libbyparsons
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posted on February 7, 2001 03:17:30 PM new
My daughter and I got a DVD player for Christmas and we are in the process of replacing our video's with DVD's  So I was thinking (sort of a survey) what everyone's say...top 6 movie recommendations are. Movies that would be a MUST HAVE in your collection
Here are mine
**Grease (They dont make this in DVD yet  )
**Dirty Dancing
**Annie
**Coal Miner's Daughter (No DVD yet )
**10 Things I Hate About You
**Simon Birch
Runner's Up
Erin Brockovich
Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Wizard Of Oz
Double Jeopardy
Titanic
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njrazd
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posted on February 7, 2001 04:24:03 PM new
libby...you don't say how old your daughter is, but I would always recommend:
Gone With the Wind
It's a Wonderful Life
October Sky
Remember the Titans
All of Me
Real Genius
The Kid
And I'm sure there are a few more that will come to mind!
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libbyparsons
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posted on February 7, 2001 04:29:46 PM new
She'll be 6 quite soon here. I've been compiling some DVD's for her to give her all at once for her birthday, mostly Disney stuff.
I LOVE Gone With The Wind but I'm going to have to wait and buy that in a store. All the ones I find on eBay I'm hesitant to buy because they are all foreign subtitled ones and I dont want that.
The Kid is new isn't it? With Bruce Willis?
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njrazd
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posted on February 7, 2001 04:50:47 PM new
libby...if she's only 6, then forget "Real Genius" and "All of Me". Those are a bit too much for that age group.
Yes, The Kid was the Bruce Willis movie from last year. Our whole family liked that one.
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lotsafuzz
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posted on February 7, 2001 05:19:53 PM new
The boyfriend got a DVD player for Christmas (am I a great girlfriend, or what?). So, we've been slowly stocking up on DVD's.
We go for the ones that have the most/best 'extras'. I really recommend Dinosaur from Disney. The extras are really cool! There are even two games that you can play using the DVD remote!
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december3
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posted on February 7, 2001 06:31:58 PM new
Six is a fun age. I can tell you what I watch with my grand daughters.
Babe-my favorite
Fly Away Home
The Secret Garden
The Borrowers
Dances with Wolves
My Dog Skip
I guess you can tell from this we like animal movies. My own movies are anything really scary, not a good birthday present for a six year old.
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looney2ns
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posted on February 7, 2001 06:50:30 PM new
1.Milo and Otis (perfect kids movie)
2.Babe (I always get teary at the end)
3.Gone with the wind
4.Kingpin
5.Pretty woman
6.any movie with Mel Gibson (drool,drool)
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bunnicula
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posted on February 7, 2001 08:47:10 PM new
I am totally addicted to films in general & DVD's in particular!
kid's films:
Mary Poppins
Pinocchio
Toy Story
The Santa Clause
Mulan
Beauty & the Beast (Disney version)
Wizard of Oz
Chicken Run
for grown-ups: (in no particular order)
Beauty & the Beast (Cocteau version--French w/ subtitles)
The Edge
Chicken Run (yes, there's stuff for adults, that just zips over the kid's heads )
Arsenic & Old Lace
Bell, Book & Candle
A Fish Called Wanda
Pretty Woman
M (German w/ English subtitles)
High Noon
The Sixth Sense
The Professional (aka Leon)
It's a Wonderful Life
The Rock
McLintok!
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Damn the Defiant
All the Star Trek movies
Seven Faces of Dr. Lao
A Boy and His Dog
Young Frankenstein
These are a few of my own "must haves" in my collection...I've had my DVD player for a year now & have 80+ films so far. I'm always buying more. Wish they'd hurry & get "The Day the Earth Stood Still," "Daddy Long-Legs" and a whole lot more Alec Guinness films out on DVD!
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Kaffro
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posted on February 7, 2001 08:52:01 PM new
Here's my 6
Tommy Boy
Titanic
Toy Story
Grease
Silence of the Lambs
The Sound of Music
Kaffro 
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december3
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posted on February 7, 2001 08:53:07 PM new
I haven't seen The Day the Earth Stood Still in ages, Ilove that movie. I love Michael Rennie. ( I mean did love, I think he died)
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bunnicula
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posted on February 7, 2001 09:00:37 PM new
I still love him--don't care if he'd dead 
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kiheicat
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posted on February 7, 2001 09:42:34 PM new
looney, I agree with Milo and Otis. We have a copy and I refuse to let go of it, even though the kids have outgrown it.
