I realize this may not directly relate to scriptwriting, but it is the same general field and i believe you can tell alot about a person by their favorite movies. So i was wondering what your favorite films are.
What are your favorite films?
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Raise the Red Lantern (Chinese subtitled)
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Punisher (I know, but I can't get enough of Thomas Jane)
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Raise the Red Lantern (Chinese subtitled)
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Punisher (I know, but I can't get enough of Thomas Jane)
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Anything Quentin Tarantino, period.
Pulp Fiction, Resevoir Dogs, Kill Bill, True Romance etc etc.
Funny because I'm not really an action shoot em up/gangster movie buff (I've yet to watch the Godfather series, and I think I watched Scarface for the first time about a few months ago, and I'm 22.).
I have a thing for M. Night Shaymalan movies too (spelling). Sixth Sense was his masterpiece but I loved Unbreakable and even Signs. The Villlage was alright. I know most people groaned about the ending, but I'm the kind of person, if you surprise me, then I aint complainin.
Stigmata, Stir of Echoes, Terminator 2, Lord of the Rings. Man we've had some great movies over the past couple of decades lol.
Pulp Fiction, Resevoir Dogs, Kill Bill, True Romance etc etc.
Funny because I'm not really an action shoot em up/gangster movie buff (I've yet to watch the Godfather series, and I think I watched Scarface for the first time about a few months ago, and I'm 22.).
I have a thing for M. Night Shaymalan movies too (spelling). Sixth Sense was his masterpiece but I loved Unbreakable and even Signs. The Villlage was alright. I know most people groaned about the ending, but I'm the kind of person, if you surprise me, then I aint complainin.
Stigmata, Stir of Echoes, Terminator 2, Lord of the Rings. Man we've had some great movies over the past couple of decades lol.
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Here's 10 DVDs I'd take with me onto a desert island if I got shipwrecked (and had a solar powered DVD player). They have high "watch over and over again" potential.
Forbidden Planet
The Big Country
Guys & Dolls
West Side Story
The Long Ships
The Vikings
Seven Samurai
The Warlord
The 300 Spartans
Troy
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Forbidden Planet
The Big Country
Guys & Dolls
West Side Story
The Long Ships
The Vikings
Seven Samurai
The Warlord
The 300 Spartans
Troy
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10 DVDs on my desert island...no particular order...
1. Benny & Joon
2. The Wonder Boys
3. Waydowntown
4. The Royal Tenenbaums
5. To Kill a Mockingbird
6. The River's Edge
7. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
8. Clue
9. Terms of Endearment (GET IN THE CAR, HUNNY!)
10. The Fisher King
1. Benny & Joon
2. The Wonder Boys
3. Waydowntown
4. The Royal Tenenbaums
5. To Kill a Mockingbird
6. The River's Edge
7. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
8. Clue
9. Terms of Endearment (GET IN THE CAR, HUNNY!)
10. The Fisher King
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My Movies
The Princess Bride
Knights Tale
LOTR (all 3)
Man from Snowy River
The Black Stallion
Star Wars (first 3, wait, I mean the first episodes, the ones released first, 4,5,6)
Gladiator
The Sword in the Stone (animated)
The Bourne Identity
Maverick
The Princess Bride
Knights Tale
LOTR (all 3)
Man from Snowy River
The Black Stallion
Star Wars (first 3, wait, I mean the first episodes, the ones released first, 4,5,6)
Gladiator
The Sword in the Stone (animated)
The Bourne Identity
Maverick
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I don't know why and I just can't explain it, but I would drop anything if I find out that Tony Curtis' "The Great Impostor" is on. I love that film.
Some others I would watch over and over again are:
Ghostbusters
E.T.
Star Wars (all of them, even if to cringe at some)
Schindler's List
Jaws
Lawrence of Arabia
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Hitchcock's Notorious, Spellbound, The Birds and Psycho
Startrek 2, 4, 6
Stargate (film and TV)
Man Who Would be King
Batman Begins
X2
Spiderman
and...
