What is your all time favourite movie?
For me, personally, It would be Snatch. It's such a great movie that I could watch again and again. So many interesting characters and a unique style that sets it apart from so many other movies. There's just that extra something in that movie
What about you, fellow Lemmites? What is your favourite movie?
The Princess Bride. It has great comedy, action, and romance. It’s influenced my sense of humor and it’s just so much fun.
I watched that with my girlfriend who had never seen it. After hyping it up I had a real “just wait it gets funny” feeling the whole time. Not as good as I remember.
I’ve definitely watched it recently and still enjoy it just as much. But also, your sense of humor can change over time so it probably just doesn’t fit what you like anymore.
I have a theory that movie is only funny if you grew up watching it. I saw it for the first time in my late 20s and just could not get into it. I'm sure I have favorites like that, too, and maybe I wasn't in the perfect mood at the time.
I showed it to my fiance and while I ADORED the rewatch he was very meh and I was questioning him as a person. Then one day he asked me to watch it again so he could watch Andre the Giant again. And then, I'm convinced, it spoke to him and showed him the magic. He loved it. Quoted it. And will watch it with me when I have it on.
I really think mindset and willingness to dive into it is a necessity.
God, what a beautiful movie.
Sounds interesting, but I need to know if this is a kissing book.
I've been listening to Cary Elwes' book "As You Wish" on audiobook. I haven't finished it yet, but i'm loving it so far.
Absolutely agree. Have really enjoyed passing it on to my two girls as well.
Yes, and now to my grandchildren!
i literally watched this because of this comment. great movie.
My favorite is The Fifth Element. Love it. Another great movie is The Apartment with Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine
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Ooh I just watched The Apartment on Criterion and I loved it. Jack Lemmon is special.
The cinematic masterpiece form 1999 starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz "The Mummy"
He was handsome, she was hot, great story, action, comedy and a great villain. Classic action/adventure/comedy mix.
Peter Jackson's Lord of the rings fellowship, two towers, and return of the king extended editions.
This is my comfort movie series. When I'm tired of dealing with the real world for a while, I'll watch it in 40 minute stretches for a couple weeks like a TV series
It takes me 11hrs to do my hair and this is my go to series to watch while doing it.
lotr trilogy very good.
It would have to be Back to the Future. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve rewatched those movies. I also just saw the broadway musical version of it as well. If I had to choose between the three, then it would have to be the second one. There is so much iconic imagery from those movies, and I loved getting to see parts of the first from from different POVs. It has a great mix of many things that people can enjoy.
I caught the musical in London during a visit too! I wasn't sure if it was good or bad because I was wearing nostalgia glasses the entire time and enjoying.
I have to say, it took me a few mins to mentally get over the fact that these characters I’ve watched so many times before were now singing. Once I got over that, it was a blast for me.
It's practically a flawless trilogy in my opinion. It definitely still holds really well and always fun to rewatch!
Snatch is outstanding. The scene with a replica gun vs deagle, the robbery by noob thugs... I laugh even at my memories of them.
But I'll take Shawn of the Dead. Cool direction and awesome cast making a great apocalyptic comedy movie. It's humor may be too dry for some, but if you are into this kind of jokes (is it brittish humor?), it'd blow you away. Watching it with my buddy back then made some of it's gags into our convos.
I'm more of a Hot Fuzz type of person, but I still greatly appreciate Shawn of the Dead. So many funny gags and foreshadowing/callbacks.
The bit in the beginning of Shawn of the Dead where he sleepily walks to the store to buy something, and then does it again the next day after the zombies start showing up is classic.
No argument there, friend. Watching them back-to-back on a movie night is a wonder. Reiteration of a fence-jumping gag, connecting these two movies, is so sweet of a detail.
Of Hot Fuzz, I loved the actor who played the supermarket's boss. His delivery of another chilling comment... Gosh, I can't see how it'd work without him for he kills it. Some people I showed it for the first time only got into it because of him setting the tone and promising some big reveal.
And the starting sequence, as well, is a classic. I've seen people having it in their 101 on filmmaking, and it's not wrong.
