Movies you can't pass up

[kipster]

My wife doesn't understand this, but there are some movies I just never get tired of watching, over and over. If I'm flipping through the tv channels and find one, I've got to stop and watch it. What movies are like that for you? Mine are:

Queen of the Damned
Empire Records
Animal House
Night at the Roxbury
Superstar
Under a Tuscan Sun
The Rookie

[Ben Morgan]

Shaun of the Dead

[DaeJi]

I have movies like that too; comfort movies, movies I can watch late at night as I do homework or surf the net to snuggle with my love. Let's see... Office Space, Hot Fuzz, Dodgeball, Scary Movie 3, Dogma, Clerks, Clerks 2, Adam Sandler movies. All comedies; I can't watch anything else late at night.

[Ben Morgan]

Yeah, I never get bored watchin those. One day I watched Mallrats 3 times in one day and never got bored

[Netley]

Pretty much everything by the Cohen Bros, Richard Linklater, Terry Gilliam, Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Guest, and Martin Scorsese just get better with each viewing.

And anything with a Danny Elfman score is worth the price of admission!

[Night Swordsman]

Legend
Ghostbusters
Big Trouble in Little China
The Rocketeer
Real Genius
Spider-man 2
Superman 2
Raising Arizona

[Night Swordsman]

Pretty much everything by the Cohen Bros, Richard Linklater, Terry Gilliam, Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Guest, and Martin Scorsese just get better with each viewing.

And anything with a Danny Elfman score is worth the price of admission!

Agreed. I enjoyed his CDs he released of his various themes over the years.
Also,Dead Man's Party by Oingo Boingo holds a special place in my heart.

[Michael P]

The Princess Bride, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Army of Darkness, The Shawshank Redemption, The Iron Giant, Clue, Ghostbusters, anything Mel Brooks...

[Netley]

Agreed. I enjoyed his CDs he released of his various themes over the years.
Also,Dead Man's Party by Oingo Boingo holds a special place in my heart.

Right on, yeah I've loved that song since I was little (I actually remember thinking it sounded like a ghost was singing it!) I have both volumes of his "Music for a Darkened Theatre" collecting a lot of score material and they're great (from Simpsons to Tales from the Crypt to Darkman to Beetlejuice)!

Also, I forgot to mention films by Spike Jonze, Darren Arronofsky, and Michel Gondry!

EDIT: Oh yeah, and Groundhog Day and the Burbs! I could watch either of those twice in a row haha!

[Night Swordsman]

Right on, yeah I've loved that song since I was little (I actually remember thinking it sounded like a ghost was singing it!) I have both volumes of his "Music for a Darkened Theatre" collecting a lot of score material and they're great (from Simpsons to Tales from the Crypt to Darkman to Beetlejuice)!

Also, I forgot to mention films by Spike Jonze, Darren Arronofsky, and Michel Gondry!

EDIT: Oh yeah, and Groundhog Day and the Burbs! I could watch either of those twice in a row haha!

I would have to add Groundhog Day too,as i am a huge Bill Murray fan.

[MichaelChen]

Near Dark
Planet Terror
About half of the Star Trek movies
Kill Bill

[mgs]

lately? Kingpin, Fargo, A Christmas Story, Old School, Swingers.

[thespianphryne]

Aliens.


-Das

[Chris Hansbrough]

Iron Giant
I'm gonna git you Sucka
Robin Hood Men in Tights
Princess Bride
ok gonna stop there.....after that it's pretty uch just anything with Cary Elwes and any retarded comedy, horror, or over the top action movie (I'll watch anything Tony Jaa a billion times over)

[Major Comma]

The Parallax View.

[Cam63]

Jaws, '77 Star Wars, Aliens and Goldfinger.

[KPhoebe]

Empire Records, and all the Bring It On movies.

[Infra-Man]

Way too many...


any MGM or Paramount Marx Brothers movie
any Preston Sturges movie
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
American Movie
American Splendor
An American in Paris
The Apartment
The Big Lebowski
Brazil
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
City Lights
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Dead Alive
Death Wish III
Drunken Master II
Gymkata
A Hard Day's Night
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
The Hudsucker Proxy
Idiocracy
Infra-Man
Iron Monkey
The Jerk
The Karate Kid
Love and Death
Manhattan
Le Million
Modern Times
Once Upon a Time in the West
Pi
Raising Arizona
The Royal Tenenbaums
Rushmore
Shaolin Soccer
Singing in the Rain
Six-String Samurai
Sunset Boulevard
Tapeheads
This is Spinal Tap
Time Bandits
Waiting for Guffman
Withnail and I

[stealthwise]

Hot Fuzz
Groundhog Day
Ravenous
Bad Santa
Idiocracy
Office Space
Any episode of Scrubs/How I Met Your Mother

...and thanks to my wife, who was on bed rest for six months, Meet the Fockers. I've seen that film so many times that it could be white noise on any occasion.

