Favorite Movies

[paladin5]

Justr curious what is eveyones favorite movie? Mine is V for Vendetta because of the strong messsage it conveys.

[Ed Rotondaro]

Justr curious what is eveyones favorite movie? Mine is V for Vendetta because of the strong messsage it conveys.

Michael:

I have not seen the movie, but have herad good things about it. My wife and I rented Vantage Point this weekend and that was a well made thriller with great acting and a taut plot. Highly recommended as the layers of intrigue get peeled away.

[paladin5]

Michael:

I have not seen the movie, but have herad good things about it. My wife and I rented Vantage Point this weekend and that was a well made thriller with great acting and a taut plot. Highly recommended as the layers of intrigue get peeled away.


Now that is a good movie. And I would highly recomend V for Vendetta. It is a superb movie. And unlike most action movies the story is far more important then the actual action. Another good action choice would be 300, though not if you have little kids around. It gets pretty bloody.

[old_pop2000]

Now that is a good movie. And I would highly recomend V for Vendetta. It is a superb movie. And unlike most action movies the story is far more important then the actual action. Another good action choice would be 300, though not if you have little kids around. It gets pretty bloody.


One of my favorite movies is Dawn Patrol, the other is "The Cruel Sea".

[Warship NWS]

My all time favorite war movie will always be A Bridge Too Far. 2nd up is Tora Tora Tora. Favorite Sci-Fi's.. Alien and AVP series. The radicaly updated Transformers movie rocks also.

Thanks.

[Ed Rotondaro]

My all time favorite war movie will always be A Bridge Too Far. 2nd up is Tora Tora Tora. Favorite Sci-Fi's.. Alien and AVP series. The radicaly updated Transformers movie rocks also.

Thanks.

Chris:

A Bridge Too Far was a very realistic depiction of combat for the time period, sort of like a precursos to Saving Private Ryan. I think I read somewhere that Rodbert Redford got several million dollars for his very brief appearance in the film.

[paladin5]

One of my favorite movies is Dawn Patrol, the other is "The Cruel Sea".


I haven't even heard of either of those.

[Scott Chisholm]

I haven't even heard of either of those.

Amigo, you are showing your apparent youth! :p

Whew, that's a tough one....

War: In Harm's Way, followed closely by The Lighthorsemen and the ~1930s version of The Four Feathers
Sci-Fi: Forbidden Planet, followed closely by Serenity
Drama: The Cotton Club
Comedy: Grosse Point Blank

[keschofield]

My sentimental favorite movie is "Remember the Titans" with Denzel Washington. Its my favorite because my youngest son and I were extras in it and are just visible in the crowd in the stadium near the end.

I almost got to be an extra in "A Bridge Too Far". I was living in Holland at the time, but heard about the opportunity a couple of days too late. We did drive up to Devanter and got to see some of the filming sites. Pretty cool.

[old_pop2000]

Amigo, you are showing your apparent youth! :p

Whew, that's a tough one....

War: In Harm's Way, followed closely by The Lighthorsemen and the ~1930s version of The Four Feathers
Sci-Fi: Forbidden Planet, followed closely by Serenity
Drama: The Cotton Club
Comedy: Grosse Point Blank

Good choices in Forbidden Planet and Four Feathers. I also like Gunga Din with Sam Jaffe. My all time favorite is Sergei Eisenstein's films- Ivan The Terrible, Battleship Potemkin and of course, Alexander Nevsky.

Wings is a good movie.

[ksf1973]

Let's see... These are all the five-star (i.e. best) films from my personal list:

- Blade Runner

- The Blues Brothers

- Highlander

- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

- Night of the Living Dead

- Casablanca

- Dr. Strangelove

- The Maltese Falcon

[Warship NWS]

I almost forgot.. Im also a big fan of the Terminator series. :)

[john964]

Chris:

A Bridge Too Far was a very realistic depiction of combat for the time period, sort of like a precursos to Saving Private Ryan. I think I read somewhere that Robert Redford got several million dollars for his very brief appearance in the film.
No ED all the actors in the movie were paid about the same some more some less. Redford was paid 2 mill the rest 250-750 k. And IMO you will never again see a movie made with so many 'A' list actors in one cast IIRC the movie had 5-6 former Oscar and BAFTA winners and 3-4 that would win in the next few years. Redford was one of many in that film who were at the top of there game IIRC the Oscar and BAFTA winners were Hackman, O'Neal, Redford, Gould, Olivier and Schell. Caine, Connery and Hopkins would win in the coming years. FYI the BAFTA is the British equivelent to the Oscar.

