Favourite Films

[Stan Shannon]

Hell, John, I can't even remember that many movies! Me and one of the support guys where I work have an on going argument about Val Kilmer's Doc Holiday. I enjoyed his characterization of the T.B. ridden dentest, but I feel Dennis Quaid's version in Costner's "Wyatt Earp" was much more historically accurate. Kilmer was just too healthy. Quaid looked like he had starved himself for months to get into character. He was the best Doc Holiday I've ever seen in a movie. Best westerns ever made (The ones that really nail the old west): (Not counting Lonesome Dove which was a mini series) Wayne's The Searchers. Eastwood's Unforgiven. Heston's Will Penny. "War is hell" William Tecumseh Sherman.

[Stan Shannon]

"All Jane Austin films" Oh Sweet Jesus! The ultimate chick flicks. My wife has watched every version of every one, repeatedly. If allowed to pick her own movie for the weekend. She will pick one of those. X| "War is hell" William Tecumseh Sherman.

[Lost User]

I can't believe that "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" isn't on anybody's list yet. How about "The Killing Fields"? Or "Planet of the Apes" (Original & Tim Burton's remake) Mike Mullikin "Real programmers don't document their code. It was hard to write - it should be hard to read!"

[Christian Graus]

My wife has watched every version of every one, repeatedly. If allowed to pick her own movie for the weekend. She will pick one of those. Mine will choose Grease, Sound of Music, or anything 'based on a true story', especially if it has Brian Denehey in it. X| X| Christian As I learn the innermost secrets of the around me, they reward me in many ways to keep quiet. Men with pierced ears are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought Jewellery.

[Mike Burston]

"Grail" is up there, but I was trying to limit my Gilliam bias !! I'd rate the Gilliam works as: 1. 12 Monkeys 2. Brasil 3. Life Of Brian 4. Fisher King 5. Jabberwocky 6. Holy Grail 7. Time Bandits 8. Meaning of Life and way, way down the list : 9. Munchuasen (hated it at first, can tolerate it now - but only just). ----------------------- Reg : "Well, what Jesus blatantly fails to appreciate is that it's the meek who are the problem."

[Mike Burston]

Mine will choose Grease, Sound of Music, This is obviously an arranged marriage, right? I mean, you were forced into this? And now you can't leave because her parents will kill you if you do?? You have my deepest sympathies:(( ----------------------- Reg : "Well, what Jesus blatantly fails to appreciate is that it's the meek who are the problem."

[Christian Graus]

It could be worse - my first wife liked the same sorts of films AND Phil Collins & Elton John. At least this one puts up with Ozzy and Metallica. Actually her father took a swing at me once... Christian As I learn the innermost secrets of the around me, they reward me in many ways to keep quiet. Men with pierced ears are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought Jewellery.

[Stephen Caldwell]

Snatch Austin Powers Series Star Trek (The last two) Matrix Heavy Metal Bicentennial Man many many others... Stephen Caldwell

[Mike Burston]

my first wife liked the same sorts of films AND Phil Collins & Elton John Perhaps I am finally begining to understand your interest in (need for??)religion!! Elton John - you mean, actually LIKED him? No, this must be another of those translation issues we've been discussing. ----------------------- Reg : "Well, what Jesus blatantly fails to appreciate is that it's the meek who are the problem."

[Caleb Groom]

Office Space (a _must_ see for software developers) ;) Analyze This Bull Durham Saving Private Ryan :(( Field of Dreams Animal House :eek: __________________________ do { cout << "I will never use = when I mean == " << endl; } while (i = 1)

[Jon Sagara]

Holy Grail American Pie 1 & 2 Caddyshack History of the World Part 1 High Anxiety Young Frankenstein Blazing Saddles 1941 Shawshank Redemption Usual Suspects The Godfather 1 & 2 Tommy Boy Ace Ventura 1 & 2 American Beauty Rushmore Star Wars South Park BLU ... among many, many others. Jon Sagara Sagara Software

[Michael P Butler]

In no particular order, Casablanca American Beauty The Empire Strikes Back The Lavender Hill Mob Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Die Hard Shakespeare in Love Toy Story A Bug's Life It's A Wonderful Life Michael :-)

[Paul Watson]

lol, ok ok jeeesh I get the point! :-D I have to say though that Ol Yeller did nothing for me, must be an American thing... regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge

[Paresh Solanki]

The Colour Purple Unbreakable Mother India (we're not limited to Hollywood films are we?) The Seven Samurai Fight Club

[Tomasz Sowinski]

My favourite director is Pedro Almodovar. All his movies are great, hard to tell which I like most. Maybe it's 'Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'. Anything by Kar-wai Wong - 'Chungking Express', 'Fallen Angels', 'In the Mood for Love' 'Run Lola Run' by Tom Tykwer is fantastic - a visual blitzkrieg. 'Snatch' by Guy Ritchie - if you want to learn about stealing diamonds, watch this movie. Hollywood doesn't impress me much these times. Old timers like 'Apocalypse Now' and 'Blade Runner' still hold on. 'Fight Club' was pretty good. And I have to admit that I like to watch Indian movies, with a frequency of one per year. Anybody seen 'BAADSHAH' with Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan? Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

[Jarek G]

Battleship Galactica (1978) Great Movie! Along came a spider (Good) Enterprise (the best of them all) spinof from Star trek /Jarek "Imagination is more important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited while imagination embraces the entire world." -Albert Einstein

[Alvaro Mendez]

I prefer to watch R rated movies at the theater. No sense in spending the extra cash to see something already on TV. Here are my favorites. Assume all versions of the movie unless othersiwe specified: - The Matrix - Back to the Future - Terminator - Superman I and II - Star Wars - X-Men - Diehard - Weird Science - Star Trek II and IV (haven't seen above IV) - Space Balls - Airplane - Independence Day - Jaws I and II - The Hunt for Red October - James Bond - Indiana Jones - Mission Impossible - The Godfather - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - All of Me - E.T. - Pulp Fiction - Roxanne - Casablanca - The Lost Boys - Natural Born Killers - When Harry Met Sally - Raising Arizona - Mary Poppins - Aladdin - A Christmas Story - The Mask - The Great Muppet Caper

[Wes Jones]

Haven't seen these on anybody's list, but these are some of better movies I've seen: Ran(Akira Kurasawa -- awesome) Thin Red Line Full Metal Jacket Chocolat (not! X|) -Wes Girls == Time * Money Time == Money Girls == Money * Money Girls == pow(Money, 2) Money == sqrt(Evil); Girls == pow(sqrt(Evil),2) Girls == Evil

[Andrew Peace]

Wag the dog :) - like your style. 2001 A Space Odyssey was done by Stanley Kubrick (or howeever you spell it) who also came up with the idea for AI (and Rouge City - which is fantastic). It's quite a deep film in that you have to open yourself up to it otherwise you won't get anything out of it. I can't believe I forgot about the Fifth Element, as Christian said earlier. And American Pie is great - although it's possibly the only 'teenage toilet-humour flick' that I like but I think it's hilarious. -- Andrew.