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• This is fun! - Harmonia 23:11:51 02/06/04 (0)
  In Reply to: Name your favorites in these genres... posted by TWB on February 05, 2004 at 17:59:50:

  Can I have more categories? PLease please pretty please?????

  
  FAVORITE MOVIE OF ALL TIME: The Rules of the Game

  DRAMA: Blue Velvet

  THE INIMITABLE: Brazil, Dr. Strangelove

  COMEDY: The Lady Eve, Philadelphia Story (HMs: Duck Soup, Life of Brian)

  MUSICAL: Top Hat (HM: West Side Story)

  FOREIGN: Too hard to pick...Amores Perros, Yi Yi, Tokyo Story, L'Atalante, Blue, Apu Trilogy, Bicycle Thief...depends on what mood I'm in and what I ate for breakfast...

  ACTION/ADVENTURE: Master & Commander, The Man Who Would Be King

  MARTIAL ARTS: Seven Samurai, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

  SUSPENSE: Rear Window, The Maltese Falcon

  CRIME: Treasure of Sierra Madre, LA Confidential,

  GANGSTER: Goodfellas

  NOIR: Kiss Me Deadly

  NEO NOIR: The Grifters, Chinatown (HM Blood Simple)

  SCI FI: Blade Runner (HMs: 2001, The Day The Earth Stood Still)

  HORROR: Rosemary's Baby (HMs The Haunting of Hill House, Bride of Frankenstein)

  WESTERN: My Darling Clementine, The Searchers (I love Monument Valley)

  FANTASY: LOTR, Beauty & The Beast (Cocteau) (HMs Ladyhawke, The Navigator)

  SPORTS: Bull Durham

  WAR: Apocalypse Now, Das Boat

  ROCK & ROLL: Performance, Almost Famous, Hard Days Night

  BIOGRAPHY: An Angel At My Table, QUeen Christina

  DOCUMENTARY: Titicut Follies, Thin Blue Line, The Fog of Way

  CHICK FLICK: Sense & Sensibility, The Women

  TEEN FLICK: Say Anything

  PERIOD OR COSTUME: The Draughtman's Contract (HM: Barry Lyndon)

  STAGE MOVIE: The Red Shoes (HM: All ABout Eve)

  MOVIE MOVIE: The Player, Sunset Boulevard

  LITERARY ADAPTATION: The Dead

  ANIMATED SHORT: Any Wallace & Gromit, Betty Boop

  ANIMATED FULL LENGTH: James & The Giant Peach, Finding Nemo

  SILENT DRAMA: Passion of Joan of Arc, Sunrise

  SILENT COMEDY: The Gold Rush, Sherlock Jr.

  SILENT HORROR: Vampyr

  GUILTY PLEASURE: The Hidden, Gladiator (Gimme my cheese...I'm so embarassed.)

  So many movies...so little time.

  
  
  
  

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• Re: Name your favorites in these genres... - Merak 15:00:09 02/06/04 (0)
  In Reply to: Name your favorites in these genres... posted by TWB on February 05, 2004 at 17:59:50:

  Drama- Bedford Incident
  Comedy- It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
  Musical- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
  Action- The Hidden
  Horror- Alien
  Sci-Fi- Forbidden Planet
  Unusual- Brazil
  Suspense- Psycho
  Western- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  
  
  

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• Re: Name your favorites in these genres... - rico 07:41:41 02/06/04 (0)
  In Reply to: Name your favorites in these genres... posted by TWB on February 05, 2004 at 17:59:50:

  Drama-Crimson Tide
  Comedy-Bananas/Sleeper/Love and death
  Musical-The Music man
  Action-Speed
  Horror- The Shining
  Suspense- Rear Window
  Western-One Eyed Jacks
  Sci Fi-2001: A Space Odyssey
  Romance-The Bridges of Madison County

  
  
  

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• Mine - Hepcat 07:26:21 02/06/04 (1)
  In Reply to: Name your favorites in these genres... posted by TWB on February 05, 2004 at 17:59:50:

  Drama- The Conversation
  Comedy- Raising Arizona
  Musical- The Music Man
  Action- Raiders Of The Lost Ark
  Horror- Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956
  Suspense- Blood Simple
  Western- Lonesome Dove

  Extra Categories:

  War - Dr Strangelove
  Film Noir - Chinatown
  
  

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  • Great picks! - Harmonia 21:40:52 02/06/04 (0)
    In Reply to: Mine posted by Hepcat on February 06, 2004 at 07:26:21:

    I love The Conversation, my favorite Coppola film.