My second all time favorite film.
is...
Doris Day and Rock Hudson's "Send Me No Flowers."
Some others I would watch over and over again are:
Ghostbusters
E.T.
Star Wars (all of them, even if to cringe at some)
Schindler's List
Jaws
Lawrence of Arabia
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Hitchcock's Notorious, Spellbound, The Birds and Psycho
Startrek 2, 4, 6
Stargate (film and TV)
Man Who Would be King
Batman Begins
X2
Spiderman
and...
My second all time favorite film.
is...
Doris Day and Rock Hudson's "Send Me No Flowers."
hey!
and you want to know a lot about me (and others) why?! what are you going to do with that information
and what does my answer tell you about me?
now....what does this answer tell you about me?
answer: i have no favorites b/c there are so many. narrow it down to a decade (or even year) and genre and maybe i could select from that.
and you want to know a lot about me (and others) why?! what are you going to do with that information
and what does my answer tell you about me?
now....what does this answer tell you about me?
answer: i have no favorites b/c there are so many. narrow it down to a decade (or even year) and genre and maybe i could select from that.
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May as well be asking what my favorite sexual position is. Too many to name. But, I'll give it a shot.
Er, movies, not sexual positions. Heh.
Dawn of the Dead (the George Romero original, natch')
As Good As It Gets
Touch of Evil
To Kill A Mockingbird
Boogie Nights
Re-Animator
Beast Cops (HK flick starring Anthony Wong)
Hardboiled (Chow Yun Fat)
Police Story 2
Drunken Master 2
The Exorcist
Dumb and Dumber
Young Frankenstein
True Romance
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3
Halloween
Ong Bak (Thai martial arts flick recently released as "Thai Warrior" or something like that..I've got the original, m'self)
Knockabout (Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao)
American Beauty
Sixteen Candles
Jesus, I need to stop...
Er, movies, not sexual positions. Heh.
Dawn of the Dead (the George Romero original, natch')
As Good As It Gets
Touch of Evil
To Kill A Mockingbird
Boogie Nights
Re-Animator
Beast Cops (HK flick starring Anthony Wong)
Hardboiled (Chow Yun Fat)
Police Story 2
Drunken Master 2
The Exorcist
Dumb and Dumber
Young Frankenstein
True Romance
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3
Halloween
Ong Bak (Thai martial arts flick recently released as "Thai Warrior" or something like that..I've got the original, m'self)
Knockabout (Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao)
American Beauty
Sixteen Candles
Jesus, I need to stop...
Fav flicks...
Man, there are MANY films that I love. But three of my all-time favorites...
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
THE GREAT ESCAPE
MIDNIGHT COWBOY
And of course, all the Connery-Bond movies, and pretty much anything starring Steve McQueen.
Man, there are MANY films that I love. But three of my all-time favorites...
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
THE GREAT ESCAPE
MIDNIGHT COWBOY
And of course, all the Connery-Bond movies, and pretty much anything starring Steve McQueen.
:faint:You're asking that. Yikes! Actually not a bad idea, except 4 there's so many. Anything either 1)Well written or 2)that has a theme or subject matter I find inspirational,maybe with a metaphysical bend, but may or may not be well written.
OK
Star Wars movies(the early ones)
Indiana Jones movies
Flatliners
Flashdance
The Sentinel
Moonstruck
Basic Instinct
When Dreams My Come
The Stupids
Platoon
Children of A Lessor God
Karate Kid Movies-the master teacher aspect
Godfather-the 1st 2, at the time,but the style seems old now.
Airplane
Splash
Saint Elmo's Fire
House of Long Shadows(British), has a cool twist.
Exorcist, at the time, but feels played out now.
and many many more, I just can't think right now.
