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Jan-12-2006 08:49

A Few Good Men
Terminator 1&2
Life is Beautiful (Did he HAVE to die??!!??)
Amelie
The Princess Bride

Jan-21-2006 22:35

*giggles* Well, Mak posted twice, so I'm going to post more movies I like!
I love Die Hard. For some reason the line about Asian Dawn and reading about them in 'Time' cracked me up.
Con Air. I can't stand Nicholas Cage, but John Malovitch is great.
I loved Big Fish too and Shrek.. everytime I see it, I still laugh.
The Lethal Weapons are great as is Payback.
The Last Supper (with Cameron Diaz, not about Jesus) is great too.
There's an Italian movie called Everybody's Fine that I love too. I had tears streaming down my face just watching it.
Ohhh, movies are great! I might move to North Korea instead. Apparently that's all Uncle Kim does all day! (Watch movies in his very own movie theatre)

Uncle Kim: "What famine? Shhh. I'm watching Team America!"
*Bang* (Political Advisor dies)

Feb-17-2006 14:41

Labrynth, The Truman Show, Color Purple , The Princess Bride,
The Big Chill, Laura, Leave Her to Heaven, Rebecca, The Univited, Shadow of a Doubt and Clue it makes me laugh. Theres actually too many to count.

Feb-18-2006 02:19

The Princess Bride, Oscar, Clue, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Rear Window (excellent movie), The Cutting Edge, Emma, Never Been Kissed, Shanghai Noon, Meet the Parents, Boondock Saints, The Fifth Element, and The 13th Warrior.

I love the soundtrack to Moulin Rouge.

Feb-20-2006 11:42

I watched Amelie in French class and it is one of my new favourite films!! And I love Shawn of the Dead -British AND funny for once(!!) and team America made my laugh my pants off!Just thought i'd update y'all!

Feb-20-2006 12:20

Wow, some really great choices here. One or two that struck me as being a bit odd. The original adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate factory being one of them. I didn't think Gene Wilder did Wonker justice... he just wasn't quirky enough. He was too nice, too normal and just not eccentric enough. And I don't think Dahl was too happy with the first adaptation either.

In the second adaptation I particularly liked the addition of the Wonker's father as subplot to try and explain why Wonker is the way he is.

As for me I'm quite partial to British Film like
The Madness of King George
East is East
The Full Monty
Billy Elliot
(I assure that it mere coincidence that these films all have connections with FilmFour c.c)

I also like
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
La Haine
Layer Cake
Heathers
Girl Interrupted
Proof
... ack, can't think of any more films that people haven't already mentioned.

Oh... someone mentioned Big Fish. I didn't get that at all. I had no idea what was going on. Granted I was tired at the time, but still... it was something about stories and truths and lies, or something. :S

Feb-22-2006 09:39

Well, being the nerd I am, I like the Spider-Man movies, Star Wars (all of them except the utterly pointless episodes 1 and 2), Back to the Future trilogy is great, Forrest Gump is a work of art, anything by Mel Brooks because the guy is a genius, Clue, Pink Panther (new and original versions), The Wizard of Oz was beautiful, Corpse Bride and Nightmare Before Christmas were more works of art, Princess Bride was grand, as was Sin City.

Feb-22-2006 09:53

I went to see Fun With Dick and Jane last week att he movies, and it was hilarious! Jim Carrey is a riot :) Just wanted to add that to my list hehe I love when his wife in the movie says, "We're in a pickle,Dick" LOL :)

Feb-22-2006 10:09

Maddie Hayes.........you by definition rule.

"Never been kissed", only person to mention a movie with *my* Michael Vartan.

Feb-22-2006 19:40

LemonyShepard! Liking Spiderman does not make you a nerd!
(I heart Xmen too!)
I used to work nights ands crazy hours.. so I'd often go to movies by myself and during the day when not people were in the theatre.

Anyhoo, when I went to the first Spiderman, the part where he's trying to shoot webs and he's all like "Go web!" gave me the giggles and I just couldn't stop.. thewn slowly the second person started laughing.. then the 3rd person until all 5 people in the theatre were laughing.

The stupidest things in movies give me the giggles... there was this part in Fellowship of the Rings when the hobbits are on the hillstop againest the sunset and say something like, "We're off to see the Wizard."

Of course, this was premiere day of LOTR in NZ and it was serious business... so I sat there, trying not to laugh outloud, shaking so hard with the giggles, that later, my flatmate (4 seats away and a diehard Tolkien fan) came up to me and said, "What were you doing?!? The whole row was shaking!!".

Feb-22-2006 19:42

not *many people
P.s This post is actually by Lady Emerald Devon, just checking the horses. :)