The desert island: Movies

[Takeda Shingen]

So, you can only take 5 movies to the island with you. What are they? Why?

Mine:

Seven Samurai--Akira Kurosawa's epic 'eastern' western
A Fistful of Dollars--Arguably the greatest spaghetti westen ever made
The Big Lebowski--What I have always considered to the the Coen brothers' masterwork
Monty Python and the Holy Grail--The seminal work for the comedy troupe
The Thin Red Line--My favorite war epic of all time

[Dowly]

Tough one. :hmmm:



Seven - Kevin Spacey is awesome as the killer
Hurt Locker - Great cast, just makes me want to see it over and over again
Gladiator - Ridley Scott + Hans Zimmer + Russel Crowe = Awesomeness
Kingdom of Heaven - One of the best movies in the genre IMHO
Alien - Just a great movie

[Rockstar]

The Great Race; it's an all time favorite of mine
A Boy and His Dog; survival guide ;)
Monty Python's Holy Grail; could watch it over and over again
The Omega Man; would keep me sane knowing there are worse things than being stuck on a deserted island.
All of the Road Runner shows (on one reel of course). Simple good ol' fashion slapstick

[the_tyrant]

Tough one. :hmmm:



Seven - Kevin Spacey is awesome as the killer
Hurt Locker - Great cast, just makes me want to see it over and over again
Gladiator - Ridley Scott + Hans Zimmer + Russel Crowe = Awesomeness
Kingdom of Heaven - One of the best movies in the genre IMHO
Alien - Just a great movie


I would take the same movies as Dowly, except i prefer Swordfish over the Hurt Locker

[Sailor Steve]

Movies I watch over and over, desert island or no.

Casablanca - the best movie ever made
Tora! Tora! Tora! - hey, I like what I like
Battle of Britain - for me the best airplane movie ever
The Three Musketeers (and The Four Musketeers) - the Lester movies are the best versions of the novel (I claim the right to include both because they do tell the complete story of the book, and because my copy has both in one slim case, so there :O:)
The Duellists - a fairly unknown movie that I love with a passion.

[Takeda Shingen]

Movies I watch over and over, desert island or no.

Casablanca - the best movie ever made
Tora! Tora! Tora! - hey, I like what I like
Battle of Britain - for me the best airplane movie ever
The Three Musketeers (and The Four Musketeers) - the Lester movies are the best versions of the novel (I claim the right to include both because they do tell the complete story of the book, and because my copy has both in one slim case, so there :O:)
The Duellists - a fairly unknown movie that I love with a passion.

Cheater. :O:

The hardest thing about this is narrowing it down to 5.

[Sailor Steve]

Cheater. :O:
Well, I have this problem. Every so often I'm overwhelmed by a disire to watch the first movie up to the fight in the convent yard, simply because up to that point the movie follows the book almost perfectly. And then I can't stop untill I've watched both in their entirety. And they were originally filmed as one movie and then divided into two, and together they are only three hours, so for me it really is one.

So yeah, I can think up all sorts of justifications, real or not. :D

[nikimcbee]

Run Silent, Run Deep: Clark Gable, subs... what's not to love.
Blazing Saddles: mongo just a pawn in life.
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Gotta love the music and all the funny quotes.
Planet of the Apes: Just watched it with the boy, A planet where apes evolved from men!
The Empire Strikes Back: Remember when SW movies didn't suck.:shifty: Snow speeders, Boba Fett, nerf herders.

Honorable mention: monty Python HG (not on list cause everybody else mentioned it:yeah:, any spaghetti western, Any old, classic war move, pre-1970. oh yeah, Das boot directors cut. (sorry, love RSRD more):D

[ReFaN]

hmm, Tough.

Leon
Lion King
M*A*S*H
in the name of the king, a Dungeon siege tale
Titanic

[Sailor Steve]

oh yeah, Das boot directors cut.
The SHORT version? Eeewww! :nope::stare::O::D

[Takeda Shingen]

Leon

I had six on my list, and that was the one I ended up leaving out. Great film. :up:

[nikimcbee]

The SHORT version? Eeewww! :nope::stare::O::D

I like the remastered sound:D


I forgot to add: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: I love all the characters.

