Whats you favorite movie?
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Bruce in West Oz:
The Sound of Mucous ... errr, Music
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Funny you should mention that one. Once upon a time my wife was watching it. Right at the beginning the camera zooms in from the sky on (what’s her name?). I made the sound of an aircraft diving then machine gun noises. The couch isn’t so bad.
Not exactly fitting to this forum but if you get a chance check out one called Harvey with James Stewart.
The Sound of Mucous ... errr, Music
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Funny you should mention that one. Once upon a time my wife was watching it. Right at the beginning the camera zooms in from the sky on (what’s her name?). I made the sound of an aircraft diving then machine gun noises. The couch isn’t so bad.
Not exactly fitting to this forum but if you get a chance check out one called Harvey with James Stewart.
bullseyekp
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Dennis Olson
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (James Stewart)
On Golden Pond (Henry Fonda, Kate Hepburn)
Dances With Wolves (director's cut)
Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Bogart. "Badges? We don' need no STINKIN' badges!")
Spencer's Mountain (was the model for The Waltons)
Back to School (Rodney Dangerfield !!!!!)
CasaBlanca
Empire Strikes Back. (Particularly when Yoda lifts the fighter from the swamp. Luke says, "I don't believe it!", and Yoda answers, "That... is why you failed..." Words to live by, no doubt.)
Les Miserables (1950's version)
Monty Python's The Life of Brian (Biggus Dickus), and The Holy Grail ("What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?")
Patton (even with all the equipment errors. Wish we still had leaders like that, who were willing and able to make the tough calls.)
The Silence of the Lambs (You go Jodi Foster! Blast that nutcase! And Anthony Hopkins is "deliciously" sinister. "I'm having an old friend for dinner...")
The Naked Gun movies.
The Airplane movies.
That's enough for now.
On Golden Pond (Henry Fonda, Kate Hepburn)
Dances With Wolves (director's cut)
Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Bogart. "Badges? We don' need no STINKIN' badges!")
Spencer's Mountain (was the model for The Waltons)
Back to School (Rodney Dangerfield !!!!!)
CasaBlanca
Empire Strikes Back. (Particularly when Yoda lifts the fighter from the swamp. Luke says, "I don't believe it!", and Yoda answers, "That... is why you failed..." Words to live by, no doubt.)
Les Miserables (1950's version)
Monty Python's The Life of Brian (Biggus Dickus), and The Holy Grail ("What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?")
Patton (even with all the equipment errors. Wish we still had leaders like that, who were willing and able to make the tough calls.)
The Silence of the Lambs (You go Jodi Foster! Blast that nutcase! And Anthony Hopkins is "deliciously" sinister. "I'm having an old friend for dinner...")
The Naked Gun movies.
The Airplane movies.
That's enough for now.
Kentucky Rifle
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"Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" (This is where my signature line comes from. The line fits well in these times.)
"Casablanca"
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"Casablanca"
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Can't disagree with alot of these but...nobody mentioned Breaker Morant or The Iron Cross. Shame on you.
Prosecutor: "Under what regulation did you shoot the demonstrators?"
Morant: "I shot them under Regulation .303!"
Prosecutor: "Under what regulation did you shoot the demonstrators?"
Morant: "I shot them under Regulation .303!"
Agree with many of these, but I can't believe no one has mentioned MY favorite:
ALIENS
(Not the original Alien on any of followers)
John Cameron (of TerminatorII, another one of my favorites)did this one, and its way better than most other Sci-Fi flicks. Most other flicks, period. Great characters, plot, photography, science, aliens, etc.
And of course, one of the best guns ever dreamed up--the pulse rifle.
When Ripley goes back into the nest to save brave litle Newt--man, oh man, that is the action.
And when one of these future Marines pulls out his back-up weapon--an "antique" pump-action 12 guage--all I can say is Cameron must know how to push a gun guy's buttons.
I think I'll watch it again tonight.
Oh, yeah--and Paul Reiser as the evil corporate plotter. Priceless. Can't believe he got to marry Helen Hunt in that other sitcom.
ALIENS
(Not the original Alien on any of followers)
John Cameron (of TerminatorII, another one of my favorites)did this one, and its way better than most other Sci-Fi flicks. Most other flicks, period. Great characters, plot, photography, science, aliens, etc.
And of course, one of the best guns ever dreamed up--the pulse rifle.
When Ripley goes back into the nest to save brave litle Newt--man, oh man, that is the action.
And when one of these future Marines pulls out his back-up weapon--an "antique" pump-action 12 guage--all I can say is Cameron must know how to push a gun guy's buttons.
I think I'll watch it again tonight.
Oh, yeah--and Paul Reiser as the evil corporate plotter. Priceless. Can't believe he got to marry Helen Hunt in that other sitcom.
Jedi Oomodo
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Ooh, ooh, how could I forget "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" or "The Princess Bride"?
CindyH,
Er, whut'd I say
? Figures- I try to make a funny now and again, with nary a peep from you turkeys, then when I'm not even trying... <SIGH! 
