My Favorite Movies

Probably my number one film, attached to Godfather II.

Certainly tests the average proffer - "Wasn't as good as the first one." This was at least as good. One of My 45 Perfect Movies. Also loved the re-edit of I & II by Coppola as the Godfather Saga (with previously deleted scend that help tie everything together.

A perfect film - wanna argue -- BRING IT ON!

That which modern film making strives toward, at least in the mystery - drama department. On My 45 Perfect Movies list.

One of the best films from the past 20 years. Except for the unnecessary opening and ending with the old Vet - pretty damed perfect - I know, it was out of respect for that generation. The first 20 minutes has to be the best WWII battle sequences ever put on film.

The only thing to say: practically every frame of every set peice could be a photographic masterpeice. Obviously on MY 45 Perfect Movies list.

Hardy a mis-step in the entire production. The interaction between actors! Just great. Plus a dynamite ending!

Another one of My 35 Perfect Movies. There's nothing wrong w/ this film.

What epics are all about. O'Toole was fabulous and his supporting actors without peer. Great filmmaking - and the photography - magnificeint!

One of My 35 Perfect Movies.

One of the best crime dramas from any era. Remade several times in one form or another. Surprisingly, several of those films also hit the mark! But there's nothing to improve on the original. Fantastic dialogue. One of My 45 Perfect Movies.

Funny, strange, intriguing. Great acting, well written and directed. Lots of surprises. A wonderful film.

One of My 45 Perfect Films. Wonderful performances in a special genre of young/old body changes. Hanks is his usual great self plus Frank Longia & Elizbeth Perkins are perfect in their supporting roles.

Bogey plays a great anti-hero, who becomes a hero. He was the mold for others to try to follow. And, damn! if Robinson doesn't play one of the meanest guys for any movie. Brutal. Great story, and wonderful set pieces. A fantastic cast in every part. Another of my 45 Perfect Movies.

Well, really a couldn't miss film. What? After how many Broadway performances? Just a wonderfully moving and sad story.

One of My Favorite 35 Movies. There's nothing wrong in this film - it's perfect.

This is what adventure is all about. Go to a strang and distant land...and become king! Yes, that's the ticket!!

Fantastic entertainment. One of My 45 Perfect Movies.

Leone's first film, well the first that anyone noticed in the States. Of course, a BIG THANK YOU to Yojimbo! Practically speaking brought the western out of the dustbin of film history and made it great again. Ah, and the "man with no name" -- aren't we all glad he took the part?

Better than "Fistful of Dollars" by just a bit. The addition of "Angel Eyes" was an inspiration. Great plot and wonderful settings.

The reason for the half-star difference is i thought it could have used a bit of editing here and there, especially towards the finale.

A battlefield jaunt, complete with anachronistic characters and oddball humor and lots of action. A WWII fantasy heist movie! Perfect -- EXCEPT for the opening (& closing) theme music!!!! Please, please, don't let that turn you off before the movie really gets going! It was NEVER good music, even when the film was released. Someone just plain, screwed the pooch on that.

Classy, well acted, entertaining, some of the best sword fighting to be put on film. One of My Perfect Movies, along with the sequel (filmed at the same time).

CHANGED THE MOVIES! There's nothing else to say.

For pure movie-making, the best of the "first 3".

Continued to CHANGE MOVIE HISTORY.

One of My Perfect Movies.

Combine this with Lester's prequel and they would still be seamless. Of course they were filmed simultaneously. I cannot imagine any reaso for re-makes after these gems.

Along with the sequel, the best "space monlster" movies of the past 30 years. Both are in My 45 Perfect Movie" list.

See Alien. Suffice to say, in My 45 Perfect Movies.

Being a jazz fanatic, a fan of gangster films and enamored with Diane Lane since Rumblefish, of course I'm going to love this movie. I know that I'm swimming up-stream against the critics (and many movie buffs) - but it?s a near-perfect film IMHO. The half-star off, is for length. Francis could have edited out at least 10 minutes.

Great idea brought to life. One of My Perfect Movies.

Perhaps the greatest war-action films of all time, if you exclude the beginning and end of Saving Pvt. Ryan. One of My Perfect Movies.

I saw this many times as a Dad. After many, many viewings, still liked it.

Again, One of the great cinematic achievements.

With the others one of the great cinematic achievements.

With the others, One of the great cinematic achievements.

Serio-comic scripting at its best. Fantastic performances and much like other films from this general period, even interium events have not caught oup to Paddy's vison! A masterpiece in every way.

Takes the western apart, legend by legend with great humor and pathos. A tour-de-force for Hoffman.

MacBeth is one of the best entrees into Shakespeare, short of Romeo & Juliet, especially for boys (to men), but for the ladies ? there?s also one of the Bard?s greatest female characters. So, something for everyone ? well, it?s not a comedy, so that?s missing. Wonderful direction by Polanski to make it a "movie"; although he never bends the language so much as to dumb it down; and adding cinematic touches that are almost impossible on even the biggest stage set. Yes, Polanski took a few liberties but anyone who knows anything about Shakespeare knows that liberties are part of his cannon. I don?t think any of his plays were chiseled in marble.

I don't remember how successful this was when it was released, but among many movie lovers it was the funniest movie to come out in years! A turn on the mistaken identity plot. It's wonderful how everyone can keep a straight face among the supporting roles. Sutherland and Wilder are just...ridiculously funny. The 1/2 star off is for the VERY end. Not up to the quality of the rest of the picture.

I like Dr. No. Yet "Russia" has it all for story, villian, action, intrigue and the rest.

I've seen this many times and despite lapses in timing and editing, still one of the best films of its generation. Forget that its not entirely "accurate" historically. In this time that's unimportant compared to the timelessness of the "Heart of Darkness" idea behind its main characters. It's a BIG movie, yet its main people are fleshed out beautifully. A bit too long for its own good, but rent the "second" director's cut anyway. The one with the extra, what? 15 minutes? Where they visit the French plantation. it doesn't make this gem that much longer.