color purple
purple rain
the Ten Commandments
The Women
Superman II
Matrix
A Soldier's Story
Desperado
Death Becomes Her
Ben Hur
Omega Man
Uptown Saturday Night
Let's Do It Again
Where Eagles Dare
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

" LOVE YOU 4EVA GRANDMA LOLA, WATCH OVER US TILL WE MEET AGAIN. PRINCE: WH3N U L3T TH3 RAIN FALL DOWN, TH3Y ALL GONNA G3T W3T!

i like that avatar friend!

I never get bored of this

Pochacco said:

I never get bored of this

This is another I never get tired of although I like the book better:

Oh lord how can I forget these two. Classics!!! they dont make them like this anymore because the talent no longer exists.

" LOVE YOU 4EVA GRANDMA LOLA, WATCH OVER US TILL WE MEET AGAIN. PRINCE: WH3N U L3T TH3 RAIN FALL DOWN, TH3Y ALL GONNA G3T W3T!

And I hate to admit it, but...


and

(Not for the sex, actually. The overall art direction and '70s softcore porn/ funk soundtrack just make it a really fun retelling.)
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And many others to mention,,,,I'm a BIG movie buff. BTW Joe Morton's "Brother From..." and Wendell B. Harris' "Chameleon Street" are my ABSLOUTE fave @ the moment

Love is just like the faucet
It turns off and on
Sometimes when you think it's on baby
It has turned off and gone


Lady Day

I 4got to mention this classic...

Love is just like the faucet
It turns off and on
Sometimes when you think it's on baby
It has turned off and gone


Lady Day

And pretty much anything by Almodovar.


I MUCH prefer the original (1934) version.


Laugh till I nearly PEE every time. GREAT DRINKING MOVIE!

johnart said:

And pretty much anything by Almodovar.

Love is just like the faucet
It turns off and on
Sometimes when you think it's on baby
It has turned off and gone


Lady Day

Harlepolis said:

johnart said:

And pretty much anything by Almodovar.

I have this from him...


I esp enjoyed...


Never heard of Carmen Maura before his movies, now she's one of my fave actresses

damosuzuki said:

Sorry I missed this thread the first time around when I was away on vacation. I'm always up for talking about movies.

Anyway, my best movies are very different from the ones I've seen the most that I can almost quote.

Best five:



Elizabeth (1998)
Queen Margot (1994)
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000)
Brotherhood Of The Wolf (2001)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

(I love period pieces.)

Top five films I've seen the MOST:



Purple Rain (1984) - Seen it over 30x
Under The Cherry Moon (1986) - At least 13x
Grease (1978) - Around 9x
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) - Watch this one every Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) - Watch it every holiday season also

I don't get attached to movies like that
I'm not really a repeat watcher, apart from maybe Fifth Element, Purple Rain and Wall-E but they aren't the best things I've ever seen, rather they give me some amount of pleasure that is repeatable even on subsequent viewings.

ZombieKitten said:

I don't get attached to movies like that
I'm not really a repeat watcher, apart from maybe Fifth Element, Purple Rain and Wall-E but they aren't the best things I've ever seen, rather they give me some amount of pleasure that is repeatable even on subsequent viewings.

sextonseven said:

ZombieKitten said:

I don't get attached to movies like that
I'm not really a repeat watcher, apart from maybe Fifth Element, Purple Rain and Wall-E but they aren't the best things I've ever seen, rather they give me some amount of pleasure that is repeatable even on subsequent viewings.

Those top three movies I've seen the most were all before the age of 20. Now that I'm older I don't watch movies repeatedly that much either.

sextonseven said:

ZombieKitten said:

I don't get attached to movies like that
I'm not really a repeat watcher, apart from maybe Fifth Element, Purple Rain and Wall-E but they aren't the best things I've ever seen, rather they give me some amount of pleasure that is repeatable even on subsequent viewings.

Those top three movies I've seen the most were all before the age of 20. Now that I'm older I don't watch movies repeatedly that much either.

SUPRMAN said:

sextonseven said:

Harlepolis, I should've known you'd list "The Spook Who Sat..." before I could.

Some of mine:

Ragtime
The Man (with James Earl Jones as the first black U.S. president)
The Fifth Element
Glory
Mississippi Masala
Malcolm X
Mo Betta Blues
Being There
Dr. Strangelove...
Suture

Lammastide said:

And I hate to admit it, but...


and

(Not for the sex, actually. The overall art direction and '70s softcore porn/ funk soundtrack just make it a really fun retelling.)
[Edited 7/6/09 16:07pm]

ThreadBare said:

Harlepolis, I should've known you'd list "The Spook Who Sat..." before I could.

Some of mine:

Ragtime
The Man (with James Earl Jones as the first black U.S. president)
The Fifth Element
Glory
Mississippi Masala
Malcolm X
Mo Betta Blues
Being There
Dr. Strangelove...
Suture

Love is just like the faucet
It turns off and on
Sometimes when you think it's on baby
It has turned off and gone


Lady Day

Harlepolis said:

ThreadBare said:

Harlepolis, I should've known you'd list "The Spook Who Sat..." before I could.

Some of mine:

Ragtime
The Man (with James Earl Jones as the first black U.S. president)
The Fifth Element
Glory
Mississippi Masala
Malcolm X
Mo Betta Blues
Being There
Dr. Strangelove...
Suture

You should check out Chameleon Street, its right up your alley.

Mr.Harris nailed the art of illusion def one of the very BEST indie films ever.

ZombieKitten said:

sextonseven said:

Back then I'd just watch the same handful of films over and over. I see a lot more different movies now, just not repeatedly--except for holiday films. Eyes Wide Shut, Batman Returns, Morvern Callar, Nadja and The Nightmare Before Christmas get seen every Christmas season.

movie edit

omg I love that movie - I should just buy it, to watch the butter and the hairbrush speech and that little bat ornament

sextonseven said:

ZombieKitten said:

omg I love that movie - I should just buy it, to watch the butter and the hairbrush speech and that little bat ornament

I want to make my own soundtrack! I already have most of the songs played in the film, but still need one or two more.

ThreadBare said:

Harlepolis, I should've known you'd list "The Spook Who Sat..." before I could.

Some of mine:

Ragtime
The Man (with James Earl Jones as the first black U.S. president)
The Fifth Element
Glory
Mississippi Masala
Malcolm X
Mo Betta Blues
Being There
Dr. Strangelove...
Suture

I would categorize this list as the (I can't turn away when it comes on)

It Happened One Night (Clark Gable:faint:)
Devil In A Blue Dress (began my luv for Don Cheadle as the trigger-happy Mouse)
Dirty Dancing
The Sound of Music
Grease
Out of Sight
The Incredibles
Love At First Bite (comedy cheese greatness)
Oceans 11
D.O.A. (only watched once great film noir)
Batman (luv Michael Keaton and "Batdance" by lil purple dood)
Something's Gotta Give
Sabrina (original with Humphery Bogart and Audrey Hepburn)
Independence Day (a must-watch around the 4th of July)