Some of your favorite movies

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Some of your favorite movies

Post by moksha » Fri Dec 15, 2017 9:51 am

What are some of your favorite movies?

I'll start with some of mine and hopefully, you can list your favorites.

Dr. Zhivago
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile
Citizen Kane
Lawrence of Arabia
West Side Story
To Kill a Mocking Bird
Animal House
King of Hearts
A Christmas Carol (esp the Patrick Stewart and George C. Scott versions)
Ghostbusters
Born in East L.A.
The Grapes of Wrath
Rocky
The Adventures of Robin Hood

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Re: Some of your favorite movies

Post by Mad Jax » Fri Dec 15, 2017 8:05 pm

Overall decent list.

Nolan Batman Trilogy
The Thing
Alien
Aliens
Terminator
Terminator 2
Blade Runner
Blade Runner 2049
Forbidden Planet
2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
Valkyrie
Full Metal Jacket
Last of the Mohicans
Predator films
Lady Snowblood (Shurayukihime)
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Re: Some of your favorite movies

Post by Mad Jax » Fri Dec 15, 2017 8:07 pm

PS I have yet to see Citizen Kane.
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Re: Some of your favorite movies

Post by MerrieMiss » Mon Feb 12, 2018 9:22 pm

moksha wrote:
Fri Dec 15, 2017 9:51 am
What are some of your favorite movies?

I'll start with some of mine and hopefully, you can list your favorites.
...Lawrence of Arabia...
Lawrence of Arabia is probably my all time favorite film.

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Re: Some of your favorite movies

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Re: Some of your favorite movies

Post by Corsair » Tue Feb 13, 2018 11:19 am

Silence by Martin Scorcese

I realize that we aren't trying to list movies that are about belief and Mormonism, but this was a deeply interesting movie about belief, unbelief, culture, Christianity, and having revelations from God. It's rated R, but there is no swearing, sex, or nudity in this movie. There is physical cruelty, but no real violence. I would recommend Silence to any believer who wants their beliefs both challenged and affirmed. Scorcese has filmed the "Dark Night of the Soul" that James Fowler describes in his Stages of Faith. You will legitimately feel the Spirit through the first third of the movie where these priests first get to Japanese congregations who have not had a spiritual leader for some time.

As befitting a movie with a title like "Silence", there is no music in this film. The end credits feature only forest and nature sounds. It's unnerving, but really drives home the theme of silence from the story. The production values and acting are fantastic and the Japanese subtitled throughout. The two priests actually speak Portuguese, but the actors use English.

Also, Adam Driver plays one of the priests in this movie. Silence came out in 2017 a few months before Star Wars: The Last Jedi. It's clear that Adam Driver must have been put on a gruelling exercise and bulking regimen in between these films.

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Re: Some of your favorite movies

Post by Ghost » Tue Feb 13, 2018 12:40 pm

Silence is one that impressed me as well. Corsair, you should have cross-posted your comments in the Silence thread. :)
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Re: Some of your favorite movies

Post by RubinHighlander » Tue Feb 13, 2018 5:54 pm

Not in any particular order, just off the top of my head:
Rubin and Ed (of course)
Raising Arizona
The Matrix
Blade Runner 1 & 2
Pride and Prejudice - yup, it's a chick-flick, but it's a damn good one!
So I Married and Axe Murderer
Hamlet (Mel Gibson Glenn Close one)
O'Brother Where Art Thou
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Big Lebowski
The Blue Brothers
Wallace and Gromit
The Martian
LOTR
Alien
Caddy Shack
Apocalypse Now
Terminator
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
The Wedding Singer
Mr. Kruger's Christmas :lol:
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Re: Some of your favorite movies

Post by HighMaintenance » Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:37 pm

Many that have already been mentioned plus:

Donnie Darko
Empire of the Sun
City of God
Everything is Illuminated
Hairspray (the original one)
Grease I & II
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Re: Some of your favorite movies

Post by Corsair » Tue Feb 13, 2018 10:45 pm

Ghost wrote:
Tue Feb 13, 2018 12:40 pm
Silence is one that impressed me as well. Corsair, you should have cross-posted your comments in the Silence thread. :)
Good point. I had not seen the movie when that thread came out.

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Re: Some of your favorite movies

Post by moksha » Thu Feb 15, 2018 6:54 am

Mad Jax wrote:
Fri Dec 15, 2017 8:07 pm
PS I have yet to see Citizen Kane.
Citizen Kane was out of circulation for many years because this veiled semi-biography of William Randolph Hearst angered the newspaper magnate. I wonder if Orson Wells had left out the name Rosebud whether Hearst would have restrained his abuse of power.
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Re: Some of your favorite movies

Post by MoPag » Thu Feb 15, 2018 10:44 am

RubinHighlander wrote:
Tue Feb 13, 2018 5:54 pm
So I Married and Axe Murderer
I totally forgot about this movie! It's awesome!!!

Here is my off the top of my head list:

Lord of the Rings
Orig. Star Wars Trilogy
Sound of Music
The Kings Speech
The Hours
Donnie Darko
Life is Beautiful
Lawrence of Arabia
Man of La Mancha
Les Mis (Hugh Jackman one)
About a Boy
Mamma Mia
Get Shorty
Dumb and Dumber
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Wayne's Word 1 and 2.
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Re: Some of your favorite movies

Post by Fifi de la Vergne » Thu Feb 15, 2018 10:44 am

The Princess Bride
The Green Mile
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Fargo
Amélie
Groundhog Day
Galaxy Quest
Casablanca
Singin' in the Rain
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Re: Some of your favorite movies

Post by nibbler » Sat Feb 17, 2018 12:53 pm

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Re: Some of your favorite movies

Post by moksha » Sat Feb 17, 2018 7:35 pm

MoPag wrote:
Thu Feb 15, 2018 10:44 am
Les Mis (Hugh Jackman one)
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Re: Some of your favorite movies

Post by Meilingkie » Sun Feb 18, 2018 11:16 am

American Beauty
2001
Saving Private Ryan
The Green Mile
Dances with Wolves
The Lift
Amsterdamned
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Re: Some of your favorite movies

Post by Just This Guy » Mon Feb 19, 2018 6:31 pm

All time Favorite:
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn

In no particular order:
Better Off Dead
Blade Runner
The Shawshank Redemption
Halloween (1979)
Alien
Skyfall
Casino Royal (2006)
The Truman Show
The Fifth Element
Raiders of the Lost Ark
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The Incredibles
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Re: Some of your favorite movies

Post by Mad Jax » Mon Feb 19, 2018 6:55 pm

Just This Guy wrote:
Mon Feb 19, 2018 6:31 pm
Blade Runner

Alien

The Fifth Element
These three are inked onto me, though only one is finished.
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Re: Some of your favorite movies

Post by Mad Jax » Mon Feb 19, 2018 6:56 pm

Basically endorsing your whole list, except I didn't care for Skyfall.
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Re: Some of your favorite movies

Post by Just This Guy » Mon Feb 19, 2018 8:16 pm

Mad Jax wrote:
Mon Feb 19, 2018 6:55 pm
Just This Guy wrote:
Mon Feb 19, 2018 6:31 pm
Blade Runner

Alien

The Fifth Element
These three are inked onto me, though only one is finished.
That would be cool to see once they are done, if you are comfortable posting. I totally understand if you are not.
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