Greatest Movies by Genre! - Changchun Friends2024-03-28T17:14:36Zhttp://richardroman.ning.com/forum/topics/greatest-movies-by-genre?commentId=4698766%3AComment%3A321808&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAnother genre- Superhero! The…tag:richardroman.ning.com,2012-05-20:4698766:Comment:3218082012-05-20T09:26:16.937ZDavid Emmerson Nicholsonhttp://richardroman.ning.com/profile/DavidEmmersonNicholson
<p>Another genre- Superhero! The Avengers is pretty awesome and the Dark Knight too.</p>
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<p>Another genre- Superhero! The Avengers is pretty awesome and the Dark Knight too.</p>
<p></p> Enjoyed Moneyball recently.tag:richardroman.ning.com,2012-01-09:4698766:Comment:3021712012-01-09T10:31:20.269ZRichard ridealghhttp://richardroman.ning.com/profile/Richardridealgh
Enjoyed Moneyball recently.
Enjoyed Moneyball recently. I love My cousin Vinny!tag:richardroman.ning.com,2012-01-09:4698766:Comment:3023332012-01-09T10:11:24.689ZRichard Romanhttp://richardroman.ning.com/profile/RichardRoman
<p>I love My cousin Vinny!</p>
<p>I love My cousin Vinny!</p> For western/sci-fi, I just wa…tag:richardroman.ning.com,2012-01-09:4698766:Comment:3024522012-01-09T09:11:33.263ZSalhttp://richardroman.ning.com/profile/Sal
<p>For western/sci-fi, I just watched Cowboys & Aliens 7.5 out of 10</p>
<p>For western/sci-fi, I just watched Cowboys & Aliens 7.5 out of 10</p> Comedy - My Cousin Vinny,
Sci…tag:richardroman.ning.com,2012-01-05:4698766:Comment:3015742012-01-05T09:03:03.653ZSalhttp://richardroman.ning.com/profile/Sal
<p>Comedy - My Cousin Vinny,</p>
<p>Sci-Fi - Fantastic Planet (Animation),</p>
<p>Musical - The Wizard Of Oz (The most referenced movie ever!)</p>
<p>Romantic Comedy - Victor/Victoria (not sure if the Chinese crowd will like it, very touchy subject)</p>
<p>Sports - Slapshot</p>
<p>Drama - 12 Angry Men</p>
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<p>Sorry if there are repeats, I didn't read all the other posts</p>
<p>Comedy - My Cousin Vinny,</p>
<p>Sci-Fi - Fantastic Planet (Animation),</p>
<p>Musical - The Wizard Of Oz (The most referenced movie ever!)</p>
<p>Romantic Comedy - Victor/Victoria (not sure if the Chinese crowd will like it, very touchy subject)</p>
<p>Sports - Slapshot</p>
<p>Drama - 12 Angry Men</p>
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<p>Sorry if there are repeats, I didn't read all the other posts</p> Books into films
The 39 Step…tag:richardroman.ning.com,2011-12-23:4698766:Comment:2994572011-12-23T07:23:18.461ZRichard Romanhttp://richardroman.ning.com/profile/RichardRoman
<p>Books into films</p>
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<p>The 39 Steps - Book by John Buchan and the film by Hitchcock - one of my all time favourites</p>
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<p>The film is SO good!</p>
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<p>In fact a few of Hitchcock's films are from books.... The Birds...... </p>
<p>Books into films</p>
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<p>The 39 Steps - Book by John Buchan and the film by Hitchcock - one of my all time favourites</p>
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<p>The film is SO good!</p>
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<p>In fact a few of Hitchcock's films are from books.... The Birds...... </p> Thanks for starting this Rich…tag:richardroman.ning.com,2011-12-23:4698766:Comment:2995392011-12-23T04:56:14.943ZTimothy Capponhttp://richardroman.ning.com/profile/TimothyCappon
<p>Thanks for starting this Richard. Being a large-sized movie buff, (I can't be so bold as to say HUGE) I've seen a "few" movies and I know what I like. Sadly, that also makes me hate to stop at just one movie per category....I'll try to keep thinks brief.</p>
<p>a) Tombstone, Unforgiven, The Wild Bunch, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Good, The Bad and The Ugly</span></p>
<p>b) The Empire Strikes Back, Serenity, The Chronicles of Riddick</p>
<p>c) Leon The Professional, State of…</p>
<p>Thanks for starting this Richard. Being a large-sized movie buff, (I can't be so bold as to say HUGE) I've seen a "few" movies and I know what I like. Sadly, that also makes me hate to stop at just one movie per category....I'll try to keep thinks brief.</p>