[Ed Cunard]

So I Married an Ax Murderer
Kicking & Screaming
Casablanca
The Thin Man
The Philadelphia Story
Notting Hill
Love Actually
Blood In, Blood Out
The Jerk

[Tobias March]

Bringing Up Baby
Last Night
The Big Lebowski
The Hudsucker Proxy
Delicatessen
The Ladykillers (Ealing version)
Aliens
Near Dark
Metropolitan

[FalconX2000]

Star Wars Episodes I, III, IV and VI.
Independence Day
Wild Wild West
Mulan
Lion King
The Patriot
Enemy at the Gates
The Saint
James Bond: Die Another Day
Commando
Predator
True Lies
The Rocky fights and montages
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Back to the future I, II and III
V
Top Gun
Mission Impossible II
Bourne Supremacy & Ultamatum

[Tobias March]

Argh. How could I forget Repo Man!

"Life as a repo man is always intense."

"John Wayne was a fag.

The Hell He Was!

He was too you boys.."

[hellokittykat]

Way too many...


any MGM or Paramount Marx Brothers movie
any Preston Sturges movie
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
American Movie
American Splendor
An American in Paris
The Apartment
The Big Lebowski
Brazil
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
City Lights
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Dead Alive
Death Wish III
Drunken Master II
Gymkata
A Hard Day's Night
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
The Hudsucker Proxy
Idiocracy
Infra-Man
Iron Monkey
The Jerk
The Karate Kid
Love and Death
Manhattan
Le Million
Modern Times
Once Upon a Time in the West
Pi
Raising Arizona
The Royal Tenenbaums
Rushmore
Shaolin Soccer
Singing in the Rain
Six-String Samurai
Sunset Boulevard
Tapeheads
This is Spinal Tap
Time Bandits
Waiting for Guffman
Withnail and I


Whoa! If you can't pass up watching any of those, then you must watch a lot of tv, Infra! ;)

[hellokittykat]

Some of these are awesome and some of these it's like some kind of sick fascination-I don't want to give in to watching some of these movies and yet I always seem to. :o

Jaws
Aliens
Scary Movie 3
Superbad
Talladega Nights
The Birdcage
The last twenty minutes of Norbit
The Wedding Singer

[mgs]

American Splendor

yeah that one too! :)So I Married an Ax Murderer
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I can only watch that if it's on cable or uninterrupted. the commercials and esp. that alcatraz scene with bleeps kills me.

[Karen El]

I cannot pass by any Miyazaki movie. They have a hypnotic effect on me. Especially Kiki's Delivery Service, Laputa, Porco Rosso, Spirited Away, My Neighbour Totoro, Nausicaa, and, um, everything else except Grave of the Fireflies, which is just too sad.

[Shisho]

Ocean's 11
Serenity
Encino Man (shut up)
Bedazzled (don't judge me)
Ghostbusters

And sometimes Practical Magic.

I'm not sure why I have trouble getting past those movies on the rare occasions I play flicker TV, but I do. And Brandon Frazier cracks me up. And he's hot. Shut up. :o

[Infra-Man]

Whoa! If you can't pass up watching any of those, then you must watch a lot of tv, Infra! ;)

Mostly just news and movie channels (I'm a big sucker for TCM). That's the one keen thing about full-time freelancing, I guess.

Given, some of those movies are on TV so rarely (e.g., Death Wish III, Gymkata, Infra-Man, Le Million, Tapeheads, Six-String Samurai), I just feel obligated to watch them since it's like a special ocassion. I'd go so far as to plan my day around one of these movies (happened with Le Million not too long ago) just for kicks. And, admittedly, I've only seen Infra-Man on TV twice in my entire life, but if I ever see it on my cable guide, I will flip out, make some popcorn, and watch it.

yeah that one too! :)</p>
I can only watch that if it's on cable or uninterrupted. the commercials and esp. that alcatraz scene with bleeps kills me.

It was really bad when they used to play this on cable relatively often. I'd sometimes flip through the channels before going to the store and see American Splendor was on. I figured "Oh, what the heck. I'll watch a little," and watch the movie to its end.

[marvelfan06]

Sometimes I actually get tired of really good movies faster than little late night Disney movies. (Maybe watching them too much over stretches the good elements). After watching Batman Begins and Bruce Almighty ten times, for example, they started to get boring. (Although, it might have been different if we hadn't bought the movies so that I was able to watch them whenever I wanted. When movies are coming on TV that you know and like but don't own, you don't think "Oh, I could see that anytime", you're thrilled.) A little break from them made them fun again next time. But Hocus Pocus is one you gotta see every Halloween. And back when I had more time for TV, and it was on, I never got tired of Angels in the Endzone.

[mgs]

It was really bad when they used to play this on cable relatively often. I'd sometimes flip through the channels before going to the store and see American Splendor was on. I figured &quot;Oh, what the heck. I'll watch a little,&quot; and watch the movie to its end.
Splendor definitely holds that same fascination for me that Crumb has. It's just so interesting to me. :)

[Infra-Man]

Splendor definitely holds that same fascination for me that Crumb has. It's just so interesting to me. :)

Crumb is a great documentary and one I could watch every week no problem. His life and his family's lives could makes a lot of great documentaries.

I actually credit Crumb and Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control for making me fall in love with documentaries (though I didn't start watching loads of docus until halfway through college).

[mgs]

Crumb is a great documentary and one I could watch every week no problem. His life and his family's lives could makes a lot of great documentaries.

I actually credit Crumb and Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control for making me fall in love with documentaries (though I didn't start watching loads of docus until halfway through college).

I have the dvd for Crumb, not yet for Splendor. Crumb's influence, even those people who knew him is so far and wide, his son, wife, daughter, people who knew him back in the early days, people in France... it's too bad about his older brother though. And I always found it interesting that none of his sisters wanted to be in the movie. But I guess their homelife was nothing to be proud about. What's F,C, and OoC about?

[Infra-Man]

I have the dvd for Crumb, not yet for Splendor. Crumb's influence, even those people who knew him is so far and wide, his son, wife, daughter, people who knew him back in the early days, people in France... it's too bad about his older brother though. And I always found it interesting that none of his sisters wanted to be in the movie. But I guess their homelife was nothing to be proud about.

It is a shame about his brother, though you got a real sense he was not a happy person in the film. It's unfortunate, but sadly not unexpected. I think I heard R. Crumb was no fan of the movie.

What's F,C, and OoC about?

It's an Errol Morris documentary about a lion tamer, a garden sculptor, a scientist studying mole rats, and a robotics specialist. By cross-cutting four separate interviews and finding interesting through lines in such disparate lines of work, Morris explores what is common to all all people who have a passion for their work and how genius manifests itself in similar and yet different ways.

[mgs]

It is a shame about his brother, though you got a real sense he was not a happy person in the film. It's unfortunate, but sadly not unexpected. I think I heard R. Crumb was no fan of the movie.



It's an Errol Morris documentary about a lion tamer, a garden sculptor, a scientist studying mole rats, and a robotics specialist. By cross-cutting four separate interviews and finding interesting through lines in such disparate lines of work, Morris explores what is common to all all people who have a passion for their work and how genius manifests itself in similar and yet different ways.

yeah, i read somewhere (forget where) what disease his brother may have had), and the doc sounds interesting, but I don't think I could watch it, as I honestly don't have any respect for people like 'lion tamers' as all I see is the animal cruelty in that kind of profession.

[KevinTBrown]

Tough one for me...

ANY Hitchcock movie. (North by Northwest especially)
ANY John Wayne movie. (The Quiet Man, especially)

As for actual movies:

Mr. Roberts
Silverado
Yankee Doodle Dandy
The Glenn Miller Story
Little Shop of Horrors (the musical)
Grease

And a TON more.

[scout1279]

There are so many, I don't know if I can even remember them all. Off the top of my head:

-The Fugitive
-Groundhog's Day
-It Happened One Night
It's a Wonderful Life
-Let's just say any Capra movie
-Any Hitchcock movie except for a couple, like Marnie
-Bringing Up Baby
-The Philadelphia Story
-Serenity
-Star Treks II through IV, except for V (though I will watch that, I just don't have to)
-The Best Years of Their Lives
-An Affair to Remember
-Roman Holiday
-Hondo (mostly because you don't see it often, so I have to take advantage of any opportunity)
-The Quiet Man
-The Princess Bride
-The Cutting Edge (Toe Pick!)
-Step UP (I can't help it. Dance movies are my weakness.)
-Center Stage (See above.)
-Office Space
-Laura (I know I was named after my great grandmother, but sometimes I suspect I was named after this movie.)

And if I see Katherine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier or Joseph Cotton in a movie I will stop and watch at least long enough to see if I like it. If it's one I already know I like, I have to watch it, so that's pretty much moat of the films by these actors.

[The Ray]

I had a dream I was Brendan Fry in Brick. I woke up with a urge to watch that movie.

[tangentman]

Donnie Darko
Steel Magnolias
The Color Purple
The Incredibles
The Velvet Goldmine
X-Men 2
The Doom Generation
Natural Born Killers
Grindhouse
Kill Bill
Stardust
Hairspray
Crybaby
Serenity
Scream and Scream 2

[Solaris]

The Replacements.

While You Were Sleeping.

The Princess Bride.

Singing In the Rain.

The Three Musketeers (Disney Version w/Kiefer Sutherland and all-star cast).

Braveheart.

Galaxy Quest.

Explorers.

The Last Starfighter.

Flight of the Navigator.

Glory.

Driving Miss Daisy.

Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves (and that's not for Costner, it's for the great performances by Morgan Freeman, Alan Rickman, and Michael Wincott).

Underworld (I or II).

The Crow.

Van Helsing.

To Wong Fu.

The Bird Cage.

L.A. Confidential.

Speed.

History of the World Pt. 1.

Young Frankenstein.

Good Morning Viet Nam.

Hook.

