As a kind of response to the previous thread what music do you listen to, I though that this would be a good idea to now each other a little more. So yeah, what's your favourite movie(s)?
I'll tell you mine. Anything by the Coen brothers, but my favourite would have to be "O Brother Where Art Thou?". Yeah, I know no one has ever heard of it but still.
Thanks.
-cooee
Hi cooee!
I haven't been to the movies since 1961, I was 16, and had my first boyfriend!! The film I saw back then was unforgettable. A French film by Francois Truffaut : "Les Quatre Cents Coups" (The 400 Blows) One of the defining films of "la nouvelle vague" , the French New Wave!
If you haven't heard of this film, or seen it, everyone should. ( Unfortunately films like that aren't made anymore!)
M-L
Hi im a movie & doco buff. any thing to do with birds, cryptozoology, paranormal, sci fi, old movies & asian mythical stuff. My favourite movies are The running man, The Wanderers, District 9, Star wars, The Sting, The Monkey King, all bruce lee movies, all clint eastwood movies, just to name a few. plus stuff that people put on youtube for instance, that probably interests me the most at the moment, people are making some great docos on all sorts of topics.
if your happy when your birding, flap your wings.
My favourite movie is Highlander. It is the only movie I have seen three times. We see movies reasonably often as the cinema is is walking distance but we often disagree with the critics assessment - I guess our agenda is purely entertainment value rather than cinematic importance.
Alison
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"the earth is not only for humans, but for all animals and living things."
Arh yes highlander great movie, "There can be only one". Great sound track too, sung by QUEEN.
if your happy when your birding, flap your wings.
Hmm very interesting. I have heard of some of these films. You are right Araminta, films today are largely based on special effects and what not. I like a lot of the older films because they have a much more developed story line. I still like some of the films today though.
can I add one more? A must see for everyone who likes to find out about film! After Truffaut came "Jean-Luc Godard", with: "A Bout de Souffle", two of my favourite actors, Jean Seberg and Jean Paul Belmondo. And Blues played by Miles Davis. It couldn't get better than that!!!
Please you young ones, look at some of it on line!Then tell me, what you think! M-L
M-L
I love the Indiana Jones movies. They are great and full of action.
Cheers, Owen.
I never really got to watch any Idiana Jones movies but they seem very good.
Some of my other favourite Coen brothers films are "True Grit" and "Miller Crossing".
Araminta, here are links to the films for those who want to know more.:
À bout de souffle: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053472/
Les quatre cents coups: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053198/
Very interesting! The "New Wave", I might try and see these if I can get them somehow...
HIGHLANDER, YES!
Shame the sequels were pretty bad...
I first watched it for the Queen soundtrack. Kept watching it after that.
"I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY: IT'S BETTER TO BURN OUT, THAN TO FADE AWAY"
Great movie.
I'm not much of a movie person but I do like a few cult classics (The Crow, Labyrinth, Blade Runner etc).
I enjoy a lot of the new release stuff based on epic CGI animation.
Other movies I like are: The Wall, Happy Feet, Milk, Paulie.
I thought the last Harry Potter movie was very good.
Taz
What about Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds & The Eagle Has Landed with Michael Caine?
O yeah, I forgot about Alfred Hitchcock. I like psycho a lot, classic film.
Hahaha "The Birds", how could I forget. It was more humour than horror to me, now I feel like a sadist because I enjoyed watching humans get pretty much OWNED by the birds.
But that was when I was around 7. Growing up, I should have some more moral sensitivity now.
Have not seen "the Eagle has landed" though.
Oh god, I remember having to analyse "Psycho" at school. A classic? Definitely. But I cannot stand any more references to the shower scene - including the terrible music.
Taz
The Blues Brothers,The Godfather,Scarface,Braveheart,Forest Gump,Terminator,Aliens,Predator,Hitman,The Rock,Behind Enemy Lines,The Hunt For Red October,Highlander,The Crow,Hannibal,Van Heisling,Dances With Wolves,The Last Samuari,Once Were Soldiers,Salt,Pirates Of The Carribean are a few of mine.
And Taz,The Eagle has landed was one of my all time favourite war films, I have lost count how many times I have seen it.
OMG I have such a terrible memory...either that or I just don't get to go to the movies much ....
my list is very short.. Elizabeth the Golden Age and Hurt Locker
Sunshine Coast Queensland
You can't have one favorite movie, surely... All four Lethal Weapons, any movie with Al Pacino or Robert De Niro in it (preferably both). Most Clint Eastwood movies, especially the ones he has been directing over the last decade or more. Mostly the thrillers that I love.....or good cop movies.
Thanks for that movie reference M-L. Some of my all time best movies are French Movies; Jean de Florette, Manon de Sources (now called Manon of the Spring), Gerard Depardieu in The Count Of Monte Christo was brilliant. The french actors and directors seem to portray the human emotion and condition better than most. The Missing with Cate Blanchet, Finding Nemo, The Old Man Who Read Love Stories with Richard Dreyfuss, Cyrano de Bergerac etc.etc. M-L there is a personal documentary of Francois Truffaut featuring the people who knew him the best called "Portraits Vol"
Regards
Shane
I saw the band Queen live a long time ago and cost me nothing.
Regards
Shane
A must see movie for all bird watchers. THE BIG YEAR? I laugh and laugh, and said to myself this is me .
Dazza
See it! Hear it!
Mid-North Coast NSW