Favorite movie of all-time [Archive]

scuba

Dec 2nd 2006, 2:00 pm

Maybe a little lame, but Top Gun is probably my favorite. I guess it's just stuck with me from being a kid. The Rocky movies are always on my list as well.

DLee25

Dec 2nd 2006, 2:02 pm

I go from one to another, still a teenager. I don't watch many movies...

Sheffield_&_Waveland

Dec 2nd 2006, 2:03 pm

Top Gun is a good pick it ranks high on my list also, but top of the list has to me Full Metal Jacket. I just seen Lucky Number Slevin and if you have not seen that movie I would recomend watching it, it was a good movie.

VanMan

Dec 2nd 2006, 2:18 pm

Gotta go with the Star Wars saga. I grew up on those movies.

HOLYCOW!25

Dec 2nd 2006, 2:26 pm

Oh god too many to name all of them. One of the most recent ones is Grandma's Boy. That has got to be the funniest movie of all time.

But of all time I'd have to say Silence of the Lambs. That movies great.

scuba

Dec 2nd 2006, 3:02 pm

Yeah, that's a classic.

diehardnorthsider

Dec 2nd 2006, 4:50 pm

It's gotta be Ghostbusters, I watched it all the time growing up. " Ray, when someone asks if you're a god, YOU SAY YES!!!!" CLASSIC!!!!

Webgem

Dec 2nd 2006, 5:02 pm

Too many good movies out there to say I have a favorite..:)

ChiCubs1984

Dec 2nd 2006, 6:05 pm

I am a big Rocky fan. Can't wait untill December 22 when Rocky Balboa comes out! But I think my favorite movie I can watch again and again has to be Major League.
"What are you trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball??" classic line!

jmorrison1

Jan 14th 2007, 9:31 pm

Of all time.... probably Stand By Me. More recently, the Lord of the Rings movies.

bczar

Jan 15th 2007, 9:32 am

Reservoir Dogs but LOTR is not far behind

Ivy Killa

Jan 15th 2007, 11:44 am

Oh man theres way too many but i'll list a few, in no particular order.

Star Wars trilogies
Indiana Jones trilogy
Lord of the Rings trilogy
The Goonies
Super Troopers
Mallrats
Dead Man on Campus
all the Friday the 13th's and Nightmare on Elm Street's

I could keep going but i'll try to leave it there.

Al Spanglers ghost

Jan 15th 2007, 4:20 pm

"Saving Private Ryan" with "Goodfellas" a close second.

Hot Strawberry

Jan 15th 2007, 5:41 pm

"Fast Times at Ridgemont High" I LOVE that movie!

Also love "The Shawshank Redemption" and will watch it every time it's on TV, even though I own it.

ryno4ever

Jan 16th 2007, 8:51 am

Maybe a little lame, but Top Gun is probably my favorite. I guess it's just stuck with me from being a kid. The Rocky movies are always on my list as well.

LOL...Top Gun is one of my faves..and my son's... he is seven and watches literally on a daily basis. He can recite the movie (which isn't always a good thing!)

Others on my favorite list:
Dirty Dancing
Breakfast Club
Pretty in Pink
Field of Dreams
For the Love of the Game
Armegeddon
Ghost
Any Kevin Costner movie!

jmorrison1

Jan 16th 2007, 12:16 pm

You mentioned you like any Kevin Kostner movie. He's pretty good. I like just about any Ed Harris movie. What other actors/actresses do you folks like?

Al Spanglers ghost

Jan 16th 2007, 12:16 pm

"Field of Dreams" is a great baseball movie,but there is one thing about it that always has sort of ruined it for me.Ray Liotta,who is a terrfic actor[Goodfellas]
is the most miscast actor of all time,playing Shoeless Joe Jackson.
Shoeless Joe was a simple country boy from South Carolina,and one of the best left handed hitters ever.
Ray Liotta is as city as it comes,better suited to play a cop or mobster.
And the worst part is they have Shoeless Joe batting right handed in the movie!! What is up with that?

