Favourite Movies

[Diane CBPFC]

I guess for you guys, your thoughts are turning to spring ? but we still have snow over knee deep on the lawn and it?s snowing again today. We had over 5 feet of snow this winter in the Peace Country area of Alberta and the roads have often been bad, but I guess the positive spin is we probably won?t have a drought this year.

Anyway I?m feeling very wintery and my thoughts have turned to movies. So lets have a go at this, list your favourite movies in the following categories: (feel free to leave blank categories you do not care for.)

Best animated:
Best coming of age:
Best thriller:
Best documentary:
Best comedy:
Best romantic comedy:
Best mythology:
Best love story:
Best movie based on a true story:
Best historical:
Best book adaptation:
Best war movie:
Best morality tale:
Best epic:
Best trilogy:
Best survival tale:
Best sport?s tale:
Best super-hero tale:
Best futuristic or science fiction:
Last movie you walked out on or switched off on your TV:
Biggest surprise of a movie you expected to like but didn?t:
Biggest surprise of a  movie you expected to dislike but enjoyed:
First movie in which you got a little crush on a lead character:
Last movie in which you got a little crush on a lead character:
Best movie you have seen on DVD or at the movies so far in 2007:

I would list my favourites but the list is too long. 

[Roger Kettle]

Diane, there's about three hours work here! I'll get back to this with an edited response later.

[Diane CBPFC]

Writing the quiz itself wore me out. 

Also I forgot?

Best Western:

[The Peepmaster]

I have to say I very rarely watch films, and then I don't really remember what it is I've seen. I do have a couple of favourites that stand out in my mind though.

My favourite film ever is "Life of Brian". A work of genius.

I didn't see "Ray" but wish I had. Definitely will get it out on DVD one day. In fact there are loads of films I've never seen, probably more than I have seen, and I've seen well over twenty or thirty over my lifetime (excluding future years of course).

One of the earliest films I saw was "Something Over the Rainbow" which scared me when the witch was on the burning building. I also saw "Pollyanna" when my parents forced me and my brother to go and watch it one afternoon. "Greyfriars Bobby" I also remember which was quite moving, and a bit like "Babe", which I've just remembered, which was a brilliant film. "Babe" had a follow-up - "Babe - Pig in the City", which "Greyfriars Bobby" didn't have. Missed opportunity there I suppose. Mind you that follow-up wasn't a patch on the first one. "Greyfriars Bobby 2 - Dog in the City" would have been good had it been created and centred on Edinburgh perhaps.

I also have a video of Steve Bull at Wolves. In fact I have several. They are brilliant too.

[Roger Kettle]

Best Western is Ulzana's Raid. Great script and Burt Lancaster--one of my heroes--is brilliant.
As to your other questions, I must admit I do have a bit of a crush on Jennifer Aniston. Previous crushes include Susan George, Jacqueline Bisset, Rosanna Arquette and Sandra Bullock. (Mentioning Kim Novak would REALLY have dated me.)
Is Zulu an epic? Love it, anyway. And Jaws and The Graduate and Mister Holland's Opus and The Jerk and The Man With Two Brains and Play It Again Sam and It's A Wonderful Life and Bonnie And Clyde (Oh, Faye Dunnaway was another huge crush) and They Died With Their Boots On.
A  couple I shouldn't admit to---Love Story (Yet another crush---Ali McGraw) and Caddyshack.(Well, it's just so stupid.)
I might be back later.

[The Peepmaster]

Best Western is Ulzana's Raid. Great script and Burt Lancaster--one of my heroes--is brilliant.
As to your other questions, I must admit I do have a bit of a crush on Jennifer Aniston. Previous crushes include Susan George, Jacqueline Bisset, Rosanna Arquette and Sandra Bullock. (Mentioning Kim Novak would REALLY have dated me.)
Is Zulu an epic? Love it, anyway. And Jaws and The Graduate and Mister Holland's Opus and The Jerk and The Man With Two Brains and Play It Again Sam and It's A Wonderful Life and Bonnie And Clyde (Oh, Faye Dunnaway was another huge crush) and They Died With Their Boots On.
A  couple I shouldn't admit to---Love Story (Yet another crush---Ali McGraw) and Caddyshack.(Well, it's just so stupid.)
I might be back later.

I don't think I'll mention "Care Bears - the Movie"...

[Malc]

I'm not taking part in this one. Life's too short.

[Tom]

I'll have a go, but I'm too tired at the minute... it may take me a while... 

[Colin]

Best animated: Ice Age
Best coming of age: American Pie
Best documentary: Anything with Attenborough
Best comedy: East is East was funny
Best romantic comedy: When Harry met Sally
Best mythology: Jason and the Argonauts
Best love story: eeewwww
Best movie based on a true story: Saving Ryan's Privates
Best historical: The Life of Brian
Best book adaptation: Jarhead
Best war movie: The Longest Day / Saving Ryan's Privates
Best epic: Ben Hur
Best trilogy: Its not a Trilogy, but does Roots count?
Best survival tale: The Littlest Hobo  :'(
Best sport?s tale: Rudy
Best super-hero tale: Seabiscuit when Spiderman was riding him 

[Mince]

Best animated: Watership Down
Best coming of age: Highlander
Best thriller: Bambi
Best documentary: The Day the Earth Stood Still
Best comedy: The Elephant Man
Best romantic comedy: Dirty Dozen
Best mythology: Wizard of Oz
Best love story: Psycho
Best movie based on a true story: ET
Best historical: Star Wars (. . . a long time ago . . .)
Best book adaptation: Ten Commandments
Best war movie: Bambi
Best morality tale: Natural Born Killers

[Diane CBPFC]

Were you were traumatized by Bambi in your childhood Mince?

[Mince]

Took me years and several counsellors to recover.

[Malc]

You too? I find eating haunch of venison helps.
It's dead dear but.

[Diane CBPFC]

Just so you know, I am still working on narrowing down my list. 

[Mince]

Excellent! Which list?