Favorite movie of all time?

[tabularasa]

Alright so first, a little personal back story. I'm a college senior at University of the Arts in Philadelphia, about to earn my degree in Writing for film & TV. While I love to anchor my ship in TV (especially with some of the shows we got from 1999-now) I think I'm also a pretty decent movie watcher. So today, I got thrown for a loop. My teacher asked the class, what is your favorite movie of all time. And it wasn't that I didn't have a name in my head, it's just that this movie just seemed so ahead of the others that it didn't even seem fair. I've had along history with this film. I saw when I was a kid. Didn't really understand all of it. But as I grew older, I learned to love it. I can't tell you how many times I've seen it, but I've owned almost every incarnation of it (VHS, Single disc DVD, 2 disc DVD, and recently the Blu-Ray) it has one of my favorite actors, one of my favorite directors, based on a novella by one of my favorite novel writers.



Yup, The Shawshank Redemption. A film about friendship, hope, and (of course) redemption. I won't go too deep into this for I fear it'll come off like an essay, but if you haven't seen this film, it gets my highest recomendation. It's a superb film from acting, to writing, to everything. Don't let the fact that it's set in a prison fool you. For those interested, I'd also suggest the Stephen King novella that the film was based on. You can find it in his book "Different Seasons" in which also contain the novella's to a film called Act Pupil and the cult hit, Stand By Me (which King's novella is titled "The Body")

The film was finally put on AFI (American Film Institute) list of 100 top movies. I believe it was listed #80-something, sorry I totally forget the exact number. This was the scene they used for it



So I was just wondering what is everyone else's favorite film, if you have one?

[guyman442]

Ferris Bueller's Day Off.



Oh Yeah...

[wadewilson]

So many, but I gotta go with this one. EXCELLENT!







WOAH!!

[tabularasa]

Ah, Bill & Ted. A true classic

[Stella]

I've loved this ever since I was a little girl! This is probably one of the movies that really got me into mythology and Latin! Let us not speak of the remake. I'll still see it, but it is NOTHING like the original (except for the Krakken, Medusa, and the giant scorpions).

I love the effects, the gods treating mortals like pawns in chess, and the 'battle' with Medusa is one of my favorite scenes!

[jay]

I loved Clash of the Titans when I was a kid too. I even remember cereal boxes at the time having Clash of the Titans on them. I think that little owl, Bubo, was on the one that I am thinking of. I remember not liking Bubo, actually. I think he was too cute for a little boy's taste.

[wadewilson]

My class watched Clash Of the titans in 6th grade because we were studying greek mythology. It was pretty sick. By then it was really old, but it was still "A Most triumphant movie."

[walkka]

All good choices. As for me . . . I hate to sound like the fan boy I am but the Dark Knight was way way way to good. Although I have more issues with that movie then most do. But to pick only 1 movie is tough. I love Batman Begins and Returns (now that I got Batman out of my system) I also love the Godfather parts 1 and 2. Al Pacino in the second one is, in my opinion the greatest acted performance ever. Part 1 I do think is a slightly better film. I also love the Maltese Falcon . . . not to sure if many know that one but check it out, Humphrey Bogart is boss. I like Blade Runner, The Matrix (first one) and Pulp Fiction. If you have noticed the theme of Dark Cities then you win a prize. Although, I doesn't like the movie "Dark City", figure that one out. I also like 90% of Disney's non-squeals. My fav would more then likely be 101 Dalmatians . . . with the "Dark City" of London.

But to exclude Batman cause I'm biased. I'm landing on . . .



If the image didn't load. The answer is Hook.

[tabularasa]

Glad to see a fellow lover of The Falcon. Great movie that's very well acted. I also agree Pacino really stepped up with Godfather part 2 even if the first one was a better overall movie.