Whats your ULTIMATE Fav movie of all time?

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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited October 2009
    "Yankee Doodle Dandy" w/ James Cagney, who is also my favorite actor.
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  • Erik Tracy
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    edited October 2009
    lanion wrote: »
    Excalibur.


    I'm waiting for this to come out on Blu-ray.

    If done properly - some of the cinematography would be jaw dropping gorgeous.

    Love the Lady of the Lake scene where Merlin first gets the sword Excalibur.....

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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,205
    edited October 2009
    Wow, for a thread started by TF, trying to flog his gear, this has become interesting. I'm not sure I really have an ulitmate favorite, but these are the ones I keep coming back to as having a special impact for me. Each of them has something quite unique, that sets it apart from the crowd I.M.O.

    - The Fifth Element.
    - The Silence of the the Lambs, and sequels.
    - Eyes Wide Shut (even if Tom Cruise barely carried it off, IMO).
    - Swordfish.
    - Pulp Fiction.

    A lot of movies that I liked have already been mentioned, and it doesn't surprise me that they have been selected as an "ulitmate favorite of all time", even if I would not describe them as such.

    - Star Wars, even though some mistakes were made.
    - Star Trek.
    - Back to The Future.
    - Independence Day.
    - Aliens.
    - Titanic.
    - Matrix.
    - Lord of The Rings.
    - Blade Runner.


    Other movies that I like have been metioned, but I am surprised that they would be selected as an "ulitmate favorite of all time", with emphasis on "ultimate" and "of all time".

    - Falling Down.
    - Dances With Wolves.
    - The Player.
    - Excalibur.

    Of course, there are others that I liked, but not that much, and still others that have been mentioned that I did not like at all. It obviously surprises me that anyone would consider these their "ultimate favorite of all time"!
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  • Midnite Mick
    Midnite Mick Posts: 1,591
    edited October 2009
    Goodfellas

    I generally love the darkness of Martin Scorsese movies.

    Great music in that movie as well.

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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited October 2009
    Kex wrote: »
    Other movies that I like have been metioned, but I am surprised that they would be selected as an "ulitmate favorite of all time", with emphasis on "ultimate" and "of all time".

    Says the guy who has SWORDFISH (a movie I can't even imagine people LIKING, let alone saying is their favorite) and EYES WIDE SHUT (arguably Kubrick's worst movie) on his list of best all-time?
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  • fossy
    fossy Posts: 1,378
    edited October 2009
    Unforgiven

    Dances with Wolves
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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,205
    edited October 2009
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Says the guy who has SWORDFISH (a movie I can't even imagine people LIKING, let alone saying is their favorite) and EYES WIDE SHUT (arguably Kubrick's worst movie) on his list of best all-time?
    LOL! Well, if there's one thing this thread proves, other than the widespread attraction of Science Fiction in general, is that different people really like very different kinds of movies.

    Actually, if you think of some potential "all time great" possibilities, like Citizen Kane, or Gone With the Wind, they probably won't get mentioned by most people just because they were in black and white, or exaggerated "old style" acting, or just lousy sound and special effects compared to modern movies ...
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  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited October 2009
    Gotta admit Kex, when I saw "Swordfish" and "Eyes Wide Shut" in your list i was puzzled. Those two movies are widely regarded as crap and I tend to agree.
    Just goes to show... there is no accounting for personal taste. ;)

    I also agree "Citizen Kane" is prolly my favorite classic film, it just isn't in heavy rotation.

    LOTR trilogy gets more repeat action than almost anything else in my collection and I am dying to get the extended BD version.
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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,205
    edited October 2009
    vc69 wrote: »
    Gotta admit Kex, when I saw "Swordfish" and "Eyes Wide Shut" in your list i was puzzled. ...
    Swordfish may be a personal quirk, that I just enjoyed at the time, but Eyes Wide Shut, according to wikipedia (!) is "considered a cult film". I agree, though, I am a bit odd myself, so maybe that explains some of my choices!
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  • Norm Apter
    Norm Apter Posts: 1,036
    edited October 2009
    Although not a personal favorite, I think 'A Clockwork Orange' belongs somewhere on a top-ten list (though certainly not a single best). I don't expect many people to like it as its sort of designed NOT to be appealing and make you uncomfortable but I think it was brilliantly innovative nonetheless.
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  • Norm Apter
    Norm Apter Posts: 1,036
    edited October 2009
    Kex wrote: »
    Swordfish may be a personal quirk, that I just enjoyed at the time, but Eyes Wide Shut, according to wikipedia (!) is "considered a cult film". I agree, though, I am a bit odd myself, so maybe that explains some of my choices!

