Movie Games

Re:Desert Island

SkyPilot — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:09:20 GMT

How about these?

1. Bikini Beach

2. How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

3. Muscle Beach Party

Re:Desert Island

nickbianco13 — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:58:03 GMT

The Beach (2000) to inspire some philosophies and a few ideas of living the beach life

The Karate Kid (1984) because it's an all time fav that I can never get sick of "cobra kai never die"

Vanilla Sky (2001) Love the film makes me feel at home... as far from home is from anything in that film

Re:Desert Island

filmgal81 — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:50:47 GMT

Hmmm...this is a good question. they would have to be films you'd want to watch over and over again... and there are PLENTY of films that i have seen and enjoyed but would not necessarily want to have in my collection or watch regularly.

so, i think id choose the following films to watch alone on a desert island:

1) Like Water for Chocolate- to remember what love is like

2) Multiplicity (w/ Michael Keaton)- for laughs

3) Return to the Blue Lagoon- to inspire my oceanic side

Re:Desert Island

filmgal81 — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:50:46 GMT

so, i think id choose the following films to watch alone on a desert island:

1) Like Water for Chocolate- to remember what love is like

2) Multiplicity (w/ Michael Keaton)- for laughs

3) Return to the Blue Lagoon- to inspire my oceanic side

Re:Desert Island

filmgal81 — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:50:43 GMT

so, i think id choose the following films to watch alone on a desert island:

1) Like Water for Chocolate- to remember what love is like

2) Multiplicity (w/ Michael Keaton)- for laughs

3) Return to the Blue Lagoon- to inspire my oceanic side

Re:Movies that create yearning, burning, on a deserted Island

Risselada — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:53:48 GMT

SkyPilot:
Ha ha ha! The movie remains. Imagine it: you only have one Coen bros. movie with you, but it's not The Big Lebowski, Fargo, No Country For Old Men, Miller's Crossing, or even Raising Arizona...

It's not as good as those perhaps, but I could still watch it over and over and not get sick of it in the same way. I'd still rather watch it than 99.99% of any other movies I'm sure.

Re:Movies that create yearning, burning, on a deserted Island

Risselada — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:52:08 GMT

leeroy711:
You know Rizzo, just because you edited out the cuss word in your post doesn't mean we didn't get the email showing your true raw unaldulterated emotions.

AUGH! You got me!

Re:Desert Island

candyapple — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:18:30 GMT

I'm glad there's a TV and DVD player on this island - I'd go crazy without my movies.

1. Annie - because it reminds me of my childhood and my sister, and because the wistful songs like "Tomorrow" and "Maybe" would be perfect for a desert island situation.

2. Almost Famous - because it could double as a classic rock CD collection

3. The Shining - to remind me it could be worse ...

Re:Movies that create yearning, burning, on a deserted Island

SkyPilot — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:02:58 GMT

leeroy711:

Risselada:

Don't you put a Coen brothers movie on that list!!!

I second that.

Ha ha ha! The movie remains. Imagine it: you only have one Coen bros. movie with you, but it's not The Big Lebowski, Fargo, No Country For Old Men, Miller's Crossing, or even Raising Arizona...

Re:Movies that create yearning, burning, on a deserted Island

leeroy711 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:09:40 GMT

Risselada:

SkyPilot:

A trio of movies that are worse than having no movies. They only succeed in reminding you of the movies you're missing:

1. The Phantom Menace

2. The Lost World: Jurassic Park

3. The Ladykillers

Don't you put a Coen brothers movie on that list!!!

I second that.

You know Rizzo, just because you edited out the cuss word in your post doesn't mean we didn't get the email showing your true raw unaldulterated emotions.

Re:Movies that create yearning, burning, on a deserted Island

Risselada — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:54:42 GMT

SkyPilot:

A trio of movies that are worse than having no movies. They only succeed in reminding you of the movies you're missing:

1. The Phantom Menace

2. The Lost World: Jurassic Park

3. The Ladykillers

Don't you put a Coen brothers movie on that list!!!

Movies that create yearning, burning, on a deserted Island

SkyPilot — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:08:36 GMT

A trio of movies that are worse than having no movies. They only succeed in reminding you of the movies you're missing:

1. The Phantom Menace

2. The Lost World: Jurassic Park

3. The Ladykillers

Re:Desert Island

SkyPilot — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:13:05 GMT

Dr_Gor:
Can I sneak "Woodstock" onto my list?

Yes, but your penalty is you must replace one choice with The Happening.

