Die Hard
Because its fucking brilliant. It just is.
( Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 18:19, 4 replies)

Here's a few more
Twin Town - filmed down 'ere' in Swansea and I know quite a few of the extras in it too for that matter. Plus I got sucked off in the nightclub where part of the film was featured in, result :)
Stephen King's IT - freaked me out completely as a kid, watched it recently and still borderline weird as hell.
The Green Mile - I had this on DVD one christmas and was drunk as a skunk watching it eating some christmas scram. Me parents called around to see me and found me drunk at 3 in the afternoon crying my eyes out saying "WHY'D THEY HAVE TO DO THAT, WHYYY????!?!!??"
Predator - GET TO DA CHOPPA! Never a film has caused so many random quotes to be shouted across the office, much to the confusion of others.
Even though Pinocchio plays the main part The Matrix - seen this film too many times to date but will still watch it again and again, as long as it isn't one of those piss-ant sequels.
Will most probs think of a few others soon.
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 18:18, 2 replies)

The Wages of Fear (Le Salaire de la peur)
Many of the usual suspects down below...but let me suggest this.

French movie, black and white, two hours long...wait....trust me.

First hour introducing the four main characters, showing just how shitty they are. Convincing you that they're scum and you shouldn't give a toss about them.

Second hour perched on the edge of your seat, praying that they survive.

The premise - to extinguish an oil field fire, two trucks have to drive thru the jungle in 24 hours. The load...20 tons of NitroGlycerine.

Admit it...that's a flipping good set up. And as it's not a Hollywood movie...are you SURE you know how it ends ?
( Tepid_Halibut felt like a cold, empty shell of a human...until, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 18:17, Reply)

In Before..
Rubbish joke about Schindler's List and wanking.
(Lythium deals in lead, my friend., Thu 17 Jul 2008, 18:12, Reply)

I love b3ta
but this truly is the most dire QOTW I have seen in years....sorry.
(woodkat loves comic sans, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 18:06, 6 replies)

All top films...
Dead Mans Shoes- excellent, chilling film from Shane Meadows. Paddy Considine stars. Bizarrely, started out as a comedy.

The Terminator- a perfect film. Subtext, content, genre, editing, direction all combine perfectly.

King of Comedy- Underrated comedy by Martin Scorsese.

Apocalypse Now.

The Empire Strikes Back.

Taxi Driver
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 18:05, 2 replies)

Easy
Jaws - Some of the greatest lines ever in a film and scary as fuck when you are 10 yrs old.

Casino - The scene where Pesci meets De Niro in the desert and calls him all the jew motherfuckers under the sun is legend.

JFK - Just gripping from start to end. The courtroom scene at the end is epic but Donald Sutherland steals the film.

OOh almost forgot No country For old Men is super but for ultra depression but great film and soundtrack, Leaving Las Vegas.
( Snollock Biffer I don't really sniff Bollocks, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 18:02, 1 reply)

Well, I doubt many people agree...
...But to me, American Beauty is one of the best films ever, the script is amazing.

There are so many great films, it's hard to know what to say...Comedies that are actually funny are good to start with.

Sorry for the boringness of the post, couldn't think of anything funny :(
(ShortPurple is still trying to think of a decent board sig on, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 17:57, Reply)

Most recently
In Bruges! It's hilarious, beautifully shot, brilliant performances (it even made me forgive Colin Farrel for Alexander) and as a British gangster thriller/comedy just reemphasises what an untalented tosser Guy Ritchie is.

Should be out on DVD soon and I really recommend looking out for it.
(Milo Minderbinder, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 17:56, Reply)

Airplane
I hope i'm not alone in thinking this the most sublimley funny movie ever made.I'm sure i don't need to explain why as anyone who's seen it would understand,but i was lucky enough to share my dads sense of humour and i have happy memories of the pair of us crying with laughter watching this movie.Nice little movie factoid:The Zucker brothers didn't do the final edit untill after test screenings,removing any gag that didn't get a big enough laugh.And it was Leslie Nielsens first comedy performance.Sorry,that's two.
(yob soddoth happiness is a Dane called Hamlet?, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 17:55, 4 replies)

easy.
Jaws.
Aliens.
Dawn of The Dead.
Dog Soldiers.
28 Days Later.

Jaws is the first film i can remember watching. it is also the reason for my lifelong love of sharks. i've seen it well over 100 times, but Quint's "Indianapolis" speech still gives me chills.

