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My two favorite movies in my life


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I encourage much you folks to see these---  I'm sure many have - They NEVER get old for me.

To Kill a Mockingbird w Gregory Peck

And, Sling Blade w Billy Bob Thornton. (It's not a slasher film)

The first is in the IMDB top 250.

I REALLY don't know why the second isn't

I grew up watching Andy in Mayberry like.

When they asked me in grade scholl - "Who is your hero?" it was him.

Anyway, ya.   Lars

have to agree "To Kill a Mocking Bird" my very first pick. Elmer Gantry 1960 very fine film and racy in so many ways for the time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Gantry_%28film%29

Modern day film "The shipping News" with Kevin Spacey and others very fine acting all around.

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Page 3 and "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly" hasn't been mentioned? Sergio Leone was the perfect director for the script and story. Cinematography was fantastic , wide pan shots were incredible. I'm not even a big western fan either. 
I also loved "Tora Tora Tora' as well and will stop and watch it anytime.
 

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Wizard of Oz (a film SO far ahead of its time), Jaws, and It’s a Wonderful Life.  (hmmm, just wondering what a shrink would say about my choices)?

 

I hated Wizard of Oz.  Hated.  It scared me to death when I was a kid, to this day, the scariest movie I've ever seen.

 

Two words; flying monkeys. 

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Wizard of Oz (a film SO far ahead of its time), Jaws, and It’s a Wonderful Life.  (hmmm, just wondering what a shrink would say about my choices)?

 

I hated Wizard of Oz.  Hated.  It scared me to death when I was a kid.

 

Two words; flying monkeys. 

 

I always thought Margaret Hamilton's portrayal of the witch is the cinematic benchmark for a like character.  Maybe it was me being a kid and she was green that made her so memorable.  

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Iv been holding back on this because the OP ask for two.

Now however, i see this going the way most threads go in the forum, straying into more than two movies. So:

No real order here, and i know im missing a few.

Im a minority owner in two CinePlex 7s, going on 15 years now, cost me my whole 401k to invest in this 16 years ago, glad i did, only took the next 5 years paying the tax on the 401.

This is the reason iv zero interest in HT and do not comment ever on HT threads. i know nothing of HT.  

 

 

Lawrence of Arabia

Flight of the Phoenix (orig)

Vanishing Point (orig)

2001/2010

Dave

Midway

Deer Hunter

Apocalypse Now

Red Dawn (orig)

Patton

Airplane

No Country For Old Men

Jaws

Contact

Scarface

Pulp fiction

Alien

Amadeus

The Laststarfighter

Kill Bill 1 and 2

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