28 Days Later
I watched this for the first time and was hooked.

Embedded in my brain was the fact that somehow this wasnt just a made up story and I believe this virus could become real one day.

It made me obsessed with the survival mindset and I am now a bit crazy, thinking what I would do if 28 Days Later infected/zombies broke out.

I decided I would go to Sainsburys, stock up on as much food as possible and buy as many 5L water bottles as I could. I would then go home and fill the bath full of fresh cold water, to drink when the water goes off.

Then I would try and buy a gun from various gun shops in my city, then I would take all of this food home, place it in an upstairs bedroom.

I would then buy a ladder, and demolish the staircase, keeping my family on the second floor pull the ladder up.

I would then get enough food for the night and hide in the attic for the night.

What would YOU do in a zombie outbreak?
(Kierz, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 7:46, 10 replies)

My my, how can I resist you.
I haven't seen it yet, as it opens tomorrow over here, but Mamma Mia is going to be one of my all time favourite movies ever!!!
Why?

1.) I'm an Abba Fan
2.) I first saw the stage show with my mum 4 years ago. She's dead now.
3.) I saw the stage show 3 times in one week last year. Front row, each time.
4.) I'm going to see it in Vegas in October with my twin (who I haven't seen in 3 years) and other family who are coming over to see me. We only got 4th row tickets.
5.) I have tickets to see the movie tomorrow at 8pm.

Ok, I'll go now. I'm sorry.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 7:19, Reply)

My faves, No particular order
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Errol Flynn is my god)
Fight Club - My Imaginary friends were never as cool as Mr Durden
Jaws - all of it but especially the indianapolis speech
The Blues Brothers
Snatch
North By Northwest (i love this movie, Cary Grant is pure gold)
Vertigo
Fletch - Proof that Chevy chase was once funny.
Toky Raiders - Just plain fun
Spinal Tap - even the commentary of the menu on the dvd cracks me up
Life of Brian - all of it
The Warriors.
Oceans 11 ( the sinatra one)
Stripes - Proof that Bill Murray was once funny
The Boondock Saints (if you like this you have to see Overnight)
I'm sure there is more but thats all i can think of at the moment
(Funkwomble XBL and PSN DangerBoy73, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 6:18, 4 replies)

Has anyone said. . .
Fantasia!

A good film all around -- killer soundtrack, comedy, violence and it makes sense sober but is still way fun stoned!
(ChiTown Guy Dating when 35+: sane, single, attractive - pick 2, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 6:12, Reply)

THE LAST SAMURAI!
Yes, you heard me correctly. The Last Samurai, starring Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe...and BILLY CONNOLLY.

Let me explain myself.

The Last Samurai is one of the few films I can watch over and over again and not be bored. It's fairly simple in terms of plot, basically a Dances With Wolves esque idea whereby Captain Nathan Algren (Cruise) is captured by the Samurai during a battle between the Samurai and the Japanese army, fighting to industrialise and modernise Japan with Western cultures.

Algren develops a Stockholm Syndrome of sorts and reveals through voice over narratives from his diary that he finds the Samurai an extremely interesting and inspirational people. He is kept alive because the Samurai's leader, Katsumoto (Watanabe) wants to learn about the opponent he is facing. Katsumoto seeks to preserve the traditions of Japan and studies Algren in order to plan his best course of defence against the West.

The dynamic between Algren and Katsumoto is awesome throughout the movie. You see their relationship transform from a mutual hatred to a mutual respect that culminates in the final battle that I won't spoil.

Algren is eventually released by the Samurai but, during his captivity, he has developed such a hatred for who he once was and who he once worked for that he cannot successfully reintegrate himself into society, so he returns to the Samurai oncemore and aids them in their battle against modernity.

If you also stick on the fact that it's a beautifully shot film in an amazing landscape, coupled with a traditional and fitting score that dramatically heightens many of the scenes (especially the one where Algren is repeatedly beat-down by the resident alpha-male Samurai), it makes for viewing delight.

