Thought a fun topic would be for those who have loved movies, past or present to tell what they were and why they had an impact, positive or negative.

It can be from any category. Comedy, Drama, Sci Fi, Horror, documentary, foreign....etc. you get the idea.

I know this will be tough, but let's limit our responses to 3 movies per person.

1) Wizard Of Oz : because it became a childhood tradition, the one movie I would look forward to seeing again & again. Plus I loved to get scared by the witch & monkeys.

2) To Kill A Mockingbird: I wanted so badly to be apart of Gregory Peck's family with Scout & her brother(can't remember his name).

Just something about that small town life, the real life characters were so incredibly real you felt you could have a converstion with them.
Again, I loved being scared by Boo Radley, only to find out he was harmless.

And can you say enough about Gregory Peck's performance?

3) okay, I have to cheat and list 2 comedies;
Raising Arizona, and Trains, Planes & Automobiles.

Oh My Lord......side splitting comedy by some of the best, John Candy & Steve Martin!

I guess my favorite movie at the moment that I could see and have seen upteen hundred times is Remember the Titans. (Love my sports) And I love Denzel. What an awesome actor.

In with you on the Planes, Trains Autombiles. That was tooo funny. Although I must admit One flew over the Coo Coo's Nest was great. Some cussing but Jack was awesome.

Drama-this one is a hard one-Really loved Schindler's List and The Patriot with Mel Gibson. Like to many in this category.

Best actress for me is Audrey Hepburn. What a true lady too bad she's gone. Of course Katherine was also awesome.

Actors-of course the best is Jimmy Stewart. I would have to add Denzel to this list as well as Robert (DeNiro)

2. Annie Hall (what can you say about Woody?)

3. It's a Beautiful Life..(The most uplifting story celebrating life with Nazi Germany as the backdrop)
..not to be confused with Beautiful Mind, or It's a Wonderful Life, though those are two great films as well..

4. African Queen (Bogie and Kate..her strenghth and his character)

5. Terms of Endearment (wonderful emsemble and individual performances)

Mo

(sorry, I can't stick to three..this is my area..then there's Sophie's Choice, Cirpico..
When Harry Met Sally, The Graduate..too many great ones)

West side Story. Great perpormance by Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer. Loved it.

One of my all time favorites. "Calamity Jane"
don't know if I spelled it right. It was a really funny movie to me when I was young. She goes from being a butchy cowgirl into a lady and lands the man of her dreams. Can't remember who he was but if someone saw it they probably would. Now I get to share them with My children.

Also love John Wayne. My old favorite is McLintock. It still makes me laugh. My favorite part is when John Wayne tells his daughter he is only giving his her and her husband a small portion of land and says how "there is nothing like the love between a man and a women with all that growing together!" or something like that. You have to see the movie. Its great.

How exciting is that. bottom of the 8th no outs and one on.

Thanks you gals, OHHH! you are all so right, you've listed some of the best of the best

Oh, and Audrey Hepburn was a dream; loved loved Breakfast at Tiffany's and My Fair Lady.

SBM.... me too on the musicals, a fanatic over
Mary Poppins, Sound of Music, Oklahoma.

I need a movie fix now, gonna get some popcorn & raisinets.. turn off all the lights and watch PSYCHO !!!! , BOOOOOOOO!

Breakfast Club, St Elmo's Fire, Pretty in Pink, Can't Buy Me Love, Better Off Dead, Dream a Little Dream, Ferris Beuller, Footloose, Lost Boys, Outsiders, Some Kind of Wonderful....

Favorite Musical - Singing in the Rain - just a classic grand musical with great score, choreography and costuming.

Favorite (Romantic)Comedy - Two Weeks Notice and Sweet Home Alabama - nothing fancy just simple romantic comedies.

Favorite Drama -Life is Beautiful (wow) - just an incredibly powerful movie about a father's love for his son and protecting him from the atrocities of the time,

Streetcar Named Desire (Brando and Leigh) - amazing acting, love the black and white really powerful

Tap (Gregory Hines) - a small relatively unknown film that showcases some of the finest old time tappers in the history of dance. A sentimental favorite.
cootiegirl

Grease 2 Couldn't see that one either. My mom was Fire and Brimston.

Want to hear something really funny. When I was 5 my Dad and up sat up to watch Willy Wonka's Chocolae Factory. It was dark. I was laying with him on the couch.

The part came on where the girl ate the blueberry gum and turned into a blueberry and I freaked out. I started to cry. Daddy had to turn the TV off and sleep with me the rest of the night.

I could still watch it now if it were on TV.

Action---Indiana Jones hands down!

Romance---Romancing the stone, When Harry met Sally

SciFi---Aliens, Terminators

Kids??---Hook

Comedy---Dumb & Dumber (bathroom humor kills me), Blazing Saddles, Monty Python

Drama---Schindlers list, Pelican Brief, Green Mile

Documentary---Blue Planet seas of Life series, gotta see it if you haven't. Everything and more about the sea that you'd EVER want to know!

