RAYMOND Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Bridge on the River Kwai... (1957) Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa, William Holden, Jack Hawkins I was born during WW2 so this was some insight to the war... Plus wide screen color movies were becoming more popular... heard plenty of war stories from my grade school teachers who were in combat in the Pacific and European Theater.. no computer rendering or CAD in those days... ray honolulu... it all started here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nazcaLine Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 The Silence of the Lambs because it portrayed evil as never before, with an unforgettable character that became an icon. there's a scene in which buffalo bill kidnaps the senator's daughter. it was so simple, so naive...one moment you are living your everyday, comfortable and boring life...and all of a sudden you are caught in the middle of an incomprehensible force of evil...why me? why me, my god? it's destiny.you become a lamb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAYMOND Posted January 9, 2007 Author Share Posted January 9, 2007 sounds like something i would like to see (1991) Won 5 Oscars. Another 34 wins & 26 nominations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianzajac Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Gigli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Gigli Did you mean to say 'Arthur'? Slow day? ONE? I can give the usual suspects: 2001:A Space Odyssey Bladerunner The Empire Strikes Back Alien The Deer Hunter Apocalypse Now Trading Places Caddyshack Yellow Submarine A Night At The Opera maybe even...The Thin Man I forgot a few...dozen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martincg Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 not in this order but i like these ones: Maltese Falcon Alien 2 Memento Schindler's list Clockwork Orange The Shining Dark City Planet of Apes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nils Norgren Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Raising Arizona The Hudsucker Proxy The Big Lebowski Empire of the Sun Full Metal Jacket These come to mind right now, but First would be "Raising Arizona" -Nils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 First would be "Raising Arizona" Well alright, then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IC Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 ONE? I can give the usual suspects: I can't say I strongly disagree with anything on your list, Ernest, although I think there have been better comedy films than Trading Places and Caddyshack. I'd have gone for Dr Strangelove (Kubrick again) or The Producers from that era and more recently, Napoleon Dynamite. No complaints with The Marx Brothers being in there. I also think you need a romantic comedy on the list. As much as it has become an appalling genre you can't forget classics like Barefoot in the Park or Some Like it Hot. And what about animations: Toy Story, Spirited Away, Iron Giant, The Incredibles. Foreign Language: Jean de Florette, Amelie, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Where to stop? Like music, I change my mind on my favourites with every month I subscribe to Sky Movies. If I singled one out however, it would have to be Dr Strangelove. Genius on every level. **edit**Ahh........ 20th century movie, eh? Ach can't be bothered deleting my post 2000 entries. **edit** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alikashan Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 not in specific order Fight Club Seven Meet Joe black The Mighty. Basic Instinct The lost city. The Ninth gate. Legends of the fall. Man on the moon. Bruce Almight. i think enough for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigroo Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 There can be no greater modern film for me than Cameron Crowe's 'Vanilla Sky'. The mix of fantasy, pop culture and 'life' not as it seems is overwhelming when listening to Crowe's commentary. And the immortal line by Cameron Diaz - "I even swallowed your c*m! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 I can't say I strongly disagree with anything on your list, Ernest, although I think there have been better comedy films than Trading Places and Caddyshack. I did say 'the usual suspects' (used as a phrase, but also a movie many people love), nothing much off the beaten path in what I wrote. Opportunities to use lines from those happen to me ev'y week. I'd have gone for Dr Strangelove (Kubrick again). I also think you need a romantic comedy on the list. As much as it has become an appalling genre you can't forget classics like Barefoot in the Park or Some Like it Hot. Paths Of Glory, very early Kubrick is pretty strong, not very funny though. Some Like it Hot would be a good addition, but Barefoot in the Park I find much more upsetting than funny. Stick-in-the-mud, that's me. And what about animations: Toy Story, Spirited Away, Iron Giant, The Incredibles. Spirited Away, Iron Giant, sure. You missed Yellow Submarine on my list? I wanted to say Cars, but its too recent for TwenCen. One needs to write lists like this in pencil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecastillor Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 The shawshank redemption Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koper Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 with my selection come the best director also!! Guy Ritchie with 1. Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels!! and 1. SNATCH!! unluckily 'Revolver' didn't live up to the expectation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Cassil Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Some great shows mentioned although some are not from the 20th century.(like Napolean Dynamite which would definetly be on my list) Here's mine: The Empire Strikes Back One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Pulp Fiction Raiders of the Lost Arc Schindler's List Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs The Wizard of Oz I have to put slapstick comedies in a separate category, because I love them but on a different level: Tommy Boy Dumb and Dumber The Three Amigos Happy Gilmore It's a Mad, Mad,.... World If I have to pick one it's ESB. I've been meaning to watch some of the Kurosawa flicks for a long time but have never gotten around to it. Many of them have been recreated into the more popular movies of our time so it would probably be worth while, but that kind of stuff drives my wife nuts, so I guess I'll find a late night by myself sometime to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renderama Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 20th century movies: I like a good story. Fargo (1996) A masterpiece. Wild at Heart (1990) David Lynch (great cinematography,story,soundtrack) Pulp Fiction (1994) Good clean fun Star Wars (1977) Best story debatable, but certainly groundbreaking. Rivers Edge (1987) Great story, Crispin Glover & Dennis Hopper entertain Guilty pleasure flicks: Mars Attacks! Bagdad Cafe The Meaning of Life Napolean Dynamite Magnolia Ray Harryhausen - any Forbidden Planet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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