If you had to pick one all-time favorite movie...

@vonny,

I'm sorry, I like the music in West Side Story, but watching supposed NYC street thugs prance about town always made me laugh. No one in this movie looked even a little tough, let alone menacing.

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@Finn dAbuzz,

For once I totally agree with you, Finn. Bernstein's score for West Side Story is great. The movie version of the play,however, lacks a certain...uh... shall we say, credibility? And that Jets scene, in particular, is beyond risible. I have played the DVD for a classroom full of convicted juvenile delinquents more than once; in each instance, the reaction was one of hilarity,particularly in the case of that "When you're a Jet" scene. Every one of those chorus lads looks like a poster boy for gay rights.

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@Lustig Andrei,

Actually this isn't the first time you agreed with me, but for some reason you have to constantly preface your expressed agreements with a quasi-disclaimer.

It doesn't surprise me that we will occasionally agree upon things, and I have to wonder why it does you.

In any case, we are in complete agreement on this score (no pun intended).

Musicals of that period, and before, had a hard time reflecting violence, and especially so in terms of choreography. But they played to the audience of the time.

Perhaps Sondheim took a lesson from West Side Story. No one will accuse anyone who has played Sweeny Todd of being a "chorus lad."

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@Finn dAbuzz,

As opposed to the terrifying Montagues and Capulets.

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In response to OP, it depends on the mood. The movie I saw most recently which made an incredibly deep impression on me is Lilya 4-ever by Lukas Moodysson. Sad as heck though.

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@najmelliw,

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In response to OP, it depends on the mood.

True I ran into the romance comedy Notting Hill when I was in a very romance mood with my wedding anniversary upcoming and it hit me hard.

A story of an average man by sheer random fluke meeting and in the end marrying a Hollywood goddess.

My wife is not a Hollywood starlet but she is far far more then I ever dream of meeting and marrying so the movie did impact me.

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@najmelliw,

Welcome back View najmelliw. Quite a long time/no read. Lily 4-ever is infamous for having a very difficult to watch reputation because its so bleak.

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@tsarstepan,

Thank you tsarstepan. I am intending to post more from here on out. Smile

Yes, it's incredibly bleak. But that makes the message all that much harder to forget, imho. I've seen plenty of other movies I'd also consider already mentioned, but this one isn't there. And I personally felt it deserves mentioning.

@BillRM - Sounds like a happy marriage to me! Notting Hill is a great movie, but while I enjoy romcom's immensely, I don;t think one of them would ever become my favourite movie of all time.

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@tsarstepan,

Chinatown was the movie that mentioned Florsheim in the script, "damn Florsheim" as he stamped his feet. I loved it!

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@izzythepush,

izzythepush wrote:

As opposed to the terrifying Montagues and Capulets.

Well, I guess that depends upon the quality and nature of the performance of the play you observed.

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@Finn dAbuzz,

So Shakespeare terrifies you.

Can't say I'm surprised.

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Fight Club...but I'm not allowed to talk about it...

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Royal Tenenbaums
Far From the Madding Crowd
The Big Lebowski
Annie Hall

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Aliens (the second in the series with the marine squad) is classic sci-fi at it's best and even better than the first one.

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True Romance.

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Ok, so this isn't an all time favorite movie, but this is certainly one of my all time favorite scenes.

I watched the movie "Angel Heart" again last night on netflix. The first time I watched it years ago I was totally freaked out by the end. This time I was able to watch it with the hindsight of knowing story line, and was able to examine why some scenes, especially those with no blood or violence, were so frightening, or at least eerie.

This scene here with Robert DeNiro playing Louise Cypher (get it?) is so low key, but so chilling.
Every clink of a chip of the egg falling on the plate, the torturous peeling, the final bite....scary stuff. Even choosing and lifting of a particular egg out of the group had me thinking "don't pick me, don't pick me"

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@chai2,

chai2 wrote:

Ok, so this isn't an all time favorite movie, but this is certainly one of my all time favorite scenes.

I watched the movie "Angel Heart" again last night on netflix. The first time I watched it years ago I was totally freaked out by the end. This time I was able to watch it with the hindsight of knowing story line, and was able to examine why some scenes, especially those with no blood or violence, were so frightening, or at least eerie.

This scene here with Robert DeNiro playing Louise Cypher (get it?) is so low key, but so chilling.
Every clink of a chip of the egg falling on the plate, the torturous peeling, the final bite....scary stuff. Even choosing and lifting of a particular egg out of the group had me thinking "don't pick me, don't pick me"

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQfiuHK_U84[/youtube]

And to think...

...my favorite scene involved Lisa Bonnet!

Whew!

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@vonny,

I liked Das Boot.. not right at my top ten but up there.

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@ossobuco,

Just reread the thread, enjoy it.

Have thought of others - I never mentioned Kurasawa's Seven Samurai, or Dodeskaden, or even Tampopo by Itami (the cowboy and the noodlemaker). I never mentioned Bread and Chocolate, which I've probably seen 4 or 5 times, dir. Ettore Scola, set in Switzerland, travails and joys of an italian guy trying to be a waiter during hard times, plus some romance. I think I liked it slightly less the fifth time. Riso Amaro.. oh, there's just too many.
A movie in french with Philippe Noiret, forget title. Maybe The Pawnbroker.
Several other movies in french.

Edit - Adam Sandler is unwatchable.

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@Frank Apisa,

Frank Apisa wrote:

And to think...

...my favorite scene involved Lisa Bonnet!

Whew!

Oh yeah, she was a hot little piece.

Coulda had bigger tits though.

I'm just sayin'.

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