Let's see, my favs in my collection:
Contact
The Mask of Zorro
Lost in Space
Angels in the Outfield
Homeward Bound & Homeward Bound II
The Pebble and the Penguin
Jungle 2 Jungle
(Can you tell I have kids? lol)
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cmbtboots
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posted on February 8, 2001 01:31:02 AM new
1. Cinema Paradiso. Two thumbs WAY up Mr. Ebert
2. Wings of Desire.
3. St.Elmo's Fire. It's a Rob Lowe thing!
4. Sound of Music.
5. The Full Monty. Great kids show.
6. Cousins.
7. Midnight Run. Charles Grodin and Robert (Bob, as I like to call him) Deniro
8. Sid and Nancy. I'm an old Sex Pistol's Fan
9. The War Room. Clinton documentry (and it's a George Stephanoplis thing)
10. Barney kills the Teletubbies. Nevermind, just a sick little fantasy.
11. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover. (Helen Mirron) Has anyone else seen this??
There is my list. Sort of eclectic, hu?
edited to add just one more.
[ edited by cmbtboots on Feb 8, 2001 01:39 AM ]
[ edited by cmbtboots on Feb 8, 2001 01:45 AM ]
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bootsnana
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posted on February 8, 2001 03:51:07 AM new
84 Charing Crossroads
The Way We Were
Educating Rita
Big (this is the movie a friend of mine told me that Tom Hanks was a genius...at the time I didn't think so...looking back, boy was she right!)
My Cousin Vinnie
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cmbtboots
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posted on February 8, 2001 05:29:57 AM new
Why can't you edit three times?
Bootsnana reminded me, The Way We Were.
I kind of forgot how much I love watching movies. I am making out my video list of movies to see and especially, movies to see again. So, please everyone keep listing your favs.
Just thought of two more, then I promise I will go away.
1. Mediterraneo (sp??)
2. Belle Epoque
[ edited by cmbtboots on Feb 8, 2001 05:32 AM ]
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libbyparsons
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posted on February 8, 2001 06:10:35 AM new
cmbtboots - you've got quite the mix there You are like me! I've got a little of this and a little of that and little more of that in my collection thus far Examples ~
American Pie
Center Stage
Annie
Carrie and Carrie 2
Fast Times At Ridgemont High
The Cutting Edge
The Best Of Friends
Heathers
Poltergeist
Savanah Smiles
Scream
10 Things I Hate About You
I like a little bit of a lot of stuff. Nothing horror like "Chucky" or "Friday the 13th" but still I'm a HUGE fan of "FRIENDS" so I have made a point of working into a collection of all the movies that all of the cast members have starred in. Just one of my "weird" wants for my collection
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bootsnana
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posted on February 8, 2001 06:40:45 AM new
Libby: Then you should love The Whole Nine Yards with Matthew Perry and Bruce Willis. Please skip Lucky Numbers with John Travolta and Lisa Kudrow.
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snowyegret
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posted on February 8, 2001 07:04:40 AM new
Not in any special order, but for me:
Casablanca
The Gods Must Be Crazy
2001
Beauty and the Beast by Jean Cocteau
Life is Beautiful (La Vita e Bella)
Alphaville
Plan 9 from Outer Space
for your daughter:
ET
Creature from the Black Lagoon (if she likes scary movies)
And we all enjoyed I'll Fly Away with Jeff Daniels
[ edited by snowyegret on Feb 8, 2001 07:08 AM ]
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sideslam
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posted on February 8, 2001 12:22:25 PM new
Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory.
The Little Mermaid 1 & 2.
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moonmem-07
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posted on February 8, 2001 02:13:28 PM new
The Gods Must Be Crazy I laughed so hard! That was a hoot.
Life is Beautiful If you haven't seen it, you must. I don't like subtitles. But the movie was so good they didn't bother me.
It's A Wonderful Life My all time favorite.
Silence of the Lambs Was great! I hope Hannibal is as good.
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Meya
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posted on February 8, 2001 02:25:19 PM new
Anything with Kathrine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. They made 9 movies together and there is only 1 stinker in the bunch. I've got all 9 finally, even the stinker. (Keeper of the Flame)
To Kill a Mockingbird (my biggest "want" is an autographed copy of the book)
The Spitfire Grill (if you haven't seen it, you've missed something)
Gone With the Wind
Galaxy Quest
Fargo (not for kids!)
Charade
Sense and Sensibility
Slingblade
Star Trek The Voyage Home "They are not the hell your whales"
The Princess Bride
Had to Add, When Harry Met Sally!
[ edited by Meya on Feb 8, 2001 04:00 PM ]
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tootsiepop
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posted on February 8, 2001 03:00:00 PM new
I have two daughters, 7 & 12, and our favorite movies (in no particular order) are:
1 - Emma
2 - Little Women (the one with Winona Ryder & the one with Kate Hepburn)
3 - The Sound of Music
4 - My Fair Lady
5 - Arsenic & Old Lace (one of the funniest movies ever made!)
6 - Sense & Sensability
7 - Ever After
8 - Willow
My younger daughter also really likes the old Shirley Temple movies. My husband of course prefers movies that feature lots of explosions and/or car chases.
Not Tootsiepop anywhere else!
