3 IN A ROW – ROMASUAVE’S A to Z MOVIE WRITE-OFF
Jun 03 '05
The Bottom Line 3 in a row, as it seems I am caught up in this strange phenomenon for some weird reason, anyway mine is a little different from the others I think?
I told myself after posting 2 write-off’s in a row I wouldn’t do any more for a while (sorry – I lied), anyway when I saw the subject to this one I had to Jump In. I mean Movies is my 3rd Favorite Hobby and I go see New Movies a lot. I have already seen 18 New Movies so far this year and next week I will be going to see Madagascar and Mr. & Mrs. Smith and High Tension the following week. My wife Dot and my mother-in-law took our 16 year old Granddaughter Dani who is staying with us for the next 4 days today while I was working to see Star Wars III which I saw last week. My A through Z Movie posting I hope will be a little different then the few I have read so far?
I will try and cover 5 Movies for each letter that I have personally seen since the 1950’s one for each category I have listed below with a few of my favorite stars that appeared in it. The Movies on this list range from 1932 to 2005. I seem to be hung up on the number 5 a lot lately like my last posting. Sorry for all the John Wayne, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, James Bond, Elvis Presley and a few other stars’ Movies but those are my favorites. I also own most of these Movies either on VHS or on DVD on in the case of The Day The Earth Stood Still I have it in both formats as well.
I am one of the late arrivals to this write-off that was started by romasuave back on 24 May. If you haven’t joined in yet, why not? Just go here to see who has contributed so far: http://www.epinions.com/content_4364279940
1. ACTION/ADVENTURE
2. COMEDY
3. DRAMA
4. HORROR/SCI-FI
5. OTHERS - (ANIMATED, DOCUMENTARY, FAMILY, FOREIGN, MILITARY, MUSICAL, ROMANCE, WESTERN, ETC.)
And a 1, and a 2, and a 3, and a 4, and a 5 and Away We Go!
ARMAGEDDON - 1998 - Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Owen Wilson & Liv Tyler
ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE – 1994 – Jim Carrey & Courteney Cox-Arquette
AIR FORCE ONE - 1997 - Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, William H. Macy & Glenn Close
***ALIEN – 1979 – Sigourney Weaver & Tom Skerritt
#ALAMO, THE – 1960 – John Wayne, Richard Boone, Frankie Avalon & Richard Widmark
BATMAN & ROBIN - 1997 - George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Chis O'Donnell & Uma Thurman
*BLAZING SADDLES - 1974 - Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman, Cleavon Little & Madeline Kahn
BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE - 1957 - William Holden, Alec Guinness & Sessue Hayakawa
BLOB, THE - 1958 - Steve McQueen, George Karas & Aneta Corsaut
BLUE HAWAII - 1961 - Elvis Presley, Angela Lansbury & Joan Blackman
CRIMSON TIDE - 1995 - Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, Viggo Mortensen & James Gandolfini
*CADDYSHACK - 1980 - Bill Murray, Rodney Dangerfield & Chevy Chase
CASABLANCA - 1942 - Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains & Ingrid Bergman
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE 3RD KIND - 1977 - Richard Dreyfuss & Teri Garr
CLAMBAKE - 1967 - Elvis Presley, Bill Bixby, Will Hutchins & Shelley Fabares
**DIE HARD - 1988 - Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Reginald VelJohnson & Bonnie Bedelia
DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY - 2004 - Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor & Vince Vaughn
DEATH WISH - 1974 - Charles Bronson, Vincent Gardenia & Hope Lange
****DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, THE - 1951 - Michael Rennie Sam Jaffe & Patricia Neal
DIRTY DOZEN, THE - 1967 - Lee Marvin, Clint Walker, Charles Bronson, George Kennedy & Telly Savalas
ERASER - 1996 - Arnold Schwarzneggar, James Caan, James Coburn & Vanessa L. Williams
EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE - 1978 - Clint Eastwood, Geoffrey Lewis & Sondra Locke
ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ - 1979 - Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan & Fred Ward
EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, THE - 1980 - Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones & Carrie Fisher
E. T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL - 1982 - Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Drew Barrymore, Debra Winger & Erika Eleniak
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE - 1963 - Sean Connery, Robert Shaw & Daniela Bianchi
FLETCH - 1985 - Chevy Chase, Tim Matheson, Joe Don Baker, Geena Davis & Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
FORREST GUMP - 1994 - Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Penn, Gary Sinise & Sally Field
FOG, THE - 1979 - Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh & Hal Holbrook
*****FINDING NEMO - 2003 - Voices of Willem Dafoe, Albert Brooks, Brad Garrett & Ellen DeGeneres
GOLDFINGER - 1964 - Sean Connery, Gert Forbe & Honor Blackman
GHOSTBUSTERS - 1984 - Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson & Sigourney Weaver
GODFATHER, THE - 1972 - Marlon Brando, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Al Pacino & Diane Keaton
GORGO - 1961 - Bill Travers & William Sylverter
#GREEN BERETS, THE - 1968 - John Wayne, David Janssen, Jim Hutton & Richard Pryor
HIGHLANDER - 1986 - Sean Connery, Christopher Lambert & Roxanne Hart
HOT SHOTS! - 1991 - Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Kristy Swanson & Valeria Golino
HOPE FLOATS - 1998 - Sandra Bullock & Harry Connick Jr.
