MOVIES you LOVE everybody else LOVES... inspired for obvious reasons, I want to mention:
THE GODFATHER
THE GODFATHER PART II
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (a vast improvement of the novella)
A CHRISTMAS STORY
CASINO
GOODFELLAS
THE GREEN MILE
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Well, "everybody else" is a tricky phrase because people in this very forum will disagree, but here are some from me:
THE LORD OF THE RINGS
THE HOBBIT
MEMENTO
EVIL DEAD II
TRAINSPOTTING
THE TRUMAN SHOW
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
There's no movie everybody loves. (We even have people here who dislike THE WIZARD OF OZ!)
For SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, I'd need to start a thread called "Movies you thing are pretty good but so incredibly overrated that you get annoyed by people constantly proclaiming its Greatness."
But in the spirit of the thread:
THE GODFATHER
SCHINDLER'S LIST
12 ANGRY MEN
THE LORD OF THE RINGS
PULP FICTION
FIGHT CLUB
Quote from: Rev. Powell on December 02, 2019, 08:39:56 AM
There's no movie everybody loves. (We even have people here who dislike THE WIZARD OF OZ!)
For SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, I'd need to start a thread called "Movies you thing are pretty good but so incredibly overrated that you get annoyed by people constantly proclaiming its Greatness."
But in the spirit of the thread:
THE GODFATHER
SCHINDLER'S LIST
12 ANGRY MEN
THE LORD OF THE RINGS
PULP FICTION
FIGHT CLUB
and we are proud of that fact :teddyr:
here's a small sample:
Pulp Fiction
2001: A Space Oddessy
Taxi Driver
Blazing Saddles
Spirited Away
Psycho
I haven't seen WIZARD OF OZ but since it's a musical I already hate it.
I know I exaggerate. And just because I love a movie doesn't mean it's "great". :teddyr:
That's a real wide net!
.JAWS (1975)
.KING KONG (1933)
.GODZILLA (1954)
.NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
I gotta say, I really love The Wolfman 2010 movie,
although Lon Chaney Jr will always be the real Wolfman in my eyes.
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sigh...should i be depressed because i am SO NOT " everybody"? :wink:
Quote from: chefzombie on December 02, 2019, 10:02:44 PM
sigh...should i be depressed because i am SO NOT " everybody"? :wink:
Yes.
:cheers:
for how long? i'm not good at maintaining depression, i'm obnoxiously cheerful, i'm told. :wink:
Quote from: chefzombie on December 03, 2019, 05:49:24 PM
:cheers:
for how long? i'm not good at maintaining depression, i'm obnoxiously cheerful, i'm told. :wink:
You might've noticed my own commentary about "everybody" or "hyperbole". Prolly not. Just bustin' your chops.
Quote from: Gabriel Knight on December 02, 2019, 10:12:52 AM
I haven't seen WIZARD OF OZ but since it's a musical I already hate it.
It's maybe the perfect Hollywood movie. It's a movie movie. You don't know what you're missing.
Quote from: Allhallowsday on December 04, 2019, 12:27:30 AMIt's maybe the perfect Hollywood movie. It's a movie movie. You don't know what you're missing.
But they sing all the time, ew.
Quote from: Gabriel Knight on December 04, 2019, 06:15:58 AM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on December 04, 2019, 12:27:30 AMIt's maybe the perfect Hollywood movie. It's a movie movie. You don't know what you're missing.
But they sing all the time, ew.
I don't like musicals particularly either.
Quote from: Allhallowsday on December 04, 2019, 12:43:03 PM
Quote from: Gabriel Knight on December 04, 2019, 06:15:58 AM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on December 04, 2019, 12:27:30 AMIt's maybe the perfect Hollywood movie. It's a movie movie. You don't know what you're missing.
But they sing all the time, ew.
I don't like musicals particularly either.
I don't like musicals mainly because they never have flying monkeys. OZ has flying monkeys, so it gets a pass.
Quote from: Rev. Powell on December 04, 2019, 01:04:54 PM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on December 04, 2019, 12:43:03 PM
Quote from: Gabriel Knight on December 04, 2019, 06:15:58 AM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on December 04, 2019, 12:27:30 AMIt's maybe the perfect Hollywood movie. It's a movie movie. You don't know what you're missing.
But they sing all the time, ew.
I don't like musicals particularly either.
I don't like musicals mainly because they never have flying monkeys. OZ has flying monkeys, so it gets a pass.
