best movie??

[evernic]

what's is the best movie in ur mind?? i always like godfather series.
and i need some good movie to kill my time, and my sis just recommend me a (Link deleted per rules 3.1 possibly and 3.3), so i need recommendation to by.

[yesult]

I think my favourite so far is confessions of a shopaholic. so funny.

[OUmillenium]

In no particular order...

Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile
The Usual Suspects
Platoon
The Last of the Mohicans (early 90s)

[canuck]

I'd recommend :

"The Day of the Jackal" from the 1970's, starring Edward Fox

an assassination plot with plenty of suspense and a surprise ending.

canuck

[larry2]

The Manchurian Candidate produced in 1962 with Frank Sinatra & Laurence Harvey based on brain washing during the Korean war. Extreme suspense with an ending that will blow your socks off; my wife observing the ending hollered WHAT? It blew her mind and she's not been right since.   

[marc]

The Manchurian Candidate produced in 1962 with Frank Sinatra & Laurence Harvey based on brain washing during the Korean war. Extreme suspense with an ending that will blow your socks off; my wife observing the ending hollered WHAT? It blew her mind and she's not been right since.   

one of my favorites

[marc]

Top five, right at this moment (subject to change in the next 12 seconds):

1. The Third Man. Orson Wells, Joseph Cotton in postwar Vienna. Great morality tale. The Ferris Wheel scene may be the best illustration of how we lose touch with humanity in cinema history.

2. Casablanca. Every moment is great.

3. The Manchurian Candidate. Don't know how many times I've seen it, but I keep seeing Angela Landsbury's face every time I play solitaire.

4. No Country For Old Men. A recent movie that many people dislike. The pointlessness is the point, and Tommy Lee Jones' loss of hope is the real center of the movie.

5. The Dark Night. You could put any of Christopher Nolan's films here. The Prestige would work just as well.

[canuck]

The Manchurian Candidate produced in 1962 with Frank Sinatra & Laurence Harvey based on brain washing during the Korean war. Extreme suspense with an ending that will blow your socks off; my wife observing the ending hollered WHAT? It blew her mind and she's not been right since.   

one of my favorites

Yes, I could also list this among my top 10. Not to be confused with the listless, shabby remake of a few years ago.

canuck

[marc]

A few others:

Harvey. Jimmy Stewart and a Pooka (a Celtic spirit) in the form of a six foot white rabbit. Darker than you'd think, and I've heard the stage play is darker still.

Psycho/Vertigo/Shadow of a Doubt/Rope/North by Northwest/Many others. It's hard to separate out a single Hitchcock movie.

Burnt Offerings. Yeah, it's a bit campy, but this early seventies movie has some of the creepiest moments on film. The chauffeur is particularly haunting.

The Maltese Falcon. First rate Bogie. Add Key Largo as well.

[Kindle]

It's not easy to pick a favorite, but Oh Brother Where Art Thou is one of the very few that I can watch repeatedly.
Alien was pretty groundbreaking for its time,  but one viewing was enough.  I think I saw Raiders of the Lost Ark four times in quick successsion before it got to be painful yo my filters..the whole object, afterall and in my book, is to be able to escape. The Princess Bride is a modernish classic for sure..and another repeater which I think will never grow old and tired for me.  "HELLO! My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepair to die!"..
I like old movies  Bette Davis, the Hepburns, Abbott and Costello, because they present a different perspective.  Give me escape and happy endings, or give me the nightly news..... 

[larry2]

Besides The Manchurian Candidate, on the lighter side I have watched The Wizard of Oz many times, Babe, a pig raised by sheepdogs, and Hook with Robin Williams; my grandson's favorite. I enjoy musicals and outrageous slapstick like some of the things produced by Mel Brooks.

[lovie dovie]

facing the giant-its a christian movie..it shows how God can turn the twist of fate by doing the impossible.all it takes is giving our best shots and totally committing everything  to HIM .leaving all the result to GOD...

