I got a bunch of them off the top of my head, but one of my favorites immediately comes to mind.
-Blues Brothers
I got a bunch of them off the top of my head, but one of my favorites immediately comes to mind.
-Blues Brothers
This list is really weird. It's spot on with some of them while being totally wrong with others.
Probably the most accurate list I've seen so far though.
E.g. pans labyrinth being rated above the green mile….!
Up!
Rush Hour 2
Every Disney Movie from The Little Mermaid to The Emperor's New Groove
The Return of the King
Star Wars: Episodes I and V
Godfather part II
Fight Club
Princess Mononoke
An American Tail
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
Please tell me that you meant Star Wars: Episodes IV and V…
@Zoro's:
Please tell me that you meant Star Wars: Episodes IV and V…
No I didn't, I freaking loved episode 1 when it came out and I love it now. The only episode I hate is 2.
Lion King
Mulan
Brave Little Toaster
Spirited Away
Avatar
American Tail
Role Models
Street Fighter Alpha II
Silence of the Lambs
Old movies
Arsenic and Old Lace
Paper Moon
Angels with Dirty Faces
Scott Pilgrim vs the world
Castle of Cagliostro.
Wayne's World 1. (Part 2 was okay, but not the same.)
Drunken Master 2.
Princess Mononoke.
Ratatouille.
Back to the Future (all 3).
Moulin Rouge.
1776.
Plenty of other great movies and things I could watch any time, but my criteria in this case is films I've loved enough to buy more than once, be it to upgrade/replace my own copy, or give out as a gift to a friend. And I've seen them all a ton of times too.
-Once Upon a Time in China.
-A Bittersweet Life.
-Oldboy.
-Versus.
-From Dusk Till Dawn.
-The Young Frankenstein.
-The Life of Brian.
-The Naked Gun.
-Police Story.
-The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.
-Pulp Fiction.
-The Hudsucker Proxy.
-The Big Lebowski.
-Shaolin Soccer.
Zack and Miri make a porno
My favorite movie is Mahattan Murder Mystery, a Woody Allen film where a middled-aged couple, played by Allen and Diane Keaton suspect a neighbor of having killed his wife. It's a fun little mystery movie.
Speaking of murders, I watched Se7en recently and it was…darkly compelling, I suppose. First movie of its type I've really seen, so it left an impression on me. It was quite fascinating though, to watch Brad Pitt phone it in at the end while Morgan Freeman and Kevin Spacey were giving it their all.
My favorite movie is Mahattan Murder Mystery, a Woody Allen film where a middled-aged couple, played by Allen and Diane Keaton suspect a neighbor of having killed his wife. It's a fun little mystery movie.
Is it just me, or is Manhattan Murder Mystery a very adequate movie for the winter season?
Hell, now I want to re-watch it. This, Murder by Death, Willow and the Princess Bride. . .
This list is really weird. It's spot on with some of them while being totally wrong with others.
Probably the most accurate list I've seen so far though.
E.g. pans labyrinth being rated above the green mile….!
That is literally one of the worst lists ever…
cinematic garbage like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, The Dark Knight and Inception over SEVEN SAMURAI
OVER MOTHERFUCKING SEVEN SAMURAI
you've got to be kidding me hahahaahhaha
Well, not a list of my absolute favorites, but movies I really like:
Godfather I and II
Goodfellas
Shaun of the Dead
Zombieland
LotR Trilogy
Matrix (I am a fan of teh franchise, but in all honesty, the sequels kinda sucked)
Star Wars Trilogy and Ep III
Boondock Saints
Old Boy
Panther Pachali (A Satyajit Ray masterpiece)
Gupi Gaine Bagha Baine (Another Ray classic - a children's film)
Toy Story
Finding Nemo
PS: I'm a sucker for Tarintino/guy Ritchie-style movies.
No I didn't, I freaking loved episode 1 when it came out and I love it now. The only episode I hate is 2.
I can never forgive Ep I for introducing midichlorians and Jar Jar Binks.
Seven Samurai
Zatoichi series
Yojimbo/Sanjuro
Fish Story
Shawshank Redemption
Old Boy
The Good The Bad The Ugly
The Good The Bad The Weird
The Show Must Go on
The Host (basically anything with that guy in it)
Green Mile
Inception
Titanic
The Pianist
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Pans Labyrinth
Some which come to my mind thinking quick about it:
Funny Games U.S
Mystic River
Lord of the Rings 1-3
Die Hard 1 and 3
Pulp Fiction
Schindlers list The Pianist A Clockwork Orange Termintor 2 Rain Man One Flew over the Cuckoo
s nest
The Shawshank Redemption
"Die Supernasen" is without any competition, thought
Ah, I forgot to add Shaun of the Dead, I freaking love that movie!
