Brian’s Movie Favorites

Favorite Film: Avatar
Others: Terminator, Pitch Black, The Thing, Tombstone, A Fish Called Wanda

Favorite Director: John Carpenter
Others: James Cameron, Quentin Tarantino, Paul Verhoeven, John Hughes

Favorite Sci-Fi Film: Avatar
Others: Pitch Black, Terminator, Oblivion, The Thirteenth Floor, Total Recall, Minority Report, Fifth Element, Stargate, Star Wars (Ep 3,4,5), Star Trek (reboot)

Favorite Horror Film: The Thing
Others: Re-Animator, Return Of The Living Dead, Skeleton Key, Illusionist, Zombieland, I Am Legend, Dawn Of The Dead (both versions)

Favorite Superhero Film:  Iron Man (1 & 2)
Others: Guardians Of The Galaxy, Batman, Dr Strange, Hancock

Favorite Animated Film: How To Train Your Dragon
Others: Inside Out, Titan AE, Final Fantasy, Ratatouille

Favorite Western: Tombstone
Others: Anything by John Wayne or early Clint Eastwood films.

Favorite Musical: Frozen (Film), Wicked (Theatrical)
Others: Paint Your Wagon, Sound of Music, Wizard of Oz

Favorite Movie Prior to 1965:  Key Largo
Others: Goldfinger, Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, Marx Brothers (many)

Favorite Drama: The Graduate
Others: Chef, Breakfast Club, St Elmo’s Fire, Bull Durham, Hoosiers

Favorite Action/Adventure/Fantasy: Return Of The King
Others: Gladiator, The Mummy, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix, Princess Bride

Favorite Comedy: A Fish Called Wanda
Others: Naked Gun, Blazing Saddles, Fletch, Beverly Hills Cop, Caddyshack

Favorite Actor: Tom Cruise
Others: Kurt Russell, Denzel Washington, Humphrey Bogart, Vin Diesel, Wil Farrell, Robert DeNiro, Wil Smith, John Candy

Favorite Actress: Zoe Saldana
Others: Jennifer Lawrence, Cameron Diaz, Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron

Most Hated Movie: Independence Day
Others: Driving Miss Daisy, Ready To Wear, Alien 3,  Lone Ranger, Signs, Payback, War Of The Roses

Most Underrated Movie: Paycheck
Others: The Thirteenth Floor, Hancock, The Island, Skeleton Key

Most Overrated Movie: Citizen Kane
Others: Apocalpse Now, District 9, Seventh Sign, Psycho, Blair Witch, Rogue One

Guilty Pleasure Movie:  Starship Troopers
Others: Twilight (series), Fast And Furious (series), Pearl Harbor,  Police Academy (series)

Best Film Score: Avatar
Others: The Rock, Gladiator, Return Of The King, Batman Begins