Well, let me put this proposal out there to you: Since I have a subscription to Netflix, (and my queue is full of movies made before 1957), why don't you recommend your favorite movie to me? Or your favorite 3 or 5? I will take all suggestions and pick a few; Netflick them, and review it. Sound like fun? It does to me! In the comments section below this post, give me some titles. What are your favorite flicks? Let's discuss them! Now, let me just set up a few parameters to this experiment. First, no horror. It's just not gonna happen. I don't watch movies with bad violence and language and disturbing content. Also, nothing in the Brokeback Mountain genre, okay? Other than that, its all free game. I love classic film, musicals, deeply moving love stories. But I can be persuaded to watch Earnest goes to Camp for the betterment of humankind. So take a few minutes, peruse your DVD collection, and let's grab the popcorn and Junior Mints.
I will list a few of my favorite movies:
1. Jane Austen movies: Pride & Prejudice, Persuasion, Sense & Sensibility, etc. etc. Anything in this genre is tops on my list. I just had to go ahead and get that out there.
2. Casino Royale: Yes, I like some action now and then. And fast cars. Check out Bullitt. (that's for my Dad.)
3. Bridge on the River Kwai: Okay, not really. I put this here for the male readers over fifty. But I have actually seen it. And William Holden is superb.
4. The Bridges of Madison County: If you need a good cry this is your movie, giirrrlll. Everyone knows Meryl Streep is the new Bette Davis. Mmmhhhmmm.
5. JAWS: Anything with sharks, and I am watching. And some shark movies are REALLY corny. Well, just look at this picture and you can visibly see the hinge holding the sharks mouth together:
All that being said, I am anxious to see what kind of response I get. And if the only response I get is The Usual Suspects then I will thank my brother for being a faithful reader. And if I see Groundhog Day then the Hubby is in BIG TROUBLE!!!! Why do you love that movie so much?
6 comments:
Have you seen GIANT? Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean...It's a little bit of a western but is a great love story. You will love it. It is one of my favorite movies of all time.
What about Goonies? Oldie but goodie!
I'm still gonna go with JUST FRIENDS. I laughed til I cried even after the 50th time. I never thought I could quote a movie more than The Princess Bride, but miracles never cease. You just can't go wrong with a good laugh. It's certainly better than a good cry, if there is such a thing. Gonna go with Anonymous too and say Goonies. Classic. Can I sneak in Braveheart too? Can't stop! Just LOVE movies!!
Yep... the Usual Suspects. Raiders of the Lost Ark. The Godfather. Back to the Future. Braveheart. Open Range.
The ultimate is Madame X. Along with the classics GWTW, Funny Girl, From Here to Eternity, Somewhere In Time. Any old Cary Grant movie: People Will Talk, Once Upon A Time, Talk of the Town, Penny Serenade, The Philadelphia Story, Born to Be Bad, The Awful Truth, The Amazing Adventure, Suspicion, Kiss Them For Me, Pride and the Passion. Gene Tierney - Whirlpool, Razor's Edge, Laura, Leave Her to Heaven, Sundown, Thunder Birds, Sons of Fury, Heaven Can Wait (1943). Carole Lombarde - Made for Each Other, No Man Of Her Own, To Be or Not To Be, Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941). Irene Dunne - the Awful Truth, Roberta, Love Affair (original), I Remember Father. Jimmy Stewart greats: The Philadelphia Story, Made for Each Other, The Shop Around the Corner (original You've Got Mail), Born to Be Bad, You Can't Take it With You. Others: It Started in Naples, Random Harvest, Loves of Martha Ivers, From the Terrace, How Green Was My Valley. Judi Dench - Dead Cert, Langrishe Go Down, A Room With A View, Jack and Sarah, Handful of Dust. Oldies: Dark Passage, Gaslight, Algiers, The Heiress. William Holden: Country Girl, Love is a Many Spendored Thing, Paris When It Sizzles, Fallen Angel, Where The Sidewalk Ends, A Breath of Scandal, Love In The Afternoon, Portrait of Jennie, The Letter, Written on the Wind, Three Violent People, Blue Gardenia, Little Foxes.
Guess Who?
Hmmm, I think you would love Amelie (foreign film with subtitles), Never Ending Story,Catch Me if You Can, Little Miss Sunshine, The Wedding Singer, Man On Fire, Meet the Fockers, Zoolander, ALL the Bourne movies, and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. I know there's more, but this is a good start :-)
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