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[banj0]

Just for grins, I thought it'd be cool to for the members to post their 5 favorite movies of all time. It's pretty hard to pin down imho---> it may be easier to ask for our 30 favorite movies of all time.

Ranking them isn't necessary, just your 5 "deserted island" movies that you simply wouldn't be able to live without. Cool?

My 5, in no particular order:

The Shawshank Redemption
Memento
Citizen Kane
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Godfather II

Yours?

[m.oreilly]

casablanca

the day the earth stood still

orphee (camus and cocteau)

juliet of the spirits

metropolis

[David_Heavey]

One Flew Over The Cukoo's Nest (Pure classic)

Event Horizon (spooked the crap out of me)

Hostile Hostages (funny as heck)

Scarface (Al Pacino ... say no more)

Hamburger Hill (Blew me away)

The Good, The Bad & the Ugly (no top 5 is complete without a Clint Eastwood flick )

[chriso_86]

I'm gonna cheat and say I can take entire series on my deserted island trip.

Star Wars Series
Lord of the Rings Series
Harry Potter Series
Indiana Jones Series
Austin Powers Series (gotta have some comedy on an island even if it's not near my favorite)

[Sphere]

Resident Evil series
Equilibrium
The Matrix (only the first!)
Rise of the Silver Surfer (Fantastic Four 2)
Azumi 1 and 2

[hog]

This is so hard, there are so many and yet so many other that I haven't had the chance to see but I'm sure I would love to... But here I go...

The Exorcist (First one, really. It made me discover the wonderful world of horror movies. I love it. It's pure genious.)
Star Wars : Return of the Jedi (I'd like to bring the whole original series though...)
LOTR : Return of the King (I like returns! really hard choice between this one and the Two Towers)
The Shining (made me discover the wonderful world of Stanley Kubrick. Another genious.)
Pan's Labyrinth (I was really really amazed by that movie. I think I'm gonna watch other movies from Guillermo del Toro)

I'm gonna cheat and add more movies I love :
V for Vendetta (once you know the plot it's less interesting though, but it was great the first time)
Night of the Living Dead (I'm serious, the first one in black and white is really nice)
C.R.A.Z.Y. (You may not have heard about it, it's a movie made in Quebec 2-3 years ago that won many international awards. Talks about a young boy discovering he's gay in the 60's-70's. There's a lot of music from that time : Pink Floyd, Supertramp, David Bowie/Ziggy Stardust. No need to say it's very good. It's also about Quebec society so it's more special for us too.)

edit : After re-reading my post I found out that I own all of those movies except V for Vendetta and Night of the Living Dead. And I have a really tiny DVD collection, I have like 10 movies. So I could almost bring my whole shelf

Edited by hog, 01 August 2007 - 04:53 PM.

[Roadrunner]

OK- here goes-

1. 2001 A Space Odyssey-----------------------really got me interested in space flight
2. The Day the Earth Stood Still----------------still the best - all other "encounter" movies try to be as good
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest...............classic Nicholson
4. The Graduate...........................................best music and a classic ending
5. Original Godfather-----------------------------started it all


and a few honorable mentions- really great movies

Wizard of Oz
Psycho
It's a Wonderful Life
Treasure of the Sierra Madre (We don't need no Stinkin' Badges )
Rear Window
African Queen
American Graffitti


and probably a few I forgot

[banj0]

Well, I see two picks for the "The Day The Earth Stood Still." Haven't seen that myself but that's why these lists are so much fun. It's on the "to-see" list now!

[m.oreilly]

banj0, on Aug 1 2007, 08:39 PM, said:

Well, I see two picks for the "The Day The Earth Stood Still." Haven't seen that myself...

a must see. heck, i vote klaatu for the next prez

Klaatu barata nikto!

(maybe gort...a green party "gubna"... )

[banj0]

I'd heard of it but the fact that you and roady both have it on the 'top 5' list means it's a must see. I'll make time this Saturday to check it out.

[David_Heavey]

banj0, on Aug 2 2007, 07:54 AM, said:

I'd heard of it but the fact that you and roady both have it on the 'top 5' list means it's a must see

Nah, they just old Banjo

[Scuba]

Ok here go my five that i guess are my favorite....

Monsters Inc. (dont laugh, I love that movie)
All three SAW movies
Blow
Pulp Fiction
American History X

Kinda funny how I go from a nice kid/family movie to some sick twisted "lets kill some people" movies. Maybe I should go seek some help

Edited by Scuba, 02 August 2007 - 03:05 PM.

[hog]

Scuba, on Aug 2 2007, 11:03 AM, said:

Kinda funny how I go from a nice kid/family movie to some sick twisted "lets kill some people" movies. Maybe I should go seek some help

If we follow the logic, the next step is "let's kill som kids"

[banj0]

David_Heavey, on Aug 2 2007, 06:00 AM, said:

Nah, they just old Banjo

[Camaro]

wow, some very nice movie's listed, it is very difficult to decide, I think, an in no particular order.

Equilibrium
The Matrix
Resident Evil, both, an prolly the third coming out next month.
shrek, just the first
and probably spiderman.