Favorite Movies ... that you would recommend

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by Patricia

Three films by Godfrey Reggio, with music by Philip Glass
Koyaanisqatsi
Powaqqatsi
Naqoyqatsi
There are no words, just images from across the world with Glass’s musical commentary. They are absolutely hypnotic and magical.

From http://www.spiritofbaraka.com/glass.aspx
“Koyaanisqatsi is a Hopi Indian word meaning 'life out of balance'. Created between 1975 and 1982, Koyaanisqatsi is an apocalyptic vision of two different worlds - urban life, and technology versus the environment.”

I own and have seen Koyaanisqatsi, which is an amazing film ... and which I think would probably be in my top 10 as well.

I have not seen the other two ... and feel sort of stupid for not even knowing there were two other films.

Hi ho .. hi ho ... it's on the list they go ......

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by HappyMartin

Oh yes. You cannot leave out "My Fair Lady"

"My Fair Lady" is a wonderful film. I love Audrey Hepburn, but you know, I would have liked to have seen the film as it would have been had they had the guts to use Julie Andrews in the role of Eliza (which she played on Broadway).

I always felt a little cheated whenever I would find out that the actor portraying the character didn't do their own singing. Shallow of me, I know, but there you have it.

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by rhadin

All of the three you listed are movies that I own and like. It is particularly amusing to watch Clint Eastwood sing and dance in Paint Your Wagon. But a true story. PYW came out in youth and being an Eastwood fan, i saw it in the theater. I fell in love with Harve Presnell's singing "They Call the Wind Maria" (pronounced Mariah) that years later, when my daughter was born, she was named Mariah after the song.

But my own movie choices for films I like to watch repeatedly are these:

1. The Painted Veil
2. Hairspray (the newest version)
3. Big Fish
4. The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
5. Star Wars (the first film)

There are other films that I want often such as other Clint Eastwood westerns and the Dirty Harry series and even some children-oriented films like The Princess Diaries. What I don't like at all are films with gratuitous violence, excessive blood and gore, and horror films.

The only two I've seen on your list are "Big Fish" and "Star Wars" .... loved them both, so the rest go on the list.

Thanks.

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by BookishDreamer

I've always loved "The Sting" with Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Eileen Brennan, and so many other great actors. This was also my first introduction to Scott Joplin's music.

Dreamer

Heh .... I played Scott Joplin's various rags as a child. However, I never saw "The Sting" .... all I know about it is that finger on the nose signal (which they used to great effect in a commercial starring a dog, cat and mouse who ..... well, I don't want to spoil the story).

on the list ....

[Greg Anos]

How about some 30's screwball comedies? Topper, Bringing Up Baby, or Ball Of Fire. Or Carry On Up the Kyhber? Great Entertainment....

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

How about some 30's screwball comedies? Topper, Bringing Up Baby, or Ball Of Fire. Or Carry On Up the Kyhber? Great Entertainment....

The only one I haven't seen is "Carry On Up the Khyber" .... so, adding it, and thanks.

[slayda]

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

How about some 30's screwball comedies? Topper, Bringing Up Baby, or Ball Of Fire. Or Carry On Up the Kyhber? Great Entertainment....

Not made in the 30's but time placed there - Thoroughly Modern Millie (Julie Andrews) was an entertaining spoof.

BTW, RM, interesting new avatar.

[WDecraene]

Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

(PS .... did you ever get around to accepting my apology??)

Still thinking about it
Btw how did you get hold of Delikatessen ? It's such an obscure movie and french to boot !?

[tirsales]

Hmm ... Some nice films have already been mentioned (StarWars, Shrek, Mel Brooks, Sting, Big Fish, ...).

Others need mentioning (not restricting to favourites but to films I like):
* Ice Age
* Dragonheart (only the first! - the best dragon animation so far)
* Adams Family
* Lady L
* The Frisco Kid
* The Downfall (really good!)
* Forest Gump
etc

Dont get me started, I've already deleted a couple

[rhadin]

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

How about some 30's screwball comedies? Topper, Bringing Up Baby, or Ball Of Fire. Or Carry On Up the Kyhber? Great Entertainment....

To that list I would add these 1930s movies to my all time favorite movies: The Thin Man series with Myrna Loy and William Powell (and Asta, of course ). The onscreen relationship between Loy and Powell is magnificient.

A 1960s movie that was not well received but is a good classic adventure is Sean Connery and Michael Caine's version of Kipling's The Man Who Would Be King.

And for minimalist movies -- that is minimalist in terms of actors and stages, not in terms of power and quality -- #1 in my book is Twelve Angry Men starring Lee J. Cobb and Henry Fonda, as well as other either top stars or soon to be top stars. I think this movie, along with To Kill a Mockingbird, should be required viewing by every American and every wannabe American at least once every 5 years. Every time I am called for jury duty (much as I hate being called because it really disrupts my business) I watch Twelve Angry Men before my first day. It reminds me of the importance of our jury system and the power that jurors have and need to exercise responsibly.

