What is your favorite movie?

Definitely the most creative and timeless comedy ever. I admit the end is rather weak, but the first half is absolutely brilliant. The opening scenes are sheer genius: Coconuts, Bring Out Your Dead, Constitutional Peasants, The Black Knight, The Witch Trial….

The scene where Slim Pickens reviews the contents of the bomber crew’s survival kits has to be one of the most hilarious moments in film. Beside, who can resist a comedy about the end of the world?

ridiculously funny

GARDEN STATE is the most influential movie of my life. I was inspired to make movies because of GARDEN STATE. Zach Braff brings such great romance, comedy, and sadness to the picture. Natalie Portman and Braff just fit together so well and you believe they are falling in love. GARDEN STATE will always be one of the biggest Oscar snubs in the history.

Woody Allen is one of the most talented people in movies today. Along with Diane Keaton, how can you go wrong? It deservingly won Oscars in, what I consider, the four most important categories for a film (Outstanding Original Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Motion Picture). Everything in that movie is perfect. It is one of those movies that I could put on and find a new saying or a new little twitch to last me a week.

This is a truly awesome motion picture. It is presented as a super comedy, yet it is really an extremely serious picture. In a most amusing way, it graphically shows how extremely terrible and severely destructive it is for a person to be selfish.

Along with this major theme, it also demonstrates that when a person is racing after something that he or she very desperately wants, he or she will not even think about the petty concerns (e.g., “I gotta go change my clothes because I got a spot on my shirt!”) that people so often get all caught up in.

Furthermore, when the movie was made in 1963, $350,000 (the amount of the buried treasure that everyone was running after) was clearly an astronomical sum. Today in 2007 though, with many years of heavy inflation, it is not an earth shattering quantity at all. So when we view this picture today, we realize an additional lesson, that people often fight about and go wild over things that are quite insignificant.

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There are really eight movies that are my favorites, and I will list them here. This list is not exclusive, for I am sure that there are many other great productions out there, many of which I do not even know about. These eight though are ones that I do know about and think are very, very good.

MY FAVORITE MOVIES

1. IT’S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD

2. THE MUSIC MAN
(The original 1962 version with Robert Preston)

3. MARY POPPINS
(The original 1964 screen play with Julie Andrews)

4. WEST SIDE STORY

5. OKLAHOMA!

6. BABES IN TOYLAND
(The 1961 version with Ray Bolger, Tommy Sands, and Annette Funicello)

7. COMA

8. ANNIE
(The original 1982 version with Albert Finney and Aileen Quinn)

What other movie can you see over 300 times (in the movie theatre!) and still love as much as you did when you first saw it? - With all it’s apparent flaws no other movie is this fun!!!

the absolute funniest movie of all time. The only thing that could have made it better would have been Richard Pryor starring, but his writing in plainly visable through the script.

It’s extremely witty, well written, well acted and romantic.

I loe fantasy films and this one really gets your imagination going. You want to put yourself in the situation and try and decide what you would do. It takes everyman and gives him the power of the universe. It has teriffic special effects for a film of its era.

There were two versions. I did not see the one made in 1950. The 1998 version starring Jimmy Stewart is my favorite. The casting for each part could not have been more perfect. All of the actors were superb.
The story was very different, but could have been a true scenario. I AM ASTOUNDED THAT IT WAS NOT IN THE TOP 100!!

BOB FEDORUK

Titanic: best movie I’ve ever seen in my entire life. it’s a great movie, and as we all know the ship sinks at the end, the whole movie is very romantic because as you watch every little innocent scene between jack (leo dicaprio) and rose (kate winslet), you know time is ticking. i think it’s sad and romantic how jack tells rose to never let go of the promise to live her life at the very end and OMG i loooooove every little thing about this storyline. and leo dicaprio is very hot. and kate winslet is stunning as usual.
King Kong (2005): it has EVERYTHING!! suspense, romance, action, adventure, humor, etc. the special effects=woaaaahhh. i dont care how long the movie is, it’s just fabulous. naomi watts, adrien brody, and jack black were GREAT pretending they saw kong or a dinosaur, etc, when there was nothing actually there as they were filming. and yes, i did cry at the end.every time i watch it, i get teary eyed. i think naomi watts should have been nominated for an oscar for playing ann darrow. peter jackson made a GREAT remake.
Little Miss Sunshine: probably one of the best movies in 2006. it’s hilarious. i love how a little indie movie made it as a nominee for best picture at the oscars!!! :] its a spectacular movie of how a little girl from a dysfunctional family shows everyone what it really means to win. and you gotta love abigail breslin dancing to superfreak!!! lms has a great choice of actors and a wonderful screenplay!!!!!!!!! I love this movie! soo different, what other movie have you seen with a dysfunctional family pushing a yellow bus? GOTTA LOVE IT!!
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape: Leo DiCaprio blew me out of the water. He was that good as playing mentally challenged Arnie. Johnny Depp was great too. He was going through a really tough time and made me believe what Gilbert was going through. I just love this movie cuz its so different and deep. You really feel like you’re a part of the family.
Million Dollar Baby: It’s real, it’s sad, it’s perfect.
Forrest Gump: i love watching forrest in different parts of history, no plot but has a point. it has you laughing and crying.