Also Zombieland is brilliant. My two favorite zombie movies because they don't take the subject quite as seriously, and the characters in both movies are likable.
That is literally one of the worst lists ever…
cinematic garbage like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, The Dark Knight and Inception over SEVEN SAMURAI
OVER MOTHERFUCKING SEVEN SAMURAIyou've got to be kidding me hahahaahhaha
The list has much worse trade-offs then that.
And what the fuck is inception doing in the top ten? I want to find the cabbage responsible for voting that in, and dump them into a vat of acid!
Also why isn't defiance being mentioned? That was a good film.
That is literally one of the worst lists ever…
cinematic garbage like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, The Dark Knight and Inception over SEVEN SAMURAI
OVER MOTHERFUCKING SEVEN SAMURAIyou've got to be kidding me hahahaahhaha
Its a poll from average viewers. Also worth noting its tied in rating with the four movies above it, but it only has 1/3 as many votes as any of them. And it.s only .1% away from being in the 5-10 bracket. Hell, the next foreign film I see isn't until rank 84, (but tied with dozens of other films) and that's Rashamon! And aside from THAT.
Seven Samurai is black and white, subtitled, 4 hours long and pretty slowly paced.
Gee, I can't imagine why the average viewer that isn't interested in foreign film might not have ever seen it or liked it.
So my first statement, "That is literally one of the worst lists ever…" still holds true.
Guess it just goes to show how little the average person knows about film.
I mean there's definitely some class movies on there, but also movies that hold essentially no cinematic or fictional value are cemented at high places because for some reason new parents have a propensity towards passing down overrated garbage down to their spawn.
ILL STICK TO STAR WARS PLEASE
The worst is when I get into a conversation with someone about movies and they bring up Star Wars and refuse to back down that it's a fantastic film. I mean there's definitely a bit of appeal for the ADD toddlers in all of us, but there's nothing in them that isn't hackneyed garbage (it isn't even original or interesting science fiction) or boring filmwork that was already mastered by people like Kubrick a decade earlier.
How are you defining cinematic or fictional value?
Of course, there is also the fact that Seven Samurai is incredibly fucking boring.
A well-written and meaningful plot, some sort of original message or theme, innovative and unprecedented cinematography and directing, etc.
Instead it just resulted in a large bloated pig of a franchise capable of molding a jaded population in a relatively short time
Instead of attempting to tread new waters, it just sort of splashed around in the sandbank indulging in little kid fantasies
@RobbyBevard:
Of course, there is also the fact that Seven Samurai is incredibly fucking boring.
subjectivity subjectivity subjectivity
it may be boring (well, to you anyway), but it had a genuine influence on actually coherent films for decades to come
Star Wars is indubitably more influential, but the majority of the sister flicks it popped out were the equivalent of "Jumper"
Ironically enough, Star Wars is based on a Kurosawa movie.
And imo, 2001 is the best space movie ever made :ninja: .
Also, I'm assuming that people that vote on that list are voting how much they enjoyed the movie, not how good the film is. I enjoy a lot of movies but that doesn't make them good.
Ironically enough, Star Wars is based on a Kurosawa movie.
I think that's one of the most hilarious aspects of Star Wars.
It took a fantastic archetype for a film and then brought a studded baseball bat to its brains multiple times until its provocative value was zilch.
cinematic garbage like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, The Dark Knight and Inception over SEVEN SAMURAI
OVER MOTHERFUCKING SEVEN SAMURAI
Well, this is awkward.
The Star Wars Trilogy are three of my favorite. Some more favorite include:
-Fargo
-The Producers
-Fantasia
Can't think of any others at the moment.
Star Wars is overrated, and I hate the sheer level of saturation it has, but to act like it has nothing going for it at all is just stupid.
The soundtrack, visual effects, camera work, characterization, and yes, archetypes it brought to bear. That yes, DID change and revolutionize the industry. Hell, Star Wars standardized putting movie credits at the end of the film! Episodes 4 and 5 are pretty good movies. The sheer number of moments that have become iconic… that captures a certain essence of fun and adventure, have become iconic for a reason.
I won't defend the prequels or half of the sixth move. But 4 and 5 are solid.
Hell, the Godfather is one of the greatest movies of all time, I recognize all the great qualities it has, the storytelling, cinematography, dialogue, the acting, the music, the impact... but I don't care for it. Its not my thing, I just don't care for mobsters. But I'm not going to pretend to ignore everything good it has as a result of that.
I know I'm probably giving off the wrong vibe here.
If you dig Star Wars and consider it one of your favorite movies of all time, that's fine: any movie that has an intrinsic value for you deserves to be cited as one of your favorites.
There's plenty of mediocre movies which I put on my list of favorites simply because they incite a great deal of nostalgia and good feelies for me.
I'm more calling out the collective lump of grunts who argue Star War's superior artistic value to some of the obvious greats (and great more along the lines of a movie that exhibits exceptional, avant-garde filmwork). Star Wars can go on everyone's favorite list for all I care; I just got a bit ticked off at that horrid imdb list because I'm sure so many people over-factored in personal fanboyism as opposed to an utter masterpiece in terms of directing and acting. The story can be dull for each person, but identifying the innovation or realism of a piece is generally objective (assuming that person has enough experience, etc. to know what makes a critical film).
It was a landmark film, though. It's not like it's just some random thing.
The story can be dull for each person, but identifying the innovation or realism of a piece is generally objective (assuming that person has enough experience, etc. to know what makes a critical film).
Aristotle ranked plot as first in importance, followed by the characters portrayed in the plot. Thought (by which Aristotle meant revealing truth or maxims) was third, and diction or acting style was fourth. Song or music is ranked fifth, and the least important factor is spectacle.
All the innovation or realism in the world doesn't matter a lick if the story, or the characters, don't grab the audience. But if the characters grab you? That's more important than pretty much anything else.
Beautiful visuals or masterful editing are great. They can go an incredibly long way. But if you can't tell it around a campfire, then its lacking something.
I mean, we're all here for One Piece, and thats a blatant Dragonball rip, AND it isn't realistic at all. But we enjoy it all the same.
Iam definitely not a fan of "Star Wars" and just watched them each one time to have it…done.
I think those movies are nothing special, but i have to admit that they inspired a lot of people and that they have scenes nobody will ever forget and made cinematic history.
The Godfather i think is also such a movie.
I never personally enjoyed watching it (the first time i even zapped away after a while becuase i was bored) but that many people think it is the best movie ever ..well, every fan of a specific movie may think so.
I enjoyed more "Goodfellas" in that genre.
To add some movies to my personal list:
-96 Hours
-From Dusk Till Dawn
-Eraserhead (that one is a bit..akward)
-The Silence of the Lambs
-Primal Fear
-American History X (i just freaking love Edwart Norton for those two movies)
-As Good As It Gets
Honestly, I find Seven Samurai one of the lesser Kurosawa films. The concepts illustrated in it have had a good deal of influence and were awesome, but as something to watch it… doesn't quite hold up like other films Kurosawa has done. But it has wound up as the definitive Japanese film for the west, so... eh.
I think in terms of reaching achievments in cinema, Ikiru is untouchable. It is truly Kurosawa's opus. Not a single wasted moment. It's functionally flawless and if anybody finds a detriment to its length they are loser scum of the earth. It is a perfect movie and it is powerful as shit. It is also dense and demonstrates some really fine ambiguity, in the most human ways.
To date, I've only seen three Kurosawa films: Seven Samurai, Rashomon, and Yojimbo.
Of the three, Rashomon is my favorite. But considering he's made way more than three films, I should probably get to work on watching more of his stuff.
yeah like…
Ikiru!
older ones: back to the future and some more action, less story: the rock (best soundtrack ever!)
newer ones: lucky number slevin, the dark knight and also liked inception
also good: x-men 2, bad boys 2, the patriot, equilibrium, shaun of the dead, hot fuzz,…
Enter the dragon
The last dragon
Romeo must die
Spiderman 2
Harry potter 4
Rumble in the bronx
Rush Hour 1& 2
my top five movies include:
1.Reservoir dogs-best budget gangster movie, great acters and a fantastic script
2.Pulp ficton-what more can i say, made travolta a super star again and quentin tarantino a famous director
3.The godfather 1-the best mafia movie ever made great story line
4.goodfellas- in my opinion martin scorses's best mafia movie
5. Raging bull-who can beat young robert di nero?
honerable mentions include
-Taxi driver,inception,inglorious basterds,machete,kill bill
I also want to say my top 5 Asian movies ( all not english but are highly reconmended to watch)
5.Kung fu Hustle- one of the funiest, stylish movies from director and writer stephin chow, i have seen this movie 5 times ( i dont useualy watch movies more than once)
4.hard-boiled-john woo and chow yun fat own in any film they make
3.The killer-refer to :4
2.Crounching tiger hiden dragon-when i watched this as a kid I was like WOW but didnt get the story at all, it was until recently that i wanted it agian and it was a fantastic story.
