Top 5 Favorite Movies

by **moabsue** on Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:30 pm

Sorry, but has to be 6 ("mertle" did 6!!) in no particular order ~

Out of Africa
Somewhere in Time
Dances with Wolves
Gettysburg
Amadeus

and, for the perpetual "kid in me"....The Wizard of Oz!!!!!!!

Sue

by **DanS** on Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:38 pm

The Top 5 thing was more of a guideline anyway moabsue... 8-)

Just thought it would be an interesting topic.

by **Connie** on Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:12 pm

Hayden Valley Girl wrote:Narrowing it down to 5:
The Ghost in the Darkness
Legends of the Fall
A River Runs Through It
Taking Chance
Saving Private Ryan

Oh, yes . . . Legends of the Fall! I can't believe I forgot that one (and its famous poster of "Tristan").

by **Bogo** on Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:13 pm

Looking through the movies I've bothered to purchase. In no particular order.

La Femme Nikita (original French version),
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999 version),
Fight Club,
Lord of the Rings trilogy,
Elizabeth.

by **twiggy** on Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:44 pm

OMGosh!!! I forgot the "SOUND OF MUSIC" DEFINATELY IN MY TOP 5.

WHAT WILL THIS DAY BE LIKE..........I WONDER.........WHAT WILL MY FUTURE BE.........I WONDER....

by **Bruce Gourley** on Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:26 am

Great thread. And I see that my top two favorite movies are not on anyone else's list:

The Princess Bride
Matrix

As to the remaining top five, it is actually a tie between four movies:

The Man From Snowy River
Star Wars
October Sky
Lord of the Rings trilogy

Honorable Mentions

Oh Brother Where Art Thou
Shawshank Redemption

And my favorite TV series, by a long shot:

X-Files

by **twiggy** on Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:55 am

O Brother Where Art Though is definately one of my top five soundtracks. Bought that the next day after I saw it. Loved the music!!

)....Pete! we thought you was a toad!!!!

loved it

by **Marybeth** on Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:59 am

Re: Top 5 Favorite Movies
by Hayden Valley Girl on Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:21 pm

Narrowing it down to 5:
The Ghost in the Darkness
Legends of the Fall
A River Runs Through It
Taking Chance
Saving Private Ryan

Suprised to see 'Taking Chance' here since no one seems to know about it (real sleeper), this is definately in my top five. If you guys have not seen it, would highly recommend putting it on your list of movies to see. Although it may be hard for those of you that have loved ones in Iraq and/or Afganistan.

My top five (this is hard.

1. Taking Chance
2. The Princess Bride (good one Bruce)
3. Dances With Wolves
4. The Green Mile
5. Shawshank Redemption

by **Bogo** on Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:52 am

Bruce Gourley wrote:Great thread. And I see that my top two favorite movies are not on anyone else's list:

The Princess Bride
Matrix

They almost made it to my list, but I like Fight Club and La Femme Nikita better. Star Wars set plus Clone Wars animated shorts also got bumped.

by **Joe_C** on Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:18 pm

Lot's of good movies here. Didn't know you were such a cultured group. I enjoy many of the movies listed plus a couple more:

Jaws
Cool Hand Luke
Glory
Last of the Mohicans
Outlaw Jose Wales

by **PokerChip** on Sat Oct 31, 2009 1:42 pm

The List of Adrian Messenger
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Spanish Prisoner
The Last of the Dog Soldiers
October Sky (Rocket Boys)

An interesting window into our souls, with these lists, huh?

I am sorta big on team development metaphor movies so honorable mentions:
Remember The Titans
Hoosiers

And not one Annette and Paul movie or even an Elvis flick or any thematic movie with Sidney Poitier?

by **vetmom** on Sat Oct 31, 2009 2:01 pm

Oh my gosh, how did I forget The Man for Snowy River?! I've now got my #5, thanks Bruce,

Cheryl

by **DanS** on Sat Oct 31, 2009 2:09 pm

Bruce Gourley wrote:Great thread. And I see that my top two favorite movies are not on anyone else's list:

The Princess Bride

Hey Bruce!
For the record, wife was super impressed with this one!

Website · by **Dan** on Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:59 am

This might as well be a top ten, with all the "Honorable Mentions"

I just recalled a real biggie for me, "Slumdog Millionaire"

by **Kelli** on Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:05 pm

I like this one!

