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Montgomery 
"F**k!"
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 Posted - 01/24/2007 : 20:48:38
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Not sure if someone has asked this before. If so, then just ignore me. But I thought it would be fun to ponder.
You are going to be on a deserted island. Although, magically, (Think Gilligan's Island) you will have a DVD player that works and you can take 10 movies that will sustain your entertainment needs for until you get rescued. What are the films you'd want on your deserted island?
Here are mine:
Cinema Paradiso
It's a Wonderful Life
Pride & Prejudice (with Colin Firth)
Sixteen Candles (gotta get my John Hughes fix)
Gone With the Wind (Yes, I give a damn!)
City of God (Excellent pic.)
Lost in America (Albert Brooks!)
Heathers
Persuasion (With Ciaran Hinds)
Reality Bites (Not a great movie, but Ethan Hawke's very cute)
EM :) |
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GHcool 
"Forever a curious character."
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Posted - 01/24/2007 : 21:16:12
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Originally posted by Montgomery
What are the films you'd want on your deserted island?
The Blue Lagoon for survival tips. |
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thefoxboy 
"Four your eyes only."
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Posted - 01/24/2007 : 22:13:52
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You can't make a DVD player out of coconuts. 
I will have a think about my list of 10 movies. |
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lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 01/24/2007 : 22:34:42
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Paddy C
"Does not compute! Lame!"
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Posted - 01/24/2007 : 23:57:39
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For me, it'd have to be ten absolute classics. Lots of comedies and pure escapism, but above all, films you can watch over again. Here's my effort:
1. SouthPark: Bigger, Longer and Uncut.
2. Blazing Saddles.
3. This is Spinal Tap.
4. Chinatown.
5. The Shining.
6. The Matrix.
7. The Empire Strikes Back.
8. Fargo.
9. Network.
10. Escape to Victory (purely for desert island value!)
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GHcool
"Forever a curious character."
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Posted - 01/25/2007 : 00:38:25
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Originally posted by thefoxboy
You can't make a DVD player out of coconuts.
I will have a think about my list of 10 movies.
But if Blue Lagoon is to be believed, you can make a pretty luxurious house. |
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duh 
"catpurrs"
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Posted - 01/25/2007 : 02:40:36
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Originally posted by GHcool
The Blue Lagoon for survival tips.
If that's the criteria, then I'd take Man Friday, Cast Away, Six Days Seven Nights, Swept Away version 1, Swept Away the Madonna version, Swiss Family Robinson,Surviving The Game, Lord of the Flies, Apollo 13,The Black Stallion, and the Mad Magazine version of Robinson Crusoe to read. |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 01/25/2007 : 02:55:18
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quote:
Originally posted by GHcool
The Blue Lagoon for survival tips.
If Brooke Shields was on the island I wouldn't need a DVD player.  |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 01/25/2007 : 03:24:19
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OK, well I wouldn't necessarily take the ten 'best' movies ever, I'd take ones I could watch over and over again. I've scored all these 6/5 :-
Lost in Translation (2003)
L' Appartement (1996)
Fucking �m�l (Show me Love) (1998)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
LOTR * 3 (extended cut) (2001-2003)
Shichinin no Samurai (Seven Samurai) (1954)
Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Spirited Away) (2001)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
March of the Penguins (2005)
So that's:-
3 Dramas
2 Westerns
2 Epics
1 Sci-Fi
1 Fantasy anime
1 Nature documentary
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thefoxboy
"Four your eyes only."
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Posted - 01/25/2007 : 03:33:55
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Originally posted by Se�n
quote:
Originally posted by GHcool
The Blue Lagoon for survival tips.
If Brooke Shields was on the island I wouldn't need a DVD player.
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 01/25/2007 : 08:10:04
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Hmmm... not easy, this. Let's see what I can come up with.
All That Jazz
Philadelphia Story
Amadeus
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
The Court Jester
Holiday Inn
Lion in Winter (Hepburn/O'Toole)
The Red Violin
Some Like it Hot
MASH
That's what I'm choosing today.
(But I'd need to be in swimming distance from EM so I can borrow her Pride & Prejudice, Cinema Paradiso, It's a Wonderful Life and Gone with the Wind.)
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Cheese_Ed 
"The Provolone Ranger"
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Posted - 01/25/2007 : 13:01:58
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Let's see...
Amadeus
Amelie
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Cruise, The
Forrest Gump
Napoleon Dynamite
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Shawshank Redemption, The
When Harry Met Sally...
Lord of the Rings (I know it's cheating, but I want all three and I don't have the slots... all extended editions, BTW)
That was painful, very tough to cut the list of 5-stars. |
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Sal[Au]pian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 01/25/2007 : 16:38:52
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Brokeback Mountain (Frankly, I could manage with just this, but I could also manage without it since I could just play it in my head.)
I assume since Monty includes Pride and Prejudice that we are allowed television series:
Six Feet Under
This Life
Castaway 2000 (if it were available on D.V.D., which sadly it is not)
Withnail and I
Amelie
Star Wars
Swiss Family Robinson (Seriously - I think it would inspire me.)
Maybe Wonder Boys
Maybe The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (because I haven't seen it)
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Stalean
"Back...OMG"
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Posted - 01/27/2007 : 03:57:56
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My top ten deserted island films:
1. The Godfather
2. Raise the Red Lantern
3. The Unforgiven
4. The Shawshank Redemption
5. Raiders of the Lost Ark
6. Some Like It Hot
7. Roman Holiday
8. Gone With the Wind
9. To Kill a Mockingbird
10. Beau Geste or High Noon |
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ragingfluff 
"Currently lost in Canada"
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Posted - 02/01/2007 : 19:12:39
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Where Eagles Dare
The Great Escape
Jaws
King Kong (the original)
Annie Hall
The Philadelphia Story
Top Hat
Pulp Fiction
Goodfellas
The Thirty Nine Steps (Hitchcock version)
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mampers11
"Lazy Lebowski Loses Rug"
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Deserted Island.
