[Damo]

Originally Posted by vikulenka

Yeah, I know. Very tragic. In an avalanche! Stuff that only happens in movies. Did you know that they've very recently found the car in which he and his crew died, right?

Did not know that, wow, must have been some avalanche!

[Damo]

Originally Posted by vikulenka

Have you ever seen "Вор" (The Thief) ?

Not seen this one. It's quite hard to get Russian films with English subs. All the others I've seen I got from Blockbuster online rental. I might check ebay for it. Спасибо

[vikulenka]

Originally Posted by Damo

Not seen this one. It's quite hard to get Russian films with English subs. All the others I've seen I got from Blockbuster online rental. I might check ebay for it. Спасибо

Worth the effort. It's a great film, especially for a Rusophile as you are.

[Damo]

Forgot to add "High Fidelity" to the list, great for any audiophille

[vikulenka]

Originally Posted by Damo

Did not know that, wow, must have been some avalanche!

Rising Star Lost in Russia's Latest Disaster - New York Times

[mehrens2112]

Originally Posted by Damo

Forgot to add "High Fidelity" to the list, great for any audiophille

High Fidelity is a personal fav as well. Anything with Cusack is good. Love Grosse Pointe Blank too.

Also love Rockstar, School of Rock, Dazed and Confused, etc

[solaris]

Originally Posted by mehrens2112

Ok, I am dying to watch other movies while I am sitting at home and need some help triggering a memory of movies I have either seen, or have not seen in a long time and want to watch something new. Here are my Top 12 or so favorite movies of all time, please add yours to the list. GIVE ME SOMETHING TO DO, I AM LOSING MY MIND

My Top 12
1) Saving Private Ryan (it was robbed at Oscar time, should have been best picture)
2) Back to the Future
3) Forrest Gump
4) Goodfellas / Casino (these are one always mentioned by me at the same time)
5) Flags of Our Fathers / Letters to Iwo Jima
6) Apollo 13 (think I like Tom Hanks?)
7) Pearl Harbor
8) Scarface / The Godfather Trilogy
9) American Pie
10) Office Space
11) Wedding Crashers
12) Almost Famous

I like older movies too, but not too old. Have all the old Hitchcock movies, and most of Cagney's and a handful of the classics.

Hi mehrens2112

Here are my favourite movies of all times. Three categories: The WAY Beyond Excellent, The Excellent and The Near Excellent


The WAY Beyond Excellent (in alphabetical order):
Aliens (1986)
Back to the Future (1985)
Big Trouble (2002)
Contact (1997)
F/X (1986)
Major League (1989)
Nobody's Fool (1994)
Office Space (1999)
Roxanne (1987)
Saw (2004)
Solaris (2002)
Stakeout (1987)
Stand by Me (1986)
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
The Ref (1994)
The Thing (1982)
The Upside of Anger (2005)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Trading Places (1983)


The Excellent (in alphabetical order):
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Christmas Vacation (1989)
Cypher (2002)
Die Hard (1988)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Father of the Bride (1991)
Fletch (1985)
Flickering Lights (2000)
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
Memento (2000)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
Oh Heavenly Dog (1980)
Ondskan (2003)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Ringu (1998)
St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
Summer School (1987)
Terkel in Trouble (2004)
The Matrix (1999)
The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
V for Vendetta (2005)


The Near Excellent (in alphabetical order):
A Summer Tale (2000)
Airplane! (1980)
Alien (1979)
American Beauty (1999)
American Gangster (2007)
Back to the Future (Part III) (1990)
Batman Begins (2005)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Boyz n the Hood (1991)
C'era una volta il West (1968)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Clueless (1995)
Crash (2004)
Cube (1997)
Dark City (1998)
Die Hard 4.0 (2007)
Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
Elephant (2003)
11:14 (2003)
Fight Club (1999)
Forget Paris (1995)
Forrest Gump (1994)
48 Hrs. (1982)
Garden State (2004)
Gattaca (1997)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Halloween (1978)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
In America (2002)
In China They Eat Dogs (1999)
In Good Company (2004)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
La Grande Vadrouille (1966)
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
Mean Girls (2004)
Meet the Parents (2000)
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Mystic River (2003)
North by Northwest (1959)
Parenthood (1989)
Peter's Friends (1992)
Phenomenon (1996)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Se7en (1995)
Sin City (2005)
Skin Deep (1989)
Sunshine (2007)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
The Game (1997)
The Green Mile (1999)
The Illusionist (2006)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
The Player (1992)
The Prestige (2006)
The Right Stuff (1983)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Shining (1980)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Station Agent (2003)
The United States of Leland (2003)
Top Secret! (1984)
Toy Story (1995)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
21 Grams (2003)
Twist and Shout (1984)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers (1993)
What About Bob? (1991)
Zappa (1983)
Zodiac (2007)


I have well over a hundred movies (primarily from the last year or so) that I have yet to watch, so maybe there are a couple of more recent movies missing from the above list

[Kaeli]

Here are a few suggestions of films that I like, maybe you will like them too!

