Your fav films

[Lord Dazed & Confused]

Hi everybody
Since Troy seems to be getting a few pants reviews I though it's time we found out what every ones favourite films at the org are.
The categories are:

Action/Adventure
Comedy
Historical
Sci Fi/Fantasy
Drama/Misc /(Not sure what its comes under)

If I get enough replies I'll compile a top 10 list
Just one in each category please

LDC http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[Tricky Lady]

My all-time favourites are

Lock, Stock and two smoking Barrels
Snatch
(both by Guy Ritchie). Very funny movies.

I liked Elisabeth a lot in the historical movies genre. Cate Blanchett really excels as the virgin queen.

[octavian]

action adventure: all three LoTR movies, by far the best.
oh, and shrek http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif

[mfberg]

Guys & Dolls (1955) Marlon Brando in the craps game is cool - Musical

Holy Grail/Blazing Saddles/Life of Brian - comedy/historical choices http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

Throne of Blood - Action

Jean de Flouret/Manon of the Spring - Drama

Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Big Trouble in Little China (I knew I had forgotten this one)

mfberg

[zelda12]

Action/adventure: Kill Bill volume 1
Comedy: Monty Pyton the life of brian
Historical: Ran
Sci Fi/Fantasy: LOTR RTOTK
Drama: Top of my head I'd say war films come under this catergory as their not mentioned and theres to wide a choice to say historical so i'd say Apocylypse Now

[Bezalel]

Action/Adven (assuming westerns fit here)=For a Few Dollars More/The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Comedy=Snatch/Pulp Fiction
Sci-fi=The Matrix (1st one)

edit; Mystery=Citizen Kane

[cutepuppy]

action: pulp fiction, alien
comedy: monty python and the holy grail

[Colovion]

Action/Adventure: Indiana Jones is the first thing I think of with the Action/Adventure title
Comedy: anything Monty Python, Zoolander
Historical: Braveheart, Saving Pvt Ryan, Last Samurai
Sci Fi/Fantasy: LoTR
Drama/Misc: Memento, Requiem For a Dream

[scooter_the_shooter]

my favorite movies are




freddy vs jason
the run down
walking tall
gladiator
monty python holy grail
big mamas house
8 crazy nights
big daddy
billy madison
waterboy
happy gilmore
mr deeds
anger management
dirty work
lord of the rings
saving private ryan
fast and the furious
2 fat 2 furious
band of brothers
jason x
spartucis the remake
bad boys
bad boys 2
city slickers
american outlaws
texas rangers
texas chain saw massacre
patton
hellen of troy
little nicky
the mummy
the mummy returns
the scorpian king
terminatlor
terminator2
terminator3



and more i will put the rest later

[caspian]

Action/Adventure The Beach / Ninja Scroll
Comedy Snatch / Sassy Girl / Office Space
Historical 7 Samurai / Brave Heart
Sci Fi/Fantasy Princess Mononoke (anime)
Drama/Misc Fly Me to Polaris (chinese film)

[fahdiz]

Action/Adventure Hard Boiled

Comedy The Blues Brothers, Big Trouble in Little China, Waiting For Guffman

Historical The Scarlet and the Black

Sci Fi/Fantasy too many to list... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Drama/Misc Patton, The Exorcist

[Kaatar]

Action/Adventure - Terminator 2 / High Plains Drifter
Comedy - So I Married an Axe Murderer / The Big Laboski (spelling?)
Historical None accurate enough for my liking ... but Braveheart had Sofie, so Braveheart http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
Sci Fi/Fantasy - LOTR - Fellowship
Drama/Misc - Casablana (top of my head)

[shakaka36]

Action/Adventure: definetly the Transformers movie from the 80s


Comedy: the Nutty Professor

Historical: Enemy At The Gates

Sci Fi/Fantasy: much as i hate peter jackson, the lord of the rings, return of the king

Drama/Misc /(Not sure what its comes under): Rocky 4, the greatest movie ever

[Ragss]

Action/Adventure Last Samurai
Comedy Snatch or lock stock
Historical Braveheart
Sci Fi/Fantasy Two Towers (helms deep > minas tirith)
Drama/Misc /(Not sure what its comes under) Last Samurai

the Last Samurai is my favorite movie of all time.