1. Since I was a little girl, my all time favorite movie has always been The Wizard of Oz.
2. LOTR Trilogy
3. Legends of the Fall
4. Dances with Wolves
5. Shawshank Redemption

Honorable Mention:

Seven Pounds
P.S. I Love You
What Dreams May Come

by **Hayden Valley Girl** on Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:08 pm

Marybeth wrote:
Re: Top 5 Favorite Movies
by Hayden Valley Girl on Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:21 pm

Narrowing it down to 5:
The Ghost in the Darkness
Legends of the Fall
A River Runs Through It
Taking Chance
Saving Private Ryan

Suprised to see 'Taking Chance' here since no one seems to know about it (real sleeper), this is definately in my top five. If you guys have not seen it, would highly recommend putting it on your list of movies to see. Although it may be hard for those of you that have loved ones in Iraq and/or Afganistan.

My top five (this is hard.

1. Taking Chance
2. The Princess Bride (good one Bruce)
3. Dances With Wolves
4. The Green Mile
5. Shawshank Redemption

I had a nephew in Iraq when this came out, he came home the 5th of October, but it was hard to watch. I have never cried so hard all the way through a movie like I did with this one. Everyone should see this.
As for my honorable mentions, I should add a few comedies:
Young Frankenstein
Something about Mary
And Jackass 1 & 2

Website · by **Dan** on Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:50 am

DanS wrote:
Bruce Gourley wrote:Great thread. And I see that my top two favorite movies are not on anyone else's list:

The Princess Bride

Hey Bruce!
For the record, wife was super impressed with this one!

Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

by **mywolvesrock** on Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:46 am

What about "Jeremiah Johnson" ??? Huh ??

by **mertle** on Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:55 am

We've come far pilgrim...seems far.... 8-)

by **Bruce Gourley** on Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:21 am

Dan wrote:
DanS wrote:
Bruce Gourley wrote:Great thread. And I see that my top two favorite movies are not on anyone else's list:

The Princess Bride

Hey Bruce!
For the record, wife was super impressed with this one!

Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

Inconceivable!

by **twiggy** on Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:36 am

In the Princes Bride catagory:
Cult comedies

1. Princess Bride

2. Young Frankenstien :twisted:

3. Chevy Chase vacation

4. Blazing Saddles :lol:

5. Napoleon Dymanmite :mrgreen:

by **Cheryl** on Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:39 pm

The Princess Bride
The Way We Were
P.S. I Love You
Crash
Big Night

by **kalamitykatie** on Tue Nov 03, 2009 2:29 pm

I'm just reading this thread for the first time and couldn't believe there was no mention of The Princess Bride until Bruce brought it up. It's definitely in my top five. It's also a rare example of a case in which I prefer the movie over the book. The book has a bit more backstory on characters but the movie, nonetheless, has more character. I tried for years, to no avail, to get my husband to watch it. He had prejudged it to be a "chick flick" and was not interested. Then he heard his brother and other buddies quoting lines and when he admitted to them he'd never seen it and that I'd been trying to fix that they told him he needed to go home and watch it that night.

Others that come to mind, though maybe not really "top five." I have a hard time picking "top five" anything. So much depends on mood...

LOTR (books are better but those are, nonetheless, well made movies)

and a few that haven't been mentioned yet...
The Neverending Story (very different from book)
It's a Wonderful Life

~Katie

by **DanS** on Tue Nov 03, 2009 2:42 pm

twiggy wrote:In the Princes Bride catagory:
Cult comedies

1. Princess Bride
2. Young Frankenstien
3. Chevy Chase vacation
4. Blazing Saddles
5. Napoleon Dymanmite

To these I'd have to add Monty Python's
Holy Grail,
Meaning of Life, &
Life of Brian

And Katie,
I would have to admit that before seeing it I had the overall feeling that The Princess Bride was a chick flick too. My wife introduced me about 2 years ago.

by **ynp4me** on Wed Nov 04, 2009 3:42 pm

mywolvesrock wrote:What about "Jeremiah Johnson" ??? Huh ??

LOL - I saw this as a child at The Sage Drive In (Billings) with
my parents as a kid... after that.. all "mountain" people HAD
to be like him.