Best film you ever seen, and why?

Ghandee · 06-08-2011 03:29PM #1

So, I have free gaff this evening, wife and little one will be away for the night.
Have beers chilling, planning to watch the GAA later, then a movie/DVD of some sort.

What would be the AH choice of movie?

Best film you have ever watched, and a brief summary please......

Thanks

Cill Dara Abu · 06-08-2011 03:31PM

The Shawshank Redemption.

orourkeda · 06-08-2011 03:32PM

Debbie does Dallas.

Theres fannies in it

Ghandee · 06-08-2011 03:32PM

Classic alright!

Dowsnt give any advice on askin wimmins out though lol

Brennaldo II · 06-08-2011 03:32PM

Lord of the Rings... cause it's awesome...

now move to film forum

Gillington · 06-08-2011 03:33PM

Wild things

Jonah42 · 06-08-2011 03:34PM

Goodfella's is pretty good, mafia movie.

bluto63 · 06-08-2011 03:36PM

Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind. Very cleverly done.

The King of Moo · 06-08-2011 03:36PM

Citizen Kane.

Incredibly innovative for its time and still feels fresh today. Everything about it is just as good as it could be really: direction, acting, cinematography, editing, story.

Though it might not be a great Saturday night film.

I'd probably go for The Dark Knight, Inception or maybe the original Star Wars for something lighter and entertaining. Great action films that are enjoyable beyond just being a mindless Michael Bayesque series of explosions and incomprehensible action scenes. Though I really enjoyed Con Air and especially The Rock.

Duggy747 · 06-08-2011 03:37PM

Schindler's Fis.............LIST, LIST!!..............eh........Schindler's List!

*cough*

Emiko · 06-08-2011 03:37PM

Fitzcarraldo.

They actually moved the whole ship over the hill.

Jarren · 06-08-2011 03:37PM

Gladiator

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0172495/

Because he is my hero

Micky Dolenz · 06-08-2011 03:38PM

Do you know we have a huge movie forum?

LOTRL · 06-08-2011 03:38PM

Really an impossible question.

Top ten maybe in no particular order. But certain not one favorite.

danh789 · 06-08-2011 03:38PM

I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to SPEED around a city, keeping its SPEED over fifty, and if its SPEED dropped, it would explode! I think it was called, 'The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down'.

Ficheall · 06-08-2011 03:39PM

Saw

Biggins · 06-08-2011 03:39PM

Godfather 1 + 2.
Once apon a time in America

Both classic films that have great acting, great story and keep the viewer wanting more.
(The soundtrack of the latter is great too)

TanG411 · 06-08-2011 03:39PM

The Shawshank Redemption.
It's my favourite.

Aurum · 06-08-2011 03:40PM

Woody Allen's Manhattan. It's just a beautiful film, aesthetically and thematically.

phasers · 06-08-2011 03:42PM

Mean Girls, followed by Zoolander.

Or else 2001 followed by Citizen Kane, depends on what kind of mood I'm in.

Edit: Why was this moved??? I'm sorry for participating in a list thread.

WoollyRedHat · 06-08-2011 03:44PM

Girl interrupted, a story of a girl who is comitted to a mental institution by her parents, against her wishes. There she forms some powerful and bittersweet relationships with a group of girls, all with various issues but who show deep emotinality and vunerability amidst their daily routines at the institution

Winona Ryder, who feels like an outsider and feels like her presence among the rest of them is unnneccesary, learns from the others, taking valuable lessons from her time spent there

Great performances by Angelina Jolie, who really shines as a sociopathic, playing the role with sheer aptitude and is convincing start to finish. Also Brittany Murphy here at arguably her best and Winona Ryder playing the transitional character brilllantly.
It's a complete raw, and heartfelt drama, which is definitive and believable with a great script and acting

later12 · 06-08-2011 03:47PM

The Darjeeling Limited. I guess because I have two brothers and both the aggressive dynamic relationship that can exist between brothers, and the friendship of a brother was something that I could really relate to in lots of ways.

It was also great cinematography and a wonderful soundtrack. Very underrated film, in my opinion. If you haven't seen it, it is worth watching even for the cinematography

I also liked Into The Wild, because of the fantasy of doing what Emile Hirsch did in it - without the death.

johnny_ultimate · 06-08-2011 04:25PM

Sorry folks, but this goes against the film forum charter.

johnny_ultimate · 06-08-2011 04:41PM

And back in After Hours after a brief case of forum volleying

joshrogan · 06-08-2011 04:45PM

City of God is excellent, best foreign film I've seen.

Micky Dolenz · 06-08-2011 04:50PM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

And back in After Hours after a brief case of forum volleying

Sorry, my bad.

It's uncommon for me to make mistakes and even more uncommon for me to admit it. :P

Carriers is a good movie. A plague has killed off most people and only a few will survive.

WoollyRedHat · 06-08-2011 04:52PM

Hey my post was worthy of the Film forum, ya basterds!

Dangerous Man · 06-08-2011 04:58PM

After Hours - we're all bastards - no one wants us.

Blade Runner is probably my favourite.

EverEvolving · 06-08-2011 05:01PM

Watched Amores perros last night and thought it was very good.

Also, Memento is another I've seen recently that I'd recommend.

Think were gonna watch The Wrestler tonight.

im invisible · 06-08-2011 05:03PM

con air, watchmen, and goldeneye on tv tonight, various stations, around 10pm

watchmen is pretty good

Dangerous Man · 06-08-2011 05:04PM

The Machinist is excellent; it will, in time, go down as a classic.

Best film you ever seen, and why?

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