Favourite films.

[Bzeus]

Ok, we've just got a new movies forum section, lets find out a bit more about our users and their tastes, see what everyone likes. Lets have your top 5-10 films, no more than 10, maybe a small explanation for some of the movies if needed. I would let you know my top 10, but i can't be bothered typing them out right now, so i'll do it tomorrow.....if you're really lucky.

[Graeme*Kustom*]

My favourite film has to be 'Dune' - it's old now, but a classic - loved the books, the film and the games... I just seem to enjoy the whole theme of it !

[Bzeus]

I liked Dune, not seen the new version though, the series of movies or something like that. The original was great though, good story, and the sand worms, the spice, the whole shebang, mixed into a good movie.

[Moldiver]

1.Lord of the rings(great adventure just taken in with it)
2.Matrix(film making at its best broke the way thriugh for many new effects)
3.saving privite ryan(ww2 at its best plat very good although movie has alot of mistakes it was a very good movie)
4.The Crow(Dark Deep and emotional such a good movie)
5The Mummy movies(good movies with good stories and good humour)
6.Star wars movies(what can you say its star wars!!)
7.Termintor 2(Arnie at his best)
8.Leon(leon very good plot and character development)
9.Ghost in the shell(anime at its best)
10.M.D Geist movies(Chessy 80's anime action)

[]latigid[]

Resident Evil, Romeo Must Die, not another teen movie, scream (all of them), rush hour 1&2, taxi driver, matrix, independence day, Escape From Alcatraz, Fast and The furious, Anti Trust, Training Day. loads more lol those just of the top of me head

[ 13 August 2002: Message edited by: ]latigid[ ]

[Bzeus]

Good choices, but the mummy movies? I liked them, but i think there are soooo many better movies, quite surprised you picked them moley.

[Bzeus]

I bought training day on dvd, cheap at 13.99. Bloody great purchase, would recommend the movie to anyone, apart from girls aged 1-15, OAP's, people who suffer from epilepsy, psychopaths, schizophrenics, dogs, cats, goldfish and chimps. No offence meant to the goldfish, but it is quite violent.

[]latigid[]

its a great film 9/10 :D

[Moldiver]

yeah i just think they are enjoyable movies and i know there are better but i was looking at my dvd shelf and i picked out the box set oh and those movies are in no order

[Bzeus]

Fair enough, it's gonna take me a day or two to figure out my top ten, don't think mine will be in any specific order either. Too many good movies, not enough time.

[[GPO]Solitaire]

My top 11 Not in any order or greatness

1) Ghost in the Shell (Anime at it's finest)
2) Alien (First movie i saw that really scared me)
3) Rollerball (Original James Cann version) Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan!
4) Leon (Great story telling)
5) Hard Boiled (Chow yun Fat at his finest)
6) Contact (Great story by Carl Sagan)
7) The Siege
8) Run, Lola, Run
9) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
10) Patlabour 1&2
11) S.F.W. (classic teen slacker movie of the MTV generation)

ok i know it's 11 titles but i got so many it took me ages to get it down to that!! :)

[Emissary]

Ahh, too many movies, so few ranks.

My favorite movie is definitely Tremors.

After that, in no particular order:

The Abyss - Special Edition
Dune (New Version) - The book is even better
The Fast And The Furious
Star Trek IV - The One with the whales
Smokey And the Bandit
Armageddon
Alien - incredible directing

[Craig]

my favourite film(s)...
full metal jacket
a clockwork orange
oh and ID (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0113375) which has football thugs, cracking violence

[Drexel]

In no order

Anything by Luc Besson (Leon, 5th Element, Big Blue.............)
Pitch Black
12 Angry Men
It's a Wonderful Life
Snatch
Star Wars Movies
Mummy Movies
Tremors (Classic)
Goodfellas
Scarface
Fight Club
Heat
Blade
Desperado
Crouching Tiger
Die Hard
Evil Dead
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
Most Doris Day films
Most Marx Bros films
LA Confidential
American History X
Austin Powers collection


That's all I can think of for now.

I like films :D

[]latigid[]

american history x is ok its a bit blunt at times though.

