Cam, my brother is a big movie buff and so many of the ones you mentioned are also his faves. I liked a lot of those as well. Some others are : Lost in Translation, Royal Tenenbaums, Crash, Reality bites, When Harry met Sally, Rushmore...oh, can't forget Terms of Endearment....Camusa, I just herd Mel Brooks is doing a broadway Young Frankenstein [QUOTE=John]
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Oh yeah...anything Mel Brooks. Amaing man. I believe he is going to be doing a "Get Smart" movie soon starring Steve Carrell.
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YAY!! Another Kevin Smith fan!! I absolutely love him!
Have you watched an Evening with Kevin Smith?? I LOVED IT!!
I have not seen part 2 yet.
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Seen and own them both
In Kolkata, no less. I WEPT BUCKETS over it.
Another film about Kolkata if you all are interested is City of Joy. Most Americans never know that that level of poverty exists, let alone that it coexists with any form of happiness.
As the kids are older and nearly always present for film viewing I now lean toward lighter fare.
Royal Tennebaums was GREAT!
I can watch almost anything by the Coen bros., too ... multiple times.
Raising Arizona was SO great -- we still quote lines from it all the time!
OH yes, the Coen brothers. I should not have forgotten them![QUOTE=foxl][QUOTE=WIMomOf2]Cam - Was "Born into Brothels" the documentary of children in India who were born to women working in brothers. The photographer who did the documentary teachers the children how to take photographs, and she tries to get them into good schools. Am I thinking of the right film? [/QUOTE]
In Kolkata, no less. I WEPT BUCKETS over it.
Another film about Kolkata if you all are interested is City of Joy. Most Americans never know that that level of poverty exists, let alone that it coexists with any form of happiness.
As the kids are older and nearly always present for film viewing I now lean toward lighter fare.
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Thanks for the suggestion! I'll have to check it out.
Other favorite movies:
Schindler's List (Must See); The Pianist; The Silence of the Lambs; Fast Times at Ridgemont High
I loved The Royal Tennenbaums and Shawshank Redemption.
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I worked on a movie a few years ago where the Producer had us all make our Top Ten film list, and man, was it hard! And interesting to see what other people came up with. Here are some of mine in no particular order, including the above mentioned comedies:
There are many others that I would consider great movies, but the ones on my list are there because they moved me. It doesn't mean that Citizen Kane and Casablanca aren't great. They are. But these are movies that made me say "Wow"! for one reason or another. I better stop now. I keep adding movies!
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childhood faves:Well, I have thousands of CDs at home...DVDs...no better :) I love my movies.
Let's see...some favorites?:
Fight Club, Birdy, Office Space, Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind, Swimming With Sharks, Fisher King / Brazil/ 12 Monkeys-Anything Terry Gilliam, Rounders, Best in Show, Anything Tim Burton (Almost), Chasing Amy / Clerks-Anything Kevin Smith (Almost), Heathers, Swimming With Sharks, Harold and Maude, Grosse Point Blank, Highlander, Excalibur, Born into Brothels, Mindwalk, Spirited Away / Nausicaa/ Howl's Moving Castle-Anything Hayao Miyazaki, True Romance / Pulp Fiction-Anything Tarantino, Lord of The Rings Trilogy, The Matrix, Anything Kubrick, But I'm A Cheerleader, BASEketball, Mel Brooks, Memento, Usual Suspects, Eat Drink Man Woman, En Couer En Hiver, City of God, Shawshank Redemption, Seven, Hard Candy, Natural Born Killers, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Powder, Waking Life, the Professional/Big Blue-Anything Luc Besson, Hudsucker Proxy / Fargo-Anything Coen Brothers, The Royal Tenenbaums, Secretary, Searching for Bobby Fischer, The Sweetest Thing, V For Vendetta, Very Bad Things, Big Fish, Anything Monty Python, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Fountain, Defending Your Life...ok this is way too long. It is a good start though!
Cam - Was "Born into Brothels" the documentary of children in India who were born to women working in brothers. The photographer who did the documentary teachers the children how to take photographs, and she tries to get them into good schools. Am I thinking of the right film?[QUOTE=WIMomOf2]Cam - Was "Born into Brothels" the documentary of children in India who were born to women working in brothers. The photographer who did the documentary teachers the children how to take photographs, and she tries to get them into good schools. Am I thinking of the right film? [/QUOTE]
You are indeed. Really amazing movie. Very moving and very scary.
YAY!! Another Kevin Smith fan!! I absolutely love him!
Have you watched an Evening with Kevin Smith?? I LOVED IT!!
I have not seen part 2 yet.
1) To Kill A Mockingbird 2) The Sound of Music 3) Gone With The Wind 4)The Big Country 5) Friendly Persusion 6) Casablanca 7) Fried Green Tomatos - filmed 15 miles from where I now live - so I do the house tour thing too occasionally! 8 ) Driving Miss Daisey 9)Forest Gump 10) Rudy 11) Seabiscuit -and so many others I could go on and on.
Never Been Kissed
Circle of Friends (awesome chick flick, Highly unknown)
Steel Magnolias
That's all I can think of. It is a bit early. Let me have some more coffee and I may come back to this.
About a Boy
Fargo
Blow
A Fish Called Wanda
Edward Scissorhands
Animal House
Girl Interrupted
Dead Man Walking
All the Star Wars Movies
All 3 Lord of the Rings
Indiana Jones Movies
Edited to add: Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid; The Graduate; Jaws
Steel Magnolias
That's all I can think of. It is a bit early. Let me have some more coffee and I may come back to this.
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Ain't caffeine grand? I'm on my second cup right now. Steel Magnolias is a great movie. It was filmed in the town where I went to college, about a 30 minute drive from where I am now. It was alot of fun when it was filmed. I still love to drive by the houses in the movie and do a little "steel magnolias sight seeing tour."
I also love Gone With the Wind, Star Wars, The Green Mile, Forrest Gump, Shawshank Redemption, The Patriot, Beetlejuice, Batman (The one with Michael Keaton), Multiplicity, and The Spongebob Movie.
The natural
A river runs through
Tommy boy
Monty python and the holy grail
The Godfather 1 and 2
Star wars
What are your favorite movies? I love all James Bond movies. Running with Scissors, the graduate, M*A*S*H, One flew over the cuckoo's nest, and All the president's men just to name a few.A few that I could watch over and over again and never get tired of....
By the way, my son's ultimate goal is to own every James Bond movie.
Love Actually
All Aboard - Rosies Family Cruise
Just about any documentary
Little Mermaid
Lion King
9 to 5
40 Year Old Virgin (SOOO FUNNY)
Knocked up