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DemocraticPatriot

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Mon Dec 18, 2023, 01:47 AM Dec 2023

WHAT is your Favorite Movie OF ALL TIME ???? [View all]

I know, 'tough question', I can't answer it exclusively myself....


However, I am partial to 'Casablanca', 'Rebecca', 'Gone With The Wind (with all its flaws),
'The Dawn Patrol' (and anything else with Errol Flynn,
and 'Jeremiah Johnson'/ The Candidate' with Robert Redford in his youth.....


Also still love 'The Dead Zone' with Christopher Walken, for reasons which may be political

(every Republican president reminds me of 'Greg Stillson')


Thoughts ?


(Yeah, I'm OLD now..... my father introduced me to 'Errol Flynn', during a PBS thanksgiving fundraiser in the latter 1970s,
although I had already seen him on 'Bugs Bunny'....
Father is dead now, and today was my 61st birthday...)



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WHAT is your Favorite Movie OF ALL TIME ???? [View all] DemocraticPatriot Dec 2023 OP
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Skittles Dec 2023 #1
2005 Pride and Predjudice. fierywoman Dec 2023 #2
These NoRethugFriends Dec 2023 #3
Casablanca. Pulp Fiction. Maltese Falcon. Shawshank Redemption. brush Dec 2023 #4
Three out of four... 'Pulp Fiction', I could not get beyond the first 5 or 10 minutes--- DemocraticPatriot Dec 2023 #23
We have similar tastes. Give "Pulp Fiction" a try. It's worth it. brush Dec 2023 #38
You should give Pulp Fiction another chance. Jeebo Jan 2024 #46
The Pumpkin and Honey Bunny scene was intended to shock you I think Shermann Feb 4 #79
So many! Bayard Dec 2023 #5
I loved Benny & Joon mahina Dec 2023 #9
I will! Bayard Dec 2023 #21
Oh yes! Also, Little Bird, The Great Match, (Grand Finale) The Truffle Hunters, The Brand New Testament, mahina Dec 2023 #22
I just rewatched 'Dances With Wolves' the other night! DemocraticPatriot Dec 2023 #24
The Searchers Grumpy Old Guy Dec 2023 #6
the searchers leaves me empty: spoiler alert rampartc Dec 2023 #32
That's the depth of the character. Grumpy Old Guy Dec 2023 #34
too much to hope that american's attitudes towards comanches rampartc Dec 2023 #37
"Once Upon A Time In Th,e West" is one of my favorite movies. (spoiler alert) Grumpy Old Guy Dec 2023 #41
that first scene with jack ela, is great rampartc Dec 2023 #42
thanks for that, grumpy rampartc Dec 2023 #43
Uh, guys, no mention of the spectacular Claudia Cardinale? blm Feb 3 #52
She was incredible! Grumpy Old Guy Feb 3 #66
Heheh. I was a schoolgirl at the time blm Feb 3 #68
The theme of the movie is that the feminine spirit tames The West. John1956PA Feb 3 #59
The Third Man, 1949, B&W Basic LA Dec 2023 #7
Everything is Illuminated today. Tomorrow: Down By Law mahina Dec 2023 #8
Wouldn't say I have one, but Wizard of Oz was fun, elleng Dec 2023 #10
Love Moonstruck! MaryMagdaline Feb 3 #69
I've never seen Fiddler On The Roof. I will some day. applegrove Feb 4 #72
Groundhog Day usonian Dec 2023 #11
Classic! I saw that one in the theater.... DemocraticPatriot Dec 2023 #25
You're supposed to see it over and over (I got the DVD) usonian Dec 2023 #33
I DID watch it many times, many years ago....... DemocraticPatriot Dec 2023 #39
You know, I haven't seen one up here in 8 years. usonian Dec 2023 #40
Reading this 2/3. Haha AKwannabe Feb 3 #49
Wow. I posted that in December. usonian Feb 3 #50
Well the thread is revived now AKwannabe Feb 3 #56
A Groundhog Day miracle! usonian Feb 3 #62
Ben-Hur, 1959 Jeebo Dec 2023 #12
I saw parts of 'Ben-Hur' many times since childhood, as it was a TV favorite for a time.... DemocraticPatriot Dec 2023 #26
Wuthering Heights Polly Hennessey Dec 2023 #13
One of my favorites, too... DemocraticPatriot Dec 2023 #27
So difficult to pick one EverHopeful Dec 2023 #14
I loved "The god's must be Crazy" Walleye Dec 2023 #18
I love that movie! nocoincidences Feb 3 #61
Two Films nwliberalkiwi Dec 2023 #15
Sugar Man was great. Loved the music. applegrove Feb 4 #73
Happy birthday! CBHagman Dec 2023 #16
The Lion in Winter is one of my favorites Walleye Dec 2023 #19
"I saved my first drink to have with you.... here...." DemocraticPatriot Dec 2023 #28
Lord of the Rings Shermann Dec 2023 #17
I was a fan of the books back in my D&D days.... DemocraticPatriot Dec 2023 #30
Being a child of the Cold War I'm gonna have to go with "Dr. Strangelove" Walleye Dec 2023 #20
I finally watched that crazy thing in its entirety this past year..... DemocraticPatriot Dec 2023 #29
A Hard Day's Night Cartoonist Dec 2023 #31
The Lion in Winter. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2023 #35
Brazil LastDemocratInSC Dec 2023 #36
The Sound of Music joshdawg Dec 2023 #44
To Kill A Mockingbird. applegrove Feb 4 #74
The Shawshank Redemption, Clerks, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Jean de Florette and Ziggysmom Dec 2023 #45
Casablanca ificandream Jan 2024 #47
Overboard AKwannabe Feb 3 #48
Night of the Hunter (mitchum) or Monty Python's Holy Grail Tom Yossarian Joad Feb 3 #51
2001: A Space Odyssey bif Feb 3 #53
I just watched that on TCM NT XanaDUer2 Feb 4 #75
Mine too. yesphan Feb 4 #81
Modern Times GreenWave Feb 3 #54
Dr. Zhivago rurallib Feb 3 #55
Dr Zhivago for me too. I watch once a year and I know a lot of the dialogue by heart. Nanuke Feb 3 #57
Somehow I just get so immersed in it rurallib Feb 3 #60
It's A Wonderful Life, Groundhog Day, Back To The Future, Michael, Forest Gump Uncle Joe Feb 3 #58
The Big Lebowski Birdcage walkingman Feb 3 #63
I love The Big Lebowski, DemocraticPatriot Feb 4 #70
Animal House WheelWalker Feb 3 #64
Bell, Book, and Candle, Time Bandits, Alien, Dune, Cabaret, The Fifth Element k55f5r Feb 3 #65
Alien would be in my top five Shermann Feb 4 #77
Barfly enid602 Feb 3 #67
The Sound of Music. Missing. Platoon. My Brilliant Career. applegrove Feb 4 #71
West Side Story (original one, from 1960s)... Jrose Feb 4 #76
Gladiator Groundhawg Feb 4 #78
The Princess Bride FalloutShelter Feb 4 #80
Wings of Desire eyewall Feb 4 #82
Wow! What a great list of excellent movies solara Feb 4 #83
All About Eve... choie Feb 4 #84
The Iron Giant and It's a Wonderful Life. Stuart G Feb 5 #85
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