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Many of us have a wide range of hobbies that are not sign related, one of mine is movie watching. I am sure many of you may have the same passion, except for Don, He just got a TV last year ...I was watching one of my favorite movies last night andd got to wondering what are other peoples favorite movies.... Here is "MY" Top 10 list, not in any order though, they are so different I don't think I could choose a #1
1.Mystery,Alaska 2.Heart like a wheel 3.Eight Men Out 4.Hunt for Red October 5.All "Rocky" Movies 6.Silence of the Lambs 7.Shawshenk Redemption 8."61" 9.Gladiator 10.Hollywood Knights
Honarable mentions would go on forever, but a few are, American Graffeti Apocolypse Now The nutty Professor(both the original and the new ones with Eddie M.)
So, What are your Favorites?????
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Judging by the movies you watch Troy I would say as having a masters in pyschology your life could use white Fang 1 and 2.
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1. Wages of Fear 2. Cool Hand Luke 3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers ( the original ) 4. American Grafitti 5. African Queen 6. North by Northwest 7. Rear Window 8. Vertigo 9. Wild at Heart 10. Body Heat
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Gallipoli is a great movie, but might lose something when taken out of Australia. I'd be interested to know what you thought of it if and when you watch it. I guess you could liken it to plenty of US war flicks but hopefully it retains some of the wry humour. Another worth watching is The Castle, I'd be interested to see how that translates too, I believe it was dubbed for the US market. David
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1) 61 - Best movie I have seen in sometime... 2) Lethal Weapon Movies 3) The Great Escape 4) Rocky 1 & 2 5) The Jerk 6) Cheech and Chong's "Up in smoke" 7) Dirty Dozen 8) Enemy of the State 9) Braveheart 10) Men in Black
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I like movies for their entertainment value and their ability to touch me.
Gone in 60 Seconds - the 2nd one. I would like to be Angelina for a day in that movie... bartending and a grease monkey for her "clean jobs"- what fun!!! ...I love fast cars that make LOTS of noise!!! My '66 Mustang is envious of Ellenor.
Scent of a Woman- WhoooHaaaa!
Rainman- "Kmart sucks"
Thelma & Louise- independance from the alcoholic suppressive ex-husband
Armeggeadon- this one made me cry for the relationship I don't have with my Dad
Fools Rush In- love it when "Cisco's girlfriend" Selma Hayek cusses at "Chandler" in Spanish... it sounds SOOOOO Cool!
Vision Quest- saw this movie with the entire wrestling team in High School... that alone had a lasting impact. A dozen guys and me walking into the movie theatre... it was a ego booster for a girl with not much in the self confidence department.... they were all my "brothers" but the girls there didn't "know that" and they were envious of ME for once! heh heh heh
Fastimes at Ridgemont High- "Dude!!!" It was just "Three Stooges" type funny!
Lethal Weapon (all of them) LOVE that crazy Mel Gibson!
Lonesome Dove- I could watch that movie over and over and over again.
Anything with Christopher Lambert (Legend of Greystoke and Highlander) love his EYES!
This was a fun break... Thanks Troy!
The "got popcorn?" side of the Moon
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The movies I rate as my favorite, are the ones I can watch over and over and over and never tire of.
The highest on my list art the animated and computer animated films. I never tire of the art work, the story developement, the little things in the background that the artists add in. Disney, Pixar, and Dreamworks creations are favorites.
Antz A Bug's Life Shreck (now in theaters and a must see) Emperors New Groove on and on.... ---------------
As for movies on Satire..... My all time favorite comedy is:
GALEXY QUEST ( every aspect of the movie just shreds all the Star Trek series.
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Action movies I can watch over and over:
Anything by director/writer Steve Speilberg Raiders of the Lost Ark...to Men In Black and more. I just like the way he tells a story!
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Action Drama Love story:
PERAL HARBOR no contest...the best movie ever in recent history....blows TITANIC out of the water!
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
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And our Favorite Tom Hanks movie from yesteryear:
THE BURBS we can watch that one over and over
Haven't seen CASTAWAY (Tom Hank's new movie) its on the list to see today.
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Shawshank Redemption definately ranks way up high on top among my favourites.
Other movies I liked are:
My Cousin Vinnie African Queen Fargo On Golden Pond Chapter Two Scent of a Woman Heat Terms of Endearment The Usual Suspects Annie Hall Silkwood Goodwill Hunting Raising Arizona Plane, Trains & Automobiles Whose Life is This Anyway? Silverstreak To Sir with Love Guess Whos Coming for Dinner Blackboard Jungle One Flew over the Cukoo's Nest The Long Kiss Goodnight Broadcast News Terminator The Shootist The Piano Total Recall Seven Harry in your Pocket The Colour of Money Fried Green Tomatoes Payback
That movie where Richard Pryer was blind and Gene Wilder was deaf. Very Funny!
