Rogue Mermaid Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Soylent Green That movie disturbs me!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancy Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 You know, it's just too hard to pick a fave. As the lists keep getting posted, I see more and more movies I love, but just haven't thought about in a while! Which version of Count of Monte Cristo do you like, HarborMaster? Fancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Grey Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 You're right, Fancy. Hawkyns brought up the wonderful The Three Musketeers/Four Musketeers made in the 1970s. Richard Lester was the director and I totally fell in love with swashbuckling (and swashbucklers) from that moment on. The casting was superb in that movie. Mission, if you like David Thewlis (Professor Lupin) you should watch a great film called "Divorcing Jack". It is a great little movie (and has the Lucius Malfoy actor Jason Isaacs in it as well). Captain, we always knew you were a whoopsie. Rumors of my death are entirely premature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyratePhil Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 (Rollin' up 'is sleeves...) Alrighty, mates - ye asked fer it! It DO seem a mite diffycult ta be pickin' jes' a few, but here's whot comes offin' th' top o' me shiny skull...in no partickilar order, o' course... Clockwork Orange - (Love the use of language in this one) Key Largo - Bogey with Baby at what I think is their finest... The Godfather - The Godfather of all mob movies... Thief - James Caan (my MAN!), doin' the night moves... Under Siege - My OTHER MAN - sorry, but I do martial arts...so... Enter the Dragon - Not much to look at in terms of cinema, but it's BRUCE LEE, guys! His best, and last, film... Goodfellas - OK, so I LIKE mob films...just about grew up in Little Italy, OK?...you got a PROBLEM wit' dat???... Anything with Robin Williams - Sorry, but he's who I'd want to be if I ever grew up... The Magnificent Seven - When men were men...and women liked it... March of the Wooden Soldiers - hokey nowadays, but it has some sentimental attachments that I can't seem to shake... ...there's more...many, many more...but just don't have the willpower right now ...Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum... ~ Vegetius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Hand Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Soylent Green That movie disturbs me!!! Yah... but it wasn't "people".... it was algae .... but with the oceans dead, the algae had to eat ..... something......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarborMaster Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Fancy wrote ....,Which version of Count of Monte Cristo do you like, HarborMaster? Tho I cant speak french nor care to..., I do prefer the Count of Monte Cristo., with Gerard Depardieu...., in french., with screen captions turned on as its more interesting to me spoken in the writers(Dumas) own language, for one reason., the other reason is since its not in english ., it makes me have to really pay attention in order to follow along..., thereby giving me more out of the film...., and its really a great story., a few tall ships and the greatest treasure anyone could want. A really good movie. Gerard Depardieu was also Porthos in the Man in the Iron Mask. I am not Lost .,I am Exploring. "If you give a man a fire, he will be warm for a night, if you set a man on fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redd Oktober Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 In no particular order: PIRATE-RELATED: Yellowbeard Pirates of the Caribbean Goonies Captain Blood NON-PIRATE RELATED: Casablanca The Maltese Falcon Time Bandits The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Brazil Monty Pyton and the Holy Grail Metropolis Nosferatu Yojimbo The Seven Samurai Shane Ben-Hur The Dark Crystal Labyrinth The African Queen Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Aria King Kong (the original) YARRR! The Oktober be silent now! Just call me "REDD!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancy Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 HarborMaster, that's my favorite as well! I own two versions, that one, and one "americanized" shorter version. the French is MUCH better, and follows the book more closely, I'm told (shame on me for not reading it myself, yet) Fancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Morgan Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 Captain Blood Shipwrecked (piratey Disney flick from the late 80's... cheesy, but I have fond memories of it) Crimson Pirate Cutthroat Island PotC (duh) Pirates of Tortuga 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (I've a whale of a tale ta tell ya lads, a whale of a tale or two!) Master and Commander Raiders of the Lost Ark Captain Ron Napolean Dynamite Casablanca Beetlejuice Sleepy Hollow Any James Bond flick (except for Moonraker) Black Hawk Down (exceptionally realistic war-flick, believe me...) Sands of Iwo Jima Heartbreak Ridge Outlaw Josey Wales Rio Bravo Tombstone Young Guns --------------------------------------------------------------------- If any of the above play day or night, I just gotta watch 'em... Touche' Ship's Marksman & Crab Fiend Pyrates of the Coast "All the skill in the world goes out the window if an angel pisses in the flintlock of your musket." "Florida points like a guiding thumb, To the southern isles of rumba and rum, To the mystery cities and haunted seas, Of the Spanish Main and the Caribbees..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Bess Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 *deep breath* I'll try to do this off the top of my head (without reading everyone's list first.) Here goes: POTC LoTR Master and Commander the original Star Wars trilogy and Episode I Raiders of the Lost Ark Titanic Die Hard Midnight Run Goodfellows Planes, Trains and Automoblies Blood Simple Fargo Raising Arizona Ruthless People The Gods Must Be Crazy Diva Chocolat Muppet Treasure Island Muppet Christmas Carol Eraserhead The Elephant Man Wild At Heart Trading Places Groundhog Day It's A Wonderful Life Scrooged A Christmas Story Ghostbusters Return To Me The Sound of Music Gone With The Wind The General (Buster Keaton) Bull Durham Field of Dreams Glory Rebecca Ben Hur Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory The Little Vampire *sigh* OK, that's enough for now. Man, this makes me want to run out and rent some these.... now I'm going to go back and read everyone's list. Ladies in Scarlet: Piratical Art and Accessories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Bess Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 *after reading lists* Argh! I forgot about the Monty Python & Terry Gilliam movies! *grabs coat and heads for Blockbuster* Ladies in Scarlet: Piratical Art and Accessories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalum Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 Oh this is a tough one, but here's my list of fav's. Probably some really way out there stuff included, but then I am aways out there. So in no