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Started by Picklesali
I <3 Puns
that is all
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As does Pennquaker. 🙂
Really, once I get going on film, I may never stop. Be forewarned.
you mean Die Hard, Die Harder, Die Hard with a Vengeance, and Live Free or Die Hard aren't your absolute favorites??
No, I'd go with Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V, and Rocky Balboa above those, I'm afraid. Philly pride!
Pennquaker = new BFF
(seriously, I wore a rocky shirt at my Penn interview)
(seriously, I wore a rocky shirt at my Penn interview)
WAIT!
You omitted the original Rocky, but included Rocky V??
What are you thinking?
You omitted the original Rocky, but included Rocky V??
What are you thinking?
Ok, trying to think up a potentially provocative statement...
...Aah, I think I've got it. I've always wondered why "Citizen Kane" is always at the top of the AFI's Top 100 list of films. I mean, I know it's technically very accomplished and perhaps Orson Welles's best work, but compared to some of my other favourites, it lacks heart. I'm not sure it belongs at the very top.
*Hopes Pennquaker won't chew me alive for this!*
...Aah, I think I've got it. I've always wondered why "Citizen Kane" is always at the top of the AFI's Top 100 list of films. I mean, I know it's technically very accomplished and perhaps Orson Welles's best work, but compared to some of my other favourites, it lacks heart. I'm not sure it belongs at the very top.
*Hopes Pennquaker won't chew me alive for this!*
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These are called poking wars. I've been in 3 for over a year now.
There is NOTHING vague about it.
And if anyone wants to be my facebook friend, I'm on the group and if you can't figure out who I am then you shouldn't be going to an MDPhD program
Rockys- great movies (except number 5, i didn't love it, especially after the climax of #4
THIS thread also needs to slow down, I took a three hour nap after my final and you kids had already filled up over a page
Nooooo! Say it ain't so!
I was only kidding 😉. The original is the only one worth watching besides being able to say, "I know where that is!"
I feel like Dr. Zhivago should be higher
(but maybe that's because I liked it, and haven't seen many of the other films on the list)
(but maybe that's because I liked it, and haven't seen many of the other films on the list)
Everybody's entitled to their opinion! Here are mine, not that anyone cares:
My [presumptuous] top 10 of all time list, in alphabetical order only:
The 400 Blows (1959)
Casablanca (1942)
Citizen Kane (1941) 😀
Floating Weeds (1959)
Ikiru (1952)
Metropolis (1927)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Vertigo (1958)
And my 10 personal favorites in English:
All About Eve (1950)
American Beauty (1999)
Annie Hall (1977)
Casablanca (1942)
Chinatown (1974)
The Graduate (1967)
Network (1976)
North by Northwest (1959)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
...pretty standard, I think. But they're classics for a reason!
No love pour moi?
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I can't find you! I already tried, remember, after Yale. You need to step it up and friend me.
It was a really, really hard call not to put GWTW in my top 10 faves!
"This is one night you won't turn me out" 🙂.
"No, I don't think I will kiss you, although you need kissing, badly. That's what's wrong with you. You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how."
Let the poking begin!
"Fiddle-dee-dee. War, war, war; this war talk's spoiling all the fun at every party this spring. I get so bored I could scream."
It's a four-hour movie...this could go on for a /long/ time 😉.
I don't know nothin' about birthin' no babies!
I like your personal favourites in English, Pennquaker. Mine, in no particular order, are:
Casablanca
Notorious
Spellbound
Rebecca
Roman Holiday
The Shop Around the Corner (The original "You've Got Mail" from 1940)
After Sunrise...
Sliding Doors
Sense & Sensibility (1995)
An Affair to Remember (way better than Sleepless in Seattle, which was sort of inspired by it)
Bend It Like Beckham
The Namesake
Atonement
Love Story*
I'm sure I've forgotten a few... and 10 was too few, so I bent the rules a bit.
*You can't really claim to have seen this movie unless you've been a froshie here and watched it during orientation week with members of the Crimson Key society shouting out jokes and mocking punchlines, or pointing out factual errors ("That's Emerson Hall, not Barrett.") Hilarious comedy.
Casablanca
Notorious
Spellbound
Rebecca
Roman Holiday
The Shop Around the Corner (The original "You've Got Mail" from 1940)
After Sunrise...
Sliding Doors
Sense & Sensibility (1995)
An Affair to Remember (way better than Sleepless in Seattle, which was sort of inspired by it)
Bend It Like Beckham
The Namesake
Atonement
Love Story*
I'm sure I've forgotten a few... and 10 was too few, so I bent the rules a bit.
*You can't really claim to have seen this movie unless you've been a froshie here and watched it during orientation week with members of the Crimson Key society shouting out jokes and mocking punchlines, or pointing out factual errors ("That's Emerson Hall, not Barrett.") Hilarious comedy.
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"Rhett Butler: [holds her tighter] Scarlett! Look at me! I've loved you more than I've ever loved any woman and I've waited for you longer than I've ever waited for any woman.
