MrPresident
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This is based of Channel 4's 100 Greatest Films so if your best film is not here then too bad.
Greatest Film Of All-Time
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Simon Darkshade
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Everyone has their own favourites and preferences, and any list is shaped by those of the target audience. Amongst younger viewers, films from the 40s and 50s will not get as wide appreciation.
Mine is not on the list. So I go for 'other'. Hmm... "Greatest" or favourite. The line is somewhat blurred. My personal preference is for "The Mission" and/or "If" as a 'favourite' (along with LOTR and HP), but as for a greatest film, that is a different matter, one that I am not sure enough on at the moment to comment on.
Everyone has their own favourites and preferences, and any list is shaped by those of the target audience. Amongst younger viewers, films from the 40s and 50s will not get as wide appreciation.
Mine is not on the list. So I go for 'other'. Hmm... "Greatest" or favourite. The line is somewhat blurred. My personal preference is for "The Mission" and/or "If" as a 'favourite' (along with LOTR and HP), but as for a greatest film, that is a different matter, one that I am not sure enough on at the moment to comment on.
Zwelgje
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That's too hard for me to choose. Pulp fiction and The usual suspects come in shared first for me....
I went to LOTR yesterday, that one was very good too, whole other genre than the kind of movies I like best though.
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Some movies that should have been in the list: Reservoir dogs, From dusk till dawn, Arlington road (Does anybody remember that one? Very good IMO). I'll edit some more if I think of others.
I went to LOTR yesterday, that one was very good too, whole other genre than the kind of movies I like best though.
edit:
Some movies that should have been in the list: Reservoir dogs, From dusk till dawn, Arlington road (Does anybody remember that one? Very good IMO). I'll edit some more if I think of others.
TimTheEnchanter
I...am...an Enchanter!
What??? No Holy Grail????
animepornstar
Deity
seven samurai and a clockwork orange are the best, but fear and loathing in las vegas is my favourite.
ComradeDavo
Formerly God
Star Wars from the list for me (yeah I watched most of the actaul film programme)
oh, and Blade Runner would be my second choice.
oh, and Blade Runner would be my second choice.
YEAH DAMMIT! I second you on that one.
G-Man
A One Man's War
You don't have to put "holy grail"... just put "monty python films". Brian rules!!!!
I also like "DR strangelove" and the music from "the deer hunter" (never saw the ending of that movie but it had great music)
I also like "DR strangelove" and the music from "the deer hunter" (never saw the ending of that movie but it had great music)
Well, the movie that was most... so close to reality and all that it lives a big impression that I saw was 'Gone with the wind'.
after watching more than 3 hours of that movie you feel like you know the people inside the movie, and it was a very good movie IMO. it truly deserves the rank 'Classic'. but asking whats the best movie? heh, who do you love more, your sister or your brother? your father or your mother?
after watching more than 3 hours of that movie you feel like you know the people inside the movie, and it was a very good movie IMO. it truly deserves the rank 'Classic'. but asking whats the best movie? heh, who do you love more, your sister or your brother? your father or your mother?
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1. Gladiator and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2. LotR
2. LotR
MCdread
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Of the ones on the list my favourites are Apocalypse Now and Pulp Fiction. The greatest, however is probably Citizen Kane.
I would like to cite The Postman of Pablo Neruda though, as one of the most touching films I ever saw. This is a film where the word Beauty is the most accurate to describe it.
I would like to cite The Postman of Pablo Neruda though, as one of the most touching films I ever saw. This is a film where the word Beauty is the most accurate to describe it.
insurgent
Exhausted
Yeah! Monty Python ROCKS!
Have a look at IMDb (Internet Movie Database, the largest movie database on the internet), and more specifically the list of the best movies (voted by tens of thousands of people, so Channel4, go home
), Top 250 movies of all time, [url]http://us.imdb.com/top_250_films[/URL] .