[john964]

Let see my favorites

War The Longest Day, A Bridge Too Far, Saving Pvt Ryan, Midway, In Harms Way and Tora Tora Tora

SciFi 'two words' Star Wars

Drama Untouchables

Westerns Just about anything with the Duke

Action Dirty Harry and Teminator

[Ed Rotondaro]

Let's see... These are all the five-star (i.e. best) films from my personal list:

- Blade Runner

- The Blues Brothers

- Highlander

- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

- Night of the Living Dead

- Casablanca

- Dr. Strangelove

- The Maltese Falcon

Kristian:

That's a good list, I love Casablanca and Dr. Strangelove. And Night of the Living Dead is still scary after all these years.

[Ed Rotondaro]

No ED all the actors in the movie were paid about the same some more some less. Redford was paid 2 mill the rest 250-750 k. And IMO you will never again see a movie made with so many 'A' list actors in one cast IIRC the movie had 5-6 former Oscar and BAFTA winners and 3-4 that would win in the next few years. Redford was one of many in that film who were at the top of there game IIRC the Oscar and BAFTA winners were Hackman, O'Neal, Redford, Gould, Olivier and Schell. Caine, Connery and Hopkins would win in the coming years. FYI the BAFTA is the British equivelent to the Oscar.

John:

I went out and looked the movie up once the discussion began. You're right about the cast, you couldn't afford that many A list types anymore unless they all agreed to work for scale.

[Ed Rotondaro]

Let see my favorites

War The Longest Day, A Bridge Too Far, Saving Pvt Ryan, Midway, In Harms Way and Tora Tora Tora

SciFi 'two words' Star Wars

Drama Untouchables

Westerns Just about anything with the Duke

Action Dirty Harry and Teminator

John:

If you like the Untouchables (i certainly do) you'll like Tom Hanks movie "The Road to Perdition". Very good gangster movie with lots of atmosphere.

[old_pop2000]

Let's see... These are all the five-star (i.e. best) films from my personal list:

- Blade Runner

- The Blues Brothers

- Highlander

- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

- Night of the Living Dead

- Casablanca

- Dr. Strangelove

- The Maltese Falcon

Almost forgot, all the Bogie movies, Clint Eastwood, and Dr. Strangelove. Good Ole Major Kong.

[john964]

John:

If you like the Untouchables (i certainly do) you'll like Tom Hanks movie "The Road to Perdition". Very good gangster movie with lots of atmosphere.Darn I forgot to put in The Green Mile. As for Gangster movies The Sting, Good Fellas Bugsey Malone and if you want some real laughs Johnney Dangerously

[ksf1973]

Darn I forgot to put in The Green Mile. As for Gangster movies The Sting, Good Fellas Bugsey Malone and if you want some real laughs Johnney Dangerously

"Don't hang me on a hook, Johnny... My mother hung me on a hook once... Once!":D

[asnrobert]

I like Tora Tora Tora, Midway, Dr. Strangelove, and one of my all time favorites is Battle of Britain, with Michael Caine and Sir Lawrence Olivier (I recently bought the Blue-Ray version).

I saw The Cruel Sea on television years ago as a kid (I believe it is based on a novel by Nicholas Montserrat). Another good sea movie is The Bedford Incident, with Sidney Poitier, Richard Widmark, and the guy who played Dan-O on Hawaii 5-0 (I think his last name was MacArthur).

[Scott Chisholm]

I like Tora Tora Tora, Midway, Dr. Strangelove, and one of my all time favorites is Battle of Britain, with Michael Caine and Sir Lawrence Olivier (I recently bought the Blue-Ray version).

I saw The Cruel Sea on television years ago as a kid (I believe it is based on a novel by Nicholas Montserrat). Another good sea movie is The Bedford Incident, with Sidney Poitier, Richard Widmark, and the guy who played Dan-O on Hawaii 5-0 (I think his last name was MacArthur).

I was the Nuclear Power Officer at the University of Texas from October 1990 to February 1993. Each semester, we'd have a surface and submarine officer visit the Unit and do a recruiting pitch (being Staff, I had no credibility with the Mids - ungrateful wretches!), and I'd host a pizza party/movie for any of the Midshipmen interested in the Nuclear Power Program.

The first time, I showed The Hunt for Red October...

The next time, Das Boot...

The third time, The Bedford Incident....

