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Six for Saturday
- Thread starter Cloud9Gal
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1) Dirty Dancing
2) Saving Private Ryan
3) We Were Soldiers
4) You've Got Mail
5) Steel Magnolias
6) Platoon
Of course, if you told me that I would die in exactly 3 hours, and the only thing I could do during my remaining time on this earth was to watch a movie...that movie would be the original version of King Kong, hands down, no questions asked.
OBIO
2) Saving Private Ryan
3) We Were Soldiers
4) You've Got Mail
5) Steel Magnolias
6) Platoon
Of course, if you told me that I would die in exactly 3 hours, and the only thing I could do during my remaining time on this earth was to watch a movie...that movie would be the original version of King Kong, hands down, no questions asked.
OBIO
I seriously have way too many favorites to choose, so I won't.:mixedsmi:
In no particular order:
North by Northwest, Princess Mononoke, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Inglorious Basterds, Vertigo, Sling Blade, Oldboy, Babel, In Bruges, The Graduate.
In no particular order:
- North By Northwest
- Pulp Fiction
- No Country for Old Men
- Fight Club
- Fargo
- There Will Be Blood
North by Northwest, Princess Mononoke, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Inglorious Basterds, Vertigo, Sling Blade, Oldboy, Babel, In Bruges, The Graduate.
There are so many really really good movies, movies that a person can watch 2 or 3 times a year and not get tired of watching them. Forrest Gump, Rainman, Fried Green Tomatoes, On Golden Pond, Cast Away, Goonies, Thelma and Louise, Out Break, Big Fish, Finding Nemo, could go on and on.
Deb and I have a very large, and still growing, collection of DVDs....213 at last count...and that's not counting my collection of WW2/Aviation documentary DVDs. Nearly every month, we buy between 1 and 3 DVDs, usually from the $5 bin at Walmart. Somethings when we have an extra 20 to 25 dollars to spare, we hit one of the local movie rental places and hit the 4 for $20 or 4 for $25 selection and bag four or 5 previously viewed (used) DVDs....I like doing that because the one place guarantees their used DVDs for LIFE...if I step on a DVD I bought there and break it...they will give me a replacement no questions asked...don't get that kind of coverage buying new DVDs.
Our DVD collection is very eclectic...much like our decorating style. We have romance, comedy, horror, action, suspense, lots of the really great classic films, lots of animated features (Toy Story, Cars, Shrek, Finding Nemo) and some of the really good puppetry/claymation stuff (Dark Crystal, Never Ending Story).
When we have movie nights, we load up the 5 DVD player, crank up the surround sound, make up a movie mix (popcorn, cheese doodles, pretzel sticks, BBQ corn chips, M&Ms), pour ourselves nice big glasses of ice pop and settle in for 10 hours of movie magic.
Tim
Deb and I have a very large, and still growing, collection of DVDs....213 at last count...and that's not counting my collection of WW2/Aviation documentary DVDs. Nearly every month, we buy between 1 and 3 DVDs, usually from the $5 bin at Walmart. Somethings when we have an extra 20 to 25 dollars to spare, we hit one of the local movie rental places and hit the 4 for $20 or 4 for $25 selection and bag four or 5 previously viewed (used) DVDs....I like doing that because the one place guarantees their used DVDs for LIFE...if I step on a DVD I bought there and break it...they will give me a replacement no questions asked...don't get that kind of coverage buying new DVDs.
Our DVD collection is very eclectic...much like our decorating style. We have romance, comedy, horror, action, suspense, lots of the really great classic films, lots of animated features (Toy Story, Cars, Shrek, Finding Nemo) and some of the really good puppetry/claymation stuff (Dark Crystal, Never Ending Story).
When we have movie nights, we load up the 5 DVD player, crank up the surround sound, make up a movie mix (popcorn, cheese doodles, pretzel sticks, BBQ corn chips, M&Ms), pour ourselves nice big glasses of ice pop and settle in for 10 hours of movie magic.
Tim
Cloud9Gal
~Fury of the Winds~
kilo delta
Charter Member 2015
In no particular order and off the top of my head...
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory: A true timeless classic.Synonymous with Christmas time and one of my most viewed movies ever
The Usual Suspects ....for THAT twist in the end
Shawshank Redemption : Possibly the greatest movie ever
Top Gun: Yep...it's cheesy,factually incorrect and somewhat homoerotic......but for a spotty teenage aircraft enthusiast school kid in 1986 ....it was coooool
Terminator 2: "I need your clothes, boots and your motorcycle"
Murder in the First: I was just blown away at Kevin Bacon's acting in this movie....outstanding.