[The Tuffen]

Drama/misc - Requim for a dream, Kids
Comedy - The Evil Dead 2 + 3, Office Space, Waterboy, Cool Runnings, Big Lebowski
Action/Adventure - Indianna Jones, All Quintin Tarantino's films
Sci Fi/Fantasy - LOTR Trilogy

[zelda12]

No offence but some of you have really bad choice in films.

Terminator 3 my god just god how can you degrade yourselfs by even contemplating watching it.

And I'm not even going to utter about the nutty p. although most people do have some taste in films. All sergio leone films are gods gift as are all the Tarantino films.

If you object to what I say please tell me. And ceaser please don't hate me for mocking some of choices of films you're welcome to your views.

Also just watch enemy at the gates it is a great film.

[The Tuffen]

I didn't think terminator 3 was that bad. Ok it isn't as good as 1 or 2 but i wasn't expecting it to be and there is some really stupid moments that shouldn't of been included ie. the glasses he has when he leaves the bar.

[Drake]

Action/Adventure: Blade
Comedy: Pulp Fiction (Cuts me up)
Historical: Gladiator
Sci Fi/Fantasy: Aliens
Drama/Misc: LOTR cause it falls into so many categories.

[Aymar de Bois Mauri]

Quote[/b] (zelda12 @ May 28 2004,08:12)]No offence but some of you have really bad choice in films.

Terminator 3 my god just god how can you degrade yourselfs by even contemplating watching it.

And I'm not even going to utter about the nutty p. although most people do have some taste in films. All sergio leone films are gods gift as are all the Tarantino films.

If you object to what I say please tell me. And ceaser please don't hate me for mocking some of choices of films you're welcome to your views.

Also just watch enemy at the gates it is a great film.
I agree. Some of them surelly haven't seen quality movies. Only mainstream... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-rolleyes.gif

Here is my list:

Drama: Anything by Ingmar Bergman. I prefer the 7th Seal. I'm also partial to Chen Kaige's Farewell, My Concubine, Wong Kar-Wai's Chungking Express, Fallen Angels and In The Mood For Love, Lars Von Trier's Dancer in the Dark.

Historical: Anything by Akira Kurosawa. I'm partial to Ran, The Throne of Blood and Kagemusha.

Action: Francis Ford Coppola Apocalypse Now. Seven by David Fincher.

Comedy: Anything by Monthy Python's.

Sci Fi: Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odissey. Blade Runner and Alien by Ridley Scott.

Fantasy: Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula.

Drama: Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter. Heat by Michael Mann.

Misc: Anything by Tarantino except Kill Bill.

There are so many more I would like to mention, but these are just the ones I remember from the top of my head...

[SwordsMaster]

Ok, theres my list:

Action/adventure : The good the bad ant the ugly
Sci fi: Matrix
Comedy/Misc: Snatch, Lock &Stock
Drama: The Godfather
Fantasy: The Crow.
Historical: Enemy at the Gates, Save Private Ryan, Braveheart, Rob Roy, Stalingrad.

[Sjakihata]

Action/Adventure: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon / Shogun (Clavell's)

Comedy: Snatch, Lock Stuck & Holy Grail

Historical: Das Boot

Sci Fi/Fantasy: The Matrix (1, 2, 3), Aliens (1, 2, 3) / LotR (1, 2, 3)

Drama/Misc: Seven Samurai

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Right favs:

Big Lebowski
Millers Crossing
Lord of the rings trilogy
Aliens
Last of the Mohicans
Braveheart
True Romance
Pulp Fiction
Dobermann
Man bites dog
Dog Soldiers
Gladiator
I.D
American History X
The Omen
American Werewolf in London
La Reine Margot
The Godfather
Long Good Friday
In the name of the Father
Michael Collins
Things to do in Denver when your dead
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Cannibal Holocaust
House of a 1,000 Corpses

Theres loads more but it would be to long to write it all down http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[The Tuffen]

Hmm,

forgot about Dog Soldiers.

Also forgot The original Dawn/day/night of the living dead series

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Also Boondock Saints http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[mfberg]

forgot to add the Toxic Avenger series

[Aymar de Bois Mauri]

I forgot to mention Once Upon a Time in America and Once Upon a Time in The West by Sergio Leone, but there are much more...

[shakaka36]

Also Boondock Saints


i forgot Boondock saints, it is one of my favourite movies too

[Colonel]

Wow, I can't believe no one posted Star Wars under Sci-Fi category.

My Fav movies of all time are LOTR and Star Wars.... enough said. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif

[Tribesman]

Blue juice
Trainspotting
Snatch /Lock stock
Usual suspects
Once we were warriors
Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith
Babylon
The harder they come
Pretty village pretty flames
Rockers
This revolution will not be televised
Metropolis
All quiet on the western front
Pulp fiction
Das boot
Catch 22
Godfather
Seven Samuri

[Voigtkampf]

Blade Runner

[Josephus V]

Oh boy...Aymar thanks for echoing my thoughts.

I wouldn't want to list mine...would take to long.
But I just finished watching Braveheart and I amazed how much they stole from the Plot of the book Pride of Lions. They really need to do a movie on Brian Boru. Most of Braveheart comes from his story.

Fav comedy has to be Fletch. Awesome.
Sci fi the LOTR. Been waiting for those since I was 8 years old.

[nizar]

troy, alexander the great, king arthur, hannibal. these ancient history made into films, instant classics for the future?

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Withnail and I is a masterpiece

[Kaatar]

How could I have forgotten The Godfather?

[Aymar de Bois Mauri]

Quote[/b] (Josephus V @ May 29 2004,01:52)]Oh boy...Aymar thanks for echoing my thoughts.
Anytime. It's good to see someone else having similar recognition for those films and directors...



Quote[/b] ]Sci fi the LOTR.
Sorry. Science Fiction is different from Fantasy. Different genres IMHO...

[Aymar de Bois Mauri]

Quote[/b] (Colonel @ May 28 2004,22:46)]Wow, I can't believe no one posted Star Wars under Sci-Fi category.

My Fav movies of all time are LOTR and Star Wars.... enough said. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif
Because they are just entertaining. IMHO, that doesn't make them significant masterpieces...

[Aymar de Bois Mauri]

Quote[/b] (Kaatar @ May 29 2004,07:52)]How could I have forgotten The Godfather?
Correct. The Godfather I and The Godfather II. Underground by Emir Kusturica. La Dolce Vita by Federico Fellini. And so many more...

[Lord Dazed & Confused]

@ Withnail and I is a masterpiece TBKOB

Top film I watched it the other night, the tea room scene or the camberwell carrot just quality or when ever monty tries to bed I LOL.
I can't beleive El Cid hasn't got a mention or even that other old classic The Viking with Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis or even Spartacus (spell check)or even Excalibur top films
I think the holy grail is in the lead at the mo

I'll wait fro a few more days before I compile a top ten list
LDC http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-2thumbsup.gif

[Zapaan]

Best movie of all time, of any genre, is Seven Samurai, hands down. Nothing even comes close, though Ran or Kagemusha (also both by Kurosawa) are about the only contenders. That it's gotten only 2 mentions thus far is truly disturbing ;) If you haven't seen it, do yourself a favour and buy (not rent) the Criterion DVD. There's a reason why the best film makers across the globe all consider Kurosawa to be the master of the art, and you deserve to find out why. It's so good, that it transcends being quantified in a genre, to the point of simply being the best film ever made.

As for the rest...

Action/Adventure
Close tie between Kill Bill (vol.1 & 2) and Indiana Jones Trilogy

Comedy
Monty Python's Holy Grail

Historical (is this really a genre?)
Conspiracy (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266425/)

Sci Fi
Aliens

Fantasy
Conan the Barbarian (yes, Conan)

Drama
Schindler's List

Horror
The Thing

Western
Tie between The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly, and Unforgiven

Anime
Tie between Nausicaä and Grave of The Fireflies (which brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it)

Musical
Fantasia

Lot's of ties in there :D

- Z