Desert Island Movies

krudler

If you were stuck with a bunch of movies to watch forever, what would they be? (I'm aware being on a desert island would require a tv,dvd player and electricity for this so dont bother pointing that out:D)

since the mods dont like list threads, explanations for all choices please.

Mine would be:

The Empire Strikes Back: because its the perfect Star Wars movie, everything about it just works, the acting, the plot, the epic and quiet moments. It has the best structure of all the films and the most compelling story.

Heat: because its a masterpiece, one of the most well layered, written and directed movies of the 90's, Pacino and DeNiro are the obvious stars but you really get a sense of a great ensemble cast with Kilmer, Sizemore, Wes Studi, Denis Haysbert, Ted Levine, Natalie Portman in a great early role, and William Fichtner. From its nicely understated opening with De Niro casually stealing the ambulance to the beautiful ending moments, Pacino and De Niro holding hands while God Moving Over The Face Of Water plays the end credits, fantastic stuff and endlessly rewatchable. Oh and the best shootout ever.

Se7en: Its dark, depressing , and dank to the point where you feel dirty after watching it, but its still one of the finest thrillers of the 90's. David Finchers direction is spot on, the nameless city is portrayed as literally the gates of hell throughout, constant rain, dark areas, until the final act when cloudy and rain turns to blinding sunshine and sepia toned desert ( its no coincidence that one of the first notes Doe leaves for the detective speaks about the only road to light being through darkness) Andrew Kevin Walkers script is brutal, harsh and unrepenting in hammering home just how ****ed up humanity can be to each other, yet we never see a single murder happen on screen, its all grisly crime scene footage and descriptions (would you have wanted to see how the Lust victim died? thought not) add in Howard Shores immense and moody score and its a hard but rewarding watch.

Jaws The first summer blockbuster, which can be seen as a good and bad thing by todays popcorn summer movies. From a hugely troubled production in Martha's Vinyard, a shark that didnt work most of the time, a crew who were pissed off at taking orders from some young Spielberg kid who clearly didnt know what he was doing,it was overbudget, over schedule (originally set to shoot for 52 days it ran for 155 due to weather conditions) Yet out of all this came probably the best example of how to shoot a 3 act structural movie. Dripping with suspense for the most part (favourite scene is when the two local fisherman use a side of meat to lure the shark in, it tears the small pier away and as the remains float out to sea, the pier thats tied to the shark starts to slowly turn back to the camera while the score builds and builds, its an awesome moment without ever seeing anything) John Williams iconic score will forever be associated with scaring the **** out of anyone in swimming, the simple Dun-Dun, Dun Dun, Dun Dun, duh duh duh, dun dun dun motif is universally recognised as a theme of danger, spoofed by so many other movies (the opening of Airplane! being a fantastic example) Throw in three immensely likeable leads in Scheider, Shaw and Dreyfuss (Quints USS Indianapolis speech is still on of the best monologues in cinema history) and a huge sense of fun once they head out to catch the shark and you have a perfect summer movie.

Raiders of the Lost Ark simply because its my favourite movie, but aside from that its the greatest action/adventure movie in cinema history. An iconic hero, magnificent score, some of the best action scenes ever (the truck chase being the standout) a heroine who can hold her own and kills more people than the hero of the movie does(how many films can boast that) Nazis, swordfights, temples, natives, a giant boulder, snakes, spiders, jungles, deserts, old testament artefacts and a Nazi saluting monkey, what more could you want in a film?

Outkast_IRE

Castaway

ziedth

good choices tbf op.

I'd say:

My all time favouite film rounders.

Or

The usual suspects because i always notice something different when i watch it and i enjoy trying to "figure out" what might have really happened when i watch it.

krudler

Cant believe I forgot to put in Die Hard, it wouldnt be Christmas without it I've watched it on Christmas Eve every year for 15 years now,its my little tradition and I wont ever stop, its the only time of the year I can watch it, hate when Sky or whoever have it on in like July, its only to watched around Christmas!

L31mr0d

Here we go... people are going to pick all their favourite movies by great directors with an amazing cast and well structured character development.

But in reality if any guy here was asked to pick a bunch of movies to have on a desert island with them for their life the list would read like:

Soapy Jugs 2
Girl on girl: Double the spandex
In and Out in Beverly Hills
Romancing The Bone
Jurassic Pork
Caddysnatch

Galvasean

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

Castaway

That'd be a bit like me watching Big Brother.

I'd say I'd probably opt for silly comedies and mindless action films. Plenty of simplistic escapism. Stuff like Ace Ventura, Commando or Transformers.
That and some of L31mr0d's suggestions.

Outkast_IRE

Um ...... 6 days 7 nights

grumula

an instructional video about making rafts from palm trees, starring Christina Ricci.

F4Fake

Primer... maybe after a few years of watching it constantly, I'd finally begin to understand what's going on.

funkyjebus

dazed and confused
donnie darko
superbad
clerks
and if i can bring tv shows, all of lost, although i wonder if it would look a pretty while you yourself are stranded in simular circumstances. mmmm kate! yeah it'd still look pretty.

giddybootz

These aren't the films I think are best ever made....just the ones I can watch over and over!

The Lost Boys Great film and great tunes in it! I have probably already watched it 100 times and never get sick of it!

10 Things I hate About You This was the film that made me fall in love with Heath Ledger!

Gladiator This film is a masterpiece in my eyes and I love the score too. It is definatly one I can watch on repeat!

The Never Ending Story & Labyrinth I'm such a big kid and these are 2 of my favourites!!

Also all the classic Disney and Pixar movies...when ever I am sick or upset these never fail to make me feel better!

Some of Tim Burtons movies.....Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, TNBC

Oh and a load of musicals eg Dirty Dancing, Flashdance, Moulin Rouge Chicago so I can dance around the island!