Bill - I agree with everything you just said. I also like Charlie, better then Willy Wonka. I actually found Tim Burton’s vision less weird and creepy than the old one, and way closer to the book.
I guess the films I want to see the most right now are:
Princess Monoke, My Neighbor Totoro, The Dark Knight, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Akira, Steamboy, and The Truman Show.
Oh man, it looks like I’m in the minority on the Wonka films. 
I do enjoy both films and own them on DVD, but I still prefer the old version. To repeat myself, the songs were fantastic (no offense to Danny Elfman–he rules–but the songs in the new one are kind of obnoxious), Gene Wilder did a great job, and the characters were unique but much more believable than those in Burton’s version. It’ll always be a classic in my book.
Yes to the ones in bold! Akira is pretty graphic, FYI. I wasn’t a huge fan of it, but a lot of others like it. It’s not very similar to the Ghibli films, if that’s what you’re looking for. Steamboy had an interesting concept and art direction/animation/whatever, but it fell kind of flat. It might be worth checking out, though.
Recently saw: Treasure Planet. Morph is the cutest!
Want to see: Bedtime Stories and Bolt.
You know, I remember being interested in the trailer for this when I was around 12 years old (just beginning that angsty “I don’t care about anything” phase), but I kind of forgot about it. When I was in high school, I decided to rent it, and I enjoyed it far more than I thought I would. It’s pretty underrated.
And Morph really IS the cutest!
I watched The Darjeeling Limited the other day and fell in love with both the film and Adrien Brody. God, he’s hot. 
Oh, and the film was very good as well. Spiritual and beautiful.
Wow, 12 Angry Men was fantastic.
I just watched Once Upon a Forest - it’s an old 20th Century Fox cartoon I watched as a kid … and wow, what a depressing movie! Still good though. 
Much nostalgia.
That’s such a cute little movie. I was lucky to have found the DVD a couple of years ago.
Once Upon a Forest? 
OMG that is my childhood right there!!! 
If I watched that again I’d probably cry because of the memories.
Wow…Now there are some memories! It’s been a while. I have a hard time remembering much of anything from that movie except the scene where the skunk girl almost dies.
queen_of_painting - 12 Angry Men is ingenious. I watched it with my family for the first time some weeks ago, and I loved it. Such a powerful film.
FONY - Dude, that movie scared me so much as a kid.
– Mitch
It kind of scared me too… I used to hate the part with that freaky bird trying to eat Abigail… lol.
I don’t know why this sticks out to me, but whenever I think of that movie, I remember that it is the movie I first heard the word “rheumatism”.
And of course… “Don’t breathe the gas…!” haha
Yeah, I found it on tape at the flea market for a dollar, and couldn’t resist. Such nostalgia and déjà vu, but very sad and somewhat scary - I remembered it scared me a lot when I was little.
For some reason, all I could ever recall was the badger girl, and the scene where they go into the road and almost get hit. But after watching it again, I remembered more things, of course …
I remember the sad “Please Wake Up” song that Cornelius sings to his granddaughter skunk/badger.
A few hours ago, I watched Strangers on a Train. Pretty nifty little film.
queen_of_painting: I teared up and had to look elsewhere 'cause I couldn’t help it!
I’m pathetic. xP
FONY: Recently, when I pull out old movies that I used to watch when I was a kid, as a teen I find a new realm of emotion that I never saw as a child. For instance, I was at a friend’s sleepover once, and we decided to watch Chicken Run, and the character Ginger made me think so much of a character I … kind of made up, but I began to tear up at different points of the movie because it made me think of that particular character and what she went through. And I tear up over the randomest movies, too. (Like Nim’s Island… haha)
So I guess we’re both pathetic. XD hahaha!!!
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Vertigo – (B) – Blah. I’ve been saving this, hoping it would rank high on my list of Hitchcock’s films. But it just didn’t appeal to me at all, despite it being very well-made.
Sunset Boulevard – (A+) – Immediately was given a spot in my top 10! I highly recommend you watch this, even if you tend to avoid old/black-and-white films. Actually, this film’s format reminds me a lot of contemporary cinema. There’s no ridiculous overracting and the characters are very believable. It’s captivating from start to finish. Watch it!
Slumdog Millionaire – (A-) – It’s nice to see something different.
Annie Hall – (B+) – Keaton was wonderful in this, but I kind of wish Allen would shut up. He’s a wonderful writer, and I do appreciate his cynicism and occasional insecurities, but I would rather see that projected into more likable, relatable (but still flawed) characters.
Walk the Line – (A) – One of my favorites. Reese and Joaquin take this movie to a whole new level.
The Apartment – (A) – What a wonderful little film. I was expecting a screwball comedy, but this was far more serious, and I liked that. I’m planning on catching up on Billy Wilder’s filmography ASAP. He may become one of my favorite directors soon.
Wow, it’s been a good week for movies!
little_chef_eva09: Yeah, I know what you mean … I should watch Chicken Run again - never really liked it because we were promised to see some other film (went to the theatres whilst at sleep-away camp for the first time) and we didn’t want to see Chicken Run and were forced to. So … yeah. Under those circumstances … I suppose it’s hard to give it a chance … that, and I was ten years old at the time.
Recently, I just watched Stand By Me (again), Igor (for the first time), and Becoming Jane (also for the first time).
Igor was cute and great really if you give it a chance. Becoming Jane on the other hand … my love for James McAvoy couldn’t make me love that film. Something about it … just something was missing; I dunno. It really felt incomplete.
Great choice! =)