Top 5 films

[stevegull]

Following on from the other 'top 5' threads I thought this would be interesting.

1. The Shawshank Redemption - simply magnificent.
2. Star Wars stuff...
3. Lord of the Rings stuff
4. Notting Hill
5. Love Actually
(6. Saving Private Ryan)

I realise my 4 and 5 are somewhat less butch than my other options but deal with it.

I will now open the floor up to you lot...

[Scott Brehaut]

1 Shawshank Redemption
2 The Green Mile
3 The Bourne trilogy
4 The Matrix trilogy
5 The Transporter trilogy (with thanks to SG for introducing me to them!!)
(6 - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)

[Trojan 67]

1. Saw
2. Saw II
3. Saw III
4. Saw IV
5. Saw V


Seen/saw the lot.

[AustrianAndyGull]

what?!!! even that gay porno..............saw anus?

[AustrianAndyGull]

I'm not a big lover of films tbh as i've got the attention span of a goldfish plus i never 'get' them, I didn't understand The Others with Nicole Kidman nor did i understand The Sixth Sense but here are mine:

1. Beverly Hills Cop
2. The Thing ( Kurt Russell one )
3. K-Pax
4. The Mosquito Coast
5. District 9

[cambgull]

1. The Godfather I and II
2. Pan's Labyrinth
3. The Illusionist/The Prestige
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

[Gullscorer]

Cambgull's the only one so far to provide a half-decent selection. I would go for:
1. Bicycle Thieves
2. Brief Encounter
3. The Third Man
4. La Strada
5. The Bridge on the River Kwai
6. Ben Hur
7. The Leopard
8. Cinema Paradiso
9. Gandhi
10. Tom and Jerry
Yep, it's ten not five. Don't care..

[AustrianAndyGull]

Obviously i can see that both Luke and GS have a secret affinity with my beloved Austrian capital Vienna as The Illusionist was shot there (lukes choice) and The Third Man was too (GS choice)!! Well done lads!

[stevegull]

Obviously i can see that both Luke and GS have a secret affinity with my beloved Austrian capital Vienna as The Illusionist was shot there (lukes choice) and The Third Man was too (GS choice)!! Well done lads!

I thought the backdrop to those films looked distinctly... average.

[AustrianAndyGull]

It did in the Third Man Steve, Vienna was in black and white so there is an excuse!

[exilegull]

Cambgull's the only one so far to provide a half-decent selection. I would go for:
1. Bicycle Thieves
2. Brief Encounter
3. The Third Man
4. La Strada
5. The Bridge on the River Kwai
6. Ben Hur
7. The Leopard
8. Cinema Paradiso
9. Gandhi
10. Tom and Jerry
Yep, it's ten not five. Don't care..

He made one great film, & you didn't see him again

[Gullscorer]

You talking about Carol Reed who directed The Third Man? He also made films such as Fallen Idol, The Agony and the Ecstasy (film about Michelangelo), and the musical Oliver, which also won Oscars.

By the way, great city, Vienna. Love their New Year's Day concerts. But did you notice that four of my choice were Italian films..?

[happytorq]

He made one great film, & you didn't see him again

Ok, Trigger

[Gullscorer]

Oh you mean Gandhi..?

There was an old man called Gandhi
who went into a bar for a shandy.
He used his loincloth
to mop up the froth,
and the barman said 'that's very handy.'

[westbaygull]

In no particular order:

1. All the Rambo films
2. All the Terminator films
3. Casablanca
4. Time Travellers Wife
5. Brief Encounter
6. Seven Pounds

That's also more than 5, but it depends on whether I'm in weepy or violent mood as to which I would choose as a fave