As a Brit I’ve always preferred Lock Stock to Snatch. Both great films.
In Bruges.
"I can't see! I can't see!" "Of course you can't see! I just a shot a blank in your fucking eye!"
That duo also did another movie together, The Banshees of Inisherin, which is about a remote Irish island and these two friends who are suddenly no longer friends.
A toss up between Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away, or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Spirited away is a fantastic movie.
And so is Eternal Sunshine, but in a totally different way.
Oh man. Eternal Sunshine is so good but so exhausting. I love it but sometimes i just don't have the energy to watch it.
That's why it can't be my only favorite, it's definitely not a "throw this on whenever and enjoy" it's a very particular mood, but it's executed extremely well
My wife and I have been working our way through Studio Ghibli movies for the first time. So far we have seen Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away, and Kiki's Delivery service. Thoroughly enjoyed them all, but i'd say Spirited Away was me least favorite so far.
Not sure exactly why, but I feel like all 3 of them could have benefitted from some extra runtime. Parts just feel rushed to me. Or maybe I just don't want them to end. Lol
Spirited away is so good <3
Hot take: I don’t “get” Spirited Away. Like I appreciate the art and animation, but the story and characters are a confusing mess to me. I’ve heard the explanation of “it’s a critique of Japanese society”, and looking back on it I can see the symbolism, but if you need additional context for the story to make sense, then I don’t think it’s a very good movie, at least I don’t think it deserves universal acclaim if it only makes sense to one specific culture.
I found it relatively easy to understand the basic motivations of the characters without getting into metaphor, what about the characters confuses you specifically?
Hot Fuzz. I think to me it's a perfect movie. So much great build up, very funny. Just so good.
I love Shaun of the dead, but I have seen hot fuzz twice and it just doesn't click for me.
I'm that way but in the other direction. Maybe cuz I'm freaking done with zombies. Still a good movie.
crusty jugglers ..
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I’m going to admit to some movie watcher crimes, i haven’t seen any of the godfather movies or the older classics like clockwork orange. However, of the movies I’ve seen it’s gotta be Shawshank Redemption for me. Beautiful movie everything about it hits so well.
No list of movies is complete without someone mentioning it.
And that's the way it should be.
The first Matrix!
This was mine for about 9 years until it was made into a tie with The Dark Knight
Aliens. Ripley and Vasquez are some of the best female action characters (with the alien queen coming in a distant third). The corporate claptrap from Burke and the setup of the mission is solid 80s cyberpunk. Every character has a great arc (except Burke - fuck that guy). Effects are amazing. The soundtrack is perfect.
It's an incredible action movie.
"Hey Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?
No, have you?"
Just a great line between the characters.
Also, the actress who plays Vasquez also played the mom in Terminator 2, which always blows my mind. The two characters look and sound so different I didn't believe it at first.
Glad to know that others still love this movie! Bill Paxton nailed his Hudson character to a T! This is the apex of 80s movies that cross over between action/comedy sci-fi/horror genres and still tell an awesome story! H R Gigers alien designs were also creepy as fuck and on point. Hats off to James Cameron and Sigourney Weaver as well, and even Paul Riser nailed his sleazbag corporate stooge character. There is not one bad scene in this epic movie!
Give Burke a break, man - he just made a bad call. No need to nail him to the wall or anything.
This one's also mine. I've held off rewatching it for a while, waiting for what seems like forever on the 4K version to be released at which time I have a movie night locked in with my eldest daughter. Can't wait!
At nearly 40 years old it has held up incredibly well.
The Hunt for Red October
Give me a ping Vasily. One ping only pleash.
I must have watched this movie 20 times. Def in my top 5. Still haven't read the book though.
The book is very good as well! Additionally, for me anyway, it doesn’t spark the internal struggle of, “The book/movie was better!”.
Be careful what you shoot at. Most things in here don’t react too well to bullets.
Be careful what I shoot at?!
If you love THFRO what do you think about Das Boot?
Just finished it. I'd heard about it, and many people recommend it when red October is mentioned (and vice versa). I'm not sure I'd put them in the same genre.
