Favourite film

Great Expectations - 1946.

Director: David Lean. 

Black and White (award-winning cinematography).

Cast includes: John Mills, Tony Wager, Finlay Currie, Valerie Hobson, Jean Simmons, Bernard Miles, Francis L. Sullivan and Martita Hunt.

Based upon an abridged version of the 1861 book by Charles Dickens (the story is set in 19th century London and Kent).

The lord of the rings (all of them)

cool runnings

the blindside

iron man 1

all captain america films

Thor 1 and 3

avengers assemble, endgame and infinity war

doctor strange 1 and 2

guardians of the galaxy 1 2 and 3

school of rock 

kung fu panda 

hot fuzz 

I like a lot of films, but to name a few - Kung Fu Panda, Donnie Darko, Star Trek "Generations",Terminator (the first one), Contact, Wall-E, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Shrek, Puss in Boots "The Last Wish", and Gladiator.

Star Wars (original trilogy and the original version of it before George Lucas wrecked it)

others - Gladiator, El Cid. Spartacus, Ben Hur, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Lost boys, Excalibur, Legend, Guns of Naverone, Dracula

Men in black

Ghostbusters

The Hunger

Trading Places

Step Brothers

Tropic Thunder

Blade runner

Star Wars (original trilogy)

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Spinal Tap 

The Polar Express

All the Bond films

Ghostbusters 1 + 2 

Mr Bean's Holiday 

The Shawshank Redemption 

The Shining 

Rock & Roll Highschool 

Jaw (First one of course) 

Robin & The Seven Hoods 

Willie Wonder & The Chocolate Factory 

24 Hour Party People 

Taken

Unknown

Stripes 

If you edit a post more than once it tends to get put into moderation.

So here's one I forgot:

My Life as a Dog (Mitt Liv Som Hund)

Favourites:

The Apartment

Some Like it Hot

The Graduate

The Duellists

Forbidden Planet

A Complete Unknown

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Pan's Labyrinth 

The Harry Potter series are my favourite films (I do much prefer the books but the films are quicker to watch )

I'm also partial to kids animation - Encanto is probably my current favourite but Fantastic Mr Fox is a close contender.

Some other favourite films:

• The Shawshank Redemption
• Conviction
• Next 3 days
• Man on a Ledge
• Now You See Me
• St Trinians

I do also love Christmas films but only after Halloween and not The Polar Express - that one weirds me out

That must have been such a fun and interesting experience, for you and Kate Kestrel , I used to live close to Wells - in Wincanton - but now live in Wales so nowhere near as close. I always intended to visit the filming locations as it's one of my top favourite films but it somehow never happened. I still want to visit there, but at present it's not possible.

The greater good!

We know all the lines too! And we’ve been to the locations too :)  It’s such a great film.

It’s hard to lust favourites but here goes.

Rambo First Blood. Most probably watched over 100 times.

Original The Italian Job

The Shawshank Redemption.

Notting Hill.

Taken. 

Its a Wonderful Life.

Die Hard 

Time Bandits 

Star Trek. All movies.

Last Night in Soho.

The Quiet Man.

The Philadelphia Project.

Steel Magnolias 

Beaches.

Most Bond films.

Hot Fuzz

The Flight of the Navigator.

I went to Wells last year and visited a lot of the filming locations. My eldest son can watch Hot Fuzz with the sound turned off and voice all the lines exactly. The Cornetto Trilogy used quite a few locations near to me, the interior scenes for the pub in Hot Fuzz were much nearer to the studios. I like Simon Pegg in the Star Trek films.

Hot Fuzz is hilarious and timeless IMHO. I have watched it dozens of times, I like nearly every film Simon Pegg has been in. Another favourite for me is Wonka, I think that's a lovely film, I just bought the book the other day. Very excited to read it!

Never seen it   but being the collector of retro games I am, I do have it on Gamecube I think...

Gladiator

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

The Business

Ong Bak

Shirley Valentine

Cockney's vs Zombies

Dog Soldiers

47 Ronin

My favourite ever film is Apollo 13, because the history of the space race really interests me and I love seeing all the intricate problem solving going on to save the doomed moon mission successfully.

I've found recently that I feel more drawn to films from the 80s and 90s at the moment. It might be nostalgia, but I think another reason is watching the technical effects being great but constrained. These days so much computer effects are used that it's become too commonplace and not special anymore.

I love Hot Fuzz so much too - we’ve watched it so many times and it never stops being funny :) 

my other favourite films: Far From the Madding Crowd (the 1960s version with Julie Christie and and Alan Bates)

Also:

Sweeney Todd (Tim burton) 

Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (with Gene Wilder)

’Housekeeping’ - a film by Bill Forsyth - which in my opinion is one of the best films about life as an autistic woman 

Grand Budapest Hotel 

‘Walkabout’ (Nick Roeg)

‘Howard’s End’

and so many more! I watch ‘Adolescence’ in Netflix last night - that was really remarkable - not a favourite film but still such an amazing bit of filmmaking. 

The Polar Express is my all time fave Xmas film it's so magical, makes me feel like a kid again....my other fave film is Titanic the 1997 James Cameron film. I love everything about the Titanic and for me this film is just the absolute best. I have watched it so many times.