You should have heard the whining about a black and white movie. I finally told the Mids that if they didn't like the movie, I'd host another pizza party the following week (those parties were about a $150 out of pocket expense for me).

At the end of the movie, you could have heard a pin drop. And, the Mids had been so engrossed in the movie that half the pizza hadn't been eaten.

I didn't have to host another party the following week.... :D

[jsom]

Here's my short list:)....no particular order after Casablanca my favorite movie of all time.

Casablanca
The Hunt for Red October
Shawshank Redemption
Saving Private Ryan
Downfall
Master and Commander (Far Side of the World)
The Right Stuff
Apollo 13
The Searchers


John

[ksf1973]

I remember seeing the Bedford Incident when I was about 9 or 10. Very scary film, especially since I was actually old enough at the time to understand what it was about.

[john964]

I remember seeing the Bedford Incident when I was about 9 or 10. Very scary film, especially since I was actually old enough at the time to understand what it was about.
Kris, I hate to tell you but Bedford Incident and Moby Dick are almost one and the same.

[old_pop2000]

Here's my short list:)....no particular order after Casablanca my favorite movie of all time.

Casablanca
The Hunt for Red October
Shawshank Redemption
Saving Private Ryan
Downfall
Master and Commander (Far Side of the World)
The Right Stuff
Apollo 13
The Searchers


John

Good choice, The Searchers. I have always enjoyed that movie. I've always enjoyed 'Seven Samurai" by Akira Kurosawa. Magnificent Seven was based on his original movie.

[jsom]

Good choice, The Searchers. I have always enjoyed that movie. I've always enjoyed 'Seven Samurai" by Akira Kurosawa. Magnificent Seven was based on his original movie.


I also liked 'Seven Samurai'. I just put 'The Cruel Sea' on my netflix list. Looking forward to watching it.

[Ed Rotondaro]

I was the Nuclear Power Officer at the University of Texas from October 1990 to February 1993. Each semester, we'd have a surface and submarine officer visit the Unit and do a recruiting pitch (being Staff, I had no credibility with the Mids - ungrateful wretches!), and I'd host a pizza party/movie for any of the Midshipmen interested in the Nuclear Power Program.

The first time, I showed The Hunt for Red October...

The next time, Das Boot...

The third time, The Bedford Incident....

You should have heard the whining about a black and white movie. I finally told the Mids that if they didn't like the movie, I'd host another pizza party the following week (those parties were about a $150 out of pocket expense for me).

At the end of the movie, you could have heard a pin drop. And, the Mids had been so engrossed in the movie that half the pizza hadn't been eaten.

I didn't have to host another party the following week.... :D

You're good man Scott Chisholm.

[Ed Rotondaro]

Good choice, The Searchers. I have always enjoyed that movie. I've always enjoyed 'Seven Samurai" by Akira Kurosawa. Magnificent Seven was based on his original movie.

Dennis:


Anything by Kurosawa is good.

[ksf1973]

Kris, I hate to tell you but Bedford Incident and Moby Dick are almost one and the same.

I know that now, but back then, I was just a little kid at the beginning of the 1980's, and it helped reinforce my absolute conviction that nuclear annihilation was just around the corner.

[clacton2]

Hi,
Just a few of my favourites:

War: Downfall, Enemy at the Gates, Sink the Bismark, Schindlers List.
Sci-Fi: The Day After Tomorrow, Millennium, All of the Alien and Star Wars films.
Thrillers: The Shawshank Redemption, The Rock.
Comedy: From Dusk Til Dawn, Shaun of the Dead.
Horror: 28 days later, Dawn of the Dead, Dracula.
Western: The Magnificent Seven, The Alamo.

Jon

[old_pop2000]

Hi,
Just a few of my favourites:

War: Downfall, Enemy at the Gates, Sink the Bismark, Schindlers List.
Sci-Fi: The Day After Tomorrow, Millennium, All of the Alien and Star Wars films.
Thrillers: The Shawshank Redemption, The Rock.
Comedy: From Dusk Til Dawn, Shaun of the Dead.
Horror: 28 days later, Dawn of the Dead, Dracula.
Western: The Magnificent Seven, The Alamo.

Jon

I can agree on Sink the Bismarck, I recently converted it and put it on my IPOD. The Day After Tomorrow was interesting but not realistic. The Magnificent Seven was great, always a favorite. The Alamo was not historically correct, hate that.

I like the two Ice Age movies, but my all time favorite comedies probably would be Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines, Those Daring Young Men in their Jaunty Jalopies and The Race. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World was great.