It comes from the direction of Edward Zwick, who also directed Blood Diamond, which is just as awesome.

Watch it.
( mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 6:09, 2 replies)

some like it hot...
marilyn monroe being as sexy as ever; tony curtis and jack lemmon in outrageous drag. and, some mob hits. and, it's friggin hilarious.

then, there's doctor strangelove. which is funny, in an apocalyptic kinda way. ``you can't fight in here, this is the war room.'' still leaves me in stitches, every time.
(tuqueboy has been in a medically -induced coma since, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 5:44, Reply)

two of my favourite films are ...
Full Metal Jacket and
High Fidelity...

and my brother's reasons for disliking them

Full Metal Jacket: too much death

High Fidelity: "that could have been anyone's life."
(DippyFi, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 5:34, Reply)

AKIRA
WOW

seen in old art cinema, when it wa released and could barely speak for 2 days.

A full body hit

It still is, so fucking cool, trippy and realistic all at the same time. i forget its an animation in the first few seconds. Would love to see this in the cinema again.

KOYANASQAATSI

Quite the most stunning films ever produced. Watch as the most amazing, dialogue free, narrative unfolds, that allows for infinite interpretations.

It increases in majesty and splendour as the constant visual cumshot unfolds.

More fascinating by the second.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 5:08, 2 replies)

Bill Douglas Trilogy
Sat up, my son must have been 3 months old. He and his mum were in bed. I nearly put the TV off, before i saw a documentary detailing Bill Douglas's career. It was a scene from My Childhood.

10 seconds of what looked like a painting that was a film, later, i was reeling.

I simply must see this film...the rest of the documentary was excellent. i had never heard of him and his tragic, unfullfilled life. Dying at 54 with the cancer.

Then it was finished and the monotoned presenter declared that yes indeed, My Childhood would follow after the adverts.

I was buzzing. I reached for the bong and smoked the bit i had been saving and proceeded to melt away in it's unflinching dreamscape.

The whole childhood/fatherhood thing was beginning to settle and assemble in my own head. it was a minor epiphany.

i was doing a media course at the time and raved at the head of dept about the trilogy and bill douglas and he was very impressed as he was a life long fan as well. As an aside, i lent him the first two parts on a vhs video that he lost and in a fit of guilt he gave a cracking manfrotto tripod that was heavy as fuck, a proper video camera tripod, that i sold for £70.

proper scottish bleakness. the only sort.

but they films are filled with so much hope and escape and moments of undiluted joy.

And as if by magic, has received a worthy DVD release. Great extras, nice transfers. Good mdma material, i imagine.

www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/dvd/reviews/b/bill_douglas_trilogy.html
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 5:00, Reply)

Where to start?
Soylent Green - the ending scene was truly intense!

2001: a space odyssey/210: the year we made contact - both excellent, the second one was more action-y, but you just cxant beat the feeling from also sprach tharathustra in the original

A clockwork orange - twisted, somewhat disturbing and awesome!
(Freeman163, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 4:34, Reply)

When Saturday Comes
Sean Bean. Sheffield United. Acting. Plot. DRAMA. Manly comedy. GRUFF. Mel Sterland. Rotherham. Bile. Lies. Sorry.

Terry Gilliam's oeuvre. That's better.
(Chickenwire social lubricator extraordinaire, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 3:57, Reply)

Nobody has mentioned half of these
Life is Beautiful - It's an Italian film with subtitles so that isn't the proper name. Tells the story of a man protecting his son from the horrors of the concentration camps by pretending it's all a game. Explanations don't do it justice. It's the only film which can make me cry. Funny and sad. Brilliant.

Lars and the Real Girl - Man falls in love with sex doll isn't the best sounding synopsis, I agree, but this film is not to be missed. One of those "Wow, that was actually brilliant" films.

Atonement - equal parts creepy and sad. Old lady Briony is scarily delusional.

Fight Club - Pure awesome.

Troll 2 - The best of low budget shite. Stay away from towns called Nilbog.