Al Spanglers ghost

Jan 16th 2007, 12:25 pm

You mentioned you like any Kevin Kostner movie. He's pretty good. I like just about any Ed Harris movie. What other actors/actresses do you folks like?

I have more of a favorite Director,than Actor.
I love almost anything that Martin Scorsese does,including his latest,"The Departed"

Shwerve

Jan 16th 2007, 11:09 pm

Tommy Boy
Ghandi
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Shwerve

Jan 16th 2007, 11:10 pm

Ivy Killa

Jan 16th 2007, 11:32 pm

Lol actually i just watched Clerks 2 for the second time last night...that was a great follow up to an instant classic. Anything Kevin Smith has done is worth checking out as well as Broken Lizard. But i still havent seen Beerfest yet.

jmorrison1

Jan 17th 2007, 7:06 am

Here are some more of my favorites:

Spaceballs
Happy Gilmore
Oh Brother! Where art thou?
The Gods Must Be Crazy

bczar

Jan 17th 2007, 8:57 am

Oh Brother! is on my top 10 list, for sure. The Gods Must Be Crazy was a very funny movie back in the day. Haven't seen that for a few decades.

Al Spanglers ghost

Jan 17th 2007, 11:44 am

If you talk about great comedies,it's hard not to include "Something about Mary".

"Franks and Beans!!"

Ivy Killa

Jan 17th 2007, 12:17 pm

Here are some more of my favorites:

Spaceballs
Happy Gilmore
Oh Brother! Where art thou?
The Gods Must Be Crazy

Those are some funny *** movies, the wife and i just watched Happy Gilmore last night

If you talk about great comedies,it's hard not to include "Something about Mary".

"Franks and Beans!!"

The Farrely brothers make some good movies....although i cant stand dumb and dumber.

ryno4ever

Jan 17th 2007, 1:49 pm

My seven year old son's new favorite movie is World Trade Center. We have to watch it on a daily basis. Nicholas Cage is absolutely wonderful in that movie. What I liked about the movie, is it wan't another documentary about 9-11, but brought some of the heroism to life. My son was too young to remember 9-11, so it opened a door to discussion about it. I sat down and watched one of the documentaries I have on it with him, and he understood the movie a little bit better after that, but since then, that is about the only movie he will watch!!!!!!

Drockvb

Jan 17th 2007, 6:27 pm

1.Anything "Chris Farley" --Tommy Boy was great
2.Vacation. -A classic movie. Makes me laugh everytime
3.Napoleon Dynamite -laugh every time
4.Star Wars -another classic

HOLYCOW!25

Jan 17th 2007, 6:34 pm

diehardnorthsider

Jan 17th 2007, 7:35 pm

I remember going through that stage with several movies. I remember having to watch "The Neverending Story" on a daily basis too.

I love that movie!!! That wolf thing in the cave creeped me out and gave me nightmares when I was little yet I still watched it religiously.

CUBScrazy22

Jan 18th 2007, 6:42 pm

I love any Mel Brooks movie. Also Airplane, Rat Race, The Princess Bride, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and The Blues Brothers. I love The Stupids too...has anyone seen it? It's kinda old and not a lot of people I know have seen it but its with Tom Arnold and Bug Hall and they sing the song "I'm My Own Grandpa" if you've ever heard it lol.

jmorrison1

Jan 18th 2007, 9:25 pm

HOW COULD I FORGET PRINCESS BRIDE! CLASSIC! Loved it!!!!!

CUBScrazy22

Jan 19th 2007, 3:04 pm

HOW COULD I FORGET PRINCESS BRIDE! CLASSIC! Loved it!!!!!

glad someone else likes it too lol! :D Has anyone heard anything about the "Chasing October" movie? It's about this guy trying to get everyone to believe that we'll win it and it's mainly is about the '03 season but it looks really good. They had a screening of it downtown a while ago but I couldn't see it. here's the link:

http://www.cubsmovie.com/index/

bczar

Jan 20th 2007, 12:33 am

That was an awesome trailer until I saw Mike North then it lost me for a second. Then I saw Steve Stone and it won me back. I can't believe I've never heard of this movie before. I tried to find a link on his site to buy it but couldn't see one. Are you able to buy that documentary? Regardless, thanks for the link, that was sweet.

