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)