Must not say it, must not say it, must not say it.
so i'm off the depression hook then, john? :wink:
Quote from: Rev. Powell on December 04, 2019, 01:04:54 PM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on December 04, 2019, 12:43:03 PM
Quote from: Gabriel Knight on December 04, 2019, 06:15:58 AM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on December 04, 2019, 12:27:30 AMIt's maybe the perfect Hollywood movie. It's a movie movie. You don't know what you're missing.
But they sing all the time, ew.
I don't like musicals particularly either.
I don't like musicals mainly because they never have flying monkeys. OZ has flying monkeys, so it gets a pass.
Not big on musicals myself, but WIZARD OF OZ is fun, and the Ramones' ROCK AND ROLL HIGH SCHOOL is even funner.
The Third Man
2001: A Space Odyssey
Lawrence of Arabia
The Silence of the Lambs
The Princess Bride
M
Quote from: chefzombie on December 04, 2019, 03:49:25 PM
so i'm off the depression hook then, john? :wink:
Sure. You were never on no "hook".
Quote from: bob on December 04, 2019, 09:14:03 PM
The Third Man
2001: A Space Odyssey
Lawrence of Arabia
The Silence of the Lambs
The Princess Bride
M
I don't love the PRINCESS BRIDE. I avoid that movie like poison ivy.
Quote from: RCMerchant on December 04, 2019, 11:21:19 PM
Quote from: bob on December 04, 2019, 09:14:03 PM
The Third Man
2001: A Space Odyssey
Lawrence of Arabia
The Silence of the Lambs
The Princess Bride
M
I don't love the PRINCESS BRIDE. I avoid that movie like poison ivy.
We part company;
THE PRINCESS BRIDE is wonderful.
I can't say I "love"
M and seriously, "everybody else" does not. It's a great and important film, but hardly a crowd-pleaser.
Yeah a movie with a child killer you end up feeling bad for? That messes with your emotions.
Now KING KONG (1933)? Yeah. Nobody said KING KONG yet... but yeah. the 1933 version of Kong-if someone don't like that ("oh-it's in black and white", " it's old.") are just plain ignorant.
Quote from: RCMerchant on December 05, 2019, 11:10:13 AM
Yeah a movie with a child killer you end up feeling bad for? That messes with your emotions.
Now KING KONG (1933)? Yeah. Nobody said KING KONG yet... but yeah. the 1933 version of Kong-if someone don't like that ("oh-it's in black and white", " it's old.") are just plain ignorant.
I agree it was about time somebody mentioned
KING KONG. I just watched it not too long ago. It never gets old, just better.
But, taste is in everybody's mouth, and maybe someone somewhere...
What about the
ALISTAIR SIM A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951)? Does everybody love it? It's definitely a favorite of mine. I love it.
http://youtu.be/a_FLHkHNaHI (http://youtu.be/a_FLHkHNaHI)
^ That's the best Christmas movie of all time.That last ghost- who points at the grave-DAM! That spooked the s**t out of my little ass when I first saw it as a little kid! :buggedout:
But I loved this one too. It was on UHF channels alot.
Like the Little Rascals and the Three Stooges.
http://youtu.be/yVop9seXSoQ (http://youtu.be/yVop9seXSoQ)
Quote from: Allhallowsday on December 02, 2019, 01:00:19 AM
MOVIES you LOVE everybody else LOVES... inspired for obvious reasons, I want to mention:
THE GODFATHER
THE GODFATHER PART II
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (a vast improvement of the novella)
A CHRISTMAS STORY
CASINO
GOODFELLAS
THE GREEN MILE
no sir, I do not care for Christmas Story one bit
the 51 version is my fave too, although i just watched the 35 version with seymour hicks who is also a fabulous scrooge. and LOVE the princess bride!
and i don't LOVE 2001, it's just okay. a christmas story, nope, didn't like it. and a BIG no to the godfather movies , shawshank and green mile too.
how about animated stuff? alice in wonderland 1951 is a fave for everyone i've ever shown it to, along with the original snow white. and the point. and the phantom tollbooth.
LOVE wizard of oz, of course. and king kong 33. and heaven can wait( original), death takes a holiday(original) and a little known movie called on borrowed time, which i'm STILL trying to find a decent dvd copy.