Dawn of The Dead is, despite the anti-consumerism motif, a classic film. even the remake kicks zombie arse.

Aliens is so much better than Alien. i know i'll get flamed for this, but i thought the first one was shit.

Dog Soldiers did what i doubted any werewolf film could ever do: it replaced An American Werewolf in London as my favourite werewolf film. it's hilarious!

28 Days Later, well, what can i say? i'm a sucker for a deadly virus film.

if you want a film that's creepy, bizarre, silly and obscure, watch The Boneyard. you'll laugh your tits off.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 17:54, Reply)

the nice thing about this QOTW
is that you can find out very easily who the really dull people are.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 17:52, 8 replies)

Choosing what film to watch:
Does it have dinosuars in it?
Yes. Cool. Watch it.

or

Does it have vampires in it?
Yes. Cool. Watch it.

or

Does it have someone attractive in it?
Yes. Cool. Watch it.

or

Does it have van Damme or Jackie Chan in it?
Yes. Cool. Watch it.

Simple.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 17:47, 1 reply)

Land and Freedom
There's a bit where someone uses the phrase 'revolutionary spirit of the people' and it sounds inspiring instead of retarded.
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 17:43, Reply)

There can be only one...
Actually, I didn't like Highlander (and 2 was MEGA SHIT), and I can't choose one film, so I'll give you a rundown of some of my faves.


A Bittersweet Life - I know the title sounds like some schmaltzy bollocks, but it's an affecting, stylish, action-gangster Korean flick that will make any man shed a tear at the shadow-boxing scene right before the credits. You can get this for between £5-£10, so buy it!

Once upon a Time in the West - Everyone loves The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly. I love it too, but many seem to ignore its essentially-sister-movie. Charles Bronson cutting a mean yet scarce figure as Harmonica, mixed with a peculiar, almost blackly comic story, and Henry Fonda's evil bastard routine all lead up to a fantastic crescendo that hits like a hammer to the face once you find out the secret behind Harmonica's name and attitude.
Like TGTBATU, this film rewards the *patient* viewer with exquisite direction and set pieces that can astound.

Sympathy for Mr Vengeance - I think a lot of people have seen Oldboy, but I assume many might not have seen the emotional inception of Park Chan Wook's vengeance films; grim and comic. For example, the gruesome accidental death of a misfortunate kidnap victim at the hands of a deaf, down-on-his-luck, unwilling kidney donor and his ill-fated girlfriend is juxtaposed by the (absurdly humorous) image of a man with severe spasticity throwing rocks at their futile life-saving efforts. I've described but 5 minutes of film here, and you can see the depth of peculiarity and morbidity that flows from the entire story. Fantastic film, but almost soul crushingly depressing/uplifting at the end.

The Shawshank Redemption - Watch it. Or I will Chop off your balls/Gouge mimsy. (apologies for gruesomeness - Watch. It. Now). I don't think I've met a single person who has thought this film short of brilliant.

North by Northwest - I know a lot of people love Rear Window and Psycho to bits, but NbNW is my favourite Hitchcock movie, the mix of drama, intrigue, conspiracy and love all brought together in thrilling torrents of entertainment. *Bonus Hitchcock Film* - Watch Rope, which features some of the best direction I have seen in a film - a play-like presentation with the aim of no cuts, but due to the limitations of length of film at the time (1948, 10 mins) minor cuts had to be made (zooming in on a dark object, zooming out again at the start of the next reel for continuity), but still feels like one take - enhancing the immersion as the view is never shifted. An awesome, grim, film about two (subtly homosexual) men who kill their best friend for kicks.

I've tried to go for films which haven't been seen by many (excluding Shawshank), but now I'll add a list of some fantastic films which most people have probably seen.

Memento - Film-in-reverse about a man who has lost his short-term memory due to an attacker that killed his wife. Rewardingly horrible yet fantastic.

Se7en - You Must Watch. You will get chills at the line
"oh.. he didn't know.. *evil grin*"
(those who have seen it will know what I mean)

Leon - Jean Reno plays Jean Reno (as usual), but he is lovable in this film. And dangerous.

Barry Lyndon - Irish blagger bluffs his way into British Aristocracy, via lots of death and military servitude *Bonus* - watch 'The Aristocrats' a film about a joke, retold by numerous comedians but completely ad lib. Not for the easily offended.