[Sailor Steve]

I like the remastered sound:D
Well, there is that. :sunny:

[TLAM Strike]

The Empire Strikes Back
Aliens
The Hunt For Red October
Serenity
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

[nikimcbee]

Well, there is that. :sunny:
My parents have a nice TV/audio set-up. So the first day they weren't home:D, I went over to watch Das Boot. I turned the volume up as loud as I could stand it, and durning the depth charge scenes, the pictures on the walls were bouncing/ vibrating!:woot::rock:

[Armistead]

Shawshank Redemption
Outlaw Josey Wales
Dancing with Wolves
Gone with the Wind.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

[Skybird]

The Thin Red Line--

Oh yes. :yeah: So much more than just a war movie.

[Oberon]

Very tough...

For a few dollars more
The Longest Day
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Battle of Britain
Gandhi (One of the best films ever, IMHO)

[Randomizer]

In no particular order:

The Outlaw Josey Wales
All Quiet on the Western Front (The Lou Ayres version not that vomit inducing remake with John-Boy Walton (Richard Thomas))
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Breaker Morant
Doctor Strangelove

[CCIP]

Stalker (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944/) (Russian)
Kin-Dza-Dza (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091341/) (Russian)
Modern Times (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027977/)(the Chaplin movie)
Alexander Nevsky (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029850/) (Russian)
Das Boot (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082096/)


:|\\

[nikimcbee]

Alexander Nevsky (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029850/) (Russian)


I love the music for that movie.:rock:

[RickC Sniper]

I can't pic just 5.:oops:

By Leon do you mean The Professional starring Jean Reno? Great movie!

[Takeda Shingen]

I can't pic just 5.:oops:

By Leon do you mean The Professional starring Jean Reno? Great movie!

That's the one.

[STEED]

Alien...Greatest Sci Fi film ever
The Ipcress File...Michael Cain at his best
The Odessa File...Damn good Thriller
The French Connection...Damn good slam bang movie
Brannigan...Hey I must have one John Wayne film

[Feuer Frei!]

Scent of a Woman
Once upon a time in America
No Country for old Men
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee

[frau kaleun]

I can't pic just 5.:oops:


Me neither, but since no provision was made in the OP for any equipment with which to play/watch them, it doesn't really matter. So I'll be watching all my favorite movies... in my head. :O:

[RickC Sniper]

OK, my 5. I'm biased because I love westerns and war movies.


The Searchers

To Kill a Mockingbird

Shane

The Thin Red Line

Saving Private Ryan............. I just like this movie, ok?

[frau kaleun]

Okay, see, the problem with this thread is that every time somebody else posts I realize there's another movie I need to add to my "five." My mental list is running at about 20 already. :D

[RickC Sniper]

I completely understand, frau. Ask me tomorrow and my list would most likely change.

[Sailor Steve]

Outlaw Josey Wales.
Dang, there goes my list! :damn:

Also, someone mentioned John Wayne. If I could only have one John Wayne movie it would be Big Jake.

In fact I do only have one John Wayne movie in my collection, and it is Big Jake!

[Rockstar]

I can't pic just 5.:oops:

So, you can only take 5 movies to the island with you. What are they? Why?

This seems to imply we are going to the same island. So go ahead and pick five you don't see already listed here. That way when everybody shows up to 'the island' we will have brought different movies.

[Sailor Steve]

OK, my 5. I'm biased because I love westerns and war movies.


The Searchers

To Kill a Mockingbird

Shane

The Thin Red Line

Saving Private Ryan............. I just like this movie, ok?
Four of these things are just like the others;
Four of these things are kind of the same;
One of these things is not like the others;
Now it's time to play our game...time to play our game.

[kiwi_2005]

Enemy at the gates
Primer
Das Boot
Conan the Barbarian
One flew over the cuckoo's nest

[krashkart]

Stranded on a desert island and I have the option to watch five movies? Hmmm... you make this too easy for me Takeda. Now I have to think about it. :hmmm:

Restrepo

The Fifth Element

The Secret of Santa Vittoria - Entertaining film. Anthony Quinn FTW. :DL

Unknown Title - I don't remember the title - it was a PBS special on the civil war in Spain during the thirties and fourties.