[Alan Lynch]

The only obvious ones that come to mind are The Shawshank Redemption, the Thing and the first half of Aliens. There are probably others, but I can't think of them now.

[saintsaucey]

The Replacements.

While You Were Sleeping.

The Princess Bride.

The Three Musketeers (Disney Version w/Kiefer Sutherland and all-star cast).

The Last Starfighter.

Flight of the Navigator.

Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves (and that's not for Costner, it's for the great performances by Morgan Freeman, Alan Rickman, and Michael Wincott).

Speed.

Hook.

Yes I love you for this.


Underworld (I or II).


Van Helsing.

My hatred for you now knows no bounds. Throw in LXG From Hell, and V For Vendetta and you have my most hated genre movies.

[Sally Sensational]

No one has mentioned yet (that I saw):

A Knight's Tale, The Mummy series, Mystery Men, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Lost Boys, The Princess Diaries, Indiana Jones, The Librarian: Quest for the Spear.

I'm with Shisho on Bedazzled (leave us alone!). Also with those who mentioned the Sutherland/Sheen/Platt Three Musketeers.

And with the crowd on anything by Mel Brooks and The Princess Bride.

Also any film adaptation of a novel by Jane Austen (Clueless, Pride and Prejudice, Bridget Jones, etc.) And most "lighter" Shakespeare films and adaptations (Branagh's productions, Ten Things I hate about You).

Oh, and Muppet movies, including Labyrinth .

Embarassing guilty pleasures include the Underworld films, LXG, Blade 3(for Ryan Reynolds and Parker Posey), Original Sin, Van Helsing, Van Wilder.

LGBT over-and-overs: But I'm a cheerleader, Better than Chocolate, It's in the Water, To Wong Fu, Priscilla - Queen of the Desert, The Bird Cage, In and Out.

I'll pretty much watch any of the above if there's nothing else on, I'm sick on the couch and know I'm going to sleep through 3/4 of the movie or if I'm reading or working and need background noise. Which I suppose means I'm not really watching them, but that's okay, too.

[GigaLeo]

Queen of the Damned


THANK you! I knew I couldn't be the only one thoroughly entertained by this movie. I'm also going to toss Identity and Freddy vs Jason on the list of movies I'll never tire of watching.

[Alan Lynch]

Jaws! I knew I'd missed a really obvious one. Yeah, I'll watch that movie every damn time.

[Shisho]

No one has mentioned yet (that I saw):

A Knight's Tale, The Mummy series, Mystery Men, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Lost Boys, The Princess Diaries, Indiana Jones, The Librarian: Quest for the Spear.

I'm with Shisho on Bedazzled (leave us alone!). Also with those who mentioned the Sutherland/Sheen/Platt Three Musketeers.

And with the crowd on anything by Mel Brooks and The Princess Bride.

Also any film adaptation of a novel by Jane Austen (Clueless, Pride and Prejudice, Bridget Jones, etc.) And most "lighter" Shakespeare films and adaptations (Branagh's productions, Ten Things I hate about You).

Oh, and Muppet movies, including Labyrinth .

Embarassing guilty pleasures include the Underworld films, LXG, Blade 3(for Ryan Reynolds and Parker Posey), Original Sin, Van Helsing, Van Wilder.

LGBT over-and-overs: But I'm a cheerleader, Better than Chocolate, It's in the Water, To Wong Fu, Priscilla - Queen of the Desert, The Bird Cage, In and Out.

I'll pretty much watch any of the above if there's nothing else on, I'm sick on the couch and know I'm going to sleep through 3/4 of the movie or if I'm reading or working and need background noise. Which I suppose means I'm not really watching them, but that's okay, too.

I think with few exceptions, you and I have the same movie collection. :D I was just thinking yesterday how I haven't seen the Three Musketeers in forever, and should really pop it in the DVD player. That movie is so underappreciated. (And, like The Princess Bride, I've been known to use quotes from that movie more often in my life than may be good for me, and at odd times. ;) )

[estee]

The Quick and the Dead
The Girl with the pearl earring
Miller's Crossing

[Solaris]

Yes I love you for this.




My hatred for you now knows no bounds. Throw in LXG From Hell, and V For Vendetta and you have my most hated genre movies.


:p Well I like 'em, so boo to you! ;)


And let me add one more great piece (this one "piece of camp"): Swamp Thing. Yes, the 70's one with Adrienne Barbeau. *chortles*

[Solaris]

I think with few exceptions, you and I have the same movie collection. :D I was just thinking yesterday how I haven't seen the Three Musketeers in forever, and should really pop it in the DVD player. That movie is so underappreciated. (And, like The Princess Bride, I've been known to use quotes from that movie more often in my life than may be good for me, and at odd times. ;) )

I *adore* that movie! There were some awesome performances all the way around:

-Tim Curry literally drips and oozes underhanded villany as Cardinal Richelieu

-Rebecca de Mornay is absolutely perfect as the Countess de Winter---and, she's got one of the best lines in the movie: "And with a flick of my wrist, I could change your religion." She's tough, savvy, smart, and heart-breakingly gorgeous in her beautiful perfection. You love to hate her, but you love her too.

