Your SINGLE favourite film

mirwillbeback

I really love " The Town ". Not sure will it age as well as Heat has, but I admire it for many reasons -

- drama
- action
- romance
- deceipt
- desperation
- tension
- redemption

Really got me for some reason.

ectoraige

It has to be Full Metal Jacket for me. The way it brings you through the evolution of a marine, from shaving heads through to the killing of the sniper at the end is masterful. The conclusion of Private Pyle's tale always leaves me reeling, only for it shift gear again as it brings us into Vietnam and eventually the darkness of combat. It has been my top movie for so long I can't remember what was my top movie before I saw it. Probably Bambi.

Batgurl

Summing up the best of the 80's and the Brat Pack genre...

For me it has to be John Hughes' "The Breakfast Club".

Starring a young Molly Ringwald, a younger Emilio Estevez and the ever underrated Anthony Micheal Hall.

Plus the soundtrack is A....Mazing!!!

mikhail

ChtuluDawn wrote: »

Once Were Warriors.

Cuchulainn1. wrote: »

Once Were Warriors.

What is it about this film that people love it in spite of being unable to write the title correctly?

DrumSteve

Gotta be Independence day for me... love that film.

A_Sober_Paddy

There Will Be Blood...Daniel Day Lewis was amazing in it...

But...
Bladerunner
Back to the Future
2001

All get a very honourable mention:D

ChtuluDawn

mikhail wrote: »

ChtuluDawn wrote: »

Once Were Warriors.

Cuchulainn1. wrote: »

Once Were Warriors.

What is it about this film that people love it in spite of being unable to write the title correctly?

What is it about grammar Nazis?

Oh ya,they are dicks and nobody cares about anything they have to say about anything.

krudler

mikhail wrote: »

What is it about this film that people love it in spite of being unable to write the title correctly?

I dont get it

QikBax

mikhail wrote: »

What is it about this film that people love it in spite of being unable to write the title correctly?

What do you mean? Once Were Warriors is the title of the film.

Or have I completely misread your post?

wendell borton

Impossible to pick just one, but if I could only watch one film ever it would have to be The Thin Red Line. Its beautifully shot as with all of malicks films while the story is a bit uneven but it just adds to mystery and etheral feel of it.

mikhail

jamc wrote: »

What do you mean? Once Were Warriors is the title of the film.

Or have I completely misread your post?

No, I have made an embarrassing error. Apologies to Cuchulainn1.

Galwayguy35

ChtuluDawn wrote: »

Once Were Warriors.

So many reasons why it is my favourite.

Absolutely towering performances from everyone of the central cast,particularly Rena Owen and Temuera Morrison.

Brilliant and more importantly,believable dialogue throughout.

It has an ending that is as heartbreaking as it is uplifting.

Ive watched it at least 30 times and it never fails to bring a lump to my throat.

Its a movie that everyone should watch at least once in their lives.

Flawless imo.

Did you watch the sequel?
It wasn't as good i thought.

ChtuluDawn

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Did you watch the sequel?
It wasn't as good i thought.

Not nearly as good,bit too convoluted plot wise I felt but enjoyable enough as a stand alone piece.It would be unfair to measure OWW against most movies imo.

dominiquecruz

Eternal Sunshine

Call me a sucker-heart romantic, but I can watch this film over and over. Concept and character; almost everything about it, for me, is perfect. I think it's the ultimate in modern love story.

70pus

PATTON

Just brilliant

BigBabyTaylor

Back to the Future

buckleppin

Synecdoche, New York

Not only did it finally force me to find out how that word is pronounced (sin-NEK-duh-key, I hope!) but it also has the perfect blend of humour and sadness, originality, experimentation that really works within the themes of the film and superb acting especially from the always brilliant Philip Seymour Hoffman and the underrated Catherine Keener. And the soundtrack is perfect too.

Skerries

I'm going to base this on the film I have watched the most so that would be Aliens

stateofflux

Skerries wrote: »

I'm going to base this on the film I have watched the most so that would be Aliens

i am an aliens obsessive but still have to go with Blade runner...a film i still get new things from every time i watch it

kryogen

This month it is definitely Once Upon a Time in America, absolutely brilliant film.

lynski

Babettes Feast
Loss, life, love, friendship and food.
Love it, have watched it over and over, one of those movies that you forget is subtitled it is so absorbing.

(if it was guilty pleasure tho it would have to be con air)

jupiterjack

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle stop cafe.

Andre80Johnson

When I get asked, straightaway without thinking my answer is 8 1/2. I liked seeing the personal journey that Guido, the main character who is a filmmaker in the story who stuggles with making his film, and his conscious as he deals with the film as many issues surrounds him such as his film, his incapability to love those around him. The cinematography is wonderful in achieving some amazing shots. Federico Fellini had a great cast to work with.

Wereghost

Some great choices. No Country is a stone-cold classic and ditto The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (which is just the right length). Respect also to Fight Club, Blade Runner and Eternal Sunshine - a film that has the unusual distinction of making the viewer root for Jim Carrey in a big way.

For me it's a toss-up between two parts of The Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship Of The Ring and The Return Of The King. If I could preserve one but not the other then I'd choose the first one as it's the only one of the trilogy that's a self-contained story in its own right and because it's "stratospherically brilliant" as one magazine put it. The Two Towers is merely brilliant but has some of the best special effects usage in any movie, amongst other things.

Mr_Spaceman

Ironman76 wrote: »

Easy.

Goodfellas. Its the only movie Ive ever seen that is simply perfect. Plot, acting, dialogue, directing, characters. It has been my favorite movie for the last 20 years and nothing has come close to beating it.

"I'm going out to get the papers, get the papers" - Jimmy Two Times

I don't know why but that always raises a smile from Goodfellas for me!

af_thefragile

Mr_Spaceman wrote: »

"I'm going out to get the papers, get the papers" - Jimmy Two Times

I don't know why but that always raises a smile from Goodfellas for me!

Its the shinebox scene which is my most memorable one.
That and the "I'm funny how?" scene.

Mr_Spaceman

Gregory's Girl.

Gentle, whimsical Scottish comedy. I think I know the script off by heart now.

A gem of a movie (and where I shamelessly stole my username from).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZtHWz3yr4I

kevohmsford

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Very difficult to pick one film but this film is amazing. It was on tv the other night so I put in the extended edition from my collection and continued watching. I had not watched it in a few months but totally enjoyed it again.
This films has everything a film should have. Always brings a tear to my eye.
Mystic River and The Shawshank Redemption are fantastic movies also.

Caution video contains many spoilers.

Wereghost

kevohmsford wrote: »

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Very difficult to pick one film but this film is amazing. It was on tv the other night so I put in the extended edition from my collection and continued watching. I had not watched it in a few months but totally enjoyed it again.
This films has everything a non-porn film should have. Always brings a tear to my eye.
Mystic River and The Shawshank Redemption are fantastic movies also.

Caution video contains many spoilers.

Fixed that for you.

Brendog

Up in the Air


A relatively new film but it was just amazing. Something about it just really spoke to me and the cinematography was excellent.

The short monologue at the end was probably my favourite bit.