Whats your favourite film of all time, and why?

nicegirl

Mine would be Pearl Harbour. Lots of nice looking sailors, pilots etc, and also Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett...:)

Pedro K

That film was terrible, and I'll never get those three hours (although it felt like six) back.


EDIT: In response to the question. I've got a few favourites. The usual contenders ya know, Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile, Star Wars Trilogy.

RATM

Pearl Harbour.....pah ! Thats only for girls.

The Lives of Others was a super flick though.

445279.ie

The Jerk with Steve Martin cos it's funny

minidazzler

I love too many films to pick one TBH.

orourkeda

Debbie Does Dallas

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Man about Dog

Sea Sharp

Interview with the vampire.

Whosbetter?

Bridge on the River Kwai.

Shows how anybody can act with the best of intentions & get it so wrong in the end.

mikom

See you next Wednesday.

nicegirl

Ah lads! Pearl Harbour is brilliant, I know lads that like it!

chopperbyrne

Aliens because it's the best film of all time.

Massively looking forward to Avatar.

GLaDOS

Snakes on a Plane, I don't particularly need an explantaion

Mint Sauce

this time of year its 'its a wonderfull life', discovered it reading the red drawf books, it was listers favourite film of all time

otherwise it would be 'trainspotting' some of the quotes are brilliant, and 'the italian job', the original with michael caine, not the cr@ppy holywood remake.

RATM wrote: »

Pearl Harbour.....pah ! Thats only for girls.

The Lives of Others was a super flick though.

watch 'tora tora tora', its the story of pearl habour and the japanise attack on the US without the love interest

El Weirdo

The Big Lebowski or Withnail and I.

nicegirl

Trainspotting ya brilliant as well.....Sickboy and Spud
The Beach is brilliant as well, where for two hours or so we can see sunshine, and living in paradise

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

nicegirl wrote: »

Ah lads! Pearl Harbour is brilliant, I know lads that like it!

Gay ones, maybe.

Best movie? Life of Brian or The Big Lebowski. Every line is genius.

minidazzler

nicegirl wrote: »

Ah lads! Pearl Harbour is brilliant, I know lads that like it!

I know lads who like Mylie Cyrus, but the fact remains she is sh1t.

me-skywalker

nicegirl wrote: »

Mine would be Pearl Harbour. Lots of nice looking sailors, pilots etc, and also Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett...:)

OH DEAR GOD!!! Is this what we've come to!

Watch any of these.. are most of my fav's.

Taxi Driver, The Shining, Lost in Translation, Shawshank Redemption, Once Upon a Time in The West, American Beauty, Donnie Darko, Vanilla Sky, Almost Famous, A Clockwork Orange, Airplane, Trains Planes and Automobiles,

Duggy747

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Aliens because it's the best film of all time.

Massively looking forward to Avatar.

Plus fùckin' 1!!

Aliens is definitely my favourite as it just ticks all the right boxes in my tastes

mikom

Duggy747 wrote: »

Plus fùckin' 1!!

Aliens is definitely my favourite as it just ticks all the right boxes in my tastes

"Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen"

steveone

I reckon the wizard of oz because its 70 years old and 2 year olds today enjoy it much the same way as they've always done. it never dates. it almost commands respect

star wars (original) yeee haa
as good as it gets- super script and because I am slowly becoming melvyn udall " elephant girl, where's carol the waitress"

Cuckoos nest.. do u need to know why?
dark knight - even though I heard heath ledger was in it. I've seen it 10 times and I'm damned if I can find him in it.

kellys heroes... whats with them negative waves moriarity..woof woof...

angels with dirty faces...... waddya no jerry.........

Willow... ah why not- wasn't joanne whalley a cracker?

furiousox

Anchorman
Goodfellas
Casino
Godfather II
Mad Max
The Abyss
The Green Mile
Airplane
Star Wars

furiousox

mikom wrote: »

See you next Wednesday.

Now that's a classic movie, should've won even more oscars than it did.
Directed by.......John Landis l think.......??

Kiith

Has to be Shawshank Redemption. I've never come across a film that is as watchable as it is. Utterly amazing. I'm actually trying to write why i love it so much, and i cant really think of anything in particular that makes it so good. Its just an amazing film. The script, the acting, the music. Everything.

marwelie

Kiith wrote: »

Has to be Shawshank Redemption. I've never come across a film that is as watchable as it is. Utterly amazing. I'm actually trying to write why i love it so much, and i cant really think of anything in particular that makes it so good. Its just an amazing film. The script, the acting, the music. Everything.

