What is your favorite movie?

This movie has everything a movie shall have.

If I have to pick between two Vietnam films, I would have to say The Deer Hunter.
A much more emotional explosive movie. Small town U.S.A, with a group of young naive men ready to fight the evil of communism.
How all three men were so different and how the war affected them very differently.
From the scene with the Russian roulette to them coming home back to Pennsylvania to face their friends and loved ones. This is very powerful & emotional stuff.
I will have to say this is the greatest and most powerful war movie to date!

The Deer Hunter is one of those rare movies that mimic the best and worst of mankind. It highlights this paradox: Man can be at his best when mankind is at its worst. Every second of this film is important, including the wedding scene (It’s more of a celebration of 3 men off to war.) The movie is full of symbols, both subtle and overt, that tie this 3 hour movie into a single knot of cinema brilliance. The first time I saw it (on video tape) I watched it again immdediately, and then again the next morning. It’s one of those rare perfect movies that one can watch 5 or 6 times a year and still be awestruck. The actors are perfect, the script is perfect, the rise and fall of the characters is complete. Every character in this film is essential: each contributing to the film’s theme. Back when it was released it was relevant, it is still relevant now–perhaps even more so.

It was the movie of the time when I was a teen. I had friends that went to war and I lived in PA so it was closer to home also.
All the stars did such great acting but it felt as if it were really them going to war.
Wish we had more “real to life” movies now.
Loved the show too.
B. Willis

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.

The Deer Hunter is brilliant in so many ways, but what really makes this film so special is it’s characters. They are so REAL, especially in scenes after the war when you can actually feel how uncomfortable they were around eachother. People complain that the wedding scene is too long, but imagine if it were cut shorter. You wouldn’t feel any emotions at the end, becuase you haven’t taken the time to get to know the characters. There are movies, and then there are FILMS. The Deer Hunter is a beautiful film.

The subtle nature of this story is so powerful.

The subtle nature of this story is so powerful. Some people claim that the beginning is too long, but it only acts to sharply contrast the second half thus creating a greater understanding of the characters.
By: Joshua Waters

“Three bullets…”

This is a Viet Nam period film, but the relationships between the principal charaters could have taken place at any time. The story revolves around the love, loyalty, and dedication of three friends who have grown up and worked together, and now find themselves in a tragic fight for their survival. Robert DeNiro’s performance, which did NOT win him an oscar, is the greatest dramatic acting in the history of movies.
By: Mike Capozzi

This is not a war movie but merley a drama about what the people who go through war experience.

This film and Apocalypse Now are the main reasons why I fell in love with cinema.

By: Ryan Smith