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One Movie
Posted by Iainso on 28 August 2010 - 11:44am.
If you had to choose one movie as your all time favourite, what would it be.
Just one.
I'll go first.
Memento.
Next.
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It would have to be a comedy
Le petit baigneur; the Louis de Funés masterpiece.
English speaking audiences; stay well away from the english dubbed version! It has had every ounce of comedy removed from it's soul...
Almost Famous....
.....with Get Carter a very close second.
But Almost Famous just has the music, the story and the feelgood factor for me. Get Carter is classic but darker, obviously.
The Cars That Ate Paris
I think that the moment the 'veggies' arrive at the ball with the Rice Krispie boxes on their heads is one of the best in all cinema. The whole of the third act, in fact, is just tremendous.
None more vital
This Is Spinal Tap
My choice as well
*turns it up to 11*
It would
have to be
A Canterbury Tale
Same team
but A Matter of Life and Death for me.
One up
Finest movie ever. Extraordinary imagination and conceit, nothing wasted.
Casablanca.
End of debate!
My choice:
Quadrophenia
I have just watched this tonight
For the very first time.
Loved it. Not the right era for me, but it was a brilliant evocation of youth, mates, nights out, romance, belonging, isolation, boredom, losing control, and coming of age.
Worth watching just to hear Michael Elphick's line: "Your Uncle Sid was always trying to kill himself. And when he did, it was an accident."
And is it just me, or could the cast made a pretty good start as a Who lookeelikee band, with Phil Daniels as a young Keith Moon and Phil Davis as Roger Daltrey?
Welcome to Quadrophenia World
Once seen, never forgotten
(Soundtracks not bad either)
Who lookalikee - first time I saw it I thought Phil Davis WAS Roger Daltrey
Lilo & Stitch
You get Elvis music thrown in for free.
Mine would be
Cinema Paradiso
It's a little short on laughs, maybe, but I'll take...
"The Return" (Andrey Zvyagintsev)
Amelie
Funny, heart-warming, Audrey Tautou and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. It does it for me.
My choice
Gregory's Girl - by a long way
Ditto.
And I am from Cumbernauld.
Perhaps you will like this...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/route9autos/sets/72157622054892986/with/382...
Only one.
Rear Window.
Elf
No, really
Worlds best cup of coffee
Good job
Two-Lane Blacktop
Good god!
I saw this and was bored out of my mind. Will rewatch on your recommendation.
I'd agree it's not an action movie.
and maybe the boredom is part of the story - driving across the US is boring for much of the time.
You have to get yourself into a zen frame of mind before watching it :-)
Warren Oates
is in it. Nuff said.
It changes but for now
Up
Best ensemble ever is...
The Big Chill
And Kevin Costner's most convincing character.
The Apartment
Still my no. 1
Grosse Point Blank
Funny, moving, exciting with some fantastic dialogue and a superb soundtrack. Never tire of it.
Never tire of it either.
It's a genuinely great film - and I mean that in its fullest sense, not just "very good".
"DEBI!" [bang] "I LOVE YOU!" [bang] "AND I KNOW WE CAN MAKE THIS RELATIONSHIP WORK!" [bang]
warmth and humour
has to be Sideways by a long chalk.
Straight into it, no messing, top notch cast...........
.........have never started watching and not finished and for the first time saw it on a big screen earlier this year.
The Great Escape
Off the T of my H
Groundhog Day
Das Boot.
<ping!>.......<ping!>.......<ping!>.....
Has to be the full-length German cut
rather than the edited 90-minute US version. (I seem to remember that was dubbed as well wasn't it?)
Agreed...
...Subtitles all the way, though it has to be said, they did go the extra mile with the dubbing, in that it was done by the actual cast. There seem to be a number of cuts - I'm favouring the Directors one which is about 3 and a half hours of tension.
Casablanca...
easy.
Favourite and last
My Fave is The Third Man but if i could only watch one film before I died it would be Summer Holiday (honestly). The memories this would bring back would let me leave this Mortal coil a happy man.
There are...
...many cooler, more "filmy" potential responses, but it's "The Empire Strikes Back" for me. If all others disappeared in a puff of smoke, it's the one I'd need to keep.
Depends...