-Kiefer Sutherland gave a great performance as the more world-wise (and weary) man who's been greatly harmed by life, but who still stands by his principles.

-Charlie Sheen: what a perfect choice for a womanizing wannabe priest!

-Chris O'Donnell rocks it as the young, handsome, enthusiastic but naive D'Artagnan... and I don't hold his strong American accent against him.

-Michael Wincott is, as ever, the awesomeness he is, as an utterly evil, sword-wielding baddie... but what's nice in this film is that his character has some wry (and dark) humor to him. And that gravely voice is sorely missed, in these kinds of baddie roles today. (He's passed, alas.)

-Saving the best for last:

Oliver Platt SO ROCKED as Porthos "The Pirate"! His lusty, life-loving devil-may-care portrayal, along with his funny exaggerations ("The Queen of America gave me this") and his wonderful gadgets (who would NOT want a hand crossbow like his?) was the extra shine and high point in an already great and awesome movie.

Nods of appreciation as well to what a good job Gabrielle Anwar and Hugh O'Conor did in playing Queen Anne and King Louis.

And, "Girard," the brother bent on revenge against D'Artagnan? That man did the most capital imitation of a chicken I've ever seen! His coloring, his build, his mannerisms---and that voice! "D'ArtagNON!"

Every time I saw the man I burst into laughter.

While I'm at it, I should NOT leave out kudos for the script (some fantastic lines and by-play, and definitely lots of quotable stuff), and of course, the direction/production was great, the effects were very well done, musical score underlaid/enhanced it properly, and the costumes and sets were superb.

Just a great, fun movie, all the way around.

Here's some of my favorite quotes:

Porthos: You, boy, are arrogant, hot tempered and entirely too bold. I like that. Reminds me of me.

***

Athos: Only a fool would try and arrest us twice in one day.
Guard: You're under arrest.
Aramis, Porthos: A fool.
Guard: Are you coming peacefully or do you intend to resist?
Porthos: Oh don't be so stupid, of course we intend to resist! Just give us a moment, all right?
[to his comrades:]
Porthos: Five of them, three of us. Hardly seems fair.
Aramis: Maybe we should give them a chance to surrender.
D'Artagnan: Excuse me, but there's four of us.
Athos: It's not your fight. You're not a Musketeer.
D'Artagnan: I may not wear the tunic, but I believe I have the heart of a Musketeer.
Porthos: Warrior!
Aramis: Poet!
Athos: You got a name, boy?
D'Artagnan: D'Artagnan.
Athos: Athos, Porthos, Aramis.
Porthos: Pleased to meet you again.
Aramis: Pleasure.
Porthos: Everyone acquainted?
[the four whirl around and unsheathe their swords]
Porthos: NOW, we are prepared to resist you!

***

[During a chase, in the Cardinal's own coach they've stolen]
Porthos: Champagne?
Athos: We're in the middle of a chase, Porthos.
Porthos: You're right - something red.

Later...
Porthos: For a chase, the Cardinal recommends his excellent '24 Cabernet.
Porthos: [to D'Artagnan] You can't have any, you're too young.
Athos: [to D'Artagnan] Take the reins, boy.

***

[after finding out the female religion student he was making out with is married]
Aramis: We must pray for our sins.
[husband busts in and fires his musket at Aramis]
Aramis: On second thought, God is often busy.

***

Aramis: Where have you been?
Porthos: Taking care of something ugly!

(this line is a particular favorite of mine)

***

Cardinal Richelieu: [with his hand around her neck] A word of caution, milady. A snap of my fingers, and you could be back on the block where I found you.
Milady: [with her stiletto at his groin] And with a flick of my wrist, I could change your religion.

***

Cardinal Richelieu: Milady De Winter. Your beauty would make even the most chaste of men think of... impurity.
Milady: I don't believe you suffer the burden of chastity.
Cardinal Richelieu: Perhaps you're right.
Milady: I was making an observation, not an offer.

***

Athos: [to D'Artagnan] Your manners have not improved yet. You're late.
D'Artagnan: You in a hurry to die?
Athos: [Porthos and Aramis arrive] Here come the grave diggers now.
Porthos: Athos, you cannot fight this boy.
Athos: Why not?
Porthos: I'm fighting him.
D'Artagnan: Not until 1 o'clock.
Aramis: I have a duel with him too.
D'Artagnan: Not until 2 o'clock.
[the three of them do a doubletake at each other, then shake their heads over D'Artagnan's brave foolishness]

D'Artagnan: [preparing to start a duel with Athos] I'll be with you gentlemen in a moment.
Porthos: Oh, he's a fiesty little fellow.
Aramis: Fiesty indeed.