I avoid the Vietnam war movies except We were soldier once..and Young.

Dante's Peak was interesting, but a bit hokey.

The Guns of Navarone is a favorite. Another movie that is interesting is Spitfire with David Niven and Leslie Howard. It was Leslie Howard's last movie, he enlisted in the RAF and died on a flight over the Bay of Biscay.

Some more interesting WWII British movies are: Reach for the Sky, 633 Squadron, The Heroes of Telemark, and the Dam Busters. Reach for the Sky is about Douglas Bader.

[Saffron]

Sci Fi: Close Encounters of the Third Kind; The Butterfly Effect; Star Trek
War: Saving Private Ryan; Gettysburg; Full Metal Jacket
Comedy: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles; The Ref; Ruthless People
Drama: Hunt for Red October; Fargo; Stand By Me; Schindler's List
Action: Indiana Jones Trilogy; Braveheart; Red Dawn

I never could get into the old black and whites due to their usage of the classical acting approach.

[old_pop2000]

...
I never could get into the old black and whites due to their usage of the classical acting approach.

I view movies as a window into the past and other cultures. I enjoy Ingmar Bergmann movies because it reflects his society, Kurosawa, Eisenstein, Federico Fellini etc. for the same reason. I enjoy the 1930's and 1940's movies because they reflect a different era. The old cars, buildings etc. I know they are sets, but they are direct reflections of those eras.

Movies are entertainment, to me. I watch to be entertained. I am a purist.

[Citadelvette]

I was the Nuclear Power Officer at the University of Texas from October 1990 to February 1993. Each semester, we'd have a surface and submarine officer visit the Unit and do a recruiting pitch (being Staff, I had no credibility with the Mids - ungrateful wretches!), and I'd host a pizza party/movie for any of the Midshipmen interested in the Nuclear Power Program.

The first time, I showed The Hunt for Red October...

The next time, Das Boot...

The third time, The Bedford Incident....

You should have heard the whining about a black and white movie. I finally told the Mids that if they didn't like the movie, I'd host another pizza party the following week (those parties were about a $150 out of pocket expense for me).

At the end of the movie, you could have heard a pin drop. And, the Mids had been so engrossed in the movie that half the pizza hadn't been eaten.

I didn't have to host another party the following week.... :D

I wish one of my LTs had thrown a party or two, all I got was charts and moboards.:mad:
I really like Gettysburg, its a well made movie and I reenacted with some of the men who participated in the movie, plus its almost the same as the book its based on, The Killer Angels
I love the Indiana Jones Series they are my all time favorite films.
I also love sci-fi films, I'm definatley aTREKKER but pretty much if its sci-fi I'm there.
I also am a fan of the LOTR films, they are well made but even the extended versions fail to match the full power and scale of Tolkien's story... of course I don't know how many people other than myself who would sit through a four-five hour flick.

[jsom]

Hi,
Just a few of my favourites:

War: Downfall, Enemy at the Gates, Sink the Bismark, Schindlers List.Jon


Yes Schindler's List would definitly be on my list...in fact in my top five. Probably a few more that I couldn't think of off the top of my head. I never saw Sink the Bismark...at least I can't remember if I saw it. But that and the 'The Cruel Sea' are heading my way from netflix:)


John

[Ed Rotondaro]

I view movies as a window into the past and other cultures. I enjoy Ingmar Bergmann movies because it reflects his society, Kurosawa, Eisenstein, Federico Fellini etc. for the same reason. I enjoy the 1930's and 1940's movies because they reflect a different era. The old cars, buildings etc. I know they are sets, but they are direct reflections of those eras.

Movies are entertainment, to me. I watch to be entertained. I am a purist.

Dennis:

Some of the film noir classics with Bogart give me that same atmospheric feeling. And the first two Godfather movies do the same, especially the scenes in Little Italy when Vito Corleone is just a young man. I can relate to what my grandparents went thru when they first came here in 1913.

[john964]

I also am a fan of the LOTR films, they are well made but even the extended versions fail to match the full power and scale of Tolkien's story... of course I don't know how many people other than myself who would sit through a four-five hour flick.I am I spent a Saturday about 2 weeks ago watching the entire extended version from start to finish about 10 or so hours, then I spent Sunday watching all the bonous discs nearly 20 hours.

[Mart]

I am I spent a Saturday about 2 weeks ago watching the entire extended version from start to finish about 10 or so hours, then I spent Sunday watching all the bonous discs nearly 20 hours.