Quote from: chefzombie on December 05, 2019, 04:44:34 PM
the 51 version is my fave too, although i just watched the 35 version with seymour hicks who is also a fabulous scrooge. and LOVE the princess bride!
and i don't LOVE 2001, it's just okay. a christmas story, nope, didn't like it. and a BIG no to the godfather movies , shawshank and green mile too.
how about animated stuff? alice in wonderland 1951 is a fave for everyone i've ever shown it to, along with the original snow white. and the point. and the phantom tollbooth.
LOVE wizard of oz, of course. and king kong 33. and heaven can wait( original), death takes a holiday(original) and a little known movie called on borrowed time, which i'm STILL trying to find a decent dvd copy.
https://www.amazon.com/Borrowed-Time-Lionel-Barrymore/dp/B0026R9A24/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=borrowed+time+dvd&qid=1575582380&sr=8-1 (https://www.amazon.com/Borrowed-Time-Lionel-Barrymore/dp/B0026R9A24/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=borrowed+time+dvd&qid=1575582380&sr=8-1)
oh wow, thank you bob! and i see between two worlds there too, another favorite!!! :cheers:
Quote from: chefzombie on December 05, 2019, 04:44:34 PM
the 51 version is my fave too, although i just watched the 35 version with seymour hicks who is also a fabulous scrooge. and LOVE the princess bride!
and i don't LOVE 2001, it's just okay. a christmas story, nope, didn't like it. and a BIG no to the godfather movies , shawshank and green mile too.
how about animated stuff? alice in wonderland 1951 is a fave for everyone i've ever shown it to, along with the original snow white. and the point. and the phantom tollbooth.
LOVE wizard of oz, of course. and king kong 33. and heaven can wait( original), death takes a holiday(original) and a little known movie called on borrowed time, which i'm STILL trying to find a decent dvd copy.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND 1951 is fantastic! The only Disney animation I think is greater would be
PINOCCHIO (1940).
HEAVEN CAN WAIT (1943... with
DON AMECHE?) Love it!
ON BORROWED TIME (1939) is shown on TCM once in awhile -
CEDRIC HARDWICKE LIONEL BARRYMORE - I like it, but don't "love" it. Really, it is a downer... I looked it up... "PeeWee" is the grandkid...
BOBS WATSON.
SUCKER PUNCH - I mean, who doesn't love Zach Snyder's masterpiece?
Quote from: indianasmith on December 05, 2019, 06:28:47 PM
SUCKER PUNCH - I mean, who doesn't love Zach Snyder's masterpiece?
Me.
Quote from: indianasmith on December 05, 2019, 06:28:47 PM
SUCKER PUNCH - I mean, who doesn't love Zach Snyder's masterpiece?
I get you
Lewis. I haven't seen it.
MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS (1934) a.k.a. BABES IN TOYLAND starring LAUREL & HARDY
MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944)
Quote from: Allhallowsday on December 08, 2019, 08:00:01 PM
MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS (1934) a.k.a. BABES IN TOYLAND starring LAUREL & HARDY
Dam. I forgot about that movie. That brings back memories. When I lived in NY back in the late 60's they played this around Christmas time.
I love that movie.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Oldboy (2003)
Baby Driver
Blazing Saddles
All three Lord of the Rings movies
Pulp Fiction
Young Frankenstein
Hot Fuzz
The Lighthouse
Quote from: A.J. Bauer on December 09, 2019, 11:35:25 PM
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Oldboy (2003)
Baby Driver
Blazing Saddles
All three Lord of the Rings movies
Pulp Fiction
Young Frankenstein
Hot Fuzz
The Lighthouse
Laundry list? What fun is a list for anybody else?
Well, I can tell you I saw
NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET in the theater when it was new and I did not like it. It's stupid. I particularly dislike
LORD OF THE RINGS with the third being
SO boring... at least 3 of your other films I've not seen.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is a great choice.
Quote from: Allhallowsday on December 10, 2019, 07:52:00 AM
Quote from: A.J. Bauer on December 09, 2019, 11:35:25 PM
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Oldboy (2003)
Baby Driver
Blazing Saddles
All three Lord of the Rings movies
Pulp Fiction
Young Frankenstein
Hot Fuzz
The Lighthouse
Laundry list? What fun is a list for anybody else?
Well, I can tell you I saw NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET in the theater when it was new and I did not like it. It's stupid. I particularly dislike LORD OF THE RINGS with the third being SO boring... at least 3 of your other films I've not seen. YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is a great choice.
Oh right. I forgot Scrooged. Sorry.
a few more:
Memento
The Big Lebowkski
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Once Upon a Time in the West
Alien
Die Hard
:hatred:
PATTON (1970)
http://youtu.be/sv9XNFpRdhg (http://youtu.be/sv9XNFpRdhg)
I've always enjoyed The Phantom Menace.