Re:Desert Island

Dr_Gor — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:18:13 GMT

Anybody remember Charleton Heston in "The Omega Man" watching "Woodstock" for about the gazillionth time? It is like that... Can I sneak "Woodstock" onto my list?

Re:Desert Island

SkyPilot — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:46:07 GMT

This discussion reminds me of Escape from L.A. where the prisoners only have two movies, The Sound of Music and a Dolph Lundgren movie, I think. Anyone know what it is? And which of the two would you watch more often?

Re:Desert Island

Risselada — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:47:31 GMT

Smooth_J:

This is really based on the films that would be the most enjoyable to watch, and not necessarily my absolute favorite movies.

No Country for Old Men (which is my favorite movie), 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Explanation: No Country is just awesome. 2001 would keep me occupied for hours and hours on end. I could watch that movie hundreds of times and still be bewildered by it, trying to figure just the right explanation of it. Fear and Loathing is just such an enjoyable movie for me. It would really be the most effective movie to remind me of humanity. I was thinking Sin City for the Jessica Alba factor, so maybe I'd hide that one in my pants if there were set rules or something.

Excellent picks. We throw another Coen brothers movie into the list and a Kubrick, probably my favorite filmmakers. And then Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas probably would have been number four pick in this category.

Re:Desert Island

SkyPilot — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:28:08 GMT

Risselada:

SkyPilot:
One of my favorite authors, G.K. Chesterton, would've said "Why, a documentary on practical shipbuilding of course!"

Wow that's awesome. I dont' know if I'd ever heard of him before. Why do you think he would say that? Well at any rate, if he would say that I love him. I just looked up a bit of info on him and I can't believe I haven't heard of him before. Do you have any of his books you would recommend reading first?

Magrebi is right, The Man Who was Thursday is an amazing little book. It's a spy novel and a philosophical adventure that you won't forget Rizzo. I think you'd want to act in a movie version--I can see it!

Chesterton wrote Thursday the same year he wrote his other masterpiece, Orthodoxy, which is an incredibly stodgy title for one of the most engaging manifestos in existence.

As for my guess about his movie choice, Chesteron read like a voracious lion, and he was once asked what book he would take with him to a deserted island if he could only take one. He answered, "Why, 'A Practical Guide to Shipbuilding,' of course."

Another tidbit of Chesterton's wit -- the man probably had what is now called hypographia, which is the actual compulsion to write. He professed it wasn't wise to challenge him to write anything, because he'd "write a dissertation at the drop of a hat" [paraphrase]. Anyway, a popular literary publication of his time held a contest: in less than1000 words, describe what is wrong with the world. Chesterton's two-word response: "I am."

Re:Desert Island

see_sherpa — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:01:59 GMT

Most definitely The Apartment, because I could watch that one for days upon days and not get ill of it. Plus would be nice, all alone on that island, to see a little intimate human interaction. Second would be A Night at the Opera, for some music and some laughs, plus would be a fun movie to memorize when I get brutally bored. Third one is hard. I love Lawrence of Arabia, and could watch it on round easily, but I'm not sure how seeing all of that sand will affect me. So I guess I'll go with Patton. Lots of things to think about, no romance, and lots of action. That'll work: three movies I love, three different genres, hours of entertainment until I run out of food and completely lose my mind.

Re:Desert Island

Smooth_J — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:40:43 GMT

This is really based on the films that would be the most enjoyable to watch, and not necessarily my absolute favorite movies.

No Country for Old Men (which is my favorite movie), 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Explanation: No Country is just awesome. 2001 would keep me occupied for hours and hours on end. I could watch that movie hundreds of times and still be bewildered by it, trying to figure just the right explanation of it. Fear and Loathing is just such an enjoyable movie for me. It would really be the most effective movie to remind me of humanity. I was thinking Sin City for the Jessica Alba factor, so maybe I'd hide that one in my pants if there were set rules or something.

Re:Desert Island

leeroy711 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:34:06 GMT

csprague:

leeroy711:

Dr_Gor:
Dr_Gor:
magrebi:

well, in the spirit of the desert island theme I have to go with these three:

1. Swiss Family Ronbinson

2. The Last Flight of Noah's Ark

3. Robin Cruseo

Why would you want to watch depressing movies about being 'shipwrecked-on-an-Island' if you ARE? I would like a movie that will take me to somewhere else... can I sneak Peter Jackson's "Lord Of The Rings" trilogy into my top picks? .... I guess it depends on if I have access to any sort of drugs or alcohol...
Not one that I would pick, but one of my favorite 'stranded-on-a-desert-island' movies of all time is "The Blue Lagoon" ... I woud take a young Brooke Sheilds over that fancy tree-house in "Swiss Family Robinson" any day... Also, for you guys who are stuck on the desert island theme, why not every episode of "Gilligan's Island" ? Mary Ann was my favorite but I would have been doing all three of the ladies on that island...