1) Chinatown
2) Whale Rider
3) Shawshank Redemption
4) All About My Mother
5) The Green Mile
6) 21 Grams
7) Best In Show
8) Secretary
9) The Unforgiven
10) Waking Ned Devine
11) Lost In America
12) Pan's Labyrinth
13) Boys Don't Cry
14) V Is For Vendetta
15) The Game
16) Y Tu Mama Tambien
17) Chasing Amy
18) The Apostle
19) The Insider
20) Waiting For Guffman
21) Harold and Maude
22) The Terminal
23) Bowling For Columbine
24) The Strait Story
25) Monsoon Wedding

[mehrens2112]

Originally Posted by solaris

Hi mehrens2112

Here are my favourite movies of all times. Three categories: The WAY Beyond Excellent, The Excellent and The Near Excellent


The WAY Beyond Excellent (in alphabetical order):
Aliens (1986)
Back to the Future (1985)
Big Trouble (2002)
Contact (1997)
F/X (1986)
Major League (1989)
Nobody's Fool (1994)
Office Space (1999)
Roxanne (1987)
Saw (2004)
Solaris (2002)
Stakeout (1987)
Stand by Me (1986)
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
The Ref (1994)
The Thing (1982)
The Upside of Anger (2005)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Trading Places (1983)


The Excellent (in alphabetical order):
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Christmas Vacation (1989)
Cypher (2002)
Die Hard (1988)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Father of the Bride (1991)
Fletch (1985)
Flickering Lights (2000)
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
Memento (2000)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
Oh Heavenly Dog (1980)
Ondskan (2003)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Ringu (1998)
St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
Summer School (1987)
Terkel in Trouble (2004)
The Matrix (1999)
The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
V for Vendetta (2005)


The Near Excellent (in alphabetical order):
A Summer Tale (2000)
Airplane! (1980)
Alien (1979)
American Beauty (1999)
American Gangster (2007)
Back to the Future (Part III) (1990)
Batman Begins (2005)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Boyz n the Hood (1991)
C'era una volta il West (1968)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Clueless (1995)
Crash (2004)
Cube (1997)
Dark City (1998)
Die Hard 4.0 (2007)
Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
Elephant (2003)
11:14 (2003)
Fight Club (1999)
Forget Paris (1995)
Forrest Gump (1994)
48 Hrs. (1982)
Garden State (2004)
Gattaca (1997)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Halloween (1978)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
In America (2002)
In China They Eat Dogs (1999)
In Good Company (2004)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
La Grande Vadrouille (1966)
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
Mean Girls (2004)
Meet the Parents (2000)
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Mystic River (2003)
North by Northwest (1959)
Parenthood (1989)
Peter's Friends (1992)
Phenomenon (1996)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Se7en (1995)
Sin City (2005)
Skin Deep (1989)
Sunshine (2007)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
The Game (1997)
The Green Mile (1999)
The Illusionist (2006)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
The Player (1992)
The Prestige (2006)
The Right Stuff (1983)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Shining (1980)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Station Agent (2003)
The United States of Leland (2003)
Top Secret! (1984)
Toy Story (1995)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
21 Grams (2003)
Twist and Shout (1984)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers (1993)
What About Bob? (1991)
Zappa (1983)
Zodiac (2007)


I have well over a hundred movies (primarily from the last year or so) that I have yet to watch, so maybe there are a couple of more recent movies missing from the above list

new quest now. I want to re-visit the worst "B" movies from the 80's. I think I am starting with Hollywood Hotubs 1 & 2. Anyone seen those?

[mehrens2112]

Originally Posted by Kaeli

Here are a few suggestions of films that I like, maybe you will like them too!

1) Chinatown
2) Whale Rider
3) Shawshank Redemption
4) All About My Mother
5) The Green Mile
6) 21 Grams
7) Best In Show
8) Secretary
9) The Unforgiven
10) Waking Ned Devine
11) Lost In America
12) Pan's Labyrinth
13) Boys Don't Cry
14) V Is For Vendetta
15) The Game
16) Y Tu Mama Tambien
17) Chasing Amy
18) The Apostle
19) The Insider
20) Waiting For Guffman
21) Harold and Maude
22) The Terminal
23) Bowling For Columbine
24) The Strait Story
25) Monsoon Wedding

Great reco's from both you and Solaris. I gotta pass on Bowling for Columbine as I can't stand the director, but heard it was a great movie. Can't watch it on principle (not going into politics though) Gonna pop in Chinatown tonight I think. Saturday is the ENTIRE Lord Of the Rings trilogy extended versions in a row if my wife can stomach it.

Going to watch a fav of mine now "Boiler Room" with a killer cast, then on to another fav "School Ties" with the young generation of actors first(ish) movie (Damon, Affleck, Brenden Frasier, etc.)