Favorite Movie Thread

[keefe]

What, no Bridge on the River Kwai?

Funny you mention this movie as it is a classic. Bridge and 12 O'clock High were both case studies in leadership in business school. I highly recommend watching both from the perspective of good men with life and death responsibility dealing with incredible pressures.

There are no right or wrong answers but it is fascinating to hear how others evaluate the decision making of Colonel Nicholson, Colonel Saito, "CDR" Harry Shears, Major Warden, BG Savage, and Colonel Davenport. Thought-provoking movies with brilliant stories and exceptional actors.

[Cheeks]

Any big Tarantino fans? My top 5 of his:

Kill Bill Volume 1
Reservoir Dogs
Django unchained
Pulp Fiction
Inglorious Bastards

Saw Once Upon A Time this evening.......





I will be curious to see how other Tarantino fans rate it.   Didn’t love it, had a few moments, but definitely didn’t love it.

[Jon]

The Great Escape
12 O'Clock High
On the Waterfront
Lawrence of Arabia
Seven Samurai
Amacord
Goodbye Mr Chips
Psycho
12 Angry Men
Dr Strangelove
The Grand Illusdion
Ran
Gate of Hell
Rashomon
Das Boot
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Harp of Burma
Bridge Over the River Kwai
The Dam Busters
The 400 Blows
La Dolce Vita
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Open City
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Downfall
Triumph of the Will
North by Northwest
Battleship Potemkin
Saving Private Ryan
Citizen Kane
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
From Here to Eternity
The Longest Day
Best Years of Our Lives
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Adam's Rib

[Mutaman]

mccabe + ms miller
SHANE
WILD BUNCH
CITIZEN KANE
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS
BIG LABOWSKI
third man
misfits
the harder they come
in cold blood
get carter Caine version of course
24 hour Party people
rosemary’s baby
good fellows
searching for bobby fisher
red river
millers crossing
trainspotting
get shorty
 Inside Llewyn Davis
Burn After Reading
Serious Man
autofocus
body heat
sweet smell of success
They were expendable   
Rebel W/o a Cause

And of course The Searchers, which is to American Cinema what Huckleberry Finn is to American literature.
      

[rocket surgeon]

i probably saw the movie gran torino a year or so after it came out(2008)  i don't know if i've seen a better movie since.  yes, i've seen some good ones since then, but no better. law abiding citizen was a very close 2nd.  i had no patience for reservoir dogs-kept waiting for something to happen-too much blah-blah-blah for me. 

very good as well-

           american gangster

           donnie brasco

           taxi driver

           the exorcist

[Benny B]

[Cheeks]

For a second I thought I was playing Dragon’s Lair at the arcade

[Galway Eagle]

Airplane

The Wind that Shakes the Barley

Gladiator

Cinderella Man

Breakfast Club

[HouWarrior]

sports movies:

Cross Country:

MacFarland USA

Basketball:

Hoosiers
Blue Chips
Love and Basketball
Glory Road
Hoop Dreams
Coach Carter
He Got Game

Baseball:

Field Of Dreams
Bull Durham
Pride of the Yankees
The Natural
For the Love of the Game
MoneyBall
Major League
61*
League of Their Own
Bang the Drum Slowly
The Rookie
Little Big League
Bad News Bears (a CBB fav-lol)
Eight Men Out

Football:
 Brians Song (Caan/Billy Dee Williams version)
Remember the Titans
Rudy
Friday Night Lights
The Express
North Dallas Forty
Longest Yard (original vers)
We Are Marquette (Marshall- lol)
Invincible
All the Right Moves

Hockey:
 Miracle on Ice(docu.)
Miracle (Kurt Russell)
Slap Shot
Mighty Ducks
The Rocket

Golf:
Caddyshack
Greatest Game Ever Played
Bagger Vance
Tin Cup

Soccer:
The Damn United
Bend it Like Beckham
Joyeaux Noel
Victory

Swimming:

Pride

Bicycling:

Breaking Away
American Flyer
Flying Scotsman
The Armstrong Lie

Boxing:

The Harder They Fall
Rocky
Raging Bull
Cinderella Man
Requiem For a Heavyweight
Ali
Million Dollar Baby
Hurricane
The Fighter


Fishing:

A River Runs Through It
On Golden Pond
Old Man and the Sea
Grumpy Old Men

Wrestling:
Vision Quest
Foxcatcher
Win Win
The Wrestler

Track:
Chariots of Fire

Horses:
Sea Biscuit
Secretariat

Racing:
Lemans
Driven
Rush
Senna
Grand Prix
Fast and Furious

Pool:
The Hustler
Color of Money

Surfing:
Endless Summer

[Jon]

And of course The Searchers, which is to American Cinema what Huckleberry Finn is to American literature.

You mean, John Ford's tribute to the official government policy of slaughtering the Native American peoples?

[LloydsLegs]

You mean, John Ford's tribute to the official government policy of slaughtering the Native American peoples?

Says the man who just endorsed as one of his favorite films "Triumph of the Will"

"You mean, Leni Refienstahl's tribute to the official Nazi party and its policy of purification and demonization that led to the Holocaust?"

Wow.

[Spotcheck Billy]

Says the man who just endorsed as one of his favorite films "Triumph of the Will"

"You mean, Leni Refienstahl's tribute to the official Nazi party and its policy of purification and demonization that led to the Holocaust?"

Wow.

He just did a copy/paste of a list he saw elsewhere without proofing it.

[jesmu84]

He just did a copy/paste of a list he saw elsewhere without proofing it.

Seems to be common with him.

[Jon]

Says the man who just endorsed as one of his favorite films "Triumph of the Will"

"You mean, Leni Refienstahl's tribute to the official Nazi party and its policy of purification and demonization that led to the Holocaust?"

Wow.

Triumph of the Will is a masterpiece in the study of manipulation, propaganda, and outreach.

You either get that or you don't. You don't have to agree with the message to acknowledge brilliance.

[LloydsLegs]

Triumph of the Will is a masterpiece in the study of manipulation, propaganda, and outreach.

You either get that or you don't. You don't have to agree with the message to acknowledge brilliance.

You have made my point.

You permit yourself to disagree with the vile message of a film and yet acknowledge that it one of your favorites; others are not permitted like discretion.

One need not agree with all that a film such as The Searchers stands for to believe that it as an excellent and enjoyable film. 

You either get that or you don't.

[Separately, I will add that to acknowledge the manipulative brilliance of Triumph of the Will hardly justifies making it one's favorite; that is twisted.  But it is of course a personal opinion to which you are entitled.]
 

 

[Mutaman]

You mean, John Ford's tribute to the official government policy of slaughtering the Native American peoples?

It was this kind of mentality that caused the know-nothings to ban Huckleberry Finn from libraries. Just because a work of art treats the subject of racism doesn't make it raciest.

[Herman Cain]

https://youtu.be/b928C7rx6jI?si=YkQKjypL-SdiOudf