Exactly, it is definitely the best film ever made. Toy Story is a very close second though, followed by the Directors Cut of Almost Famous, Goodfellas and All The Presidents Men.

powerfade

La vita e bella- How one movie can be so sad and funny at the same time.

Glengarry Glen Ross- In my view the best exhibition of pure acting I have ever seen by Al Pacino, Jack Lemon and Alec Baldwin

Full metal Jacket- IMO best war movie of all time

Trainspotting- Great acting and brought the results of heroin to the forefront

fillmore jive

Intermission cos it's bleedin rapid.

Zipp101

Old-School:Works on so many levels.

Driver 8

The Godfather Part II

Citizenpain

Shawshank Redemption & Casablanca

Kess73

Ask me to pick my top ten films, and I will give different lists almost each time I am asked.

Ask me to name my number one film, and you get the same answer every time.

Seven Samurai.


A wonderful film that I get something new from each and everytime that I watch it.

It really does have everything, and the final battle is amazing, but made more so by the near perfect character growth that came before it.

Rob2D

Lost in Translation.

cashback

If I could only pick one, Lost In Translation. I just like to hang out with Bill in Tokyo now and again.

Penn

Shawshank Redemption - Everything about this film is great. Can't think of a reason why it wouldn't be in most peoples top 5

Glengarry Glen Ross - An acting masterclass. Every line delivered perfectly. Every character instantly believable. Every moment is a joy to watch

Planes, Trains and Automobiles - Watching this right now coincidently. Funny, well acted, great comic timing from a dream pairing of John Candy and Steve Martin. But also very touching and moving too. Brilliant.

Skinfull

Halloween. 1978. John Carpenter.
Perfect example of how a horror can be effective with music, tension photography and acting all just falling into place. Love it. Watch it all the time.

paddyirishman85 wrote: »

Planes, Trains and Automobiles - Watching this right now coincidently. Funny, well acted, great comic timing from a dream pairing of John Candy and Steve Martin. But also very touching and moving too. Brilliant.

LOL I just finished watching it this minute! Brilliant flick. Steve Martin at his best! Oh how I miss John Candy!

krudler

Raiders of the Lost Ark, I could easily write 1000's of words as to why, but to me its a perfect movie, all the performances are great, the action setpieces are timeless,the score is so iconic its hard to imagine anyone who doesnt know the Raiders March when they hear it, I've seen it literally hundreds of times and could happily sit here right now and watch it again, utter brilliance

jaykhunter

My favourite is Terminator 2. It has everything I love in movies : sci-fi. kick ass characters. awesome action scenes. bit of horror, suspense, chiller, time-travel, cool soundtrack; really slick presentation and effects. futuristic apocalypse. The characters all go through a learning change (Arnie learns what it is to be human, Sarah Connor respects a non-living entity, John Connor cares about others). It's just badass on every level. I loved it as a kid and I still mark out to everything in it. Although I think the extended cut on DVD has a lot of fat on it.

2nd favourite is Dark Knight. It ticks all the boxes that T2 has. (Although I have some ~minor~ grievances with Bale's performance). I absolutely adore this movie. I love how everything about the movie is so polished and perfect - except for the Joker, who's performance is perfectly erratic and spontaneous, a fitting antithesis to the movie. I love the action, the subtle message about humans, and exposition. It's just so awesome...I love it.

irish_bob

pulp fiction , one of the few films i never get tired of watching , coolest film ever made

die hard , best action movie ever made and the yardstick for all others

remains of the day , IMO , anthony hopkins performance is the greatest ever put to film in terms of subtlety , sensitivity and the abiltiy to say so much while saying so little , the scene in which emma thompson tries to take the book of him is incredibly emotional considering the charecther is so emotionally repressed

Tomohawk

Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin) is my favourite film of all time. It deals with love, death, the line of history, the nature of existence, suicide, the internal thoughts of the everyday human, music, colour, black and white, the Berlin Wall, the circus, loneliness, lost love, obsession, sacrifice, Rock N Roll, Peter Falk as Columbo, film making, languages and symbols, the natural world, urban existance and a fall from grace (literally).

"Compañero??"

Instant Karma

Pearl ****in' harbour???


It's Ridley Scott's Alien for me.

TheManWho

Raiders of the lost Ark - Funny, ingenious and iconic, a proper cinematic adventure.

left_behind

The first that came to my mind is Oldboy and Apocalypse Now. But if i think to long il come up with 10 more.

