What is your favorite movie of all time?

[Trelow]

Patton

 

[LilyM]

You’ve got me pegged, Lily

Although I’ve never visited (sure hope to someday, though!), I’ve always had a fascination with Australia.

I was actually considering emigrating there, until I found out that Aus is the spider capital of the world! Funnel web, huntsman, yikes! And I know the huntsman is a “good guy” spider, but still … if I saw that climbing around my walls … :bigyikes:

And New Zeland has the weta :bigyikes:

/sigh

(Yes, I am the world’s biggest insectophobe )

Haha, if you stick to the cities you should be alright. It’s been too dry around here for the last few years anyway - not a lot of spiders around.

The house I grew up in had lots of huntsmans though. It got to the point where I could wake up and see one on the wall near my head, and just turn over and go back to sleep without worrying about it.

 

[canadianlife]

Amadeus

I love Mozart and its such a great movie. Abraham plays Salieri so well, and the scene of the two of them composing the Requiem is my favourite scene from any movie.

The Pianist

A great, and true story about a polish pianist during the holocaust. Really puts you into the Jews’ shoes during that time. And all I can say is the German general is probably in Heaven right now after what he did. And the one of last lines is a pure gem.
(walking into Russian controlled area with a German coat, he’s getting shot at by the Russians and he goes “No, No, I…I Polish”…“Why the f***ing coat?”…“I’m cold”)

 

[Faith1960]

Ok, we all have one, that favorite movie we love, you know, your going through the t.v. channels and there is your favorite movie, ya know you’ve seen it a zillion times but, ya gotta stop and watch it again…what is that one show that gets ya everytime?

I’ll start…

my have to watch it show is " Gone with the wind" and thankgoodness it isn’t played very often on television, I’d be watching it all the time, I’ve loved it since I was a little girl and I love it to this day.

Ok, who is next??

Gosh, I have so many like that. They’re my “comfort movies.” Some of my comfort movies are, “You’ve Got Mail,” “Sleepless in Seattle,” most Molly Ringwald movies, “The Karate Kid,” “Something’s Gotta Give” just to name a few…

 

[Faith1960]

good thread! i love movies!

gone with the wind (gorgeous and i always wanted to be like melanie and fail miserably! ) and braveheart (hey i’m scottish, what more can i say?), and devdas and monsoon wedding. the last two are bollywood films and are beautiful. all about family! if you haven’t seen them, you must!

oh and malena with monica belluci, utterly heartbreaking…

i can’t say just one film, i like too many!

Your comment about the movies that are all about family reminded me of another favorite of mine that I watch whenever it’s on – My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

 

[Faith1960]

I love that one, too

More favorites:

The Dish
Signs
Kolya
Amelie
Whale Rider
The Others
Dave

I rented The Others last year around Halloween and it creeped the heck out of me. That’s one spooky movie. :bigyikes:

 

[sea_oat]

Misery
Forrest Gump
Memoirs of a Geisha
Little Women (1994 version)

 

[Eireann]

One that always riveted me to the seat, even as a child, was the “Song of Bernadette” even now I never get tired watching it.

 

[LilyM]

My main ‘must see to the end’ movie is Four Weddings and a Funeral. I love the two Bridget Jones movies as well.

 

[Morwenna]

I rented The Others last year around Halloween and it creeped the heck out of me. That’s one spooky movie. :bigyikes:

Yes, it is … and it does it with almost no “special effects” … just good old-fashioned storytelling! That’s such a rarity nowadays … heavy-duty special effects are often used to distract viewers from a mediocre story, mediocre casting, mediocre acting, etc. And most "scary"movies now are just blood-and-guts-fests … sickening, not spooky.

I loved the twist ending, too … I didn’t see it coming until the scene with the table. Wow!

Spooky without blood & gore, and poignant, too. Great movie

 

[ChristianWAB]

Superman: The Movie (1978) – Ahhhh, yes! My all-time favorite movie about my all-time favorite comic strip character. The Man of Steel has been, for pretty much as long as I can remember, the one guy I’ve always wished I could be, but knew I never *would *be. Yet, that never discouraged me from thoroughly enjoying this movie.

This movie literally has everything.

It’s crazy, but it’s like you’re watching three distinct movies, all wrapped up in one. You start off on the planet Krypton where everybody is highly civilized, advanced, sophisticated and speaks as if they all had their doctorate degrees. The planet explodes, Kal-El’s rocketing toward Earth and before you know it, you’re in the second movie – something that looks like it’s coming straight out of an Andrew Wyeth painting *(“Christina’s World” comes to mind immediately). *

We spend some time in the nothingness of Smallville at the Kent farm and before too long, BAM! – right into the heart of Metropolis where the fast-paced comic strip world begins and ushers in the third major part of the movie.

Now, the action begins and doesn’t let up until the closing credits. For those who expected to see camp, they didn’t get it. They saw moving, realistic performances and a virtual nobody named Christopher Reeve became immortalized as the fresh-faced 26 year old Man of Steel.

And if the great backdrops, top-notch script, innovative special effects and excellent cast weren’t enough, you have the essential topping on the cake – the music! Oh, wow! I really credit the movies of my youth like Superman, Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark for instilling me with the love of orchestral music that I have today. I mean, who in this country can hear the opening notes of the main title march and not immediately tell you that it’s from Superman?

Literally every single piece from the Superman soundtrack is a recognizable, timeless masterpiece of symphonic harmony and grace. This was the movie that had me, at the age of like six, running around my neighborhood with arms outstretched in my blue thermals and my Superman Underoos, almost convinced that I could fly. Couple that with my best friend’s mother who was handy enough with a needle, thread and Velcro to fashion us both with kid-sized Superman capes, and I was forever enchanted with this movie.

Of all of the movies I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching in my 31 years of life, none thusfar have quite managed to top this 1978 classic. So far, the movie has spawned four other sequels (one that just came out this past June, 2006), but you always remember your first. Superman II was almost as good as the first one and Superman Returns was, in my humble opinion, not too shabby, either *(…I won’t even discuss the abysmal numbers III and IV). *

 

[Faith1960]

Yes, it is … and it does it with almost no “special effects” … just good old-fashioned storytelling! That’s such a rarity nowadays … heavy-duty special effects are often used to distract viewers from a mediocre story, mediocre casting, mediocre acting, etc. And most "scary"movies now are just blood-and-guts-fests … sickening, not spooky.

I loved the twist ending, too … I didn’t see it coming until the scene with the table. Wow!

Spooky without blood & gore, and poignant, too. Great movie

I agree and I was totally surprised at the ending too! Again, it was so creepy!

 

[Faith1960]

My main ‘must see to the end’ movie is Four Weddings and a Funeral. I love the two Bridget Jones movies as well.

Do you like Hugh Grant? If so, a movie that I really, really loved was About a Boy, starring Hugh Grant and a favorite of mine, Toni Collette. It was a very touching movie.

 

[ssejllenrad]

The Passion of the Christ. Hands down.

Runners-up are:

1. Gladiator
2. Braveheart
3. Love Affair (Warren Beatty/Annette Benning version)
4. The Last of the Mohicans
5. The Kingdom of Heaven
6. LOTR trilogy
7. The Notebook

That’s already too many…
…Aaaaw men! Gotta stop before I place evry single of movie I’ve watch… Hehehe!

 

[Faith1960]

I have a movie I do NOT recommend. I just watched Sleepy Hollow on the recommendation of someone. It was a Tim Burton movie. I don’t like Tim Burton movies but I didn’t realize it was on of his until it started. This movie was really gross and, in typical Tim Burton style, really weird.

 

[Liberalsaved]

This movie was really gross and, in typical Tim Burton style, really weird.

Bah! The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride and the original Batman mean I will always turn out for a Burton movie. Of course Batman and Nightmare are the only two I ever bothered to watch more than once, so make of that what you will.

 

[LilyM]

Do you like Hugh Grant? If so, a movie that I really, really loved was About a Boy, starring Hugh Grant and a favorite of mine, Toni Collette. It was a very touching movie.

I don’t like Hugh Grant in particular, but yes I’ve seen About A Boy a couple of times and it’s a great movie.

 

[patrick457]

Gotta be ‘The Gospel according to St. Matthew’ or ‘The Spongebob Squarepants movie’.

 

[patrick457]

Here’s an extended version:
The Gospel according to St. Matthew
The Spongebob Squarepants movie
Harry Potter (all three)
The Passion of the Christ
Jesus Christ Superstar
Shaolin Soccer
Kung Fu Hustle
Exorcist: The Beginning
Shrek (1 and 2)
The Greatest Story ever Told

 

[MarthaMartha]

Do you like Hugh Grant? If so, a movie that I really, really loved was About a Boy, starring Hugh Grant and a favorite of mine, Toni Collette. It was a very touching movie.

Toni is also in another good recent one, “Little Miss Sunshine.” It’s rated R (raw language and Grandpa is a drug addict), but there is a message of redemption in it.