Die Hard - It will remind me that running over emptied crustacean husks is almost as bad as running over shattered glass on hard floor tile. :-?

[HunterICX]

Patton - George C Scott..nuff said :D
The Longest Day - one of my all time favorite war movies
Predator
Fracture - Just love how Anthony Hopkins potrays someone who manipulates the Justice system.
The Fountain
HunterICX

[nikimcbee]

Unknown Title - I don't remember the title - it was a PBS special on the civil war in Spain during the thirties and fourties.



Faulty Towers?:haha:

[frau kaleun]

Faulty Towers?:haha:

Don't mind Niki... he's from Barcelona.

[Jimbuna]

Couldn't even attempt to only name five but seeing as I collect DVD films and have most of what's already been posted I'll simply agree with other peoples choices on the majority of those listed.

[krashkart]

Faulty Towers?:haha:

Heh. :haha: Actually it was a PBS documentary about Pablo Picasso, and for the life of me I can't remember the name of it. It was interesting, but now that I think about it I'm not so sure it's a happy enough film for someone stranded on a desert island. Maybe I'll switch it out for something more inspirational: The Meaning of Life. :yeah:

[Penguin]

Koyaanisqatsi (amazing pics)
Monty Python & the Holy Grail (obligatory MP film)
The Big Sleep (slightly before To Have And Have Not)
Live and Let Die (best Bond movie of all times)
The Longest Day (still one of the best war flics)

...and I also take the "Das Boot" mini-series with me, since there seem to be no restrictions on TV-series :O:

[krashkart]

...and I also take the "Das Boot" mini-series with me, since there seem to be no restrictions on TV-series :O:

No restrictions on TV-series? :o

In that case I'll add BSG, Firefly, and House (no desert island would be complete without a cranky doctor). :yep:

[Takeda Shingen]

No restrictions on TV-series? :o

In that case I'll add BSG, Firefly, and House (no desert island would be complete without a cranky doctor). :yep:

I said movie, not any DVD. A TV series is not a movie. Das Boot was made into a motion picture, and therefore permissible. BSG, Firefly and House were not.

[krashkart]

I said movie, not any DVD. A TV series is not a movie. Das Boot was made into a motion picture, and therefore permissible. BSG, Firefly and House were not.

Aww dang. Well, I still have the five movies that I picked. :yep:

[Sailor Steve]

Fracture - Just love how Anthony Hopkins potrays someone who manipulates the Justice system.
Interesting choice. I like that movie a lot, but it's not one I'd want to watch every week. I'll say the same about another favorite of mine, Changing Lanes.

But I have dozens of movies in that category, so I can't take them with me.

Live and Let Die (best Bond movie of all times)
I see our tastes differ widely, at least in some areas. The Longest Day came very close to making my list, as while I don't like war movies in general, I do love historically based movies.

[HunterICX]

Interesting choice. I like that movie a lot, but it's not one I'd want to watch every week. I'll say the same about another favorite of mine, Changing Lanes.

But I have dozens of movies in that category, so I can't take them with me.


I doubt I would be able to rewatch any of the movies I listed every week :O:
Also if you would ask me this question again of which 5 movies you would take with you to a island the next year I would probally change 3 out of the 5 I listed. Patton and The Longest Day will remain listed thought.

HunterICX

[Penguin]

I said movie, not any DVD. A TV series is not a movie. Das Boot was made into a motion picture, and therefore permissible. BSG, Firefly and House were not.

*grmpf* :shifty: I thought anything not explicitly stated as forbidden was allowed... *empties his pockets full of tv series*



I see our tastes differ widely, at least in some areas. The Longest Day came very close to making my list, as while I don't like war movies in general, I do love historically based movies.

Yeah, looks like our tastes differ a little, we both seem to be Bogey fans, but I would prefer others over Casablanca, which is still a great movie.

I first wanted to take "In China they Eat Dogs" instead of Bond, but I was thinking in terms of rewatchability (is this a word?)

No, the fact that "Live and Let Die" is the best Bond movie is undeniable. First I am right and to undermine my claims I want to quote the famous movie expert Professor Penguin, he stated on 01-25-2011 "best Bond movie of all times" :O::O::O:
(and Solitaire was the hottest Bond girl ever!:smug:)

[Takeda Shingen]

*grmpf* :shifty: I thought anything not explicitly stated as forbidden was allowed... *empties his pockets full of tv series*

It was explicitly stated. :O:

I said movies because I left it open to sequels if the thread proved popular, which it has. I'm thinking of doing a book version sometime next month. And don't worry, I'll specifically state no e-readers. You can't take your Kindle with 10,000 volumes and have a whole freaking library in the palm of your hand.

[AdeptCharge]

I use the appropriate words for in depth analogy to deduce the incorrect meanings and to present logical analysis to ones thinking of the fact or matter provided. :yep:

Fascinating, such an simple course allows me entry. My note pad is now in use. :hmmm:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Wow, just five is difficult and I do wholeheartedly like the majority of films already mentioned. :yep:

If it really must be five then I think, for now, it has to be:

Pulp Fiction
Monty Python's The Life of Brian
Das Boot
Full Metal Jacket
Apocolypse Now

But I must also give an honourable mention to Jason and the Argonauts (1963 version) which should also be in that list as I believe that it truly is a great film, and the animation I find better than most of today's CGI trash. And a funny fact about the making of the film during one shoot a replica of the Golden Hind came into view - and the producer shouted "Get that ship out of here, you're in the wrong century!" :har: It would, on some days, knock off either Apocolypse Now or FMJ.

[Sailor Steve]

It was explicitly stated. :O:

I said movies because I left it open to sequels if the thread proved popular, which it has. I'm thinking of doing a book version sometime next month. And don't worry, I'll specifically state no e-readers. You can't take your Kindle with 10,000 volumes and have a whole freaking library in the palm of your hand.
WHAT???

If I can't take my computer I ain't goin'! :stare:

[frau kaleun]

WHAT???

If I can't take my computer I ain't goin'! :stare:

Too right. How am I supposed to play SH3 when I get tired of watching the same 5 movies over and over again?

Next he'll be telling us there's no high speed internet access. :stare:

[Takeda Shingen]

Too right. How am I supposed to play SH3 when I get tired of watching the same 5 movies over and over again?

Next he'll be telling us there's no high speed internet access. :stare:

Very well, you may take a sixth movie but it must be either Sex in the City or Gigli.

[Sailor Steve]

I know! I'll bring Babylon 5! It may have been presented as a TV show, but it's realy a 120-hour-long movie! :D

[frau kaleun]

Very well, you may take a sixth movie but it must be either Sex in the City or Gigli.

Fine, but only if I may also bring a noose with which to hang myself.

[Takeda Shingen]

Fine, but only if I may also bring a noose with which to hang myself.

You may not. Instead, you may bring Cast Away so that you can see how to fashion one yourself.

[VipertheSniper]

Wow, that's hard, but I'd say

Gran Torino, because Clint Eastwood makes a great grumpy old man
The Departed, I never was much of a DiCaprio fan, but this movie changed my mind
Tora! Tora! Tora!, one of the best war movies made in Hollywood
Das Boot (in full length), well it's got U-boats
Perfect World, great movie, and great score by Eastwood

[Penguin]

Too right. How am I supposed to play SH3 when I get tired of watching the same 5 movies over and over again?

Next he'll be telling us there's no high speed internet access. :stare:

:hmmm: this brings me to an idea: We could just burn SH3 into the PC's ROM. By this you could only play this game, nothing else, kinda like in those 80's game thingies.
Want to play a new game? Buy a new computer you bum!

OK, I am off to call Ubisoft, I bet they'll love my new DRM! :D

[krashkart]

Question:

If this is a desert island and we are stranded on it, where do we plug in our TV's and players? :hmmm:

[Takeda Shingen]

Question:

If this is a desert island and we are stranded on it, where do we plug in our TV's and players? :hmmm:

We'll bring William Wallace.

[krashkart]

We'll bring William Wallace.

Excellent! We can use his eyes to light fires, too. :up:



Edit:

Maybe we could bring a politician with us as well? You know, in case we need a laser level for anything. :hmm2:

[Growler]

Aliens: It's the only way to be sure.
The Truman Show: Jim Carrey proved he could do serious, and Ed Harris proved he could do creative intellectual jerkoff villain. Peter Weir is one of the most under-appreciated filmmakers out there.
Despicable Me: It was your cousin's idea. Wha? Good memories of my family through this film.
Tora, Tora, Tora: Pearl Harbor, done right.
Hamlet: Kenneth Branagh's epic take on Shakespeare's classic is worth watching again and again, especially when you have a ton of spare time.

[frau kaleun]

Maybe we could bring a politician with us as well?

Interesting idea.

Which leads to another "desert island" question... if you had to be stranded on a desert island with a politician, which one would you choose?

I'm callin' dibs on Teddy Roosevelt. :D

[Takeda Shingen]

I get Honest Abe.

[krashkart]

I call dibs on zombie Lenin.

[the_tyrant]

Stuck on an deserted island with a politician:hmmm:
I call Eva Peron:D

[Platapus]

Interesting idea.

Which leads to another "desert island" question... if you had to be stranded on a desert island with a politician, which one would you choose?




I would choose Sara Palin.

I would be willing to make the sacrifice for the benefit of my country.

:D:O:

[Sailor Steve]

I'll take Joe Biden. With that much hot air I could build a balloon and get home. :D

[Herr-Berbunch]

Tony Bliar - just to get away with repeatedly hitting him, hour after hour, day after day, etc...:smug:

[Penguin]

Tony Bliar - just to get away with repeatedly hitting him, hour after hour, day after day, etc...:smug:

:D
it wasn't stated if we intend to use the politician as punching bag or as company...

for agressions: Helmut Kohl

for fun:
http://www.mizozo.com/images/item_images/13000/12386_src.jpg

Julia Bonk :smug:

[Armistead]

What's cool, if we're bringing our fav movies to watch, means we have a power source on the island to plug in,

[Penguin]

What's cool, if we're bringing our fav movies to watch, means we have a power source on the island to plug in,

otherwise we should bring the DVD: "How to make solar panels from coconut shells and seaweed"

[frau kaleun]

otherwise we should bring the DVD: "How to make solar panels from coconut shells and seaweed"

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT7nnh-rcb-NSMaPzFCkLmEMItesbvgvLc1aiXweUb4IlsAqqkn&t=1

"...with your host, The Professor."

[Sailor Steve]

otherwise we should bring the DVD: "How to make solar panels from coconut shells and seaweed"
But we have to plug it in before we can watch it to learn how to plug it in so we can watch it to learn how to...

Oh, my head hurts.

[XabbaRus]

The Hunt for Red October
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Ivan Vasillievich changes proffessions (Russian)
Misty Mundae in Spiderbabe
Kill Bill 1 & 2 (This counts as one film right?)

[Takeda Shingen]

Kill Bill 1 & 2 (This counts as one film right?)

Yep. Same deal as Das Boot.

[Dowly]

Kill Bill 1 & 2 are 2 movies. :yep:

Or would Die Hard 1-4 be a one movie too (there's references to the other movies in all but DH1 :O:)

[Takeda Shingen]

Kill Bill 1 & 2 are 2 movies. :yep:

Or would Die Hard 1-4 be a one movie too (there's references to the other movies in all but DH1 :O:)

I disagree. Kill Bill was designed as a 4-hour single film, but was split due to the length being thought of as too long for a single sitting. Therefore, Volume 2 is a continuance of the story, not a stand-alone sequel as in the case of the Die Hard films.

[Sailor Steve]

Kill Bill was designed as a 4-hour single film, but was split due to the length being thought of as too long for a single sitting. Therefore, Volume 2 is a continuance of the story,
I agree too. But that's also true of my Three and Four Musketeers, so you take back calling me a cheater or I'll call double-cheater on you! So there! :stare:

[Onkel Neal]

I would have to pick movies I like seeing over and over, as opposed to favorites, if I am on an island.

On a similar topic, came across this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqYDRxdgnC0&feature=related

The comments almost made me bust a gut laughing. :har: