any film fanatics here?

[trainspotting.femme]

salutations, new to this forum. 2006 has been a rather good film year in my opinion, with a couple making it to my all-time-favourites list (not an easy task!) hopefully 2007 will be just as good! so if you appreciate your films as much as i do, you know what to do =)

a few of my favourites include american history x, silence of the lambs, the garden state, trainspotting and clockwork orange.

i can't stand epics, asian horror and too much CGI (whatever happened to good ol' acting and storyline?!)

[guruvishwanath]

Trivia Question:

Name the actress who came in a bond movie, an oscar winning movie, and an animation movie????



This is better than six degrees of seperation to Kevin Bacon.

[mho]

Dame Judie Dench has been in a Bond Movie and is an Oscar winner no? But I think thats not the actress you are talkin of

[guruvishwanath]

Its Minnie Driver.

GoldenEye - She was the bad singer at the background
Good Will Hunting - It was an Oscar Winning Movie (she was not a winner)
Princess Mononoke - Its a superb japanese anime movie (must watch).

[mho]

Watched 'The Queen' on a Singapore airlines flight.
Thought it was awesome. The guy who played Tony Blair seemed like a pip squeak at first , but he pulled it off. Helen Mirren was absolutely convincing.

Funny after I watched all that royalty/anachronism thing, I landed in Thailand where the royalty is worshiped and doing somethings in the political arena..........ohhh taboo!!!!!! I'll fly back to Spore tomorrow and elaborate on that , lest a Tank knocks down my hotel door now.

[swiso]

Does anyone know, if there are some good movies in cinema at the moment?

Cheers

[zombofi]

You should watch Blood Diamond and Babel

Btw, does anyone know if Children of Men will be releasing in theaters here cuz i heard from a friend that MDA has banned it or something?

[Loops]

Name the actress who came in a bond movie, an oscar winning movie, and an animation movie????

I think it was Kim Bassenger.

I know she was in a Bond and I know she was in that weird cartoon/real life film - what was it called? Dunno, but Underworld did the music......and she's no doubt won an Oscar but I don't know which film that was.

trainspotting.femme - I like most of those films too apart from the garden state which I haven't seen, but based on your list of faves I might like it.

Some of my faves are:

Pulp Fiction, Trainspotting, 28 days later, Young Frankenstein, the Man with 2 Brains, Dodgeball, From Dusk til Dawn and those 80s sci fis like Terminator, Robocop and Total Recall (classics )

[Loops]

Ah, was it called Cool Life or something?

and I think it is Bassinger isn't it, not Bassenger.

[NickfromSydney]

and what about your favourites for 06..most of thoselisted are a little older

some of my favs for last year..organge state, the constant gardiner..etc

i am off to see last king of england tonight

[Loops]

am off to see last king of england tonight

Scotland?

How was it?

I can't remember seeing any that I thought were that great in 06. Casino Royale was good but I didn't see any that I think I'd buy (which is sort of how I rate a film - if I'd buy it and watch it more than twice then I like it).

I did like Night at the Museum and would buy that and watch it again with my children (they loved it).

[trainspotting.femme]

V for Vendetta definitely tops my 2006 list!!

[sniper968]

My favs include

Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Sydney: Hard Eight
Untergang, Der (Downfall)
Run Lola Run
Magnolia
Gattaca
Elizabeth I (starring Helen Mirriam as the 1st Queen E)
Empire Strikes Back (great when Lucas was NOT directing n editing it)
Gladiator
Apocalypto
Snatch
Lost in Translation
Master and Commander
Dances with Wolves
When Harry Met Sally
Lord of the Rings 1 n 2
End of the Affair
Topsy Turvy -1999 (Making of Gilbert and Sullivan's Mikado)
Regeneration
Bridge too Far
Band of Brothers
Braveheart
Golden Bowl
Schindler's List
Saving Private Ryan (first 20 minutes)

etc.. I'm a sucker for the Period films done by ICON.

Currently watching the new Battlestar Galactica, Lost, and HBO's ROME.