HALLOWEEN - 1978 - Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Loomis & Donald Pleasence
HOLES - 2003 - Jon Voight, Henry Winkler, Patricia Arquette & Sigourney Weaver
**INDIANA JONES & THE TEMPLE OF DOOM - 1984 - Harrison Ford & Kate Capshaw
IN THE NAVY - 1941 - Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dick Powell & The Andrews Sisters
INDECENT PROPOSAL - 1993 - Robert Redford, Woody Harrelson & Demi Moore
INDEPENDENCE DAY - 1996 - Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Judd Hirsch & Bill Pullman
*****INCREDIBLES, THE - 2004 - Voices of Craig T. Nelson, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Lee & Holly Hunter
JUDGE DREDD - 1995 - Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, Rob Schneider & Diane Lane
JUNIOR - 1994 - Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Danny DeVito & Emma Thompson
JFK - 1991 - Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Joe Pesci & Sissy Spacek
JAWS - 1975 - Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw & Roy Scheider
JAILHOUSE ROCK - 1957 - Elvis Presley, Dean Jones & Judy Tyler
KICKBOXER - 1989 - Jean-Claude Van Damme & Dennis Alexio
KINDERGARTEN COP - 1990 - Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Penelope Ann Miller & Pamela Reed
KISS OF DEATH - 1995 - Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson, David Caruso & Helen Hunt
KING KONG - 1933 - Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot & Robert Armstrong
KING CREOLE - 1958 - Elvis Presley, Walter Matthau, Dean Jagger & Carolyn Jones
LETHAL WEAPON - 1987 - Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Bussey & Jackie Swanson
LOADED WEAPON 1 - 1993 - Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Jackson, & Kathy Ireland
LAST MAN STANDING - 1996 - Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken & Bruce Dern
LORD OF THE RINGS, THE: THE RETURN OF THE KING - 2003 - Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen & Sean Astin
LONGEST DAY, THE - 1962 - John Wayne, Paul Anka, Eddie Albert, Richard Burton & Red Buttons
MARKED FOR DEATH - 1990 - Steven Seagal & Basil Wallace
MAJOR LEAGUE - 1989 - Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger & Corbin Bernsen
MERCURY RISING - 1998 - Bruce Willis & Alec Baldwin
MUMMY, THE - 1999 - Brendan Fraser, Arnold Vosloo & Rachel Weisz
MONSTERS, INC. - 2001 - Voices of Billy Crystal, John Goodman, James Coburn, Steve Buscemi, Mary Gibbs & Jennifer Tilly
NAVY SEALS - 1990 - Charlie Sheen, Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton & Joanne Whalley
NUTTY PROFESSOR, THE - 1996 - Eddie Murphy, James Coburn, Dave Chappelle & Jada Pinkett-Smith
NET, THE - 1995 - Sandra Bullock, Ken Howard & Dennis Miller
***NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD - 1968 - Judith O'Dea & Russell Steiner
NASHVILLE - 1975 - Henry Gibson, Ned Beatty, Keith Carradine, Barbara Baxley, Lily Tomlin & Karen Black
OPERATION CONDOR - 1990 - Jackie Chan & Carol Cheng
OVERBOARD - 1987 - Kurt Russell, Roddy McDowall & Goldie Hawn
OUTBREAK - 1995 - Dustin Hoffman, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, Cuba Gooding Jr. & Rene Russo
OTHERS, THE - 2001 - Nicole Kidman & Christopher Eccleston
OPERATION DUMBO DROP - 1995 - Danny Glover, Ray Liotta & Denis Leary
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL - 2003 - Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom & Keira Knightley
PRIVATE BENJAMIN - 1980 - Goldie Hawn, Armand Assante & Eileen Brennan
PUBLIC ENEMY, THE - 1931 - James Cagney, Jean Harlow & Joan Blondell
