high-fives Plei, loves on all of the movies listed, kidnaps Paul Gross & Heath Ledger for her very own
Okay, but leave me some Molly Parker!
Captain was looking for a pilot. I found a husband. Seemed to work out.
Zoe ,'Bushwhacked'
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P.M. Marc - Dec 07, 2006 7:28:57 am PST #6237 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
§ ita § - Dec 07, 2006 7:32:22 am PST #6238 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The Shawshank Redemption is my second favourite movie on that list, followed reasonably closely by Star Wars and preceded by A Clockwork Orange.
Those are not sacred cows at all, I agree. Put Casablanca on the list, or something. Those are just movies.
megan walker - Dec 07, 2006 7:38:53 am PST #6239 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Corwood,
FYI, if anyone else you know is coming in for the festival in March: A computer glitch forced me to call the Habitat Suites for my reservation, and I ended up getting a $99/night rate. Very psyched.
Glamcookie - Dec 07, 2006 7:42:28 am PST #6240 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I love Network. I hated Citizen Kane (well, hate is too strong, I was very bored is more on target).
§ ita § - Dec 07, 2006 7:46:28 am PST #6241 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Citizen Kane, 2001: A Space Odyssey... now I'm trying to remember more classics that perplexed me.
Hmm.
Glamcookie - Dec 07, 2006 7:47:12 am PST #6242 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I'm with ita. 2001 was also a "wha-huh????"
askye - Dec 07, 2006 7:48:11 am PST #6243 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
I've tried to watch 2001 several times but I keep falling asleep.
Kathy A - Dec 07, 2006 7:51:12 am PST #6244 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I think a big problem with 2001 for me (and my brother, who was equally mystified) was that we were watching a full-screen version on a 24-inch tv screen. It sounds like it's definitely one of those "you must see this in the theater" films.
Fred Pete - Dec 07, 2006 7:54:01 am PST #6245 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
What Kathy said about 2001 -- gotta see it on the big screen. Ditto Lawrence of Arabia -- you can't get the enormity of the desert on a TV screen.
Glamcookie - Dec 07, 2006 7:55:17 am PST #6246 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Other classics I'm meh on:
Gone With The Wind
Psycho
Grand Hotel (except that Joan looks HOTT)
Arsenic and Old Lace
It's a Wonderful Life
GF doesn't understand how anyone could be meh on Grand Hotel or Arsenic and Old Lace. I'm not that big on Greta Garbo. Yes, she is beautiful but her acting style and accent leave me cold a lot of the time. I did enjoy Ninotchka and one other one that I can't remember offhand (I think it had Basil Rathbone as her dicky husband).