Best Movie Ever!

[Pork]

Original Babe was good (my grandama, age 92, absolutely loves it) but I didn't really like the sequal, it was a bit...odd.

 

[Speed Tracer]

The sequel is so, so, so good, and so creepy. It's got a Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory feel to it. I almost prefer it to the original. Almost.

 

[anytimepally]

I was talking about him in another thread and thought I'd share my favorite Michael Caine movies:

The Man Who Would Be King (1975) (I've already mentioned this one at length in an earlier post)

The Ipcress File (1965)
Alfie (1966)
Gambit (1966)
The Italian Job (1969)
Get Carter (1971)
Sleuth (1972)
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Educating Rita (1983)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) [Hello... Oscar ]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Without a Clue (1988)
Noises Off... (1992)
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Mandela and de Klerk (1997) [Poitier & Caine.. in the same movie? awesome!]
The Cider House Rules (1999) again
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) [wasn't this perfect casting?]
The Quiet American (2002)
Secondhand Lions (2003)
The Statement (2003)
Around the Bend (2004) [with Christopher Walken.. as his son!]
The Prestige (2006) [the movie was predictable, but I enjoyed his scenes]

 

[Winslow Leach]

I was talking about him in another thread and thought I'd share my favorite Michael Caine movies:

The Man Who Would Be King (1975) (I've already mentioned this one at length in an earlier post)

The Ipcress File (1965)
Alfie (1966)
Gambit (1966)
The Italian Job (1969)
Get Carter (1971)
Sleuth (1972)
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Educating Rita (1983)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) [Hello... Oscar ]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Without a Clue (1988)
Noises Off... (1992)
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Mandela and de Klerk (1997) [Poitier & Caine.. in the same movie? awesome!]
The Cider House Rules (1999) again
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) [wasn't this perfect casting?]
The Quiet American (2002)
Secondhand Lions (2003)
The Statement (2003)
Around the Bend (2004) [with Christopher Walken.. as his son!]
The Prestige (2006) [the movie was predictable, but I enjoyed his scenes]

Sleuth is brilliant, and Caine is brilliant in it. The very first time I saw it, I had no idea he was playing the inspector in the second half of the movie. Can't wait to check out the remake!

The original Get Carter is another classic.

It's a shame Caine was filming the dreadful Jaws: The Revenge the night he won the Oscar for Hannah, and couldn't attend the ceremony. Still, it was a well-deserved role in one of Woody Allen's best movies.

I actually like all three of Caine's Harry Palmer movies, and consider them to be amongst the best of the 60s spy films/Bond knockoffs. The Ipcress File, Funeral in Berlin and Billion Dollar Brain are worthwhile viewing. The Palmer character himself is interesting, as he isn't a typical spy. Len Deighton, who wrote the novels on which the films are based, actually didn't name his spy. He's anonymous in the books. I'm not sure where the name Harry Palmer came from. The third film, Billion Dollar Brain, had been a rarity for years, at least in the U.S. (it has since been released on DVD). In one scene, the album sleeve of a Beatles album (I think it was "A Hard Day's Night") could be seen, and because of that, the film was in legal limbo for years. Brain was also one of director Ken Russell's first features. Caine reprised Palmer in one or two TV movies in the 1990s.

 

[anytimepally]

I actually like all three of Caine's Harry Palmer movies, and consider them to be amongst the best of the 60s spy films/Bond knockoffs. The Ipcress File, Funeral in Berlin and Billion Dollar Brain are worthwhile viewing. The Palmer character himself is interesting, as he isn't a typical spy. Len Deighton, who wrote the novels on which the films are based, actually didn't name his spy. He's anonymous in the books. I'm not sure where the name Harry Palmer came from. The third film, Billion Dollar Brain, had been a rarity for years, at least in the U.S. (it has since been released on DVD). In one scene, the album sleeve of a Beatles album (I think it was "A Hard Day's Night") could be seen, and because of that, the film was in legal limbo for years. Brain was also one of director Ken Russell's first features. Caine reprised Palmer in one or two TV movies in the 1990s.

I haven't seen any of the other Harry Palmer movies.. otherwise, they probably would've made the list as well, because I really like The Ipcress File

 

[Winslow Leach]

I haven't seen any of the other Harry Palmer movies.. otherwise, they probably would've made the list as well, because I really like The Ipcress File

Ipcress is great. If you liked it, you'll probably like the other two, although by the time of Billion Dollar Brain (which is excellent), the grittiness and realism of Ipcress has all but vanished, and the film teeters on becoming cartoonish. And of course Ken Russell was never a subtle director. But, in the end, the sequels still stand above, say, Dean Martin's silly Matt Helm movies.

 

[dwayne1115]

Anyone Seen weather man Cain is in it as well. He is a preety cool guy.

 

[crazed gonzo fa]

My brother and I recently saw Starchaser: The Legend of Orin. It was a pretty good movie but a bit too much like Star Wars.

By the way, I'm interested in watching Ralph Bakshi's film Wizards, but I've heard the film has nudity in it. Can someone shed some light on this for me?

 

[anytimepally]

I had a dream the other night that someone broke into my car and stole my tape deck and my Creedence tapes. seriously.

 

[Winslow Leach]

I had a dream the other night that someone broke into my car and stole my tape deck and my Creedence tapes. seriously.

Did you happen to have this dream after watching The Big Lebowski?