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Six for Saturday
- Thread starter Cloud9Gal
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Matt Wynn
Charter Member
this is tough, but in no particular order are my favourites....
-Les Chevaliers Du Ciel
-A Bridge Too Far
-Shooter
-The Great Escape
-007 (The Entire lot from Connery to Craig, can't pick a favourite bond movie)
-Flight of the Intruder
-Armageddon
-The Longest Day
-Dambusters
-Battle of Britain...
so many good films hard to pick a definitive list :salute:
-Les Chevaliers Du Ciel
-A Bridge Too Far
-Shooter
-The Great Escape
-007 (The Entire lot from Connery to Craig, can't pick a favourite bond movie)
-Flight of the Intruder
-Armageddon
-The Longest Day
-Dambusters
-Battle of Britain...
so many good films hard to pick a definitive list :salute:
1. Top Gun
2. We Were Soldiers
3. Ironman
4. The Enemy Below
5. Sgt. York
Honorable mention: To Hell and Back
Others: The Rocky series, Rambo series, Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan
Unfortunately for most of the movies I like, I can't watch them unless the family is away. I like the surround sound cranked high enough to rattled the windows.
2. We Were Soldiers
3. Ironman
4. The Enemy Below
5. Sgt. York
Honorable mention: To Hell and Back
Others: The Rocky series, Rambo series, Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan
Unfortunately for most of the movies I like, I can't watch them unless the family is away. I like the surround sound cranked high enough to rattled the windows.
kilo delta
Charter Member 2015
I like the surround sound cranked high enough to rattled the windows.
Me too. I've gotten some strange looks after cranking up the beginning of Saving Private Ryan or some of the helicopter scenes in Black Hawk Down.
1. Top Gun
2. We Were Soldiers
3. Ironman
4. The Enemy Below
5. Sgt. York
Honorable mention: To Hell and Back
Others: The Rocky series, Rambo series, Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan
Unfortunately for most of the movies I like, I can't watch them unless the family is away. I like the surround sound cranked high enough to rattled the windows.
Me three!
Holy Grail.....
Evan Almighty...
Papillon......
.. to name a few more...
Star Wars all of them 6!
cheezyflier
Charter Member
you see, that's precisely the trouble with making such a list.
these days the crap/quality ratio from hollywood is very high.
but over time, and around the globe, there are sooo many good movies.
i could produce separate lists for
john wayne, jimmy stewart, henry fonda (certainly not the other fondas) robert redford, don knotts, clint eastwood, just to name a few super-ultra-mega stars of stars.
and then still separate lists again for categories like westerns, war films, christian cinema, drama, wushu, period films, sword films, kurasawa films, horror, comedy, asian cinema, gangster films, action films, sports films, and on and on and on.
so, no matter what category you choose to explore we will all have some favorites to reccomend. we're pretty lucky i think.
these days the crap/quality ratio from hollywood is very high.
but over time, and around the globe, there are sooo many good movies.
i could produce separate lists for
john wayne, jimmy stewart, henry fonda (certainly not the other fondas) robert redford, don knotts, clint eastwood, just to name a few super-ultra-mega stars of stars.
and then still separate lists again for categories like westerns, war films, christian cinema, drama, wushu, period films, sword films, kurasawa films, horror, comedy, asian cinema, gangster films, action films, sports films, and on and on and on.
so, no matter what category you choose to explore we will all have some favorites to reccomend. we're pretty lucky i think.
M
MCDesigns
Guest
Hmm, top 6 huh?
1. Sense and Sensibility (what can I say, hopeless romantic)
2. the Kingdom
3. King Aurthur (with Clive Owen and Keira Knightley)
4. Jurassic Park (love this one)
5. Star Wars
6. Love Actually (Hugh Grant and Liam Neeson)
I have an extensive DVD collection and find myself watching these over and over again.
Honorable mentions, You've Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, the Holiday, Stargate, LOTR Return of the king, Navy Seals, Behind Enemy lines, Pearl Harbor, Goldeneye, What Women Want, etc, etc, etc....
1. Sense and Sensibility (what can I say, hopeless romantic)
2. the Kingdom
3. King Aurthur (with Clive Owen and Keira Knightley)
4. Jurassic Park (love this one)
5. Star Wars
6. Love Actually (Hugh Grant and Liam Neeson)
I have an extensive DVD collection and find myself watching these over and over again.
Honorable mentions, You've Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, the Holiday, Stargate, LOTR Return of the king, Navy Seals, Behind Enemy lines, Pearl Harbor, Goldeneye, What Women Want, etc, etc, etc....
cheezyflier
Charter Member
oh, and today is ernest borgnine's birthday. i always loved mchale's navy him and tim conway made a great team.
