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[dvcochran]

@Steve,

Thought I'd continue here so as to not muck up the other thread...
You said "
I don't know about other's on this forum, but I think you're one of the few who enjoys movies as much as I do.The Natural is a fantastic movie, but even when I saw it as a new release, I thought, "How old is Robert Redford supposed to be?"

I'm involved with a couple of fun projects. About a year ago a buddy proposed this to a couple of us fellow movie freaks.

"You're on a desert Island for one full year. You have all the amenities and comfort you could want, great food, nice shelter, everything, including a TV and DVD player. But the TV can get no stations. You can take fifty movies with you and watch them as often as you want. Just fifty. Not the movies you think are necessarily the best movies made, just the ones you enjoy watching the most. Name them"

It sounded so easy, so you start writing them down. But when you're a movie fan...movies just keep popping into your head "Oh, heck, can't forget that one, and what about this one etc etc." And as you write them down they remind you of others.

We've been working on this, in spare time of course, for almost a year. My list is finally whittled down to about a hundred right now. It's going to be a beech cutting it down more.

Then, just when this pandemic started, a couple different guys contacted me with "name your ten favorite sports movies." I said I wouldn't play unless it was twenty. We compromised with fifteen. I figured I was golden because I already had that other list from the island scenario. But that was not the case.

Field of Dreams is definitely on the list. I think. This, too, has become far more difficult than I thought.
I'm pretty f'n screwed.

But, man, Keven Costner sure has made some fabulous sports movies.

I don't watch a ton of movies (science/history channel nerd)but we have watched a few good ones in the last week. Peppermint and Acceptable Assets (I think) were pretty good. Shawshank Redemption is my all time favorite.

 

[Buka]

I don't watch a ton of movies (science/history channel nerd)but we have watched a few good ones in the last week. Peppermint and Acceptable Assets (I think) were pretty good. Shawshank Redemption is my all time favorite.

I don't watch a ton of movies (science/history channel nerd)but we have watched a few good ones in the last week. Peppermint and Acceptable Assets (I think) were pretty good. Shawshank Redemption is my all time favorite.

I’ve only watched Shawshank a couple dozen times. Few more dozen and I’ll give you my review. What a terrific film.

 

[AngryHobbit]

Unfortunately, I'm working more now than I would normally work.

I had to put reminders into place to get up and move and to stop working. (Shut up, @gpseymour - YouTube videos don't count... or translation... or audiobook listen throughs... or belly dancing rehearsals...)

 

[AngryHobbit]

I don't watch a ton of movies (science/history channel nerd)but we have watched a few good ones in the last week. Peppermint and Acceptable Assets (I think) were pretty good. Shawshank Redemption is my all time favorite.

OMG, I adore that movie. Honestly... it's one of those where I think the movie is better than the book. And I don't say that lightly.

 

[Steve]

One of my employees was admitted to the hospital yesterday with pneumonia. Being tested for covid19, and is in icu in isolation. I’d appreciate some positive energy sent her way. She’s pretty frightened.

 

[Steve]

My first list. I’d have to cull it down, and I’m sure I missed a boatload. Note that these aren’t what I would say are the Best movies. Some of these are total guilty pleasures (like step up 2). They’re just all ones I tend to watch over and over. I own a lot of movies, but these are the ones I watch the most.

