Which are your preferred movies ever?

Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:21 pm

Which are your preferred movies ever?

For me and my wife, the best trilogy ever made in history, is The Lord of the Ring. I cannot think of anything about these three films I don’t like.

If I were to write a review about it, I would have to give to it the top possible award!

Music, pictures, casting, environment, atmospheres, fights, cloths, colours, story, direction, footage, everything, I mean… everything is a 10 for me in The Lord of the Ring.

Of course, I like many others, but this one has left well behind everything else for me.

Post by **hubird** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:22 pm

An Inconvenient Truth...

alfonso · Post by **alfonso** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:56 pm

Brazil
Hollywood Party
La Vita è Bella (Life is Beautiful)

not all and not in preference order but what comes to mind now....

JoeKa · Post by **JoeKa** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:34 pm

good question... I guess I have a pool of favourites of which I would name a different few depending on my current mood.
But definitely among my favs would be:
-Matrix (part 1 only)
-Lock, Stock and two smoking Barrels
-The Game
...
dunno. many more. I can't pinpoint my taste that easily.
cheers, Joe

mr. prawn · Post by **mr. prawn** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 5:51 pm

THE KILLER (john woo)
man without a past (aki kaurismaki)
not many movies i hold in the same esteem as those at the moment, maybe 'habla con ella' (talk to her), i remember being particularly moved when i saw that a few years back. same with 'eternal sunshine of the spotless mind' although when i watched it again on dvd it didnt have the same effect

only recent movie that i was really taken with was 'children of men', although i enjoyed that mostly on an aesthetic level (its not the greatest film, but the action sequences are stunning). 'the lives of others' (german) was also very good. but the past few years have been pretty poor for movies (at least what is available to see here)

Post by **hubird** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:06 pm

ok then, more seriously: Don Juan DeMarco ('95), with Marlon Brando and Johnny Depp.
At least I think it's a topper

Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:40 pm

Absolutely, Matrix part one (me too, only) is also amont the best made, and particularly, the content of it. Then the others are just commercial s*#t,

Zer · Post by **Zer** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 3:11 am

harold & maude
welcone to wellvile
adams äpfel
Pans Labyrinth
and much more

Refrochia · Post by **Refrochia** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 4:40 am

V for Vendetta
Donny Darko
Usual Suspects

In that order

arela · Post by **arela** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 11:44 am

godfather 1
tom and jerry

Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 12:37 pm

Also "Silent Flute", it is not very well done, but it's a great movie anyway

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:22 pm

alien one, a clockwork orange, gladiator, the silence of the lambs...

cheers, Tom

Post by **hubird** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:43 pm

definitely your last one

and Brazil indeed btw.

kensuguro · Post by **kensuguro** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 5:42 pm

Beaty and the Beast (old French version)
Fear and Loathing in Vegas
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Jean Arthur is awesome!)
Batman (first one)

Japanese films:
Hana-bi (kitano takeshi)
Ikiru (kurosawa akira)
Hotaru no haka (Grave of the Fireflies, takahata isao)

Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 7:06 pm

I will not forget to mention EVERYTHING from Franc Capra, it doesn’t matter there are no special effects or an extraordinary sound quality, but those stories make so much sense… almost all of them:

Michu · Post by **Michu** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:09 pm

anything by Terry Gilliam (dont make me decide between Brazil and Fear and Loathing)
anything by Studio Ghibli (with Nausicaa being a personal favourite)
[edit]
anything by Coen brothers
most anything involving Tarrantino and/or Rodriguez
same for Tim Burton, involving all of his animation works

kylie · Post by **kylie** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:39 pm

Alien (it's so damn great)
Matrix (I)
The Life of Brian

and yes, the LoTR trilogy is a great movie series as well.

(and all people from germany, forgive me my voting for 00 Schneider

)

-greetings, markus-

Me$$iah · Post by **Me$$iah** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:47 pm

In general:-

Desperado
Crossroads (Machio not Spiers)
Raiders of the Lost Ark

In any order

Japanese films:-
Seven Samurai
Rashomon
The one with the schoolkids on an island, and they have to kill each other. Only one can 'escape' I wish I could remember what it was called...damn great

In that order probably

thank you
Me$$iah

Edit: Oh man yeh V for Vendatta..... 1984(peter cushion)....the original Lord of the flies and 12 Angry Men with Henry Fonda in ( or maybe his name is Peter, I have a terrible memory today)

Damn I love loads of films me

And dont start me on documentary films... Inconvenient Truth sucks.... I hate the lies..... Terrorstorm is so much better. Or the Strecker files(Aids Ebola and emrging virus') or somthing by Bill Kaysig (fake moon landings)

Michu · Post by **Michu** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 11:40 pm

Battle Royale

with a remarkable part by Kitano Takeshi

Ben Walker · Post by **Ben Walker** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:12 am

Down by Law. No question my favourite film ever.

Anything else by Jim Jarmusch.

Brazil.

Blue Velvet.