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Rick's sister Pam has taken me up on my request for good movie suggestions, and gone me one better. She has put my scheming little mind onto a contest...a contest with-in a contest, actually.
You must read to the end to find out about the contest:
Here is her email:
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Reading recent blogs on the movie Mama Mia (loved it! What a delight!) and our Gary's enthusiasm for film reminded me of a little game I've played over the years - that of listing MY FIVE ALL-TIME FAVORITES! Making myself limit the list to five means that I must leave out so many great ones and so many different types of movies. I apparently favor heavy dramas, often with redemption themes, because my present list (oldest to latest) looks like this:
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (to remind me that The Hokey Pokey really IS what it's all about)
THE MISSION
LAST OF THE MOHICAN'S (with Daniel Day Lewis running...running....running through my dreams)
DANCES WITH WOLVES (my mom's Indian name is, incidentally, Makes Spaghetti With Peas)
MAN ON FIRE
Please, you movie lovers, share YOUR FAVORITE FIVE!
The recent movie The Love Guru is extremely funny; people of all ages were laughing out loud in the theater both times I went to see it!
Pam #210
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Back to me talking, eh, typing..SueZ:
So while entering the pool a couple of days ago, I cornered the movie expert, Gary, and asked him about his all time favorite five. His eyes lit up, rolled around in his head for awhile, then out spewed his list. I committed them to memory, turned away, then was brought back for a little extra tweaking of the list. You'll see why in a moment.
Gary's list:
Matrix (The first one. All were great but the first one, wow! Saw it 27 times)
Alien1 (getting them in the right order was important)
Alien2
Alien3 (Do you see a pattern here?)
The new Batman movie, Dark Knight
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I think my list would be similar to Pam's with the addition of a few older movies.
Saratoga Trunk (Ingrid Bergman & Gary Cooper)
Dances with Wolves (I've seen it probably 8 times...love the soaring music)
Last of the Mohican's (another heart thriller with fab music)
The Great Escape ( I adore all those big name action stars that are no longer with us)
Then you have to list one more...the hardest one. This is the one that stops your list.
I've given it some thought and I can't do it.....there are too many to choose from. Cop out, I know!
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So, here's the deal. For this blog entry only...send in your comment at the end of this Movie Mania entry and you will be listed on the blog contest sheet. Normally the contestants for the three fabulous, much sought after prizes to be awarded at the first FunBuzz Happy Hour have to come up with a topic...well you've read the sidebars on the left, correct? I don't have to type it all again...read the rules.
These rules are easy.
1. Leave a comment at the end of this blog entry about your 5 favorite movies. Sign with your name, or site number if you are shy.
2. You will then be added to the list of potential winners to be named Nov. 1st.
3. Couples can enter together for one entry, or separately for two entries. Just indicate who is who.
It's hot down here in the Rio Grande Valley. Going to the movies is a great way to cool off.
So entertain us with your movie loves, and get entered into the contest!
26 comments:
My all time favorite movies are....
1. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (old b/w movie)
2. While You Were Sleeping (with Sandra Bullock)
3. Fools Rush In
4. Heartbreakers
5. Simon Birch
Thanks Mariana, You have another entry on the contest list.
I asked Jim about his favorite movies. He got a pained look. His favorite movie is usually the last one he saw, but after much soul searching he came up with the Star Wars series and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. He,we, aren't eligible for the contest, but it's still interesting to see which movies made an impression.
ok sue my all time fav's are
1.starship troopers
2.13th warrior
3.pathfinder
4.hitman
5.quest for fire
6.catpeople
7.10,000 bc
all good shows and i still watch these movies.
jay
Far be it from me to dis a fellow Joker players movie choices, but Jay, this is the most gawdawful movie list I have ever seen! Worse than Gary's! But I am starting to understand and see a pattern here. Any guys willing to list, oh, I don't know...Breakfast at Tiffany or Love Story or Under the Tuscan Sun?
Ok! Ok! I'll bite and submit some of my favourites. I am not a movie fan and very rarely will I watch a movie beginning to end. However some I have watched more than once and still enjoy them.
1. Tom Jones: a bawdy 1960's movie of Henry Fieldings classic 18th century novel, with Albert Finney in the lead role. It is probably the most humourous movie I have ever watched.
2 Casablanca; I do not think I need to explain this one. It is, inspite of some hokey acting, an all time classic.
3 Valmont: This a French movie of the very famous French novel Dangerous Liasons. A super tight story line with no obvious end.
4 First Blood: A good old fashioned action movie, in which I relish the punishment handed out to the uniformed thugs.
5. Basic Instinct: Another movie with a tight story line and excellent acting without an obvious conclusion.
If you will allow I'd add a 6th movie, The Seven Samurai. This is the original to the Magnificent Seven, except it is an old movie with somewhat hokey acting and of course it is in Japanese. To my way of thinking it portrays more vividly than The M7 the plight of ordinary citizens at the hands of the ruthless, thugs or politicians, and really echoes the cry down the centuries of a need for a King Arthur, Robin Hood or Batman!
Enjoy your favorites and relish the taste it gives you.
Ken
Terry (site 314) list of favorites is:
Victor Victoria
Titanic
What Women Want
Lord of the Rings
Pirates of the Caribbean
Ian (314) is still mulling it over, but Suez, it won't include any chick flicks!