    Good calls all 'round, specially Blood Simple and Lonsome Dove.
    
    

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• A few of my favorites... - dwill123 06:19:28 02/06/04 (2)
  In Reply to: Name your favorites in these genres... posted by TWB on February 05, 2004 at 17:59:50:

  Drama - Soldier's Story, Fugitive, Network (I'm still mad as hell), The King of Comedy, Godfather I & II, Rocky I
  Comedy - Blazing Saddles
  Musical - 200 Motels
  Action - Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Seven Samurai
  Horror - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (original), The Wolf Man
  Suspense - The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Shining, The Silence of the Lambs, Jaws
  Western - Outlaw Jossie Wales, Pale Rider, Siverado (Were goint to give you a fair trial followed by a first class hanging), Butch Cassady & sundance Kid
  Fantasy - Fantasia
  War - Patton, Full Metal Jacket, Hamburger Hill
  Romance - Manhattan (If Woody Allen can bed two women then anybody can)
  Animation - Chicken Run, Fritz The Cat, Yellow Submarine
  Serial - James Bond (Up until Pierce Brosnan took over)
  Independent - Bagdad Cafe
  Sci-Fi - 2001: A Space Odyssey,Clockwork Orange, Star-TreK:Wrath of Khan, IV; TNG:First Contact, War of the Worlds, Village of the Damned (original), The Thing

  Others as I remember.
  
  

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  • How could I forget - Drama: The Verdict <nt> - dwill123 10:33:39 02/06/04 (0)
    In Reply to: A few of my favorites... posted by dwill123 on February 06, 2004 at 06:19:28:

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  • Re: Quote from Silverado - rico 07:44:35 02/06/04 (0)
    In Reply to: A few of my favorites... posted by dwill123 on February 06, 2004 at 06:19:28:

    Blatantly stolen from "One Eyed Jacks", where Dad Longworth replies to Rio, "Oh sure kid, you'll get a fair trial. Then I'm gonna hang ya."
    
    

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• Added a few categories. - dennzio 05:29:32 02/06/04 (4)
  In Reply to: Name your favorites in these genres... posted by TWB on February 05, 2004 at 17:59:50:

  Drama- Les Miserables - Fredrick March and Charles Laughton
  Comedy- Ace Ventura - Pet Dick
  Musical- uhhh...um...JC Superstar (musicals...ugh)
  Action- Last of the Mohicans
  Horror- Alien or Aliens, either one
  Suspense- Vertigo - another Hitchcock classic
  Western- The Good The Bad and the Ugly of course!
  Sci Fi - Blade Runner - Harrison Ford
  Fantasy -LOTR with Legend a close second

  Not set in stone of course.

  
  
  
  

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  • Another category: Tragedy - orejones 05:37:15 02/06/04 (3)
    In Reply to: Added a few categories. posted by dennzio on February 06, 2004 at 05:29:32:

    Tragedy: "Mystic River" , even with some minor flaws, shows how Shakespeare would have told a tragedy today, in a solid filmic language.

    Regards

    BF
    
    

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    • LOL! Well, I'm of the opinion that Mystic River IS a tragedy, but perhaps not in the way you mean it. - Audiophilander 10:06:51 02/06/04 (2)
      In Reply to: Another category: Tragedy posted by orejones on February 06, 2004 at 05:37:15:

      My wife and I disliked Mystic River more than just about anything we've seen the past couple of years; to place this in proper context, with rare exception we're both impressed by Clint Eastwood's directorial efforts!

      As for Mystic River though, the plot was lame and predictable, and the acting, Sean Penn's especially, overwrought and unbelieveable. The crime scene where the girl is found that was supposedly so shocking, as indicated by the intense music and the detective throwing up, wasn't even marginally *yawn* disturbing (i.e., on a prime time CSI scale of 1-10, that was about a 1/2), much less unexpected. Furthermore, the heavy handed symbolism and forced irony was terribly pretenscious and constantly drawing attention to itself. The real tragedy was that we contributed money to this fiasco!

      > > > "...even with some minor flaws, shows how Shakespeare would have told a tragedy today, in a solid filmic language." < < <

      Minor flaws? Great Caesar's Ghost! You are kidding aren't you? If this WERE a period Shakespearean play in all liklihood Queen Elizabeth would've canceled it's future performances, permanently closed the Globe Theatre and had Shakespeare & his actors unceremoniously tortured (i.e., in return) and flogged out of London! Unfortunately, no amount of Tudoring can improve Clint's modern day Shakespearean tragedy. ;^)

      AuPh
      
      

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      • Re: I will disagree - Dave-A 06:41:11 02/09/04 (1)
        In Reply to: LOL! Well, I'm of the opinion that Mystic River IS a tragedy, but perhaps not in the way you mean it. posted by Audiophilander on February 06, 2004 at 10:06:51:

        I found the movie involving, despite some of the 'leaps'. In particular, the portrayal of the father's grief at the moment of realization that his daughter was dead, was right on. The debilitation and helplessness was well and accurately done.