TV series---(ok Im deviating here) Soap or Mash

Weeza, To Kill a Mockingbird (Peck is a heart-throb!) when in JrHi we were supposed to read the book, brought it home and parents had to have a conference and decide if they would LET me read it! Very controversial back in those days.

Chic Flicks- Hope Floats, Beaches, Bed of Roses, Dying Young, Sweet November

Action/Drama- Armagedan, The Last Boy Scout, Die Hard (I love Bruice)
Shaw Shank Redemption (spell?) excellent movie but you have to watch every minute of it.

Major Payne-too funny. Oh and what about Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with Martin and oh pooh forget his name. Although not really a children's movie. Finding Nemo my one of my favorites (Just keep swimming...) Love Lion King too. Oh and yes Toy Story-both as well as Monsters Inc.

*Singing in the Rain and *Street Car are great films!

I also too love love love *West Side Story.

How about *Barefoot in the Park? (Jane Fonda and Robert Redford) It's a better play..but I like the film, too.

Yes, the Silence sequals should have been slienced! Nothing like the first film, missing too many key components in acting and filmmakers.. (bad choice, Tony!)

I have to mention the first *Jaws..excellent..do you recognize the chubby Rob Rhiner in the beginning of that film?

You know the scene where the head comes out of the hull of the boat? Steven Spielberg did that in one of the crew's swimming pool ar the last minute..he felt that part needed to be added.

I do also like the *Terminators..I love Linda Hamilton's contrast between T1 and T2.

Isn't that when we all started working out?

*Hitchcock's Rear Window

I also forgot, *The Birds..

I did the costume for Halloween, it's actually a fun one.

Dress in a light blue suit like she wore, and put your hair in a beehive..and take wire secured round the collar bone with lots of bouncing extensions with birds on the end of it..then of course, a dab of blood on your forehead will do it..

*Dances With Wolves I love..best thing Kevin has done to date, IMO.

Fovorite TV, the Honeymooners and I Love Lucy..and The Odd Couple.

Know em all by heart. Remember the one where Ralph and Ed are handcuffed together?

Ed: "Aah..hey Ralf...ya mind if I smoke?"

Ralf: "I don't care if ya BUUUUUURN"

Mo

Alice to Ralph (in your best sarcastic tone):
Biiig Deeeeal!~~~~Boss of Nothin!!

Oh and the birds-great idea for Halloweenie. Luv Hitchcock. Rear window (the original) oh and Vertigo.

Heck we still watch I Love Lucy. Oh and the Dick Van Dyke show. OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH Rob... Gotta include the old westerns too-Raw Hide

TO THE MOON!!!!!

Good night..glad I'm back..I was gone so long!

Thanks for the fun thread!

All debating wolves and sheep can punch the timeclock on OT now, and get some shut eye..

Mo

"My mother said to me, Elwood, to get by in this world you need to be oh so very smart, or oh so very pleasant. For a long time I was smart. I recommend pleasant."

I had the best time reminiscing (sp?) about all these beautiful movies, Wow so many that I'd forgotten about.

Team Mom, my kids gave me the nickname Weeza because of that movie. My daughter said I remind her of the Weeza in the movie. (believe me I'm not at all) Loved the movie!

Jill F. Oh, totally the 80's. Molly Ringwold is a favorite actress of mine and I loved PIP & Some kinda Wonderful with Leah Thompson.

Cootie girl & Mo, Life is Beautiful will never be forgotten......I was an emotional wreck after it.

Mo! the Halloween idea is brilliant! Will pass that on to my son who loves Halloween and goes all out.... his date could be Tippy Hedren in that get up.

A favorite tv. show way back when was Andy Griffith. Very big down South here. Ol' Barney Fife

Wish that we could all have a big slumber party, stay up all night and watch some of these classics LOL I think i'm so " high school"

Another topic if you like:

Who do you think is the most beautiful actress past and present? Probrobly should exclude Liz
Taylor cause everyone will say she was in her prime. Saw a special about her life last night and reminded me of her beauty, especially as a child actress and in her 20's...... Incredible.

I get to go first, tee hee.

This is a post script to above:

Minoucat, wanted to tell you that your mother's quote is truly beautiful and I'll remember it.

I had the best time reminiscing (sp?) about all these beautiful movies, Wow so many that I'd forgotten about.

Team Mom, my kids gave me the nickname Weeza because of that movie. My daughter said I remind her of the Weeza in the movie. (believe me I'm not at all) Loved the movie!

Jill F. Oh, totally the 80's. Molly Ringwold is a favorite actress of mine and I loved PIP & Some kinda Wonderful with Leah Thompson.

Cootie girl & Mo, Life is Beautiful will never be forgotten......I was an emotional wreck after it.

Mo! the Halloween idea is brilliant! Will pass that on to my son who loves Halloween and goes all out.... his date could be Tippy Hedren in that get up.

