A misuse of the new section maybe, but hey...

[BGonaSTICK]

Some of my all-time top whatever in no particular order. A pretty mixed bag. A shrink would have a field day

American Graffiti (1973)
Alien (1979)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Ronin (1998)
Two Lane Blacktop (1971)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
The Terminator (1984)
Toy Story (1995)
The Exorcist (1973)
The 7th Voyagae of Sinbad (1558)
Predator (1987)
Rain Man (1988)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Jaws (1975)
The Great Escape (1963)
Ice-Cold in Alex (1958)
The Matrix (1999)
The Omen (1976)

...and about another two-dozen that my brain won't dig out right now.

 

[Saturlight]

These I agree with:

American Graffiti (1973) - never seen it
Alien (1979) - not bad
Pulp Fiction (1994) - not bad
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) - yes, good
Ronin (1998) - never seen it
Two Lane Blacktop (1971) - never seen it
Catch Me If You Can (2002) - never seen it
The Terminator (1984) - no, I hated it
Toy Story (1995) - nah...
The Exorcist (1973) - nope, over-rated
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1558) - ok
Predator (1987) - never seen it
Rain Man (1988) - ok
Driving Miss Daisy (1989) - never seen it
Jaws (1975) Yeah, great film, 9 out of 10
The Great Escape (1963) 10 out of 10, BRILLIANT!!!
Ice-Cold in Alex (1958) - good
The Matrix (1999) - never seen it
The Omen (1976) - 10 out of 10, BRILLIANT!!!

 

[Llew]

Some of my all-time top whatever in no particular order. A pretty mixed bag. A shrink would have a field day

American Graffiti (1973)
Alien (1979)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Ronin (1998)
Two Lane Blacktop (1971)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
The Terminator (1984)
Toy Story (1995)
The Exorcist (1973)
The 7th Voyagae of Sinbad (1558)
Predator (1987)
Rain Man (1988)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Jaws (1975)
The Great Escape (1963)
Ice-Cold in Alex (1958)
The Matrix (1999)
The Omen (1976)

...and about another two-dozen that my brain won't dig out right now.

I'm sure you didn't mean to leave out Hitchcock's finest, Stick, so I'll add some of my favourites from this great director.

In no particular order of preference:

Psycho
Rear Window
Vertigo
North By Northwest
The Birds
Rebecca
Strangers On A Train

Some of his pre-war English films I thought were silly, An exception being Rebecca.

He had a penchant for blonde actresses, a great deal of sexual tension is apparent in those particular films.

Llew

 

[rolfw]

I'd agree with most of those above, plus many more, some may seem a little unsophisticated now, but were great in their day.

Some early favourites:

Whiskey Galore
The Titchfield Thunderbolt
Horse Feathers
Ivan the Terrible
Seven Samurai
The Magnificent Seven
The 39 Steps
Kim
To Kill a Mockingbird
All Quiet on the Western Front
West Side Story
2001 Space Odyssey
Last of the Mohicans
Turk 182
The Godfather
Goodfellows
BladeRunner
1900
Mississipi Burning

 

[BGonaSTICK]

Yeah, 2001 ASO and Blade Runner were close to getting into my list.

I don't think sophistication should come into it. It's not about snobery; for me it's simply about the films you love(d) watching.
I'm not embarrased by the fact that I included Toy Story!

Oooh, nearly forgot Scum, Quadrophenia, McVicar, Lock Stock....

Oh alright. I'll get my coat... :-bash

 

[john_graydon]

Saturday Night Fever is my all time favourite movie. Thought you could play DVDs thousands of times & never lose quality? My Sat Night Fever dvd is really bad quality now and only played it a few hundred times. Must get another one for Fathers Day next year.

 

[rolfw]

Yes, Saturday Nigh Fever is one of my favourites as well, the trouble is, that every time someone else puts up a list, I see another couple that should be on my list.

