I'd add a few more:
Battle of Britain;
The Italian Job (original, not the re-make);
Rendezvous (a nine minute maniac ride through Paris in an extremely fast car, early morning); Paths of Glory; and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, how could I forget that one? (Kid: "I can't swim! Butch: "The fall will probably kill you")
I also liked Dumb and Dumber, Dodgeball, See Spot Run, Flushed Away, Lego Movie (et al), Jurassic Park and World.
I really liked the Rings trilogy and both Grudges. If you've only seen the initial ones, you are missing out.
Saw, I've seen through 6 or 7? Those are something primal, and strikes a cord for many people. (In the first one, Cary Elwes saws his leg off, and he also said "As you wish" in Princess Bride. Great actor!)
I love sci-fi! Stargate, Star Trek, Star Wars, Alf, Andromeda, Firefly, Sliders, Flight of the Navigator, Short Circuit, Armageddon, Core, Total Recall, etc...
What don't you like? I pretty much do not like Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller (Dodgeball, Elf, and Night at the Museum being exceptions). I'm surprised none have mentioned Step Brothers as a great movie, as I usually hear that one. Not a fan.
I loved Step Brothers too! A bass player buddy of mine was down in the studio, waiting for rehearsal to start, and I ran up the stairs to use the pisser...I get back down and am sitting behind my drums, when a text comes in to my.phone. it was a picture of his balls on my floor tom that he took while I was upstairs! I started laughing like a hyena and he did too, while the singer and guitarist, who don't have the greatest sense of humor were just looking at us like we had lost our minds. When I showed them the picture, the guitarist scowled and said that we were like three year olds. Yep! Sometimes! Glenn.
It was all going so well. I was trying to keep things positive.
Notice I didn't make much of a list.. There would be more, but I'd have to think pretty far back. IMO 99% of the stuff that has come out in the last 10-15 years is pure garbage (mostly because of awful writing). There, I said it. I don't want to dwell on it. Shifting gears.
I was never much of a fan of Will Farrell either until more recently. I even really didn't care for Step Brothers the first time I watched it. Then I saw Stranger Than Fiction.. He can act more seriously if he wants to. Now I see his comedy as less obnoxiously stupid goofy, and think of it as them constantly trying to get each other (and/or the film crew) to break. Or, less about the face value of the final product. More about the magic of what happened on set at that moment (Like: Who's Line Is It Anyway). Which brings a whole new dimension for me.
Pure Luck (Martin Short and Danny Glover)
Mystery Men (Ben Stiller)
Stripes (Bill Murray)
Trains, Plains and Automobiles
Uncle Buck
Vacation
Blazing Saddles
Airplane
Trading Places
Fast Times at Ridgemount High
Action comedies:
48 Hours
Beverly Hills Cop
Die Hard
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
High Fidelity
Fargo
District 9
A Fish Called Wanda
Galaxy Quest
Dune (the new one)
Animal House
Master and Commander (great surround sound with the ship creaking all around you)
Guardians of the Galaxy
Recently:
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Whale
Limitless
12 Mighty Orphans
Eric, I said I don't usually like those actors, and that I liked Dodgeball as an exception. Stiller as a villain made me want to punch his face, so the annoyance was justified. (I feel that way about Stanley Tucci in the Core too.) Vince in Dodgeball was a more minimal role, IMO, so that was good. The rest of the cast and writing made the movie.
I'm likely a minority, but I did not like Pulp Fiction (not a Tarantino fan) or Fargo, and they got raves.
District 9 was a fresh and very different look at that genre, and l liked it. The new Dune was fantastic, but I liked one of the older versions too.
Who doesn't like Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail? That was pretty tame. There is other stuff they did that was more risqué like the Meaning of Life and some of the Flying Circus. Fawlty Towers was hilarious!
Black is my favorite color (or lack thereof), but if I had to choose a non-black color as my favorite I would go with classic Chevy orange. I am color blind otherwise.
