September Film Challenge 🎬

[TANSTAAFL58]

Day 7: A film that you would love to see on a big screen

I'm going to exclude movies I already saw on a big screen, like Star Wars and Jaws. And I'm going to exclude sprawling Technicolor extravaganzas from the 50s and 60s like Lawrence of Arabia and Bridge on the River Kwai. And I'm excluding movies like Avatar and Close Encounters of the Third Kind that are severely diminished without a huge canvas to display the story.

What I would love to see is some magnificent black and white cinematography. Casablanca is already taken. How about Hitchcock's masterpiece:

 

[BrendaBear]

I'm going to exclude movies I already saw on a big screen, like Star Wars and Jaws. And I'm going to exclude sprawling Technicolor extravaganzas from the 50s and 60s like Lawrence of Arabia and Bridge on the River Kwai. And I'm excluding movies like Avatar and Close Encounters of the Third Kind that are severely diminished without a huge canvas to display the story.

What I would love to see is some magnificent black and white cinematography. Casablanca is already taken. How about Hitchcock's masterpiece:

Oh Tan - you always touch my heart… I was thinking Hitchcock too… I was thinking North By Northwest as his masterpiece… then The Birds was my second thought… but I got to be honest, I have been to Bodega Bay, and have photos of what was the schoolhouse that I took myself (it is a private residence now, do not badger those nice people!)

 

[TANSTAAFL58]

For me, “Casablanca”, “The Maltese Falcon” and “Across The Pacific” are all fun to watch. Humphrey Bogart and Sydney Greenstreet are in all three. Peter Lorre and Mary Astor are both in two (but not the same two), and John Huston directed two (not Casablanca). And they were all made within months of each other.

So cool!

Across the Pacific is an underrated gem. It's no "Maltese Falcon", but very entertaining.

 

[BrendaBear]

Across the Pacific is an underrated gem. It's no "Maltese Falcon", but very entertaining.

Thank God I am not the only person alive to appreciate that flick!
I agree completely!

 

[TANSTAAFL58]

Oh Tan - you always touch my heart… I was thinking Hitchcock too… I was thinking North By Northwest as his masterpiece… then The Birds was my second thought… but I got to be honest, I have been to Bodega Bay, and have photos of what was the schoolhouse that I took myself (it is a private residence now, do not badger those nice people!)

I have probably seen North by Northwest almost as many times as Casablanca (a gazillion). It is a fantastic movie, well paced, thrilling and Cary Grant gives it the right touch of humor. (Martin Landau deserved at least an Oscar nomination).

 

[BrendaBear]

I have probably seen North by Northwest almost as many times as Casablanca (a gazillion). It is a fantastic movie, well paced, thrilling and Cary Grant gives it the right touch of humor. (Martin Landau deserved at least an Oscar nomination).

The fact you didn’t even mention Eva Marie Saint tells me you need a serious spanking! Bad boy! Bad boy!!

And yeah, Martin was freakin’ awesome as the gay henchmen.

 

[KarenB59]

Day 7- A film that you would love to see on the big screen
I've watched it close to 50 times but seeing it on the big screen would be a different experience

 

[lavendersilk]

Day 7- A film that you would love to see on the big screen
I've watched it close to 50 times but seeing it on the big screen would be a different experience

The pool scene gets me everytime.

 

[BrendaBear]

The pool scene gets me everytime.

That scene freaks me out.

I have some weird “issue” with indoor pools. I don’t understand it, but growing up in Oregon, vacationing on the Oregon coast, all of the nice motels and hotels have indoor pools… and I enjoyed them... And was internally terrified of them, at the same time.

I love the humor of falling into a pool under the gym floor. But I would likely have been out of my mind terrified if I fell in that water… dark.. cold… a foot or two below the floor surface of the “gym floor”.

I do love that movie though. Along with “You can’t Take it With You”… really good flics!

 

[TANSTAAFL58]

The fact you didn’t even mention Eva Marie Saint tells me you need a serious spanking! Bad boy! Bad boy!!

And yeah, Martin was freakin’ awesome as the gay henchmen.

That's the thing. Everyone who watches that movie gets that gay vibe. But it is never spoken about. I guess that would have been not possible in the 50s.

Eva Marie Saint is awesome. The IMDB says she's still alive, and will be 100 on July 4th.

 

[Kitty_so_frisky]

Day 7: A film that you would love to see on a big screen

RRR. Trust me on this one! Well worth a wat h on Netflix, but I would love to see it on a big screen.
It's absolutely insane in the best way. Michael Bay wishes his explosions have this much imagination! The cinematography is beautiful. It's action, it's comedy, it's a buddy comedy, it's romance, it's war. There are lions and tigers and wolves and horses, a piggyback chase scene, and yes, an Academy Award-winning song and dance number!

Saw this on a plane flight
Deserved a big screen! Main character, Renfied, was great!! See “Warm Bodies”!!

Nicholas Hoult is brilliant in as czar Peter III in The Great...even though his character is not

 

[TANSTAAFL58]

Saw this on a plane flight
Deserved a big screen! Main character, Renfied, was great!! See “Warm Bodies”!!

I would love to see Nicholas Cage play Dracula straight. He nailed (pun intended) everyone’s favourite Vampire.

 

[morelikeasong]

Day 8: Your favorite film that is set in space

 

[morelikeasong]

Day 8: Your favorite film that is set in space

I love so many space movies. Just saw this one for the first time a few months ago and it blew me away. Not sure why I hadn’t seen it until then

Interstellar

 

[Kitty_so_frisky]

Even though it's not the 8th yet for me:

Day 8: Your favorite film that is set in space
The Fifth Element

 

[TANSTAAFL58]

Day 8: Your favorite film that is set in space

Getting it in early. I am a Trekker. But I don't want to start that argument.

This was a good movie with some science (and a lot of "that's not how that works")

Gravity. Featuring Sandra Bullock, including the scene where she strips from a pressure suit to her undies.

 

[SluttyShannon]

Day 8: Your favorite film that is set in space

 

[PassionatePanther]

Day 8: Your favorite film that is set in space

Spaceballs

 

[Weirdnessome]

 

[Acktion]

Day 8: Your favorite film that is set in space

Well, technically it was a "cinematic pilot." But, still...

 

[EnbyKnight]

Day 8: Your favorite film that is set in space

Because it makes my heart go boom boom still to this day.

 

[Cogan]

I love so many space movies. Just saw this one for the first time a few months ago and it blew me away. Not sure why I hadn’t seen it until then

Interstellar

My daughter showed this movie to me and I loved it!
So that must be my choice for day 8 too.

 

[RideFl71]

Day 8: Your favorite film that is set in space

 

[lavendersilk]

Day 8: Your favorite film that is set in space

I was going to put a Star Trek movie but realized the one I like was primarily on .

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Day 8: Your favorite film that is set in space

Seeing as how Serenity, Spaceballs, and The Fifth Element were already said, I'll go with: