Favorite Movie Ever

**Forty6an2** · November 12th, 2003, 06:35 AM

What is your favorite movie ever. I could not decide on one, so here are my choices:

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Goodfellas
3. Blow
4. Traffic
5. Detroit Rock City

**Potato** · November 12th, 2003, 06:45 AM

http://www.zeropaid.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=14933

There's more freedom in that thread than this one...

**intergalactic** · November 12th, 2003, 06:53 AM

Originally Posted by Forty6an2

What is your favorite movie ever. I could not decide on one, so here are my choices:

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Goodfellas
3. Blow
4. Traffic
5. Detroit Rock City

Are you serious? You should really stop making polls with these laughable "best" contenders (okay, only Detroit Rock City is really funny). I think a poll is really not appropriate for this type of question. Just ask the question and let people answer.

Here is a better idea... take an established list of films that everybody thinks are good (such as these lists I am posting) and ask if you think they are correct, or perhaps which is their favorite off of the list.

imdb.com Top 250 Films (top ten--http://imdb.com/top_250_films)

1 Godfather, The (1972) 9.0/10 (80957 votes)
2 Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) 8.9/10 (101896 votes)
3 Godfather: Part II, The (1974) 8.8/10 (46766 votes)
4 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) 8.7/10 (59292 votes)
5 Casablanca (1942) 8.7/10 (47624 votes)
6 Schindler's List (1993) 8.7/10 (70470 votes)
7 Shichinin no samurai [The Seven Samurai] (1954) 8.7/10 (19595 votes)
8 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) 8.7/10 (106051 votes)
9 Citizen Kane (1941) 8.7/10 (44638 votes)
10 Star Wars (1977) 8.7/10 (101512 votes)

AFI 100 Years 100 Movies (Top Ten--http://www.afi.com/tv/movies.asp)

1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)
2. CASABLANCA (1942)
3. THE GODFATHER (1972)
4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
7. THE GRADUATE (1967)
8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
9. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
10. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)

See... aren't these much better lists?

BTW: My favorite movie would have to be Lawrence of Arabia... Perhaps the only movie that is almost 4 hours long that makes the time feel like it is flying.

**rainbowdemon** · November 12th, 2003, 07:10 AM

Some older movies that are amoung my favorites.
1. An Officer And A Gentleman
2.Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
3.Blazing Saddles
4.A Time To Kill
5.Ghost Of The Mississippi
6.Primal Fear
7.Angel Heart
8.The Stand
9.Final Destination
10.Summer Of Sam

**ASUmusicMAN** · November 12th, 2003, 08:54 AM

I dunno...Pulp Fiction is one of my all time favs, so I threw down a vote.

**mr.jip** · November 12th, 2003, 10:00 AM

california man and karate girl

**baghdad_steve15** · November 12th, 2003, 10:34 PM

How can you miss Scarface? C'mon! Stop making polls about "bests." Not everyone likes the options you give.

**DudeAsInCool** · November 12th, 2003, 11:09 PM

too many good movies to list...

godfather part 2
lawrence of arabia
dog day afternoon
chinatown
y tu mama tabien
the graduate
et
raiders of the lost ark
seven chances (buster keaton)
north by northwest
ben hur
manhattan
platoon
dances with wolves
the matrix
body heat
double indemnity
groundhog day
modern times (chaplin)
silence of the lambs
on the water front
swept away; seven beauties (lina wertmuller)
7 samurai
the unforgiven
all quiet on the western front
it happened one night
ninotchka

**matrix2003** · November 13th, 2003, 02:06 AM

well, i wouldnt have chosen any of them movies.... there have been many good movies out this year... Terminator 3, Identity, Final Destination 2, Matrix 2 & 3, Phone Booth, god so many movies to choose from.

**CTC Command** · November 13th, 2003, 08:17 PM

Lock, Stock, & Two Smoking Barrels...Star Wars...The Jerk...Godzilla vs Mothra...Barfly...A Clockwork Orange...Blade Runner...When Harry Met Sally...Gladiator...Saving Private Ryan...Gwar Live From Antarctica...the list goes on and on...

**origin** · November 14th, 2003, 06:33 PM

none of my tops listed, but I do love "scarface" al pachino you know the deal that movie is a classic.

l8

**DeweyBear** · November 18th, 2003, 09:51 PM

The Wall
an act of genius, pure and simple

**anarcus** · November 19th, 2003, 12:32 AM

Originally Posted by DeweyBear

The Wall
an act of genius, pure and simple

i would have to agree with that statement the animation for "good bye blue sky" is some of the most amazing work i have ever seen.

but i would have to say my personal faveriout of all time would have to be

HUMAN TRAFFIC
"the weekend has landed, all that exists now is clubs, drugs, pubs, and parties. ive got 48 hours off from the world, man. I'm gonna blow steam out of my head like a screaming kettle. i'm gonna lose the plot on the dancefloor, the free radicals inside me are freaking man!
tonight i'm jip travolta, i'm peter popper, i'm going to never never land with my chosen family, man. We're going to get more spaced out than neil armstrong ever did.
Anything could happen tonight, you know? this could be the best night of my life! i've got 73 quid in my backburner. I'm going to wax the lot, man.
THE MILKY BARS ARE ON ME! YEAH!"

ok i've seen it maybe one tomany times.
but hey i recomend you download it, even more if your a dance music junky (the sound track is amazing )

**kiwibank** · November 19th, 2003, 12:49 AM

Originally Posted by intergalactic

Are you serious? You should really stop making polls with these laughable "best" contenders (okay, only Detroit Rock City is really funny). I think a poll is really not appropriate for this type of question. Just ask the question and let people answer.

Here is a better idea... take an established list of films that everybody thinks are good (such as these lists I am posting) and ask if you think they are correct, or perhaps which is their favorite off of the list.

imdb.com Top 250 Films (top ten--http://imdb.com/top_250_films)

1 Godfather, The (1972) 9.0/10 (80957 votes)
2 Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) 8.9/10 (101896 votes)
3 Godfather: Part II, The (1974) 8.8/10 (46766 votes)
4 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) 8.7/10 (59292 votes)
5 Casablanca (1942) 8.7/10 (47624 votes)
6 Schindler's List (1993) 8.7/10 (70470 votes)
7 Shichinin no samurai [The Seven Samurai] (1954) 8.7/10 (19595 votes)
8 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) 8.7/10 (106051 votes)
9 Citizen Kane (1941) 8.7/10 (44638 votes)
10 Star Wars (1977) 8.7/10 (101512 votes)

AFI 100 Years 100 Movies (Top Ten--http://www.afi.com/tv/movies.asp)

1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)
2. CASABLANCA (1942)
3. THE GODFATHER (1972)
4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
7. THE GRADUATE (1967)
8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
9. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
10. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)

See... aren't these much better lists?

BTW: My favorite movie would have to be Lawrence of Arabia... Perhaps the only movie that is almost 4 hours long that makes the time feel like it is flying.

lawrence of arabia

**DainBramaged** · November 19th, 2003, 01:29 AM

I LOVE the Shawshank Redemption. I have an actual movie poster of it on my wall right now.

But I'd also give a nod to The Godfather and Scarface. And The Princess Bride. And The Thomas Crown Affair! That is a classic.