Flags Of Our Fathers/Letters From Iwo Jima - By themselves, good. Together - wonderful, although Iwo Jima tended to drag out a little.

Edward Scissorhands - Sad. Their town is like normal on crack.

The Bothersome Man - A subtitled Norwegian/Icelandic film about a man who commits suicide. Upon waking up, he can't decide whether he's in heaven, hell or Norway. Macabre humour. A good look at our ideals of perfection.

Happenstance - Another French film featuring Audrey Tatou, quite similar to Amelie. Cute and feelgood.

Tsotsi - Another subtitled one. Brilliant.

Battle Royale - but the book was better.

That's all, for now anyway.
(Holy Gabrielle is Holy, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 3:57, Reply)

Films to watch
Did anyone mention The Wicker Man? Christopher Lee in a long wig and dress, classic.
The return of Captain Invincible, hilarious songs, CL in tight black clothes singing and cracking a whip.

(Yeah ok, bit of a CL theme going there :) )

Ravenous, fab music, fab scenery, cannibalism and a homoerotic finale.
Dog Soldiers, some of the funniest lines ever, oh and werewolves.
Confessions of a Trickbaby, Hansel & Gretel with blood and bulimia
The Green Mile, Mr Jangles the mouse steals the film
God on the Rocks, OK I was watching them film it so am biased.
Atonement, dunno, just love it.
Plunket & McClean, Lush Liv Tyler and 18th C ball sequence with ravey type music.
The Fisher King, just totally outstanding.
The World according to Garp, wacky, freaky and fabulous.
Once upon a time in America, fab fab fab.


Just a few, I could go on and on, but best that I dont ;)
(insomniac-surfer oh go on then, just this once, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 3:51, Reply)

Personally
I love Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas....a more accurate portrayal of being wasted on LSD is yet to be made...

And for some reason i just love Gladiator...despite the historical inaccuracies, I just think it's a brilliant, gripping movie. I truly empathised with Maximus

The Matrix has to be on here too...(the other 2 movies were rubbish, apart from the breakthrough scene in Revolutions. You cannot watch that scene, with the squids breaking through the ceiling to the docking bay, without enjoying it)
(Jindrak, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 3:43, Reply)

What? Are you kidding?
Star Wars. I still remember, 30 years later, the feeling in my chest when the little ship roared overhead and then the BIG ship appeared, chasing it. For the next two hours I was in another galaxy... actually to be honest I've been there ever since.
It's cliched, trite, poorly acted and filled with caricatures instead of characters... and yet it remains:
The Best. Film. Experience. Of. My. Life.
( difficultchild, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 3:43, Reply)

Aardvark
Not entirely on topic but close enough:

I was waiting for a band (The Melodics) to begin playing upstairs in a bar on Brunswick Street, Melbourne. I was surrounded by people I had only met that night. Friends of a friend.

Feeling somewhat bored and remembering a game I used to play with my brothers and sisters to pass the time 'back in the day' I decided to introduce these people to the time waster that is the game 'Aardvark'.

Before I progress further I should just explain what kind of people these 'friends of a friend' were:

Exhibit A: Girl, artistic type. Incredibly compulsive when buying shoes - must buy two exact same pairs, different colours. Then mix-and-match them like odd socks (will also wear odd socks). Has a strange affinity with brightly-coloured scarves and stockings as well as gaudily patterned clothing.

Exhibit B: Guy, metal-head. Long hair, loves showing off that he can scream with the ferocity of a hyena and can produce many echoes bouncing off open farmland. Swears by Opeth and musicals.

Exhibit C: Mousey-faced girl. Highly infectious laugh, slightly off-centre enthusiasm, refers to friends as 'super-duper' and known to say 'tiddly-dee potatoes' upon the slightest provocation.

There are more, but you hopefully get the idea that these people are open to suggestion. And by 'suggestion' I mean the crazier, weirder, and wackier it is the better it will go over.

So dredging up a childish game called Aardvark I threw it to them and they took it further than I could have imagined.