[Jaime]

I thought the Notebook was a good movie. Of course one would have to crowd out most of the John Wayne films to get into the top 10.

[lovie dovie]

yes i agree notebook is a good movie...im not sure i know any John wayne films..

[eph2810]

...im not sure i know any John wayne films..

You don't know any John Wayne films? Where do I start? Trust me, he did plenty you don't want to see, but plenty you have to see.

True Grit and the sequel Rooster Cogburn - The Cowboys - The Green Berets - The Longest Day (an account of the invasion of Normandy during WWII) - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - The Barbarian and the Geisha - The Searchers - The Fling Leathernecks - She Wore a Yellow Ribbon - They Were Expendable - Sands of Iwo Jima

My personal favorite, The Quiet Man - one of his best with the beautiful Maureen O'Hara - she's in several of his films

A little trivia - In 1956 John Wayne actually played Genhis Khan in a movie called The Conquerer. He was in makeup as a Mongol. It was never released at the theaters for fear the public wouldn't view him favorably as an Asian.

[eph2810]

Some of my favorites:
The Outlaw Josey Wales - Clint Eastwood (best collection of one liners ever)
Sergeant York - Gary Cooper (based on true story of WWI war hero who was conscientious objector)
The Quiet Man - John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara (falls in the acceptable for men chick flick genre)
It's a Wonderful Life - Jimmy Stewart (Great Classic!)
A Muppet Christmas Carol (Michael Caine deserved an oscar for playing a great Scrooge)
High Noon - Gary Cooper
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - Jimmy Stewart
Rear Window - Jimmy Stewart (Alfred Hitchcock film)
To Kill a Mockingbird - Gregory Peck
Seargent Rutledge - Jeffery Hunter and Woody Strode - Woody is known for his jungle flicks and as the African gladiator in Spartacus, but shows some real talent in this little known film

Honorable mention to Burgess Meredith as one of the best characters ever in the Rocky films. His role as Rocky's trainer deserved an oscar for his performance in the chapel scene in Rocky II - just sayin'

[The Great Baptizmo]

Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne:

Worst.  Actors.  Ever!

[The Great Baptizmo]

I thought the Notebook was a good movie. Of course one would have to crowd out most of the John Wayne films to get into the top 10.

The Notebook?  The Notebook?  Do you also watch The View and Oprah?   

[eph2810]

Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne:

Worst.  Actors.  Ever!

Hey Great Baptizmo,
What's the picture of Ron Paul doing up there, trying to hide the fact that your really a communist.

Come on, worst ever? Worse than Will Ferrell? Worse than Arnold Schwarz...? Worse than KEVIN COSTNER?

I never said these two were great actors, bit they did star in great films and their screen presence was incredible. When they were on the screen you noticed them and not the actors around them.

They weren't good looking, they never took their shirts off, and weren't the best actors, but they were definitely star material.

[marc]

Red River proved that John Wayne could act. It's just that John Ford never asked him to.

[eph2810]

Good point marc!

I would add that John Wayne also did a good job in True Grit, The Cowboys, and The Shootist. While The Shootist was terribly done, his performance was actually very good.

Jimmy Stewart had a small role in that one as well. He played a doctor with a horrible bedside manner.

And as for Jimmy Stewart he also had some good performances in Harvey, The Flight of the Phoenix, and Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much.

For a great western with Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda, you have to see Firecreek. Excellent supporting cast. The plot is mildly predictable, but well developed. In my top 10 of Westerns, maybe top 5.

[marc]

I might also add Hitchcock's Rope to Stewart's good performances. But then, I am a fan of his.

[Mere Nick]

Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne:

Worst.  Actors.  Ever!

Jimmy Stewart was the best actor to ever live.

[larry2]

Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne:

Worst.  Actors.  Ever!

Jimmy Stewart was the best actor to ever live.