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory: A true timeless classic.Synonymous with Christmas time and one of my most viewed movies ever
The Usual Suspects ....for THAT twist in the end
Shawshank Redemption : Possibly the greatest movie ever
Top Gun: Yep...it's cheesy,factually incorrect and somewhat homoerotic......but for a spotty teenage aircraft enthusiast school kid in 1986 ....it was coooool
Terminator 2: "I need your clothes, boots and your motorcycle"
Murder in the First: I was just blown away at Kevin Bacon's acting in this movie....outstanding.
Quixoticish
Charter Member
In no particular order:
1. Metropolis
2. Eraserhead
3. Flash Gordon
4. Koyaanisqatsi
5. Neco z Alenky
6. Transformers : The Movie
Honourable mentions:
Lost Highway, The Holy Mountain, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Battleship Potemkin, Watchmen, Moon, Threads, Blade Runner, The Wicker Man, Beowulf and Grendel, The Day The Earth Stood Still, V for Vendetta, Chronos, This Is Spinal Tap, Cannibal Holocaust, A Clockwork Orange, Master and Commander, Star Trek (2009), Aliens, The Long Goodbye, Watership Down, The Crowd, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Baraka.
And probably plenty more I've completely forgotten about at this particular moment in time.
1. Metropolis
2. Eraserhead
3. Flash Gordon
4. Koyaanisqatsi
5. Neco z Alenky
6. Transformers : The Movie
Honourable mentions:
Lost Highway, The Holy Mountain, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Battleship Potemkin, Watchmen, Moon, Threads, Blade Runner, The Wicker Man, Beowulf and Grendel, The Day The Earth Stood Still, V for Vendetta, Chronos, This Is Spinal Tap, Cannibal Holocaust, A Clockwork Orange, Master and Commander, Star Trek (2009), Aliens, The Long Goodbye, Watership Down, The Crowd, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Baraka.
And probably plenty more I've completely forgotten about at this particular moment in time.
kilo delta
Charter Member 2015
there's another one right there!
It's very difficult to choose:isadizzy:. My DVD collection numbers 100's with most having being ripped to a couple of large capacity HDD's in my HTPC............and now these are being slowly replaced by Blu-Ray!
I love Metropolis, they found some more footage in Brazil recently, and there is a new version coming out (I can't wait).
I never really got the Eraserhead or Koyaanisqatsi thing...:mixedsmi:
Can't do it. 
I even tried to limit it to just 6 Jimmy Stewart films. Impossible:
(No particular order, just what I currently have sitting on the shelf)
It's a Wonderful Life
Rear Window
Harvey
Vertigo
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Spirit of St. Louis
No Highway In The Sky
Cheyenne Social Club
Philadelphia Story
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Glenn Miller Story
Destry Rides Again
The Shop Around The Corner
Rope
Winchester '73
You Gotta Stay Happy
Flight Of The Phoenix
Shenandoah
The Shootist
Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation
The Man From Laramie
The FBI Story
I even tried to limit it to just 6 Jimmy Stewart films. Impossible:
(No particular order, just what I currently have sitting on the shelf)
It's a Wonderful Life
Rear Window
Harvey
Vertigo
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Spirit of St. Louis
No Highway In The Sky
Cheyenne Social Club
Philadelphia Story
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Glenn Miller Story
Destry Rides Again
The Shop Around The Corner
Rope
Winchester '73
You Gotta Stay Happy
Flight Of The Phoenix
Shenandoah
The Shootist
Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation
The Man From Laramie
The FBI Story
TeaSea
SOH-CM-2014
Some of my favorites already listed:
Master and Commander (I wish they'd make another in that series)
Kelley's Hero's (yes, I know it's silly, but i love it)
2001 (I sense Cazzie is a Kubrick fan)
The Big Sleep
I'd add:
To Kill a Mockingbird (Gregory Peck at his pretentious best)
The Maltese Falcon (I've always like this better than Casablanca, tighter story)
Bridge over the River Kwai
Lawrence of Arabia
Bladerunner
Glory
No particular order...
Master and Commander (I wish they'd make another in that series)
Kelley's Hero's (yes, I know it's silly, but i love it)
2001 (I sense Cazzie is a Kubrick fan)
The Big Sleep
I'd add:
To Kill a Mockingbird (Gregory Peck at his pretentious best)
The Maltese Falcon (I've always like this better than Casablanca, tighter story)
Bridge over the River Kwai
Lawrence of Arabia
Bladerunner
Glory
No particular order...