Quote from: ER on December 11, 2019, 11:06:59 AM
I've always enjoyed The Phantom Menace.
Shouldn't that be in "movies you love that everybody else hates? :tongueout:
I love
THE PHANTOM MENACE, and I can never understand the hate towards it.
Quote from: Gabriel Knight on December 11, 2019, 12:15:24 PM
Quote from: ER on December 11, 2019, 11:06:59 AM
I've always enjoyed The Phantom Menace.
Shouldn't that be in "movies you love that everybody else hates? :tongueout:
I love THE PHANTOM MENACE, and I can never understand the hate towards it.
Yes, it definitely should have been. :bluesad:
I don't think I've seen THE PHANTOM MENACE, but I am no fan of anything STAR WARS (except the first 3 which were fun and non-nutritive).
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INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956) Though probably not as familiar, the 1978 remake may be more loved.
http://youtu.be/pNJB363yql8 (http://youtu.be/pNJB363yql8)
Quote from: Allhallowsday on December 14, 2019, 03:24:53 PM
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956) Though probably not as familiar, the 1978 remake may be more loved.
http://youtu.be/pNJB363yql8 (http://youtu.be/pNJB363yql8)
I love this movie. Scared the s**t out of me when I was a kid. Still scary.
REAR WINDOW (1954)
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The Producers
Blazing Saddles
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (1959)
http://youtu.be/4GsN66CB9sc (http://youtu.be/4GsN66CB9sc)
Quote from: Allhallowsday on December 19, 2019, 11:37:49 AM
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (1959)
http://youtu.be/4GsN66CB9sc (http://youtu.be/4GsN66CB9sc)
^ Not me! Those stupid dinosaurs...Ugh! That stuff got old after ONE MILLION BC in 1940! And with Harryhausen and Jim Danforth doing animated monsters...they went with baby alligators and gila monsters!
Quote from: RCMerchant on December 19, 2019, 12:00:03 PM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on December 19, 2019, 11:37:49 AM
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (1959)
http://youtu.be/4GsN66CB9sc (http://youtu.be/4GsN66CB9sc)
^ Not me! Those stupid dinosaurs...Ugh! That stuff got old after ONE MILLION BC in 1940! And with Harryhausen and Jim Danforth doing animated monsters...they went with baby alligators and gila monsters!
'kay. I didn't say it was a good movie... but when we were kids, we loved that crap. I saw it this year, and as corny as it is, it still looks good...and fake!
Quote from: Allhallowsday on December 14, 2019, 03:24:53 PM
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956) Though probably not as familiar, the 1978 remake may be more loved.
http://youtu.be/pNJB363yql8 (http://youtu.be/pNJB363yql8)
I've only seen the original and loved it!
it holds up very nicely
moonstruck!
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947)
http://youtu.be/--uyzf7X_0c (http://youtu.be/--uyzf7X_0c)
BEN HUR (1959) Everybody has probably seen it too many times; but it is special and enjoyable the first 3 or 4 times...
THE PLANET OF THE APES (1968)
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938)
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http://youtu.be/4MqmpL6X_8w (http://youtu.be/4MqmpL6X_8w)
^ Basil Rathbone! Bacon! :thumbup:
the MALTESE FALCON (1941)
Bogie, Lorre, the Fat Man, Junior, and sneaky Mary Astor!
http://youtu.be/3a9YU1SVbSE (http://youtu.be/3a9YU1SVbSE)
PLANET OF THE APES (1968)
I love this movie. It was the first movie I ever seen in a theater. I was 6 years old! :smile:
http://youtu.be/VjcpRHuPjOI (http://youtu.be/VjcpRHuPjOI)
Quote from: RCMerchant on January 09, 2020, 07:14:17 PM
PLANET OF THE APES (1968)
I love this movie. It was the first movie I ever seen in a theater. I was 6 years old! :smile:
http://youtu.be/VjcpRHuPjOI (http://youtu.be/VjcpRHuPjOI)
That was the last movie mentioned on the previous page... of all of them, that's the one to love.
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
This is a tough one to say "love" about, but it is the most remarkable Horror film yet made. If it scared the crap outta you so much you couldn't look at it again, yeah, you loved it. It succeeded.
NOSFERATU (1922) is a silent film everyone loves, even folks who don't like silent films.
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