Exocet

Platoon - I would have to say that platoon is my absolute favourite film of all time. I love everything about the film.
I love the characters in the film and the way that they are developed. I love the behaviour of the platoon as a whole and the politics and tension within the platoon. i think that every character is believable and none of them are stock characters. The power struggle between Barnes and Elias and the influence it has on Taylor is brilliant. I love the way that the platoon divides in two between siding with Barnes and siding with Elias. I honestly believe that Sgt Barnes is one of the greatest movie characters of all time. You get emotionally involved in so many characters in the film. you are delighted when king gets to go home and you cant wait to see bunny get his comuppance.

The cast is brilliant. Tom Berenger and Willem defoe give the performances of there lives and even charlie sheen is good. John C. mcginley, Kevin Dillon and Keith David also give great performances. Even though forest whitaker and johnny depp dont have many lines it is still awesome that they're in it.

I think that Oliver Stone's direction is brilliant. I love the way that he starts the film with the new recruits passing by the bodybags and i think the films pacing is great. the action scenes are entertaining but not over the top so the audience is not worn out by the time of the explosive final battle scene. I also think elias's death scene is fantastic.

Another thing I liked was the films length. it doesn't outstay its welcome. IMO apocalypse now and saving private ryan, while good films, are far too long, they seem to be saying 'oooo look at how epic we are'.

I think that platoon is one of the most realistic war films. Stone having fought in 'nam definetely helps. it is probably the only vietnam film ive seen that correctly represents the racial make up of an average vietnam platoon. a lot of other war films seem to have a token black guy where as here nearly half the platoon is black. The Film also explores how the average us soldier was from a poor backround and from a small town and with little or no higher education. Thing such as Fragging, drug Use and mistreatment of natives are also depicted.

i think that the film has an awesome soundtrack. Adagio for strings is brilliant and there are great songs from jefferson airplane and smokey robinson.

Lastly the film has some great quotes:
Are you smoking this **** so's to escape from reality? Me, I don't need this ****. I am reality.

And if there's a heaven and God I hope there is, I know he's sitting up there, drunk as a ****ing monkey and smoking ****. Because he left his pains down here.

Free your mind, your ass will follow.

What are you saving up to be......Jewish!

Ho Chi Minh sucks the dick!

Oh, I see, what we got here is a crusader ( I've lost count of how many times i've used this quote in everyday life)

Ever'body know, the poor are always being ****ed over by the rich. Always have, always will.

Well, here I am, anonymous all right. With guys nobody really cares about. They come from the end of the line, most of 'em. Small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania. Two years' high school's about it, maybe if they're lucky a job waiting for them back at a factory, but most of 'em got nothing. They're poor, they're the unwanted, yet they're fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? They're the bottom of the barrel and they know it. Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart & soul.



Wow long post!

Morton Lowry

It must be the Star Wars movies, I was not even born when these movies
hit the screen but every genaration loves them. My dads favourie film is
How Green was my vally, thats why I choosen my username.:cool:

Glenbhoy

Would have thought that Twelve Monkeys should be in the running.

K-9

powerfade wrote: »

Glengarry Glen Ross- In my view the best exhibition of pure acting I have ever seen by Al Pacino, Jack Lemon and Alec Baldwin

paddyirishman85 wrote: »

Shawshank Redemption - Everything about this film is great. Can't think of a reason why it wouldn't be in most peoples top 5

Glengarry Glen Ross - An acting masterclass. Every line delivered perfectly. Every character instantly believable. Every moment is a joy to watch

Planes, Trains and Automobiles - Watching this right now coincidently. Funny, well acted, great comic timing from a dream pairing of John Candy and Steve Martin. But also very touching and moving too. Brilliant.

Glengarry Glen Ross was superb.

Have to second Planes, Trains and Automobiles for best comedy film, though Blazing Saddles is close, just not as well rounded as you describe.

Raging Bull, Godfather Part II, The Usual Suspects all excellent.

Still, I can't see Goodfellas being surpassed. Cinematic perfection.

TJJP

Kikujirô no natsu (or simply Kikujirô).

Beautifully shot; great and poignant story.

fonecrusher1

Glitter starring Mariah Carey. A distant second would be Battlefield Earth.

Andy(mike)Lowry

I cant believe not one person has mentioned The Deer Hunter,
Without a doubt the greatest movie of all time,

followed swifty by mary kate & ashley go to paris! :P lol

powerfade

powerfade wrote: »

Glengarry Glen Ross- In my view the best exhibition of pure acting I have ever seen by Al Pacino, Jack Lemon and Alec Baldwin

My no.1 movie. Great acting and no other piece of celluloid captures greed, weakness and desperation so well.