Have a look at IMDb (Internet Movie Database, the largest movie database on the internet), and more specifically the list of the best movies (voted by tens of thousands of people, so Channel4, go home
), Top 250 movies of all time, [url]http://us.imdb.com/top_250_films[/URL] .My vote goes to the Godfather Trilogy, where the whole Corleone family saga is told from start to finish in chronological order, from young Vito's escape from Siccily to Sophia Coppola's laughable death scene. I've seen I & II bunches of time, but the Trilogy is like watching a whole different movie. It's a case of where the whole is better than the sum of its parts. No kidding.
If you can't stand the third Godfather movie, just cut it off two-thirds of the way through.
If you can't stand the third Godfather movie, just cut it off two-thirds of the way through.
TheDuckOfFlanders
the fish collecter
There are so much movie's that i would add to that list ,and even didn't see all the best movie's.
Some of my favourit's:
Reservoir dog's and to a lesser extent Pulp Fiction & From dusk till dawn (all by Tarantino ,but Reservoir dog's one of my all time favourite's ,partly because one legendary scene (those who know the movie know the scene i'm talking about))
Full Metal Jacket (By Stanly Kubric ,the best war movie i ever seen)
the Shawshank redemption (wonderfull acting performance's)
vertigo (Shivering climax ,my favourite Hitchcock)
The knight's of the holy grail by Monty python (a legend of the comedy genre)
The Good ,the Bad and the Ugly (A movie full of wonderfull climax change's in a Sweet atmospheric setting ,best Western i ever seen)
Citizin Cane (The masterpiece of george Orwell )
Chasing Amy (sociological interresting movie)
The Usual suspect's (And i even never heard of Kaizer Soza Before)
James bond's From Russia with love (Yes ,a James Bond ,and a damnn good one to)
the silence of the lamb's (A legendary acting performance by the leading role)
Seven (7) (Great atmosphere ,thrilling plot)
Add Il Postino to my list to.The story and setting is just so Atmospheric you wished you could live the story)
I consider the godfather I the best of the series though ,and it is a wonderfull movie.The acting performance of marlon Brando was so good ,his voice in that movie is legendary to me)
And i'm even forgetting so much great movie's.I consider myself a filmcritic and try to see as much movie's possible.
never heard of seven samurai ,didn't see a clockwork Orange yet but heard much about it and i'm planning to rent it.Fear and loathing in las Vegas is indeed a wonderfull movie ,but don't try the stuff they are doing there at home ) ,you can call that movie one big "trip".
Can somebody tell me in general why they like'd Seven Samurai withought spoiling the movie for me for when i want to see it later?
Some of my favourit's:
Reservoir dog's and to a lesser extent Pulp Fiction & From dusk till dawn (all by Tarantino ,but Reservoir dog's one of my all time favourite's ,partly because one legendary scene (those who know the movie know the scene i'm talking about))
Full Metal Jacket (By Stanly Kubric ,the best war movie i ever seen)
the Shawshank redemption (wonderfull acting performance's)
vertigo (Shivering climax ,my favourite Hitchcock)
The knight's of the holy grail by Monty python (a legend of the comedy genre)
The Good ,the Bad and the Ugly (A movie full of wonderfull climax change's in a Sweet atmospheric setting ,best Western i ever seen)
Citizin Cane (The masterpiece of george Orwell )
Chasing Amy (sociological interresting movie)
The Usual suspect's (And i even never heard of Kaizer Soza Before)
James bond's From Russia with love (Yes ,a James Bond ,and a damnn good one to)
the silence of the lamb's (A legendary acting performance by the leading role)
Seven (7) (Great atmosphere ,thrilling plot)
Add Il Postino to my list to.The story and setting is just so Atmospheric you wished you could live the story)
I consider the godfather I the best of the series though ,and it is a wonderfull movie.The acting performance of marlon Brando was so good ,his voice in that movie is legendary to me)
And i'm even forgetting so much great movie's.I consider myself a filmcritic and try to see as much movie's possible.
never heard of seven samurai ,didn't see a clockwork Orange yet but heard much about it and i'm planning to rent it.Fear and loathing in las Vegas is indeed a wonderfull movie ,but don't try the stuff they are doing there at home
) ,you can call that movie one big "trip".Can somebody tell me in general why they like'd Seven Samurai withought spoiling the movie for me for when i want to see it later?