Who doesn't like Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail?
What is your favorite Color?
I thought your question related to this film, when Sir Lancelot has to answer this question correctly or be thrown into the pit of eternal doom: "red, no: blue - AARGGHH!"
I once had an argument over whether white or black were colours, or shades but with no agreement. Black would be my favourite as it's the colour of most speaker drivers!
Black......it's the color of my soul. Sky blue is my favorite, especially when the sun is bright, and I also am drawn to certain orange hues. I tend to like autumn tones. Yellow is a big pass, except for the right submarine. Glenn.
@Steve_Lee said:
I like the fact that I can still see . . .
I hear that! The last few years my eye sight has gotten progressively worse. It sucks having to wear contacts to see far and cheaters to see anything within arm's length
My tiny western Iowa hometown held a car & bike show yesterday. Here are a couple of samples along with a thumbs-up from my 85 YO uncle, a former drag racer notorious as the Panama Zipper.
That was for you. Nothing too fancy, but nicely understated '70. My dad had a flame red over white CST of the same year once upon a time. Did some high school kid stuff in that one.
We just got back from our family vacation to Steamboat Springs, CO. We drove through western IA on I-80. I have to say the landscape west of Des Moines was quite pretty, especially around Council Bluffs. Nebraska was flat and lame until we got west of Ogallala, NE.
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Oah forgot Tank Girl... I mean comeon they got Ice-T to play a sentient mutated kangaroo creature back in '95. Can ya get any campier?
Of course my mother would have listed off all the Clint Eastwood westerns, and old James Bond stuff.
The Blues Brothers FTW....Blues Brothers 2000...pass
I'd add a few more:
Battle of Britain;
The Italian Job (original, not the re-make);
Rendezvous (a nine minute maniac ride through Paris in an extremely fast car, early morning); Paths of Glory; and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, how could I forget that one? (Kid: "I can't swim! Butch: "The fall will probably kill you")
Geoff
OMG, Grandma's Boy is fucking hilarious!
Karate monkey!
I also liked Dumb and Dumber, Dodgeball, See Spot Run, Flushed Away, Lego Movie (et al), Jurassic Park and World.
I really liked the Rings trilogy and both Grudges. If you've only seen the initial ones, you are missing out.
Saw, I've seen through 6 or 7? Those are something primal, and strikes a cord for many people. (In the first one, Cary Elwes saws his leg off, and he also said "As you wish" in Princess Bride. Great actor!)
I love sci-fi! Stargate, Star Trek, Star Wars, Alf, Andromeda, Firefly, Sliders, Flight of the Navigator, Short Circuit, Armageddon, Core, Total Recall, etc...
What don't you like? I pretty much do not like Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller (Dodgeball, Elf, and Night at the Museum being exceptions). I'm surprised none have mentioned Step Brothers as a great movie, as I usually hear that one. Not a fan.
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So you said you liked Dodgeball, then you didn't?
Big fan of Will Ferrell and crew, Step Brothers and Old School are great.
I loved Step Brothers too! A bass player buddy of mine was down in the studio, waiting for rehearsal to start, and I ran up the stairs to use the pisser...I get back down and am sitting behind my drums, when a text comes in to my.phone. it was a picture of his balls on my floor tom that he took while I was upstairs! I started laughing like a hyena and he did too, while the singer and guitarist, who don't have the greatest sense of humor were just looking at us like we had lost our minds. When I showed them the picture, the guitarist scowled and said that we were like three year olds. Yep! Sometimes! Glenn.
It was all going so well. I was trying to keep things positive.
Notice I didn't make much of a list.. There would be more, but I'd have to think pretty far back. IMO 99% of the stuff that has come out in the last 10-15 years is pure garbage (mostly because of awful writing). There, I said it. I don't want to dwell on it. Shifting gears.
