Movie pleasure...

Pissin' Poonani · Post by **Pissin' Poonani** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 1:17 am

Okey dokey then, films you absolutely love. The kind of film you can watch time and again, have as comfortable background noise when doing other stuff, or that you forget you love but have to watch whenever they come on the tellyvisual set. Anything from what you may consider a mastepiece of cinema, to the cheesiest D-movie in existence. Movies that you just thoroughly enjoy, for whatever reason.

One of mine would have to be 'Navy SEALS', which was on t'telly just now, and as soon as I saw it was I abandoned all other channel surfing and got stuck in. Just good old turn-the-brain-off-and-listen-to-the-loud-bangs-and-macho-banter style action. It also happens to star Michael Biehn and Bill Paxton, two actors who I could quite happily watch paint a fence.

Step right up folks, let's hear 'em.

wideload · Post by **wideload** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 2:08 am

true romance
toombstone
fight club
office space
high fidelity
casino
kill bill
pirates of the carribean
batman
old school

so so many

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 11:39 am

Original Star Wars trilogy
Indiana Jones trilogy
Lord of the Rings trilogy
First 2 Alien films
First 2 Terminator films
Back to the Future trilogy
First 2 Godfather films
Apocalypse Now
The Abyss
First Die Hard film
Great Escape
Groundhog Day
Donnie Darko
The Spy Who Loved Me & Moonraker
Spider-Man 2
Pirates of the Carribean
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Pulp Fiction

Gave most of 'em 10 on imdb

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 11:52 am

Pulp Fiction I absolutely love.

IronHide · Post by **IronHide** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 12:39 pm

Poolhall Junkies!!

Wayne's World (2 was a bit eh)
Mallrats
SLC Punk
Orange County
Run Ronnie Run
Idle Hands
Out Cold
Ace Ventura - Pet Detective
Super Troppers
Ghostbusters 1&2
Donnie Darko
Pulp Fiction
Snatch
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Boondock Saints
Suicide Kings
Butterfly Effect
Remember the Titans
Friday Night Lights
Mortal Kombat
Fight Club
Italian Job
Batman
The Sultan Sea
The Big Lebowski
Tombstone
Indiana Jones 1&3 (the best part of the 2nd movie was Shorty)
Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust

There's prolly more, but I have to think.

Jetfire · Post by **Jetfire** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 1:46 pm

Films I love but only watch in a dark room or Richmond film theartre as their ones I like to think about and stay totally focused on. Either Art, excellent entertainment for stired something deep in me:

Return to Oz (So underated it's just not gunny)
Rear Window
North by Northwest
Vertigo
The Birds
Brazil
12 Monkies
Pulp fiction
Elizabeth
Mary Poppins
Godfather 1 and 2.
Lawrence of Arabia
Empire strikes back
Spider-Man 2 (I love this film more and more)
Raiders of the lost Ark
LotR's. All 3.
Iriku
Seven Samurai
City of God (Must gets the series "City of Men")
The Good, The bad and the ugly.
Goodfellas
Usual Suspects
Batman
Batman Returns
Superman (1 +2)
Usual Suspects
Clerks
Mallrats
Castle in the Sky
Kiki's delivery service
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind
Master & Commander
Raging Bull
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Chinatown
Schindler's List
Watership Down
Hulk
Scarface
Trainspotting
Alfie
Bridge on the river kwai
The man who would be king
A clockwork Orange
2001
Sparticus
Shallow Grave
Wings of Honneamise
Yojimbo
Hidden Fortress
Dances With Wolves (I really like this on a sunday afternoon after lunch)
Unforgiven
Rashomon
Three Colours Blue/White/Red
Blade Runner
Gladidator
Donnie Darko
Requiem for a Dream
Moulin Rouge
Aladin
Lion King
Bamby
Toy Staory 1 + 2
Don't look now
Se7en
Citizen Kane
Magnificent Ambersons
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid
Oceans 11
Platoon
Once upon a time in America
Onc eupon in the West
Planet of the Apes
The 10 commandments

and I almost forgot "The Shawshank Redemption"

