
7. Eyes Wide Shut. As the trailer says, Cruise, Kidman, Kubrick. Sex, relationships, jealousy, betrayal, deceit, honesty, its all there in one film. Loved this film, a modern classic.
8. Memento. Have only seen this once, after a massive night out with friends, drinking too much rocket fuel (a crazy mixture of ethanol, glycerine, water and cordial). Just what a drunk/hungover person needs to watch to feel even more sick in the head.
9. Point Break. Another movie I loved as a teen and watched over and over. Funny, surfing, about pushing life to the edge and beyond. Something about the dynamic of Keanu and Patrick Swayze together I found quite watchable. But of course its really just an average popcorn movie.
10. Training Day. Again Ethan Hawke, and Denzel. I can watch the first 10 minutes of this movie over and over and still be mesmerized by Officer Hoyt showing up at the Diner to meet his new boss on his "Training Day".
11 Lolita. (The Jeremy Irons version). Nabokov wrote a masterpiece with the novel, and this movie version does it justice.

aTOMiC wrote:No particular order cause it gives me a headache to try to choose.

Dark Star
Army of Darkness
Big Trouble In Little China
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
Star Wars Episode IV
Escape From New York
Star Trek II
Forbidden Planet
Kelly's Heroes
Raiders of the Lost Ark


However this list changes with my mood so......

My fave! And I watched it last night for the first time in about three years. I'd forgotten how much of it I regularly quote in my everyday life (mostly Oddball's lines). (Does that make sense? )

Also no particular order, and I am also not a movie watcher, so my choices are…like my book reading I guess…

Billy Jack
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Star Wars: A New Hope (Episode IV)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Harry Potter: The Prisoner of Azkaban
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Disney’s Lady and the Tramp
Princess Bride
A Clockwork Orange
Logan’s Run (I know, that makes 11…*shrug*)

…Fist, I have yet to watch Amadeus, so perhaps the list will change…

I also really like Fiddler on the Roof and Yentl, but I didn't list them above as I assume that has to do more with my background than excellent movie making.

***edit***

Oh! And Labyrinth.

Menolly wrote:…Fist, I have yet to watch Amadeus, so perhaps the list will change…

That's ok, you get extra points for Billy Jack.

Fist and Faith wrote:

Menolly wrote:…Fist, I have yet to watch Amadeus, so perhaps the list will change…

That's ok, you get extra points for Billy Jack.

You ever read my exchange with Esmer in the Biggest Tearjerkers thread? It starts at here and goes sporadically for a page or so.

I actually hint about it a page or so earlier, but the post above is where I start to admit it...

I revere Stanley Kubrick, but I just haven't found the desire to watch A Clockwork Orange again. The film puts me in a very uncomfortable place.

I know that Anthony Burgess hated the movie because he felt it distorted the point of his novel, so I really owe it to myself to read it.

Matrixman wrote:I revere Stanley Kubrick, but I just haven't found the desire to watch A Clockwork Orange again. The film puts me in a very uncomfortable place.

I know that Anthony Burgess hated the movie because he felt it distorted the point of his novel, so I really owe it to myself to read it.

I found the language of the novel difficult to get into. But once it clicked the story is awesome.

There is no way that I can list my top ten films cos I'm not really into the whole film/actor thing, but I might be able to get there gradually...

Kelly's Heroes
Edward Scissorhands
Forrest Gump


definitely probably on the list

maybe O Brother....

[to be continued]

Matrixman wrote:I revere Stanley Kubrick, but I just haven't found the desire to watch A Clockwork Orange again. The film puts me in a very uncomfortable place.

I know that Anthony Burgess hated the movie because he felt it distorted the point of his novel, so I really owe it to myself to read it.

I have some extremely fond memories of Clockwork Orange.

Also, Menolly: RHPS isn't a movie. It's an experience. Nothing is worse than talking about it with a Masturbating Virgin. They just cannot understand what they're missing.

Stonemaybe wrote:
Kelly's Heroes


[to be continued]

"woof, woof, woof, that's my other dog impression..."

Emotional Leper wrote:I have some extremely fond memories of Clockwork Orange.

...

...I am so glad I privately asked you to follow up on this...

Emotional Leper wrote:Also, Menolly: RHPS isn't a movie. It's an experience. Nothing is worse than talking about it with a Masturbating Virgin. They just cannot understand what they're missing.

Well...yeah.

...still debating at what age I should introduce Beorn to the virgin RHPS experience...

sgt.null wrote:

Stonemaybe wrote:
Kelly's Heroes


[to be continued]

"woof, woof, woof, that's my other dog impression..."

Kelly's Heroes
Edward Scissorhands
Forrest Gump
O Brother Where Art Thou
The Yellow Submarine
Event Horizon


I'm nearly at ten!!! Currently considering whether Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon should be on list.....

Stonemaybe wrote:I'm nearly at ten!!! Currently considering whether Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon should be on list.....

Oh g-ds...that's an awesome choice, Stoney.

I don't care for "martial arts" genre films, even when told to watch certain ones by my senseis. But Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Billy Jack are my exceptions to the rule.

same here. I was persuaded against my better judgement to go see CTHD at cinema and I can still remember that sense of awe!

OK it goes onto the list!

Edit: with another one I've just remembered....

Kelly's Heroes
Edward Scissorhands
Forrest Gump
O Brother Where Art Thou
The Yellow Submarine
Event Horizon
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Babe

in some vague order :

1. the Big Lebowski
2. 2001
3. Blue Velvet
4. Paris, Texas
5. Millers Crossing
6. Ghost Dog
7. Bladerunner
8. Adaptation
9. the Empire Strikes Back
10. Raiders of the Lost Ark

my wife's favorites
1. on golden pond
2. steel magnolias
3. the whole wide world
3. breakfast at tiffany's
4. guess who's coming to dinner
5. blues brothers
6. national lampoon's vacation
7. father of the bride (original)
8. animal house
9. a beautiful mind
10. la confidential