I’ve been following a similar thread elsewhere and have been very amused at the inability of the posters to cite just a single movie. The vast majority listed more than one, some as many as 10 or 15. And they were full of rationalizations: “Sometimes it’s A, sometimes B”, “All of the Star Wars movies”, “It’s a tie between Porky’s and Citizen Kane”, etc. I would guess that less than 20 per cent actually listed a single film.
So, dopers, here is your challenge: Tell us what your ONE favorite film is, and tell us why if you like.
The first one to list more than one film, in any context, gets a pie in the face next time I see you.
This is one of my biggest pet peeves on the SDMB. Any post with “What’s your favorite…” in the title will, within ten replies, get a post linking to Entertainment Weekly’s 500 Greatest Films of All Time, or even better, a cut and paste of the list.
If I could only live with one film, it’d be Buster Keaton’s The General. Epic, intimate, suspenseful, hilarious, and masterfully executed throughout. A treasure.
This is stunning and confusing to me. It’s a sweet movie, but I wouldn’t think it a contender for anyone’s favorite of all time. Also who’s Tom and who’s his sister? There were no badasses in this movie that I remember.
Not to be paranoid or anything, but isn’t this sometimes a question used as a security challenge to help you reset your password?
My answer used to be Ran by Kurosawa, the retelling of the story of King Lear in a Japanese setting, but now I realize that the last time I’ve seen it was several years ago, I will have to view it again and see if I have changed my mind.
I love the battle scenes, the poignancy of the old emperor’s fall from power, and especially the strong-willed daughter-in-law Lady Kaede.
A Man For All Seasons, with Paul Scofield as Sir Thomas More, Wendy Hiller as Lady Alice, Robert Shaw as Henry VIII, and many, many other superb actors.
Hm. Maybe Gangs of New York. Tough to just pick one. I decided to say hell to thinking of a canonically good answer, just named a movie I like seeing every time I see it.
So much of personality interaction, modern society, and the subjective nature of the truth is encapsulated in one tight, perfectly acted and shot film.
In the event of an apocalypse, I’d also guard Beauty and the Beast, Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and Casablanca with my life.
And they were full of rationalizations: “Sometimes it’s A, sometimes B”, “All of the Star Wars movies”, “It’s a tie between Porky’s and Citizen Kane”, etc. I would guess that less than 20 per cent actually listed a single film.
