Share your favorites ...

[KiwiHopeful]

The title says it all ... let others know about you by sharing your list of favorite anything(s) you want. I'll kick it off:

Favorite Movies
Seven Samurai
The Usual Suspects
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
The Matrix
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Whale Rider

Favorite Books
Dune
Neuromancer
Of Mice and Men
In Our Time
(I could go on, but I won't!)

Favorite Authors
William Gibson
Iain M. Banks
Richard K. Morgan
Ernest Hemingway

Favorite Band and Song by that Band
U2--A Sort of Homecoming
Pearl Jam--Yellow Ledbetter
Led Zeppelin--Kashmir
Nine Inch Nails--Wish
Anything 80's New Wave!

That's all for now!

[Bermy Girl]

Favorite Movies
Shrek
Finding Nemo
(Do you think I have a toddler living with me??)

Favorite Books
The Potato Factory
The Power of One
Clan of the Cave Bear
(I could also go on endlessly...rather read then watch a movie)

Favorite Authors
Bryce Courtney
Wilbur Smith
Colleen McCullough
Johnathan Kellerman

Favorite Band and Song by that Band
Creed...Arms Wide Open



My insanity becomes more apparent by the moment...

[RedAlligator]

I love ones like this. Ok here goes

Favourite Movies

Chariots of Fire
West Side Story
7 Brides for 7 Brothers (you can tell I love musicals!)
Priscilla queen of the Desert
Little Miss Sunshine
The Life of Brian
Amadeus


Favourite Books

Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
The Enchanted April - Elizabeth Von Arnhem
The Unconsoled - Kazuo Ishiguro
Bel Canto - Ann Patchett
The Crow Road - Ian Banks


Favourite Authors

Ian McEwan
Kazuo Ishigiro
Kate Atkinson

Favourite Band & song by that band

Blur - Song 2
Nirvana - Come as you Are
The Beautiful South - You keep it all in
Crowded House - Weather with you
Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson
Gimme 3 steps - Lynard Skynard

There you go.

[Dawn]

Fave Films

West Side Story
Cabaret
Shawshank Redemption
Highlander (The first film only)
Magnificent 7

Fave Books

The Complete Works of Shakespeare
Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
Noughts and Crosses - Malorie Blackman

Fave Band and Song

Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Cameo - Word Up
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
Behind The Lines - Genesis
Always a Woman to Me - Billy Joel

Fave Authors

William Shakespeare (I know he's not strictly an author but his every line moves me and let's face it nearly every story there's ever been has been covered in a Shakespeare plot)
Virginia Woolfe
And then I'm struggling because I read a lot of text books (I know that's sad) but they're written by specialists in the field (psychology, sociology, Buddhism, animal psychology, cultural studies, theatre history etc) and would be far too boring for me to list!! Soz

[ShellBda]

Favorite Movies
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
All Harry Potter Movies
Pirates of the Caribbean
Highlander (loved the TV Series!)
James Bond movies (I have every James Bond movie ever made)
So many more....I have about 300 DVD's!

Favorite Books
Too many to name. I like romance, suspense and
fantasy novels (historical time travel and romance)
Love vampire romance novels! - Christine Feehan

Favorite Authors
Lyn Kurkland
Dan Brown
Kinley MacGregor
Christine Feehan
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Karen Marie Moning

Favorite Band and Song by that Band
Nickelback - Far Away

Favorite Men - You know I had to add this category
Viggo Mortensen
Michael Vartan
George Clooney
The Carter brothers!

While I am intelligent, I am not much of an intellect when it comes to movies and books. I love sci-fi and fantasy.
Shell

[RedAlligator]

Ah well, if were sticking in favourite men as well will have to share mine too

Favourite Men

George Clooney (my designated shag)
Brad Pitt
Johny Depp
Bob Geldof (my absolute hero)
John Cusack
Andre Agassi

Please have them all washed and cleaned & brought to my bed, thank you

[Dawn]

Fave men?

My Gary
My Gary
My Gary
My Gary
My Gary

I was just having a conversation with BanjoJon about Mr Benn and he said 'As if by magic the shopkeeper appeared' it brought back so many memories of coming home from school for my lunch. So here's a new category.

Best Fave Kids Prog

Mr Benn
Banana Splits
Mary Mungo and Midge
Andy Pandy
Pipkins
Rentaghost

[Welshgirl]

Here's my list - can you tell I'm a horror-buff? Wow, this is so hard to choose......

Favourite movies
The Green Mile
Lord of the Rings trilogy (naturally!)
The Full Monty
Carrie
Saw I, II & III
The Grudge
Shrek I, II & III
Pirates of the Caribbean

Favourite Books
Anything by Stephen King
Anything by Dean Koontz
Peter Kay's autobiography (funny as!)
Flowers in the Attic

Favourite authors
Stephen King!
Dean Koontz!!
I also love true story books, so I can't remember most of the authors, but I've always got my face in some book or other!

Favourite bands and songs
Evermore - Light Surrounding You
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California
Opshop - Maybe
Bon Jovi - Blaze of Glory
Coldplay - Fix You
Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
Eagles - Hotel California
James Blunt - Wisemen
James Morrison - You Give Me Something
Keane - Bedshaped
Mika - Grace Kelly
Orson - Bright Idea
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
The Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way
The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger
Robbie Williams - Better Man

As you can see, music is one of my passions!

Favourite Men
Orlando Bloom
Orlando Bloom
Orlando Bloom
Orlando Bloom
Oh....... and Taffy

Favourite kids programme
Postman Pat
Rainbow
Rentaghost
He-Man & The Master of the Universe
Button Moon

Favourite things about New Zealand
Everything!!!

[selchie]

Aiee! I know I'll remember all kinds of favorites after I post....

Favorite Movies
Harold and Maude
The Princess Bride
a second for The Shawshank Redemption
another second for Whale Rider
The Lord of the Rings
movies by Akira Kurosawa
movies by the Cohen brothers
movies by Tim Burton
movies by Pixar

Favorite Authors
Charles de Lint (urban fantasy/magical realism)
JRR Tolkien
Mark Twain
Wm Shakespeare

Favorite Musicians/Composers (I can't say I have favorite tunes of theirs)
Elvis Costello
Cat Stevens
Loreena McKennitt
Dougie MacLean
Ludwig van Beethoven (the Ninth Symphony really speaks to me lately)

Favorite (Famous) Men & Women
OK, I'm a George Cooney fan too (though I've only seen him in Cohen bros. movies)
Alan Rickman (he can purr in my ear any time)
Helen Mirren (what a woman!)

Favorite Fauna & Flora
Ravens & crows
Cats
Oaks
Columbines
Beets

OK, that's enough from me.

[MotherBear]

Not having had a TV for many years nor having visited a cinema, I?m quite out of touch with movies so all I can say is that I like films that ?take me out of myself? and make me forget what?s going on around me. I don?t like political movies, cops and robbers type movies, cowboys and Indian ones (do they still have these?) or any ?everyday life? type ones. I quite enjoyed the Star Wars films (shows you how far back I go), Lord of the Rings and that sort of thing. I also have a passion for good spoofs but just can?t take horror or spooky films like the Exorcist, which caused me sleepless nights for a month , and anything to do with the supernatural. That?s an area that is only one step away from being reality, judging by stories that crop up from time to time.

I love reading but am quite fussy about what I read . My favourite is real-life adventure to far flung places like people who go to live amongst other totally different cultures or cross empty deserts. And, in this, I include people from other cultures who tell their story. It?s interesting to see how they overcome tremendous difficulties and manage to survive, sometimes against all odds. I suppose you could say I?m an armchair traveller. I also like reference books about various hobbies I pursue or other interests I have at the time.

Favourite men??. apart from hubster and my boys, I haven?t really got any as I don?t follow the movies and know who?s currently ?in vogue? although I would admit to having had a little pash for Kevin Costner at one time. I binned him when I read that he was ?playing away from home? big time. No-good philanderer! I like even my phantasy men to be faithful.

Favourite music is anything that makes my foot tap . Again, I?m not up to speed with current bands as Radio Sultanate of Oman tends to play a range of oldies most of the time or heavy classical stuff, which is when the radio goes off. I?ve not been listening to the radio for a long time in the house but have started to now with the advent of MTNZ radio.

Reading through the lists of fav kids? programmes, I was amazed at so many programmes that I recognise from way back when my kids were small. Andy Pandy? Have they resurrected that? That was on when I was a kid. When I left the UK I was appalled at the rubbish that was being offered to kids on the TV and despaired of them ever being able to grow up of sound mind. That?s why it?s good to see some of the old programmes still surviving.

Flora and fauna? I love most growing things apart from weeds and prickly, stingy stuff. I like peace and quiet so no noisy animals, please and none that bite, sting or cause damage to the environment, particularly my garden. One little critter I could mention as being a favourite is the meerkat (the pics on here aren?t showing for me at the moment, so hope it?s only a local Net problem). Saw a programme on TV once upon a time and was very impressed by how organised they were within their groups. Of course, my main everyday favourite is the household moggy. I love small furry animals and don?t have a lot of time for big ones like horses and cows. You can?t cuddle them so easily, so I?ll leave them for the likes of Dawn who really appreciates them. A protective mother horse once took a bite out of No.1 son?s side because he was stroking her foal, so I?m wary of them .