CUBScrazy22

Jan 20th 2007, 12:16 pm

It looks like all you can buy now is the t-shirt now but I hope it comes out soon. Glad you liked it! If I find out any more I'll post it here.

HOLYCOW!25

Jan 20th 2007, 1:35 pm

I saw a thing about that not too long ago. Looks like a good movie, one I definetly wanna watch.

But I watched the trailer, and it had Bernie Mac in it. Isn't he a Sox fan? Or did I hear wrong.

CUBScrazy22

Jan 20th 2007, 2:12 pm

I saw a thing about that not too long ago. Looks like a good movie, one I definetly wanna watch.

But I watched the trailer, and it had Bernie Mac in it. Isn't he a Sox fan? Or did I hear wrong.

I have no idea. :confused:

Ivy Killa

Jan 20th 2007, 3:18 pm

Back in 03 he claimed he was a Cubs fan.....when the Sox went to the WS he claimed the south side as his favorite team........what a bitch is all i have to say.

scuba

Jan 20th 2007, 3:19 pm

I would definitely watch that. Maybe this year IS the year...:D

Al Spanglers ghost

Jan 21st 2007, 9:07 am

F**k, Bernie Mac,not only is he a south side Chicago White Sox fan,who jumped on the Cub band wagon in 2003,I still blame him for what happened in the "Bartman game".He sang "take me out to the ballgame" during the 7th inning stretch of that fateful game.The Cubs still had the lead at the time,and when he got to the root,root ,root,for the Cubbies part,he had to
say root,for "the champions"!!! As soon as he did it I just knew that he had jinked us.And the rest of that game,and series is history.
Thanks,Bernie!!! Stay the hell away from Wrigley this year!!!

elven_scout

Feb 26th 2007, 5:55 pm

Gladiator, most likely.

-Scout

Ivy Killa

Feb 27th 2007, 2:13 am

Gladiator, most likely.

-Scout

Which one? The one with Cuba Gooding Jr. or the Russel Crow version....both are good i thought, but the one with Crow is better.

elven_scout

Feb 27th 2007, 10:05 am

The Crowe one, without a doubt. That movie is amazing with a good surround sound system and a large television. (and without, obviously)

I didn't know there was another movie by the same name. Is it about the same thing? (basically, anyhow?)

-Scout

Ivy Killa

Feb 27th 2007, 12:21 pm

Naw it's a different subject, it's a 1992 flick that stars James Marshall, Cuba Gooding and Brian Dennehy. It's a boxing movie.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104346/

Bockstock

Feb 27th 2007, 1:06 pm

"Raiders of the Lost Ark"

Alot of elements at work here, the greatest action star of the last quarter century at his best improving and doing his own thing with the script, Lucas and Spielberg at their creative zenith before the drudgery of mainstream Hollywood, political correctness, and self-importance tainted their movies, the various aspects of good vs evil present (US vs. Nazis, Nazis vs. Religion, Greed vs. Spirituality, Indiana vs. his arch-archeologist, Faith, etc.).

dundeecub

Feb 27th 2007, 5:21 pm

Depends on my mood, and I almost never watch films anymore but...

High Fidelity/Wet Hot American Summer/Almost Famous/Harold and Kumar

Also Star Wars and Indy series', Kevin Smith films generally and all 3 James Dean films.

elven_scout

Feb 28th 2007, 5:29 pm

Naw it's a different subject, it's a 1992 flick that stars James Marshall, Cuba Gooding and Brian Dennehy. It's a boxing movie.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104346/

Oh...maybe I did hear of that, then. Thanks for the link and all.

-Scout