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Tell us your favourite movie and why?
Feb 2^nd, 2012 at 8:06am

Tell us what your favourite movie is and give a short breakdown on why it sits at NO1# on your list. This could be good!

My personal favourite is 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'.

Starring Humphrey Bogart, it explorers the depths of men's souls.

Basically Bogart is broke and wins a small lottery, enough to get gold prospecting supplies. He and some shifty acquaintances set out to find their fortune.

Was an still is the most insightful movie into the motives of greed that drives people I have ever seen.

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Reply #1 - Feb 28^th, 2012 at 1:55am

It's really difficult to think of a favourite movie.. I think if I have to choose one... I would choose...Donnie Darko. I think it's a great way to show that people have 2 minds... and if you watch the movie for the first time it's also very surprising. It makes me think as well about the possibility of time traveling.

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Reply #2 - Mar 7^th, 2012 at 5:23pm

Well, I love "Pretty Woman." Its a romantic movie, and it shows love in a different light. It has a unique story, and I just think it has an amazing plot and characters. I also love Julia Roberts, so that helps.

"The Notebook" is great too. It has a great message, and it always makes me cry. I love Rachel McAdams, and she's my favorite actress. I can watch that movie over and over again.

One more that's amazing is The Mummy. The first one is the best. It has action, adventure, and romance. It kick ***! Cheesy

So those are my top 3!

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Reply #3 - Mar 10^th, 2012 at 10:07pm

So many different genres it's a bit of a lottery to pick the best. Offhand the brain spits out :

The Shawshank Redemption,

Being there,

Dr. Strangelove.

Strange that two of those have Peter Sellers in the lead. I wouldn't have thought he was my favourite actor.

Going Home was great

and Land and Freedom AND

Salt of the Earth

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7334797883480289161#

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Reply #4 - Mar 11^th, 2012 at 2:38pm

I liked Gladiator, firstly because of the music. The theme music is difficult to get out of your head. They really tried to get it as historically accurate as possible from the point of view of costumes and customs. Of course the actual history was totally wrong, but it didn't actually matter too much. It was credible. I'm involved in ancient re-enactments, and some of the people I know were involved in the filming, which is good, because they have been researching and improving for years.

Unlike many other films of this genre, there were not too many gaffes or anachronisms. The only two I noticed were the turbans in Carthage (They didn't wear turbans) and the use of a crossbow, which hadn't been invented. My Italian friends noticed a few others, but they were minor.

The barbarity and corruption of the Roman empire came across pretty well, and some of the scenes were extremely evocative. The part where Maximus walks through a field of wheat with his hands running through the wheat ears evoke the Roman belief in the Elysium fields. (so what if the wheat was too short for the time?) The film started and finished like that. Because I understood the symbolism, it was one of these spine tingling moments.

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Annie Anthrax Gold Member Offline Posts: 7062 Gender:	Re: Tell us your favourite movie and why? Reply #5 - Mar 11^th, 2012 at 2:47pm Quote: I'm involved in ancient re-enactments, and some of the people I know were involved in the filming, which is good, because they have been researching and improving for years. Do you get to the Abbey festival? I've never been before, but I'm considering taking the kids up in July.
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Reply #6 - Mar 11^th, 2012 at 3:42pm

not in this particular order, but i enjoy these...

Pretty Woman
Master and Commander
Bourne - trilogy
LOTR - trilogy
The Last of the Mohicans [the music in the last scenes!]
Devils Advocate
Millers Crossing
Elizabeth [Cate B]
Get Shorty
Starship Troopers
Walk on Water [an Israeli, English lang film]
Man From Earth [not well known, but a good movie, imo]
The Reader
Amelie
Hard Candy
Lincoln Lawyer
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - trigogy
Serenity [and the Firefly TV series]
Pride and Prejudice [Jennifer Ehle vers.]

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Life_goes_on Gold Member Offline Posts: 4772 400kms south of Yobsville, Qld Gender:	Re: Tell us your favourite movie and why? Reply #7 - Mar 11^th, 2012 at 4:11pm Quote: The Reader A quite awesome movie.
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Annie Anthrax Gold Member Offline Posts: 7062 Gender:	Re: Tell us your favourite movie and why? Reply #8 - Mar 11^th, 2012 at 4:45pm These are what pop into my head: Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels (for comedy) Enemy at the Gates (for suspense) Natural Born Killers Pulp Fiction Ronin The Shining (has to be Jack) The Notebook Grease (has to be the original - for singalongs) An Affair to Remember (for making me cry)
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Reply #9 - Mar 11^th, 2012 at 4:47pm

Annie Anthrax wrote on Mar 11^th, 2012 at 4:45pm:

These are what pop into my head:

Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels (for comedy)
Enemy at the Gates (for suspense)
Natural Born Killers
Pulp Fiction
Ronin
The Shining (has to be Jack)
The Notebook
Grease (has to be the original - for singalongs)
An Affair to Remember (for making me cry)

Six out of nine. Not bad.

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Life_goes_on Gold Member Offline Posts: 4772 400kms south of Yobsville, Qld Gender:	Re: Tell us your favourite movie and why? Reply #10 - Mar 11^th, 2012 at 4:53pm Ronin: Jean Reno.... add to that list The Professional. The Villiage Come and See - a Russian WW2 movie.... horrific stuff, but beautiful to watch.
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Reply #11 - Mar 11^th, 2012 at 5:00pm

Life_goes_on wrote on Mar 11^th, 2012 at 4:47pm:

Annie Anthrax wrote on Mar 11^th, 2012 at 4:45pm:

These are what pop into my head:

Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels (for comedy)
Enemy at the Gates (for suspense)
Natural Born Killers
Pulp Fiction
Ronin
The Shining (has to be Jack)
The Notebook
Grease (has to be the original - for singalongs)
An Affair to Remember (for making me cry)

Six out of nine. Not bad.

let me guess - you don't like the last 3?

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Ronin: Jean Reno.... add to that list The Professional.

Anything Jean Reno is good. There was a great one where his wife was dying and she wanted the last spare grave in the village, so he has to stop everyone else dying before she does. Brilliant movie.

I like Vince Cassel too.

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Life_goes_on Gold Member Offline Posts: 4772 400kms south of Yobsville, Qld Gender:	Re: Tell us your favourite movie and why? Reply #12 - Mar 11^th, 2012 at 5:08pm Quote: let me guess - you don't like the last 3? Very perceptive. Although, not a case of "don't like".... just don't rate them highly - and in the case of Grease, I've never seen it.
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Annie Anthrax Gold Member Offline Posts: 7062 Gender:	Re: Tell us your favourite movie and why? Reply #13 - Mar 11^th, 2012 at 5:23pm You know how in your deepest, darkest moments, you get the feeling that you might just be missing soemthing in your life? It's Grease.
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Life_goes_on Gold Member Offline Posts: 4772 400kms south of Yobsville, Qld Gender:	Re: Tell us your favourite movie and why? Reply #14 - Mar 11^th, 2012 at 5:27pm Because it's the word, I suppose?
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