The first three seasons of Lost anybody...........................anybody.??

I think watching any episodes of Lost would make me severely paranoid and contribute to my hallucinations. However, it is possibly the best recent deserted (or not-so-deserted) island story I have seen.

I think licking those toads and eating those mushrooms you found on said island contributed much more to your hallucinations than Lost. And you should stop trying to blame your drug problems on television.

Re:Desert Island

pippin06 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:27:36 GMT

quote]

The first three seasons of Lost anybody...........................anybody.??

I like Lost!

So, my picks wouldn't be so refined and artsy as Fellini or even the Coens. My immediate instinct was to pick the entirely cliche original Star Wars trilogy because they are still my reigning faves, but then I thought, well I've seen them a bajillion times anyway, I could just act them out from memory with the monkeys apparently living on my secluded island. I'd take turns playing each of the parts, but the king monkey would always be the Emperor, natch.

So, like Gor, I thought about the LOTR trilogy, my second fave. It WOULD kill a lot of time, particularly if I brought the extended editions. Then, maybe I could finally get around to watching all the extras. And, presumably, the rest of my time could be spent in pursuits of making the Swiss Family treehouse and harvesting coconuts.

Really, though, I think I would want something *ahem* profound and meaningful yet funny because you'd just have to laugh at the irony of the situation. So, naturally, I would bring Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I've seen it a 1000 times, but it doesn't get old, especially now that I have Spamalot to help insert songs into it.

Casablanca because it NEVER gets old.

And maybe something inspiring like Cast Away, so I can motivate myself to fashion a raft to escape with my volleyball friend (at least at first) or Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, so I can cry about the rum being gone and make my escape a la Jack Sparrow on the backs of two sea turtles. Yeah!

Oh, and I'd link the movies, but it's not letting me do that for some reason!

Re:Desert Island

csprague — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:54:57 GMT

leeroy711:

Dr_Gor:
Dr_Gor:
magrebi:

well, in the spirit of the desert island theme I have to go with these three:

1. Swiss Family Ronbinson

2. The Last Flight of Noah's Ark

3. Robin Cruseo

Why would you want to watch depressing movies about being 'shipwrecked-on-an-Island' if you ARE? I would like a movie that will take me to somewhere else... can I sneak Peter Jackson's "Lord Of The Rings" trilogy into my top picks? .... I guess it depends on if I have access to any sort of drugs or alcohol...
Not one that I would pick, but one of my favorite 'stranded-on-a-desert-island' movies of all time is "The Blue Lagoon" ... I woud take a young Brooke Sheilds over that fancy tree-house in "Swiss Family Robinson" any day... Also, for you guys who are stuck on the desert island theme, why not every episode of "Gilligan's Island" ? Mary Ann was my favorite but I would have been doing all three of the ladies on that island...

The first three seasons of Lost anybody...........................anybody.??

I think watching any episodes of Lost would make me severely paranoid and contribute to my hallucinations. However, it is possibly the best recent deserted (or not-so-deserted) island story I have seen.

Re

magrebi — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:02:01 GMT

just throwing this out there, Island at the Top of the World has nothing to do with a desert island.

Re:Desert Island

leeroy711 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:01:49 GMT

Dr_Gor:
Dr_Gor:
magrebi:

well, in the spirit of the desert island theme I have to go with these three:

1. Swiss Family Ronbinson

2. The Last Flight of Noah's Ark

3. Robin Cruseo

Why would you want to watch depressing movies about being 'shipwrecked-on-an-Island' if you ARE? I would like a movie that will take me to somewhere else... can I sneak Peter Jackson's "Lord Of The Rings" trilogy into my top picks? .... I guess it depends on if I have access to any sort of drugs or alcohol...
Not one that I would pick, but one of my favorite 'stranded-on-a-desert-island' movies of all time is "The Blue Lagoon" ... I woud take a young Brooke Sheilds over that fancy tree-house in "Swiss Family Robinson" any day... Also, for you guys who are stuck on the desert island theme, why not every episode of "Gilligan's Island" ? Mary Ann was my favorite but I would have been doing all three of the ladies on that island...

The first three seasons of Lost anybody...........................anybody.??

