What I did tonight As usual, my wife came home from work, I fed her a nice meal, and she passed out on the couch in front of the big screen I poked around on the Internet for a while, and then I said "screw it" and grabbed a bottle of Shiraz, poured me a glass, walked into the media room, plopped down in my favorite chair and popped in "Donnie Darko." Now....Apocolypse Now is my all time favorite movie, and Dances with Wolves, Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction, and the first Godfather are also in the top ten. I'm trying to figure out where Donnie Darko fits in.......it's somewhere between two and six. Seeing as I've had a bottle of wine and Jeff saw fit to have a "five favorite bands of all time," what are your five favorite movies of all times?
and why don't you just name the thread five favorite movies? MY favorite movie is the never ending story one and two and Encino Man. Sean Astin was great in that movie. Pauly Shore was the best though.
Bands are easy...this is just way too tough of a question. Off the top of my head though...I'll probably leave something out. Billy Madison Happy Gilmore Half Baked Major League 1 and 2 Goodfellas OR Godfather OR Casino
This is in no way a top five, but these are the five that come to mind now: Breaking the Waves Henry Fool Shakes the Clown American Movie Dancer in the Dark Hon mention: River's Edge, Heathers, Bad Taste, Wild in the Streets
There's a few interesting picks. Blame it on Rio? Little Shop of Horrors? I guess those movies spoke to you on a different level than they did with me.
I'm just the opposite--bands are impossible for me. 1. Citizen Kane 2. Wild Strawberries 3. Fargo 4. A Hard Day's Night 5. Lost In Translation (this isn't just because it's a current fave--it's moving up the list)
Pole, Kind of funny you posted this because I also drank some Shiraz and watched a movie tonight. Some of my favorites of the top of my head: The Third Man 2001 Das Boot Ikiru The good the bad and the ugly Blade Runner Amélie
It's an always changing list, my top movies. But as of now... 1. Chariots of Fire 2. Blade Runner 3. Godfather 4. 21 Grams 5. Snatch
Oh I just remembered one of my favorites. Sack Lunch I always wondered if it was a shrunken family or a real big bag...
It'll be difficult if you're not in New Mexico, but let me know if you are. I liked Naked Lunch a lot. Long time since I saw it. Cronenberg, right? Have you seen Dancer in the Dark? It's by Lars Von Trier, same guy that did Breaking the Waves. Both movies are incredible and the acting in both is totally heartwrenching.
p.s. to Pole (just cause he's a Dances With Wolves fan): One of my very best friends, who very unfortunately passed last year, was a movie prop guy. He built the buffaloes for that movie. I used to see a couple of them whenever I visited his prop shop.