I was never much of a fan of Will Farrell either until more recently. I even really didn't care for Step Brothers the first time I watched it. Then I saw Stranger Than Fiction.. He can act more seriously if he wants to. Now I see his comedy as less obnoxiously stupid goofy, and think of it as them constantly trying to get each other (and/or the film crew) to break. Or, less about the face value of the final product. More about the magic of what happened on set at that moment (Like: Who's Line Is It Anyway). Which brings a whole new dimension for me.
I have cautious optimism for Oppenheimer.
A few more fantastic comedies:
Pure Luck (Martin Short and Danny Glover)
Mystery Men (Ben Stiller)
Stripes (Bill Murray)
Trains, Plains and Automobiles
Uncle Buck
Vacation
Blazing Saddles
Airplane
Trading Places
Fast Times at Ridgemount High
Action comedies:
48 Hours
Beverly Hills Cop
Die Hard
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
High Fidelity
Fargo
District 9
A Fish Called Wanda
Galaxy Quest
Dune (the new one)
Animal House
Master and Commander (great surround sound with the ship creaking all around you)
Guardians of the Galaxy
Recently:
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Whale
Limitless
12 Mighty Orphans
Eric, I said I don't usually like those actors, and that I liked Dodgeball as an exception. Stiller as a villain made me want to punch his face, so the annoyance was justified. (I feel that way about Stanley Tucci in the Core too.) Vince in Dodgeball was a more minimal role, IMO, so that was good. The rest of the cast and writing made the movie.
I'm likely a minority, but I did not like Pulp Fiction (not a Tarantino fan) or Fargo, and they got raves.
District 9 was a fresh and very different look at that genre, and l liked it. The new Dune was fantastic, but I liked one of the older versions too.
Who doesn't like Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail? That was pretty tame. There is other stuff they did that was more risqué like the Meaning of Life and some of the Flying Circus. Fawlty Towers was hilarious!
What is your favorite Color?
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Okay, I was serious so I'll go first...
I have 2; royal/cobalt blue and neon green
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Black is my favorite color (or lack thereof), but if I had to choose a non-black color as my favorite I would go with classic Chevy orange. I am color blind otherwise.
I dated a blonde for while... her favorite color was clear! Bada-bum-tizzz
I thought your question related to this film, when Sir Lancelot has to answer this question correctly or be thrown into the pit of eternal doom: "red, no: blue - AARGGHH!"
I once had an argument over whether white or black were colours, or shades but with no agreement. Black would be my favourite as it's the colour of most speaker drivers!
Geoff
It was, as well as a query.
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I like green. I like white, too, especially on cars.
Black......it's the color of my soul. Sky blue is my favorite, especially when the sun is bright, and I also am drawn to certain orange hues. I tend to like autumn tones. Yellow is a big pass, except for the right submarine. Glenn.
I like the fact that I can still see . . .
Tail box and lighting done. Still more needed to be 100% but road legal for now. Good to be on 2 wheels again!
I hear that! The last few years my eye sight has gotten progressively worse. It sucks having to wear contacts to see far and cheaters to see anything within arm's length
My tiny western Iowa hometown held a car & bike show yesterday. Here are a couple of samples along with a thumbs-up from my 85 YO uncle, a former drag racer notorious as the Panama Zipper.
That's a sharp looking C10
85??? Holy cow! He looks like he could still jump in and rip a screaming run. Glenn
Changing gears...when you can't have the original.
That was for you. Nothing too fancy, but nicely understated '70. My dad had a flame red over white CST of the same year once upon a time. Did some high school kid stuff in that one.
When I left town I met him tooling around on his vintage '69 Rupp mini-bike.
We just got back from our family vacation to Steamboat Springs, CO. We drove through western IA on I-80. I have to say the landscape west of Des Moines was quite pretty, especially around Council Bluffs. Nebraska was flat and lame until we got west of Ogallala, NE.
If I had known…sorry I missed you. I live in Clark, just a few miles north of Steamboat.