Re:Desert Island

Dr_Gor — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:15:06 GMT

Dr_Gor:
magrebi:
well, in the spirit of the desert island theme I have to go with these three:

1. Swiss Family Ronbinson

2. The Last Flight of Noah's Ark

3. Robin Cruseo
Why would you want to watch depressing movies about being 'shipwrecked-on-an-Island' if you ARE? I would like a movie that will take me to somewhere else... can I sneak Peter Jackson's "Lord Of The Rings" trilogy into my top picks? .... I guess it depends on if I have access to any sort of drugs or alcohol...

Not one that I would pick, but one of my favorite 'stranded-on-a-desert-island' movies of all time is "The Blue Lagoon" ... I woud take a young Brooke Sheilds over that fancy tree-house in "Swiss Family Robinson" any day... Also, for you guys who are stuck on the desert island theme, why not every episode of "Gilligan's Island" ? Mary Ann was my favorite but I would have been doing all three of the ladies on that island...

Re:Desert Island

magrebi — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:03:09 GMT

~Dr. Gore, good call. I just was going with the whole stranded on an island theme... but if it really came down to it- I would have to take all seasons of Man vs. Wild and Survivorman... and island on top of the world (GREAT MOVIE).

as for good old G.K.C: The man who was thursday is pretty good.

Re:Desert Island

Risselada — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:46:34 GMT

SkyPilot:
One of my favorite authors, G.K. Chesterton, would've said "Why, a documentary on practical shipbuilding of course!"

Wow that's awesome. I dont' know if I'd ever heard of him before. Why do you think he would say that? Well at any rate, if he would say that I love him. I just looked up a bit of info on him and I can't believe I haven't heard of him before. Do you have any of his books you would recommend reading first?

Re:Desert Island

SkyPilot — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:34:29 GMT

Dr_Gor:

Why would you want to watch depressing movies about being 'shipwrecked-on-an-Island' if you ARE?

Point taken, but do you recall the treehouse in the Swiss Family Robinson? It is pure glee. It would be difficult to leave an island if I had that house on it.

I would also have trouble convincing people I killed a crillion pirates almost single-handedly.

Re:Desert Island

Dr_Gor — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:14:04 GMT

magrebi:
well, in the spirit of the desert island theme I have to go with these three:

1. Swiss Family Ronbinson

2. The Last Flight of Noah's Ark

3. Robin Cruseo

Why would you want to watch depressing movies about being 'shipwrecked-on-an-Island' if you ARE? I would like a movie that will take me to somewhere else... can I sneak Peter Jackson's "Lord Of The Rings" trilogy into my top picks? .... I guess it depends on if I have access to any sort of drugs or alcohol...

Re:Desert Island

magrebi — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:43:00 GMT

well, in the spirit of the desert island theme I have to go with these three:

1. Swiss Family Ronbinson

2. The Last Flight of Noah's Ark

3. Robin Cruseo

Re:Desert Island

Dr_Gor — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:34:27 GMT

Dr_Gor:
"The 13th Warrior" , "Jaws" , and this X-rated version of "Alice In Wonderland" starring Kristine DeBell, one of the most beautiful women in the world...

She was also Jackie Chan's girlfriend in "The Big Brawl" .GREAT movie! < GOR >

Re:Desert Island

Dr_Gor — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:24:28 GMT

"The 13th Warrior" , "Jaws" , and this X-rated version of "Alice In Wonderland" starring Kristine DeBell, one of the most beautiful women in the world...

Re:Desert Island

SkyPilot — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:12:52 GMT

One of my favorite authors, G.K. Chesterton, would've said "Why, a documentary on practical shipbuilding of course!"

leeroy711:

Fiddler On The Roof - I have to through a musical in there, that way if the island happens to be populated with monkeys, I could train them to do some of my favorite numbers. "Matchmonkey, matchmonkey, please make me a match................." You know something like that.

Having monkeys to teach and watch perform would help pass the time!

I'm not going to pick what are strictly my favorite movies because a depressing movie to me like Chinatown won't do me any good -- I'll need stuff that inspires me to keep going, just keep living from day to day. I'm probably taking this too seriously, but I like the exercise:

1. Pan's Labyrinth (yeah it's sad, but I interpret the ending as hopeful and a call to responsibility)

2. The Big Lebowski (I agree with what TheWorkingDead said about it)

3. Fantasia (I don't even love Fantasia that much, but I would write choral pieces to go along with it, and encourage the monkeys to join in. the performance could be different every time)

Re:Desert Island

kristen — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:55:43 GMT

If I could only watch three movies for the rest of my life (or until rescued) I easily pick

1. Fellini's 8 1/2- in order to remember humanity

2. Demme's Stop Making Sense- It's a perfect concert of my favorite music. Nothing makes me happier. i could watch it every day of my life.