Thought of several more this morning:

The Court Jester
My Cousin Vinny
Home Alone
Silent Running
Dark Star
The Italian Job (Original)
The Marathon Man
Little Big Man
Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
The Blues Brothers

 

[gameboy]

Yes, Saturday Nigh Fever

I remember 'the knights who say nigh' in Monty Python's Holy Gail but don't remember them in the John Travolta film -

 

[Sir Bronking]

rolf the blues brothers

a man after my own heart, this is without doubt one of the finest films ive ever seen with the best music sound track known(in my op) to man

 

[Channel Hopper]

My tuppence worth

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
The Legend of Bagger Vance
One Hour Photo
Devil's Advocate
The Arrival
Silent Running
The Ninth Configuration
Quatermass and the Pit
Deuce Bigalo
Altered States
Repo Man
Gattaca
Donnie Darko
Galaxy Quest

 

[Sir Bronking]

here we go,

the blues brothers
the mean machine (original)
kentuckey fried movie (very funny)
oh brother where art thow
predator
angles with dirty faces
the jungle book
spiderman1 and 2
a beautiful mind
the great escape
se7en
most ealing comedies
fight club
the commitments

christ, i could go on and on

 

[Channel Hopper]

christ, i could go on and on

Can't argue with that. ;)

 

[Sir Bronking]

cheers CH !

oh and the fisher king
matrix ( all 3)
and ....

 

[john_graydon]

Anyone see The Money Pit ???
Midnight Express
Dog Day Afternoon
Scarface
Winchester 73 or 72

 

[Saturlight]

How's about condensing 2 hours of "Lost In Translation" into a one sentence critique:

"A married, unhappy, middle-aged actor, in Japan for the making of a TV commercial, meets a newly married, but unhappy, beautiful 19-year-old blonde whom he falls in love with, and vice versa, all except there's no "vice", because he flies home on the next plane available and never sees her again.

The end."

Oops, sorry's that's two sentences.

 

[Llew]

Best (and shortest) synopsis I've seen for a film is for 'I Am A Camera' -

'Me no Leica'

Llew

 

[BarMoo]

Hi folks,

Well since the DVD's are shelved behind me, I thought I should share but a mere slither of my collection. You'll probably see that most are relatively new titles, but so is DVD, LOL:-

The Jackal (orig+last)
Toy Story (1+2)
Those Magnificent Men and their Flying Machines
Around the world in 80 days (orig, TV and last)
Titanic (1997, 1996TV, 1953, 1943, 1958 "A night to Remember")
Final Destination 1+2
Animal Farm
Private Parts (Feat. Howard Stern) - no its not mature content.
The Usual Suspects
First wives Club
The Ipcress File
Nightmare Before Christmas
Hellboy
Meet the Parents (both)
Predator (both)
Armistad
Analyze That/This
7even
The Core
Ronin
Alien (all of them).
X-Men 1+2
Beauty Shop
Lord of War
Throw Mama from the Train
Broken Flowers
Domino
Brother's Grimm
The longest Day
Toys
Ladykiller's (orig)
Paycheck
Baron Munchausen (the adventures of)
Great Train Robbery
Battlefield Earth
Pee Wee Herman's Big adventure
The Bourne Identity (orig and last 2)
Payback
Prince of Darkness
Air Force One
Under Siege 1+2
Memoirs of a Geisha
Munich
Hook
Omen 1+2
Sahara
Garfield the Movie
Jetzt oder Nie (Now or never - 1 of only 2 German films I own).
Der Untergang (the other German film I have).
Jarhead
Duplex
Reindeer Games
Foolproof
The whole (9 and 10) Yards
The Incredibles
Species 1
Team America (:-shh:-shh:-shh:-shh yeh!)
The Interpretor
Lemmy Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events"!
Miss Marple (Marge Rutherford) x4

Think I better stop. All the intelligent stuff is in the cupboard!

.

 

[Channel Hopper]

Hi folks,

Well since the DVD's are shelved behind me, I thought I should share but a mere slither of my collection. You'll probably see that most are relatively new titles, but so is DVD, LOL:-

The Jackal (orig+last)
....................snip...............

Miss Marple (Marge Rutherford) x4

Think I better stop. All the intelligent stuff is in the cupboard!
.

Blurry Hell, I thought I had too many discs. Can your shelves take the weight?

 

[spiney]

Best (and shortest) synopsis I've seen for a film is for 'I Am A Camera' -

'Me no Leica'

Llew

just to say, that's Dorothy Parker, who was very much a critic!

More at:
http://www.workinghumor.com/quotes/dorothy_parker.shtml .
(worh looking at, some are very funny!).

 

[Saturlight]

Ever heard of "The Man With the Golden Gun"? What's it about?