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The Perfect Movie

colton said:
Excellent! Yes, that is a Perfect Movie in my opinion as well.
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Then we shall remain friends.

Every family seems to have their "family movie" that they watch over and over, and growing up What About Bob? was my family's go to movie for sure. Seen it hundreds of times.

Proby the second most watched movie in my family growing up was the original Parent Trap. Dunno how it holds up now, but watched it all the time when I was a kid.
 
My favorite list would have:

Braveheart (Favorite movie ever, has everything. Love, loyalty, revenge, war, power of the spirit, political intrigue, supressed desires, history...)
Shrek 1 & 2
Lion King
Toy Story 1 & 2
Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrells (awesome, awesome movie)
The Notebook (a good chick flick is good stuff, Just damn hard ot make one imo)
Aliens
Predator
Liar Liar
Raiders of The Lost Ark
Dark Knight 1 & 2
 
UGLI baby said:
I HATE the "Hard R" gross out type movie genre.
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I absolutely agree,

Hills have eyes, Saw 1-1,000, Hostel...never seen any of them and I never will.

Same with over the top horror movies. Like all these posession/poltergiest ones.
 
colton said:
I caught the ending of The Princess Bride with my 16 year old daughter a day or two ago. We've of course seen it before, but were drawn in on a TV showing just before they stormed the castle. When it got over, my daughter said something like, "Why don't they make perfect movies any more?" I asked her what she meant, and she explained that most of her very favorite movies--ones that were done just perfectly in her estimation--tended to be from the 80s or 90s. That, combined with the recent Harold Ramis thread got me wondering--what are the perfect movies, movies which in my opinion accomplished their mission to the utmost extent and are a pleasure to watch over and over? Ones like the Princess Bride that I would probably not be able to turn away from were I to catch them playing on TV half way through. As a counter-example, I recently watched Frozen and while it was a great movie it clearly had a couple of problems in the storyline. The answer to this question will vary person by person, but I started making my own list.

(in alphabetical order)
Amadeus
Arsenic and Old Lace
Back to the Future
A Christmas Story
Groundhog Day
Mary Poppins
Men in Black
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Princess Bride
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Shrek
Star Wars (episode 4)
Strictly Ballroom

I could probably figure out a few others to include, but that's a good start. Anyone want to dispute my choices, or add to the list? (My own tastes clearly run to the PG variety.)
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It's not my actual favorite movie ever (top 10 for sure), but if I had to name the most perfect movie of all time, I'd probly have to go with Back to the Future.
 
Stoked said:
My favorite list would have:

Braveheart (Favorite movie ever, has everything. Love, loyalty, revenge, war, power of the spirit, political intrigue, supressed desires, history...)
Shrek 1 & 2
Lion King
Toy Story 1 & 2
Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrells (awesome, awesome movie)
The Notebook (a good chick flick is good stuff, Just damn hard ot make one imo)
Aliens
Predator
Liar Liar
Raiders of The Lost Ark
Dark Knight 1 & 2
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Agree with Lock Stock.
 
Stoked said:
I absolutely agree,

Hills have eyes, Saw 1-1,000, Hostel...never seen any of them and I never will.

Same with over the top horror movies. Like all these posession/poltergiest ones.
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I hate movies like that too, and actually hate all horror movies, but I biffed my post lol. I meant to specifically point out my hatred for the hard R gross out comedy movie genre. Movie makers just seeing who can throw out the most filth possible, and each year they have to up the ante. Super lazy film making, but I guess most of society likes it.
 
Stoked said:
My favorite list would have:

Braveheart (Favorite movie ever, has everything. Love, loyalty, revenge, war, power of the spirit, political intrigue, supressed desires, history...)
Shrek 1 & 2
Lion King
Toy Story 1 & 2
Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrells (awesome, awesome movie)
The Notebook (a good chick flick is good stuff, Just damn hard ot make one imo)
Aliens
Predator
Liar Liar
Raiders of The Lost Ark
Dark Knight 1 & 2
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I haven't seen Braveheart yet, I'll add it to my list of movies to watch (edited version, probably). Lock Stock is already on my list to watch some day (edited...).

I agree that Toy Story 1 and 2 are perfect movies.

Probably won't watch The Notebook.

The rest of your list are already on my list of Perfect Movies above, or else just barely fall short of Perfect Movies for me.
 
Gladiator is a perfect movie for me, and this has to be my favorite scene from any movie ever:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSomiNeUIfY
 
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def on my perfect list^
 
A lot of great choices. Some others that I may have missed on lists, but I can watch over-and-over-and-over:

The Big Lebowski (I know...shocker)
The Godfather
Jaws
Empire Strikes Back
The Outlaw Josie Wales
Pulp Fiction - Get on it, UGLI!
The Shawshank Redemption
The Usual Suspects
L.A. Confidential
Almost Famous
Fight Club
Zombieland (It's very re-watchable so shut up)


This is probably the anti-Colton list, with all the R-Rated movies, but they're great movies.
 
Ferris Bueller's Day Off -- watched it until the VHS broke.

The Last Boy Scout.

Charlie and the Chocolate factory is on many lists, but not mine.


I'm with Duck now in not rewatching movies anymore, but my kids watch The Avengers a lot and it's always entertaining when it's on in the background.
 
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