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Mr. Fancypants

Blade Runner, one of the few films i can watch again and again

NothingMan

Don't know if I could pick one favourite film but put on the spot maybe Almost Famous. Always makes me wanna ditch everything and become a writer, rockstar or whatever I could think of, maybe one day I will... probably not though.

allanb49

My favorite movie,


Has to be ghostbusters


, as many will know on the movie forum my love for this movie.

The reason behind it is it serves as one of my earliest memories of life and of cinema, It's held up well over time and i had the joy of seeing it earlier this year in the Screen cinema on Hawkins St Dublin. Which i found out about thanks to boards and Outlaw Pete who has constantly updated the Classic Movies and Screenings thread.

The reason being i watched the cartoons on tv and loved the toys and movie (i was 3/4 advertising got to me)

When i moved to Ireland in 1989 my mum brought me to the cinema and gave me my first memory which is a 4 year old going to the Stillorgan Cinema, now the ormonde (may still have been the ormonde then) when its entrance was underground through the carpark to the right of some escalators which i would love to find out where they led. They always had a creepy vibe

I remember it being tiny the cinema foyer, you had the box office and that being just enough to hold one person the old fashioned ones with the ticket stubs through the counter that you mostly see now in the likes of Bray arcade when you win tickets for prizes.

Then there was a small stand that housed one person behind a long glass counter with sweets and drinks. I remember getting a small bag of malteasers too

We went up the small stairs maybe 3 or 4 steps to the screen,

It was Ghostbusters 2 we saw that day, but i remember being scared so much when the skelatel hand came out of the slime and grabbed Rays foot and how big the pram looked on the screen.

I had a tape of all the cartoons and the original movie that i watched so much it broke. (i even tried to repair it but alas to no avail)

To this day i can still recite every word of the movie and hopefully one day bring my Ghostbuster one man show to a theatre that will actually let me put it on and admit there is an audience for one man reciting a movie

- Allan

Tefral

Was told to post here in a PM

Shawshank Redemption - I know its a bit of a cliché but it has everything you need from a film. Now a days alot of films rely totally on special effects and the story line is a bit weak, but this one is an all time classic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtwXlIwozog

DaveTwenty7

Anchor Man - Hilarious movie and so many quotes

andrewire

[500] Days of Summer. It's one of those movies that define a generation; it also showed that rom-coms can have a credible storyline and still manage to be funny, touching and hearfelt (the Annie Hall of my generation!).

ryaner012

the life of brian,

pure comic genius, and a great take on a story happening at the same time as the birth and life of Jesus

thom119

my favourite film has to be anchorman

it's one you can watch over and over again and still laugh

it's also the most quotable film in history!
It's so damn hot... milk was a bad choice.

WoollyRedHat

I would have to say Girl Interrupted for me. It's poignant, with an engaging script as well as interesting and diverse charachters. Some top acting to be found with memorable performances,notably Angelina Jolie, who gives a believable and thought provoking performance, with the story keeping you interested from start to finish. It's hard to pick a favourite movie, but in terms of effectiveness and memorability, Girl Interrupted defintely ranks up there

Rhamiel

crouching tiger, hidden dragon... as its just a thing of beauty

pawrick

For me it would have to be The Never Ending Story - just because it was the first movie I saw in the cinema and I remember being so excited to be there with my friends - the cinema shut down in my town after that and I didn't get to a cinema until I was a teen after that.

Bowlardo

The empire strikes back is quality and still stands the test of time!

the goodies get a good hammering throught out the whole film and the whole "Luke KKKKkkkkk I AM YOUR FATHER!" BIT CLASSIC

Oh i really would like to go to TRON - Mybrother would go ape if we got them

go ESB you rock!

ederkeh

Has to be One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. Charlie Cheswick is my favourite character. The film completely sucks you into this world inside mental hospital. Absolutely devastating but brilliant.

Pigwidgeon

Dodgeball. It taught me that if I can dodge a wrench, then I can dodge a ball.

manti452

Tough question for the film geeks

If I had to pick a film would have to be the Blues Brothers. Growing up musical films meant Annie, the sound of music and such.. but when I started to hear about this film supposedly banned in Ireland, but that it piqued my interest. I remember watching it the first time (knowing Dan Aykroyd but not John Belushi) it struck a chord falling somewhere between anarchy and heaven. A little slapstick, a lot of deadpan, a lot of car wrecks, Princess Leia as a stalker, the first cameo I recognised (Speilberg) and illinois nazis... but I think what pulled me in the most was the way it showed that music can sustain a film in a really meaningful way (as another "character") and that soundtracks can be just as "must have" as the film. It expanded my musical horizons in a way that probably wouldn't have happened otherwise..

I owe a lot to John Landis and this film..

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

Pulp Fiction... just coz!

Professey Chin

Evil Dead 2
Low Budget, High Splatter. One of the great movies with a great performace by Bruce Campbell with lines repeated almost everywhere.
In one word..............Groovey :cool:

lucianot

Logan's Run.
First great adventure I watched and enjoyed. Also because of jenny Agutter.;)

Exclamation Marc

The Killing Fields.

It's just a very moving story, and I loved it because it shows how determination and hope can be the strongest tools anybody can have.

Seeing two different people on different sides of the world go through very different forms of pain and suffering and yet constantly hold onto hope is quite a moving story.

And the final line of the film could easily be one of the most powerful in the history of modern cinema.

sickle

Zoolander, Plain stupid fun!

red_ice

predator

Loads of reasons why this is my fav movie. The main one is the handshake!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBTXsR6d-ys

feylya

American Beauty. A fantastic film showing a man slowly fall apart and the impact on the people around him. It has a damn fine soundtrack too!

melekalikimaka

Ponyo, studio ghibli movie, no matter how bad your day is, this movie will cheer you up

shreddedloops

Fight Club.

