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I rarely get time to watch movies these days, but today I got a chance to watch "L.A. Confidential" for probably the fourth time since it's release in 1997. I ranks up there as one of the greatest crime dramas ever made.

Some months ago, a few of us where hanging around the lot talking about movies we thought were so good we could watch them over and over again. Tom Tanquery mentioned a few that I promptly forgot, but they sounded great at the time. I thought it might be fun to start a thread about our favorite movies so that on those nights like tonight where a movie just seemed like a good idea, we could take a look at some of the movies our friends find special. Probably best to be brief with the description as anyone interested can google the name and read all about it.

I'm going to start if off with the movie I watched tonight, a great crime drama set in Los Angeles circa 1950.

L.A. Confidential (1997)
Crime drama
Great ensemble cast including Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger, and Danny DeVito
First rate acting; filmed on location in the Los Angeles area.

George Schilling wrote:I rarely get time to watch movies these days, but today I got a chance to watch "L.A. Confidential" for probably the fourth time since it's release in 1997. I ranks up there as one of the greatest crime dramas ever made.

Some months ago, a few of us where hanging around the lot talking about movies we thought were so good we could watch them over and over again. Tom Tanquery mentioned a few that I promptly forgot, but they sounded great at the time. I thought it might be fun to start a thread about our favorite movies so that on those nights like tonight where a movie just seemed like a good idea, we could take a look at some of the movies our friends find special. Probably best to be brief with the description as anyone interested can google the name and read all about it.

I'm going to start if off with the movie I watched tonight, a great crime drama set in Los Angeles circa 1950.

L.A. Confidential (1997)
Crime drama
Great ensemble cast including Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger, and Danny DeVito
First rate acting; filmed on location in the Los Angeles area.

I offer not a crime drama but a crime saga (3hrs)! It's like an opera about LA. Featuring 2 heavyweight championship actors. Shows LA in a different light and I can watch this movie over and over again. I have it on VHS and DVD (both director's cut):

HEAT (1995) starring Al Pacino vs. Robert DeNiro. First movie that they share the screen with dialogue together (The Godfather Part II, I believe doesn't count)
All filmed in LA and I've been to many of the location scenes. Directed by Michael Mann.

Since I saw my name mentioned.......

OK, I like old Jackie Chan movies. He's real and so are the stunts.

"Drunken Master I" (1979) is arguably his best. Funny, clever, and action packed.




Like, you thought I'd suggest "Citizen Kane?"

;)

Tombstone - 1993

The Picture tells the story. Greatest movie of all time.

to live and die in la

la story

About 25 years ago I was watching a movie channel late on a Friday night after a couple of beers and was transported to "everyman's" fantasy by a movie called Summer Lovers.

"A young American couple go to the Greek islands for the summer and are dazzled by the beauty and the uninhibited people surrounding them... "

Starring: Valérie Quennessen, Daryl Hannah and some guy!!

Fell totally in lust for Valerie!! But before I could divorce wife #2 and move to Paris to search out this object of my desires, I found out that in 1989, she had died in a fatal automobile accident.

Not a great movie, but if after you have watched it, you can find fault with the acting you were not watching the more important PARTS!!!

Don

The Big Lebowski.

"You want a toe? I can getchya a toe."

L.A. Confidential has got to be one of my favorite period crime dramas! That era of Los Angeles and the LAPD has always fascinated me.

And I'm a total sucker for Michael Mann films although I haven't seen Public Enemies yet. But Heat and Collateral are up there among favorites, I love films that depict Los Angeles in an honest way that is true to the story, not to mention Michael Mann's choice to employ Mick Gould to choreograph his intense/realistic gun fights make them that much better.

Tommy Boy
Wedding Crashers
Road Trip
Forgetting Sarah Marshall

I'm not deep!

John Coffey wrote:The Big Lebowski.

"You want a toe? I can getchya a toe."

The dude abides

O brother Where Art Thou
Fargo
Any James Bond (with the exception of Timothy Dalton's lameass depictions)
I Love You, Man
Hot Shots
Blazing Saddles
Hot Fuzz

I'm even more shallow than Max.

Shaun of the Dead

Equilibrium
City of Men
City of God
Life is Beautiful
Dark City
Amores Perros
Diarios de motocicleta
Raise the Red Lantern
Lust, Love
Requiem for a Dream

Some of my Favorites:

Body Heat - Kathleen Turner at her best
Two Lane Black Top - Classic Car Movie.

Almost forgot the best car chase movie (with apologies to Bullitt) ever made, Ronin.

The Maltese Falcon
North by Northwest
Shaun of the Dead
Hot Fuzz
Shallow Grave
Trainspotting
Blood Simple
Miller's Crossing
No Country for Old Men

but if I'm in a lazy mood, I'll watch Terminator, Transporter, The Mummy or most of the other endless repeats on AMC or TNT.

Kurt Rahn wrote:Almost forgot the best car chase movie (with apologies to Bullitt) ever made, Ronin.

BINGO!!! The movie that pushed me from Lexus to BMW!

Empire Strikes Back

Ketucky Fried Movie

Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life"

Sebastian Rios wrote:Empire Strikes Back

The best one of the original trilogy and the best of the whole saga!

Since people are putting up lists instead of just 1 movie (as I thought George wanted 1 movie recommendation to watch) here goes:

• The Empire Strikes Back
• Aliens (notice it's plural for the sequel, not the original which in itself is great)
• Terminator 2
• Halloween
• Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Heat
• The Professional
• Firefox
• Predator
• The Hunt for Red October
• The Dark Knight
• Superman
• The Fugitive
• The Untouchables
• Blade Runner
• Wargames
• Lethal Weapon

Oooo if you guys haven't watched Taken, it was a better movie than I had expected. Especially when Liam Neeson starts kickin arse!

Lily Liu wrote:Oooo if you guys haven't watched Taken, it was a better movie than I had expected. Especially when Liam Neeson starts kickin arse!

Yes it was great...a total sleeper hit. Highly recommend it to those who have netflix. Also do see "The Hurt Locker" it's nominated for best picture this year. Talk about intense!

Sebastian Rios wrote:Ketucky Fried Movie
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The Joy of Sex record comes equipped with BIG JIM SLADE....

Giovanni Jaramillo wrote:

Kurt Rahn wrote:Almost forgot the best car chase movie (with apologies to Bullitt) ever made, Ronin.

BINGO!!! The movie that pushed me from Lexus to BMW!

Not an Audi with Nitrous?