    The only thing I liked about Swordfish was Halle Berry on a sun chair ;)
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited October 2009
    To many choices.

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  • hockeyboy
    hockeyboy Posts: 1,428
    edited October 2009
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  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited October 2009
    Norm Apter wrote: »
    Although not a personal favorite, I think 'A Clockwork Orange' belongs somewhere on a top-ten list (though certainly not a single best). I don't expect many people to like it as its sort of designed NOT to be appealing and make you uncomfortable but I think it was brilliantly innovative nonetheless.

    Now that is a cult classic. Not one of my personal favorites, but cult classic status for sure.

    I never had that opinion of "Eyes Wide Shut" but hey, everybody has a different opinion.
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  • Dawgfish
    Dawgfish Posts: 2,554
    edited October 2009
    hockeyboy wrote: »
    Snatch
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    Big Lebowski

    Thanks hockeyboy, How could I have forgotten The Big Lebowski? That one's definitely in my top five for sure and probably more accurately in my top three.
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  • jimmydep
    jimmydep Posts: 1,305
    edited October 2009
    Mr. Mom...........A must see for any expectant father.
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  • BottomFeeder
    BottomFeeder Posts: 1,684
    edited October 2009
    Forrest Gump
    Ghandi
    The Hiding Place

    ...& a whole bunch of others! :)
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  • jinjuku
    jinjuku Posts: 1,523
    edited October 2009
    vc69 wrote: »
    Gotta admit Kex, when I saw "Swordfish" and "Eyes Wide Shut" in your list i was puzzled. Those two movies are widely regarded as crap and I tend to agree.
    Just goes to show... there is no accounting for personal taste. ;)

    I also agree "Citizen Kane" is prolly my favorite classic film, it just isn't in heavy rotation.

    LOTR trilogy gets more repeat action than almost anything else in my collection and I am dying to get the extended BD version.

    If we are talking oldies:

    Bullit
    Citizen Kane
    North by Northwest
    Cape Fear
    Stalag 17
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  • jgido759
    jgido759 Posts: 572
    edited October 2009
    Hudson Hawk :D:D:D
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  • ryanjoachim
    ryanjoachim Posts: 2,046
    edited October 2009
    Music Man
    Hairspray
    Moulin Rouge - I'm a sucker for musicals...

    Don't know if this counts as a "movie", since it's mini-series, but I have to say Band of Brothers

    Can't wait for "Pacific" to come out (I think that's the title of the "sequel"?)
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  • jimmydep
    jimmydep Posts: 1,305
    edited October 2009
    War movies:
    Saving Private Ryan
    We were soldiers
    Blackhawk down.
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  • bikezappa
    bikezappa Posts: 2,463
    edited October 2009
    Norm Apter wrote: »
    Apocalypse Now

    War sucks.
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  • bikezappa
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    edited October 2009
    Erik Tracy wrote: »
    I'm waiting for this to come out on Blu-ray.

    If done properly - some of the cinematography would be jaw dropping gorgeous.

    Love the Lady of the Lake scene where Merlin first gets the sword Excalibur.....

    I don't remember that scene that way. King Aurthar uses the sword to beat Sir Lancelot and breaks the sword. He admits his mistake and the Lady of the Lake returns the sword repaired.

    "That which can not be broke has been broken."

    Supper accurate fun movie about King Arthor.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited October 2009
    I don't think band of Brothers counts since it's not a movie, but it gets my vote.
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  • everpress
    everpress Posts: 862
    edited October 2009
    Time Bandits
    Tron
    Star Wars (Episodes 4 and 6 only)
    Conan the Barbarian
    Anything late 80's early 90's with Dolph Lundgren...

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  • geoffr
    geoffr Posts: 22
    edited October 2009
    Being There
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  • lanion
    lanion Posts: 843
    edited October 2009
    ryanjoachim wrote: »
    Music Man
    Hairspray
    Moulin Rouge - I'm a sucker for musicals...

    Don't know if this counts as a "movie", since it's mini-series, but I have to say Band of Brothers

    Can't wait for "Pacific" to come out (I think that's the title of the "sequel"?)

    No Almost Famous? Also, have you been watching the show Glee? if not I highly recommend it. If you liked Hairspray you'll probably dig it.
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  • hockeyboy
    hockeyboy Posts: 1,428
    edited October 2009
    BlueFox wrote: »
    To many choices.

    Favorite comedy: Captain Ron

    +1 I forgot about that movie man. Hilarious!

    How about these ones as well:

    Big Trouble in Little China
    Last of the Mohicans (Daniel Day version)
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