A favorite tv. show way back when was Andy Griffith. Very big down South here. Ol' Barney Fife

Wish that we could all have a big slumber party, stay up all night and watch some of these classics LOL I think i'm so " high school"

Another topic if you like:

Who do you think is the most beautiful actress past and present? Probrobly should exclude Liz
Taylor cause everyone will say she was in her prime. Saw a special about her life last night and reminded me of her beauty, especially as a child actress and in her 20's...... Incredible.

I get to go first, tee hee.

and Ava Gardner. You know she is one of our locals too. Just a hop skip and a jump from us. From Smithfield North Carolina.

2. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory: I absolutely LOVE Gene Wilder in this and any other roles...Dr. Frankentein in Young Frankenstein, and in Hear No Evil See No Evil...I adore him!

3. Amelie: It's my favorite foreign film of all time! Audrey Tautou is so beautiful and perfect as Amelie! I highly recomend it. It's in French with subtitles, so if you have a hard time with those, as my mom does, I'm sorry.

Ava Garder is beautiful. She is from Smithfield, NC. Not far from here.

I also think Sandra Bullock is beautiful. I like her personality too.

Cindy, that is soo cool. I had no clue Andy G. was a teacher turned actor. Bet he was a good one too.

You're right about Ava.....vavaboom!

Thanks for the latest movie remembrances; you're right about Lord of The Rings, the characters will be so memorable!

African Queen - Bogie and Hepburn - wow!
One of my all time favorite movies was "The Great Houdini" with Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis.

Gigi, On the Town, Top Hat, Royal Wedding, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Kiss Me Kate
Foreign films - Like Water for Chocolate. As for Life is Beautiful I saw it both in Italian and dubbed - I liked it better in Italian with subtitles - it just added something (and I don't even know Italian!)

And anything with Harrison Ford, Sandra Bullock, Julia Roberts or Hugh Grant!

I can't imagine how the American Film Institute was able to pick the top 100 films of all times!

2. ``Good Will Hunting.''

OK, so I think Rosemary Clooney is absolutely beautiful (for past), even though she was mainly a singer. Who can forget her in White Christmas?! And today, I think Sandra Bullock as well...She's simply a gorgeous person!

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Originally posted by Lenny777:
1. 3. ``Office space.'' Smartest and funniest movie EVER!

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Pieces of flair: I can't go into a TGIFriday's without thinking of that

"No one in this country can ever pronounce my name right. It's not that hard: Samir Na-gheen-an-a-jar. Nagheenanajar."

1. Anything with Joaquin Phoenix
2. Anything with Matt Damon
3. Anything with Dennis Quaid

Imagine a film with all three of them??

**faints**
**thud**

Oh, too funny people.....definitely will see office space, several recommendations on that one and
kitisox...... I loved Dennis is the adorable movie: the remake of the 60's movie "Parent trap".

Well I do. (Sexy)

OK Pepsi, If look once and turn away but look twice its lust.

SO I JUST LOOK THE WHOLE TIME!!! LOL

Wyatt Earp (also has Dennis Quaid as Doc Holliday) Loved that Movie.

Message in A Bottle (Loved the movie hated the ending!)

Basically, anything with John Cusack...

"What are your plans?"

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Kurt Russel in Soldier. Something about him in that movie. Movie sucked though.

And Val Kilmer.

Seth Green. He's not very 'cute', per say, but humorous as hell. Makes him cute to me. Funny guy - even in real life.

I've always liked the guys who had more personality than looks for some reason - my friends always made fun of me. Humor lasts alot longer than looks, though.

And Tin Cup

Hugh Jackman as Vanhelsing Lots of action

I like science fiction, and action, and ocasionally good tear jerker. Iam not your tipical big tough guy I aint afraid of crying. hahahha

Remember old yeller,
or Seargent York with Gary Cooper ?
Shane?

I like pretty much about everything.

Gone with the Wind one of my favorites.

Oh yeah I luved the old cartoons like daffy duck, sylvester the cat, bugs bunny,droopy,tom&jerry the originals before they messed with them.

Some of theold b movies or cult classics like the green slime, the blob, creature from the black lagoon.

As long as it has a great plot Iam for it.

How about The Gladiator,or sparticus with Kirk Douglas, The Robe with Victor Mature.

Thats some of them. Pretty wide variety.

NOT! lol

Any of the old looney tunes are great cartoons, and I love the classic old movies.
The Way West, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, The one with John Wayne and Natalie Wood....now there's one of the most beautiful acresses!

Tree, your crazy and up a tree.....you're a hoot.

Do your remember the Sci Fi. "The Day the Earth Stood Still" with the alien robot Gork or Gort? Something like that.

When its laser eye took out everything in its path; now that movie really spooked me.

My pick for a hunky male actor would be #1;

Keanu Reeves ( Devils Advocate)
The Matrix

He has such soulful eyes.....AHHHHH

Wolverine in XMen....

I've always like Andrew McCarthy.

And, I think Brendan Fraser is a HOTIE. Oh, he is cute. The Mummy. Cute and Funny.