Comedys:

Airplane (1 and 2)
Flash Gordon
Groundhog day
Lock, Stock and 2 smoking barrels
Caddyshack
Animal House
Dr Strangelove
Monthy python & the Holy grail
Old Skool
M.A.S.H
Naked Gun
The Big Lebowski
A Fish Called Wanda
Austin Powers (Mostly 1. 2 and 3 have their moments but arn't great)
ferris Bukliers day off
Heathers
Election (Seriously underrated)
Spaceballs
Mean Girls
TF:TM
ghostbusters (And tis underated sequel)
Dog Day Afternoon
Hots
Gremlins

Shaun of the dead (Is this just films or can I add Spaced?)
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Abigail's Party (The template for "The Office" and Alan Partridge)

Batman & Robin - Get drunk and watch it for the cheese. Forget your "But Batman is dark" hangups (heck Bob Kane was the first to lighten and add comedy to the character) and watch Arnie make you laugh over and over with the best cheesy one-liners in the history of the universe. Give that man his own reality T.V show. The world needs it.

Bugger. I just listed a good porportion of my Video and TV collection. Got carried away and I'm sure I'll kick myself for forgetting a cert classic I don't yet own or is upstairs in my Room. Sure no one will read the list anyways.

Hound · Post by **Hound** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 1:47 pm

Hudson Hawk

Red Sonja
Waynes World (both)
Zoolander
Emporers New Groove

Jetfire · Post by **Jetfire** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 1:48 pm

Hound wrote:
Waynes World (both)

And 5 seconds later.....

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 3:15 pm

Team America: World Police

Pissin' Poonani · Post by **Pissin' Poonani** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 3:33 pm

Hound wrote:Hudson Hawk

I thought I was the only one!

"If you like to swing on a star..."

Good choices people!

Hound · Post by **Hound** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 3:57 pm

its a classic! Surely Willis' greatest performance, never mind Sixth Sense!

Post by **Denyer** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 4:15 pm

Four Weddings
Fifth Element
Fear and Loathing
Swordfish
Spaceballs
TF:TM
Oh! My Goddess

Anything that isn't particularly psychological, really...

Optimus Prime Rib · Post by **Optimus Prime Rib** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 4:38 pm

pretty much all the ones already listed and add

Glory
Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle

Nebbie · Post by **Nebbie** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 5:51 pm

Let me see...

Any Disney movie
The Sound of Music
LotR
Any of the Harry Potter movies
Shawshank Redemption
Contact
Pirates of the Caribbean
Armageddon
Ace Ventura (The first, not the second)
The Mask of Zorro (God, is Antonio Banderas HOT!)

I'll add more as I think of them

And yes, Jetfire, Return to Oz is vastly underrated. I thought it was a great movie. A lot better than the first one!!

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 5:59 pm

Jetfire wrote:
Return to Oz (So underated it's just not gunny).

Criminally underrated. If anything it's closer to the books than the first one, but people just didn't get it.

fort_max · Post by **fort_max** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:03 am

Off the top of my head...

High Fidelity
Ghostbusters
A Goofy Movie
The Bourne Identity
Bubba Ho-Tepp
Evil Dead 2
Army of Darkness
Casablanca
Death to Smoochy
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Dodgeball
Garden State

Optimus Prime Rib · Post by **Optimus Prime Rib** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 3:04 am

did anyone mention Gross Pointe Blank?

Powermaster Optimus Prime · Post by **Powermaster Optimus Prime** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 3:42 am

Finding Nemo
Armageddon
The Rock
Walking Tall
Toy Story
Adaptation
Dodgeball
Goodfellas

wideload · Post by **wideload** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:10 am

spiderfrommars wrote:
Jetfire wrote:
Return to Oz (So underated it's just not gunny).
Criminally underrated. If anything it's closer to the books than the first one, but people just didn't get it.

I always thought the problem was that movie was awesome but way to scary for most kids. Definatly not judy garland siging with a buch of munchkins.