I made my children both read an watch To Kill a Mockingbird several times over the years as they were growing up. Its message is important and universal.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by rhadin

To that list I would add these 1930s movies to my all time favorite movies: The Thin Man series with Myrna Loy and William Powell (and Asta, of course ). The onscreen relationship between Loy and Powell is magnificient.

A 1960s movie that was not well received but is a good classic adventure is Sean Connery and Michael Caine's version of Kipling's The Man Who Would Be King.

And for minimalist movies -- that is minimalist in terms of actors and stages, not in terms of power and quality -- #1 in my book is Twelve Angry Men starring Lee J. Cobb and Henry Fonda, as well as other either top stars or soon to be top stars. I think this movie, along with To Kill a Mockingbird, should be required viewing by every American and every wannabe American at least once every 5 years. Every time I am called for jury duty (much as I hate being called because it really disrupts my business) I watch Twelve Angry Men before my first day. It reminds me of the importance of our jury system and the power that jurors have and need to exercise responsibly.

I made my children both read an watch To Kill a Mockingbird several times over the years as they were growing up. Its message is important and universal.

THE THIN MAN !!!! yeah baby !!! i bought the box-set of dvds the day they came out, as a birthday present for myself, even though the series goes downhill after the first couple of films and "The Thin Man Goes Home" is a travesty. i adore those films.
Nora : "I read where you were shot 5 times in the tabloids."
Nick : "It's not true. He didn't come anywhere near my tabloids."

in case anyone didn't know, the original Thin Man is (somewhat loosely) based on the Dashiell Hammett novel by the same name. Hammett was a true master, and the book is just as good (if not better than) the film, although somewhat darker. still funny though. a lot of the story is left completely out of the film, as is often the case.

i've not seen the film of To Kill a Mockingbird but i love the book (hmm... time to re-read it i think).

Ralph Sir Edwards : 30's screwball comedies are my FAVORITES !!! have you seen "The Awful Truth" ? the story is sort of like "the Philadelphia Story" but with Irene Dunne instead of Katharine Hepburn, so a thousand times sillier (oh god, if you don't roll on the floor laughing, there's something wrong with you), but also with Cary Grant (the perfect man. i'm completely in love with him.). seriously, you should watch it TONIGHT. in fact i think *i* will watch it tonight (or maybe topper, or the thin man...). oh and what about "My Man Godfrey" ! a classic. absolutely brilliant. also with William Powell (the thin man). i would recommend "Les Tontons Flingueurs" as well but much of the brilliance is the absolutely masterful dialogue and i'm not sure half of it could be translated at all, much less *well*. but, if you speak french, don't miss it.

i could go on, but i meant to read the whole thread before replying and also i'm starving, so dinner now.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by tirsales

Dont get me started, I've already deleted a couple

i should probably say that as well...

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by WDecraene

Still thinking about it
Btw how did you get hold of Delikatessen ? It's such an obscure movie and french to boot !?

I saw it on tv. I don't remember what channel ... certain not broadcast tv, something on cable.

But, it was just so quirky, strange and dark ... I loved it. I should really stick it on my Netflix list and see it again.

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by tirsales

Hmm ... Some nice films have already been mentioned (StarWars, Shrek, Mel Brooks, Sting, Big Fish, ...).

Others need mentioning (not restricting to favourites but to films I like):
* Ice Age
* Dragonheart (only the first! - the best dragon animation so far)
* Adams Family
* Lady L
* The Frisco Kid
* The Downfall (really good!)
* Forest Gump
etc

Dont get me started, I've already deleted a couple

I haven't seen the two in red .... so they are going on the list. Thanks.

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by rhadin

To that list I would add these 1930s movies to my all time favorite movies: The Thin Man series with Myrna Loy and William Powell (and Asta, of course ). The onscreen relationship between Loy and Powell is magnificient.

A 1960s movie that was not well received but is a good classic adventure is Sean Connery and Michael Caine's version of Kipling's The Man Who Would Be King.

And for minimalist movies -- that is minimalist in terms of actors and stages, not in terms of power and quality -- #1 in my book is Twelve Angry Men starring Lee J. Cobb and Henry Fonda, as well as other either top stars or soon to be top stars. I think this movie, along with To Kill a Mockingbird, should be required viewing by every American and every wannabe American at least once every 5 years. Every time I am called for jury duty (much as I hate being called because it really disrupts my business) I watch Twelve Angry Men before my first day. It reminds me of the importance of our jury system and the power that jurors have and need to exercise responsibly.

I made my children both read an watch To Kill a Mockingbird several times over the years as they were growing up. Its message is important and universal.

I loved the "Thin Man" series of films. Although I think my favorite William Powell film is "My Man Godfrey." I think that film should also be required viewing for all American ... it's a good lesson on the importance of respect regardless of wealth or social class.

On your list, the only one I haven't seen is "The Man Who Would Be King" ... it's been on the tv a few times, but I guess I wasn't certain I would like it, so I didn't watch it. (I know ... this, from a woman who has watched "The Attack of the Mole People" more than once).

It is now on my list ...

Thanks.