That movie where Val Kilmer played Doc Holiday (he did a great job with that role!)
I could go on! Nettie
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Gavin, Glad to see someone else who has seen and appreciates "Hollywood Knights"...
Nettie, I could go on and on myself, I tried not to go back to far but I also really like older movies as well, as long as they have not been colorized or anything. I think they loose something.
I forgot about "Goodwill Hunting" in my Humble opinion it should have blown "Titanic" out of the water that year in the awards dept. Here you had two great movies, one you knew the story line,you knew it was going to sink, yada,yada,yada....The other one was just as well written,directed, acted, etc, but you didn't know what was going to happen next, and you certianly didn't know how it was going to end!!!!!!!
All these are good list's with alot of great movies on them!!!!!!!!
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No particular order except Shawshank #1 for sure.
Field of Dreams Princess Bride Heart and Souls Blazing Saddles Waterboy It's a Wonderful Life Tommy Boy Ghost Jesus Christ Superstar Forrest Gump Rain Man Sling Blade Shrek Pearl Harbor
Odd assortment, huh?
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Oh Brother Where Art Thou Fargo Raising Arizona The Sixth Sense Forrest Gump Hudsucker Proxy Places in the Heart BraveHeart Blade Runner On Golden Pond
not nessarily in any order as far as favorite.
a pet peeve is a movie that has modern computer generated signage and the movie is set in the 40's
Oh Brother where art thou has some of the most accurate signage fo the period.
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SLAP SHOT FARENHEIT 451 LORD OF THE FLIES WHAT ABOUT BOB and other Bill Murray, stuff GUNS OF NAVARONE the original"THE THING" all of "LAUREL & HARDY / ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS WIZARD OF OZ / THE WIZ HOOK LAST TANGO IN PARIS GODFATHER 1,2, etal REBEL WITH A CAUSE CANNERY ROW GIRL CAN'T HELP IT
Geez I'm gettin' old...........Jack
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Shawshank Redemption Unforgiven Goodfellas Heat Lethal Weapon 1,2,3 Braveheart Payback Platoon Full Metal Jacket Aliens (thats the 2nd one) A Bridge too Far The Last of the Mohicans
John Wayne movies are in a class by them self The Green Berets Big Jake The Horse Soldiers Sands of Iwo Jima
Gone With the Wind
Gallipoli is a great movie but I don't think Americans can really understand it.
Some Canadian movies that likely no one here has ever seen Dieppe Unlucky Lady - HMCS Athabaskan The Arrow
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Oops, forgot to add my faves. And the winners are...
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Time After Time. Running on Empty. (misspent youth) Aliens The Castle Mad Max 1 & 2 (misspent youth) Max Headroom (any one) Dark Star (Almost anything my John Carpenter) Evil Dead Death in Brunswick A Clockwork Orange Yellowbeard All Monty Python Blazing Saddles They're a Weird Mob Early Zucker Bros stuff (Flying High etc) Pulp Fiction MIB The Dish
Sheesh, I even enjoyed Hudson Hawk.
David
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Here's my favourites: Braveheart (US) Angela's Ashes (Irish) Waking Ned Divine (Irish) The Secret of Roan Inish (Irish) The Dish (Australian) Chariots of Fire (British) Wallace & Gromit series (British) Les Miserables (US) Gallipoli (Australian) Michael Collins (US) Schindlers Kist (US) Titanic (US) You've Got Mail (US) A great site for movie reviews is: http://www.christiananswers.net/spotlight/movies/ I always check them out before watching a movie, esp. if my kids are involved.
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80% of Cary Grant Movies Godfather I/II Cool Hand Luke Manchurian Candidate It's A Wonderful Life Glen Gary, Glen Ross Groundhog Day White Heat Braveheart Forbidden Planet
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Sgt. York The Postman (Kevin Costner) Dances with Wolves The Green Mile Hunting Red October McClintock Braveheart The Patriot (Mel Gibson) Top Gun Star Wars (first ones) Armagedon Air Force One Gone with the Wind The Wizard of Oz Twister Vanishing Point Independence Day Free Willy Millennium Romancing the Stone Frequency African Queen The Magnificent Seven The American President (Michael Douglas)Raiders of the Lost Ark
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Bet I could come up with a different list many times over because good movies are a passion of mine. This is today’s list just as they float into my mind
Orpheo Negro Shall we Dance Tootsie The Bagdad Café The Harmonists M Victor Victoria Moonstruck The Third Man Butch Cassidy/Sundance Kid Twelve Angry Men Citizen Kane
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Shawshank Redemption Hunt for Red October Last Man Standing (Fist Full of Dollars remake) O Brother Where Art Thou (great cinematography) The Iron Giant Out of Africa Falling Down Dead Man (Jonny Depp) Indiana Jones trilogy 12 Monkeys 2001 Tombstone
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One of my all-time favorites is "Mr. Holland's Opus" with Richard Dryfuss. I liked it because it's basically about the paths we choose in life, and the values that we hold to in doing so. Personal integrity affects us all, and those around us as well.