<p>a) Tombstone, Unforgiven, The Wild Bunch, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Good, The Bad and The Ugly</span></p>
<p>b) The Empire Strikes Back, Serenity, The Chronicles of Riddick</p>
<p>c) Leon The Professional, State of Grace, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels</span></p>
<p>d) The Girl Next Door, The Apartment, Love Actually</p>
<p>e) Saving Private Ryan, The Thin Red Line, The Messenger</p>
<p>As for movies based on books, it's an age-old argument as to which is better; we all read with different levels of imaginations and characterizations.</p>
<p>A good example is Stephen King. I've enjoyed watching adaptations of his novels, but having tried to read his books, I've found his writing to be less than desirable.</p>
<p>On the other hand, the writer that people seem to forget is Philip K. Dick. He has influenced and inspired more movies than people realize. His writing is edgy, even by today's standards, and he accurately envisioned technological advances so well, it's scary. The most popular adaptation of his work was <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?</span> which was made into a little flick called Blade Runner.</p>
<p>Some other classics in writing and film:</p>
<p>Joseph Heller's Catch 22, film by the same name (Alan Arkin and <strong>Art Garfunkel</strong>!)</p>
<p>Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Apocalypse Now AND Heart of Darkness: The Making of Apocalypse Now</p>
<p>Alan Moore's The Watchmen (technically a graphic novel, but on Time's top 100 books), film by the same name</p>
<p>Nick Hornby's High Fidelity, film by the same name</p>
<p>Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting, fim by the same name</p>
<p>Michale Ondaatje's The English Patient (yes, he's Canadian), film by same name. (one of my all time fave books)</p>
<p>For those of you interested, I didn't include Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odessey because he wrote that as a book/screenplay collaboration with Kubrick.</p>
<p>Which brings me to my last point, <stepping on my soapbox> I am seeing a new brand of "authors" who apparently only write unreadable books with the vision/hope of them becoming movies: Dan Brown being the biggest culprit, but also Thomas Harris, John Grisham, James Patterson and yes, Stephen King. (here comes the hate mail!)</p>
<p>'Nuff said!</p>
<p>-T.</p>
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<p></p> "50 First Dates" is a funny r…tag:richardroman.ning.com,2011-12-15:4698766:Comment:2980552011-12-15T15:21:48.642ZCCF Beijinghttp://richardroman.ning.com/profile/JeffWalsh
<p>"50 First Dates" is a funny romantic comedy.</p>
<p>"Roman Holiday" is even better*.</p>
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<p>(I forget who was in "Roman Holiday". Was it Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn and RICHARD ROMAN?) Ha ha ahaha ha</p>
<p>"50 First Dates" is a funny romantic comedy.</p>
<p>"Roman Holiday" is even better*.</p>
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<p>(I forget who was in "Roman Holiday". Was it Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn and RICHARD ROMAN?) Ha ha ahaha ha</p> f) Fantasy....Lord of the Rin…tag:richardroman.ning.com,2011-12-15:4698766:Comment:2979292011-12-15T01:47:29.253ZDavid Emmerson Nicholsonhttp://richardroman.ning.com/profile/DavidEmmersonNicholson
<p>f) Fantasy....Lord of the Rings Trilogy</p>
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<p>A) Unforgiven</p>
<p>B) Alien</p>
<p>C) Rambo IV</p>
<p>D) Princess Bride</p>
<p>E) Pride and Prejudice</p>
<p>f) Fantasy....Lord of the Rings Trilogy</p>
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<p>A) Unforgiven</p>
<p>B) Alien</p>
<p>C) Rambo IV</p>
<p>D) Princess Bride</p>
<p>E) Pride and Prejudice</p> I'd like to see the new roman…tag:richardroman.ning.com,2011-11-22:4698766:Comment:2924682011-11-22T12:15:42.473ZMaddalena - Mei Linghttp://richardroman.ning.com/profile/MeiLing
<p>I'd like to see the new romantic comedy "one day" with Anne Hataway..but maybe too news..I hope in China there's already a pirated version!!^^ah ah!!</p>
<p>anyway great idea the movie night..I miss cinema evenings!!</p>
<p>I'd like to see the new romantic comedy "one day" with Anne Hataway..but maybe too news..I hope in China there's already a pirated version!!^^ah ah!!</p>
<p>anyway great idea the movie night..I miss cinema evenings!!</p>