I'm not sure what I think at the moment. It was very long, but had some very intense scenes. I think it was trying to get me to feel deeply for the characters (especially the captain) but it didn't really reach me (spoiler) Eg The people jumping off the burning ship.
I'm also not sure yet what to think about the fact that (spoiler) the whole movie takes place on the submarine, with no cut aways. I think on one hand it added to the tension of surface ships trying to find them, but on the other hand it was difficult to orient the story without visuals for location or relative locations.
I feel the length was included to show how boring it can be waiting for orders or enemies, but a shorter cut might've been more engaging.
It's not a movie I'd go and rewatch in a hurry (if ever). Red October has much more rewatchability.
For me, I think it has to be Pulp Fiction. I just recently rewatched it for the umpteenth time and it’s just as great as ever. I find myself quoting it quite often.
A bit of an outsider which is a big hit in my family is “A Good Year” by Ridley Scott, staring Russel Crowe. It’s a nice fun movie and for a family of francophiles like mine it’s a great way of getting a bit of the France we love in the middle of the dark Northern European winter.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, hands down. As many times as I've watched it, I can still sit down and laugh my ass off watching it again.
I wish I could watch it again for the first time. Easily one of my favorite comedy movies ever, alongside Airplane! and The Emperor's New Groove.
I'm really surprised no one has mentioned Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels because I think it's actually the better of the Guy Ritchie movies in this style. It's stylish, perfectly-paced, and has the perfect "I think we...won?" type resolution at the end.
Lock Stock is one of my favorite movies
I saw Snatch, then Lock Stock, and afterwards Snatch felt like a remake/sequel to Lock Stock. But nothing will ever top Brad Pitt's performance in Snatch for me. Do you like dogs?
For me, it's the wholesome bro moments in Lock, Stock like Fat Tom constantly, sincerely falling for his nickname. I also think at least once a day at work, "Can we lock up and get drunk now?"
Love that movie.
Trainspotting! I've watched it an uncountable number of times. Fantastic soundtrack, great actors, great story.
Jurassic Park. I love movies that starts calm and maybe a bit fantastical that builds up suspense towards a huge terrifying, awe-inspiring reveal and Steven Spielberg is a master of that skill.
That is my girlfriend's favorite movie. On one of our anniversaries, I rented out a movie theater and surprised her with a private screening. She figured out what movie it was about 2 seconds in when the insects started buzzing.
Every time I see Jurassic Park, i'm amazed how well the effects hold up. Just such a great movie all around.
This is a movie you can put on at anytime and I'll sit down to watch it, it's just such a classic. I regularly catch myself humming the theme song also.
One of the few movies I've seen multiple times in the theater! Also, it was the first movie we watched after my Dad gota surround sound setup with great quality sound and enhanced bass. It was so immersive and we LOVED the experience.
"We're back in the car again." "At least we're out of the tree." My Dad and I still reference this regularly.
The first half of Scott Pilgrim vs The World
The "not vegan" scene is one of the funniest scenes of all time.
No vegan diet, no vegan powers!
Why only the first half?
First half is the crazy establishment of what is going on and has the most ridiculous characters. Second half gets a bit predictable in the overused Hollywood tropes and the very ending was basically modern Grease. It was all very entertaining, but I have seen it enough that the first half will almost always suck me in but if I get interrupted in the later parts I don't feel the need to finish it.
First half is a glorious ride, second half is just a movie. Not sure if Edgar Wright ran out of time, budget, or what, but the second half/third isn't that good compared to the first part. Overall still one of my favorite movies.
Snatch is such a great movie. For me it’s too close to call between Snatch and O Brother, Where Art Thou?. It took me a long time to realize that John Turturro was even in the movie because his acting is so out of character and well performed.
Ya like dags‽
Oh dawgs
O Brother where art thou
The music, the pacing, the twists, the characters.
Huh? wait wait, let me, let me explain something to you. Uh, I am not Mr. Lebowski; you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. You know, uh, that, or uh, his Dudeness, or uh Duder, or uh El Duderino, if, you know, you're not into the whole brevity thing
Alien (1979). The perfect organism movie.
