Desert Island disks!!

[Kharis]

Ok folks...as I am always getting told to "shut the hell up" at work for posing stupid questions to people, I thought i'd try them here.

My first for your thought tanks is this...

If you could just take 5 films with you on a desert island what would they be...??

Ummm.....so, any ideas? think now...you need something to make you laugh..perhaps cry...perhaps think deeply....oh whatever!

Here are mine and are in no particular order..

1) The Lost Boys ("...there only noodles Michael!..) Love this one!
2) Mad Max 2 ("Don't kill the snake....) Love that one....it's the bes tof the 3!
3) Withnail and I (FORK IT!!!!) You've gotta love that one
4) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas....(we can't stop here...this is bat country!!!) ACE!!
5) Baraka (a visual meditation...fantastic for making you appreciate the world..the hippy in me crying out I guess!!!)

For more details of what rings my bell check out http://www.myspace.com/kharisx

So...over to you guys...

What would you choose!

Another question is on its way soon....

Bet you can hardly wait! ;0)

 

[db]

oooh, excellent thread!

1) The Lost Boys ("...there only noodles Michael!..) Love this one!

absolutely top choice.. this film has everything.. "cry little sister" - what a tune!

i'll report back with my answers after some thought

 

[Kharis]

Yeah, I agree...it's not something that you can answer that quickly...i've been thinking of mine for some time....some years infact.....hehe ;0)

 

[db]

i reckon Twelve Monkeys would be in there.. i seem to love that film every time i see it, and notice another little detail with every new viewing..

 

[MISS T]

Back to the future 2.

I'll think more on the next four.

Good thead Kharis point of skillness coming your way.

 

[db]

ok, i know this is absolute tripe, but one film i will never tire of is "Ali G - Indahouse"

 

[Lisa]

Hrmm... good topic

For me? My five would have to be:
1) A clockwork Orange.. 'When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man'. Love it.
2) The Breakfast Club, circa 1985. It appeals to my inner angsty teen
3) Philadelphia, with Tom Hanks. I cry everytime I see this movie. Never get sick of it.
4) The Rage In Placid Lake. An Aussie film, bloody hilarious.
and 5) Evil Dead 3... bloody pisser of a film, always good for a laugh.

 

[db]

2) The Breakfast Club, circa 1985. It appeals to my inner angsty teen

oh god what a film!!!

"don't you... forget about me.. don't don't don't don't!"

when what's-his-name walks off at the end, with a final defiant punch in the air.. iconic..

 

[rich upsetter]

Hrmm... good topic

For me? My five would have to be:
2) The Breakfast Club, circa 1985. It appeals to my inner angsty teen

check out my bad avatar....

 

[Andreas Rex]

I'll post my top 5 later too, but the first film that came to mind that never fails to amuse me is Stir Crazy....Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor....comedy genius!

"Yes I'm a short son of a bitch, my daddy was a short son of a bitch, my mother was shorter than him, and my brother, my brother was so short we couldn't even see him."

 

[Lisa]

Hrmm... good topic

For me? My five would have to be:
2) The Breakfast Club, circa 1985. It appeals to my inner angsty teen

check out my bad avatar....

Eek!! It took me a few seconds but its ol' Rich, er I mean Dick Vernon!! Mr. The next time I have to come in here, I'm crackin' skulls!'

 

[Kharis]

Ummm,

Glad i've got you all thinking about it...not as easy to come up with quick answers.....and my next question soon to come will hopefully have you all reaching deeper into your psychies...is that how you spell it? Can't help it...honours degree in Psychology 10 years ago...but blah blah...

Anyway, let's see what everyone else comes up with on the movie front...it may shine some light on why films are so naff these days...

Your favorite 5.....pray..please continue folks!

 

[rich upsetter]

i had to think about this some, and my top 5 changes regularly but i decided the only way to do this was to choose films that have stood up for the most repeat viewing. I could have gone all arty and showed off my mediocre film studies but im a populist at heart
As follows in no particular order;

Anchorman - laff out loud funny, sunday 'afternoon delight'.
Saving Private Ryan - i am a geek for anything WW2
Planes, Trains & Automobiles - must have seen this over 50 times, me and Miss Upsetter watch this every year at the start of the Chrimbo holidays...its now a tradition.
Groundhog Day - early forumites will know of my of Bill Murray, and it was a toss up between this or A Life Aquatic..but the classic wins by a nose.
Empire Strikes Back - if i could have the entire sextology in here i would, but ESB wins.

Eek!! It took me a few seconds but its ol' Rich, er I mean Dick Vernon!! Mr. The next time I have to come in here, I'm crackin' skulls!'

well me avatar is actually Deputy Police Chief Dwayne T. Robinson a la Die Hard, but im being pedantic Lisa!
Apart from Bill Murray, my other favourite actor is Paul Gleason , who IMO has had some of the best one liners in movie history, delivered as only he can. He always played the movie 'asshole'

RIP.

 

[MISS T]

Ok, here we go.

Back to the future 2. Still excites me when Marty arrives in the future.

Amelie. French subtitled beautiful film.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles. " I want a f***ing car, right f***ing now.

Some like it Hot. Monroe classic, I was going to bring the box set, including Gentlemen prefer blondes
How to marry a millionaire
The Misfits
Bus Stop
Seven Year Itch

The Wizard Of Oz. Duvet, chocolate biscuits and a day to myself and this film goes on.

 

[Augustus Gloop]

Here you go:

1. Brazil
2. Sideways - it's a love it or hate it film, I flippin love it.
3. Old Boy
3. The Wild Bunch - it was either this or Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia. Either way I don't go anywhere without a Peckinpaph film.
4. Die Hard - best action film ever, intelligent too!
5. The Thin Red Line - war is shit. Fact.

 

[BBC]

I'll post my top 5 later too, but the first film that came to mind that never fails to amuse me is Stir Crazy....Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor....comedy genius!

"Yes I'm a short son of a bitch, my daddy was a short son of a bitch, my mother was shorter than him, and my brother, my brother was so short we couldn't even see him."



http://www.yardwear.net/blog/content/binary/richard-pryor-stir-crazy.jpg

Classic film. I've seen it at least 100 times.

'i'm getting bad. If you ain't bad you gonna get f*cked!'

 

[gon2seed]

Blues Brothers. Corny Cliche pick, but I love it
Apocalypse Now
Some like it Hot. Miss T
Mona Lisa and The Long Good Friday, Bob Hoskins Double Bid! is that allowed?
Eraserhead

 

[Jheych]

Top 5 can't do but a list of all the equal number 1s

Betty Blue
The seventh seal
Clockwise
A zed and two noughts
The Doors

 

[Kharis]

WOW.....There's some fantastic films coming across here...brilliant!!

I must admit there are a fair few that I haven't seen...will have to start downloading them (is that allowed ;0) ??) as soon as possible!!!

Please keep this thread going folks....

 

[Scuttlingb]

Adolf Hitler-My part in his downfall - Spike Milligan My favourite film ever!
Hope and Glory
Pulp Fiction
Human Traffic
Point Break