The movie is about one such individual, and the lives he has influenced for the betterment of his community...and he does so without even realizing what he has accomplished.
PS: The movie also has some great older songs on the soundtrack too.
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Isn't someone going to mention Psycho? I still get nervous in the shower over that one.
A few more I like I didn't see listed.... Ben-Hur Patton Some like it Hot The Sting The Bridge on the River Kwai True Grit (only JW oscar winner) Glory (close to the top of my list) Field of Dreams Gettysburgh Guess Who's Coming to Dinner All about Eve A Man Called Horse One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest The Ten Commandments Born Free Tearms of Endearment Driving Miss Daisy 2001: A Space Odyssey Amadeus The Deer Hunter Unforgiven (major fave of mine) The Fisher King (another major fave)
And who didn't cry over... Midnight Express Dead Poet's Society The Color Purple Steel Magnolias Beaches (I was OK until the little girl asked if she could keep her cat) Old Yeller (if you don't tear up over this one, check for a pulse) The Yearling Love Affair (either version)
Not much animation listed either.. Fantasia Wizards An American Tail Lady and the Tramp Snow White Bambi Dumbo Tarzan The Lion King Toy Story
And not to leave out Oliver Stone... Born on the 4th of July JFK Natural Born Killers (sick, but I loved it)
if you rent "the longriders" look in the background and there is a big wall lettering promoting a sign painter. the signs in this movie are very cool old western stuff...
have a great one!
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I'm related to Clint Eastwood, so my favorites of his are:
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly The Outlaw Josie Wales The Unforgiven
The rest:
The Ten Commandments Wizard of Oz Miracle on 34th Street (the old one) It's a Wonderful Life Once Upon a Time in the West Jesus of Nazareth The Color Purple The Natural Dancing With Wolves The Professional Braveheart What About Bob? Liar, Liar Falling Down A Time To Kill A Family Thing The Terminator (both) Batman Gladiator Also, just about every Disney animated movie, and I thought several of the Little House on the Prairie movies from the '70s were really good.
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Hey, did you know that before I was a full time sign maker, I owned a video store? I had the best & biggest Disney collection, & foreign film collection on the western slope of Colorado. When I sold the store, I kept all the disney classics & a few favorites: What's Eating Gilbert Grape Benny & Joon Bagdad Cafe Wild At Heart Raising Arizona Gallipoli Lady Hawk Lion in Winter One Flew Over the Cukoos Nest Stripes Into The West Fisher King World According to Garp Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid Shawshank Redemption Saving Grace Oh Brother Where Art Thou My Life As a Dog Manion of the Spring/Jean de Florette It's a Beautiful Life Wizard of Oz
Just to name a few
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emerald forest (most parts) omega man jeremiah johnson hook anything with gene hackman anything with lee marvin mad max (road warrior) predator the fith element the fisher king red octber (dont know why) my name is nobody!! mars attacks illistrated man
a boy and his dog (just kidding) ...an early don johnson film
my best friend in early grammer school was clinton kelly ...his dad and uncle and grandad owned channel 3(kelly broadcasting co.) ....clint and myself used to get to pick all the movies for the month. mostly war stories. On his birthday his dad played a big movie like frankinstien and bride of frank...we had a club called "the rags club" ...all our older brothers had a club called "the rags haters club.
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The Blues Brothers 1 & 2 Godfather 2 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Rocky 1-4 Cool Runnings One Flew over the Cuckcoo's Nest Magnificant Seven Great Escape Dirty Dozen Saving Private Ryan Green Pastures The Longest Day Papilion The Postman Blazing Saddles The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly My Cousin Vinnie A Man Called Horse
1) Blues Brothers (NOT 2000)"we play both kinds, Country and Western" 2) Raising Arizona 3) The Professional 4) The Italian Job 5) Vanishing Point (I want that Challenger) 6) Original Gone in 60 Seconds 7) Toy Story I & II 8) Mad Max 9) Death Race 2000 10) Final Destination
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...I was watching one of my favorite movies last night andd got to wondering what are other peoples favorite movies....
I had the best & biggest Disney collection, & foreign film collection on the western slope of Colorado. When I sold the store, I kept all the disney classics & a few favorites:
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