Favorite movies

1. Cool hand Luke
2. Last samurai
3. John wick 1
4. John wick 2
5. John wick 3
6. Shawshank redemption
7. Captain America winter soldier
8. Thor ragnarok
9. The Godfather II
10. One flew over the cuckoos nest
11. 12 angry men
12. Great escape
13. Singing in the rain
14. Full metal jacket
15. Raiders of the lost ark
16. Outlaw Josef wales
17. Fargo
18. Pulp fiction
19. Good will hunting
20. Step up 2: the streets
21. Princess Bride
22. Star Wars
23. Empire strikes back
24. Raiders of the lost ark
25. Emma with Paltrow
26. Wimbledon (the rom com)
27. The Knights Tale
28. 47 Samurai with toshiro mifune
29. About Time
30. Appaloosa
31. Blade runner (the directors cut)
32. Bull Durham
33. Children of Men
34. Dodgeball
35. Ex machina
36. Clockwork orange
37. La femme Nikita
38. Leon the professional
39. The abyss (directors cut)
40. Fight club
41. Grand Budapest hotel
42. Hanna
43. Just like heaven
44. Man from UNCLE
45. Sherlock Holmes (guy Ritchie)
46. A league of their own
47. Little women (the 2019 version)
48. Mansfield park (1999)
49. Matrix
50. Memphis bell
51. Moneyball
52. Holy grail
53. Mummy (1999)
54. Music man
55. Must love dogs
56. Notting hill
57. Oceans 11
58. Olympus has fallen
59. Once upon a time I. The west
60. Pride and prejudice (Olivier version)
61. Rapid fire
62. Replacement killers
63. Rob Roy
64. Robin Hood with the beautiful cate
65. Roxanne
66. Rundown
67. Sabrina (bogart version)
68. Sandlot
69. Say anything
70. SALT
71. 16 candles
72. Snatch
73. So I married an axe murderer
74. Suicide squad
75. Taken
76. This is spinal tap
77. Top gun
78. Truth about cats and dogs
79. Twilight samurai
80. Untouchables
81. Usual suspects
82. Wanted
83. West world
84. Wonder Woman
85. Zorro the gay blade
86. Dr. No
87. Gold finger
88. Live and let die
89. Casino royale
90. Jaws
91. King’s speech
92. Mad max
93. Looper
94. Iron man
95. MI ghost protocol
96. Mi rogue nation
97. Avengers infinity war

 

[Steve]

One of my employees was admitted to the hospital yesterday with pneumonia. Being tested for covid19, and is in icu in isolation. I’d appreciate some positive energy sent her way. She’s pretty frightened.

Hey. It worked. While she has pneumonia she is negative for Covid19. Yay.

 

[Buka]

My first list. I’d have to cull it down, and I’m sure I missed a boatload. Note that these aren’t what I would say are the Best movies. Some of these are total guilty pleasures (like step up 2). They’re just all ones I tend to watch over and over. I own a lot of movies, but these are the ones I watch the most.

Favorite movies

1. Cool hand Luke
2. Last samurai
3. John wick 1
4. John wick 2
5. John wick 3
6. Shawshank redemption
7. Captain America winter soldier
8. Thor ragnarok
9. The Godfather II
10. One flew over the cuckoos nest
11. 12 angry men
12. Great escape
13. Singing in the rain
14. Full metal jacket
15. Raiders of the lost ark
16. Outlaw Josef wales
17. Fargo
18. Pulp fiction
19. Good will hunting
20. Step up 2: the streets
21. Princess Bride
22. Star Wars
23. Empire strikes back
24. Raiders of the lost ark
25. Emma with Paltrow
26. Wimbledon (the rom com)
27. The Knights Tale
28. 47 Samurai with toshiro mifune
29. About Time
30. Appaloosa
31. Blade runner (the directors cut)
32. Bull Durham
33. Children of Men
34. Dodgeball
35. Ex machina
36. Clockwork orange
37. La femme Nikita
38. Leon the professional
39. The abyss (directors cut)
40. Fight club
41. Grand Budapest hotel
42. Hanna
43. Just like heaven
44. Man from UNCLE
45. Sherlock Holmes (guy Ritchie)
46. A league of their own
47. Little women (the 2019 version)
48. Mansfield park (1999)
49. Matrix
50. Memphis bell
51. Moneyball
52. Holy grail
53. Mummy (1999)
54. Music man
55. Must love dogs
56. Notting hill
57. Oceans 11
58. Olympus has fallen
59. Once upon a time I. The west
60. Pride and prejudice (Olivier version)
61. Rapid fire
62. Replacement killers
63. Rob Roy
64. Robin Hood with the beautiful cate
65. Roxanne
66. Rundown
67. Sabrina (bogart version)
68. Sandlot
69. Say anything
70. SALT
71. 16 candles
72. Snatch
73. So I married an axe murderer
74. Suicide squad
75. Taken
76. This is spinal tap
77. Top gun
78. Truth about cats and dogs
79. Twilight samurai
80. Untouchables
81. Usual suspects
82. Wanted
83. West world
84. Wonder Woman
85. Zorro the gay blade
86. Dr. No
87. Gold finger
88. Live and let die
89. Casino royale
90. Jaws
91. King’s speech
92. Mad max
93. Looper
94. Iron man
95. MI ghost protocol
96. Mi rogue nation
97. Avengers infinity war

Damn impressive how quickly you put that together. Great list, too. A lot of those are on my list as well.