Seems to me there are a lot of movies missing from this list, and many on the list I can't believe anyone would consider the Greatest Film of All Time.
I was going to suggest Treasure of the Sierra Madre, but I see someone has beat me to it. Maybe not the GFOAT, but it is great. It is great for reasons that I think modern film makers wouldn't understand. The reasons boil down to the "moral of the story" and what it says about the importance of wealth, and friendship, and trust. On top of all that, it is the film where the obscure "Badges? We don't got no badges. We don't need no stinking badges . . . " line comes from.
Another really good movie is On the Waterfront. Why is it great? Well to quote Karl Maulden's character, "I may be just a potatoe eater, but isn't as simple as 1-2-3?"
Streetcar Named Desire should be on the list too. I've visited New Orleans a few times and I can't say I ever saw a streetcar named Desire, but I did see a bus "named" Desire . . .
Another one of my personal faves is The Caine Mutiny.
It's amazing how many lines from Casablanca people are familiar with, even if they don't know where they came from. Why don't we have characters like Sydney Greenstreet's in movies these days?
An old movie that I find very funny (although it is silly, and the humor is obviously from another time) is It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. What a cast!
. . . anyways, I voted for "other"
I was going to suggest Treasure of the Sierra Madre, but I see someone has beat me to it. Maybe not the GFOAT, but it is great. It is great for reasons that I think modern film makers wouldn't understand. The reasons boil down to the "moral of the story" and what it says about the importance of wealth, and friendship, and trust. On top of all that, it is the film where the obscure "Badges? We don't got no badges. We don't need no stinking badges . . . " line comes from.
Another really good movie is On the Waterfront. Why is it great? Well to quote Karl Maulden's character, "I may be just a potatoe eater, but isn't as simple as 1-2-3?"
Streetcar Named Desire should be on the list too. I've visited New Orleans a few times and I can't say I ever saw a streetcar named Desire, but I did see a bus "named" Desire . . .
Another one of my personal faves is The Caine Mutiny.
It's amazing how many lines from Casablanca people are familiar with, even if they don't know where they came from. Why don't we have characters like Sydney Greenstreet's in movies these days?
An old movie that I find very funny (although it is silly, and the humor is obviously from another time) is It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. What a cast!
. . . anyways, I voted for "other"
ApocalypseKurtz
Man, myth, legend
I don't know how "The Matrix" got on here... all FX, no plot, and Keanu needs to go back to acting school.
I would place the following as my personal top 5:
1) Apocalypse Now
2) The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
3) Psycho
4) 12 Monkeys
5) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
I would place the following as my personal top 5:
1) Apocalypse Now
2) The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
3) Psycho
4) 12 Monkeys
5) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
SuperR
Guardian Of The Treasure
Two of the more moving films I saw were Shawshank Redemption and Smoke Signals.
Simon Darkshade
Mysterious City of Gold
Re: The Shawshank Redemption
It is quite interesting to note that this film is one of three novellas out of four from a Stephen King book that have been filmed.
1.) Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption -> The Shawshank Redemption
2.) The Body -> Stand By Me (An utter all time classic of a film, IMHO)
3.) Apt Pupil -> Apt Pupil (Movie has a complete cop out of an ending...)
This might be some sort of a record, or at least a rather rare anomaly, that three novellas out of four make it to the screen and are somewhat successful.
Hmm. As to the most moving film one has seen, I'll have to go and check my files, and come back with a selection.
It is quite interesting to note that this film is one of three novellas out of four from a Stephen King book that have been filmed.
1.) Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption -> The Shawshank Redemption
2.) The Body -> Stand By Me (An utter all time classic of a film, IMHO)
3.) Apt Pupil -> Apt Pupil (Movie has a complete cop out of an ending...)
This might be some sort of a record, or at least a rather rare anomaly, that three novellas out of four make it to the screen and are somewhat successful.
Hmm. As to the most moving film one has seen, I'll have to go and check my files, and come back with a selection.
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