What's your favorite feel-good movie?

[Deja Q]

Mine, you say?

Star Trek II.

"The no-win scenario is a situation every commander may face... it's a test of character..."

And who couldn't love Kirk's way of getting out of it? :evilgrin:

Unfortunately, cheating doesn't always work in the real world...

And that's when the writers cheated to bring him back in Star Trek III... good stuff, that... despite it all. :D

[taterguy]

1. Risky Business

Sometimes you just have to say: "What the fuck?"
That line of dialogue helped me more than any self-help book or therapist visit ever did.

[LynzM]

2. Real Genius

Laugh all you want, I love that movie.

If we want to go recent, the first Pirates of the Carribean :)

[SeattleGirl]

3. My latest favorite is "Love Actually"

Love that movie!

[Arkham House]

4. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

[Crankie Avalon]

41. "Have a drink, ALLLL." n/t

[Flaxbee]

5. "Chocolat", with Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche

Also love "Love, Actually" and "Sense and Sensibility", and A&E's "Pride and Prejudice"

Or, "Sneakers" or either of the Men in Black movies.

[Arkham House]

6. What were the chances they *wouldn't* bring him back?

...I mean, really...having a film called "The Search for Spock", then ending it by saying, "sorry, folks...we can't find him?"

[Deja Q]

13. Well, it'd make for one heck of a plot twist...

:evilgrin:


:evilfrown:

[hatredisnotavalue]

7. Rainman,,,best feel good movie ever n/t

[LeftyMom]

8. Star Trek IV

It's funny seeing places I know well (I used to have a membership at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which is what they used for the Cetacean Institute) re imagined. On a more juvenile level, I get a first class giggle fit every time I hear "nuclear wessels."

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. Star Trek II & IV; Conan; Star Wars; Austin Powers II; North by Northwest

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. I'm with SeattleGirl!

"Love Actually" tops my feel-good list!

I also adore "The Shawshank Redemption"......no, really! The ending just gives me goosebumps!

:woohoo: :woohoo:

[Cannikin]

11. I cant decide. I alternate

Batman Begins
X-Men 1 & 2
Superman the movie special edition
French & Saunders (Britcom)

[IsIt1984Yet]

12. Pee Wee's Big Adventure

"I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel."

[grannylib]

14. "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" would be my top pick. So many great

lines in that one, and the overall message is just amazing...particularly for the time in which it was made!

I love Monsignor Ryan's character in particular, and Katharine Hepburn's character telling off 'Hillary'(played by Mrs. Olsen of Folger's coffee commercials) is CLASSIC!

I'm just a Hepburn fan all the way around, really...but this is my favorite of all her films.

[flvegan]

15. "Debbie Does Dallas-The Next Generation" always

makes me feel good.







What?

[newcriminal]

16. I watch harry potter,

I like the first one sorcerer's stone the best but any of them will do.

[MorningGlow]

17. The Wedding Singer

So sue me!

:7

And L.A. Story...and Practical Magic--finally, a decent portrayal of witches.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

18. Roman Holiday

& I finally upgraded my video to DVD last week thanks to picking up this boxset (new) for an incredible £11.99

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/137794/Audrey_Hepburn_Box_Set/Product.html

[everythingsxen]

19. Several..Conan the Barbarian, Excalibur, Apocalypse Now,

ST2: Wrath of Khan, ST6: Undiscovered Country, All Movies starting with "Star Wars" and ending with an overly long descriptive title, Fight Club, Death to Smoochy and about a thousand others. :D

It tends to be specific scenes though...

• Conan - most of the film though the scene when they sneak into the throne room and whoop ass with "Anvil of Crom" jamming is where it's at.


• Excalibur - when Percival returns to Arthur with the Grail and he drinks, gives his speech and they go riding.


• Apocalypse Now - The horror... the horror.


• Wrath of Khan - Whole move, but the sneak attack by Reliant and the battle in the nebula are badass.


• Undiscovered Country - I see you Kirk, can you see me? Admit it, you prefer it this way, warrior to warrior, no peace in our time. Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!


• Star Wars - All parts involving Vader and/or lightsabers. Best scenes: Ep1 - Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon and Darth Maul/Duel of the Fates end battle. Ep2 - The scene on Camino, I love that watery world and all the aliens. Ep3 - All of it... Ep4 - Greedo v. Solo in booth (original, unaltered version) also, I find your lack of faith disturbing. Ep5 - When Vader's ship, the Executor, appears for the first time; the Imperial March plays and it begins eclipsing other ships with it's shadow. I actually cried in the theatre in awe and wonder. Ep6 - Finale battle.. teh roxxor. Wait a minute, how can they be jamming us if they...don't..know..we're...coming.... All ships pull up! It's a trap!


