Gladiator, Now I love this the visuals are amazing and I love the score. Obviously it's set in my favorite time period - The Romans! What a wonderful bunch they were. Joaquin Phoenix is absolutely brilliant and Russell Crowe really does take the part and make it his own. You can guarantee that I will be adding the Blu ray version to my 2 disc special edition and extended cut!
Bladerunner, Wow, wow, wow I know own every single version of this film from the original with the dodgy monologue that Harrison Ford did not want to do, to the Final Cut. Another recent addition to my Blu ray collection it's absolutely stunning in HD and for it's 25 years does not look dated at all.
Man on Fire, Oh this is an amazing film, had me totally engrossed from the word go. Denzel Washington plays the part to a tee. In fact I will not tell you about it in case you have not seen it!! Deja Vu is another must for Denzel Fans along with Philadelphia.
Lord of War, Nicolas Cage is great in this and it really does show the stupidity of arms trading and how intertwined it is with politics.
Cleopatra, now I have the original Liz Taylor, Richard Burton film and I think it's just wonderful. Sorry but the sight of Richard Burton in that white leather breast plate is quite enough for me! Is only slightly surpassed now by the sight of Russell Crowe, oh it makes a girls heart race...
Trilogy's....Well that has to be taken by Star Wars (the original three), Indiana Jones and The Lord of the Rings. That said I really enjoyed the 'Bourne' series too.
Musicals, well Evita gets my vote I saw this live on stage this year and it was absolutely wonderful. Not really a musical but, The Glen Miller Story holds a special place in my heart.
Titanic, is a great film, I have a strange obsession with that ship....
The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons, are two welcome new additions and have turned me into a big Dan Brown fan. Eagerly awaiting 'The Lost Symbol'.....
Casino Royal and Quantum of Solace are great everybody loves a Bond Film, I love them even more now they have Daniel Craig in them.. OK maybe I should stop at this point because I am going to wander into Actors and Actresses that I like, Maybe I shall do another blog on that.
Before I go though I feel I must venture into television slightly because I know its not a film but, it does have 5 films as off shoots....Babylon 5, it's amazing...Shadows, Narns, Minbari and my personal favourite....Vorlon's...
So I will leave you all with my favourite Kosh Quote:
When the avalanche has already started, it's to late for the pebbles to vote!
Love Babylon 5..heck I love your whole list although the musical would be West Side Story or maybe Phantom of the Opera. I love the Dan Brown stuff, but in the book form only the movies just did not do it for me.
ReplyDeleteman on Fire - just awesome "Forgiveness is between them and God. It's my job to arrange the meeting. "
I have all 5 series on dvd...actually I even have the Cookbook! 'Dining on Babylon 5' and once made the Canelloni from scratch!
ReplyDeleteHave to agree with you on the Dan Brown stuff but, I think you have to regard the films as a 'stand alone' and not a film of the book. Cause your quite right you will be disappointed.
Yes that's an amazing quote, the one I have adopted as my own comes from Gladiator and it's..'What we do in life, Echoes in eternity' It's so true...