And I just ordered Ex Machina from Amazon a few days ago. Really like that film.

You might be the only person I’ve ever heard that actually liked A Clockwork Orange.

I’m sad that Stanley Kubrick died....before I had the pleasure of killing him. I know he’s sitting in the front row seat of Hell’s balcony watching Jaws 4 on a never ending loop....like he so richly deserves.

 

[Steve]

Damn impressive how quickly you put that together. Great list, too. A lot of those are on my list as well.

And I just ordered Ex Machina from Amazon a few days ago. Really like that film.

You might be the only person I’ve ever heard that actually liked A Clockwork Orange.

I’m sad that Stanley Kubrick died....before I had the pleasure of killing him. I know he’s sitting in the front row seat of Hell’s balcony watching Jaws 4 on a never ending loop....like he so richly deserves.

Only two Kubrick films I like are clockwork orange and full metal jacket.

Watched zorro the gay blade a few weeks ago and laughed my *** off.

 

[Gerry Seymour]

One of my employees was admitted to the hospital yesterday with pneumonia. Being tested for covid19, and is in icu in isolation. I’d appreciate some positive energy sent her way. She’s pretty frightened.

That has to be a little scary anytime, all the more so these days. Positive energy on the way.

 

[Gerry Seymour]

My first list. I’d have to cull it down, and I’m sure I missed a boatload. Note that these aren’t what I would say are the Best movies. Some of these are total guilty pleasures (like step up 2). They’re just all ones I tend to watch over and over. I own a lot of movies, but these are the ones I watch the most.

Favorite movies

1. Cool hand Luke
2. Last samurai
3. John wick 1
4. John wick 2
5. John wick 3
6. Shawshank redemption
7. Captain America winter soldier
8. Thor ragnarok
9. The Godfather II
10. One flew over the cuckoos nest
11. 12 angry men
12. Great escape
13. Singing in the rain
14. Full metal jacket
15. Raiders of the lost ark
16. Outlaw Josef wales
17. Fargo
18. Pulp fiction
19. Good will hunting
20. Step up 2: the streets
21. Princess Bride
22. Star Wars
23. Empire strikes back
24. Raiders of the lost ark
25. Emma with Paltrow
26. Wimbledon (the rom com)
27. The Knights Tale
28. 47 Samurai with toshiro mifune
29. About Time
30. Appaloosa
31. Blade runner (the directors cut)
32. Bull Durham
33. Children of Men
34. Dodgeball
35. Ex machina
36. Clockwork orange
37. La femme Nikita
38. Leon the professional
39. The abyss (directors cut)
40. Fight club
41. Grand Budapest hotel
42. Hanna
43. Just like heaven
44. Man from UNCLE
45. Sherlock Holmes (guy Ritchie)
46. A league of their own
47. Little women (the 2019 version)
48. Mansfield park (1999)
49. Matrix
50. Memphis bell
51. Moneyball
52. Holy grail
53. Mummy (1999)
54. Music man
55. Must love dogs
56. Notting hill
57. Oceans 11
58. Olympus has fallen
59. Once upon a time I. The west
60. Pride and prejudice (Olivier version)
61. Rapid fire
62. Replacement killers
63. Rob Roy
64. Robin Hood with the beautiful cate
65. Roxanne
66. Rundown
67. Sabrina (bogart version)
68. Sandlot
69. Say anything
70. SALT
71. 16 candles
72. Snatch
73. So I married an axe murderer
74. Suicide squad
75. Taken
76. This is spinal tap
77. Top gun
78. Truth about cats and dogs
79. Twilight samurai
80. Untouchables
81. Usual suspects
82. Wanted
83. West world
84. Wonder Woman
85. Zorro the gay blade
86. Dr. No
87. Gold finger
88. Live and let die
89. Casino royale
90. Jaws
91. King’s speech
92. Mad max
93. Looper
94. Iron man
95. MI ghost protocol
96. Mi rogue nation
97. Avengers infinity war

So many on that list I haven't gotten around to. But I agree on having Raiders of the Lost Ark on there twice. It deserves it.

Unfortunately, my memory for movies is such that I'd never be able to put this list together. Some of these I know I've seen, and even remember tiny bits of them, but can't honestly remember whether they were good or not - even the ones I should. But several that are in the "hell yes" category.