OK I guess I can say I go for more character driven, emotionally moving type stuff. Don't get me wrong, I like to see stuff blow up like anyone else, but I like to see feeling, soul, heart and love. The stuff that's not out in the world we live in today. Bingo! I think a lot of what an audience wants is what they can't have and paying $$ for a ticket and going to a movie, they can have it for at least the 2hr. deration of movie.
Screenwriting 100: When the character grows, the audience grows along with them in some sort of strange way.
OK
Star Wars movies(the early ones)
Indiana Jones movies
Flatliners
Flashdance
The Sentinel
Moonstruck
Basic Instinct
When Dreams My Come
The Stupids
Platoon
Children of A Lessor God
Karate Kid Movies-the master teacher aspect
Godfather-the 1st 2, at the time,but the style seems old now.
Airplane
Splash
Saint Elmo's Fire
House of Long Shadows(British), has a cool twist.
Exorcist, at the time, but feels played out now.
and many many more, I just can't think right now.
OK I guess I can say I go for more character driven, emotionally moving type stuff. Don't get me wrong, I like to see stuff blow up like anyone else, but I like to see feeling, soul, heart and love. The stuff that's not out in the world we live in today. Bingo! I think a lot of what an audience wants is what they can't have and paying $$ for a ticket and going to a movie, they can have it for at least the 2hr. deration of movie.
Screenwriting 100: When the character grows, the audience grows along with them in some sort of strange way.
:Smack: Oh and how dare I forget, what probably is #1 The Wizzard of OZ.
James Bond, so sauve and the women, so msyterious.
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Ok I don't agree with U. I think this has a lot to do with screenwriting, because if we can take apart and study the movies we love, maybe we can find what we need to make our own work "tick".
James Bond, so sauve and the women, so msyterious.
World according to Garp
Witness
Top Gun-Lot's of fun
Ok I don't agree with U. I think this has a lot to do with screenwriting, because if we can take apart and study the movies we love, maybe we can find what we need to make our own work "tick".
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pstudios said:
One of the great things about Witness for me is the different plots. The romance between Book and the Amish lady. The romance between the cultures - he needs them; she needed him.
Also, I really always respected the way that the dirty cops find Book. I think thats the end of act 2, and takes us into our climax. Its this crisis point that really makes it work for me - he is found hiding in the Amish colours only because he breaks from their tradition. A sheep pretending to be a wolf. A dirty cop pretending to be clean. It was just a great moment.
Also at the end when
SPOILER
Danny Glover has to turn back and give up. He finds Book, gonna kill him. But the community come out to save him and make his shotgun impotent. It was a coming together of the theme of cultures and the specific plot - nice stuff if you can get it.
Jurassic Park--all of em'
Journey to the Center of the Earth
The Time Machine
The Road Warrior
Blad Runner
Star Wars
Logan's Run*
The Birds
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
The Great Race
Edward Scissor Hands
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdomes
The Barbarians
Conan the Barbarian
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Jaws
Silent Running
Triceratops
Journey to the Center of the Earth
The Time Machine
The Road Warrior
Blad Runner
Star Wars
Logan's Run*
The Birds
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
The Great Race
Edward Scissor Hands
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdomes
The Barbarians
Conan the Barbarian
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Jaws
Silent Running
Triceratops
Here's my 10, in no particular order:
Star Wars (the first one from '77)
Terminator 2
Back to the Future
The Hunt for Red October
Glory
Saving Private Ryan
Fargo
A Fish Called Wanda
The Sixth Sense
Toy Story
Okay, 11. I can't forget Unforgiven
Star Wars (the first one from '77)
Terminator 2
Back to the Future
The Hunt for Red October
Glory
Saving Private Ryan
Fargo
A Fish Called Wanda
The Sixth Sense
Toy Story
Okay, 11. I can't forget Unforgiven
Movies I can watch a billion times and never get bored.
Young Guns
Stand by Me
The Lost Boys (my all time favorite- I know every line of it by heart.)
Anna and the King (Jodie Foster version)
Blast from the Past
Ocean's Eleven
The Italian Job
All of M.Night Shamalyan's movies. (I don't care what anyone says-The Village was an awesome movie!)