[kisses her forhead]
Scarlett: [turns her face away] Let me alone!
Rhett Butler: [forces her to look him in the eyes] Here's a soldier of the South who loves you, Scarlett. Wants to feel your arms around him, wants to carry the memory of your kisses into battle with him. Never mind about loving me, you're a woman sending a soldier to his death with a beautiful memory. Scarlett! Kiss me! Kiss me... once..."
I also could go on all day.
I never get poked.
I like your personal favourites in English, Pennquaker. Mine, in no particular order, are:
Casablanca
Notorious
Spellbound
Rebecca
Roman Holiday
The Shop Around the Corner (The original "You've Got Mail" from 1940)
After Sunrise...
Sliding Doors
Sense & Sensibility (1995)
An Affair to Remember (way better than Sleepless in Seattle, which was sort of inspired by it)
Bend It Like Beckham
The Namesake
Atonement
Love Story*
I'm sure I've forgotten a few... and 10 was too few, so I bent the rules a bit.
*You can't really claim to have seen this movie unless you've been a froshie here and watched it during orientation week with members of the Crimson Key society shouting out jokes and mocking punchlines, or pointing out factual errors ("That's Emerson Hall, not Barrett.") Hilarious comedy.
I agree with you on most of these although I must say i didn't care much for the namesake. It fell flat for me.
The only person who pokes me regularly is, ironically, a student in the Penn MSTP. And the thread comes full circle...
Interesting. I really identified with both the immigrant parents and the younger generation in the movie, but given my history that's hardly surprising! Jhumpa Lahiri's one of my favourite contemporary authors, and I thought Mira Nair did a beautiful job bringing her novel to life.
One note on my facebook profile. My roommates like to hack into my account so if there is anything offensive I'm not responsible for it. But I'd appreciate it if you let me know, because I don't look at my own profile realize that anythings changed most of the time.
Dodo!!
You like Rebecca too??
Awesome, I should have known with the shared Jane Austen love.
So I would like Atonement, then? I have not seen it yet.
You like Rebecca too??
Awesome, I should have known with the shared Jane Austen love.
So I would like Atonement, then? I have not seen it yet.
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Well, I /really/ don't feel like working on a presentation I have on Monday. So I'll list my top 10 non-English-language favorites 🙂.
Alphaville (1965)
Les Diaboliques (1955)
Ikiru (1952)
Les Invasions barbares (2003)
Kieslowski's /Trois Couleurs/ series (1993-1994)*
Ran (1985)
Todo sobre mi madre (1999)
Tony Takitani (2004)
Topio stin omichli (Landscape in the Mist) (1988)
Viskningar och rop (Cries and Whispers) (1972)
*yes, I cheated, but all three are unbelievable.
Alphaville (1965)
Les Diaboliques (1955)
Ikiru (1952)
Les Invasions barbares (2003)
Kieslowski's /Trois Couleurs/ series (1993-1994)*
Ran (1985)
Todo sobre mi madre (1999)
Tony Takitani (2004)
Topio stin omichli (Landscape in the Mist) (1988)
Viskningar och rop (Cries and Whispers) (1972)
*yes, I cheated, but all three are unbelievable.
Pickles, I think Rebecca may be the best adaptation of a literary classic ever. That was also my introduction to Alfred Hitchcock, with whom I am obsessed.
And yeah, I think you may like Atonement if you like beautifully photographed, character-driven film adaptations based on a well-written novel... I personally think it's the best movie I've seen all year.
Meh, I actually liked Hitchock's film better than Daphne Du Maurier's book. Much like The Silence of the Lambs and The Godfather, I felt that the director and screenwriter did an excellent job of cutting out a lot of the fat from somewhat pulpy books and leaving the really good bits.
And don't hurt me...but I didn't care so much for Atonement (though I did like the book). It felt like a formula picture to me. *covers head*
And don't hurt me...but I didn't care so much for Atonement (though I did like the book). It felt like a formula picture to me. *covers head*
Should I wait to read the book?
Hmmm, I don't remember too much fat...but then again, it's been about 6 years since I read the book
I think that might be a good idea. That way you won't lose the impact of the ending if you try to read the book after watching the movie.
As for Rebecca, I remember thinking the first time I watched it, "Wow, that's exactly how I pictured it in my head from reading the book." The only time that's ever happened...
I feel the same way.
You know what is the complete opposite - have you seen Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story? Gag me!
I totally agree. AoGG I was great; AoGG II deviated from the story a bit but was still fine. AoGG III - euuugh!!!
I'm sorry to leave you all, but I'm done with finals, I've taken my nap, I've eaten and now I have to go drink.
PS happy Persian New Year.
Oh, you guys should check out this song. I dont listen to too much rap and I'm not from Nor Cal, but this is AMAZING!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJDLRCXR2ZM
PS happy Persian New Year.
Oh, you guys should check out this song. I dont listen to too much rap and I'm not from Nor Cal, but this is AMAZING!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJDLRCXR2ZM
That's it. I'm going to have to visit you now, just so we can have a movie night. When is good for you? 😀
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