        The whole, multi-level concept was interesting and not often do I see movies that will attempt anything this complex with plot development.

        Predictable, in comparison to 'Siesta' or 'A Pure Formality', perhaps. Still enjoyable enough to recommend it to others.
        I won't buy it though.

        Later
        D
        
        

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        • While I disagree with your assessment, it's ernest, even if overly generous. - Audiophilander 11:26:30 02/09/04 (0)
          In Reply to: Re: I will disagree posted by Dave-A on February 09, 2004 at 06:41:11:

          We differ in that I found the film uninvolving in spite of moments where the actors seemed almost believable. I so WANTED to like this film, but it just kept setting off my BS detector. For one thing, it seemed like every friggin' donut munchin' officer on the Boston police force suddenly got involved in this case! Why? How believable is that? The mysteries in Mystic River were almost as tepid as the scene of finding the girl's body, the mistaken assumptions about who the killer actually was and final resolution. The symbolism was heavy handed and almost smothering in it's pretensiousness. This is melodrama at it's worst, IMHO; it borders on soap opera, except it's highfalutin, thus a much more expensive brand of soap.

          Of course this is just my opinion; other's mileage will undoubtably vary.

          AuPh
          
          

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• Hmmm, ...here are some of mine: - Audiophilander 01:41:32 02/06/04 (0)
  In Reply to: Name your favorites in these genres... posted by TWB on February 05, 2004 at 17:59:50:

  Sound films:

  Drama- All About Eve
  Comedy- Duck Soup
  Musical- Almost Famous
  Action- Kiss of The Dragon
  Horror- Psycho
  Suspense- M
  Western- The Wild Bunch
  Science Fiction- The Day The Earth Stood Still
  Fantasy- Lord of The Rings (trilogy)
  War- Das Boot
  Romance- Casablanca
  Animation- Chicken Run
  Serial- Daredevils of The Red Circle

  Silent films:

  Drama- Sunrise
  Comedy- My Best Girl
  Action- The Iron Mask
  Horror- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
  Suspense- Pandora's Box
  Western- ?
  Science Fiction- Metropolis
  Fantasy- The Thief of Bagdad
  War- Four Horsemen of The Apocolypse
  Romance- The Sheik
  Serial- Les Vampires
  Animation- Animation Legend: Winsor McCay

  Sorry about having to divide this up and expand categories, but I had to many conflicted choices; I may still have to tweak this or add more titles/categories tomorrow, but it's verrrrry late here! So, *yawn* ...good-night everybody!

  Cheers,
  AuPhhhhhzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... . .
  
  

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• Re: Some of my favorites... - Dave-A 19:30:08 02/05/04 (0)
  In Reply to: Name your favorites in these genres... posted by TWB on February 05, 2004 at 17:59:50:

  I have a hard time deciding what is the 'best' just like with music or tubes, but here goes.

  Drama -Dirty Pretty Things, Blue-White-Red, Queen Margot, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Grifters, Amateur [two catagories], The Secret Lives of Dentists, The Professional, Short Cuts and Chicken Run [two catagories] Siesta, Mystery Train and Mystic River.

  Comedy- Annie Hall, Love and Death, Raising Arizona, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, The Life of Brian, Holy Grail, MASH, South Park, The Magic Christian, Dr. Strangelove, Being There and Dogma.

  Musical- Chicago, True Stories.

  Horror- Angel Heart, Alien, Lost Boys, Nosferatu, Before Dark, The Thing, The Haunting [1967] and Psycho....The Passion of...holds promise for this catagory.

  Suspense- Vanished, Diva, Silence of the Lambs and Brazil. I haven't watched Memento yet...I keep forgetting.

  Western- High Noon, High Plains Drifter, The Outlaw Josie Wales, Long Riders, Lonestar, Shane and Star Wars.

  Action- Bullet, Conan The Barbarian, The Matrix, Crouching Tiger...., Dr No, La Femme Nakita, Boogie Nights and Alien.

  Sci Fi- Barbarella, Contact, Star Wars, Alien, and Brazil. Mel's gem might work here too.

  Later
  D

  
  
  

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