Each time you watch it you can notice something significant that you didnt notice the last time.

Twenty10

Another vote for Its a wonderful life!

I love this movie, especially at Christmas funnily enough, for it's positive upbeat message.

stevejobbs

Cinema Paradiso. Has to be. The entire film is one emotional rollercoaster, not to mention that final scene. The whole film is tied up beautifully by Ennio Morricone's score.

kerash

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind - an excellent concept for a film, I love the visuals and it's wonderfully acted.

Mad Benny

The Sound of Music - cracking singing and a hot old nun. A heart breaking story line. I laughed and I cried.

kennethsmyth

Has to be Ferris Buellers Day Off, as a kid i so wanted to be as cool as that, as an adult i am!:cool:

zuroph

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
beautiful twist on the classic love story format; fantastically filmed, Perfect soundtrack, powerful performances, and a brilliant script.

simply beautiful.

philip kelly

I would have too agree the animation is
fantastic. having a 4 year old the hefalump movie is beautiful.

phil

melekalikimaka wrote: »

Ponyo, studio ghibli movie, no matter how bad your day is, this movie will cheer you up

SaKuRa

The Fall 2008 - Work of art,with great little natural actress..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO0LYcCoeJY

TechnoPool

Blues Brothers

the car chase scene alone stood out for me as a kid when i first saw it, and got me interested in the music scene

poisonated

Seven pounds - It is a great movie about one mans attempt at redemption. It is one of the few movies that has made me shed a tear. Will Smith is great in it. He plays a very different character to Will in the Fresh prince of bel air.:D His character is a true inspiration. He changes the lives of 7 people and I would always like to think that I could do something like that.It has an all star cast with stars such as Will Smith, Rosario Dawson and Woody Harrelson. It did not get the best reviews but it really is something special!!!

meolwan

Starwars I saw this when it came out and I cant enough of SiFi movies since including Tron.

Ideo

Well I'm free next Weds eve so I'd like to go, and eh other than that I've no other reason. I'd like to see it

You never know, maybe ill come dressed like this guy...



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grimm2005

This is one area I don't even have to think about. It's definitly Pulp Fiction. It's brilliant in every way, the story, the characters, the dialogue, the cast and while you'd think having a completely mixed up timeline throughout the film would confuse people it doesn't, it's not hard to follow at all and it just works. A lot of films have tried to emulate it in several ways but nothing has come close to it's brilliance

dsender

Terminator 2 of course... "I know now why you cry. But it is something I can never do." Almost brings a tear to the eye.

Zillah

Metropolis 1927. Because it shows a high tech dystopian city where people are trapped in machines, and because it looks beautiful and stylish even today.

You can also guess why I love Tron.

Orion

Taxi Driver. Because DeNiro was at his finest in it.

jaybee747

My favorite has to be Anchorman-The legend of Ron Burgandy. Absolutely hilarious film,makes me laugh everytime.

mclovin442

Its really tough picking a favourite film but mine has to be GODFATHER. Its an obvious choice but in my opinion an all time great. They really dont make movies like it anymore. Marlon Brando puts on a masterclass of acting, even though throughout filming he was reading his lines of cue cards hidden around the set due to his ''inability or unwillingness to learn his lines''.

denballs

mclovin442 wrote: »

Its really tough picking a favourite film but mine has to be GODFATHER. Its an obvious choice but in my opinion an all time great. They really dont make movies like it anymore. Marlon Brando puts on a masterclass of acting, even though throughout filming he was reading his lines of cue cards hidden around the set due to his ''inability or unwillingness to learn his lines''.

not to deminish your opinion or anything as i know its the highest ranked fim ever made #1 on imdb,s top films of all time..........but ive never been able to get past the first half hour of the first godfather film.........and i watch at least 10 movies a week.............is it just hype that makes people say its great or is there actually any reason/s it is supposedly so good.

{sorry if it annoys anyone that i asked this in a competition thread but its really getting to me how i seem to be the only person who fell asleep at the start of the godfather}

beerpong

Alien still looks good today, great film, great plot and great effects...

scheister

Oceans 11 the modern one due to the actors in it the storyline and that gadgets and gismo in it

Willbbz

Fight club for me

The fights were great but Ed Norton as an insomniac terrorist was just amazing!

kathy2

I love "true Lies"

Coz I could do all the action scenes myself in the back garden and will prove it if I win de tickets:D

G_R

The Lord of the Rings, Return of the King

My favourite film because it brings together a trilogy that had me on the edge of my seat for the first two films. The Fellowship and the Two Towers are brilliant films in their own right, but i think that the culmination of these two films in the Return of the King makes for a brilliant film. As well as that, its full of action, has superb acting, and a score which is a masterpiece in its own right... its just truly an excellent film.


I really wanna see Tron!!:D

Aidann

My favourite film is avatar because of how amazingly well done it all is. Every scene your eyes widen with amazement and that wasn't just because the 3-D was poking you in the eye :P'


The humans being the bad guys was a nice contrast to ordinary movies Never thought we'd be fighting lanky smurfs to be honest

Drumpot

Watchmen -

I hated it when I first saw it (expected an X-men movie), but when I happened to see it again on sky I really enjoyed it. bought the DVD and have watched it more times then I care to remember and it gets better each time. The dialougue, the characters, the story and the world created is simply superb in nearly everyway. Its quite simply the greatest real life superhero adult movie I have ever seen. Sensational.