Posted on 05/10/2025 12:48:18 PM PDT by DallasBiff
Greatest movies of all time
Good Will Hunting
Clan of the Cave Bear
Love Actually
Begin Again
#1 Pride and Prejudice, ~ Donald Sutherland, Kiera Knightly
The Exorcist
Ex Machina is one of those rare things: A genuine science fiction movie.
I love that version of Pride and Prejudice too
I also really like the (older) cinema version of West Side Story
Anything with Clint Eastwood, Denzel Washington, Mel Gibson, Mel Brooks or Paul Newman and Patton . . .
I liked the movie “Courageous”. Many may not be aware of this movie because it was a Christian movie.
Anyway , it had a strong message to it. That was one of the few times in a movie theater,, where at the end, people in the audience stood up and gave the movie a standing ovation.
Jaws, Aliens
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Fastest Gun Alive
Fail Safe
Patton #1 A Christmas Story #2
The recently released Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It is a lock for Best Picture. Rachel Zegler deserves the Best Actress award.
Oops. Just kidding.
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Unforgiven
Road to Perdition
A River Runs Through It
Interesting note about The Shining.
The staircase scene in The Shining, featuring Shelley Duvall as Wendy Torrance, was notoriously demanding, requiring 127 takes to film. This extensive number of retakes reflects Stanley Kubrick’s perfectionist directing style, which often led to intense emotional and psychological strain on the actors, particularly Duvall.
Duvall later recounted that filming this scene was particularly grueling, noting that they worked on it for about three weeks, which contributed to her distress during the process. She described the experience as emotionally exhausting, stating, “It was a difficult scene, but it turned out to be one of the best in the film”.
Despite the challenges, she acknowledged Kubrick’s talent and the eventual impact of the film, although she also referred to her time on set as “hellish” due to the extreme demands placed upon her.
I wonder if this scene lead to her lifelong struggle with mental illness.
I was just thinking about it the other day.
My new favorite movie of all-time is “Hot Fuzz”.
I hadn’t laughed so hard at a movie in ages, when I finally got around to watching it last year.
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
How Green was my Valley (1941)
Kings Row (1942)
The Man who shot Liberty Valance (1962)
How the West Was Won (1962)
Vertigo (1958)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Stalag 17 (1953)
Jaws (1975)
Mars Attacks!
Kung Fu Hustle needs to be on the list somewhere
It’s a mad, mad, mad world
After 78 posts I will add a few more:
Chinatown
The Deer Hunter
The Conversation
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Revenant
I Married A Witch
One, Two, Three
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