PREDATOR - 1987 - Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers & Jesse “The Body” Ventura
PEARL HARBOR - 2001 - Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Cuba Gooding Jr. & Kate Beckinsale
QUEST, THE - 1996 - Jean-Claude Van Damme, Roger Moore, & Janet Gunn
QUICK CHANGE - 1990 - Bill Murray, Randy Quaid & Geena Davis
QUIZ SHOW - 1994 - John Turturro, Rob Morrow & Ralph Fiennes
QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE - 1958 - Eric Fleming, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Laurie Mitchell & Barbara Darrow
QUICK & THE DEAD, THE - 1995 - Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Gene Hackman, Gary Sinise & Sharon Stone
RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II - 1985 - Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna & Charles Napier
ROAD TO MOROCCO, THE - 1942 - Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Anthony Quinn & Dorothy Lamour
ROCKY III - 1982 - Sylvester Stallone, Carl Weathers, Mr. T & Terry "Hulk Hogan" Bollea
RESIDENT EVIL - 2002 - Milla Jovovich & Ryan McCluskey
RIO BRAVO - 1959 - John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Walter Brennan & Angie Dickinson
SPIDER-MAN - 2002 - Tobey Maguire, William Dafoe & Kirsten Dunst
STRIPES - 1981 - Bill Murray, John Candy, Judge Reinhold, P.J. Soles & Sean Young
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER - 1977 - John Travolta, Karen Gorney & Donna Pescow
****STAR WARS: EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE - 1977 - Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill & Carrie Fisher
STALAG 17 - 1953 - William Holden, Harvey Lembeck, Peter Graves, Neville Brand & Otto Preminger
THUNDERBALL - 1965 - Sean Connery, Adolfo Celi, Claudine Auger & Luciana Paluzzi
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY - 1998 - Cameron Diaz, Ben Stiller & Matt Dillon
TANGO & CASH - 1989 - Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell & Jack Palance
TERMINATOR, THE - 1984 - Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn & Linda Hamilton
TOY STORY 2 - 1999 - Voices of Tim Allen, Tom Hanks, John Cusack, Don Rickles, Kelsey Grammer & Jim Varney
UNDER SIEGE - 1992 - Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Busey & Erika Eleniak
USED CARS - 1980 - Kurt Russell & Jack Warden
URBAN COWBOY - 1980 - John Travolta, Barry Corbin & Debra Winger
UNIVERSAL SOLDIER - 1992 - Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren & Ally Walker
U-571 - 2000 - Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Jon Bon Jovi & Harvey Keitel
VICTORY - 1981 - Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max Von Sydow & Pele
VILLAIN, THE - 1979 - Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kirk Douglas, Paul Lynde, Jack Elam & Ann-Margret
VERTIGO - 1958 - Jimmy Stewart, Barbara Bel Geddes & Kim Novak
VAN HELSING - 2004 - Hugh Jackman, Richard Roxburg & Kate Beckinsale
VIVA LAS VEGAS - 1964 - Elvis Presley, Cesare Danova & Ann-Margret
WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, THE - 1999 - Pierce Brosnan, Denise Richards & Sophie Marceau
WATERBOY, THE - 1998 - Adam Sandler, Henry Winkler, Jerry Reed, Rob Schneider & Kathy Bates
WAR, THE - 1994 - Kevin Costner, Elijah Wood & Mare Winningham
WAR OF THE WORLDS, THE - 1953 - Gene Barry & Ann Robinson
WIZARD OF OZ, THE - 1939 - Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Frank Morgan & Jack Haley
X-MEN - 2000 - Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry & Famke Janssen
X MARKS THE SPOT - 1944 - Edmon Ryan, George Mathews & Dick Gordon
X-15 - 1961 - Charles Bronson, David McLean & Mary Tyler Moore