[DaveMark]

OK MY FAV 10 MOVIES IN ORDER OF FAV

1.LORD OF THE RINGS
2.BLADE 2
3.MATRIX
4.RESADANT EVIL
5.TERMONATOR 1 AND 2
6.BOND FILMS
7.FAST AND THE FURIOUS
8.SORDFISH
9.MEN IN BLACK FILMS
10.(I KNOW THEY ARE OLD) BACK TO THE FUTURE 1 2 3


ALSO OTHER STUFF LIKE MUMMY AND MUMMY RETUNS BUT THEY ARE TOP 10 , WITH ABOUT 68 dvdS ITS HARD TO CHOSE

LET ME HERE YOUR VIEWS ON THEM

[grabbi_21]

favourite films:
1. guesthouse paradiso
2. terminator 2
3. predator
4. the fast and the furious
5. resident evil

favourite TV shows:
1. bottom
2. the young ones

LMAO, top stuff!! :D

[iggy]

hmm, did anyone of you say the godfather?

1. usual suspects
2. human traffic
3. the labyrinth
4. terminator (original)
5. big lebowski
6. blade
7. crouching tiger hidden dragon
8. bill & ted 1&2
9. mallrats et al
10. TRANSFORMERS : THE MOVIE

these are in no particular order and there are probaly more films that ive left out than i should have, and others i left in that i shouldnt.
erm.. im leaving now, GOODBYE


(clever people can write their answers on the back of a used 50, and send it to....

[iggy]

oh, and fight club and the matrix.

does anyone remeber 'prayer of the roller boys' ? had keifer sutherland and the rest of the bratpack in it, like the lost boys, which was another class film

[grabbi_21]

am i the only one that thought "terminator 2" was better than "the terminator"??

[demonixz]

Mallrats was so freakin' funny. Kevin Smith totally kicks ass ...

[ 20 August 2002: Message edited by: demonixz ]

[IggyMF]

Dune (old and new)
Pulp Fiction
Trainspotting
Any Film with John Mills (whato old bean)
Rear Window
KOYAANISQATSI
Home Alone :D
Crimson tide

[demonixz]

It was the movies! They MADE me do it ...

I blame Clerks ...

[bagpuss]

hmm ok this is actually harder than first appears ok i'll take a shot! (in particualr order)

1.The Godfather (1+2 since they're basically one very long film!)
2.Blade Runner (duh!)
3.Ed Wood (the best worst director)
4.Star Wars ( again all three :)
5.Vertigo ,brilliant film!
6.The holy grail (monty p) , just very funny!
7.Sleepy Hollow , Re-launched Christpher Lee's career!
8.The Devil Rides Out , a true hammer classic (had to get one in!)
9.Jacob's Ladder , just groovy!
10.salo , no only joking hmm proably
BRAINDEAD :) hoho

hope you like my list-o-fun!

oh yeah I forgot Romper Stomper,Blue Velvet and Apt pupil!

[ 27 August 2002: Message edited by: bagpuss ]

[Rim Block]

I would have to agree with Moldiver on most.

I seem to love a lot of love it / hate it type films (ie. The Crow, The Fifth Element).

1. Blade Runner (The classic)
2. Magnolia (Takes effort but well worth it in the end).
3. American Beauty (Kevin Spacey doing what just about every middle aged man wished he could).
4. Leon (Jean Reno, what more can be said).
5. Memento (confusing the first time round but just superb).
6. The Crow (Pretty close to the original graphic novel written when the author lost a loved one and needed a way to express his grief).
7. Seven (Just plain dark)
8. Ghost in the Shell (will there ever be a part II (*crosses fingers*),
9. Akira (just keep on watching it and seeing new takes on the movie).
10. Saving Private Ryan (War is not so glamourous as often portrayed - nuff said)

Just had to add a couple of TV movies in here as well.

a. By Dawns Early Light (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0099197).
b. The Stand (Steven King)
c. Band of Brothers.

No doubt I will think of more when I get home.

Cheers
Rims

[PJ Matthews]

Momento is such an usual film - so very well contsructed, so clever - so perfect almost...

If only all films were this reveloutionary.

[DaveMark]

just saw bourne identy .. good film ....7/10

[Kynoch]

heh i also didnt rate it that much, i liked windtalkers alot more becuase of the battle scenes init. :)

[Rim Block]

I was the other way round. Found Windtalkers a little boring but enjoyed both The Borne Identity and We Were Soldiers very much.

Horses for courses I guess :D

Rims

[PJ Matthews]

I agree - Bourne Identity is very good - unusual for a Damon film - lol.

We were soldiers is equally good - and much better than the semi awful signs. When will the director realise trying a sixth sense style ending each film is no good as they get worst and worst and worst!