Third, This is a tough one, but I ruled out Tarkovsky's The Sacrifice (with would remind of the ever present struggle on the island, a spritual battle, and the ultimate sacrifice) and so the number 3 is...

3. Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut because I need to remember what a real loving relationship looks like.

Re:Desert Island

leeroy711 — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:40:27 GMT

so far the Coen bros. are 3 for 3

Re:Desert Island

TheWorkingDead — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:31:25 GMT

You know, I really hate these things, but I can't help putting these lists together myself. How do I pick only 3 movies? Do I go with dense and brainy, hoping that they will provide the longest intellectual stimulation? Do I go with the movies that I just find fun and enjoyable, hoping that they'll always pick up my spirits when rescue doesn't arrive and I'm forced to eat my own fingers one by one? Ah, the hell with it, here's 3 top of my head picks, and a short reason why.

Brazil. The Criterion edition(I'm assuming this 3-disc set is allowable). For one, I love the movie, but it also seems like the most bang for my buck in terms of length. 3 discs, 2 movies, documentaries, commentaries.

Lost Highway. The first Lynch movie I saw in a theatre, and I can understand the criticisms it gets from some, but it was such a monumental experience in my high school life. It was like the scales fell from my eyes, and it really put me down the path to true film afficianado. Also, I saw this every night it played in our local arthouse theatre(one week), and every night had a different theory about what it all meant and what actually happened.

The Big Lebowski. If nothing else than to be the first to pick this sure to be popular pick. I know it has a pretty big cult, but I think it actually gets a bit underrated by 'serious' critics. This movie proves that silly comedy can still be intelligent.

Re:Desert Island

leeroy711 — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:00:41 GMT

I think Ive got it:

Miller's Crossing - I've sat through this movie soooo many times, I don't think I could go very long without watching it.

Fiddler On The Roof - I have to through a musical in there, that way if the island happens to be populated with monkeys, I could train them to do some of my favorite numbers. "Matchmonkey, matchmonkey, please make me a match................." You know something like that.

Apocalypse Now - I'm not sure why, this just seems like the type of movie I'd like to sit through over and over while stranded on a desert island. The funny thing is, I probably still won't watch the redux........... 3 HOURS IS LONG ENOUGH

Re:Desert Island

Risselada — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:47:42 GMT

leeroy711:
I think there is nothing more than a 30 some odd inch tv with a combo dvd/vcr... throw in a laserdisc player as well, just in case. The point is the viewing pleasure may not be the best so pick the movies you would most like to sit through multiple times, regardless of the sound and picture quality.

Ok, without thinking too hard about it, I'm going to say:

The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly

Withnail & I

Fargo

Re:Desert Island

leeroy711 — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:52:42 GMT

Risselada:

leeroy711:

This is a simple one, not really a game, just something you do when you're bored.

If you were stranded on a desert island, which 3 movies would you want to have with you.

I don't even know how I'm gonna answer this one, so I'll post mine later.

I'm not asking this question to be snarky (a word Paul seems to like), but what kind of screening equipment and environment is available on this island. If that answer is a full air conditioned theatre vs. just a little TV and VHS player it might make a difference. And if there answer is that there is none, then I have to base my answer entirely on what the DVD artwork and liner notes are because it wouldn't have much use beyond that.

I think there is nothing more than a 30 some odd inch tv with a combo dvd/vcr... throw in a laserdisc player as well, just in case. The point is the viewing pleasure may not be the best so pick the movies you would most like to sit through multiple times, regardless of the sound and picture quality.

Re:Desert Island

Risselada — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:28:06 GMT

leeroy711:

This is a simple one, not really a game, just something you do when you're bored.

If you were stranded on a desert island, which 3 movies would you want to have with you.

I don't even know how I'm gonna answer this one, so I'll post mine later.

I'm not asking this question to be snarky (a word Paul seems to like), but what kind of screening equipment and environment is available on this island. If that answer is a full air conditioned theatre vs. just a little TV and VHS player it might make a difference. And if there answer is that there is none, then I have to base my answer entirely on what the DVD artwork and liner notes are because it wouldn't have much use beyond that.

Desert Island

leeroy711 — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:35:09 GMT

This is a simple one, not really a game, just something you do when you're bored.

If you were stranded on a desert island, which 3 movies would you want to have with you.

I don't even know how I'm gonna answer this one, so I'll post mine later.