That's because you saw him forever attempting to get a sentence out of his mouth. It took so long you forgot the other actors leaving him only in your memory. What actor was in the movie you saw? It, it, it was, was uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uuhh Jimmy S,S, Stewart.

[The Great Baptizmo]

Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne:

Worst.  Actors.  Ever!

Jimmy Stewart was the best actor to ever live.

He was horrible.  They should have named every character Jimmy Stewart, because he was Jimmy Stewart in every movie he was in.

[eph2810]

And who are the great ones according to Baptizmo?

[OldDad]

Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne:

Worst.  Actors.  Ever!

Jimmy Stewart was the best actor to ever live.

He was horrible.  They should have named every character Jimmy Stewart, because he was Jimmy Stewart in every movie he was in.

Wow, just when I think there couldn't possibly be a subject you are more ignorant of than college football, you pull this one out of your backside...

[OldDad]

And who are the great ones according to Baptizmo?

Oh, this will be rich....

[The Great Baptizmo]

Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne:

Worst.  Actors.  Ever!

Jimmy Stewart was the best actor to ever live.

He was horrible.  They should have named every character Jimmy Stewart, because he was Jimmy Stewart in every movie he was in.

Wow, just when I think there couldn't possibly be a subject you are more ignorant of than college football, you pull this one out of your backside...

You know I am right.  And those "Crotch-Sniffers" have a better record than your "Booger Eaters."

[OldDad]

Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne:

Worst.  Actors.  Ever!

Jimmy Stewart was the best actor to ever live.

He was horrible.  They should have named every character Jimmy Stewart, because he was Jimmy Stewart in every movie he was in.

Wow, just when I think there couldn't possibly be a subject you are more ignorant of than college football, you pull this one out of your backside...

You know I am right.  And those "Crotch-Sniffers" have a better record than your "Booger Eaters."

And what does that have to do with your immeasurable depths of ignorance on most subjects?

Two words I will never use in a single sentence about the Grating Baptisimo: "you" and "right"

[eph2810]

I'm not familiar with the history between Baptizmo and OldDad, but it looks interesting.

I'm still waiting on who Baptizmo considers to be great actors.

[The Great Baptizmo]

I'm not familiar with the history between Baptizmo and OldDad, but it looks interesting.

I'm still waiting on who Baptizmo considers to be great actors.

Dustin Hoffman
Al Pacino
Daniel Day-Lewis

[The Great Baptizmo]

I'm not familiar with the history between Baptizmo and OldDad, but it looks interesting.

I'm still waiting on who Baptizmo considers to be great actors.

When OldDad goes to bed, he wears the Great Baptizmo on his pajamas.

[eph2810]

I'm not familiar with the history between Baptizmo and OldDad, but it looks interesting.

I'm still waiting on who Baptizmo considers to be great actors.

Dustin Hoffman
Al Pacino
Daniel Day-Lewis

An impressive list of top rate actors. I didn't know what to expect considering there are a lot of people today who would put Adam Sandler and many other no-talents on this list.

Hoffman and Pacino would be predictable, but I'm pleasantly surprised you picked Daniel Day-Lewis. He's one of those actors who'll take major chances in movies that aren't going to be blockbusters and for which he won't get a lot of recognition. He was just plain eerie in "There Will be Blood". Didn't know for a while if he was being portrayed as a hero or a villain. Ended up being the latter.

Sorry you don't see the talents of Jimmy Stewart though. He would not be considered a great actor today, but he had great screen presence and an ability to really connect with people. Did some really good movies, and he made some bad movies look good.

[Mere Nick]

Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne:

Worst.  Actors.  Ever!

Jimmy Stewart was the best actor to ever live.

That's because you saw him forever attempting to get a sentence out of his mouth. It took so long you forgot the other actors leaving him only in your memory. What actor was in the movie you saw? It, it, it was, was uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uuhh Jimmy S,S, Stewart.

No, it's because I'm a Christian.  I'm not saying folks who disagree with me will be tossed into the gaping maw, but why take the chance?