1.OldBoy-now a lot of people would not no of this movie it is from korea, it won the Palme D' ore at Cannes in 2007. The reson it is my number one for asian movies is that the acting story and a very very sadistic ending ( worst ending for any movie ever makes seven look bad) the movie acts as a revenge tragedy that drags you in and then makes you cringe as you stare and look and wonder the experiance, Oldboy is obviously not for everyone and I would encourage the faint harted not to watch it, there are some scenes that are very strong on violence and some really bizare scenes. However if you want to watch a movie one night and you dont know watch to watch, Oldboy is a movie that will stay with you for some time.
Honerable mentions agian
Kung fu soccer,Hero,sonatine,hanabi,outrage(takashi kinato is a fantastic director in the Yakuza genre, I strongly recomend sonatine,hanabi and outrage for people looking for great crime gangster movies.
ps. If people are willing, I hate getting flamed as I no my grammer really sucks its because I have a learning problem and it interfers with my grammer (due to not getting it right when I was in the younger grades at school)
I can right up some reviews and give them my personal opinions along with some games if people are willing to listen and not flame.
10. The Legend of 1900/La Leggenda del Pianista sull'Oceano (1998)
A heartwarming parable by Italian director Tornatore of Cinema Paradiso fame, The Legend of 1900 is the story of a wonderful painist who refuses to leave the boat that he was born on for the entirety of his life. Though it does not escape the realm of a traditional character biopic in many ways, 1900 employs a delightful soundtrack and encourages viewers to experience all the joys of the passage to America first hand over and over again, which also serves as a contrast to the central character's immense isolation.
9. There Will Be Blood (2007)
P.T. Anderson's career epic, There Will Be Blood, may at times feel like an excuse to watch Daniel Day-Lewis act as though he were crazy, and indeed, it certainly can be viewed as such and enjoyed at a very high level. However, There Will Be Blood is a stunning biopic of a movie as intense as the film's grip upon its viewers, one that takes no shortcuts and is more honest than most of its contemporaries would ever be willing to consider. Paul Dano's chemistry with the dynamic lead is the most enjoyable part of the film, building the uneasy relationship until the staggering climax.
8. Bob the Gambler/Bob le Flambeur (1956)
Jean-Pierre Melville's breakout film is the third biopic on this list, this time about a worn-out thief who also gambles compulsively, which is incidentally the reason why it took him so long to even condsier retiring. He expertly plans his "one last heist" before retirement, a cliched plot undoubtedly, but handled so expertly that it can be considered a character study of one of the most fascinating characters in cinema rather than a French caper that has been forgotten by the ages, like so many of its contemporaries. Bob walks in on his prodige in bed with his lover, and merely leaves and stares himself in the mirror. The finale begs a dozen existential questions to the viewer as Bob cleans out the casino his men are robbing through legitimate gambling, and his relationship with all of his men brings out a certain beauty in friendship not so common in cinema.
7. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2005)
Good campy fun with an extrodinary amount of literary value and some of the most endearing characters you'll ever meet make The Life Aquatic one of the most fun films I've ever seen, and seen it I have, as it is the single film I've seen more than any other. Bred from magical realism and a strong sense of adventure and family, Wes Anderson made an immensely personal film in The Life Aquatic and it's easy to feel the personal touch made to every aspect of the two hour running time. It's a sweet film that is not short of tears or laughs and is all in all very human.
#6. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1990)
Based on the play of the same name, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is an absurdist comedy with decidedly existential overtones that depicts what happens to two of the minor characters in Hamlet whenever they are off-stage in the Hamlet story. Thought-provoking and more often than not hilarious, the story explores the idea of meaninglessness more than once and is so self-aware that it has a play-wthin-a-play-within-a-play-within-a-movie-within the play that is Shakespeare's Hamlet. Tim Roth and Gary Oldman are excellent leads and the film cleverly integrates snippits of Shakespeare's lingo accordingly into the dialogue, presenting a satisfyingly unique film.
5. The Godfather Part II (1974)
The best sequel ever devised (though this is likely because of the inclusion in the film-making of Mario Puzo, the author of the original Godfather book and screenplay), The Godfather II has already received so much acclaim that little more needs to be said. Impeccable performances by Pachino and a very young DeNiro help to coat the solid script with excellence and Coppola was not yet insane from his production of Apocolypse Now!. A classic of the highest pedigree.