particular order here they be: Monty Python and The Holy Grail Fargo A Simple Plan Ravenous PotC (of course) LotR The City of Lost Children Yellowbeard Caddyshack Batman The 1st two Harry Potter fims Pi Requiem for a Dream The Virgin Suicides Monsters Inc A Christmas Story Cutthroat Island Spaceballs Bram Stokers Dracula Shrek Shrek 2 (Tom Waites as Hook...too perfect) Ran Casablanca The Maltese Falcon The Dark Crystal Nightmare Before Christmas Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Princess Monanoke Ghost in the Shell Second Hand Lions Die Hard The Meaning of Life History of the World Part 1 The Professional Immortal Beloved The 5th Element Bringing Out the Dead Gah...this list could go on for hours...I'll just stop before I hurt myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancy Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 We all seem to have a slew of favorite movies... so here's a challenge... Name just your top 5. As if these 5 were the only movies you could watch for the next year. Only 5.... Fancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted February 20, 2005 Author Share Posted February 20, 2005 Easy. (These are in order.) 1. Raiders of the Lost Ark 2. Goldfinger 3. Pirates of the Caribbean 4. Gremlins 2: The New Batch 5. The Seven Samuri (While this isn't on my original list, if I had to watch the same movies for a year, I'd want one of them to be four hours long. I chose Yojimbo over Seven Samuri because it's shorter and I can watch it easily in one sitting.) I could watch those five movies over and over. Come to think of it...I have. Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancy Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Not easy for me... I really like so many. Let's see... Could I include my boxed collection of 50 old Horror movie classics? I reckon that would be cheating, there's 12 dvd's in one box... OK... O Brother Where Art Thou Pirates of the Caribbean Arabian Knights Chocolat and... Dracula this was hard, and I reserve the right to change my mind. Fancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Hand Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 5 only........ OK.... Pirate of the Carabbean (I watch it all the time anyway) Little Shop of Horrors (I do play it all the time to listen to the music ) Saving Private Ryan (still like the D Day part) Princess Bride (I played it the other day to intertain a co-workers daughter.... It's scarry how much of the diolog I have memorized...) I don't have a copy of it.... but Rocky Horror Picture show Kinda wierd how "interactive" most of my choices are..... There was an interview with Richard O Brian and they were asking him what he felt about the "goings on" durring Rocky, and he liked the idea of the interaction..... I was at an S.C.A. event a long time ago, it was raining, so we ran through all the lines from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" OK.... so I'm wierd.... but it is a lot of fun...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjohn Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 Like most here, I have too many on my list... did anyone say The Duelists...??? And right now I'm in the middle of watching Network. What an f-ing amazing film!!! My Home on the Web The Pirate Brethren Gallery Dreams are the glue that holds reality together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caraccioli Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 (This looks as good a place as any to put this.) I was just reading about the casting for the sequel to the Batman movie... Already touted for roles in the film - besides returning stars Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Katie Holmes and Michael Caine - are Jake Gyllenhaal as D.A Harvey Dent, Paul Bettany as The Joker, Brad Dourif as Dr.Arkham, Emily Watson as Dr. Harleen Quinzel , and Bob Hoskins as mob boss Sal Maroni. They're going to include Harley Quinn! (She's a Doctor?) She makes a great foil for the Joker. Kind of like She-Go for Drakken in reverse. "You're supposed to be dead!" "Am I not?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumba Rue Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 I will never tire of watching: POTC Galaxy Quest Horatio Hornblower (the series) Cutthroat Island Muppet Treasure Island Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloody_Mary_Bonney Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 the princess bride is my all time favorite But why is the rum gone? Save a horse ride a cowboy! Take me away and take me farther, suround me now and hold me like holy My toes are getting pruney Also my head is round that window is square.... My name is Micheal J Kabous and i eat babies! Your toast has been burned and no amount of scraping will remove the black stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tishsparrow Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 well, i love POTC, monty python and the holy grail, Sleepy Hollow, Labrynth (cant spell it), Addams Family, Addams Family Values, Muppet Treasure Island, Nightmare Before Christmas, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (both of them) Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Evolution, and National Treasure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Handed Jill Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 It's so tough to narrow them down... O Brother Where Art Thou Shaun of the Dead Amelie Galaxy Quest Rear Window Shawshank Redemption Chocolat The Long Kiss Goodnight All the Monty Python movies Addams Family Addams Family Values Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenighs Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Miller's Crossing Lawrence of Arabia The Magnificent Seven Dirty Rotten Scoundrels The Station Agent The Freshman On the Town Groundhog Day Dead Man The Searchers Rushmore Scotland, PA And of course, all the Python and Terry Gilliam movies, The Princess Bride, Treasure Island(s), It's a Wonderful Life, and a few hundred more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caraccioli Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Groundhog Day is a nice little film. Just when you think there isn't anything else they could possibly do without overdoing it, they come up with something else. I happened to be in the town where they were filming this (Woodstock Illinois) on business and I got to see the town square set. That was kind of neat. "You're supposed to be dead!" "Am I not?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Lazarus Gage Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 The Godfather (the first one) Dr. Strangelove POTC Star Trek II, IV, Generations, and First Contact Star Wars III, IV, V, VI Casablanca Ghostbusters I & II Treasure Planet Amelie Master and Commander Dick Tracy Nightmare Before Christmas LOTR I,II, & III Hook Mr. Smith goes to Washington The Man who shot Liberty Valance Tombstone Donnie Darko A very long engagement Monty Python and the Holy Grail Hellboy Schindlers List Saving Prvt. Ryan Legends of the Fall The list goes on and on....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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