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cougar - with memento, try watching it thinking: black and white scenes are in correct order, any scenes shot in colours are moving backwards 🙂
it'd be impossible to pick 3 films, do i pick 3 enjoyable silly films, or 3 films that thrill, or 3 films that make tears roll down my face? do i pick 3 films with ray winston in, 3 with forest whatshisface in, or 3 with complete unknowns? 3 love stories, 3 epic adventures or 3 psychological mindbenders? or 3 completely niche films for the sake of appearing clever (surprised nobody has done this it being STW!)
2 things these threads always make me realise: 1) i love films, and 2) perhaps people aren't joking about 'the princess bride' and i should ignore the title and maybe check it out.
Andrei rublev by Andrei Tarkovsky
Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky
Blade runner by Ridley Scott
Fight Club
Usual Suspects
Aliens
3 good recent-ish films I've enjoyed are:
Source Code
Limitless
Inception
the big lebowski
the life of brian
fight club
the good the bad and the ugly
Apocolypse Now
Blade Runner
philconsequence - Princess Bride is awesome, no doubt about it.
Apocalypse Now.
Heat or Ronin.
Fargo.
To have and to have not
Life of Brian
Toy story
with memento, try watching it thinking: black and white scenes are in correct order, any scenes shot in colours are moving backwards
Hm. Guess it's time for a rewatch.
perhaps people aren't joking about 'the princess bride'
The thing with TPB is, ostensibly, it's a family film. If you go in expecting The Godfather you're going to be disappointed. However, as family films go, it's tremendous.
Ages ago now, there used to be a website where you could submit your favourite movie quotes. The front page carried a disclaimer that The Princess Bride was banned from the site, on the grounds that they'd have to submit the entire script otherwise.
Apocalypse Now
Animal House
Snatch
i like family films 😀 will borrow a copy of torminalis when he's not looking 😉
Blade Runner
Deer Hunter
Empire Strikes Back
**and about 300 other films that I love**
N.E.Ds
Leon
Oldboy.
The Cruel Sea (1953)
Thirty Nine Steps (1935)
Big Lebowski
The Shawshank Redemption
Star Wars
Blues Brothers
American Werewolf in London
I know, I can't count.
Zoolander
Zoolander returns
Zoolander final conquest.
er two of them are not made yet but they'll be cool and I know I'll love them.
Damn, I forgot Southern Comfort!
and... 3 is impossible!
Nobody said The Thing yet?
The Big Lebowski
John Carpenter's The Thing
Alien
Interesting. Blade runner in the lead closely followed by alien(s) so far. Both by Ridley Scott.
TPB
Star Wars
either who dares wins or local hero.
glad to see TPB getting so much love.
Blade Runner
Restless Natives
Serenity
Next week will probably be a different 3!
It has to be
Usual suspects - all time classic
Animal house
Apocalypse now
Oh and when I remember now Silver dream racer
Baraka
The 39 Steps (1935)
24 Hour Party People
Vanilla Sky
The Departed
The Dark Knight
How come Point Break's not on here yet?
You guys! 🙄
perhaps people aren't joking about 'the princess bride' and i should ignore the title and maybe check it out.
Ah but I know something that you do not
Full of utterly quotable lines
Superb
Seriously.
Mail me and I will send you a copy
😀 cheers for the offer junky! i'll be barging into torminalis' house this evening without knocking to steal his dvd's, abduct his dog and drag his fiance to a pub quiz so i'll be all set for a copy 🙂
Dr Strangelove
The Godfather
Life of Brian
with a special mention to North by North West, Vertigo, Rear Window etc
1st Zodiac - proper creeply thriller and based on true story.
2nd Jackie Brown, love the mood of the film, excellent music, perhaps best supporting role ever by Michael Keaton.
3rd Road trip, the grandad taking viagra and knocking over ornaments with his boner, stealing the blind school bus. Jumping the bridge, never fails to make me laugh until it hurts.
Princess Bride - is class. (the sword fight where he annouces he is in fact right handed! - brilliant).
Three is very difficult so I've gone by the criteria of would I watch them again tonight.
Starship troopers
The life of Brian
Jaws
you killed my father ... prepare to die 😀
For me, my list of fav films will always have:
Shawshank - The record scene playing out over the tannoy - best scene ever in my books.
Blue Brothers - Always just loved the relaxed feel to it.
Blade Runner - To me, that is how the future will look and feel.
As for others ... you cant have just 3 ....
Star Wars
Dark Knight
TPB
Dead of Night.
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly.
A Matter of Life & Death.
rusty spanner about time
A matter Of Life and Death, all time clasic
Life Of Brian
Bound.
And for me the ultimate relationship test:-
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead .
Point Break
Duck Soup (Marx Bros, not Laurel & Hardy)
Talk To Her
Goodbye Lenin
Leon
Pretty in Pink
Star Wars
2001: A Space Odys... Odess...Oydis..Thingy.
Koyaanisqatsi
Although if Koyaanisqatsi isn't allowed cos it's a documentary, then Wall-E. 🙂
Once Upon a Time in America
Unforgiven
Clockwork Orange
No room in list for Raging Bull or Goodfellas, plus saw a film called The tree of Life a few days ago, blew me away. Very highly recommended.
Princes Bride
Imagine you and me
Pride and Prejudice*
*Yes, I know she can't act, yes I know it has a hollywood ending that's not in the book, don't care *blows raspberry* 
Koyaanisqatsi thanks Elfin i've been trying to remember the name of that film for years it's the only film i have ever walked out of.
Ooooh, this is tricky...
Apocalypse Now
Blade Runner
Blazing Saddles
Although I reserve the right to swap the last two for maybe Zoolander or Dogma
Did I miss something special whilst watching Blade Runner? It seemed like a pretty average sci-fi to me, with the added demerit of having Sean Young in it... 😕
camo, I've had to sit through it as well, my housemate Chris luvs that film, must have 4 versions of it?!?!
dark and rainy, lots of talking about stuff I didn't understand 😥 with lots of violence for no particular reason as well.
camo, I've had to sit through it as well, my housemate Chris luvs that film, must have 4 versions of it?!?!dark and rainy, lots of talking about stuff I didn't understand with lots of violence for no particular reason as well.
I feel your pain, emsz
It's 'seminal', so my mates tell me, so maybe haven't given it the attention it deserves... Glad to know I'm not the only one who doesn't get it.