Honorable Mentions:

Dirty Harry,
The Terminator / 2,
Blade Runner,
The Outlaw Josey Wales,
The English Patient,
The Deer Hunter,
Howl's Moving Castle (watch in Japanese, the English dub is terrible)
The Green Mile,
Robocop (ignore robo 2 and 3)
The Godfather
Glengarry Glen Ross (Masterful performances from Lemmon, Pacino, Baldwin, Harris, Price and Spacey)

Finally, embarrassingly, I went to see Big Fish with my girlfriend. We didn't leave the cinema for 15 mins at the end of the film because we were blubbing like babies. Eddie Vedder singing 'Man of the Hour' over the credits didn't help. Mournful bastard. *blubs*

I'm sure there's many others that I would recommend, but this is all I can think of at the moment. Maybe I'll post more later.

Ta if you've read this far, and I hope I've given people some good films to watch!

Apologies for 196min, 18 cert, R.
(Lythium deals in lead, my friend., Thu 17 Jul 2008, 17:42, 2 replies)

I was in a restaurant last week
and I happened to mention what is the worst film of all time. Not what is the worst film in the world "in my opinion", it just is the worst film in the world. This is going to be rambling and incoherent (like the film in question) so feel free to ignore.

The waiter overheard me and as always happens when I state my opinion on this film I ended up having to explain myself seeing as it was one of his favourite films. In fact, I've already seen some b3tans remark that it's the best film ever. OK, I concede that, ultimately, anything that can be loosely described as 'art' comes down to a question of personal taste. But then again some people are just idiots.

The film in question is one to be avoided at all costs. I'll now describe why so that if you disagree with me you can at least see *why* I feel the way I do.

First and foremost, a film should be entertaining. That's the reason for sitting still and watching a screen for 2 hours, you want to be entertained. A film can do this in many ways. It can be visually beautiful or it can be brutally graphic. It can invoke many wonderful and/or painful emotions. Mostly this is achieved by gluing together many different scenes via a central plot or storyline. This is by no means the only way to make an entertaining film but stray too far away from having a story or something that the viewer can understand just means you're looking at random moving pictures and sounds.

Which brings me to the criteria I use to define how bad a film is. Once a film has stopped being entertaining the only thing that can save it for me is if it wraps itself up quickly. If, once it's descended into random meaninglessness, the film refuses to end I just get more frustrated and angry. I start to fantasise about hurting the director and writer.

So the worst film in the world is one which makes no sense and goes on forever (although I'm started to fear that this post is doing the same).

The fact that the film in question is long is indisputable. That it's meaningless is up for a bit of debate but not much. It's a very pretty film and atmospheric too but the plot lines are too disparate to warrant being joined together and called a film. I suspect that most - though not necessarily all - people who love this film understand exactly what's going on simply because they've either read the book it's based on or had someone explain it to them. If either of those things needs to be done then the film has failed to tell the story itself. Don't get me wrong, I'm not advocating simple films that spoon feed tired stories (did I mention my favourite film is The Big Lebowski?) but if the film can't explain what it's about without knowledge from elsewhere it has failed as a film.

I watched the film in question knowing it was a classic and I was suitably awe-struck by the setup and early part of the story. But it just became boring and didn't give any clue as to what was going on or why. I continued watching completely bored off my nut hoping that, like for instance with The Wicker Man, all the craziness would be explained at the end and I'd be left with a spine-tingling chill.

No, it just becomes weird and ends. And I've lost nearly 3 hours of my life. Have a guess as to what the worst film in the world is ever. The answer's in the reply.
( djtrialprice, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 17:42, 11 replies)

Baraka
Sums up the wonders of the world and the horrors of mankind's "success" perfectly
( HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 17:40, 2 replies)

Titanic.
A good movie, strangely preceded by a pointless mock Jacques Cousteau documentary.
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 17:38, 1 reply)

'Elbisreverri'
I guess this could also go under the title 'worst dates'.

I was going out with a girl I really liked. She was from New Mexico and was gorgeous and sexy. She also taught me dirty Spanish. It was great.

We had been together for a few dates for dinner and drinks etc but we hadn’t been to the cinema. So I suggested it, and she thought it was a great idea. I didn’t want to go to the local moronplex so I thought we could go to the local art house cinema.

From the cinema website I saw that one movie had Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel in it and it was a bit gory but it had won lots of awards. As I was a fan of Monica and Vincent, I thought it would be perfect.