• Fight Club - entire film, one of the best ever. Best scene when I need a pick me up though.. "You met me at a very strange time in my life" buildings blow up, Tyler and Marla hold hands and watch. Best scene ever.


• Death to Smoochy - Could someone turn the house lights up please? Again, incredibly awesome film.

[Cocoa]

20. "Breaking Away"

the one about the bicycle racing.

[CBHagman]

31. I love Breaking Away as well.

Whenever that's on TV, I simply wind up dropping whatever I'm doing and watch it.

There have been any number of movies I've used to put myself in a better mood. Usually a good old comedy or crowd-pleaser will work (Arsenic and Old Lace, Bringing Up Baby, The Man Who Came to Dinner, the 1940 version of Pride and Prejudice), but I also like the 1990s versions of Enchanted April and Cold Comfort Farm. And I really got hooked on Born Romantic and Four Weddings and a Funeral. What can I say? British comedy works for me.

[peekaloo]

34. Mine too. I love Paul Dooley as the father.

[bleedingheart]

21. The BBC version of Pride and Prejudice

Colin Firth is just delightful...the dialogue in the movie is great...

[MorningGlow]

36. That's standard viewing when I'm under the weather

Home sick, Mr. MorningGlow's at work, MorningGlow Jr. is with grandma--there's me on the couch with toast and tea and the ENTIRE miniseries, nonstop. Always makes me feel better!

And that inspired this...so thanks!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x5362034

[Rabrrrrrr]

22. Breaking the Waves

:P

(on a serious note, though, this IS an amazing and incredible film; but it surely ain't no "feel good" movie by any means)

[u4ic]

27. I did a double take

on that one...:crazy:

(and I agree, it is an amazing film)

[jobycom]

23. The Princess Bride. There is no substitute.

[IsIt1984Yet]

24. Good one! That was just on this past weekend.

:)

[kwassa]

25. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

[StellaBlue]

26. this

[a kennedy]

45. I'm with you StellaBlue.

See my post way at the bottom, should have read all the posts before I posted mine.

[u4ic]

28. Amelie and Emma's Shadow

Love them both - for very different reasons...

[emmajane67]

35. Amelie would get my vote. n/t

[yellowdogintexas]

29. Victor, Victoria nt

[stanwyck]

30. The Graduate,

Finding Nemo, Bend It Like Beckham, Sense and Sensibility, and Witness.

[Fountain79]

32. Blazing Saddles...

"As chairman of the welcoming committee, it's a pleasure to present a Laurel and Hardy handshake to our new ....." well you know the rest.

One of Mel Brooks' finest films.

[NMMNG]

33. Muriel's Wedding

The frumpy young woman who thinks getting married will make her somebody realizes she already is somebody.

[txwhitedove]

39. That was a great movie. Toni Collette looks different in every

movie she is in.

[MorningGlow]

40. Excellent movie--totally mismarketed

Saw it when it was at the theater--my friend and I went, expecting an uproarious comedy, thanks to the phked up marketing. We were a bit let down, but liked it all the same--and it grew on me more and more as the years went on.

[Divameow77]

37. Clueless

and Love Actually is great too.

[L A Woman]

47. ha me too

I can be in the worst mood and Clueless will always cheer me up. :-)

[Fox Mulder]

38. A Christmas Story.

[Crankie Avalon]

42. "When We Were Kings" n/t

[raccoon]

43. Places in the Heart. nt

[a kennedy]

44. It's a Wonderful Life.

:)

[bikebloke]

46. Strictly Ballroom

Amelie
Hair

[Hand]

48. Platoon.

:rofl:

[Benfea]

49. Starship Troopers

First, you are assaulted with images of incredibly annoying actors and actresses doing incredibly annoying things while delivering incredibly bad dialog, then over the course of the movie most of them are violently dismembered.

The dismemberment part makes me feel great!

[azmouse]

50. While You Were Sleeping

The characters are just like real people... if fact, some of them remind me of my own family!

[cedahlia]

51. A Christmas Carol (w/Alistair Sims)

or maybe

"Little Women" (any version)
"Meet Me in St. Louis"
"The Station Agent"

[LynzM]

52. Princess Bride, or Real Genius

Lots of grins, either one! :)

[Digit]

53. Fried Green Tomatoes

Towanda!