My favourite film is Sex Lies & Videotape. But if I was going to a desert island and could only take one, I might plump for the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy (extended versions, of course) in German, which would mean by the time I was rescued I'd be fluent in German, Elvish and Mordor-speak.
Did Elvish shing shushpicioush mindsh?
Mine
Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid
No question...
Withnail & I
Has everything I want from a film.
Shawshank Redemption
Wonderful in so many ways.
The Philadelphia Story
for its wit, warmth and sly wisdom. Not to mention its wonderful acting from Stewart, Hepburn K, Cary Grant et al.
Probably...
...the answer will always be the last really good movie that I've watched. So today, it's Paprika.
And should Christopher Nolan win a fistful of Oscars for Inception, I hope he publicly acknowledges the huge debt he owes Paprika's creator, the late Satoshi Kon.
Plagiarism is neither big nor clever.
Close...
...Encounters of the Third Kind.
I've changed my mind!
Having just seen Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, this would now be my one movie. An inventive, highly enjoyable mind-f*ck of a movie, directed by the one and only Edgar Wright. Empire's review claimed it was closer to being an extended episode of Spaced on a Hollywood budget than it is to Shaun Of The Dead or Hot Fuzz. I can wholeheartedly agree with this, and cannot recommend the film highly enough.
Great soundtrack too - think Beck was involved somewhere, but the credit for original music goes to Nigel Godrich.
The Adventures Of Robin Hood
A perfect blend of adventure, romance, swashbucklery and derring-do, a terrific score by Eric Wolfgang Korngold, a wonderful cast (Flynn, Rathbone, Rains, De Havilland) - I really don't think it can be beaten. I remember spending a magical evening in south London several years ago watching this film on a huge screen outdoors; when Basil Rathbone first appeared on screen as the dastardly Guy of Gisbourne the crowd roundly booed him - a few minutes later when Errol Flynn made his first appearance, an almighty cheer arose from everyone watching! They truly don't make 'em like that any more....
They do
except with Russell Crowe and his wandering accent (i didn't mean it Mr Crowe, please don't hurt me!)
Another Bill Forsyth nomination,...
..but for me it's Local Hero. I watch it about twice a year, often when I'm particularly down in the dumps. It never fails to evoke a fuzzy sense of wellbeing, tinged with a hint of self indulgent melancholy. Apart from its genuine greatness as a film, I think my affection for it stems from seeing it as a child, with my mum and dad, when I still held out hope that every life could that simple, fulfilling and full of warmth and beauty.
Local Hero
Strongly agree, as above.
Tempted by Local Hero
For all the reasons AdamRob mentions. Plus the bit when Stella's hanging her frillies out to dry.
But it has to be Star Wars.
I was twelve. It was one of the defining moments of my life. The Classic, Above Bar, Southampton, long ago demolished. All the hype, all the excitement, the reels had come round again and the Old Man took me to see it. He was only slightly less excited than me.
I think it's a masterpiece.
I loved Local Hero as a child.
But every time I watch it, it gets better. There are many films I love, but few which I genuinely love more and more each year. Local Hero is definately one.
Fulton MacKay. Porridge, Local Hero, Fraggle Rock. There's a triple whammy. His scenes with Burt Lancaster are a complete joy.
Back To The Future
A childhood favourite whose appeal has not dimmed over time. Love it every time I see it.
Mediterraneo
fantastic film. Feelgood in the best way.
Airplane
I have watched it upwards of twenty times, and most films bore me after 0.5 times.
Time After Time
H.G.Wells (Malcolm McDowell) pursues Jack The Ripper (David Warner) through time, in his Time Machine, to modern-day San Francisco. What's not to love?
Have an up arrow
for reminding me of a lovely film that I've not seen in years.
Rock & Roll's been goin' downhill every since Buddy Holly died
Has to be American Grafitti for me. Saw it on my 17th birthday and lived every minute of it. Have seen it a number of times since and it still delivers. Great characters, great ensemble acting from a cast who were plucked from relative obscurity, great soundtrack. Without it Star Wars might never have happened.
Surely
It's Fight Club.
I didn't know
we were allowed to talk about Fight Club
Looks like Casablanca .....
....is the only one with more than one vote so far.
I've upped Casablanca above, too
I'll take it, though the Marx Brothers' 'Duck Soup', 'Day at the Races' and 'Night at the Opera' ran it close. As did 'Get Carter', 'The Commitments', 'Back to the Future', 'When We Were Kings' and 'Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten'.