'Aardvark' is pretty simple... due to the inherent comedy in the name 'aardvark', as a word substitution it works very well, almost too well.

For a solid two hours the entire bar was filled with word substitutions of entire musicals sung with most nouns being substituted for the work 'aardvark', literary passages dredged from the forgotten depths of depraved fantasies and deranged minds and re-arranged and re-written to feature the aardvarks, songs and snatches of prose all given the Aardvark stamp. You have never heard 'Phantom of the Opera' until you've heard it Aardvark-style.

You may be wondering why there has been no mention of films up until now. But yes, dear reader, there were:

One Flew over the Aardvark's Nest
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Aardvarks
A Tale of Two Aardvarks
Aardvarks of the Caribbean
Memoirs of an Aardvark
From Aardvark with Love
Aardvark of the Dead
Lord of the Aardvarks
Journey to the Centre of the Aardvark
To Kill an Aardvark
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Aardvark
Monty Python and the Holy Aardvark
...

You get the idea. After hours of this the band was ready to begin. Even if that night wasn't already special the band must have heard us and testing was done to the tune of '1..2..3..Aardvark'. It was a very momentous occasion.

Now go, fellow B3tans, and spread the Aardvark.

Oh yeah, Best Films Ever:

Snatch
Pulp Fiction
Casablanca
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(satellite blows, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 3:28, 1 reply)

The Usual Top Films:
Godfather Trilogy, (best films ever)
Pulp Fiction, (Could watch it forever, never gets dull from repeated viewing)
StarWars 4,5 and 6 (prequels were piss-poor, no argument),
LA Confidential, (great cast, great story)
Chinatown, (like LA confidential but with jac k nicholson and a nonce)
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, (more jack)
The Shining,(yet more jack!)
Tombstone, (best western ever)
Matrix (1 only, sequels were a travesty),
The Animatrix (possibly better than the matrix)
XMen Trilogy, (best comic book films except for...)
Batman Begins, (Dark Knight looks even better than this! Cant wait)
Shawshank Redemption, (Best Prison film ever)
Full Metal Jacket, (best war film ever)
Casino, (DeNero at his best)
Usual Suspects, (Unexpectedly ace caper film)
Goodfellas, (Great Mob Film)
Gladiator, (Sword Fights and Revenge)
Spartacus, (Hole in his chin)
Indiana Jones Trilogy (not seen 4 yet),
Taxi Driver, (Creepy motherfucker)
Schindlers List, (Emotive, *sob*)
Resevoir Dogs, (Low Budget awesomeness)
Leon, (Best assassin film)
Blade Runner (Comment not needed)
Heat (Michael Mann's Best, DeNero vs Pachino, Wicked)

The Films Only I Seem To Think Are Classics:

Edit: I cant beleive I forgot The General: The best real-life gangster film ever made! The story of Martin Cahill, No glorification, no OTT gunfights, just simply amazing cinematography and direction. Get the B/W version if you can, I beleive the american version was released in colour. Honestly if you watch just one movie from this question of the week make sure it is this. Truely amazing film.
Total Recall (Despite the awful acting and script, overegged action sequences I reckon this has got to be one of THE great sci-fi stories, Gibson-esque!)
Young Frankenstien (best comedy ever FACT, characters looked like they were having a ball filming this, marty feldman is awesome, the perfect laugh your ass off movie.)
AKIRA, Ghost In The Shell, SF2 animated movie: (all because CARTOONS ARE NOT JUST FOR KIDS!)
AKIRA (So fucking good I posted it twice)
AKIRA (Again just because if you havnt seen it your not 'whole'. Visual Peyote for your brain)
City of God (Brazilliant)
Oldboy (One of those films where you are dumbstruck for an hour afterwards because of the ending)
Infernal Affairs (This film was my first Tony Leung film, that lad can act!)
SE7EN (Smackhead scared me to death, I recovered tho)
Donnie Darko (I got it on my first watch, none of this 'Interpret your own ending' bollocks. makes sense if you have a laymans understanding of temporal physics.)
Trainspotting (Just because I loved the book)
Munich (Jews+Rambo=REVENGE)
Traffic (Long but good coke movie)
Dr Strangelove (Peter Sellers' Finest, Kubrik does comedy!)
Carlitos Way (Good but goes to soppy toward the end for me)

