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What is your favourite film of all time?
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Withnail & I...
Saving private Ryan
Ronin
Four Weddings
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Mags - Get off my STW - you have been WARNED
So for one night only at the special request of my dear friend Lorneykins Read (commonly known to you STW-ers as 'Plumber') I shall continue:
Dirty Dancing
Blast from the Past
It's a Wonderful Life
X-men (Mr Jackman...mmmmmm)
Mamma Mia
Atonement (Library scene...the rest is superfluous)
Wizard of Oz
Miracle on 34th St
The Way We Were
Billy Elliot
From Dusk 'til Dawn
The House of Flying Daggers
Starship Troopers
Spirited Away
Princess Mononoke
Harry Potters 3&4I may be back - I have 'til dawn!!!!!!!!
Mags
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Local Hero
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The works of Powell & Pressburger.
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In no particular order:
Shallow Grave
Shooting Dogs
The Shining
American Werefolf in London
Love, Honour & Obey
Stand By Me
Alien
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Quadrophenia
Shawshank RedemptionI couldn't pick a single one, it's like asking someone their favourite song of all time.
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i just cant help it but could probably watch the following again..
The Thing
Ninja Scroll
First Blood
Into The Blue..
Fifth Element
Ferris Bulers day off
American History X
The Abyss
THE FORBIDDEN PLANET
Pulp Fiction
Blow Out
some film with Helen hunt in... wtf is it called...Posted 2 years ago # -
Varies, but Love, Honour & Obey always features. Fantastic film with a fantastic british cast. The 'Fix Bayonets' scene always cracks me up
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Some good ones there, as above, can't narrow it down to one, but...
Funny: Young frankenstien/Blazing saddles/There's something about mary/Life of Brian. Have watched them all countless times but still laugh out loud
Weird/world films: Pans Labyrinth/Amelie/Belleville Rendesvous, All a good read
anything by Kubrick (though eyes wide shut was a bit iffy) Recently discovered Garden state and thought it was excellent. And have a soft spot for Pixar films too, Finding Nemo and The Incredibles being my faves
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Out of interest, The Shawshank Redemption comes up quite a bit when anyone has a favorite films thread,
Can anyone explain WHY?
To me (a bit of a cinema snob BTW) I just dont see it.
It seems to be a formulaic, plodding, prison TV movie with Tim Robbins as a reassuringly white middle class lead ( just like the target audience)
Morgan Freeman in his typecast 'black buddy-to-the hero' role ( its automatically assumed no black guy would be smart enough to escape from prison, of course)
Everything about the film is just a series of easy cliches, right down to the happy ever after ending.
Its crap, or am I wrong?Posted 2 years ago # -
(I'm with you West kipper, one of the most average films ever)
Forgotten on my list, should've had
Southern Comfort (probably my number 1)
Deer Hunter
Wise BloodPosted 2 years ago # -
Sideways
Pulp Fiction
Shawshank Redemption
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Shawshank Redemption (west kipper is fully entitled to his opinion its just different from mine !)
Ronin (Has it faults but hey ho)
Ferris Bueller's Day off ( "hey balla balla !")
Local Hero ( just special)
Grosse Pointe Blank (way cool)
Donnie Darko ( strange and wonderful)
Breakfast Club ( More John Hughes rip)
Saving Private Ryan ( greet like a wean at the ending every time)
Green Mile ( "like coffee, just not spelt the same" )
Shindlers list ( shockingly good)
Gregory's Girl ( "how may elephants ?")
Band of Brothers ( not a film but brilliant)
Original Italian Job ( new one is pathetic)
Life of Brian ( "you lucky lucky barstalward")
Leon ( needs no comment)
Gladiator ( joaquin Pheonix is the real star)
Heat ( how to really shoot)
BlackHawk Down ( Ridley Scott you done good)
Forrest Gump ( admit it its good)and finally, never ever, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Marvin is 7 foot tall, grey and grumpy, with a pain all down the diodes on his left side. That white kitchen swing bin thing is a Hollywood cop out. RIP Douglas.
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Swingers is my top choice, every line is quotable. followed by Big Wednesday and Mr Smith Goes to Washington for jimmy and jean giving it to the big guy.
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Top Gun-
"What you should have done was land your plane. You don't own that plane, the tax payers do. Son, you're ego is writing checks your body can't cash."
Just thought I'd drop it in there..
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petesgaff - Member
Do I detect a theme amongst the STW massive?
Oooh yes... middle aged geeks.
I am a massive fan of the genre, but thought I would mention;
Super Troopers - Watch it first with your favourite intoxicant - there are a lot of subtle quotes in there too.
Idiocracy - On the surface an amusing film, but it shows the general direction in which the human race is going.
I also noticed that Gummo had a 1001% popularity increase and had no idea why, until I googled it (I don't watch much UK TV!).
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