[ edited by tootsiepop on Feb 8, 2001 03:01 PM ]
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WataruMurofushi
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posted on February 8, 2001 06:51:13 PM new
The works of Ozu Yasujiro are family values for all cultures.
http://us.imdb.com/Name?Ozu,+Yasujiro
Of course the works from the creator of Godzilla are to be considered:
http://us.imdb.com/Name?Honda,+Ishir%F4
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kraftdinner
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posted on February 8, 2001 08:10:50 PM new
One of my favorite movies is Less Than Zero with Robert Downey. It's definately not a kid's movie, but his acting was unbelieveable in it.....has anyone else seen it???
I think every person/child should watch The Elephant Man. It's the kind of movie that stays with you forever.
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snowyegret
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posted on February 8, 2001 09:13:55 PM new
And how could I forget:
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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cmbtboots
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posted on February 9, 2001 01:29:40 AM new
Just finished watching American Beauty. After reading all these posts I starting jonesing for the good old days when I would rent 6-7 videos and grab a bag of doritos and a bottle of champagne and watch movie after movie.
So like any good parent, I woke my son up, got him dressed, raided the grocery money jar and dragged him to a Hollywood video store at 10:00 pm, then hit the store for doritos and Hawaiian punch (how'd ya like a nice Hawaiian Punch?? Remember this anyone??) My 4 year old just hates drinking champange.
I don't know if they do this everywhere, but Hollywood video offers a selection of free kid's videos, exactly in my price range. Pretty decent selection, a handful of Disney, Arthur, Blue's Clues etc...
A few people on a film website raved about a film called Jesus' Son, so I got that one and another one I have been dying to see; Live Flesh, an Almodovar film. So I sat through Beauty and the Beast (Disney, although I would like to see the other version, as long as it is not animated, I am SO over Disney). We cuddled under the big quilt and ate cookie dough, doritos and punch, I know, how gross. It is now 2:00 am and my son just fell asleep on the living room floor. BTW, did you know I am up for mother of the year? I am expecting the award any day now, really, I am.
I am so thankful to have found this thread because the past few years I sort of forgot what I liked to do because I was so caught up in the everyday things. I forgot what a fantastic escape movies are!
So, keep listing your favorites!! I am adding to my list of favorites.
Easy Rider
Gods Must Be Crazy ( the sequel was terrible though)
kraftdinner I loved Less Than Zero!! Great anti-drug movie!! AND Robert Downey Jr. certainly is no eye strain!! What a hottie! I could help him with his problems, if only he would call, I will fix him!! yeah, okay, did I say it was Hawaiian Punch I was drinking?
libbyparsons By the movies you list I bet I could estimate your age. Fast Times at Ridgemont High, wow. Good show! Remember Mr. Hand, the teacher? Duuude!! When did that movie come out, 1982?
Well, off to email my auction winners. night all!
[ edited by cmbtboots on Feb 9, 2001 01:32 AM ]
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cmbtboots
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posted on February 9, 2001 01:39:13 AM new
I am not really gone, sorry.
kraftdinner I can do a great imrpession of the elephant man. "I am not an animal, I am a human being" I guess this doesn't really work on print. I am really gone this time.
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thedewey
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posted on February 9, 2001 01:46:52 AM new
Must haves:
1. The Matrix (#1 hands down)
2. All the Star Trek movies and episodes
3. When Harry Met Sally (best scene of all time in ANY movie - and I don't hafta explain which one I'm talking about! ROFL!)
4. Contact
5. Grease (1 and 2)
6. City Slickers (1 and 2)
7. The Labyrinth (David Bowie)
8. The Breakfast Club
Oops, that's 8. Oh well! 
My runners up would be:
1. Pretty Woman
2. Flintstones movie (dumb, but I liked it. Great cast!)
3. Annie
4. The Sound of Music
5. Lost in Space
6. Spaceballs (yeah, I know!) he he
7. Robin Hood / Men in Tights
8. Edward Scissorhands
9. When I Was Sleeping
10. Money Train
11. Speed (1, I didn't like 2)
12. Father of the Bride (both)
13. Sister Act (both)
14. Awakenings (Robin Williams - excellent movie)
15. Rain Man
(edited to add #14 & #15)
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kraftdinner
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posted on February 9, 2001 09:08:36 AM new
cmbtboots......Ha! Ha! Ha! I'm with you! I'll help you out with his rehabilitation.....might take awhile!
What they should do, is sentence him to a one-year stint selling on eBay...not much difference than being in jail......
Oh, and cmbtboots, your Elephant Man impression brought tears to my eyes....Fantastic rendition!!
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cmbtboots
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posted on February 9, 2001 01:52:00 PM new
Movie review: Jesus' Son. Don't bother, waste of good film.
Going to go get more movies later today. Any recommendations? One movie I am going to get for sure; Life is Beautiful. I love Italian men, umm, I mean movies.
Two more to list of favorites: Breakfast Club and 16 Candles. I also do a fair impression of that nerd from Breakfast Club. Remember the scene when they were all smoking pot?
Nerd: The beetch can't hold her smoke, that what it is.
Once again, this does not work as well in print. oh well.
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