Well I have to agree with the 2 listed below me the Sting and Titanic are 1 and 1A for me but to add to that The Best Years of Our Lives is 1B.

All 3 great movies for different reasons. I managed a theatre that had Titanic from December from April and I never tired of it

college,boy meets girl,absurd,funny,80s,stylistic,philosophical.HAL HARTLEY!!!

SIDE-SPLITTING PARODY

for the story telling. its has no plot, but it has a point. the special effects are unnoticeable in all the edited historical footage. the music drives the movie well. not a single wasted frame.

It makes me laugh and cry. It is a girl movie then MEN like! I can watch it over and over again.

It is presented as a super comedy, but it is really an extremely serious picture. It does a wonderfully excellent job of teaching a strong moral lesson by graphically showing how very terrible it is to be selfish.

So funny! Many big name stars in this one. You can watch it over and over and never get tired of it. So many funny lines. My parents love this movie and I watched it many times as a child with them. Great memories!!

Doesn’t get much better than this.
We’ll never see this many great comics together like this ever again.
A movie that could NEVER be remade…at least remade this well.
…and Spencer Tracy to boot.
The best of the best.

THIS MOVIE HAS ALL OF MY FAVORITE COMEDIANS OF THAT TIME…. EACH OF THEM BRING THEIR SPECIAL COMEDIC STYLES TO THE MOVIE. THAT KEEPS ME LAUGHING EVER TIME I WATCH IT.

How could anyone come up with one favorite movie. I more than the above to go a top of the heap list. I love movies for many reasons. The Pianist is a emotionally powerful work with one of the great acting performances of all time.

American Beauty is funny, hypnotic, lyrical, beautifully photagraphed, great writing, acting………. Great Story telling. Hip.

Godfather I & II all of the above and insightful.

Bulworth: I movie I never tire of watching. It is hillarious……..

Thunder Road….. Robert Mitchum

The Hustler……. Again great cinematography, acting.
Solyaris: But if I had to pick my greatest movie it would probably be Solyaris. A beautiful film that is the most affective film I’ve seen that paints a picture of transcendence and creation.

Just one comment about a movie lot’s of people love and I send to the bottom of my list. Namely 12 Angry Men. Thought this movie was God awful. It does not put you in the room in the sense that you could make a decision on the fate of the person being judged. The evidence used to walk you to this jury’s conclusion was non-existent.

This movie has the best scene of all time, the famous ladder scene at the end of the movie. Stanley Kramer made the epic comdey, to end all epic comdies. It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is just that A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

What I love most about these movies is that they brought backk to life a genre of film that had been lost but then also reinvented it. Johnny Depp created in Jack Sparrow one of those legendary characters that crosses boundaries, a character we all will remember for years to come. These movies also have one more very important element..FUN, they brought back fun and adventure to the industry.

These movies unique, exciting, and offer a variety of entertainment: comedy, action and romance.

The first pirate blew me away. Johnny Depp was terrific as Captain Jack. Keira Knightly was also great as Elizabeth. Geoffery Rush also brought something unique and great to Barbossa that made him more than a typical villain. In the second movie I thought they made the action better and that Bill Nighty was great as Davy Jones. However, it failed to rank with the first. Yet, “At World’s End” redefined everything Pirates. I was wowed I was amazed it made me think and it was the best of the trilogy. The Lion King was my first movie ever. To this day I think that no animated movie, with the exception of the Incredibles, comes close to the greatness of the Lion King in all areas of the movie. I recently saw the Breakfast Club. It was great. I loved how it portrayed teens and stereotypes and it was one of those thought changing movies you can never forget. Little Miss Sunshine rocks. The writing, direction, and acting were great. I love the lack of chilche and how funny it is. I have watched it countless times and each time it gains new depth. And finally, the choice people are probably wondering, WTF. This is the only movie to make me cry. In my opinion, he the best writing. Everything shocked me because it was a movie I initially didn’t want to see and once I saw it, it moved me like no other film.

Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis are on the lam from the mob, and end up in Florida, dressed as women with Marilyn Monroe as their noew friend.

This movie is perfect from beginning to end–Billy Wilder seems to have a genuine love of Hollywood cinema, and it shows in the film. I could watch this movie over and over.
By: Sarah Hamilton

The funniest film ever made about the end of the world.

The great Stanley Kubrick does the ultimate high wire act somehow balancing nuclear war and dark comedy. No film in history is so entertaining and thought provoking at the same time.
By: Ron Houghton

Annie Hall is a romantic comedy staring Diane Keaton and Woody Allen. This film chronicles the great moments and mishaps Diane Keaton and Woody Allen as a couple shares.

This film is unlike any other comedy I’ve seen. Annie Hall is a very intelligent film. It talks about life, love, death, relationships, New York and L.A. all in a humorous way. Woody Allen did a great job, and every time I see this film I laugh constantly.
By: Mariana Garcia

It makes me forget all my troubles…

Everytime I’m in a bad mood or just feeling lonely I put that movie in the DVD player and watch it. It makes me forget all my troubles and even though I think I know everything about the movie, I always catch a quote that I missed and I love that.
By: Victoria Mentz