The movie was of course ‘Irreversible’.

We sat down and watched it, and I thought it was fantastic. Rarely has a movie forced me to look at things so differently. I know it is graphic but it had a real energy about the movie. I barely looked at my date during the movie, but when I did I saw that she was crying. ‘wow’ thought I, ‘she is obviously as moved as I am’.

This was not the case.

As soon as the movie finished she didn’t really say much but said quietly that she didn’t really like those sorts of films and perhaps we should have gone to see another movie. With hindsight she definitely had a point. We had planned to go for a drink afterwards but she said she wanted to go home.

We never really spoke again after that.

I have learned this though: Irreversible is a fantastic movie and I still really like it. However it is probably not the best ‘date’ movie’.
(powervator and NONE SHALL PASS, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 17:35, 3 replies)

Love Conquers Oil
A wide beach at sunset. A woman resembling Meg Ryan (for it is she) walks along the water's edge, her bare feet pressing into the sand. She thinks back to her childhood when she threw a message in a bottle into the sea. That message read "I love the earth/I love the sea/We must protect it/To keep it free".

Melancholic strings soar in the background.

In the comfortably yet masculinely furnished lighthouse, the lighthouse keeper who looks a lot like Tom Hanks (for it is he) reads the paper, plays with his golden retriever Goldie and polishes his bulb. He thinks back to the day he found a message in a bottle with a poem in it. He ponders on the simple beauty of this poem as he feeds his tame, one-legged pet seagull named Cap'n.

A few weeks later, both independent people co-incidentally find themselves in a court room. Environmental journalist and activist Meg is accused of causing an oil spill by attacking an oil tanker belonging to evil oil tycoon Kevin Costner (for it is he). Lighthouse keeper Tom is giving evidence, for he saw the whole thing from his lighthouse.

"I could never cause such damage," cries blondie Meg. "For when I was a child I made a pledge to the sea. I wrote a poem and I put it in a bottle and I swore that my love for nature would guide my life."

Strings soar again as Tom realises she is, in fact, his Dream Woman. But Oh Noes! He is giving evidence against her!

Tom risks it all for love, and shows his contempt for the court by refusing to testify against brave, fluffy Meg. Violins reach a crescendo as they embrace outside the courtroom. But Kevin the evil oil tycoon has other ideas. he instigates a riot and second-tall-man-with-pipe-wrench (for it is he) hurts a lawyer and poor Meg is blamed for causing controversy.

A month later, Meg has cleared her reputation and the happy couple are cuddling on the tastefully-furnished-but-now-with-a-woman's-touch-like-scatter-cushions couch in the lighthouse. The blond dog lies at their feet.

"There's a storm a-comin'," remarks Tom. He gets up to check his equipment. All of a sudden - what a startlingly dramatical coincidence enhanced by ominous cello strains! - he espies the Kevin the oil tycoon's luxury yacht in trouble.

"I must help him!" he cries "Even if he caused trouble for us and blackened our reputation. We are good people with good consciences!" and he grabs his oars and pulls hard.

Meg stands, alone, alarm bells and hands wringing. She paces the floor, then the stairs, then the beach. She peers through binoculars as the storm gathers force, and wraps herself fetchingly in a blanket as she weeps in concern.

Daylight ends. Night falls.

It is dawn. An eerie silence and the absence of orchestral score signifies something is wrong. Meg stands, forlorn, on the beach and the wood from Tom's dinghy washes up at her feet. She sinks to her knees clutching the dog and sobbing.

But wait! What is that? It's a life raft, and a helicopter, and the coastguard and uplifting music! Tom has saved the day! As he is brought to shore the joyous couple both abandon their blankets and rush into each other's arms where Tom kisses her tenderly and swears they will never be apart again. In gratitude, Kevin the oil tycoon realises the error of his ways and vows never to harm the environment again.

Tom and Meg are married on the clifftop by the lighthouse in the evening sun with the dog as a witness and an audience of seagulls. Happy music to fade.

Note: this film does not exist so I had to make it up, but it would be the best film ever if all other films were even more rubbish.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 17:32, 4 replies)

Office Space
Mainly because I work with people who are not unlike the management in this office and this film shows someone rebelling against it spectacularly.