And, 'Stop Making Sense' and 'Woodstock' and...
*is dragged away shouting*
The Commitments?
I've got a real soft spot for that film.
You hardly ever see it mentioned anywhere.
Nice one. I shall be finding myself a copy soon.
Almost more great lines than any other movie, ever made
'It's not roide Sally roide. It's roide Sally, ROIDE.'
'Fuck me, I've just seen Imelda Quirke's arse.'
'He said Jesus sent him.' 'On a fuckin' Suzuki?'
The Commitments
My favourite film ever.
(Silver & Bronze to Goodfellas & The Godfather)
Sorry everyone...
It is 'The Life Of Brian' for me.
Much quoted, a tad over-familiar perhaps, but I'll never forget the profound, eye-opening effect it had upon me at the age of 11. I've never quite recovered.
A very funny film, with a serious, and beautifully delivered message.
Midnight Cowboy
and it has the best soundtrack too.
Distant Voices,
Still Lives.
Have an up arrow, Sting,
for nominating Terence Davies's great masterpiece.
Same for me
All his films are marvellous
Chinatown
for me.
Ref!
I don't think that films should be allowed to vote for other films. Or something.
Chinatown or It's A wonderful Life
Like the dark and light side of the American Dream
Plus One
to that
Roger's finest hour
Moonraker.
Only one?!
OK. 'Black Narcissus'.
"He has an empty stomach and it's gone to his head."
Some Like It Hot
Im with you there
and also The Apartment. Jack Lemmon is my god.
Alec Guiness' finest hour....
"Tunes of Glory"!
Look away - NOW
Lawrence of Arabia
David Lean's finest and a brilliant performance by Peter O'Toole
Goodfellas
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Funny how?
What's funny about it?
You're only supposed to blow the bladdy doors off !!!!
The Italian Job, number one in my personal top 10 since I saw it as a child, and never bettered.
Die
Hard
Double
post
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
Jacques Tati at his best, and for me is the perfect film.
Mind you, Local Hero and Jaws are also picture perfect.
Surprised not to see...
... more votes for "Ben Dover's Anal Spunkfest" - I wouldn't say it was a thriller of the traditional genre, but it always gets me excited.
Alien
But obviously the more obscure black & white French version with Swedish subtitles....
Mad as hell
Network
Hard to top either Casablanca or Cinema Paradiso but
also classic British comedy like Two Way Stretch or the incomparable The Lives of Others; very hard to choose. But my desert island film would have to be The Railway Children - "DADDY, MY DADDY". .
At least it's an ethos...
The Big Lebowski
Cripes, that's a tough question
It's a close run thing between:
The Big Lebowski, just above. Career bests from Jeff Bridges and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Or Local Hero.
But after much thought (well none, realy) it will have to be Trading Places for me. Eddie Murphy is astonishing throughout. Poignant and ridiculous in equal measure.
'Beef jerky time! You want some? There's plenty you know'
It was the Dukes.
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
or Jaws or Citizen Kane or The Sea Hawk or Goldfinger or North By Northwest
Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Got it down to 2
Double Indemnity
The Big Lebowski
Job done - on my bike
Got it down to 2
Double Indemnity
The Big Lebowski
Job done - on my bike
True Romance
After that Taxi Driver or The Shining, and I feel like I should say one of those to be cool. But deep down I LOVE THAT FILM A SILLY AMOUNT!
The Godfather Pt 1
It has it all - love, family, comedy, music, fighting.
Truly a masterpiece.
And my vote goes to
Cinema Paradiso - great film, great soundtrack .. nothing else needs to be said
has to be
Bladerunner. A work of towering genius. Ridley Scott at his best.
and THE best soundtrack ever. Yes I know it's Vangelis but it is magnifecent
and what an opening sequence
Jaws
It's the Dancing Queen of movies. It couldn't be any better.
Fine choices, all
I'd have to go for
" The lives of others" - the tragedy of the story unfolds beautifully. Had me and my GLW in tears.
Wild at Heart
a film about pure, perfect love amidst a nightmarish road movie backdrop of sleazeballs & oddballs, all set to a classic (IMO) soundtrack.
Twelve Monkeys
i have my own copy on dvd , but everytime it comes on tv, i stay up and watch it all over again ... can't help it