I Could go on but im tired.
( P3L3 is not my real name., Fri 18 Jul 2008, 3:28, 3 replies)

So many...
Cypher - the director of Cube does industrial espionage. With Lucy Liu. Messes with your mind.
Fight Club - Thought it was going to be guys just beating the shit out of each other for two hours, but there's so much more going on and that final reveal ensures repeat watches.
UHF - low budget piss-take of US cable TV from Wierd Al Yankovic. Hilarious.
(sleekloon Curing Cancer one cell at a time., Fri 18 Jul 2008, 3:24, 4 replies)

Chinatown, Koyaanisqatsi, and more
I've been trying to become more cinematically literate recently, mostly by reactivating my Netflix account and renting a bunch of movies I probably should have watched, but haven't. One of my favorites from this is Chinatown. Jack Nicholson plays a private detective hired to follow the head of the LA Department of Water and Power; fisticuffs, infidelity, and general neo-noirness ensue. Quite possibly one of the best detective pictures I've ever seen.

I also saw Koyaanisqatsi, which got a lot better about a beer and a half into the picture, although there are bits that I like even when I'm entirely sober. More than anything, I see it as a period piece--what life was like and what people were thinking during the late '70s and early '80s. It also has what I think may be one of my favorite shots of all time, the time-lapse of the moon going behind the building about 47 minutes in. No special significance, it's just pretty. I haven't seen Baraka, but it's on my list.

To Kill A Mockingbird was another good one. There are two kinds of American lawyers--those who admit they wanted to be like Atticus Finch, and liars. I'll allow I'm one of the former, and probably better get back to studying for the bar exam right about now . . .

Also, while it's off topic, my favorite television show of all time is probably Arrested Development. You could probably make a lot of money starting a company that picked up the really good shows Fox cancelled.
(tellum0 is spelled with an 'o', Fri 18 Jul 2008, 2:51, Reply)

big wednesday
Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey, Patti D'arbanville.centred around surfing and growing up in the early '60s to mis 70s, touching on vietnam and other stuff.
just a brilliant film- makes you feel happy as you could possibly be as well as making you cry.

coming close is das experiment-german film based loosely on the stanford prison experiment.
great atmosphere, great story and surprise ending. my fave foreign language film.
(discodaz *generic witty comment*, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 2:33, Reply)

In 1979, at the age of fourteen...
...I put on a deep voice and blagged my way into a packed, unsuspecting cinema to see the "X" certificate film "Alien".

Life moments don't come much more defining than the subsequent two hours were.
(Super Jet Shoes, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 2:05, Reply)

Also Sprach Zarathustra
Anyone who says anything other than 2001: A Space Odyssey is frankly a waste of resources and should be humanely culled.

It's got the best soundtrack to any film, ever.

And it feels so much more the wonder of space than films like Star Wars ever could, much as I do love Star Wars. There's something about 2001 that speaks very clearly to the once and future cosmologist in me.
(WarneMarsh My priority for frivolity begets quality jollity, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 2:00, 3 replies)

Best film ever? Anything but "Lost in translation"
As an imsoniac, a word to people who suffer from the same condition - this will cure you.

The plot.....Bill Murray is filming a comercial in Japan and feels lonely, Scarlett Johanssen's boyfriend is rich and busy so she feels lonely while in Japan.... then some stuff happens......the end.

I had a nice kip during the film so the exhorbitant entrnace fee was just about worth it.......
(LargeDoner, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 1:18, 5 replies)

Donnie Darko
See, at first I thought this was an enjoyable film. For those unfamiliar, you're aware something happened and that you weren't directly given the reasoning, thus are left to devise a solution yourself by endlessly watching it like an OCD sufferer with a stiffy for staring contests with inanimate objects.