Ok another classic that I love is High Noon with Gary Cooper. Great stirring music.
OK, OK, I have a list - may not be my all-time favorites, but more like a list of good movies that my memory can recall:
Day of the Jackal (the original about an assassination attempt on Charles de Gaulle)
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
The Italian Job (the original with Michael Caine)
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
Papillon
MASH
Raiders of the Lost Arc
The Graduate
OK I know that is more than 5 but I put down extras in case other memories aren't any good either!
And just for Suez, I suppose a couple of not bad movies include Out of Africa and War of the Roses.
Ian - Site 314
sue i am hoping that these choices will be more to your liking.
1.mr brooks-great movie
best hbo shows
1.carnavale-awesome
2.deadwood-fantastic
3.rome-epic
showtime list
1.dexter-absolute best ever,a must see for all
High Noon - best western ever made
Sound of Music
Any of the Bob Hope/Bing Crosby "Road" shows
Any of Rogers & Hammerstein's musicals
Desert Fox
Come one guy's,where is your manhood?
1. Top Gun.when eating popcorn
2.Die Hard.when your home alone
3.Something got to give.when your with your wife.
4.Debbie does dallas.(again when your home alone)
5.War of the rose's.when you think its greener on the othe side.
Geez, I thought of more movies I like watching over and over.
Maybe you need to give us a catagories.
Like I forgot to mention one of my favorite westerns...
1. Quigly Down Under
and my favorite horror movie was...
Ghost Ship
We know which is Tony's favorite porno movie.
Hey Tony have you seen "Lust in the Dust". Another Alone by yourself movie.
Mariana, Tony, Alan, Ian, Terry,& Ken...you are all entered in the contest. Great movie choices...except maybe Debbie Does Dallas...but hey, different strokes...
My favorite movies are:
Gone with the wind
We were soldiers
Practical Magic
Hope Floats
Little Women
One which I omitted from my list was "Ghandi" - a superb rendition of the life of a hugely significant figure in the worlds history.
Thanks everybody! What a great way to get to know people and to broaden my horizons. For Jay - 13th Warrior nearly makes my list too. I've seen it at least 13 times....Oh, those Halls of Valhalla!
Love the movie contest.
Sitting in a dark theater with a box of popcorn is one of the best ways to spend a hot summer (or cold winter) day.
1. Godfather 1 and 2
2. The Way We Were
3. Blazing Saddles
4. I Was a Male War Bride
5. Chicago.
Also agree that Mama Mia was great fun.
Favorite movies--maybe I'll show some this winter at movie night.
1. Dr. Zhivago
2. Patton
3. Top Gun
4. The Phantom of the Opera
5. Lord of the Rings
Here are my favorite 5 movies: Of course it changes all the time.
1. Phantom of the Opera
2. Schindler's List
3. Sound of Music
4. Da Vinci Code
5. Dr. Zhivago
More for Jay: 13th Warrior contains my ALL-TIME FAVORITE MOVIE LINE when Bulvai, the Northmen's Leader/King, says..."The Dog can jump!" I use it often though no one so far seems to know what I'm talking about! And, so you don't feel too bad....I also liked Quest For Fire and Starship Troopers. There's style and there's style!
Sherry's turn. now you know what I live with.
1.Tumbstone
2.flicka
3.lion king
4.one flew over the cokoos nest(that's here at my house)
5.101 dalmation's (2 big dog's add up to that)now you know my night time entertainment.
I know we don't meet the rules criteria but as former residents I thought it would be fun to share our favorites!
HELEN;
1. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
2. Ghost
3. Bridges of Madison County (book is excellent too!)
TONY:
1. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
2. Forest Gump
3. ET
BOTH:
1. Steel magnolias
2. Babe
Here's my fav five!
1. A Kiss in the Dark ~ Marx Bros 1925
2. Monkey Business ~ Marx Bros 1931
3. Room Service ~ Marx Bros 1938
4. Copacabana ~ Marx Bros 1947
5. A Girl in every Port ~ Marx Bros 1952
I guess I'm just a "slap happy" guy!
Seems that you're showing your age, Tom. Nevertheless, the Marx Bros. movies were great. (and I can relate to them)
My favorites are:
1. Anything with Danny Kaye
2. Fried Green Tomatoes
3. Under the Tuscan Sun
4. Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (I love watching Dustin Hoffman have such a good time trying to play fetch with a zebra standing on the sofa.)
5. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
There's just Steve and I living here, but to look at the DVD collection you'd think we had a half dozen kids. I have an amazing number of "kids" movies. :)
Karon Jacobson
lot #42
If this list shows up twice, it's just my luddite approach to this process (I screwed up)
1. Bull Durham
2. Notorious (Htichcock, Bergman, Cooper, this one doesn't get the press of Casablanca but is at least as good)
3. Blazing Saddles (my kids moved away from me in the theater because my guffawing embarassed them)
4. Phaedra (Anthony Perkins, Melina Mecouri, the first "foreign film" I saw, and I saw it in a theater in Windsor, Ontario full of Greeks who howled at the untranslated chatter of the extras)
5. Breaking Away (I was living in DC and so homesick for midwestern scenery and values, I took my kids to see it twice. They weren't so dazzled.)
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