X-FILES: FIGHT THE FUTURE - 1998 - David Duchovny, Martin Landau, Mitch Pileggi & Gillian Anderson
XANADU - 1980 - Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly & Michael Beck
YEAR OF THE GUN - 1991 - Andrew McCarthy, John Pankow & Sharon Stone
YOU'VE GOT MAIL - 1998 - Tom Hanks, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey & Meg Ryan
YOUNGBLOOD - 1986 - Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Ed Lauter & Cynthia Gibb
YESTERDAY MACHINE, THE - 1963 - Tim Holt, Bill Thurman & Ann Pellegrino
YOUNG GUNS - 1988 - Charlie Sheen, Lou Diamond Phillips, Emilio Estevez, Jack Palance & Kiefer Sutherland
ZORRO: THE LEGEND BEGINS - 1990 - Duncan Regehr, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. & Patrice Camhi
ZOOLANDER - 2001 - Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Christine Taylor & Milla Jovovich
ZANDALEE - 1991 - Nicolas Cage, Judge Reinhold, Joe Pantoliano, Aaron Neville & Erika Anderson
ZARDOZ - 1973 - Sean Connery, John Alderton, Charlotte Rampling & Sara Kestleman
ZULU DAWN - 1979 - Burt Lancaster, Peter O'Toole, Simon Ward & John Mills
These didn’t make the regular list above but are also great Movies that I love and they also deserve some recognition:
APOLLO 13 – 1995
BLADE – 1998
CAST AWAY – 2000
DR. NO – 1962
EXORCIST, THE – 1973
FARGO – 1996
@GREEN MILE, THE – 1999
HORSE FEATHERS – 1932
ICE AGE - 2002
JURASSIC PARK – 1993
KARATE KID, THE – 1984
LEGALLY BLONDE – 2001
MEN IN BLACK – 1997
NORTH BY NORTHWEST – 1959
OCEAN’S ELEVEN – 2001
PRETTY WOMAN – 1990
QUIET MAN, THE – 1952
RAIN MAN – 1988
SIXTH SENSE, THE – 1999
@TOP GUN – 1986
USUAL SUSPECTS, THE – 1995
VOLCANO – 1997
WALL STREET – 1987
XXX – 2002
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN – 1974
ZULU – 1964
JAGUARDOG’S FINAL THOUGHTS
Well that about does it but I’m going to continue to UPDATE this at least once a year to add any NEW Movies I feel are better then the ones already here. This was another very enjoyable write-off and I want to thank everyone who has come by to read My List Of All-Time Favorites. Thanks for reading, rating and be sure to leave a comment if you feel so inclined to do so. I originally was going to make this my last Write-off for a good while, BUT I think (I hope) I have come up with a pretty good one to host myself which will be my very first one to host in the 5 + years I have been here.
I hope too have it posted in just a few days with no stringent rules/guidelines, only suggestions of what I would like to see but its’ all up to the participants how they want to post their entry. I will try to send-out Emails to as many of you as I can get Good Valid Emails on but even if you do not get one from me please feel free to join in it is open to ALL! I hope everyone has a Safe & Wonderful Weekend and God Bless You All and your Families and Friends, Ron.
KEY TO NOTES
* - 2 Funniest Movies on the list
** - 2 Most Action packed Movies on the list
*** - 2 Scariest Movies on the list
**** - 2 Best Sci-Fi Movies on the list
***** - 2 Best Animated Movies on the list
# - My 2 All-Time Favorite Movies on the list – Yes they are both John Wayne Movies and yes they both end very sadly.
@ - 2 Movies that came the closest to making the regular list
NOTE – Any duplication of Movies from other lists in this Write-Off are completely coincidental and are not put here on my list on purpose.
BTW - I realize I didn't put any information about the Movies on here but with it being so big and long and different I hope you will please excuse me from that little piece?
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