I thought this was nice; everyone can have their own interpretation to share and discuss. Then I looked at the Wikipedia page one day to discover that the whole thing is explained on the new special edition DVD commentary, and it is the single dumbest explanation of events I've ever paid witness to.

I'm not going to spoil it here, but it should still be up. It all fits and roughly makes sense, but it's just dumb.

It's like a bad fan-fic, except it's technically the correct version of events. That itself probably irritates me more than anyting else.

Seriously, it almost ruined the film entirely for me, it's that rubbish. I really wish I'd never looked it up.
( Iki I think my camel is dead., Fri 18 Jul 2008, 1:08, 4 replies)

The Silence Of The Lambs
Ticks all boxes, superbly directed, never bettered.

The Fisher King always makes me cry...

Dead Poets Society still makes me feel good.

The Hours, sublime soundtrack good film.

Donnie Darko... I wish this film was around when I was a teenager.
( Monty Propps, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 1:08, Reply)

But seriously,
nothing tops Fight Club.
(jabboy, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 0:57, 4 replies)

I really like...
Lotsa movies... I re-watched Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas, and that was awesome.
I also like Battle Royale. Because it's a ridiculous movie. I mean, the kids are chosen by random lottery, so it doesn't * matter * if you're good or not. I mean, if you will die anyway, you might as well just do as you please. But I still really liked it.
Oooh, and the Italian Job, simply for Irene Handle (Oh, I wouldn't let them do that dear, gives them ideas) and Noel Coward at the funeral. It made me happy.
(FubarKibble, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 0:56, Reply)

Sky Family is a goldmine...
...the other night I saw 'MVP: Most Valuable Primate', about a chimpanzee who moves to Canada and becomes a professional hockey player. What's surprising is the relative ease with which everyone accepts his Gretsky-like skills.
(jabboy, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 0:54, Reply)

Blues Brothers - let me count the ways.
1) Jake & Elwood.
2) James Brown.
3) The fat penguin.
4) Glue - strong stuff.
5) Who is that girl?
6) It's 106 miles to Chicago. We've got a full tank of gas, a half pack of cigarettes. It's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.
7) They broke my watch!
8) Cab Calloway.
9) You're gonna look dumb trying to eat corn on the cob with no fucking teeth.
10) I hate Illinois Nazis.
11) Ray Charles.
12) You swapped the bluesmobile for this chunk of shit?
13) This mall has everything.
14) Aretha Franklin.
15) I bet they've got SCMODS.
16) Orange whip?
17) We're on a mission from god.
18) That ain't no Hank Williams song.
19) John Lee Hooker.
20) The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year.
21) How much for the little girl?
22) Our lady of blessed acceleration - do not fail us now.
23) Chaka Khan.
24) Steven Spielberg as the Cook County Assessor.
25) Twiggy.
26) Mr. Fabulous.
27) Did you get me my Cheese Whiz boy?
28) It's a fucking barn. We'll never fill it.
29) It's that shitbox Dodge.
30) You got the money you owe us, motherfucker?
( Linbox has a serious dunk habit, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 0:43, 2 replies)

But the bartender and his son were a different story. I had to beat them to death with their own shoes.
Reservoir Dogs - I could watch this over and over and never get bored.

Clerks I and II - I love all of the Kevin Smith films but these two are easily my favourites. Whether it's hockey games on the roof or "Kelly", it's hilarious and brilliant. :)

Leon - The amount of times I have watched this goes into double figures, and I still cry at the end. Who would have thought a potted plant could cause so much heartbreak?

The Life Of David Gale - if you haven't seen this, go watch it. Ignore the fact Kate Winslet is in it, it's damn good. :)

Magnolia - something incredibly depressing about this film but something that I love so much. It's a media student's wet dream.

Wayne's World - yes I know this is completely different to the other films I chose, but I still love Wayne's World! It's immature, stupid humour, with somewhat of a weird plot, but I do love it.
(TheHBoxster is probably playing Beatles Rock Band on, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 0:34, Reply)