[Solaris]

[***spoiler alert!***]

And may I add that "Three to Tango" is another fun movie, again with Platt. You can't really quote him and get the full effect... but near the end, when he's anticipating a rendevous with the gay pro football player who's reputed to be hugely endowed... the look on Platt's face as he starts humming the "Bonanza" theme makes me laugh every time I see it. :D

And in this movie, Neve Campbell's character is so utterly and adorably "cute in a sexy way" that you just want to take her home, romp all over the bedroom, then cuddle her afterwards and listen for her "yawn squeaks," which are also utterly adorable.

Matthew Perry and Dylan McDermitt are very good in the film---but Campbell and Platt rule it.

[Shisho]

I *adore* that movie! There were some awesome performances all the way around:

-Tim Curry literally drips and oozes underhanded villany as Cardinal Richelieu

-Rebecca de Mornay is absolutely perfect as the Countess de Winter---and, she's got one of the best lines in the movie: "And with a flick of my wrist, I could change your religion." She's tough, savvy, smart, and heart-breakingly gorgeous in her beautiful perfection. You love to hate her, but you love her too.

-Kiefer Sutherland gave a great performance as the more world-wise (and weary) man who's been greatly harmed by life, but who still stands by his principles.

-Charlie Sheen: what a perfect choice for a womanizing wannabe priest!

-Chris O'Donnell rocks it as the young, handsome, enthusiastic but naive D'Artagnan... and I don't hold his strong American accent against him.

-Michael Wincott is, as ever, the awesomeness he is, as an utterly evil, sword-wielding baddie... but what's nice in this film is that his character has some wry (and dark) humor to him. And that gravely voice is sorely missed, in these kinds of baddie roles today. (He's passed, alas.)

-Saving the best for last:

Oliver Platt SO ROCKED as Porthos "The Pirate"! His lusty, life-loving devil-may-care portrayal, along with his funny exaggerations ("The Queen of America gave me this") and his wonderful gadgets (who would NOT want a hand crossbow like his?) was the extra shine and high point in an already great and awesome movie.

Nods of appreciation as well to what a good job Gabrielle Anwar and Hugh O'Conor did in playing Queen Anne and King Louis.

And, "Girard," the brother bent on revenge against D'Artagnan? That man did the most capital imitation of a chicken I've ever seen! His coloring, his build, his mannerisms---and that voice! "D'ArtagNON!"

Every time I saw the man I burst into laughter.

While I'm at it, I should NOT leave out kudos for the script (some fantastic lines and by-play, and definitely lots of quotable stuff), and of course, the direction/production was great, the effects were very well done, musical score underlaid/enhanced it properly, and the costumes and sets were superb.

Just a great, fun movie, all the way around.

Here's some of my favorite quotes:

Porthos: You, boy, are arrogant, hot tempered and entirely too bold. I like that. Reminds me of me.

***

Athos: Only a fool would try and arrest us twice in one day.
Guard: You're under arrest.
Aramis, Porthos: A fool.
Guard: Are you coming peacefully or do you intend to resist?
Porthos: Oh don't be so stupid, of course we intend to resist! Just give us a moment, all right?
[to his comrades:]
Porthos: Five of them, three of us. Hardly seems fair.
Aramis: Maybe we should give them a chance to surrender.
D'Artagnan: Excuse me, but there's four of us.
Athos: It's not your fight. You're not a Musketeer.
D'Artagnan: I may not wear the tunic, but I believe I have the heart of a Musketeer.
Porthos: Warrior!
Aramis: Poet!
Athos: You got a name, boy?
D'Artagnan: D'Artagnan.
Athos: Athos, Porthos, Aramis.
Porthos: Pleased to meet you again.
Aramis: Pleasure.
Porthos: Everyone acquainted?
[the four whirl around and unsheathe their swords]
Porthos: NOW, we are prepared to resist you!

***

[During a chase, in the Cardinal's own coach they've stolen]
Porthos: Champagne?
Athos: We're in the middle of a chase, Porthos.
Porthos: You're right - something red.

Later...
Porthos: For a chase, the Cardinal recommends his excellent '24 Cabernet.
Porthos: [to D'Artagnan] You can't have any, you're too young.
Athos: [to D'Artagnan] Take the reins, boy.

***

[after finding out the female religion student he was making out with is married]
Aramis: We must pray for our sins.
[husband busts in and fires his musket at Aramis]
Aramis: On second thought, God is often busy.

***

Aramis: Where have you been?
Porthos: Taking care of something ugly!

(this line is a particular favorite of mine)

***

Cardinal Richelieu: [with his hand around her neck] A word of caution, milady. A snap of my fingers, and you could be back on the block where I found you.
Milady: [with her stiletto at his groin] And with a flick of my wrist, I could change your religion.

***

Cardinal Richelieu: Milady De Winter. Your beauty would make even the most chaste of men think of... impurity.
Milady: I don't believe you suffer the burden of chastity.
Cardinal Richelieu: Perhaps you're right.
Milady: I was making an observation, not an offer.

***

Athos: [to D'Artagnan] Your manners have not improved yet. You're late.
D'Artagnan: You in a hurry to die?
Athos: [Porthos and Aramis arrive] Here come the grave diggers now.
Porthos: Athos, you cannot fight this boy.
Athos: Why not?
Porthos: I'm fighting him.
D'Artagnan: Not until 1 o'clock.
Aramis: I have a duel with him too.
D'Artagnan: Not until 2 o'clock.
[the three of them do a doubletake at each other, then shake their heads over D'Artagnan's brave foolishness]

D'Artagnan: [preparing to start a duel with Athos] I'll be with you gentlemen in a moment.
Porthos: Oh, he's a fiesty little fellow.
Aramis: Fiesty indeed.

I agree, and those are some of my fave quotes too!! I'm also partial to "Rochefort? Isn't that a smelly kind of a cheese?" The little "high five" they give with their swords in this scene is what makes it priceless.

And for some reason, I can't help but call out "Come! D'Artagnan! We're saving the king!" whenever I need to hustle someone along, usually my family. ;)

Oh, and I've been in love with Platt ever since this movie too.

[Sally Sensational]

And for some reason, I can't help but call out "Come! D'Artagnan! We're saving the king!" whenever I need to hustle someone along, usually my family. ;)


OMG! You do that TOO?:eek:

[Bo Bo]

I haven't seen three musketeers in ages, but I do remember loving it. Maybe I should go look for it.

[mgs]

Yes I love you for this.

I love her more for these: ;)Singing In the Rain.

History of the World Pt. 1.

Young Frankenstein.

[saintsaucey]

OMG that was hilarious. I loved that movie growing up. Man in the Iron Mask staring Leo DiCaprio, Gabriel Byrne, Jon Malcovich, Jeremy Irons, and Gerard Depardieu is a great continuance to it though more serious in tone.

[Tobias March]

Miller's Crossing

Albert Finney kicking arse and taking names....unlike in Wolfen, were one is treated to a night vision shot of his arse pumping away in flagrante delicto....not pleasant.

[scout1279]

OMG that was hilarious. I loved that movie growing up. Man in the Iron Mask staring Leo DiCaprio, Gabriel Byrne, Jon Malcovich, Jeremy Irons, and Gerard Depardieu is a great continuance to it though more serious in tone.

I love Man in the Iron Mask. I just watched it again this weekend. I didn't remember just how terrible DiCaprio was in it, but I even love that, since it makes me laugh. And while I am always a bit bothered by how similar Peter Sarsgaard is to John Malkovich, it's especially creepy seeing them in scenes together. Despite the more serious tone, it's still a rather fun movie too.

Also, it reminds me of a movie I forgot off my list: The Count of Monte Cristo. It's got some seriously fun action sequences and surprisingly good performances. Guy Pearce's teeth have to be seen to be believed. It also scores high marks for teh pretty.

Oh, and then there's Frequency. That's deffinitely a must watch every time it's on movie for me. (The Count of Monte Cristo stars Jim Caviezle, who also stars in Frequency.)

[Cam63]

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[Infra-Man]

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Hell yes! The Great Race was one of my favorite movies growing up! That movie made me fall in love with Natalie Wood. And the "Sweetheart Tree" song makes me weepy. Might be the best thing Mancini ever wrote (mainly because I can't stand "Moon River").

And now I'm hungry for cake.

[saintsaucey]

I love Man in the Iron Mask. I just watched it again this weekend. I didn't remember just how terrible DiCaprio was in it, but I even love that, since it makes me laugh. And while I am always a bit bothered by how similar Peter Sarsgaard is to John Malkovich, it's especially creepy seeing them in scenes together. Despite the more serious tone, it's still a rather fun movie too.

Also, it reminds me of a movie I forgot off my list: The Count of Monte Cristo. It's got some seriously fun action sequences and surprisingly good performances. Guy Pearce's teeth have to be seen to be believed. It also scores high marks for the pretty.

Oh, and then there's Frequency. That's definitely a must watch every time it's on movie for me. (The Count of Monte Cristo stars Jim Caviezle, who also stars in Frequency.)

When I saw Flight plan I couldn't remember why the air Marshal reminded me of Malcovich. I came home and looked him up and found out while. I liked DiCaprio in Man in the iron mask. I didn't like Monte cristo or the musketeer.

I think I also did the Come D'Artagnan we're saving the king once or twice.

[Alan Lynch]

I haven't seen three musketeers in ages, but I do remember loving it. Maybe I should go look for it.
It's tremendous, and I'm with you - been far too long since I watched it.

I remembered another one: Tombstone. Val Kilmer could've retired right there and then and I'd still love him forever. I'm your Huckleberry, indeed.

[JamesRitcheyIII]

Hook
The Third Man
The Ruling Class
Touch of Evil
anything by David Lynch (besides Firewalk With Me)
anything by Stanley Kubrick (besides 2001)
anything by Quentin Tarantino (but sick of Kill Bill 1 and 2--from over-watching)
all Frank Capra (besides It's a Wonderful Life)
Tim Burton's Ed Wood

[MartinRedmond]

It's pathetic but my favorite movie is Just Friends. I don't like the ending all that much, but there's so many parts of it I watched over and over on youtube, I never get tired of it. You're My Love from afar, let's all promote vegetarianism in 3rd world countries!