Forrest Gump
Face Off
Armegeddon
The Time Machine
AI
The Replacement Killers
Bullet Proof Monk - anything with Chow Yung Phat- he's hot!
Jaws
Lake Placid
The Faculty
Dracula (Wynona Ryder)
If I go on, I'll never stop.
Oh, and any old horror films-such as Halloween, Night of the Living Dead, Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, The Exorcist, Phycho, ect. ect.ect.
Steph
Young Guns
Stand by Me
The Lost Boys (my all time favorite- I know every line of it by heart.)
Anna and the King (Jodie Foster version)
Blast from the Past
Ocean's Eleven
The Italian Job
All of M.Night Shamalyan's movies. (I don't care what anyone says-The Village was an awesome movie!)
Forrest Gump
Face Off
Armegeddon
The Time Machine
AI
The Replacement Killers
Bullet Proof Monk - anything with Chow Yung Phat- he's hot!
Jaws
Lake Placid
The Faculty
Dracula (Wynona Ryder)
If I go on, I'll never stop.
Oh, and any old horror films-such as Halloween, Night of the Living Dead, Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, The Exorcist, Phycho, ect. ect.ect.
Steph
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There are a handful of films that I'll watch over and over again, and many that I can't switch off if I happen to catch them.
For me, it has little to do with the actual quality of the film - some of my favourites are undeniably dreadful, but have a personal significance or bring back happy memories. I'm making no excuses.
Anyway, I'll try and keep it short...
Die Hard
Midnight Run
Fight Club
Memento
Airplane!
Jaws
American Werewolf In London
Dog Soldiers
Shaun Of The Dead
Monsters Inc
Speed
Gumball Rally
Gone In 60 Seconds (no, the 1974 one)
Hooper
Sharky's Machine
and, my absolute favourite films of all time:
Smokey And The Bandit 1 & 2. (But not 3, which is officially the worst film ever made.)
Of course, this'll change tomorrow.
For me, it has little to do with the actual quality of the film - some of my favourites are undeniably dreadful, but have a personal significance or bring back happy memories. I'm making no excuses.
Anyway, I'll try and keep it short...
Die Hard
Midnight Run
Fight Club
Memento
Airplane!
Jaws
American Werewolf In London
Dog Soldiers
Shaun Of The Dead
Monsters Inc
Speed
Gumball Rally
Gone In 60 Seconds (no, the 1974 one)
Hooper
Sharky's Machine
and, my absolute favourite films of all time:
Smokey And The Bandit 1 & 2. (But not 3, which is officially the worst film ever made.)
Of course, this'll change tomorrow.
I might as well post mine, being the bored person in the middle of the night that I am.
My Favorite Films of All Time: (in no order)
American Beauty
American Psycho
A Clockwork Orange
Collateral
Donnie Darko
Fight Club
Ghost in the Shell
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Lost in Translation
Magnolia
Memento
Mulholland Dr.
Oldboy
Pulp Fiction
Se7en
Sideways
My Favorite Films of All Time: (in no order)
American Beauty
American Psycho
A Clockwork Orange
Collateral
Donnie Darko
Fight Club
Ghost in the Shell
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Lost in Translation
Magnolia
Memento
Mulholland Dr.
Oldboy
Pulp Fiction
Se7en
Sideways
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1. 3:10 to Yuma
2. Moulin Rougue
3. American Beauty
4. Star Wars Episode 4
5. Maganolia
6. Fight Club
7. Donnie Darko
8. Contact
9. Pink Floyd's The Wall
10. Dangerous Beauty
Here are my favorites - not for any reason, just that I like them.
2. Moulin Rougue
3. American Beauty
4. Star Wars Episode 4
5. Maganolia
6. Fight Club
7. Donnie Darko
8. Contact
9. Pink Floyd's The Wall
10. Dangerous Beauty
Here are my favorites - not for any reason, just that I like them.
