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[big bri]

Have to give it some thought before i dive in and post my,
FAV TEN Films/movies OF ALL TIME.

I soppose its a realy personal thing like fav music,fav coulor,Fav team,but may just remind us of a few we ment to see,but didnt.Im betting by the time five or ten have posted,youve changed your mind on your own favs,as you forgot about some that have been mentioned in the thread.With that inmind.TOP TEN may help.

Whos first,,,, dont be shy,keep it clean

BRIAN...

[Jonesey]

Have to give it some thought before i dive in and post my,
FAV TEN Films/movies OF ALL TIME.

I soppose its a realy personal thing like fav music,fav coulor,Fav team,but may just remind us of a few we ment to see,but didnt.Im betting by the time five or ten have posted,youve changed your mind on your own favs,as you forgot about some that have been mentioned in the thread.With that inmind.TOP TEN may help.

Whos first,,,, dont be shy,keep it clean

BRIAN...

Bit like doing a mix tape for your first girlfriend.... It's going to take some thought .... Plus it reveals a lot about ones personality so I might have to lie a little .. Might need 24 hours to consider this one

[Sailor99]

Well, master and commander would have to be in there, like dur! If my bread were buttered on the other side I would happily marry Russel Crowe and have his children, just so long as he wore an unbuttoned shirt and breeches!

Matrix (but not reloaded or revisited) for the special effects.

Lord of the rings as top epic.

Of course Breakfast at Tiffany's because it stars the world's second most beautiful woman (Audrey Hepburn) in the most stunning clothes.



Guess who's coming to dinner because it stars one our finest actors at his peek (IMHO - Sidney Poitier) and because it made me blub on a plane journey back home many years ago (Gave the air hostesses a laugh although one was impressed I was in touch with my sensitive side - still got her hat somewhere )

And finally Life of Brian for when I want to laugh like a drain.

[big bri]

Well, master and commander would have to be in there, like dur! If my bread were buttered on the other side I would happily marry Russel Crowe and have his children, just so long as he wore an unbuttoned shirt and breeches!

Matrix (but not reloaded or revisited) for the special effects.

Lord of the rings as top epic.

Of course Breakfast at Tiffany's because it stars the world's second most beautiful woman (Audrey Hepburn) in the most stunning clothes.



Guess who's coming to dinner because it stars one our finest actors at his peek (IMHO - Sidney Poitier) and because it made me blub on a plane journey back home many years ago (Gave the air hostesses a laugh although one was impressed I was in touch with my sensitive side - still got her hat somewhere )

And finally Life of Brian for when I want to laugh like a drain.

Sailor,
Would you know the piece of music they played together in Master and Commander,the doc and the captain.I herd it playing in the hospitality marque at Sunderland festival in the evening and realised what a likeing i had for it.

BRIAN...

[Sailor99]

It could be one of many. I suspect you mean Boccherini La Musica Notturna Delle Strase de Madrid (you would need to check my spelling on that) but it could also be Motzart No 3 Violin concerto (its the 3rd movement in the film) or Bach Prelude from the Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 or even corelli Adagio from Concerto Grosso . Lucky Jack and the Doctor play together several times in the film, and some of the back ground music may be haunting you too. Suggest you try those on iTunes. Go for the boccherini first - in the film it is the one where Jack and the Doctor are in the captains cabin with the doctor plucking his cello and the captain playing his violin like a guitar (Is that the scene you are thinking of)

[big bri]

Thats the one Sailor,im nearly sure of it.The last one you mention.Its a lovely tune and as ya say,

Haunting


BRIAN...

[play365]

ok not in any order

Blues Brothers
Star Wars
Life of Brian
The Princess Bride
White Christmas


or

The Commitments
Withnail and I
The Godfather
Enter The Dragon
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrells

or oh I give up

[big bri]

King Kong,original b/w version
Laurel and Hardy [Laughing Gravy]
John Carpenters,The Thing
The Warriors
Toy Story
Shaw shank Redemption
True Grit
The quiet man
Miracle on,,the snowman,,anything Christmasy[not the great escape]
Jaws

Changed my mind so many times,Blues Brothers was in ther,The Exorcist,could go on and on.Its hard

BRIAN...im sparticus

[big bri]

Once upon a time in America
Casino
Pulp fiction
Resvoir of dogs
Goodfellas
Kes
This sportinglife
Hifidelity
Chitty Chitty Bang bang....ye,i know,but ,,,,,,,,

BRIAN...its a bridge to far

[Watty]

Forrest Gump
Farris Buler's Day Off
Terminal
Robin Hood - Men in Tights
The Star Wars Epic
The Truman Show
Castaway
300
Iron Man
Big

In that order

[antman]

300
simpsons the movie
dont be a menice to south central while drinking your juice in the hood
spiderman 1,2,3
batman(1993)
road trip
american pie
friday
next friday
the hulk
rush hour 1,2,3
jet lei,s the 1
clerks 1,2
jay and silent bob strikes back (gotta support jersey actors)
mallrats
strange days(1992)
fast times at ridgemont high(1980)
thrasher(1987)
boyz in the hood
the shining
eazy rider(1969)
eazy money
the abyss
bruce lee,s house of the dragon(1970)
i have alot more but dont feel like typing them all ..gotta have something to do when i cant fly!!!

