Great movie or greatest movie?
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Forrest Gump
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It's definitely one of my favorites, and I only just recently saw it. I love the insight and the endearment of the character. Lovely movie.
Starship Troopers, (part one only) directed by Paul Verhoeven. A greatly underestimated film, ST is a cunning satire of fascism. ST part 2 is a third rate remake of 'Lost Patrol'. ST 3 is acceptable ,but still does not approach the first. (except for one element;the use of religion as a cynical means of social control)
Paul Verhoeven has made some excellent films,including Total Recall and the WW2 melodrama "Black Book",the most expensive and successful Dutch film made to date..Available on DVD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Book_(film) Another favourite,which I've seen many times, is "Zulu" the somewhat fanciful account of The Battle Of Rorke's Drift, Natal, South Africa,1876. That battle resulted in the highest number of Victoria Crosses(like the US Medal Of Honour,but much rarer) ever awarded in a single engagement; ELEVEN. Available on DVD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulu_(film) 
I love Forrest Gump. My favorite? No. I would have a very hard time picking a favorite.
 RE: Forrest Gump
September 9, 2010 at 2:37 am
(This post was last modified: September 9, 2010 at 2:37 am by TheDarkestOfAngels.)
(September 8, 2010 at 9:29 pm)Watson Wrote: Great movie or greatest movie? Great. It is an excellent example of why Tom Hanks is such an excellent actor and the movie itself a product of wonderful directing and writing that came together to make a movie that certainly deserves a place amongst the american classics. Though it's not among my favorites, but I do really like the movie, but I've fallen out of caring about 'favorites' when talking about such things, particularly when some of my favorites don't do too well in the box office. (Many of my favorites have terrible ratings - like Event Horizon, Terminator 3, Terminator Salvation, the Matrix sequels, and others.)
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It was certainly a great movie, but doesn't quite make my top ten. Maybe shortly after seeing it for the first time it would have, because it does have a powerful impact the first time you see it. Oddly, I haven't really liked anything else Tom Hanks has done. He's a good actor, yes... but most of his movies are not up my alley.
My favorite movie of all time is probably Natural Born Killers, but it's really hard to nail it down to one movie. Just saying that brings an entire list to mind. 
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It was a one-timer. Entertaining, but I wouldn't bother to watch it a second time.
Debbie does Dallas is my all time favorite.
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Great movie. Very quotable.
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Very good movie, but it was a one-timer for me as well. "Scarface" and "The Shawshank Redemption" are in my top 10. Here my list, or at least a quick attempt (in no order):
The Shawshank Redemption Heat Man on Fire Scent of a Woman Reservoir Dogs Pulp Fiction Scarface Training Day Fight Club American Beauty (Honorable mentions: American History X, The Empire Strikes Back, The Usual Suspects, Powder, Silence of the Lambs)
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