Okay here goes... Best movie ever

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I have tought about this for a long time but never posted this topic. The best movie ever? My favorite movie ever is... The Commitments. Dam* it's about everything. I don't play any instrument but I'd love to, but I can't. Come on guys, wich is your favorite? I have a close second, Scareface (1982). But wich is yours?<br />We seldom talk abot what we do for a living. I work for Swedish Filmindusti since 1977. I was 18 years old then. I have seen quite a lot of movies. But nothing like The Commitments. Ever. I had the opportunity to visist Dublin in 2001. I liked it a lot but it has noting to to with it. The movie wasn't even shot in Dublin? I bet you never even saw that movie. Anyway I have seen my favorite about 10 times (four times this weekend). You can't talk me out of it. So I'm just curious.
 

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Bear...Get a life!! Get on the boat and have fun!!!! :) <br /><br />Im going to have to check out the movie..Thanks
 

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Winter up north you know... :)
 

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My favorite movie is "Key Largo" with Humphrey Bogart. <br /><br />Trivia question, what was the name of the boat used in the last half hour of the movie??
 

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Are you talking about the "African Queen"? Or "Santana"? Or another??
 

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"The Usual Suspects" - Great story line, alot of action, talented actors, and a brilliant climatic plot twist that sends your brain into overdrive... all around 'best of all time' movie in my opinion; and I've seen alot of movies.
 

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"Gone With The Wind" has to be one of the best, but the films that I watch over and over are mostly Bogart films.<br /><br />Casablanca<br />Treasure of the Sierra Madre<br />The Caine Mutiny<br />The African Queen<br />We're No Angels (with Peter Ustinoff and Aldo Ray)<br /><br />And a few John Wayne films.<br /><br />The Searchers<br />Red River<br />In Harm's Way<br />The Cowboys <br /><br />Also<br /><br />Dances With Wolves<br /><br />Which is the BEST? I think it is one of the above.
 

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Always liked space movies<br />Close Encounters ,Alien, Star Wars.<br />Most watched movie, <br />probably The Ten Commandments
 

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Hard to believe there are 4 people whose Christmas Eve is more boring than mine. Merry Christmas, y'all!<br /><br />Oops, six!
 

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I like a lot of them and actually my favorite list changes as new movies come out or I decide I like one better but as far as most favorite currently it wouls have to be "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" Although several new movies are good too I just could watch that one then watch it agian and perhaps even a third time in a row.<br />It's not that my Christmas is boring but I got an Air Hockey table to put together for my girls (it's the only thing they have asked for since we went on vacation that has not changed). I have to wait till I am sure they are in bed before I can do it and if I am on the computer it will help keep me up.
 

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I'm with PFB.. My current favorite is Oh Brother, Where art thou?... Watched it two times in the last three days... <br /><br />Some of my favorites are as follows.. <br /><br /> Drama = The Shawshank Redemption.<br />Comedy = (EDIT) Caddyshack.. <br />Si-Fi = Close Encounters of the Third Kind.<br /><br />And for what it's worth, My all time absolute favorite movie is "The Endless Summer"...
 

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The Abyss,On Golden Pond,Charlie Varrick,Die Hard I,Rainman,A Few Good Men,Turner and Hooch,Deliverance,and some of the above.<br />I can't :confused: make up my mind.
 

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For me, it's difficult to name a favorite movie overall. It depends on the genre...so here goes<br /><br /> Sci Fi- Aliens. Nothing comes close except Alien.<br /> Comedy- Man With Two Brains. Funniest movie ever.<br /> Western-True Grit. Enough said.<br /> Action- Saving Private Ryan. War really is hell.<br /> Suspense- Seven. Makes Silence Of The Lambs look <br /> like a cartoon.<br /> Romantic- An Affair To Remember and the remake:<br /> Love Affair.<br /> Animated- Beauty And The Beast with Mulan a close <br /> second.<br /> Musical- Grease. Wouldn't you just love to peel <br /> that black outfit off Olivia Newton-<br /> John had on at the end of the movie?<br /> Well, the wife is through wrapping the kid's presents. It's time for me to do my job... apply the bows. Merry Christmas and good health to all.
 

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I get to wait for the kids and wife to get up for presents. So my favorites are....<br />Star Wars<br />The original Star Trek<br />Yep you guessed it I love Sci-Fi<br />Merry Christmas All And Happy New Year when it gets here. :D :cool:
 

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I've only seen two thirds of it so far, but the Lord of the Rings is definatly top of my list.<br /><br />Ever since University, I've read the books almost once a year and the movie version is just awesome and is a great rendition of the books.<br /><br />Just can't wait for next Christmas.<br /><br />Merry Christmas to all.
 

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The Longest Day, 12 O'clock High , The African Queen, On Golden Pond, The Cowboys. All great movies with great actors.
 

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Caddy Shack was the only comedy mentioned !<br /> Good flick, but "AIRPLANE" has got to be one of the funniest (all right,corny) movies ever made! Animal House a close second. After an eleven hour day,with commute, I need a laugh....TOMMY
 

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The only movie that I make any effort to see every year or so is "Cool Hand Luke". My favorite western was actually a TV movie "Lonesome Dove". Maybe the greatest western movie of all time.
 

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HO HO HO..!!!<br /><br />lonesome dove's a good one..!!<br /><br />saw an interview with robert duvall.. he said he was put on earth to play augustus mccreay...that's sayin' somethin'..!!<br /><br />did you know JB,,that gone with the wind, africian queen , king kong, grapes of wrath, withering heights, an the wizard of oz all came out the same year...??? 1939..<br /><br />it's a tough one ,, but was really blown away with 'quest for fire'by stanley kubrick..<br /><br />top action : tied with the first indiana jones & 'cliffhanger'..<br /><br />comedy: king pin<br /><br />war: private ryan & pork chop hill<br /><br />tear jerker : old yeller & lassie come home<br /><br />sci fi : ET & star wars<br /><br />horror : excersist<br /><br />read an artical on the makin' of 'cliffhanger' ... a camera man got hit by lightin' two times prior in his life.. while filming ,, he got hit ,,, threw off a 15 foot cliff onto a leadge .. an got hit again.. later in the filming ,, he got hit two more times...<br /><br />hands down , flat-out, my favorite tv show is 'andy griffith show'<br /><br /># 2 ... COMBAT with vic morrow
 
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I'm with JB on every one except: "Dances With Wolves".<br /><br />I might add:<br /><br />Drama/Action<br /><br />-Saving Private Ryan<br />-Tuskegee Airmen<br />-A Band of Brothers<br />-Oceans 11<br />-Live and Let Die (James Bond '73'-Lot's of really nifty boat chases). :D <br /><br />Can you tell I'm a WWII buff?<br /><br />Comedy<br /><br />-Airplane (the original)<br />-Space Balls<br />-Blazing Saddles :eek: <br />-Tommy Boy
 
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