[Jim Foster]

No one has mentioned one of my favorites

Cars.......nice story, voices of so many notable people.

Probably the main reason this movie got my attention is that my father was a Hudson dealer in the 50s. My first car was a '53 Hudson Hornet, which became the "Hey Jim, bring your car in Saturday afternoon, we want to try something" test car for the mechanics. It did run very well. 100+ MPH was no problem at all. It ate Olds Super 88s for lunch.

Also, I lived through the crash "Doc Hudson" spoke of in 1954. That was referring to the merger of Hudson and Nash forming American Motors (AMC), which ended the Hudson as we knew it. Starting in 1955 they were Nash bodies with Packard and Hudson engines.

That was a sad time for Hudson people.

[RevWizard]

No one has mentioned one of my favorites

Cars.......nice story, voices of so many notable people.

Probably the main reason this movie got my attention is that my father was a Hudson dealer in the 50s. My first car was a '53 Hudson Hornet, which became the "Hey Jim, bring your car in Saturday afternoon, we want to try something" test car for the mechanics. It did run very well. 100+ MPH was no problem at all. It ate Olds Super 88s for lunch.

Also, I lived through the crash "Doc Hudson" spoke of in 1954. That was referring to the merger of Hudson and Nash forming American Motors (AMC), which ended the Hudson as we knew it. Starting in 1955 they were Nash bodies with Packard and Hudson engines.

That was a sad time for Hudson people.

Thanks for the interesting history.
I never really knew anything of the merger. I had assumed that Hudson and Packard simply shutdown. To think, I once processed an AMC Rambler with a 5 liter V8 engine and 200PS.

[Jim Foster]

Thanks for the interesting history.
I never really knew anything of the merger. I had assumed that Hudson and Packard simply shutdown. To think, I once processed an AMC Rambler with a 5 liter V8 engine and 200PS.

Packard merged with Studebaker about that same time and became Studebaker/Packard. S/P produced cars up into the late 60s I believe and AMC was bought by Chrysler. Chrysler wanted the "Jeep" division which AMC bought from Willys in '71. Chrysler also continued to produce the AMC 258 ci six cylinder, in various versions, until just a few years ago.

Sorry,,,,,,,back to the movies.

[Jonesey]

OK... deep breath...

Crash (2004)
Pans Labyrinth
Shawshank Redemption
Blade Runner
2001
Fight club
Little Mermaid (don't ask!)
Donnie Darko
The man who would be King
Life of Brian
Across the Universe
Crouching Tiger hidden dragon
Empire strikes back
Toys story 2 (because I'm in it according to my kids ... check out the toy store owner!)
A Knights Tale
Pleasantville


Ok more then 10 but once you start.....

[big bri]

Along with Zulu Dawn,The man who would be king is one of M.Caines best Performances ,,EYE,, reckon Jonessey.

Connery wasnt bad either in it.

BRIAN...

[wufer]

This is my choice.

The Dam Busters
Whistle Down The Wind
The Railway Children
Sparticus
Carry On Matron
Barbarella
Dracula
Journey To The Centre O f The Earth
Camp On Blood Island

ps. not been to the flicks for a while

Derek.

[Sailor99]

Little Mermaid (don't ask!)

Kinky perhaps, but perfectly understandable.

[play365]

Oh I forgot The Italian Job

[Stone in Shoe Bob]

For top slot I can’t decide between these two.
Hunt for Red October
Shawshank Redemption

Then in no particular order.
Warriors
Pulp Fiction
A Bridge Too Far (this one is a “right of passage film for me”. I took my dad to see this to take mind off things while my mum was in hospital having surgery)
The Blues Brothers
Blues Brothers 2000 (not so sure I like having a sequel in this list but the music is brilliant)
Field of Dreams
The Postman
Miracle of 34th Street

Little Mermaid (don't ask!)

Kinky perhaps, but perfectly understandable.

If you’re talking kinky. It wouldn't be in my top ten, but I have to mention Beauty and the Beast and in particular the down the cleavage camera shots in the ballroom scene. Steady on Bob it's a drawing FFS.