10 movies > stuck on an island

by Bendrr 44 Replies latest jw friends

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  wasasister

  A wonderful thread because good cinema unites us and speaks to things we cannot say ourselves. I'm amazed at several common threads here.

  I agree with many choices, but wish to add:

  The Piano - so erotic, yet so subtle

  Like Water for Chocolate - mentioned by others, but ditto above

  Dogma - great Kevin Smith treatise on religion, I can't get enough of this guy (OK, maybe I can)

  Manon of the Spring and Jean D'Florette - French filmmaking at its best (yes, I still love you, Francios Truffaut)

  Local Hero - by a Scottish director, makes my top 5 list. You MUST see this one. A corporate player absorbed by a minute Scottish village with weird and wonderful characters.

  Dr. Strangelove, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb - title says it all about the nuke paranoia of the 60's

  Little Voice - too hard to capsulize, but watch it

  Shall We Dance? - Japanese with subtitles, but worth the effort

  Crimes and Misdemeanors - Woody Allen when he's trying. I couldn't get this movie out of my head for days. That defines good film-making in my mind.

  Secrets and Lies - wonderful and twisted family dymanics

  Most underrated film of all time: Ishtar...I know what you're thinking, but the lyrics to those songs? Brilliant and I still laugh.

  How many is that? I lost count. I confess, I love good movies. I think they are the best expression of what is good and worthy about humanity.

  How's that for humble?
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  Isis

  This is such a great thread. It is so hard to choose only 10.
  Here goes:

  1. The Shawshank Redemption
  2. Dogma
  3. Demolition Man
  4. Gone with the Wind
  5. American Beauty
  6. V (tv mini-series)
  7. Alice in Wonderland
  8. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  9. Cruel Intentions
  10. Flash Gordon

  And these would have to be on DVD, definately. :)

  Isis
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  TheEye

  1. Star Wars
  2. Empire Strikes Back
  3. Return of the Jedi
  4. Dogma
  5. Tombstone
  6. Saving Private Ryan
  7. In the Mouth of Madness
  8. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  9. Flash Gordon
  10. Gettysburg

  If there are mushrooms on the island then I must substite one of the above selections with "Alice in Wonderland".

  TheEye
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  Mulan

  Trying to think of the movies I will definitely watch when they come on TV, no matter how many times I've seen them.

  1. Somewhere in Time (love it so much!)
  2. Godfather (all parts)
  3. Titanic
  4. Grand Prix (from the 60's)
  5. Supercop (I love Jackie Chan, and Malaysia)
  6. Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? (hilarious......a MUST see)
  7. Air Force One
  8. On Golden Pond
  9. Hawaii and the sequel, The Hawaiians
  10. Back to the Future
  (also loved Peggy Sue Got Married; Blast from the Past; American Grafitti, etc. etc.)

  Marilyn (a.k.a. Mulan)
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  TweetieBird

  Some of mine were covered, but here goes:

  1) Dumb and Dumber
  2) The Bodyguard
  3) Liar, Liar
  4) The Green Mile
  5) The Jerk
  6) Fast Time at Ridgemont High
  7) The Matrix
  8) Any and all 007 movies
  9) Rush Hour and Rush Hour 2 (when released-hilarious)
  10) 9 1/2 weeks

  "By doubting we come at truth" -Cicero