Favourite Film(s).

[f4chars]

My favourite film is Jason and the Argonauts. Superb cinematology for the time. Stop motion animation at its best. The skeleton scenes tap into something beyond the film itself:

 

[Orang Utan]

I wouldn't go as far a tbaldwin, but I find Loach massively overrated.

Land And Freedom is a good film but I can't see why someone would see it as their favourite film, though Blagsta is the second person I have encountered who has said so.

 

[Blagsta]

It's a flawed film, but there's something about it that gets me - I'm having a bit of a love affair with Spain at the moment, so maybe that's it. Off to Barcelona next week.

 

[Geri]

Dead Man's Shoes, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, The Killing Fields, Reds, Dead Man Walking, Blue Velvet, The Shining, Seabiscuit, Donnie Darko, The Doors, Land & Freedom, The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, Heavenly Creatures, American Werewolf in London, The Story of the Weeping Camel, The Cave of the Yellow Dog, Libertarias, Pan's Labyrinth, The Piano, Ryan's Daughter, Casablanca, Gone With The Wind, The Quiet American, The Constant Gardener.

Some of these I saw quite recently so they may not stand the test of time.

 

[Orang Utan]

It's a flawed film, but there's something about it that gets me - I'm having a bit of a love affair with Spain at the moment, so maybe that's it. Off to Barcelona next week.

I fell asleep watching it for the second time

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Empire Strikes Back, The Two Towers, Donnie Darko, Hana Bi, Truman Show, True Romance, The Usual Suspects, The Shawshank Redemption, Blind Shaft, Nang Nak, The Road Home, Beijing Bicycle, 28 Days Later, Shaun of the Dead, Ghost Dog, The Shining, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ghostbusters, Gremlins 1/2, Back to the Future, Easy Rider, Planet of the Apes (original), 2001 a Space Odyssey, Alien/Aliens/Alien3, Naked Gun 1&2, Airplane (not the shite second one though), Monty Python's Holy Grail, the Life of Brian, Batman Begins, Batman Returns, X Men 1/2, Die Hard 1&3, In The Mouth of Madness, Dark Water (Japanese version), American Beauty, Sideways, American Splendo(u)r, La Haine, 8 million other things that I will remember in 20 minutes time.

 

[colbhoy]

Shawshank Redemption
The Godfather I and II
Pulp Fiction
Mississippi Burning
The Sting
Some Like it Hot
The Odd Couple
12 Angry Men
The Green Mile
Groundhog Day
Reservior Dogs
Trainspotting
Oliver!
Midnight Express
Airplane

to name a few

 

[Orang Utan]

Aaaarrgjjj! WHY OH WHY OH WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP CHOOSING THE SYRUPY TOSS THAT IS SHAWSHANK?

 

[Reno]

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[Reno]

Aaaarrgjjj! WHY OH WHY OH WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP CHOOSING THE SYRUPY TOSS THAT IS SHAWSHANK?

It's a thoroughly mediocre film, full of laughable implausibilities but I think it's popularity has got something to do with it being a tearjerker made for men. Shawnshank is just as manipulative as any Hollywood weepy, but somehow it seems to make men feel that they are a better person for having shed a few tears.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I thought it was an excellent film.

 

[Orang Utan]

The only thing outstanding about it is, as Reno says, its utter mediocrity

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

To be honest I saw it about 10 years ago and loved it. But back then I didn't watch nearly as many films as I do now. Were I to watch it for the first time now, I dunno if I would love it as much as I did then. Still, that's just conjecture.

Anyhow, I can't believe I forgot to include Dead Man's Shoes or This is England. at self.

 

[Geri]

Aaaarrgjjj! WHY OH WHY OH WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP CHOOSING THE SYRUPY TOSS THAT IS SHAWSHANK?

Because they like it.

This thread is about favourite films, not Films Orang Utan Approves Of.