If you knew tomorrow was your last day on earth, what would be your last movie?

[ShortClara]

I do take issue with calling it a stupid question. I think a lot of times unkindness can be gotten away with in the supposed couching of "being honest" or "telling it like it is". I didn't read any of that as "tongue in cheek" either, as tone is very hard to read in typed form. There's a way of saying you don't like the question, and saying why, in a respectful way instead of saying (for instance) why do you want to watch a movie on your last day on earth and isn't it stupid that you asked us that I'm just an honest person for telling you so.

 

[ShortClara]

Oh, please don't say I can't be a Lady-in-Waiting because of that!!! Tell you what, mix me up a couple (or three) dirty martinis, and I'll watch it all you want, sing noisily (and off-key) while dancing as if no one's watching. Deal?

That's really all we ask, darling!

 

[RIOT]

Yeah, like yourself I am the type that calls it how I see it, and yes, it is still a silly thread.

I shouldn't have even bothered posting on it this morning. But too late now, huh? Oh well, that's my elitist in me coming out.

Anyway, The Dame, try posting over at this thread http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=14534 first so people know where you're coming from before playing hall monitor.

*note the smiley face*

 

[ShortClara]

[QUOTE="Doc" Devereux]Do we actively need two threads about snobbery and people's perceptions of posts?[/QUOTE]

But this is true too! Sorry I kept the debate going. Or maybe I didn't. Maybe I'm a day late and a dollar SHORT!

 

[Haversack]

It would be a toss-up between either _The Man Who Would Be King_ or _Sullivan's Travels_.

The first on the transegence of life and the value of good friends. (Not to mention Jarre's wistful, melancholic twist on "Will Ye No Cam Back Again?" combined with "The Minstrel Boy")

The second on the importance of humour in getting through life and on how good it is to laugh in company.

Haversack.

 

[The Dame]

[QUOTE="Doc" Devereux]Do we actively need two threads about snobbery and people's perceptions of posts?[/QUOTE]

No. Point well taken.

[QUOTE="Doc" Devereux]My last day on earth would ideally be spent doing silly things in an aeroplane, of the sort that preclude enjoying an in-flight movie.[/QUOTE]

:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap Now that's what I'm talking about. It's okay to say you'd probably not spend your last day on this side of the River Styx watching a favorite flick, but for the sake of the thread ... BRAVO!

[QUOTE="Doc" Devereux]However, if I had to pick the last film I'd ever get to see... That's a real toughie.

I'd probably go for The Princess Bride, even if that does mark me out as a soppy git. Romance, adventure, true love, swordplay, pirates, giants, princesses, monsters, risk, reward and a combination of incredible script, direction and performances. It's a film that never fails to make me smile.[/QUOTE]

:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

My husband loves that one, too!

 

[Hemingway Jones]

Excuse me, But...

Please folks, if you don't like the way someone answers a question on someone else's thread, it's best to refer it to one of the friendly neighborhood bartenders rather than trying to moderate the thread yourself.

No one on here has a right to quantify others' answers to threads except for the staff who are employed here for precisely that. -And we provide a wide latitude for all sorts of self expression!

I would hate to have to close this thread down.

If we don't like people's answers to the thread, then move along. There are plenty of others.

 

[CassD]

Okay, I know it's already been posted but, I would probably be watching The Princess Bride as well. I think it's right up there with a lot of the classics. It's well made in all respects, and it reminds me of my wedding day (the end credit song was the song my husband and I chose for our first dance as a married couple).

Fantastic thread idea, btw. I'm enjoying reading the variety of film styles that people enjoy.

 

[The Dame]

Anyway, The Dame, try posting over at this thread http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=14534 first so people know where you're coming from before playing hall monitor.

*note the smiley face*

Noted. I doubt my introducing myself would help members know where I'm coming from since I didn't know I'd be coming from there until I was. Follow? Anyway, no more playing hall monitor.

[...]if you don't like the way someone answers a question on someone else's thread, it's best to refer it to one of the friendly neighborhood bartenders [...]

Noted. Will do. Turning in my hall monitor badge as I type this ...

 

[Jovan]

Tough question. It would have to be a comedy, for starters... help me out here, guys!

 

[The Dame]

One of my all-time favorite comedies: The Quiet Man starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara.

 

[SamMarlowPI]

just reframe the question...make it 'the last movie you could ever watch ever and then can't watch anymore movies forever'...there, no more dispute...

 

[jake_fink]

(I haven't seen it yet)

 

[rebelgtp]

As many others have said I'd be out living my last day to the fullest. Possibly going out with the biggest bang possible .

However providing both my arms and legs are broken and I can't be wheeled outside, I'd say I'd enjoy the Indiana Jones movies in order as they have been my favorite movies ever since I was a little kid. Then if I still had time left and still couldn't move toss in some Steve McQueen flicks and Stooges for good measure.

 

[Fletch]

Grand Hotel. Only I would want to be hallucinating it, acting out the doomed Mr. Kringelein, dancing and drinking and telling off General Director Preising.

As I was carried out, the house doctor would mutter: "People come...people go...nothing ever happens."

And off my spirit would go to a place where it was always 1932 and the dance band music never stopped.

 

[CassD]

Tough question. It would have to be a comedy, for starters... help me out here, guys!

Well, in the catagory of romantic, screwball comedies, I've always been particularly fond of Bringing Up Baby and My Man Godfrey (the William Powell and Carole Lombard version).

 

[SamMarlowPI]

Then if I still had time left and still couldn't move toss in some Steve McQueen flicks

yes!!! there ya' go!!!!!

 

[Harley Quinn]

I can get it down to three

We're no angels

Casablanca

The Thing (1982)

 

[LZeitgeist]

My choice would be 'The Great Waldo Pepper' with Robert Redford, Bo Svenson and Susan Sarandon.

I have terrific memories of that movie from when I was young; it was a favorite of my late father's, and we enjoyed watching it together with him many times throughout my life.

I'd want to watch it again one last time, so that when I get to where Dad is, the memories would be fresh and we could reminisce about it again.

 

[mtechthang]

Likely choice.

I'd want to watch it again one last time, so that when I get to where Dad is, the memories would be fresh and we could reminisce about it again.

Yes. A good movie indeed LZeitgeist. I'd probably wind up watching Casablanca as well (not very original, I'm afraid). But I really like Sam's rephrasing of the question. To have to make the choice of one movie of all the greats would likely be a reasonable definition of :rage: :rage: HELL:rage: :rage: