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by Jaxia @ 9:14 pm on March 27, 2006. Filed under Movies

When we went to Ruidoso, we decided to take a few movies with us to watch while curled up next to the fire. Since this was a getaway, we didn’t want to take too much stuff. Having to choose which movies to take on our trip got me to thinking about my favorite movies of all time.

The 5 Best Movies (according to Jaxia):

Shawshank Redemption
The Princess Bride
The Sound of Music
Courage Under Fire
American History X

So, what are your five favorite movies?

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I did this awhile ago on my blog. My top are here. Or, I’ll list em again:

5. The Usual Suspects
4. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
3. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2. Braveheart
1. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

Comment by CJ — March 27, 2006 @ 9:51 pm
Field of Dreams and Memento are great movies!

Comment by Jaxia — March 27, 2006 @ 9:54 pm
No top movies list is complete without The Big Lebowski.

Apart from that, I tend to compartmentalize movies by genre. It’s kinda hard to compare, say, Schindler’s List with, say, Network.

Best War Movies: Braveheart, Saving Private Ryan
Best Comedy: The Big Lebowski
Best Action: Raiders of the Lost Arc, The Matrix
Best Dramas: (tough category) Schindler’s List, Network, various others
Best Western: Unforgiven

Comment by Beck — March 28, 2006 @ 9:28 am
I’ve never seen The Big Lebowski, Network, RoTLA or Unforgiven. I finally saw Schindler’s List within the last year, but I think Life is Beautiful is a better movie.

Comment by Jaxia — March 28, 2006 @ 9:32 am
In no particular order.

The lord of the rings movies (grouped as 1 movie or this would be a boring list)
Signs
Blackhawk down
The Matrix
The original starwars movies (Yeah so I had another group… sue me :p )

Oh and you have never watched Raiders (oTLA)? Heathen! Its a top movie.

Comment by Tarss — March 28, 2006 @ 10:37 am
As you can see, I still have a lot of “educating” to do when it comes to Jaxia and movies. I didn’t realize that she hadn’t seen The Big Lebowski (love it! and drank nothing but White Russians for almost a year after seeing it for the first time). Trying to get her to watch Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark has been an uphill battle so far. But I’ll keep trying! My list of persuasive techniques continues to grow …

Comment by SK — March 28, 2006 @ 11:24 am
PS — No list of “Best Movies” would be complete without When Harry Met Sally. It’s my pick for the romantic comedy genre. And Parenthood is my favorite family comedy.

Comment by SK — March 28, 2006 @ 11:26 am
I still love the occasional white russian. And for Jax, aconfessed computer geek, to have not seen Star Wars is pure heresy. And Unforgiven is Clint Eastwood’s best movie ever, from both a directing & an acting standpoint (and it won the best picture oscar).

Comment by Beck — March 28, 2006 @ 11:34 am
I still rank Naussicaa as one of my favorites, but it’s more of a nostalgia thing. And yes, I would consider it mostly a children’s movie.

I just saw Mirrormask a few weeks ago. It was incredible, I’d recomend it to anyone. Just don’t listen to some wanker who says it’s “High Fantasy”. It’s not. It’s very clearly a dreamworld, and you have to think about what the characters are representing. I’m the first to scoff at “look beyond the plot”, but in this case you really need to approach it as listening to someone describe thier dream to you. Plus, I really identified with the main character.

You’ve never seen Star Wars? Heathen.

And what’s wrong with a Lord of the Rings marathon session while drunk? >:D

Comment by maskedfencer — March 28, 2006 @ 12:32 pm
I knew Jax had not seen Star Wars, but I didn’t know she also hadn’t seen Big Lebowski or Raiders of the Lost Ark!!!

Has she seen these:
Blade Runner
Mad Max
Murderball
From Dusk Til Dawn
The Sting
Old School
Matrix
Italian Job
Ocean’s Eleven
Terminator
12 Monkeys
Aliens
Lost Boys.

I guess I could go on and on and on

Comment by Briani — March 28, 2006 @ 6:34 pm
Just five? Good grief, let me think.

In no particular order:

Gone With the Wind
Singin’ in the Rain
The Sound of Music
Star Trek: Wrath of Khan
The Rocketeer
Fried Green Tomatoes
The Aristocats
Victor/Victoria
Some Like it Hot

I could go on and on and on…

Comment by JSS — March 28, 2006 @ 9:52 pm
Egads! I’m so behind it’s not even funny.

Blade Runner - Harrison Ford in a sci fi movie? Oh dear.
Mad Max - I’ve see Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Does that count for anything?
Murderball - Never heard of it
From Dusk Til Dawn - Yes, sadly
The Sting - Never heard of this one, either
Old School - Or this one
Matrix - Yes! I HAVE seen this one!
Italian Job - Are you making these up?
Ocean’s Eleven - Yes, and 12
Terminator - All of them. I think I had a crush on Eddie Furlong.
12 Monkeys - Loved it
Aliens - No, but I have seen Gorillas in the Mists
Lost Boys - I didn’t eat noodles for a long time after this one.

I’ve only seen 2 from JSS’ list: Sound of Music and Fried Green Tomatoes, although I’ve seen bits of Gone With The Wind. Never the whole thing.

And MaskedFencer’s movies were all beyond me, too.

SK is trying! I finally watched When Harry Met Sally.

Comment by Jaxia — March 29, 2006 @ 9:59 am
I even have several of those on the list from JSS. This is tragic. And she’s never even HEARD of The Sting?!? Obviously, I’ve got my work cut out for me.

Comment by SK — March 29, 2006 @ 1:11 pm
She need 200 pounds of popcorn, a couch, and a blanket, STAT!

Comment by maskedfencer — March 29, 2006 @ 1:43 pm
For a gambler not to have seen The Sting is like for a baseball player not to have seen The Natural.

No coincidence that both those star Robert Redford.

Comment by Beck — March 29, 2006 @ 1:44 pm
Poor SK

Eww, no popcorn! Hot dog and candy, please

I guess I won’t mention that I haven’t seen The Natural either. Maybe I just haven’t seen many Robert Redford movies.

Comment by Jaxia — March 30, 2006 @ 9:28 am
So you haven’t seen all those classic movies and now you don’t eat popcorn?

Its not natural I tells ya!

Comment by Tars — March 30, 2006 @ 10:49 am
To add to our list of “movies to rent someday”: The Natural, Out of Africa, The Way We Were, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and Barefoot in the Park. We’ll have a Robert Redford weekend (and some eye candy with his female co-stars).

Comment by SK — March 30, 2006 @ 11:45 am
Three Amigos
Princess Bride
The Burbs - a definite must-see.
Butterfly Effect
National Lampoon’s Van Wilder

Comment by Nytro — March 31, 2006 @ 3:46 pm

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