[Tobias March]

What's Up Doc....


And The Private I, because I love Topol's eating of a grapefruit. Plus who knew Hans Zarkov could dance!!

[Infra-Man]

anything by Stanley Kubrick (besides 2001)

Even Eyes Wide Shut?

I could probably watch Paths of Glory over and over again.

[JamesRitcheyIII]

Even Eyes Wide Shut?

I could probably watch Paths of Glory over and over again.

This is TV/Cable-related, I presume--I've never seen it, because it got tore up by critics, I'm not likely to buy the DVD, NOBODY seeds it for torrent (ARRRR Ye Matey), and I think I saw it advertised on PPV once.. Both Maltin and Ebert seem to share my taste in big Hollywood movies 90% of the time, and I believe they both (separately) panned it.

Paths of Glory is brilliant.

Thank Jah for Turner Movie Classics--I only finally saw it within the last two years. Same with about a half-dozen GREAT Bogart movies, Charles Laughton's Night of the Hunter, and best of all, The Lady from Shanghai by Welles.

[Infra-Man]

This is TV/Cable-related, I presume--I've never seen it, because it got tore up by critics, I'm not likely to buy the DVD, NOBODY seeds it for torrent (ARRRR Ye Matey), and I think I saw it advertised on PPV once.. Both Maltin and Ebert seem to share my taste in big Hollywood movies 90% of the time, and I believe they both (separately) panned it.

It may be worth checking out just to check it out even if you don't like it. Like the line goes in A Prayer for Owen Meany (paraphrased): Even bad shit is worth watching even if just to discuss what kind of shit it is.

And yeah, Paths of Glory is brilliant.

Thank Jah for Turner Movie Classics--I only finally saw it within the last two years. Same with about a half-dozen GREAT Bogart movies, Charles Laughton's Night of the Hunter, and best of all, The Lady from Shanghai by Welles.

The only problem with that channel is there are so many things on it I want to watch. I wind up recording a lot of movies but only really watch 1/3 of them, much to the chagrin of my roommates who also want to record stuff.

[Angelus II]

Brandon Lee's The Crow
The Crow: Salvation
Underworld

[Angelus II]

Terminator 2:Judgment Day

[Alan Lynch]

Terminator 2:Judgment Day
That's a good shout actually. I wouldn't have realised it until you said it but I don't think I've ever changed the channel when that's been on.

[DungeonmasterJim]

I always find myself stopping to watch A League of Their Own. It's a movie about the women pro baseball league that started up when so many young men went to fight WW 2.

DM Jim

[Solaris]

We just watched The Rocketeer last night on the free side of pay-per-view. Rocked again.

And, the other night, we introduced Finn to The Princess Bride... and the next day I walked into the room to find he was watching it *again*. Sure sign of a winner, with him. Hee.

[singoalla]

And for some reason, I can't help but call out "Come! D'Artagnan! We're saving the king!" whenever I need to hustle someone along, usually my family. ;)

Oh, and I've been in love with Platt ever since this movie too.

Thank god I'm not the only one who does that, including getting up and doing the little "come along" movement :D

"Ah ha! The Cardinal's sacred snack chamber."

"The picnic was delicious, the champagne was excellent, remind me to send the Cardinal a note."


Movies I never pass up:

Old Arsenic and Lace (I yell charge everytime Teddy does)
Some like it Hot (just for the joy of the final scene)
Pirates of the Caribbean (all three)
Zorro w. Tyrone Powers
Any Errol Flynn movie
Tremors

[Tobias March]

I love so many of Grant's movies: Arsenic and Old Lace; Bringing Up Baby; The Philadelphia Story. I even found a film he did with Katherine Hepburn when they were both quite young called Sylvia Scarlet. Great movie, very funny - absolutely incomprehensible why they made it. It's a mainstream 1930's movie about female transvestism.

Also previously I would have mentioned the Big Chill as one of my favourites, but I watched the Secaucus Seven last night by John Sayles. Released before TBC - very similar plot, far better, far more honest, great movie.

I would recommend it to everyone.

[stealthwise]

My hatred for you now knows no bounds. Throw in LXG From Hell, and V For Vendetta and you have my most hated genre movies.

I don't "hate" From Hell or V, but they are pretty lackluster adaptations, particularly the latter, which just devolves into nonsensical American post-911 jingoism.

But I agree about the loathing for the Underworld flicks and Van Helsing. Complete.

Dog.



Shite.

[stealthwise]

I totally forgot to mention Adaptation and Pulp Fiction, they both rock.

[soylantgreen]

I'm a HUGE fan of the Alien/Predator/AVP series; I've got 'em all on DVD (except for Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, which comes out next Tuesday - yay!), and have watched them many, many times. I'd also have to say the Trek movies (especially KHAAAAAANNN!!!), the Star Wars movies (starting to see a theme here? :biggrin:), and, of course... well, my sig probably gives it away...