Wing_Z
Charter Member 2011
Leaving aside Top Gun for one moment...
Godfather
Shawshank Redemption
Schindler's List
Pulp Fiction
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Usual Suspects
Silence of the Lambs
Dr Strangelove
Star Wars Episode V
Amelie
American Beauty
Apocalypse Now Redux
Life Is Beautiful (La Vita e Bella)
Taxi Driver
Clockwork Orange
2001: Space Odyssey
Amadeus
The Sting
Mmm gee have I got to 6 already???
Godfather
Shawshank Redemption
Schindler's List
Pulp Fiction
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Usual Suspects
Silence of the Lambs
Dr Strangelove
Star Wars Episode V
Amelie
American Beauty
Apocalypse Now Redux
Life Is Beautiful (La Vita e Bella)
Taxi Driver
Clockwork Orange
2001: Space Odyssey
Amadeus
The Sting
Mmm gee have I got to 6 already???
Okay, lets have a go at this....
1. Casablanca (I can't believe nobody's mentioned this one yet!!)
2. 1941 - Speilberg's first flop, but the sight gags are funyy as h*** <G>
3. Bridge on the River Kwai
4. The Great Escape
5. Stalag 17
6.12 O'clock High
Hmmm, anyone besides me see a trend here??
1. Casablanca (I can't believe nobody's mentioned this one yet!!)
2. 1941 - Speilberg's first flop, but the sight gags are funyy as h*** <G>
3. Bridge on the River Kwai
4. The Great Escape
5. Stalag 17
6.12 O'clock High
Hmmm, anyone besides me see a trend here??
Henry
Retired SOH Administrator
The Muppets take Manhattan 
there are so many great movies
i could not begin to even start
dang i probably have about 500 videos and dvd's
sitting on a shelf
we always watch the Ref at Christmas
just to see our family is just as normal,
comedys, thrillers, WW2, sci fi
history, action etc etc
H
there are so many great movies
i could not begin to even start
dang i probably have about 500 videos and dvd's
sitting on a shelf
we always watch the Ref at Christmas
just to see our family is just as normal
,comedys, thrillers, WW2, sci fi
history, action etc etc
H
Terry
SOH-CM-2016
Me too. I've gotten some strange looks after cranking up the beginning of Saving Private Ryan or some of the helicopter scenes in Black Hawk Down.
The best surround sound shaker I have found is the beginning of Dante's Peak.
Let's add these to the list.
Forbidden Planet
Ice Station Zebra
The Day the Earth Stood Still (original).
The War Lover
Silverado
The Final Countdown
Bjoern
worst developer ever
TopGun...a love-hate relationship deluxe.
To like it you either have to be young and innocent or absolutely devoid of military aviation knowledge or both.
Rationally, there's no reason at all to watch or like this movie. Awful story, awful flying, awful cuts. The best thing about it is the cinematography between cuts.
And still you watch it over and over again...for your memories when you watched it in your early teens. Argh!
Wing_Z
Charter Member 2011
Haw! One of the best ever...
Downunder, it's a pickup truck!
..or just love fast, noisy aircraft that fly off ships and shoot stuff, and...and...
It's a landmark movie, the US Navy didn't need any recruitment drives for years.
When to everyone's surprise it was a smash hit, they wanted to make TG2.
Turns out they had used every single bit of the air-air footage previously shot. (Essentially unheard of in moviemaking)
The Navy had tired of the game, and so the sequel died right there.
The fact that this is believable proves the cheesiness of Top Gun.
Top Gun recut into a homo-erotic love story...enjoy :ernae:
[youtube]ekXxi9IKZSA&feature=youtube_gdata[/youtube]
and an interesting commentary by Quentin Tarantino (warning: vulgar)
Top Gun recut into a homo-erotic love story...enjoy :ernae:
[youtube]ekXxi9IKZSA&feature=youtube_gdata[/youtube]
and an interesting commentary by Quentin Tarantino (warning: vulgar)
In no particular order....
1) Lonesome Dove
1a) Open Range
2) Quigly Down Under
3) Serenity
4) Flight of the Phoenix (original)
4a) Cheyenne Social Club
5) The Shootist
6) The Unforgiven
6a) Outlaw Josey Wales
I do love a good western and IMHO, Tom Selleck and Sam Elliot are very under-rated as western stars.
1) Lonesome Dove
1a) Open Range
2) Quigly Down Under
3) Serenity
4) Flight of the Phoenix (original)
4a) Cheyenne Social Club
5) The Shootist
6) The Unforgiven
6a) Outlaw Josey Wales
I do love a good western and IMHO, Tom Selleck and Sam Elliot are very under-rated as western stars.