[Little Gem]

Just seen Signs which is b****y excellent, not only does it have Mel Gibson in it, the storyline is thought provoking and the film makes you jump in the right places.
Im a fan of horror films but im more likely to laugh at them than be scared! Blood 'n' guts is great its the mind messing stuff, the stuff that could be real that gets me, although i never have nightmares.
Other favourites include, Tomb Raider (the plus being that Angelina is mighty fine), Mothman Prophecies, anything with Robin Williams or Jim Carey, Ghost is everyones favourite, and im quite getting into Jackie Chan films - rush hour 1 and 2 particularly.
Know i dont post often but this is a subject i love, when im not studying im watching DVD's or going to the flicks.

[PJ Matthews]

Warning if you plan to watch signs my ramblings may spoil it slightly for you.

I'm sorry but on a whole Signs is not that good. The story line is reasonable if not very much dumbed down. There is alot of comedy in it, and you don't jump so much as go - oh at the scary points. This film would have been so much better if they had stuck to using shadows and reflections to depict the aliens playing upon the viewers imagination. After all, no one can create a more scary figure than ones own imagination - the alien shown is just plain dumb, un imaginative and destroys any sense of fear as you can't help but laugth at this apawling attempt at an alien.

The 'chain of events that you should have seen' just didn't work that well. In sixth sense if you didn't notice he was a ghost you think - DOH - how didn't I see that? With this you think, do I really give a sh*t his wife is meant to die, hes meant to give up religion and his son has breathing problems all because of the inevitable invasion of the earth? No - there is no mystery to this film, the ending is plain stupid. The director and writer should of carried on with the unseen alien line.

The director really needs to break away from this kind of story telling and make something else unique as three attempts is kicking the ass out of it and only once did he even remotely get it right.

Its not a terrible film by any stretch of the imagination, its not a thinking mans film either. Its just a generally decent film that could of been so much more but was ruined. You'll find many reviewers agreeing with my point of view.

So once your over that disapointment - why not go see Insomnia or hop over the pond and see One hour photo. If not - wait for road to perdition (its bound to bring home the oscars).

This week I have mostly watched:

Cinema:

Insomnia
Bourne Identity
Signs

DVD:
Pulp fiction
Jay and Silent Bob
Momento
Cast Away

[Zozart]

No order.:

1. The Matrix (okay no order but thats first :D)
2. Ninja Scroll
3. Armitage (Both)
4. American Pie 1/2
5. Resident Evil

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[ 21 September 2002: Message edited by: Splaty^ ]

[whammer]

Hi Guyz,

What about The Shawshank Redemption with Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. (Great storytelling, draws you right in)

Regards,

[Kynoch]

Must admit i liked that film, i got really into the story line, made a great evening in.

[PJ Matthews]

Pulp fiction has to have some of the greatest quotes in the world though.

[IAIN]

THE GRAPES OF WRATH
LUST FOR LIFE (no not the Iggy song)
AMERICAN BEAUTY
THE GRADUATE
EMPIRE OF THE SUN
SCHINDLERS LIST
THE DEERHUNTER
MURIELS WEDDING
THE WICKER MAN
IF
THE EXCORCIST

[PJ Matthews]

How about dude wheres my caps lock? lol

[TyranT]

1,Phantom Menace
2,Attack of the clones
3, Waiting on it being made
4,Star Wars a new hope
5,Empire Strikes Back
6,Return of the Jedi
7,Matrix
8,American Beauty
9,Perfect World
10, Jet Li the One (Just because he says at the end - "I am Jet Li,I am no ones bitch - you are all my Bitches)

Lord of the rings, was the most p@nts movie ever - no arguments :D

[PJ Matthews]

Sorry but the last few star wars films have ruined what was a good original triology for most of the public, talk about let down!

Can't for the next Matrix, hope thats not a let down.

[kingkano]

Now this is dang difficult :p

My top ten (no order because it was hard enuff!!)

The Thing Gladiator Schindlers List - the only film to ever make me cry - that deserves a place Se7en Silence of the Lambs Scarface (no pacino films yet in here!!) Shawshank Redemption - its just class Texas Chainsaw Massacre Fight Club American History X

So many didn't quite make the final cut, from 200 dvds in my collection alone - it was hard to choose lol. Some that didn't quite get there are Rocky Horror Picture Show, Ferris Buellers Day Off, Evil Dead (all of them are class), any Monty Python, Snatch, Romper Stomper, anything Tarantino.

If you didn't guess I am a big film buff lol.

[PQuiff]

Transformers : the movie was my all time fave

Indian Jones trilogy next : DAAA DAA DAAA DA..

[Cheesy]

Well heres mine in no specific order.

-The Holy Grail
-The 5th Eliment
-Termininator 2
-The Matrix (cant wait till 2 and 3 come out)
-Titan A.E.
-Taxi 1 & 2
-The Crow
-Anything directed by Kevin Smith
-Oceans Eleven
-The Hitchhickers guide to the Galaxy

Just noticed how many of my films start with a "T" :D

But thats all i can think of for now

[Olicg]

my favourites are (in this order)
1.) Rush hour 1
2.) Lord Of The Rings
3.) The Matrix
4.) Rush hour 2
5.) The Blair Witch Project
6.) Rumble in the bronx
7.) Beverly hills cop III
8.) Beverly hills cop II
9.) Mission Impossible
10.)DR.No

[EDIT} oh and Lock,Stock and 2 smoking barrels is class. probably in my top 3 [EDIT}

[ 22 October 2002: Message edited by: Olicg ]

[DarkEntity]

Originally posted by ]latigid[:
[QB]Resident Evil,

omg please noooooo,

im sorry but what a poor poor film :(

i thought that Dog Soldiers was a far better splatter film this year :)

[DarkEntity]

1) Lord Of the Rings (want the 4disc DVD set for the extended version)
2) Dune (Original version)
3) Swordfish
4) Conspiracy Theory
5) Pelican Brief
6) The Abyss (Directors Cut)
7) The Hunt for Red October
8) Tremors
9) Das Boot (Directors Cut DVD)
10) Antitrust[/QB]

which 4 disk version though :/, there are 2, one with rather nice statues and one without, check on play.com ;)

[Chris_M]

T2:UE
They Live
Big Trouble In Little China
Cool Hand Luke
Kelly`s Heroes
The Italian Job
:)

[LANcaster]

1) Pulp Fiction
2) Lord Of The Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring
3) The Matrix
4) Minority Report
5) The Shawshank Redemption
6) Groundhog Day (good comedy, well acted, intelligently written)
7) Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
8) Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
9) Snatch
10) American Beauty

wow, that took less time than I expected!

[danielctull]

Originally posted by DarkEntity:
<STRONG>which 4 disk version though :/, there are 2, one with rather nice statues and one without, check on play.com ;)</STRONG>

Play rules. Just thought I have to say that :)

My favourite movie of all time is The Matrix. Has everything I like, and nothing which I hate. It looks like the sequels will be brill as well :)

The rest of my top ten would consist of the following (in no particular order)

Memento - I saw it about a month ago and it's just brilliant
Terminator 2 - Better than The Terminator, and how many sequels do that?
Fifth Element - Good action, and nice love twist there...awww ;)
Stargate - It started SG-1, and that can't be a bad thing
Forrest Gump - Funny, lovely, emotional and smart; the film not forrest!
Short Circuit - Can't remember much of either of them, I remember wanting a Johnny 5 though :)
Speed - Action packed, decent story, a crap sequel and Dennis Hopper as the best villian ever
Star Wars - All of them are good, even the latest two. Favourite of them is between The Empire Stikes Back and Attack of the Clones
Back To The Future - My favourite trilogy of all time (so far, the matrix trilogy looks promising ;)). Favourite of them has to be Part II.

I know alot of you guys gunna complain about my choices of favourite star wars movie. I don't care, my list. :)

[ 28 October 2002: Message edited by: danielctull ]

[DarkEntity]

yer matrix 2 looks like it could be as good if nott better than th first ;)

[WYSIWYG]

Braveheart

[LoneWolf]

1) Pulp Fiction
2) Leon
3) The Matrix
4) Godfather I + II
6) Scarface
7) Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai
8) Reservoir Dogs
9) Sprited Away [This is anime at its finest]
10) Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
(11: Cowboy Bebop: Knocking on Heavens Door :D)

And for all of you who put down Ghost In the Shell I suggest you get downloading Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex, although this leans more towards the actual manga than the movie :)

[Poogash]

Well here goes:

1) Shawshank Redemption
2) The Matrix
3) Terminator II
4) Enter the Dragon
5) Star Trek II Wrath of Khan
6) Back to the Future
7) Forrest Gump
8) The Empire Strikes Back
9) Lord of the Rings (not sure which to choose)
10) Ghostbusters

[banky_edwards]

Clerks----such a simple premise and very basic film-making but its damn funny and you really feel for poor Dante