How strange! I did exactly the same the weekend before this one - not the extended version, but I did watch them all back-to-back, and got to bed at 4am. I don't always find it easy to watch TV for long periods, and I'd had the trilogy for a few years, and more recently, the extended trilogy. I bought them in sort of memory of my brother, who died quite young, about 10 years ago, because had been a completely obsessive LOTR fan from his early teens. I inherited a special edition of the book from him, and promised myself I'd buy the films when they came onto DVD. To be honest, I thought I'd never get round to watching them. Then I just sat down about 6.30pm 10 days ago, and watched the 1st, and then thought "if I leave it now, it may be years before I watch the second film", so in the end, I just watched the lot. Truly enjoyable. A great series of films. Wonderful.

Cheers

Martin

[john964]

How strange! I did exactly the same the weekend before this one - not the extended version, but I did watch them all back-to-back, and got to bed at 4am. I don't always find it easy to watch TV for long periods, and I'd had the trilogy for a few years, and more recently, the extended trilogy. I bought them in sort of memory of my brother, who died quite young, about 10 years ago, because had been a completely obsessive LOTR fan from his early teens. I inherited a special edition of the book from him, and promised myself I'd buy the films when they came onto DVD. To be honest, I thought I'd never get round to watching them. Then I just sat down about 6.30pm 10 days ago, and watched the 1st, and then thought "if I leave it now, it may be years before I watch the second film", so in the end, I just watched the lot. Truly enjoyable. A great series of films. Wonderful.

Cheers

MartinWell from what I understand Jackson is currently filming The Hobbet and is due out late 2011 and a second one in 2012

[paladin5]

Let's see... These are all the five-star (i.e. best) films from my personal list:

- Blade Runner

- The Blues Brothers

- Highlander

- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

- Night of the Living Dead

- Casablanca

- Dr. Strangelove

- The Maltese Falcon



I while back I saw around the last 20 minutes of Dr. Strangelove on one of the classic movie channels. I had heard that it was good, but I didn't realize it was that good. I need to find it on DVD.

[paladin5]

I wish one of my LTs had thrown a party or two, all I got was charts and moboards.:mad:
I really like Gettysburg, its a well made movie and I reenacted with some of the men who participated in the movie, plus its almost the same as the book its based on, The Killer Angels
I love the Indiana Jones Series they are my all time favorite films.
I also love sci-fi films, I'm definatley aTREKKER but pretty much if its sci-fi I'm there.
I also am a fan of the LOTR films, they are well made but even the extended versions fail to match the full power and scale of Tolkien's story... of course I don't know how many people other than myself who would sit through a four-five hour flick.


Hmm I recently got a 2 pack that had Gettysburg and Gods and Generals. I decided to watch them back to back, and to make a long story short that took up most of a day, and it was a day will spent.

[john964]

I while back I saw around the last 20 minutes of Dr. Strangelove on one of the classic movie channels. I had heard that it was good, but I didn't realize it was that good. I need to find it on DVD.
Try subscribing to Netflix its resonably priced and they have 60,000+ movies. I have watched such classics as Red River, Who shot Liberty Valance, Guns of Navarone, No Man is an Island, The Longest Day, and on and on and on.... Plus you can watch old TV shows like Star Trek TOS, MASH, JAG, Coach and on and on.

[Spook046]

I wish one of my LTs had thrown a party or two, all I got was charts and moboards.:mad:
I really like Gettysburg, its a well made movie and I reenacted with some of the men who participated in the movie, plus its almost the same as the book its based on, The Killer Angels


I generally liked "Gettysburg" too; it was a bit contrived IMO at given points, but the part with the 20th Maine making its stand on Little Round Top conveyed well the sense of a regimental-size "pitched battle" that doesn't come across as well in other ACW-based movies or TV shows.

There was one other scene in that movie, where the Gen. Kemper character comments to Gen. George Pickett: "Well, George, you have a way of trivializing the momentous, and complicating the obvious."

That would capture my feelings of the sequel movie "Gods and Generals", which was VERY tedious and poorly executed overall, a real chore to watch in entirety. The lesson from that effort was that if at all possible to do, "Gods and Generals" and anything attempting similar scope should instead be made as a miniseries (TV or DVD or whatnot).

[Warship NWS]

Just as quick note, for anyone who did not know this already, we also sell movies on our store here at NWS. Even if the title is not shown on our store ask anyways.. if its available we can get it for you. DVD and Blu-Ray. ;)

http://www.nws-online.net

Thanks.