A hard choice to make. There are few films I watch again and again, and it's hard to choose between them.
But, I'll go for....
Aliens, the best sci-fi film ever made, nothing else come close, brilliant action, quotable lines, excellent characters and a gritty realness throughout, hard to achieve in sci-fi, and I don't think anything in the genre has since come close.
I do love "Out of Africa", which has already been mentioned, and "Diva"... but I think my ONE favourite film would have to be "Notorious" (Hitchcock film with Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergmann).
Wonderful thread idea, and sorry, Sharkey, but I don't know how this works with putting a trailer into my posting...
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...I think my ONE favourite film would have to be "Notorious" (Hitchcock film with Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergmann).
Wonderful thread idea, and sorry, Sharkey, but I don't know how this works with putting a trailer into my posting...
No problem Frollein. It's just a matter of pasting the URL into the post (Details Here)
Notorious (1946)
I was almost going to put up the Trailer for the new Biggie Smalls biopic, also called Notorious, as it was the first thing that came up on youtube, but I couldn't even bring myself to watch it...
“Fight Club” theory, in which Ferris Bueller, the person, is just a figment of Cameron’s imagination, like Tyler Durden, and Sloane is the girl Cameron secretly loves.
One day while he’s lying sick in bed, Cameron lets “Ferris” steal his father’s car and take the day off, and as Cameron wanders around the city, all of his interactions with Ferris and Sloane, and all the impossible hijinks, are all just played out in his head. This is part of the reason why the “three” characters can see so much of Chicago in less than one day — Cameron is alone, just imagining it all.
It isn’t until he destroys the front of the car in a fugue state does he finally get a grip and decide to confront his father, after which he imagines a final, impossible escape for Ferris and a storybook happy ending for Sloane (”He’s gonna marry me!”), the girl that Cameron knows he can never have.
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A hard choice to make. There are few films I watch again and again, and it's hard to choose between them.
But, I'll go for....
Aliens, the best sci-fi film ever made, nothing else come close, brilliant action, quotable lines, excellent characters and a gritty realness throughout, hard to achieve in sci-fi, and I don't think anything in the genre has since come close.
My all time favourite is "One, two, three" by Billy Wilder. It was shot in Berlin only months before the wall was set up, so it has a really unique setting.
Hard to pick a favorite as I like many... But I thought "Fail Safe" (1964) was excellent. It is often compared to Dr. Strangelove as they are both about cold war tension. However, Fail Safe is not funny - it's serious and suspenseful. The whole movie is mainly dialogue without many special effects. Cast includes Henry Fonda and Walter Matthau.
[trailer is pretty cheesy and doesn't do it justice]
The storyline is so simple yet so well done. It's not a typical revenge fantasy. And the characters are not cardboard cutouts - Commodus (River Phoenix) in particular is a seriously flawed person who wants nothing more than his father's approval and when it is denied, he is pushed over the edge. Maximus (Russell Crowe) is extremely convincing as the grieving father and gladiator. Connie Nielsen as Lucilla, the semi-love interest of Maximus and the sister of Commdous, a schemer who is fiercely protective of her son, is also spot on.
Derek Jacobi as Gracchus deserves special mention, and he has one of the best lines in the movie:
"He will bring them death...and they will love him for it."
Oh, and the score is amazing - especially this song playing over the clip.
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I have to vote for Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
Now look here, luminousmind, sharkey's rules were very clear: you're not allowed to nominate more than one film! So make your choice, which one is your favourite? Hmmm?
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