Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:21 pm Did you see A Simple Favor?
Watched it yesterday. Good, not great. but thank you.
Not a great film but entertaining..... Blake Lively's character was fantastic. A lot of hard edged women like that in the city. Plus her wardrobe was clean.
Top Ten Classic Films before 1966
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2021 7:40 am
by OuttaNowhereWregget
It's impossible to pare all my favorite films down to 10 so I started arranging them in categories. Most of these flicks I've watched dozens of times which get better each time I watch them--especially the first 6.
The Long Hot Summer (1958)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Roman Holiday (1953)
On The Waterfront (1954)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
Stalag 17 (1953)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Advise & Consent (1962)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Honorable Mention
Baby Doll (1956)
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Help! (1965)
A Patch of Blue (1965)
The Apartment (1960)
Here's one of my favorite scenes from On The Waterfront. Note how Brando turns to address Martin Balsam multiple times, he uses the more awkward larger radius in turning to his right in a brilliant and not so subtle demonstration of contempt. Of such things are my favorite films made up of.
"Awright, widdout the birdseed--whaddaya want?"
Top Ten Stephen King Movies
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2021 4:18 am
by OuttaNowhereWregget
The Dead Zone
The Green Mile
Shawshank Redemption
Hearts in Atlantis
Carrie
Dolores Claiborne
Stand By Me
Christine
Misery
Silver Bullet
Re: Top Ten Classic Films before 1966
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2021 8:47 am
by Farfromgeneva
OuttaNowhereWregget wrote: ↑Sun Aug 15, 2021 7:40 am
It's impossible to pare all my favorite films down to 10 so I started arranging them in categories. Most of these flicks I've watched dozens of times which get better each time I watch them--especially the first 6.
The Long Hot Summer (1958)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Roman Holiday (1953)
On The Waterfront (1954)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
Stalag 17 (1953)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Advise & Consent (1962)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Honorable Mention
Baby Doll (1956)
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Help! (1965)
A Patch of Blue (1965)
The Apartment (1960)
Here's one of my favorite scenes from On The Waterfront. Note how Brando turns to address Martin Balsam multiple times, he uses the more awkward larger radius in turning to his right in a brilliant and not so subtle demonstration of contempt. Of such things are my favorite films made up of.
"Awright, widdout the birdseed--whaddaya want?"
Lifeboat or N by Nw (my two favorite Hitchcock films)?
Re: Top Ten Films
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2021 8:59 am
by OuttaNowhereWregget
Thanks FFG! You just gave me a great idea for another Top 10 movies list: Alfred Hitchcock films.
Re: Top Ten Films
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2021 11:09 am
by Typical Lax Dad
A masterpiece
Re: Top Ten Films
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2021 2:47 pm
by Farfromgeneva
OuttaNowhereWregget wrote: ↑Mon Aug 16, 2021 8:59 am
Thanks FFG! You just gave me a great idea for another Top 10 movies list: Alfred Hitchcock films.
Please make sure to include pictures of Grace Kelly when you do it?
Thanks, Mgt
Re: Top Ten Films
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2021 5:54 pm
by OuttaNowhereWregget
Hitchcock movies
Vertigo
Rear Window
North by Northwest
Family Plot
Frenzy
The Birds
Psycho
Shadow of a Doubt
Strangers on a Train
Torn Curtain
Vertigo
Rear Window
North by Northwest
Family Plot
Frenzy
The Birds
Psycho
Shadow of a Doubt
Strangers on a Train
Torn Curtain
North By Northwest
Rear Window
Vertigo
Strangers on a Train
Dial M For Murder
Psycho
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Life Boat
Frenzy
Double Indemnity
* Spellbound
I need to watch Marnie.
Re: Top Ten Films
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2021 3:58 am
by OuttaNowhereWregget
Woody Allen movies
Sleeper
Interiors
Manhattan
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Match Point
Love and Death
Annie Hall
A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy
Hannah and her Sisters
A Rainy Day in New York
Woody wrote some great lines. Too many to recount. One I always thought was funny, even more so after I had been married and had kids, was from Sleeper. If you recall, Miles Monroe (Woody) is frozen for 200 years and brought back to life in a futuristic society. Luna Schlosser (Diane Keaton) asks him at one point, "You really haven't had sex for 200 years?" Miles replies, "204 if you count my marriage."
Woody wrote some serious films that were great as well. Interiors, Crimes and Misdemeanors and Match Point--all very serious, each very good.