 

[Gerry Seymour]

Damn impressive how quickly you put that together. Great list, too. A lot of those are on my list as well.

And I just ordered Ex Machina from Amazon a few days ago. Really like that film.

You might be the only person I’ve ever heard that actually liked A Clockwork Orange.

I’m sad that Stanley Kubrick died....before I had the pleasure of killing him. I know he’s sitting in the front row seat of Hell’s balcony watching Jaws 4 on a never ending loop....like he so richly deserves.

I've never seen any of the Jaws movies beyond the first (still can't dangle my legs in the ocean, thanks to that one), but I really liked A Clockwork Orange. Not a fan of some of his other work, but that one I liked.

 

[Gerry Seymour]

Only two Kubrick films I like are clockwork orange and full metal jacket.

Watched zorro the gay blade a few weeks ago and laughed my *** off.

I haven't seen Zorro the Gay Blade in many years. But I still quote it in my head all the time.

 

[_Simon_]

The variety is what got me into roasting my own, as you can usually purchase the green beans for 1/2 or less of what you'd pay for roasted beans. Yesterday afternoon, after the posts on this subject, I realized I needed to order some more coffee beans, because the shipping for everything is taking longer. I'm really excited. Ordered an Ethiopian dry process bean: Hambela Buku 13 Screen. Never tried it before, but have enjoyed the other beans from Ethiopia. Here's the description:

Ethiopia Dry Process Hambela Buku 13 Screen
Light roasts have a floral aroma, with allusions to dried strawberry and prune, tamarind paste, burdock root, anise and molasses. Rustic fruited notes like Harar with the delicate side of a Guji too. City to Full City. Wild espresso.

Yep absolutely!

And ahh that sounds just stunning... anything that has elements of Harar and Guji... yum.

 

[_Simon_]

Another good one specifically from belly dancing is lifting the hip with the side abs. We have this exercise where we just stand on one leg and move the other hip up and down, with the free foot not touching the floor. So you can't cheat - you can't push it up with the knee. The side abs are doing all the work. At the same time, you have to make sure your standing leg hip is not drifting out, you still have to maintain that posture.

If we translate this into martial arts - think how much easier side kicks would be if you used side abs to help out the leg as it goes up. And if your standing leg was just used to staying in place for whatever amount of time was necessary.

I literally just did that tonight and then saw this post!

Did one of the free online karate sessions available at the moment, and it really emphasised that. Even starting with the foot already off the ground and 'twitching' into the kick. That the limbs aren't doing the punch/kick but the core/centre is.

 

[_Simon_]

In my buddy's yard...

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You guys have me all psyched. Once I get back to work and have some cash, I'm going to have to order all the coffees being mentioned in this thread.

What a beautiful thing!

That's awesome... and yes go for it! So much out there to explore

 

[_Simon_]

One of my employees was admitted to the hospital yesterday with pneumonia. Being tested for covid19, and is in icu in isolation. I’d appreciate some positive energy sent her way. She’s pretty frightened.

Sorry to hear, that would be frightening.. sending it her way.

 

[Steve]

Yep absolutely!

And ahh that sounds just stunning... anything that has elements of Harar and Guji... yum.

I generally like the "wild" espresso options.

I have several different coffee/espresso makers, and tend to cycle through them. But right now I'm drinking mostly espresso, so I'm looking for the beans that can stand up to a darker roast (city to FC+). I'm not as scientific as you are when roasting, and usually stop the roasting a few seconds into the second crack, about full city plus.

 

[Xue Sheng]

M
28. 47 Samurai with toshiro mifune

@Steve

a-bit of clarification. I do believe you mean the 7 samurai since Mifune was not in the 47 Ronin. But did you mean the 7 Samurai or the 47 Ronin?

Great list by the way

 

[Xue Sheng]

So I get a job a government job offer, from a government office, sent to my government e-mail and I have to log into a government site to accept or decline.....I use my government credentials to successfully log into the government site to respond.

When I try and respond it tell me my Government credentials, for a government job, on a government site will not work.... I need a personal account...

But wait, it gets better. In the actual instructions is says you need a personal account, but if you have a government account you can use that to log in.....which I did....and it told me I needed a personal account

Am I the only one that thinks this is ridiculous