Best Movies

[surrealvol]

For those of you who would like to jump in here on starting an interesting thread, let us know your top five all-time favorite movies.

I guess I would start with For Love of the Game, Secondhand Lions, City of Angels, Pure Country, and Multiplicity.

Comments welcome as to why.

I know the subtitle says top three, but since I couldn't narrow it down I moved the magic number to five!

 

[Freak]

Why???

 

[surrealvol]

So I will know which movies to rent this winter.

 

[GAVol]

I promise I'm not making fun of you Surrealvol, but you have to explain Pure Country to me.

 

[LadyinOrange]

My five favorite movies are

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir ( favorite classic)

It's a Wonderful Life ( Favorite Christmas movie)

About A Boy ( just a good movie)

Savannah Smiles ( First movie I ever bawled my eyes out at.)

Inner Space ( Very funny)

 

[LadyinOrange]

Originally posted by vol_freak@Jan 23, 2005 9:56 PM
Why???

He didn't say questions, Freaky. :shakehead:

He meant comments about WHY they are your favorite.

 

[LadyinOrange]

My honorable mentions are:

You've Got Mail

Sleepless in Seattle

City Slickers I & II

Radio

and Shawshank Redemption

 

[surrealvol]

Hey, GAVol:

I just liked the fact that a big time star (Even in the movies) would cut out for awhile and ride some horses with a beautiful lady!

 

[Freak]

I was asking why those are his favorite? :lol:

 

[Freak]

A Few Good Men is in my top 5. I'll have to think about the rest.

 

[LadyinOrange]

Did you get my PM Freaky?

 

[GAVol]

The Hunt for Red October
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Tombstone
Airplane
Caddyshack

 

[OWB]

The 3 Amigos

Dance with Wolves (I don't care much for Costner, but this I liked)

The Jerk

Legends of the Fall

Rain Man

I am sure that I will think of 5 more that I liked better tomorrow.

 

[GAVol]

The Jerk - a true classic.

I literally get tears in my eyes when I think of Steve Martin singing, "I'm picking out a thermos for yoooouuuuu - Not an ordinary thermos for yooouuuu . . . "

 

[OWB]

:lol: I know! That and The Three Amigos always cheer me up!

 

[Freak]

Originally posted by GAVol@Jan 23, 2005 11:10 PM
The Hunt for Red October
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Tombstone
Airplane
Caddyshack

That's a great list GAVol

 

[GAVol]

Originally posted by vol_freak+Jan 23, 2005 11:38 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (vol_freak @ Jan 23, 2005 11:38 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-GAVol@Jan 23, 2005 11:10 PM
The Hunt for Red October
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Tombstone
Airplane
Caddyshack

That&#39;s a great list GAVol [/quote]
Not exactly a thinking man&#39;s list.

 

[Freak]

Originally posted by GAVol+Jan 23, 2005 11:44 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (GAVol @ Jan 23, 2005 11:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by vol_freak@Jan 23, 2005 11:38 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-GAVol

@Jan 23, 2005 11:10 PM
The Hunt for Red October
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Tombstone
Airplane
Caddyshack

That&#39;s a great list GAVol

Not exactly a thinking man&#39;s list. [/quote]
We&#39;ll when you put it like that....


:bash: :bash: :bash:


Classics for the common folk. :lol:

 

[GAVol]

Originally posted by vol_freak@Jan 23, 2005 11:46 PM
Classics for the common folk. :lol:

Is there anything more pretentious than the people who do a list like this and put things like Citizen Kane, Gone With the Wind etc? I mean, how can you compare a movie like that to a great cinematic effort like Animal House?

When I watch a movie, I want to be entertained; not challenged. :blink:

 

[Freak]

I agree. Fletch lives and Christmas Vacation are two of my favorites also.


I watched the Last Samauri today and thought it was pretty good.

 

[GAVol]

The Vacation series is another one I should have listed. The original Vacation had about as many high spots as any movie I can think of . . . the Family Truckster, the inbred cousins, Aunt Edna who dies and ends up strapped to the roof of the car to save time, the dog who pees on the family&#39;s lunch only to later be accidentally left hooked to the bumper of the car when they leave,etc, etc.

 

[Freak]

don&#39;t forget the pool waitress.

 

[GAVol]

oh yeah . . . I forgot the whole dork courtship of Christie Brinkley.

 

[milohimself]

The submarine they used for Red October is here in Portland. I have been on it, it&#39;s pretty neat. Real cramped, though.

My favorite movies...

Scarface
Sands of Iwo Jima
To Kill A Mockingbird
Dirty Harry
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
Godfather parts I and II

 

[la.lovesorange]

Well, remember Im a girl&#33;&#33;&#33;

1- Forrest Gump
2- Steel Magnolias
3- and any Adam Sandler movie&#33;&#33;&#33;


Im a sucker for chick flicks and stupid funny movies&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; :lol: