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brooklynboy49

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11. Four jumped off the page for me

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 04:38 PM

Mar 2014

The Big Lebowski
Rob Roy
Doctor Zhivago
The Princess Bride

These are outstanding movies, especially Lebowski, IMO a bona fide contender for best movie ever made. Of course, titles like these are purely subjective, but I doubt you'd find ten movie lovers who would compile a top 10 list without Lebowski on it. The same could be said of Doctor Zhivago and The Princess Bride. Rob Roy is probably the weakest of the four (IMO, of course). One strong contender for best movie ever made which you really should add to your library is Shawshank Redemption. If it were up to me, I'd watch Lebowski tonight, if you're in the mood for something totally fun and funny. You can never get too much Lebowski, right, Dude? If you're more in the mood for a movie with moving perseverance and vindication, you'd be hard presed to find something better than Shawshank Redemption.

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Titles from my personal DVD collection - some of the movies I loved so much I wanted to own them: [View all] scarletwoman Mar 2014 OP

Just a few. longship Mar 2014 #1

Wow! I actually have The Lathe of Heaven, too! scarletwoman Mar 2014 #2

Criterion. longship Mar 2014 #5

About once a year or so, I'll splurge on a Criterion Collection movie. scarletwoman Mar 2014 #7

My Criterions brooklynboy49 Mar 2014 #8

IMHO, Godfrey belongs in every movie lover's library :) brooklynboy49 Mar 2014 #12

"The Defenestration of Carlo" <== alternative title longship Mar 2014 #13

Way Too Many To List brooklynboy49 Mar 2014 #3

Quite the collection! Let's see, we have Princess Bride and Big Lebowski in common. scarletwoman Mar 2014 #6

Forgot to add, "The Last Place on Earth" - 1985 BBC TV mini series, broadcast on PBS. scarletwoman Mar 2014 #4

I own Lebowski too ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2014 #9

The Big Lebowski seems to appeal to all tastes - your list is certainly VERY different from mine, scarletwoman Mar 2014 #14

The movies are own are generally "party films" ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2014 #21

Ah well. Since my youngest left the nest, I live alone. scarletwoman Mar 2014 #22

My "essentials" collection Little_Wing Mar 2014 #10

Oh wow - I forgot Coppola's "Dracula"! That's another one I have in my own collection. scarletwoman Mar 2014 #15

Gary Oldman is such a great Dracula Little_Wing Mar 2014 #17

Oh yes! He's an amazing actor no matter who he plays. scarletwoman Mar 2014 #19

Yes, Mohicans is violent and not very authentic in its native people's portrayal Little_Wing Mar 2014 #26

Oldman was a great villain in Leon: The Professional brooklynboy49 Mar 2014 #23

Agreed, Giamatti is very good and so versatile Little_Wing Mar 2014 #25

At the risk of beating a dead horse... brooklynboy49 Mar 2014 #27

Have missed it, but on my list of "should watch" films Little_Wing Mar 2014 #28

Four jumped off the page for me brooklynboy49 Mar 2014 #11

It would be interesting to do a poll and find out how many people DON'T have Lebowski on their scarletwoman Mar 2014 #16

Liam & Jessica Lange had incendiary chemistry in Rob Roy roaw n/t Little_Wing Mar 2014 #18

OMG, yes! I cannot tell you how many times I fantasized about that scene at the Standing Stones... scarletwoman Mar 2014 #20

I think you may have misconstrued my feelings for Rob Roy brooklynboy49 Mar 2014 #24

Oh, don't mind me. I just got carried away. scarletwoman Mar 2014 #30

One that I had to have was Bette Davis's Beyond the Forest, only it's not on DVD. valerief Mar 2014 #29

Action Movies jim601 Mar 2014 #31