Seriously, if you've ever landed yourself a dead-end office job watch this. Fecking amazing.
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 17:32, 3 replies)

I have a list, but no stories
I have a large amount of favourite movies - I'll write what I can remember off the top of my head, my collection is in my office, not my house :(

Lethal Weapon (all)
Die Hard (all)
The Naked Gun trilogy
Hot Shots (I/II)
Th1rt3en Ghosts
Predator I/II
The Python Movies (Life of Brian and Holy Grail the other two are not movies
Dude, Where's My Car (found it hilarious as hell in the cinema)
Stand by me
Ghostbusters (I/II)
Back to the Future (I/II/III)
The Godfather (I and II - have yet to watch Part III - its waiting for me)
Blood Diamond
The Departed

more to come later,when I check what I have, or remember others
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 17:27, Reply)

OLDBOY
korean cinema at it's best
nuff said
if you haven't seen it watch it
just do it
(little lord muthafuckin fauntleroy, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 17:25, Reply)

Before Sunrise and Before Sunset
Okay so it's technically two films but I find it hard to separate them.

The first is Before Sunrise, which takes place in 1995 (when it was made) and a French girl, Celine meets an American guy, Jesse, on a train. They talk for a while and then Jesse has to get off at Vienna train station. He convinces her to get off with him since he has nothing to do before his flight home at 9am the next morning. They walk around the city talking. And that is it. No outlandish tales, just real life.

Before Sunset meets the same characters in 2004, 9 years after the original. and keeping in context with the film, 9 years have passed and the two wander around Paris talking. This time the film is in real time and lasts just 80 minutes.

My favourite of the two is Before Sunrise with its optimism and the characters' dreams. However it seems as you reach 30, the favourite appears to be the more realistic Before Sunset.

I urge everyone to watch them. I couldn't stop thinking about the first one for days. The subjects the two characters talk about are so real to me, and probably real to you too. And yes, they are essentially romances but don't let that put you off.
(Foz, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 17:19, Reply)

The Aristocrats: Redux
OK, so to try to turn this into a story.

I mentioned last QOTW that I am an improvisor. I am also a huge comedy geek, I love watching it, studying, analysing it, writing it, performing it.

The Aristocrats, for the few of you that may not know it, is a documentary about the telling of the worlds dirtiest joke.

I'd waited patiently for it to reach these shores after long discussions about it with friends in America. I knew what to expect, I knew it was going to be foul, disgusting, scatalogical, repulsive, offensive and shocking.

And I knew I was going to love it.


What I didn't know then, and still don't know now, is what on earth possessed me to take a girl to see it with me on our first date.

I don't know what I was thinking.


We met, we went for dinner, we had a drink, and then, to my unending shame, I took her to see 'The Aristocrats'.


Have you seen it? It starts with the late, great, George Carlin talking about pissing and shitting in his daughters mouth.

And it degenerates from there.


'High'lights include:

Billy The Mime miming fisting

Cartman doing an impression of 9/11 victims.

Sarah Silverston claiming that Joe Franklin raped her.

It covers incest, rape, torture, bodily functions, bestiality, piss, shit, sperm, racism, sexism, peadophilia.

Basically, it makes sickepedia look like a Jack & Jill book.


I repeat: I took a girl to see it for our first date.


Amazingly, we are still together, three years later. But she will never let me forget just how close I came to never seeing her again after that night.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 17:14, 4 replies)

It started when I was in school, on the Sci Fi channel
Mystery Science Theatre 3000-

It takes bad films, and adds a layer of commentry from 3 guys (well 1 guy and 2 robots) who mercilessly take the piss out of the films' content. Awesome.

For a few highlights, look for "Space Mutiny", "Clonus- The Parts Horror", "Deathstalker", "Quest of the Delta Knights", "Manos the hands of Fate" and "Santa Claus conquers the Martians".
(DrSoloMania Got rickrolled by a randomburner...., Thu 17 Jul 2008, 17:12, 2 replies)

Dazed & Confused
No bad karma. No guilt. No worries.

I love this film. It's about the last day of high school at a 70's American school. Or rather not so much about the last day of school, more about the socializing and events around and after it.

Largely the film centres around a kid called Mitch who is going up to senior high from junior high. He is taken under the wing of a graduating senior who takes him to a party and there is beer etc.

What's great is it's not comedy/slapstick and nothing like Porky's or American pie. You can really enjoy what it might have been like back then.

Plus there are loads of cool cars and the soundtrack is excellent.