>
Dave R, I did mention
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>"Tombstone"
"Bladerunner"
"Aliens"
"Event Horizon"
"The Matrix"[/quote]
I agree with you about the part where Ripley goes to save Newt from Janet Reno's Momma, er, uh, the Alien queen.
Good stuff!
Cindy, were you paying attention?
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CindyH,
Er, whut'd I say
? Figures- I try to make a funny now and again, with nary a peep from you turkeys, then when I'm not even trying... <SIGH! >Dave R, I did mention
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>"Tombstone"
"Bladerunner"
"Aliens"
"Event Horizon"
"The Matrix"[/quote]
I agree with you about the part where Ripley goes to save Newt from Janet Reno's Momma, er, uh, the Alien queen.
Good stuff!Cindy, were you paying attention?
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Only in America, we're slaves to be free/Only in America, we kill the unborn, to make ends meet/Only in America, sexuality is democracy/Only in America, we stamp our god "In God we trust"
What is right or wrong?
I don't know who to believe in
My soul sings a different song, in America
-Creed, "In America"
The warrior kings lived by the sword/From hill to loch and dark fjord/Battling 'til his life he shed/leaving the throne/To the sons of Somerled...
Steve McDonald, "Sons of Somerled"
If it isna Scottish, it's CRAP! RKBA!
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"Singin' in the Rain" 
"To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" are right up there, too.
For you "Bladerunner" fans who didn't know, the movie was based on the Philip K. Dick novella "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep." As for the movie... I think Ridley Scott has a stunningly visualistic eye (think "Alien"), and I enjoyed it for that quality. If you liked the MOVIE... well... I recommend the aforementioned by Dick as well as a few of his other books - "The Man in the High Castle", "Martian Time Slip" and "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldrich."
Also... just picked up "The Guns of Navarone" on DVD. WooHoo!! Been waiting for it.
Cliff (who hates most cheap plastic technocrap while maintaining a sense of awe for the capability provided. DVD and a good home theater are a movie lovers God send.)
"To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" are right up there, too.
For you "Bladerunner" fans who didn't know, the movie was based on the Philip K. Dick novella "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep." As for the movie... I think Ridley Scott has a stunningly visualistic eye (think "Alien"), and I enjoyed it for that quality. If you liked the MOVIE... well... I recommend the aforementioned by Dick as well as a few of his other books - "The Man in the High Castle", "Martian Time Slip" and "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldrich."
Also... just picked up "The Guns of Navarone" on DVD. WooHoo!! Been waiting for it.
Cliff (who hates most cheap plastic technocrap while maintaining a sense of awe for the capability provided. DVD and a good home theater are a movie lovers God send.)
Last of the Mohicans. Beautiful cinematography.
The Mummy. I want that gun case!
The Fifth Element. Wow!
Ronin. Boom!
George of the Jungle.
My top, all time favorite movie(s)...The Three Musketeers with Charleton Heston, Faye Dunaway, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain and Michael York. I've seen it about a squillion times, and I'm still catching little stuff in the background.
That's all I can think of, just off-hand.
LawDog
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The Mummy. I want that gun case!
The Fifth Element. Wow!
Ronin. Boom!
George of the Jungle.
My top, all time favorite movie(s)...The Three Musketeers with Charleton Heston, Faye Dunaway, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain and Michael York. I've seen it about a squillion times, and I'm still catching little stuff in the background.
That's all I can think of, just off-hand.
LawDog
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Stephen Ewing
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Great answers, all. I'm a little weird, and like "How Green Was My Valley" Don't ask why, I can't tell you. Casablanca is right up there, along with The African Queen, too.
On gun movies, with due deference to Split Second ("Bigger Guns! We need bigger guns!"), All Quiet, Bridge Too Far, Bridge over Kwai, Apocalypse Now, Dog Day Afternoon, Ocean's Eleven, Zulu ("It's a miracle, all right. A .45 Boxer Henry miracle."), The Blue Max, Boondock Saints, and the other fine movies already mentioned, I've got to go with Red River. Although, Sink The Bismarck has some really nice guns in it........
Besides the movies we've all seen a thousand times, I also recommend a host of foreign war movies. Talvisota/The Winter War, Stalingrad, Das Boot, and Burnt By The Sun all spring to mind.
Steve
On gun movies, with due deference to Split Second ("Bigger Guns! We need bigger guns!"), All Quiet, Bridge Too Far, Bridge over Kwai, Apocalypse Now, Dog Day Afternoon, Ocean's Eleven, Zulu ("It's a miracle, all right. A .45 Boxer Henry miracle."), The Blue Max, Boondock Saints, and the other fine movies already mentioned, I've got to go with Red River. Although, Sink The Bismarck has some really nice guns in it........
Besides the movies we've all seen a thousand times, I also recommend a host of foreign war movies. Talvisota/The Winter War, Stalingrad, Das Boot, and Burnt By The Sun all spring to mind.
Steve
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