For me it's definitely Fight Club. No big spoilers below, see it if you haven't.
The theme of hitting bottom purposefully in order to rebuild yourself consciously into who you want to become has stuck with me.
I've been through some shit since then and have had to rebuild. It's nice to look on it as an opportunity rather than a punishment.
I'm actually tempted to say Snatch too. City of God (Cidade de Deus 2002) is up there with it. Some time ago I probably would've said Donnie Darko, but I've grown out of it over the years.
Watched Wild Bill last night, a film Dexter Fletcher directed after he was in Snatch. While not the best film I've seen, his character was brilliantly portrayed and worth a watch
I was having a hard time anyway, but after reading through all the comments, I don't think I could narrow it down.
If I had to try, it would be, in no particular order:
The Matrix
Princess Bride
Fight Club
Shawshank Redemption
The Boondock Saints
The Incredibles
...
Actually, I can't narrow it down....lol
Gattaca. The music is superb and the locations are awesomely brutalist. My favorite by a long shot.
Every line in that movie is perfect
Blazing Saddles.
But Snatch and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels are a really great pair of movies.
Futurama: Bender's Big Score may not be the deepest film, but it's never failed to make me smile. "I can wire anything to anything! I'm the professor!"
I really like what we do in the shadows
I could watch The Emperor's New Groove all day, every day and never get tired.
Don't really have an absolute favourite, but one kinda obscure one that everyone should see is Tucker and Dale VS Evil
"Oh hidy-ho officer, we've had a doozy of a day..." Definitely a good watch.
I was just on when it first came out on TV and I didn't know anything about it. I laughed more by myself to that movie than any other I can remember watching alone.
The Bee landing on the nose.
There will be blood. I love character studies and Daniel Day Lewis does just an amazing job.
The Silence of the Lambs. I think it is perfect. It’s a “comfort” movie for me. My mind is weird I suppose.
I have so many favorites, which is why my Plex library is so large.
Hopkins acting performance there is hands down one the greatest of all time. Never get tired of rewatching it. It's just hypnotic.
Absolutely agree. His performance is chilling. Foster’s arc is so well portrayed too. The scene at the funeral home is so wonderfully shot.
Electricity went out in the theater when i saw that. Scary as hell!!
Groundhog day.
It's just such a great film.
Chance of departure... Don't drive angry.
I have this living top 100 ranking on Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/jQWau
The list shuffles around quite a bit depending on the day but my top 10 is pretty much fixed in place:
Someone really likes the Coens hahaahah
But no shade, I love all these movies (except for Casino Royale, which does seem really random at number 1 with the other movies tbh. Not a bad movie I guess, but what? 😆)
Rewatchability plays a huge part in what I consider a favorite. Notice this list is missing some heavy hitters like the Godfather movies. I don't consider this list to be the best movies of all time but favorites as in, what have I watched the most and am most excited to watch again or what just hit right at the right time in my life.
Casino Royale hit just right for me. In the 90s with Goldeneye (the game and the movie) and Tomorrow Never Dies turned me into a huge Bond fan. Then world is not enough and die another day were huge disappointments.
I watched layer cake and was amped when I heard he was getting cast for Bond and this one was going to be directed by Martin Campbell and written by Paul Haggis (pretty controversial figure now but at the time I loved the movie Crash). Going into all of this I had pretty high expectations and it exceeded it. The most I ever seen a movie in theaters was twice. For Casino Royale I went six times. I just wanted to show it to everyone I knew.
It spawned my favorite Martini and Bond Girl (Vesper) my favorite scene in the franchise (the two sizing eachother up on the train), introduced me to some of my favorite actors (Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen and Jeffrey Wright) and to this day it's something I watch at least once a year. There's just not an ounce of fat on this movie.
Great call on Roger Rabbit. Hope the kids today see this fine film. Excellent stuff!
I'm gonna go with Everything Everywhere All At Once. But a close contender, perhaps tied, is the Barbie movie.