Concur. And my favorite line of his was after he finally makes it aboard the Dallas, and makes a little note-to-self: "Next time, Jack, write a fuckin' memo!"
What's your absolute favourite film ever?
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Concur. And my favorite line of his was after he finally makes it aboard the Dallas, and makes a little note-to-self: "Next time, Jack, write a fuckin' memo!"
I'm in the mood to attempt a Top Ten:
1. Dr. Strangelove
2. Casablanca
3. The Wizard of Oz
4. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
5. Blade Runner
6. Fantasia
7. The Godfather
8. Double Indemnity
9. Amadeus
10. Star Wars: A New Hope
Shit...no room for It's a Wonderful Life or Sunset Boulevard or The Shawshank Redemption or Some Like It Hot or Raising Arizona or The Blue Brothers or WALL*E...I hate Top Ten lists.
1. Dr. Strangelove
2. Casablanca
3. The Wizard of Oz
4. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
5. Blade Runner
6. Fantasia
7. The Godfather
8. Double Indemnity
9. Amadeus
10. Star Wars: A New Hope
Shit...no room for It's a Wonderful Life or Sunset Boulevard or The Shawshank Redemption or Some Like It Hot or Raising Arizona or The Blue Brothers or WALL*E...I hate Top Ten lists.
Rii
Rear Admiral
After much wailing and gnashing of teeth, I managed to confine myself to a Top 20:
1. Apocalypse Now (Redux)
2. The Fountain
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4. Into the Wild
5. Three Colours: Blue (Trois couleurs: Bleu)
6. Amelie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
7. Amadeus
8. Taxi Driver
9. A Clockwork Orange
10. Se7en
11. Requiem for a Dream
12. The Double Life of Veronique (La double vie de Véronique)
13. Fight Club
14. American Beauty
15. Antichrist
16. The White Ribbon (Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte)
17. Memento
18. Casablanca
19. The Sixth Sense
20. Together (Tillsammans)
Three-way tie in the director's chair between David Fincher, Darren Aronofsky and Krzysztof Kieslowski at two films each.
Must ... resist ... urge to do ... Top 30.
1. Apocalypse Now (Redux)
2. The Fountain
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4. Into the Wild
5. Three Colours: Blue (Trois couleurs: Bleu)
6. Amelie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
7. Amadeus
8. Taxi Driver
9. A Clockwork Orange
10. Se7en
11. Requiem for a Dream
12. The Double Life of Veronique (La double vie de Véronique)
13. Fight Club
14. American Beauty
15. Antichrist
16. The White Ribbon (Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte)
17. Memento
18. Casablanca
19. The Sixth Sense
20. Together (Tillsammans)
Three-way tie in the director's chair between David Fincher, Darren Aronofsky and Krzysztof Kieslowski at two films each.
Must ... resist ... urge to do ... Top 30.
Doo de doo de doo, de doo, doo-doo, doo de doo de doo doo doo doo...
Well actually it's an Ealing Comedy from the early fifties called The Man in the White Suit, but the above comes awfully close.
Well actually it's an Ealing Comedy from the early fifties called The Man in the White Suit, but the above comes awfully close.
These might be in my top twenty, but the beginning of the list would be dominated by naval war movies. I've already said Red October's my number one. After that it would be:
2. Action In The North Atlantic!
3. Run Silent, Run Deep!
4. Sink The Bismarck!
5. The Enemy Below
6. The Final Countdown
7. Gray Lady Down
8. Top Gun
9. McHale's Navy
10. Ice Station Zebra
11. Down Periscope!
Yes, I know. It's a little one track, but before sci-fi and stuff, this is my thing.
What about The Hunt for Red October or Crimson Tide?
Interesting. What do you think of They Were Expendable, The Cruel Sea, The Sand Pebbles and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World? Those are my favorite navy movies.
--Justin
Chris: It says right up there in the beginning paragraph of the post: "I've already said Red October's my number one." I posted that ages ago.
As for Crimson Tide, it's not on my list because I think the ending is stupid. Denzel Washington's character should be in jail, not getting his own command.
J.T.B.: Master and Commander is a fantastic film! (That little kid with the one arm showed more balls in that movie than any character I've ever seen.) It's just not on this list because I'm more of a steam and nuclear enthusiast than a sail enthusiast. I haven't seen the other films.
As for Crimson Tide, it's not on my list because I think the ending is stupid. Denzel Washington's character should be in jail, not getting his own command.
J.T.B.: Master and Commander is a fantastic film! (That little kid with the one arm showed more balls in that movie than any character I've ever seen.) It's just not on this list because I'm more of a steam and nuclear enthusiast than a sail enthusiast. I haven't seen the other films.
One film?
"The Great Dictator", a Charles Chaplain classic propaganda, satire piece against the Nazi's.
A top ten list would be quite mixed up with propaganda, war films, musicals, drama and comedies. here is a list off the top of my head (with thought it might change some) - In no particular order:
The Great Dictator
Bataan
Brigadoon
12 Angry Men
The Producers (1968)
The American President
The Seven Samurai
Fiddler on the Roof
Run Silent, Run Deep
Terror of Tiny Town
Hey Admiral2,
Ever seen the Japanese film "Yamato"? I have a digital copy (~6gb) if you have a way to get it
"The Great Dictator", a Charles Chaplain classic propaganda, satire piece against the Nazi's.
A top ten list would be quite mixed up with propaganda, war films, musicals, drama and comedies. here is a list off the top of my head (with thought it might change some) - In no particular order:
The Great Dictator
Bataan
Brigadoon
12 Angry Men
The Producers (1968)
The American President
The Seven Samurai
Fiddler on the Roof
Run Silent, Run Deep
Terror of Tiny Town
Hey Admiral2,
Ever seen the Japanese film "Yamato"? I have a digital copy (~6gb) if you have a way to get it
If you like steam propulsion, you should see The Sand Pebbles. The warship is a small US river gunboat, stuck in the middle of revolution in China in the 1920s. The scenes of Steve McQueen running a real, functional vertical triple-expansion piston engine are priceless. The movie was also the first to team Robert Wise and Jerry Goldsmith, of ST:TMP fame.
They Were Expendable is my favorite WW2 movie, directed by John Ford fresh from navy service and with wartime PT boat skipper Robert Montgomery playing a PT boat skipper. It deals with the "downer" days of early US defeats in the Far East.
--Justin
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Admiral
It used to be The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, but the restored version killed it for me. Those new dubs don't work. It would've been better if they left them in Italian and used subtitles!
I don't see how you could narrow films down to one absolute favorite. It's not a color or something.
I don't see how you could narrow films down to one absolute favorite. It's not a color or something.
Ikiru, probably. The conclusion of that film made me weep openly, and I never do that. Truly inspiring.
I love that movie.
I love that movie too.
I keep hearing great things about Ikiru. I really must watch it someday...
ROBOCOP.
Hands down my favorite film.
Hands down my favorite film.
It's a great, moving film.
A movie that I can watch over and over no matter my mood probably would be "Alien", with "The Thing" tied with "The Fog" at a very close second. Hm, I feel like watching "The Fog" right now.
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