Favorite Movie? (1 Viewer)

[joeyshin]

Comedy: my cousin vinny
Gang movie : blood in blood out
Dark comedy : pulp fiction, snatch, lock stock and two smoking barrels
Drama: there will be blood, river runs through it
Mafia: godfather I & II
Korean : chingoo, attack the gas station
Random: king fu hustle, American me, training day, usual suspects, the game, memento

I’m sure there’s a lot more

 

[Eriks]

Anyone else here enjoy UTurn? I still think that's a great flick. Of course, I enjoy most Sean Penn movies.

Always liked that one. Great performances all around

 

[Eriks]

Comedy: my cousin vinny
Gang movie : blood in blood out
Dark comedy : pulp fiction, snatch, lock stock and two smoking barrels
Drama: there will be blood, river runs through it
Mafia: godfather I & II
Korean : chingoo, attack the gas station
Random: king fu hustle, American me, training day, usual suspects, the game, memento

I’m sure there’s a lot more

This a great one, hard to get passed the acting skills of the Miklo guy though.

 

[raynmanas]

Can’t believe nobody said Rounders

I love Rounders, but I'm not sure it is even a top 5 Ed Norton movie.

 

[Taghkanic]

James Bond: Casino Royale.

That last poker hand… Really?

 

[SwissChip]

Inglorious Basterds

 

[upNdown]

Which film would you say is the most truthful to Vietnam reality?

Hey @Coyote!
on a recent WSOP stream, Norman Chad said that when he used to play in Turkey and Greece, 3 pair would beat 2 pair. Do you know anything about that?

 

[Coyote]

Hey @Coyote!
on a recent WSOP stream, Norman Chad said that when he used to play in Turkey and Greece, 3 pair would beat 2 pair. Do you know anything about that?.

There was a nice game with 3 hole cards and just 3 board cards (single-card flop, turn, river), with 2 or 3 usable hole cards (and, respectively 3 or 2 board cards).
A gambley variant of it was the "Mirror": if your hole cards were "mirrored" on the board (i.e. K-9-7 - so yes, three pair), then your hand was beating even the straight flush!

But this happened only in that sub-variant.

 

[AlbinoDragon]

"Favorite" varies a bit by mood or even time of year. There's a half dozen or so that rotate their spot on the top seat:

The Abyss (has to be the director's cut... the story has less impact on numerous levels without the extra material)
The Great Escape (amazing cast and a mostly true story)
2001 A Space Odyssey (had the chance to see this projected in 70mm before the pandemic and saw things that get missed on TV)
Doctor Strangelove (it's a comedy, folks)
Shawshank Redemption (I feel obligated to watch if it's on TV)
The Princess Bride (arguably what is a "perfect" movie)
Spaceballs (IMO, Mel Brooks best work)

There's another dozen that are way up on the list, but these are the ones I think of as my "desert island" list.

Bumping this thread only because I got to see one from my list here on the big screen at the local art-house cinema last night.

First time seeing it in a theater with an audience. It was nice to have the audience laughing along at all the right places and not just me chuckling at my TV.


[Side note, the construction is to expand the place into a proper movie "location" with another indoor screen, an outdoor rooftop screen for when it's not 107 degrees out (like it is as I type this), and increased accessibility throughout this wonderful but definitely older facility.]

 

[wootaki]

I have a list of maybe 20 movies I think everyone needs to see before they die. Most if not all made before 2010. Could never just choose one because of all the different genres.

But if I absolutely had to choose one movie to watch over and over again for the rest of my life, I'm going with "Heat"

 

[SetToBean]

Mostly off what's most appealing to just rewatch or easily comes to mind at a given moment rather than raw impact or quality:

The Little Prince (2015) for warm fuzzy feelings.

Croupier (1998) is up there for atmosphere. Pretty much inspired my turn towards more serious hosting, and learning to deal. In another life, if the local casinos didn't have such a reputation for being hell on earth to work in at the time, it would've probably pushed me towards a casino career.

 

[21dealer]

Wow
It's hard to pick an all time favorite.
Here are my Top 5 in no particular order.
Good fellas
Casino
Terminator 2
Bad Santa
Apocalypse Now

 

[Kam]

Impossible question, but here’s my H-K…

 

[99%evil]

Showgirls

 

[divinerites]

Ahhh there are 2 threads .... was on the wrong one.


Seems I share some vibes with @Josh Kifer
3 not already pointed out

- the man with 2 brains
- groundhog day
- trains planes and automobiles