Can you nominate several other movies that impressed you and you won't mind repeated viewings? What do you think make movies memorable?
2007-09-14 01:37:05 · 18 answers · asked by Dolphin-Bird Lover8-88 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
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2007-09-14 01:38:54 · update #1
You've got great list going there, I would have no problems seeing any of those.
Your question as to what makes movies memorable; gotta have great story with matching script & can't do one without the other, not well anyway.
Casting has to be believable and the characters have to have something that the audience can identify with otherwise they won't care what happens to the character, so why bother watching if you don't care. Great movies have characters with great chemistry and charisma, Sean Connery has it in spades, if he didn't he could never play Irish Cops & Russian sub captains without the accent jarring our viewing. Kevin Costner (loved Dances with Wolves), in Robin Hood, enjoyable movie but his accent kept interrrupting my viewing pleasure, so Alan Rickman stole it.
I guess the age you are can influence certain feelings about certain films. The freshness of an idea, approaches that haven't been seen before, the advances of technology that can enhance a movie or even make it possible. Great direction & great music can turn simple stuff into magic. Moments like the one in Shawshank where he puts that record of the opera duet and all the inmates listen, could have been so cheesy but was saved by fab music and good acting.
So films that impressed me that I like to see again?
Shawshank Redemption, Lord of the Rings trilogy, 12 Angry Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, Rear Window, Star Wars, ET, Raiders of the Lost Ark, All the President's Men, Some Like it Hot, West Side Story, Witness (that was a fresh idea setting murder within Amish community), Pulp Fiction....that's a few to be going on with, if I don't stop now I'll just keep adding to it.
Cheers, Kuta. XX
2007-09-14 01:59:06 · answer #1 · answered by kuta 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Gone with the Wind
Wizard of Oz
Little Women
Shawshank Redemption
The Thomas Crown Affair (Pierce Brosnan remake)
Evita
The Virgin Suicides
I think what makes movies memorable are the ones that have characters that you can relate with, a great storyline that leaves an impression on you (can leave you thinking about the movie days after watching it), and great dialogue. Sometimes I think just having fun is enough, if you can catch yourself smiling throughout the film even after the first viewing then you know it's a good movie.
2007-09-14 09:09:51 · answer #2 · answered by mrsmurray 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
There are a lot of great movies. I'm writing some of those:
The Godfather
Roman Holiday
The bridge on the river Kawaii
Lawrance of Arabia
The Shinning
Eyes wide shut
2001: A space Odyssey
Breakfast at Tiffanys
Sunflower
Titanic
The Departed
Blood Diamond
Life is beautiful
Brave heart
The rainmaker
The omen
The Exorcist
Thanks 4 asking.
2007-09-14 08:54:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Pirates of the Carribean and Independence Day amongst the greats? Please.
Lawrence of Arabia, The Searchers, Bridge Over River Kwai, The Quiet Man, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, The Usual Suspects, The Caine Mutiny, Patton
2007-09-14 08:46:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
The Wizard of Oz
Schindler's List
Harry Potter
Chronicles Of Narnia
The Notebook
Pride and Prejudice
Becoming Jane
2007-09-14 11:30:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have to agree with all your choices and now for a few of my own:
The Shawshank Redemption
Blade Runner
The Usual Suspects
Very Bad Things
True Romance
Kill Bill 1/2
Se7en
Memento
For me, a good movie needs an interesting plot that you can't predict or see through like the Sixth Sense, I still don't get how people didn't realise he was dead!!!!! IMHO a film like Memento or Usual Suspects where you are kept guessing right up to the end is just fantastic, really gripping.
2007-09-14 09:00:03 · answer #6 · answered by Daisy the cow 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I like your list
to add to it, For me,
The Godfather Movies- superb acting and absorbing storyline
Memoirs of a Geisha
Shane- Alan Ladd, small man with huge acting abilities
The African Queen- Humphrey Bogart, Katherine Hepburn, need I say more
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
To Hell and Back- Audie Murphy
2007-09-14 10:42:16 · answer #7 · answered by thequeenreigns 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
THE ITALIAN JOB - original 1969 version with Michael Caine, and the immortal line "you were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!"
http://astore.amazon.co.uk/jdcouk-movies-21/detail/B00005UO5L/026-4949720-3315662
The original 3 STAR WARS movies before the prequels came out
http://astore.amazon.co.uk/jdcouk-movies-21/detail/B0001ZE1OU/026-4949720-3315662
GHOSTBUSTERS - the first one, surely one of the best from the 1980's
http://astore.amazon.co.uk/jdcouk-movies-21/detail/B000A0XTPS/026-4949720-3315662
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (from 1971).... surely one of the all time great kids movies
http://astore.amazon.co.uk/jdcouk-movies-21/detail/B00004D2Y4/026-4949720-3315662
CARRY ON SCREAMING.... possibly the best of the CARRY ON series
http://astore.amazon.co.uk/jdcouk-movies-21/detail/B000KRMZGK/026-4949720-3315662
ALIENS.... and the infamous scenes of creatures bursting out of people
http://astore.amazon.co.uk/jdcouk-movies-21/detail/B0001HHRVM/026-4949720-3315662
Braveheart
Forest Gump
2007-09-14 13:09:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back To The Beach
Behind The Green Door
2007-09-14 08:42:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Citizen Kane
King Kong
The Great Dictator
Cabaret
2007-09-14 08:40:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