The movie post

NYbenben

Forrest Gump
Pulp Fiction
Young Frankenstein
Kill Bill 1 & 2

there are so many more

JDE-PJ

chiquimonkey wrote:

hell yeah! i met him at a booksigning once, i was completely starstruck. his performance in that movie is impeccable.

You did?

I never knew that, geez you would think you would have told me that, knowing what a fan I am as well:p


LOA,and The Lion in the Winter two more of his films I love.

I also saw some of Beckett a week or so ago, and need to rent that one, what I saw of it was brilliant, him and Richard Burton.

Lots of good films here, keep them coming.


Besides Mr O'Toole some of my other favorite actors include Jimmy Stewart, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant.

As for the ladies, Carole Lombard will always have my heart, and the two Hepburn's, Audrey and Kate rank right next to her.

chiquimonkey

JDE-PJ wrote:

You did?

I never knew that, geez you would think you would have told me that, knowing what a fan I am as well:p


LOA,and The Lion in the Winter two more of his films I love.

I also saw some of Beckett a week or so ago, and need to rent that one, what I saw of it was brilliant, him and Richard Burton.

Lots of good films here, keep them coming.


Besides Mr O'Toole some of my other favorite actors include Jimmy Stewart, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant.

As for the ladies, Carole Lombard will always have my heart, and the two Hepburn's, Audrey and Kate rank right next to her.

i TOTALLY told you that i met him!! doy lol

ah jimmy stewart, love him too. carole lombard was luminous

JDE-PJ

chiquimonkey wrote:

i TOTALLY told you that i met him!! doy lol

ah jimmy stewart, love him too. carole lombard was luminous

hum, I don't remember, but okay.


A few films for this late night post


A Face in the Crowd, Andy Griffth like you have never seen him with Patricia O'neil from 1957.

The Hustler Paul Newman at his best with Jackie Gleason and George C Scott, and an amazing performance from Piper Laurie in 1961.


The Cooler a more recent movie with William H Macy, Maria Bello, and a supporting acting gem from Alec Baldwin from 2003


Finally two films both starring Cate Blanchett who is one of actresses of the present who I quite enjoy.

Elizabeth from 1998, since the new film is coming out next month, I thought I would mention that one, and a small little film from down under called Oscar and Lucinda with Cate and Ralph Fiennes in 1997.

Red mosquita

forest gump...probably
Love's a Bitch
Robert De Niro
Back to the Future

lgt

JDE-PJ wrote:

The Best Year Of Our Lives -1946

Oh I meant to watch this after reading about it in a Samuel Goldwyn's biography.. but I still haven't opened the DVD. Is it really good and worth watching?

Hitch-Hiker

Favourite Comedy: Blazing Saddles
Favourite Action: Die Hard
Favourite Thriller: The Usual Suspects
Favourite Sci-Fi/Fantasy: Blade Runner
Favourite Comic-Book movie: X-Men 2
Favourite Animated movie: The Incredibles
Guilty Pleasure: Commando
Favourite Actor: Probably Russel Crowe or Robert Downey Jr
Most hated movie: Pearl Harbour
Most overrated movie ever: Taxi Driver
Most Underrated movie ever: Alien 3

List to be continued.

South of Seattle

City of God

JDE-PJ

lgt wrote:

Oh I meant to watch this after reading about it in a Samuel Goldwyn's biography.. but I still haven't opened the DVD. Is it really good and worth watching?

Yes it is, it's a long filme just under 3 hours, but if you are a person who like movies, I find it hard to believe anyone would not enjoy it.

If you have it already, the worse that happens is you wasted your money, or you see one of the best films ever made in my opinion.

Anon

my favorite films are:
pulp fiction, american beauty, goodfellas, almost famous, forrest gump, lost in translation, good will hunting, the gradute, the good the bad and the ugly, fargo, jerry maguire

favorite comedies:
knocked up (yes) and diner

favorite actors:
jack nicholson and dustin hoffman

beachdweller

Favorite Comedies: The Big Lebowski, History of the World pt 1, Monty Python & the Holy Grail,
Favorite Action movies: Indiana Jones movies, Lawrence of Arabia, Gettysburg
Favorite Thriller: Seven
Favorite Drama's: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Great Escape, Pappilion, Life as a House, Casablance, Chaplin, The Sting,
Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy: Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Star Wars Movies, Alien/Aliens
Favorite Comic-Book movies: batman begins, the blade movies, the Xmen movies
Favorite foreign film's: Hero (China), Amelie (France), Seven Samurai (Japan), the devil's backbone (Spain)
Favorite Animated movies: The Incredibles
Guilty Pleasure: James Bond flicks, Spaghetti Westerns, Mel Brooks movies
Favorite Actor: Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Bill Murray, Robert Downey Jr, and George Clooney
Favorite Actresses: Jennifer Connelly, Diane Lane (Cherry forever),

JDE-PJ

A western and a few Jimmy Stewart films


First off my favorite western Red River, not directed by John Ford as so many of the best westerns were, this was done by Howard Hawkes and really gives John Wayne a chance to show his skills as an actor. He plays for the first time a much older character, and shows many layers of emotion, not often seen.

