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I just read that the Pope's 4 favorite movies are
It's a Wonderful Life
Sound of Music
Ordinary People
Life is Beautiful
which was a fun thing to know. It made me think of my own favorite movies, and so far I've come up with
It's a Wonderful Life
Avalon
Baby Boom
The Best Years of Our Lives
Maybe if folks share their favorite movies it will give us all something new to watch. . .
Recent ones that come to mind:
Atonement
Manchester by the sea
Brokeback Mountain
These were once on my favorite list from years ago:
Amadeus,
The Piano with Holly Hunter
Lars and the Real Girl
March of the Penquins
Secret of Roan Innish
The only ones I have seen are Brokeback Mountain and Amadeus, so this is great!
The Shining
The Waking of Ned Divine
A Christmas Story
Jules
It's a Mad, Mad....World (not now, the classic comedy)
The Shining was definitely the scariest movie I ever saw in the theatre.
Let's see. Off the top of my head:
Shirley Valentine
Under The Tuscan Sun
The Replacements
and for pure fun, any of the Tremors movies. LOL
Probably will not do the Tremors but the others are all new to me, thank you!
I don't know if they are truly my favorites out of all the movies I've seen, but these are some that come to mind:
Dramas:
Places in the Heart
The Dollmaker
Schindler's List
Wizard of Oz
Comedies
Overboard (the original one with Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell)
Trading Places
Thinking about my list caused me to go off and watch Lars and the real girl this morning on YouTube. I pay for YouTube. It got me all weepy. Phooey!!! :)
I know what you mean, it would be really hard to just pick that few.Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
Jaws too … in its timeQuote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
Dances with Wolves is one I forgot, although it's a little hard for a re-watch as Costner seems a little too odd these days.
I actually liked Tremors, but not a top favorite.
I love dances with wolves.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rogar
Minus a couple movies I took my boys to when they were little, it's been a long long time since I saw a movie.
Some of my favorites would be....
Kramer vs Kramer
Star Wars (the original)
Terms of Endearment
The Green Mile
Forrest Gump
When Harry Met Sally
It's hard to determine an actual "favorite". For me, any movie that I see on tv that makes me stop channel-surfing and watch, falls into the "favorites" category - or at least "likes a lot". LOL
I haven't given this deep thought, but off the top of my head:
The old Universal horror films
Casablanca
Gone With the Wind
My Fair Lady
The Shining
Badlands
Silence of the Lambs
I have to watch Badlands; my sister in law sent me the music once.
You have eclectic taste, rosa! My Fair Lady and Silence of the Lambs on the same list!Quote:
Originally Posted by rosarugosa
I really did not like Silence of the Lambs--technically it was a great movie, and maybe great because of how it made me feel and not despite it. I saw it in the movie theatre with DH and I just hated how I felt afterwards. I can't even express it, really--maybe dirty? Enveloped in an evil haze?
I agree with happystuff, it's hard to name a few as
favorite" . Apparently most movies I've seen are completely forgettable, because I know I've seen a lot and can't think of many, lol.
If by favorite, we're talking about movies that I will happily watch over and over -
Anything by Jane Austin - whatever version.
The Hobbit (the Peter Jackson one)
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Star Wars - the first three
Star Trek - any and all
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Elf
North by Northwest
Rear Window
The Hunt for Red October (how can you not love a Russian defector with a Scottish brogue?)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Ok, that's way too many!
yeah, the evil haze, and then, Catherine, consider that the novel it all is based on had Hannibal Lecter at “city Hospital “in St. Louis, which is literally half a block down the street from my house in St. Louis.Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
if I was prone to get creeped out by that sort of thing, I think I would’ve been pretty creeped out.
I first watched My Fair Lady and The Sound of Music on the "big screen". Parents would drive us kids up to the big city and the Cinerama, with the three projectors in synch on an enormously wide screen. I mentioned Cinerama to some young folks and they'd never hear of such a thing, although there's Imax now. I was very little, but both were memorable movies that made an impression due to scale.Quote:
Originally Posted by rosarugosa
I remember seeing Sound of Music in the theatres and how beautiful it was.
DH and I have an interesting bond. Both of us saw The Sound of Music with our dads in the movie theatre when it came out. In both our cases, it was the last movie we saw with our fathers. His died, and mine left home. We were both 11-12 at the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
Wow, that *IS* interesting!Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
That is amazing.
Interesting, Catherine. Did that result in you guys feeling a fondness for the movie, or the opposite?
Very cool bond. And very cool that you both actually know that of each other! Meaning, lots of couples don't talk that much in-depth about some things.
I remember, as a child, seeing "Mary Poppins" at a drive-in. First and last time the entire family went to the movies together. LOL
How poignant, Catherine.
I only recall ever going to the movies once with my Dad. I took him to see The Sting. At the surprise ending he let out an incredulous sound! So funny. He was totally sucked in. He wasn't much of a moviegoer and this was my treat.
My list:
LOTR trilogy
The Pianist
The Office
The Usual Suspects
The Lost King
The Lost King? The film about finding the grave of Richard the third? That whole saga was fascinating.Quote:
Originally Posted by KayLR
This reminds me that at one time the last emperor was on my top 10 list, but that was a couple decades ago. But man that reminds me, I need to go find that film and watch it again.
I stand corrected: Mr .Google said Hannibal Lector lived at the old State Asylum for the Insane which is now a forensic center, near our old grocery store.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
But more horror trivia: The real life exorcism that inspired The Exorcist was held at Alexian Brothers Hospital in St. Louis.
Definitely a fondness for the movie, but that may also be because of another bond we share--we're both musical theatre geeks. But also, I have read that adolescence is the worst age to lose a parent, because of how highly charged the young teen emotions are at that time. Neither one of us has spent much time talking about our fathers, but I suspect we both have abandonment issues. Maybe that's the why we've been married almost 50 years. We both have a subconscious compulsion to cling to each other at all costs!Quote:
Originally Posted by rosarugosa