4. The Lord of the Rings (2001-2003)
Yes, this film is pure spectacle, and yet it manages to excite and captivate me for almost twelve hours upon every vieweing. The characters are by and large extremely likeable and the sheer number of plots unfolding on top of and inside of eachother keep the story interesting throughout. This is a fantasy in its purest form and certainly does not dumb down the material for its audience, instead providing a solid ensemble cast and directing so good that it's hard to believe Peter Jackson was responsible for it. I consider the three films as one, as the story line merely dips rather than coming to any real conclusion until the third.
3. The Godson/Le Samourai (1967)
The epitome of cool, starring classiness personified and directed by the best director to ever live, Jean-Pierre Melville. This is Le Samourai, this is minimalist filmmaking - no, filmmaking altogether - at its highest point. This is a perfect movie, an hour and a half without flaws. Haunted by its own soundtrack and outstaged only by microcosms within itself, Le Samourai features no dialogue for the first twenty minutes, giving the audience with nothing but the most amazing imagry ever to be filmed with Alain Delon's expert performance. Oh, and the ending's the best part.
2. The Darjeeling Limited (2008)
Wes Anderson is my favorite contemporary director, and I feel like every film he's made was leading up to this. All the concepts and themes he has kept through his filmography have developed into The Darjeeling Limited, where we watch as three brothers find themselves and the love that they once shared in the middle of India. It's a film that's insanely easy to like and genuinely funny throughout, playing like a novel. It's very clever and self-aware but never feels pretentious or holier-than-thou.
1. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
My favorite movie of all time. OF ALL TIME.
P.T. Anderson's career epic, There Will Be Blood, may at times feel like an excuse to watch Daniel Day-Lewis act as though he were crazy, and indeed, it certainly can be viewed as such and enjoyed at a very high level. However, There Will Be Blood is a stunning biopic of a movie as intense as the film's grip upon its viewers, one that takes no shortcuts and is more honest than most of its contemporaries would ever be willing to consider. Paul Dano's chemistry with the dynamic lead is the most enjoyable part of the film, building the uneasy relationship until the staggering climax.
This film had some great acting, psychological interest, subtle twists and a very unusual outcome; but…and yes there is a but, it was sometimes a little too slow with lengthy periods of no reward. It also felt just a bit too depressing with not enough humour or even good ending to feel worth all the hardships endured.
It was one of those films that made me feel empty after watching it, And not in the self reflecting/deep thought kind of way.
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2005)
Good campy fun with an extrodinary amount of literary value and some of the most endearing characters you'll ever meet make The Life Aquatic one of the most fun films I've ever seen, and seen it I have, as it is the single film I've seen more than any other. Bred from magical realism and a strong sense of adventure and family, Wes Anderson made an immensely personal film in The Life Aquatic and it's easy to feel the personal touch made to every aspect of the two hour running time. It's a sweet film that is not short of tears or laughs and is all in all very human.I liked this film, but mainly due to its odd script, quirky cast, and because I thought only a 100 people around the world (including myself) must have watched it. (obscure film)I'm also a sucker for bill murray.
Good post, Palochka. I'll be sure to get around to seeing some of those. Hell, I already have Samourai and Lawrence, I think.
This seems like an old thread, so I probably already posted, but I really love Taxi Driver, Big Lebowski, and the first Ninja Turtles. When it comes to what I've seen, I can get really artsy or underground or critical or whatever, but what I want isn't necessarily the most that can be given.
To be honest, I've not seen any of the Kurosawa films, but I've got them in my Netflix list, at least one or two I think. Yojimbo is one of them.
I agree, that was a good post Palochka. I haven't seen any of those movies except LOtR and Godfather. I might want to check a few of those out.
Hear are my favourite movies,
1 Avatar
2 Remember The Titan
3 The Dark Nights
4 Titanic
5 The Rock
6 Who Am I
Aliens is another one of my alltime favorite movies. I loved all three but the second one was definitely my favorite.
Explain .
Can I since it's one of my favorite movies too?
It's great romance movie. Of course people who don't like romantic pictures think it's dull. For me, it's spectacular. Also DiCaprio is topnotch actor and Winslet does a great job too.
For 90% of people this movie is a cheap laugh at the end where Titanic sinks and people die. If that's your opinion then fine. But I see it as one of the best romantic movies ever made.
Can I since it's one of my favorite movies too?
It's great romance movie. Of course people who don't like romantic pictures think it's dull. For me, it's spectacular. