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Post by Richard on Jun 13, 2005 12:59:39 GMT -5
To kick off my recent enlistment on the forums, I must now make threads that serve great importance to me. So let's spark some sort of discussion with the wonderful world of Hollywood. I'll start of course...
Favorite Actors:
Steve McQueen, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, Spencer Tracy, Peter Sellers, James Stewart, Clark Gable, Orson Welles, Gregory Peck, William Powell, Sidney Poitier, Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, Peter Lorre, Robert Mitchum, Michael Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Clint Eastwood, Dustin Hoffman, Harrison Ford, Morgan Freeman, Sean Connery, Tom Cruise, Robert De Niro, Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Tom Hanks, Christopher Reeve, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson, Kevin Spacey, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Johnny Depp, River Phoenix, Mel Gibson, Keanu Reeves, Danny Glover, Christopher Walken, Brad Dourif, William H. Macy, and Steve Buscemi.
Favorite Actresses:
Katharine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Vivien Leigh, Ginger Rogers, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Faye Dunaway, Lauren Bacall, Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Ingrid Bergman, Myrna Loy, Elizabeth Taylor, Janet Leigh, Cate Blanchett, Uma Thurman, Nicole Kidman, Sharon Stone, Kate Beckinsale, and Keira Knightley.
Favorite Directors:
Howard Hawks, Michael Curtiz, George Cukor, George Stevens, Vincente Minnelli, Orson Welles, Frank Capra, Elia Kazan, Alfred Hitchcock, Akira Kurosawa, Stanley Kubrick, Stanley Kramer, Mike Nichols, Norman Jewison, Sidney Lumet, Billy Wilder, Quentin Tarantino, Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, John Carpenter, Martin Scorsese, Alexander Payne, David Fincher, Tim Burton, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, Roman Polanski, Ridley Scott, Robert Zemeckis, Clint Eastwood, Ron Howard, and Danny Boyle.
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Post by Shaun on Jun 13, 2005 13:36:11 GMT -5
Favorite Actors:
Cary Grant, Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, Tom Hanks, Christopher Reeve, and some others that I am forgetting
Favorite Actresses:
Katharine Hepburn (the best EVER), Allison Mack, Nicole Kidman, Bette Davis, Judy Garland, Natalie Portman, Evangeline Lilly, and some others that I am forgetting
Favorite Directors:
Steven Spielberg, George Cukor, and Alfred Hitchcock
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Post by Cate on Jun 13, 2005 16:23:01 GMT -5
Actresses: Katharine Hepburn, Angelina Jolie, Jodie Foster, Chloe Sevigny, Anne Bancroft, Faye Dunaway, Uma Thurman, Juliette Lewis, Meryl Streep (yeah, I disagree with her), Cate Blanchett Actors: Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant, Steve Buscemi, Kieran Culkin, Brad Pitt (not just a pretty face  , Dustin Hoffman, Johnny Depp, Leo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, Christopher Walken, Hugh Grant (for a sort of... one-sided, comical kind of acting), Jack Nicholson!, Nicolas Cage, Anthony Hopkins Directors: Quentin Tarantino (even though he's an egotistical bastard), Clint Eastwood, George Cukor, Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Gus Van Sant, Ron Howard, Spike Jonze, Sofia Coppola, Martin Scorsese, the Ephrons, Robert Zemeckis, Luc Besson, Baz Luhrmann, David Lynch!!, Tim Burton!!! I'm forgetting a lot in all of those categories... but I'm sure no one is reading these things  Especially if you have a million... like me. |
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Post by Cate on Jun 15, 2005 20:17:02 GMT -5
I am definitely into foreign movies. My favorites tend to be from Spain or Mexico (i.e. open your eyes -- the spanish version of Vanilla Sky which I thought was better than the American -- Talk To Her) or the Brazilian City of God. Sex and Lucia is also a great one... hmm.... Run Lola Run... Can't think of any others right now. I have a very eclectic taste in movies as well. Most of mine tend to be the independent and/or bizarre films... but I also secretly like romantic comedies and action flicks. Which reminds me, has anyone seen Mr. & Mrs. Smith? I was actually surprised at how much I liked the movie. I was pretty much going because Brad and Angelina were in it... but turns out the movie's actually good!  |
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Post by Richard on Jun 16, 2005 0:11:30 GMT -5
'City Of God' was amazing. Pretty intense... but amazing. And 'Run Lola Run' was great.
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Post by Cate on Jun 16, 2005 2:00:37 GMT -5
Yeah, City of God was probably one of the most disturbing movies I've seen... with the exception of A Clockwork Orange and 8mm... but, yeah, intense is a good word. Sad would be another.
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Post by Richard on Jun 17, 2005 14:21:05 GMT -5
Kubrick rules. Some may argue he's a perfectionist when it comes to shooting a scene, but whatever he is, he's amazing. No one can film a shot better than he can. 'A Clockwork Orange' was the first real gem I watched by him. That year I went Kubrick crazy. Full Metal Jacket, The Shining, Paths of Glory, Lolita, The Killing, Dr. Strangelove, and most recently 2001: A Space Odyssey. Now let me tell you, like the majority of audiences when it first came out, I was left more confused and irritated by that movie than any other film I saw that year. At the first viewing, I thought it was just O.K. That's it. Maybe if I watch it again I'll be able to see the intelligence of it all.
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Post by Cate on Jun 18, 2005 20:56:42 GMT -5
Yeah, I was completely bored by 2001. It's pretty to look at but that can only entertain me for about 15 minutes. Perhaps I need to watch it again but I doubt I'll take the time to do it. I did like The Shining, Lolita and A Clockwork Orange (no matter how painful it is to watch). I think that in order to be a great director, you have to be a perfectionist. Actually, to be great at anything. I love perfectionists. |
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Post by karina on Jun 25, 2005 14:24:29 GMT -5
Valles - yes, I'm a "world cinema" fan too, especially European movies and preferably in the original version. Luckily I speak quite a few languages, but even if it's a Chinese film say, I still prefer subtitles over dubbing any day.
Cinema Paradiso has me in tears every time I watch it and Jean de Florette & Manon des Sources are 2 other favourites.
As for the ltop 3 lists, they go something like this:
Actor: Cary Grant, Richard Gere, Paul Newman
Actress: Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Vanessa Redgrave
Director: George Cukor, Claude Chabrol, Peter Greenaway
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Post by alucino on Jul 6, 2005 10:22:07 GMT -5
Actresses: Katharine Hepburn (forever THE BEST), Ingrid Bergman, Michelle Pfieffer, Susan Surrandon, Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, Glenn Close, Julie Andrews, Cate Blanchett, Sigourney Weaver, Whoopi Goldberh, Emma Thompson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Helen Hunt, Jodie foster, Meryl Streep, Diane lane, Maggie Smith, Dakota Fanning
Actors: Johnny Depp, Cary Grant, Sean Connary, Denzel Washington, Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks, Gregory Peck, Haley Joel Osmond
Directors: George cukor, Alfred Hitchcock, Lasse Hallström
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Post by isis on Apr 24, 2006 4:27:29 GMT -5
Actresses : Katharine Hepburn, Emma Thompson, Susan Sarandon, Vanessa Redgrave, Kristin Scott Thomas, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Marisa Paredes, Carmen Maura, Jodie Foster, Sabine Azéma, Angelina Jolie, Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson
Actors : Michel Serault, Anthony Hopkins, Liam Neeson, Gabriel Byrne, Morgan Freeman, Jack Nicholson, Claude Rich, André Dussolier, Robert Redford, Johny Depp, Colin Firth
Directors : George Cukor, James Ivory, Robert Altman, Etienne Chatillez, Pedro Almodovar, Alejandro Amenabar, Ken Loach, Stephen Frears, Clint Eastwood, Tim Burton
Catherine If you liked Abre los ojos
of course Alejandro Amenabar (Spanish version is better than American), you maybe apreciate some others Amenabar movies : The others, La lengua de las mariposas (it's a treasure !).
Otherwise some great spanish and latin american films : of Almodovar's movies : Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios , Tacones lejanos , La Flor de mi secreto , Todo sobre mi madre, La mala educacion
Guillermo Del Toro : El espinazo del diablo
Walter Salles : Central do brazil
Carlos Carrera : El crimen del padre Amaro
Christopher Hampton : Imaginig Argentina
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kathfan88
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Kate Hepburn... nuff said.
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Post by kathfan88 on Apr 24, 2006 13:07:16 GMT -5
Favorite Actors: Cary Grant, Spencer Tracy, Rex Harrison, Robert Redford, Johnny Depp, Tom Hanks, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, Gerard Butler and Christopher Plummer.
Favorite Actress: Katharine Hepburn, Julie Andrews, Barbra Streisand, Audrey Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave, Julia Roberts, Emma Thompson, Meg Ryan, Emmy Rossum and Jodie Foster.
Favorite Directors: Goerge Cukor, Steven Speilberg, Tim Burton and Alfred Hitchcock.
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Post by Shaun on Apr 24, 2006 15:03:29 GMT -5
a few more of my favorite actresses:
Joan Crawford, Irene Dunne, Barbara Stanwyck, and Jodie Foster.
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Post by Cate on Apr 25, 2006 0:39:52 GMT -5
Thanks Aurelie! I'll look for them.
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, Dustin Hoffman, Johnny Depp, Leo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, Christopher Walken, Hugh Grant (for a sort of... one-sided, comical kind of acting), Jack Nicholson!, Nicolas Cage, Anthony Hopkins
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