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The General. I own it in blue ray. The last great silent film, and it was the most expensive film made for many decades. 93% on rotten tomatoes is pretty good too. Buster Keaton was a comedic genius that is underappreciated

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1008166-general/

 

Coincidentally, Turner Classic Movies showed this a few days ago. It is really entertaining.

 

You get my vote for most distracting avatar, btw.

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Ah, forgot to answer. I don't have a single favorite movie.

I tend to break down favorites into categories.

 

Dystopic sci-fi: Bladerunner

Fun fantasy: Star Wars, though The Empire Strikes Back is better.

Family: The Black Stallion

Classic American: Casablanca

Film Noir: Tie between The Big Sleep and The Third Man

Screwball comedy: The Awful Truth

Thriller Comedy: Charade

Sentimental: I Remember Mama

Baseball: The Natural

Romantic Comedy: Roman Holiday

Western: Stagecoach, Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Searchers (John Wayne is underrated as an actor.)

Artsy American: Tree of Life

And I like lots of foreign films: Wild Strawberries, Chungking Express, Babette's Feast . . .

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Godfather #1

Fargo Sparse is more effective than clutter

Whenever I see a wood chipper I think of that movie.

 

The Exorcist spooked me.

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I have way too many favorites.

 

Star Wars

 

Jaws

 

Fantasia

 

King Kong(1933)

 

Once Upon A Time In The West

 

The Lord of the Rings

 

Schindler's List

 

L.A. Confidential

 

The Usual Suspects

 

Heat

 

Se7en

 

Bringing Up Baby

 

Airplane!

 

Tootsie

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Hudson Hawk

 

 

(But seriously...depends on the day and my mood, what answer I'd give. But I consider Jaws to be the most perfect film I've seen.)

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"Favorite" threads never make it past the first page before turning into "every really good one you can think of" threads.

Without a doubt

 

The Stand

 

by Stephen King

Wow, really? The book I can understand, but I've never heard of the movie being talked about that highly.

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"Favorite" threads never make it past the first page before turning into "every really good one you can think of" threads.

 

I'm guilty Of that, so, Christmas Vacation

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Last of the Mohicans

 

It has everything: great cast, great dialogue, historically significant, great drama, solid action scenes, and an incredible musical score.

Phenomenal score!

 

Same with shawshank-- great movie but great score too.

 

For my favorite movie, gotta go with Karate Kid 1.

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