Watch out for early appearances from some big name stars including Milia Jovovich.
(golddust QOTW now revolves around being a cunt, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 17:04, 2 replies)

Please help me identify this
Made me cry with fear when I was a child. Can't have been that bad, was on before the wombles. Anyway....

It had a bloke wearing diving fins and a mask. He's walking along by a river and steals some childrens balloons. Is this called a "cad" or something? A "gimp? Anyway the balloons end up floating down the river, and I think the baddy gets caught by the police. Thats all i can remember. Someone suggested chitty chitty bang bang but I'm not sure thats right.

Its been bothering me for 25 years.
( browser still relating boring anecdotes into a void on, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 17:02, 2 replies)

I could be here all day...
I lvoe films and my "favourite" will change depending on what I am doing, who I'm with and how I feel, but there are a few that I can watch any time and never get bored of.

1) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Best. Indy. Ever. 'nuff said, really, but it's got Sean Connery in it and it's Indy. Always makes you feel good.

2) 13th Warrior. Great sunday afternoon/rainy day film. Vikings, weird beasites, swords and some funny moments. Oddly, quite moving and the part where the main character learns the language is very cleverly done.

3) The Harry Potter films. Sad, I know, but they are really well done and good fun for all the family. That said, they do struggle with the really hefty books, as a lot has to be cut out.

4) The Fifth Element. Looks great, is smart, funny and really does feel more like a moebius comic than the usual grimy Sci-Fi fare.

5) Bladerunner. Ok, I wouldn't watch it every day, but having just got it on Bluray, I have rediscovered my love for this film. Oddly enough I prefer the original release cut with the voice-over as I find it a little more engaging and less pretentious in some of its direction.

6) Pirates of Silicon Valley. Great film about the birth of Apple and Microsoft. I'm a computer nerd - Silicon Valley is the promised land to me and this is like my version of "The Ten Commandments" by Cecil B DeMille.

7) Jurassic Park - got to love the dinosaurs and Jeff Goldblum. Oh, and the techno-geek in me loves the array of old SGI workstations on view in the control centre...sad, i know.

8) Metropolis - just a stunnning piece of work for the time and one of the most iconic robots of all time.

9) Things To Come - a landmark piece of English Sci-fi. Not exactly a rollicking tale, but it pushed the envelope of what was possible and had a grand scope.

10) Star Wars. The first one (none of this re-name it Episode IV bollocks - the prequels were awful and should be erased from history). Never have a midget in a dustbin and a hospital porter in a fur coat been so iconic. Still the best family Scifi film ever.

11) Luxo Jr, Red's Dream, Tin Toy and Knick Knack - a set of Pixar shorts that were jaw-dropping in the early 1990's, are still awesome today and formed the basis for films like Toy Story and A Bug's Life. Funny, technically awesome and the best short cartoons since the golden age of Warner Brothers' Silly Symphonies and Merry Melodies.

12) Gone in 60 Seconds. I'm a car nut, this is like porn to me... I *really* want Eleanor.

13) Hitch - my wife and I watched this when we first got together and it's been a favourite since - it's funny, and it reminds me of when we first fell in love.

That's all for now...there are many, many more!
(Chad, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 16:59, Reply)

You Only Live Twice
Sean Connery as James Bond. That should be all the explanation needed, however, this movie also has (in no particular order):

Ninjas.
Q's cool little helicopter, Little Nellie.
Sumo wrestling.
Ninjas.
Himeji Castle.
Underground volcanic lair.
Exploding volcano.
A guy whose name is Tiger. (Head of Japanese secret service).
Evil spaceship that 'swallows' other spaceships.
Ninjas.
Pirahnas eating people who fall through a trick bridge.
First appearance of Blofeld's face.
Some of the best smutty, misogynistic lines from Bond.
Ninjas.
Use of the phrase, "She is very sexifull!"
Fake marriage.
Bond faking his death.
Bond being late from his own funeral.
Ninjas.
Charles Gray, later to play Blofeld (Diamonds Are Forever) and also the narrator in the Rocky Horror Picture Show (another great movie, but without ninjas).
Bond undergoing surgery to look Japanese, but ending up just looking hungover.
A Bond girl who threatens to slice him with a dermatological tool, which is then used to cut open her dress.
Ninjas.


And other stuff, which I can't remember due to vodka.
(Celerydemon, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 16:56, 1 reply)