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Your all-time favorite film

posted 8 years ago by hobnob53
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Just that simple: what is your very favorite film of all? Everybody's got one. It can be anything -- famous or obscure, a classic or a routine release, good or so-bad-it's-good. No criteria, no right or wrong, no disputes or arguments, everyone's opinion is valid, just please no trying to impress others by making a "heavy" choice that you really don't watch all that much. We're past that, now.

You can explain why it's your fave or just leave the title. Your choice. It seems an obvious question to ask veterans of the CFB. But only one title to a customer!

My favorite movie of all is:

The Guns of Navarone (1961).

A cast of favorite actors (Peck, Niven, Quinn), terrific story, tense direction, beautiful locations, superb music (Dimitri Tiomkin), and, hey, it's World War II!

There's some tough competition but Guns still ranks at the top of my list after all these years. Not the best but the one I like best.

Yours?

[–] OldAussie 8 years ago

Lawrence of Arabia has been a clear number 1 since I first saw it in probably 1963. I love everything about it. I've seen it approx 80 times, but most of those were the "short" cut [190 minutes].

"He was a poet, a scholar and a mighty warrior."

[–] Toshtego (33) 8 years ago

I agree with that. LofA has all the elements woven together- story, acting, locations, music, direction. All operating on the top line. I can think of no place it fell short of the mark. AND, there are a few moments with a Brough Superior running.

So many memorable moments and great lines. So many richly drawn out characters, great and small.

What would this movie had been without Anthony Quinn? Did you ever hear his story of making that movie?

[–] Henry_Framus_Valentine 8 years ago

Vertigo

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[–] dizexpat 8 years ago

Duck Soup

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[–] Toshtego (33) 8 years ago

One of my favorites.

[–] Henry_Framus_Valentine 8 years ago

Go! and never darken my towels again!

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[–] ZolotoyRetriever 8 years ago

Not the best but the one I like best.
Using that criteria, I would pick The Last Detail (1973), with Jack Nicholson, Otis Young and Randy Quaid.

I always like the combination funny/sad vibe it gives off, plus the raw, realistic feel of the filming locations (during wintertime along the U.S. East Coast). Having served in the Navy myself, I always find something to relate to in this one, and never tire of watching it.

I should add that the ending of TLD has a certain poignancy that reminds me of the IMDb Boards shutting down. It's like our own "detail" is now over, and much like "Buddusky" and "Mulhall" do at the end of the movie, we, too, must ponder our fate and decide what we do next...

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[–] Maria Kelly (34) 8 years ago

My all-time favorite movie is All About Eve.

Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night.

[–] Drmccormack (743) 8 years ago

Great movie!

[–] clore_2 8 years ago

My favorite film is one that came out in 1941. It was the directorial debut of its now famed helmer and among its unique qualities is that it showed ceilings.

And no, it's not Citizen Kane, it's The Maltese Falcon.

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[–] timshelboy 8 years ago

DARLING

An incandescent Julie Christie, a dazzling Frederic Raphael script*, witty Schlesinger direction, Laurence Harvey's finest hour, a splendid example of the "unreliable narrator" in film ... and an unforgettable portrait of a London just about to "swing"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tRwlIAJsls

BTW- The song is "Someone to talk to" by The Breakaways and bonus points for anyone who can point me to a cd of it 

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She "I've stuck it out about as long as I can"
He "Yeah - and about as often as you can"

Tell mama, Tell mama all....

[–] Boomer-Baby 8 years ago

Gilda (1946)

Put the blame on Mame!

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