I forgot to add one. Glad I have the chance to set it right.
The Notebook. I cried like a baby.
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The Notebook. I cried like a baby.
Steph
In no particular order:
BENNY & JOON
CASABLANCA
THE BRAVE
THE USUAL SUSPECTS
AMERICAN BEAUTY
NORTHERN EXPOSURE, whoops that's a discontinued TV show....
AMERICAN PRESIDENT
AS GOOD AS IT GETS
ENCHANTED, uhh, that's actually a short (and if I get to add more shorts: DAS RAD, HIBERNATION, POWDER KEG, GRIDLOCK, I'LL WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE, GEORGE LUCAS IN LOVE, DEADLINE)
GOOD MORNING VIETNAM
GATTACA
MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
SIMON BIRCH
OCTOBER SKY
THE TRUMAN SHOW
DEAD POETS SOCIETY
BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM
WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
A KNIGHT'S TALE
FREAKY FRIDAY
A LITTLE PRINCESS
TOY STORY
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANYS
MEN IN BLACK
So many movies, so little time!
Another great thing to ponder: what are your LEAST favorite movies and why? You can learn a ton from the ones that miss (or completely flop).
BENNY & JOON
CASABLANCA
THE BRAVE
THE USUAL SUSPECTS
AMERICAN BEAUTY
NORTHERN EXPOSURE, whoops that's a discontinued TV show....
AMERICAN PRESIDENT
AS GOOD AS IT GETS
ENCHANTED, uhh, that's actually a short (and if I get to add more shorts: DAS RAD, HIBERNATION, POWDER KEG, GRIDLOCK, I'LL WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE, GEORGE LUCAS IN LOVE, DEADLINE)
GOOD MORNING VIETNAM
GATTACA
MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
SIMON BIRCH
OCTOBER SKY
THE TRUMAN SHOW
DEAD POETS SOCIETY
BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM
WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
A KNIGHT'S TALE
FREAKY FRIDAY
A LITTLE PRINCESS
TOY STORY
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANYS
MEN IN BLACK
So many movies, so little time!
Another great thing to ponder: what are your LEAST favorite movies and why? You can learn a ton from the ones that miss (or completely flop).
Least favorite movies...hmm. This is tough, because there's very few movies I don't like.
These movies I just found really annoying and strange.
Hocus Pocus
Batman (hate me if you want)
Little Shop of Horrors
Toys
Labrynth (I think I spelled that right)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory- the original (go ahead, hate me some more) Those oompa loompas scare me.
and...
That's all I think. I can probally think of some more if I thought long and hard.
Oh, my all time least favorite...
Child's Play and anything else with that corny ugly doll Chucky.
Steph
These movies I just found really annoying and strange.
Hocus Pocus
Batman (hate me if you want)
Little Shop of Horrors
Toys
Labrynth (I think I spelled that right)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory- the original (go ahead, hate me some more) Those oompa loompas scare me.
and...
That's all I think. I can probally think of some more if I thought long and hard.
Oh, my all time least favorite...
Child's Play and anything else with that corny ugly doll Chucky.
Steph
Might as well get in on this...
Bottle Rocket
Sling Blade
Waiting for Guffman
The Empire Strikes Back
Buffalo '66
The Big Lebowski
Lost In Translation
Election
The Cable Guy
The Royal Tenenbaums
Bottle Rocket
Sling Blade
Waiting for Guffman
The Empire Strikes Back
Buffalo '66
The Big Lebowski
Lost In Translation
Election
The Cable Guy
The Royal Tenenbaums
Boo_Radley said:
Why "natch?" Though I loved Romero's, I think the remake was better.
Here's a few of my faves
1. American Psycho
2. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
3. Silence of the Lambs
4. Fight Club
5. Rounders
6. Hellraiser
7. Field of Dreams
8. The Shawshank Redemption
9. A Few Good Men
10. Wall Street
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