Favorite Movies!

[kclj520]

Hey friends, Jeff @SymphonicMetal posted a great music thread, and I wanted to follow it up with a movie thread! Unfortunately, Youtube won't allow me to post most of the Free with Ads movies without an error message, but many of these are on there!

My first I am going to post is one I had not seen in probably 25+ years, but it came out the year I was born. Michael Mann directed 1981's Thief masterfully, and it marked a real high point in James Caan's career. He played Frank's character with such grit and believability. If you have not seen this gem, check it out! Jim Belushi and Dennis Farina made their movie debuts, and it is filmed in Chicago. I remember a lot of the signs and locations in the movie as a young boy growing up there.



The original poster always confused me, but now I understand that he is wearing welding goggles to crack into a safe and the sparks are reflected in the goggles. I always thought they were sunglasses!

This is a great interview with James about the making of the movie! Michael Mann hired actual thieves to serve as technical consultants, several of whom were still wanted by the FBI!




When James passed away in 2022, I was amazed that he was 82 years old. In my mind's eye, he was always young and agile like the Thief!

 

[kclj520]

Everyone feel free to add your favorites too!

 

[SymphonicMetal]

I'm not huge on movies but the ones I like,............I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY ......LIKE!

2 come to mind immediately. 1977's "Cross of Iron'"is one. A fairly obscure anti-war movie from the German point of view on the Russian Front during the retreat. James Coburn is the main star as the disillusioned anti-Nazi Sgt. Steiner. Many of his German commrades have English accents which doesn't take away from this brilliant movie. I'v never been in a war but I imagine that the frenzied, confusing battle scenes did a good job of conveying the fog of war to their audience.

And if there is a male that watches what a Russian nurse does to a German soldier without wincing..............then there is something wrong with you. OMG!

The second movie is the original Mad Max with the American overdubs. The original Aussie one I don't like because both the cops and the motorcycle gang have high pitched girlish voices. But that movie has the best opening scene and an iconic ending scene and a whole lot of great stuff in between.

I loved the first two Mad Maxs but did not like the third. And my brother was correct when he said I'll never get though 10 minutes of the 4th one and he was right!

"Just remember to think of the Night Rider when you look at the night sky."

 

[bfd13]

I'm not big on movies either, it's mainly comedies for me. Top on the list would be Grumpy Old Men. Lemmon and Mattheau were comedic genius.

 

[kclj520]

I'm not huge on movies but the ones I like,............I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY ......LIKE!

2 come to mind immediately. 1977's "Cross of Iron'"is one. A fairly obscure anti-war movie from the German point of view on the Russian Front during the retreat. James Coburn is the main star as the disillusioned anti-Nazi Sgt. Steiner. Many of his German commrades have English accents which doesn't take away from this brilliant movie. I'v never been in a war but I imagine that the frenzied, confusing battle scenes did a good job of conveying the fog of war to their audience.

And if there is a male that watches what a Russian nurse does to a German soldier without wincing..............then there is something wrong with you. OMG!

The second movie is the original Mad Max with the American overdubs. The original Aussie one I don't like because both the cops and the motorcycle gang have high pitched girlish voices. But that movie has the best opening scene and an iconic ending scene and a whole lot of great stuff in between.

I loved the first two Mad Maxs but did not like the third. And my brother was correct when he said I'll never get though 10 minutes of the 4th one and he was right!

"Just remember to think of the Night Rider when you look at the night sky."

@SymphonicMetal I have seen Mad Max, but never saw or even heard of Cross of Iron....late era Sam Peckinpah, always gritty stuff!

I'm not big on movies either, it's mainly comedies for me. Top on the list would be Grumpy Old Men. Lemmon and Mattheau were comedic genius.

@bfd13 That is a classic! They were always funny, but that was my favorite of their collaborations in the movies!!

 

[kclj520]

Another favorite of mine is an absolute masterpiece from Steven Spielberg. It is hard to watch, but a truly excellent movie about the Holocaust and the events of WWII:

 

[kclj520]

Another great Spielberg movie is Bridge of Spies with Tom Hanks. It is based on the true story of a prisoner / spy swap negotiated by an American attorney at the beginning of the Cold War, right in the shadows of the Berlin Wall. Really well done!

 

[Prosefan1]

I have seen a fair share of movies in my day. I have a lengthy list of movies that I will put the remote down and watch.

Field of Dreams
The Sandlot
The Green Mile
The Shawshank redemption
Forrest Gump
Law abiding citizen

These are my all time favorite movies in no particular order.

 

[kclj520]

@Prosefan1

Here are some posters for your favorites, some great titles there!!

 

[kclj520]

Another favorite of mine I am watching right now! A really great movie if you haven't seen it. Free with ads on Youtube!

 

[Mike]

@Prosefan1

Here are some posters for your favorites, some great titles there!!

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Never seen Field of Dreams but the others are all great movies! Now I feel like I need to see Field of Dreams just because, I assume if it's thrown in with these other four, it's gotta be good!

 

[Eliatack]

One of my all-time favorites

 

[AndyDrummond]

Never seen Field of Dreams but the others are all great movies! Now I feel like I need to see Field of Dreams just because, I assume if it's thrown in with these other four, it's gotta be good!

Field of Dreams, all time classic, but I’ll take Crash Davis as the best Costner character in a sports movie.

 

[Mike]

Field of Dreams, all time classic, but I’ll take Crash Davis as the best Costner character in a sports movie.

Had too Google what you were even talking about there so, yeah, never seen that one either. Maybe I should spend more time watching TV.

 

[AndyDrummond]

Had too Google what you were even talking about there so, yeah, never seen that one either. Maybe I should spend more time watching TV.

I’m an old DVD guy, Bull Durham is in my rotation of movies to throw on in the background any time.

 

[kclj520]

@Mike @AndyDrummond

I had never seen Bull Durham until maybe a year or two ago, it's funny!


Field of Dreams is a great classic, really a feel good movie! James Earl Jones is GREAT in it!

 

[AndyDrummond]

@Mike @AndyDrummond

I had never seen Bull Durham until maybe a year or two ago, it's funny! Field of Dreams is a great classic, really a feel good movie! James Earl Jones is GREAT in it!

Certainly two very different films, no doubt about that.

 

[SymphonicMetal]

I think I must be living under a rock sometimes. Outside of the two movies I mentioned I have not seen any of the movies that the rest of you posted about! I've heard of just about all of them and I know most are very well known and extremely popular but I haven't seen them.

I wonder about my self at times.

Well, back under my rock! Geez! LMAO!!

 

[Prosefan1]

I’m an old DVD guy, Bull Durham is in my rotation of movies to throw on in the background any time.

Bull Durham is good!!

Another baseball movie I like is "Trouble with the curve" Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, John Goodman, and Justin Timberlake star in that one.

 

[kclj520]

I think I must be living under a rock sometimes. Outside of the two movies I mentioned I have not seen any of the movies that the rest of you posted about! I've heard of just about all of them and I know most are very well known and extremely popular but I haven't seen them.

I wonder about my self at times.

Well, back under my rock! Geez! LMAO!!

@SymphonicMetal

Jeff, check a few movies on the list out, all good stuff!

Draft Day is another great Kevin Costner sports movie!