Re: Top Ten Films
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2021 2:09 am
by OuttaNowhereWregget
Sports Movies
Moneyball
North Dallas 40
Hoosiers
Bull Durham
The Natural
Bad News Bears (1976)
A League of Their Own
Brian’s Song
Slap Shot
Eight Men Out
Moneyball
North Dallas 40
Hoosiers
Bull Durham
The Natural
Bad News Bears (1976)
A League of Their Own
Brian’s Song
Slap Shot
Eight Men Out
For me Major League could replace Brian Piccolo, League of their Own (personally think wildly overrated as is Penny Marshall but that’s just me) or even Bad News Bears if we’re going comedy on comedy.
Vertigo
Rear Window
North by Northwest
Family Plot
Frenzy
The Birds
Psycho
Shadow of a Doubt
Strangers on a Train
Torn Curtain
North By Northwest
Rear Window
Vertigo
Strangers on a Train
Dial M For Murder
Psycho
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Life Boat
Frenzy
Double Indemnity
* Spellbound
I need to watch Marnie.
Watched Marnie. It might be #2 on my list!
Re: Top Ten Films
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2021 7:46 pm
by OuttaNowhereWregget
Based on True Story
The King's Speech
Mississippi Burning
The Imitation Game
The Magdalene Sisters
Erin Brockovich
The Pianist
The Front
Trumbo
Margin Call
The Accused
The King's Speech
Mississippi Burning
The Imitation Game
The Magdalene Sisters
Erin Brockovich
The Pianist
The Front
Trumbo
Margin Call
The Accused
The last one takes balls to acknowledge....
Where’s idiocracy on your list?
Never heard of it. I'm 59 so it may be a generational thing. Plus, these lists are all personal. I'm not rating what I think the top 10 should be in any given category, just my personal favorites.
Yeah--The Accused was great for the performances of Jodie Foster and Kelly McGillis. They both had some great scenes. And I appreciate that justice was served in the end.
The King's Speech
Mississippi Burning
The Imitation Game
The Magdalene Sisters
Erin Brockovich
The Pianist
The Front
Trumbo
Margin Call
The Accused
The last one takes balls to acknowledge....
Where’s idiocracy on your list?
Never heard of it. I'm 59 so it may be a generational thing. Plus, these lists are all personal. I'm not rating what I think the top 10 should be in any given category, just my personal favorites.
Yeah--The Accused was great for the performances of Jodie Foster and Kelly McGillis. They both had some great scenes. And I appreciate that justice was served in the end.
Idiocracy is a terrible 2000s movie. Just felt like we were living it on
The real work recently so was kidding on that one .
The King's Speech
Mississippi Burning
The Imitation Game
The Magdalene Sisters
Erin Brockovich
The Pianist
The Front
Trumbo
Margin Call
The Accused
The last one takes balls to acknowledge....
Where’s idiocracy on your list?
Never heard of it. I'm 59 so it may be a generational thing. Plus, these lists are all personal. I'm not rating what I think the top 10 should be in any given category, just my personal favorites.
Yeah--The Accused was great for the performances of Jodie Foster and Kelly McGillis. They both had some great scenes. And I appreciate that justice was served in the end.
Idiocracy is a terrible 2000s movie. Just felt like we were living it on
The real work recently so was kidding on that one .
The King's Speech
Mississippi Burning
The Imitation Game
The Magdalene Sisters
Erin Brockovich
The Pianist
The Front
Trumbo
Margin Call
The Accused
The last one takes balls to acknowledge....
Where’s idiocracy on your list?
Never heard of it. I'm 59 so it may be a generational thing. Plus, these lists are all personal. I'm not rating what I think the top 10 should be in any given category, just my personal favorites.
Yeah--The Accused was great for the performances of Jodie Foster and Kelly McGillis. They both had some great scenes. And I appreciate that justice was served in the end.
Idiocracy is a terrible 2000s movie. Just felt like we were living it on
The real work recently so was kidding on that one .
Oh, I see.
Idiocy was like a prophecy for the past couple of years in this country.
Re: Top Ten Films
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 7:32 pm
by Matnum PI
2021 Top Ten Films
1- Westside Story
2- Belfast
3- Mass
4- Pig
5- The Humans
6- The Lost Daughter
7- The Rescue
8- Riders of Justice
9- House of Gucci
10- I'm Your Man
Honorable Mention (in order): Power of the Dog, Titane, Licorice Pizza, Old Henry, The Card Counter, Bo Burnham: Inside, Swan Song, Coda)