Montgomery Clift is great in this film, playing the dukes surrogate son, and as always anytime he is in a film, Walter Brennan steals the show.

It's from 1948, if you want to see a western done right, this is one of those to watch.

Two movies from Jimmy now, the first one is from 1939, Destry Rides Again.

One of his best early films before he went to war, it is part western, part comedy and part drama. He stars with Marlene Dietrich in this one, and there are some classic scenes in this one that movies over the years have aped, including a barroom brawl with Marlene and Jimmy that will leave you smiling watching Mr Stewart act.


The last film is Rear Window, it co stars one of the most beautiful women that have ever graced the screen in Grace Kelly. When watching this film, it will give you an idea of how good cinema can be when you put all the ingredients of a movie together. Alfred Hitchcock is the director, and no one before or since can build up the suspense like him, this film is just about perfect, so if you have not seen it, you're missing out.

lgt

JDE-PJ wrote:

Yes it is, it's a long filme just under 3 hours, but if you are a person who like movies, I find it hard to believe anyone would not enjoy it.

If you have it already, the worse that happens is you wasted your money, or you see one of the best films ever made in my opinion.

OK, good to hear it from you as well, and not just from a book, that it is a great film. I'll watch it and let you know!

And yes, I LOVE movies!

lgt

Ok, in terms of movie preferences - too many to mention!

Off the top of my mind now, Love Eternal Sunshine, Big Lebowski, really enjoyed Knocked Up..

As for actors -
British: Clive Owen and Christian Bale
American: blank right now!
French: Vincent Cassel
Italian: Fabrizio Bentivoglio
German: the guy...

That's a really good movie, The Live of Others. It won the Best Foreign Film this year, and it is really good. It's about the Stasi and the spying that went on in the DDR before Germany's reunification. The actor unfortunately passed away a month ago.. :(

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/

Other foreign movie recommendation: The Consequences of Love, an Italian movie about - contrary to what you may expect - mafia moneylaudering and the consequences for the protagonist. I do not want to spoil the ending but it will be stuck on your mind!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398883/

JDE-PJ

lgt wrote:

French: Vincent Cassel

He is a really good actor, plus he is married to Monica Bellucci, so just for that how can any guy not respect him.

Read My Lips is a great little movie.

lgt

JDE-PJ wrote:

He is a really good actor, plus he is married to Monica Bellucci, so just for that how can any guy not respect him.

Read My Lips is a great little movie.

Yes! great little movie indeed!

Have you seen La Haine? Hatred in English - it's basically the European Reservoir Dogs, to put it bluntly.

Oh and talking of them as a couple, The Brotherhood of Wolves it's a really good film, historical action/thriller movie.

Or more recently, the one that caused a furore because of the rape scene...
Irreversible. Haven't seen it though.

Ok, enough of Euro movies!

For now at least!

JDE-PJ

lgt wrote:

Yes! great little movie indeed!

Have you seen La Haine? Hatred in English - it's basically the European Reservoir Dogs, to put it bluntly.

Oh and talking of them as a couple, The Brotherhood of Wolves it's a really good film, historical action/thriller movie.

Or more recently, the one that caused a furore because of the rape scene...
Irreversible. Haven't seen it though.

Ok, enough of Euro movies!

For now at least!

Yeah I know of all 3 films, but I have not seen any of them yet.

chiquimonkey

JDE-PJ wrote:

The last film is Rear Window, it co stars one of the most beautiful women that have ever graced the screen in Grace Kelly. When watching this film, it will give you an idea of how good cinema can be when you put all the ingredients of a movie together. Alfred Hitchcock is the director, and no one before or since can build up the suspense like him, this film is just about perfect, so if you have not seen it, you're missing out.

the scene when she comes into the room in her dressing gown.....wow! her beauty glows so brightly

and yes that is probably *the* best suspense movie ever.

JDE-PJ

chiquimonkey wrote:

the scene when she comes into the room in her dressing gown.....wow! her beauty glows so brightly

and yes that is probably *the* best suspense movie ever.

Grace Kelly sure knew how to wear a dress, that's no lie.


Tonight I saw a few minutes of The Wedding Singer, specifically the scene with Jon Lovitz, it's one of those scenes like the bathroom scene in There's Something About Mary, that makes me laugh every time I see it.

Adam Sandler singing that song, and the look on Drew's face and then Lovits behind the curtain, it's just money.

chiquimonkey

JDE-PJ wrote:

Grace Kelly sure knew how to wear a dress, that's no lie.


Tonight I saw a few minutes of The Wedding Singer, specifically the scene with Jon Lovitz, it's one of those scenes like the bathroom scene in There's Something About Mary, that makes me laugh every time I see it.

Adam Sandler singing that song, and the look on Drew's face and then Lovits behind the curtain, it's just money.

she has serious class. very few actresses have that sort of poise. cate blanchette does in her own unique way i think. i wanna see that new elizabeth movie coming out

wedding singer is a sweet movie, i love that scene lol