My brain is filled with crackfic. It's like my brain's swimming in a pool of maple syrup.

[apocalypsos]

You know what spnfic_podcast makes me want to do? It makes me want to get a couple of little boys and make them read Gremlins. Really, if anybody reads that, it needs to be adorable little boys, and the only ones I know in real life live in Boston.

I think I accidentally got somebody to want to watch Project Runway yesterday at work. This girl I work with asked why I took overtime this upcoming Thursday (even though they'll probably call it off on me anyway), and I said that I didn't want to take the first day before or after a shift (which left out Tuesday and Friday) and I didn't want to take the chance of missing first-run PR. She hadn't heard of it before, and when I described it to her she spazzed out about how cool it sounded. Heh. I'm free advertising. ;)

Let's kill time. Tell me what your favorite movie is, and why you love it, and why other people should watch it. And BE HONEST. Yes, even if it's something stupid and embarrassing like Joe Dirt.

Comments

[zeenell]

i think I'm stuck between The Princess Bride and Robin Hood: Men in Tights and Dogam. Cuz I'm indecisive like that.

Al of them are funny and have great quotes and have scenes that are fun to act out. Er, I suck at telling people why they should watch something too.

[eruditz.livejournal.com]

The Princess Bride is my favourite! It's got everything, including pirates, giants, ROUS, true love, and of course, a young Cary Elwes. :D

[kajivar]

Bram Stoker's Dracula. I love Gary Oldman, I love the tragic love story, I love the visual effects. I could do without Keanu Reeves, though, since I keep expecting Jonathan Harker to say "Whoa, Dracua? Bogus!"

[wrenlet.livejournal.com]

The Ref, with Denis Leary. I keep thinking it Says Something about me that this is my favorite movie to watch over the holidays, but given the complete lack of surprise from everyone I know when I tell them this... I think it just says all my friends have the same family issues I do.

"I'm in hell. Connecticut is the fifth ring of hell."

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

i freakin LOVE that movie. the grinch, the ref, nightmare before christmas and the '50's christmas carol. that's holiday viewing, people. <3333

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Heh. My holiday viewing looks like:

1. The Ref
2. Miracle of 34th Street
3. Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas
4. The Santa Clause
5. Seven straight viewings of A Christmas Story in a row. :)

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

hee! oh, the santa clause. that's the good stuff. :D

oh oh, also scrooged. it's not a holiday season unless carol kane ko's bill murray with a toaster.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

OMGYES. Scrooged is a must.

And it's not Christmas, but in my family, we have to wach Home for the Holidays at Thanksgiving and cringe in horror, because every single one of the characters is somebody in the family. It's terrifying.

[wrenlet.livejournal.com]

Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas

Ooooooooooh... we watched this every single year at my elementary school. This has not soured the awesomeness of the movie one bit, but sadly I don't have a copy.

[wrenlet.livejournal.com]

NBC is my close runner-up ♥ Oh man, have you ever listened to the soundtrack? 'Cause there's this whole thing at the end and I'm like, WHY WASN'T THIS IN THE MOVIE??

[raindroproses.livejournal.com]

Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Because Angelina Jolie kicks ass and I enjoy explosions.

Though The Princess Bride runs a close second because of all of the quotable lines.

[deirdre-c.livejournal.com]

You know, I have two little boys that age (well, close, 7 and 9). If I get my act together, I could have them read Gremlins for an spnfic_podcast if you'd like. :)

[kirana-44.livejournal.com]

Well my favorite movie used to be Days of Thunder, I loves me some stupid racing movie. Now I'm not to sure I like a billion movies and all about equally. Although The Breed is right up there cause who doesn't love bad vampire movies. And Two Weeks Notice is my guilty pleasure.

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

it's so hard to make a choice omg.

boondock saints. sneakers. good will hunting. ghostbusters. give me a solid plot, good actors and a whole fistful of laugh-out-loud, and i'm in.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Sneakers is the BEST.

"I'm Carl."
"I'm Mary."
"I'm going to be sick." *James Earl Jones voice*

*snickers*

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

i just went here (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105435/quotes) and now i really wanna watch that movie again. <333

[marginaliana]

I was gonna say Sneakers! SUCH a good movie. *thinks some more*

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

*jumps up and down, pointing*

CLUE!! oh, tim curry, you stud. <3333

[prodigal7512.livejournal.com]

Clue rules!

And I'm ashamed that nobody has yet said "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". For shame. :P

[wrenlet.livejournal.com]

Sneakers, omg! Only movie I have ever seen where the whole theater STOOD UP AND APPLAUDED at the end.

[tenebris.livejournal.com]

What movie: I'm thinking Bend it Like Beckham right now, 'cause when I first watched that movie and got to the end, I wanted to rewind and watch it all over again.

Why I love it: Oooh man. Girl's soccer and cultural crossover and showing off scars and an awesome wedding scene and...uh,I'll just stop listing scenes now. Jonathan Rhys-Myers's presence is also a big plus.

Why others should watch it: See all of the above plus JRM being a total spaz at the end.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

See all of the above plus JRM being a total spaz at the end.

*giggles* That man runs like a Muppet falling down a flight of stairs.

[tenebris.livejournal.com]

*laughs* He really does! When he does the little airplane thing, I'm always torn between "OHSOCUTE" and "way to make an impression on her Dad there!"

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Favorite movie, huh? That's a toughie. First choice would probably be Serenity, because it's THE BIG DAMN MOVIE, and it makes me laugh and cry and laugh again and it owns my SOUL.

Second: Boondock Saints. Because there's sexy Irish brothers who are clearly in love with each other, and it's HOT, and there's also lots of violence and blood and I'm such a bad, bad person but it touches all my primal fascinations and whoo. It's love.

[marginaliana]

Somebody else already mentioned Sneakers, so I'll have to go with... Independence Day. Because Will Smith needs to make as many alien movies as humanly possible. No, seriously, this movie has everything you'd ever want - kickass actors (Bill Pullman! Jeff Goldblum!), a rockin' adventure plot (aliens! taking over the earth!), and lots of snarky dialogue. A true classic.

Clue comes a close third to ID and Sneakers, though.

[elbiesee.livejournal.com]

I have to say, whenever I'm in a blue mood, I always want to watch The Adventures of Pricilla, Queen of the Desert.

Why?

Take Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, and Terrence Stamp. Add lame' dresses and disco. Also a bus. Stir.

*hugs her DVD*

[kurukami.livejournal.com]

Lovely icon. ; )

[catystorm.livejournal.com]

The Mummy. Hands-down. I mean, I love a lot of movies a whole lot, but I could put The Mummy on loop for forty-eight hours straight and still not get tired of it.

[faith21.livejournal.com]

Goodfellas.

Because it's Scorsese first of all. And Ray Liotta and Robert DeNiro are amazing in it, but Joe Pesci is FANTASTIC. The way the scenes are shot, the use of music (dude, "Layla" and "Sunshine of My Love" and "Monkey Man"), Liotta's narration, the action, not to mention the fact that it's a true story.

Serenity is my second favorite movie, but I don't even feel like I need to say why people should watch it. Because Joss Whedon made a Firefly movie, that's why.

[kurukami.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, people already beat me to Sneakers and The Princess Bride. Nuts.

OK... *sigh* I can't pick just one.

Memento, for marvelously interwoven, non-sequential modern-day noir that gets downright chilling as it progresses.
The Shawshank Redemption, for dramatic impact and sheer epic scope. Plus being one of the first movies to make me nearly bawl at the end.
V for Vendetta, for Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving's voice, hard-edged social vision, and an all-too-believable view of a totalitarian future.
Real Genius, for glorious witty comedy which is sadly lacking in most more recent farces.
And The Incredibles, because at heart I'm a superhero fanboy and it handles every facet of that brilliantly.

Lost in Translation

[aexia.livejournal.com]

Perfectly captures the weird sense of isolation that comes with travelling. It just feels real.

Bah, messed that up, let's try again!

[saintawesome.livejournal.com]

Hmm... I have a lot of favorites!

Muppet Treasure Island. I know every word. It's a movie of amazing grace and beauty and Kermit.

Peter Pan, live action version with Jeremy Sumpter and Jason Isaacs. YES. OMG.

and on the more serious side of things, Black Hawk Down and Stand By Me.

[squee1123.livejournal.com]

the little boy reading ting? THAT WOULD BE THE CUTEST THING EVER.

also i can never answer the question about what my favorite movie is. or my favorite book, song, or band. Or food. It just CHANGES too much.

Though I DID jsut watch Van Helsing last night for the first time and his hair BUGGED ME. It was all clean and feathered. I would expect greasy nasty hair and maybe some dirt on his face? A couple of scars? Hugh is a good looking guy but throw on some dirt and scars and whoo...

PLUS! They got Aragorn's hair looking nice and nasty, easily duplicated for Van Helsing!

The Bloopers are hilarious.

The Prophecy

[seferin.livejournal.com]

Christopher Walken as the Angel of Death, a bad guy who actually read the evil overload list.

[metalvirus.livejournal.com]

Hhhhhm. I'd have to say Secret Window. Ted and Shovel are OTP. *giggles*

That and I never get tired of seeing bedhead Johnny Depp sitting on an old couch and forlornly eating Doritos.

[elsewards.livejournal.com]

1) Fight Club.
2) The Godfather.

In my head, this requires no explanation.

[shotofjack.livejournal.com]

Lone Star - It is a John Sayles film that is ostensibly a murder mystery but really is a character study on race relations, father/son relations, a romance (with a very interesting twist).

If you have not seen it, I can not recommend it more.

[scribewraith.livejournal.com]

Can't Hardly Wait - I've watched this film hundreds of times and each time I still get a buzz from it - to me it's the perfect mix of filming technique, clever writing and great performances from a bunch of people who are now (nearly 10 years later) at the forefront of a whole heap of tv that we're watching. The pacing, the story, the characters and the awkwardness. Yay.

ps it's a film about a bunch of people going to the party to end their senior year.

[idadebeautreux.livejournal.com]

Pride and Prejudice! I could watch Darcy fencing and jumping into the lake all day. That is some bit of sexy snark he and Lizzie have got going on.

Also, Shawshank Redemption, Beauty and the Beast, Mulan, and Thomas Crown Affair (Pierce Brosnan!).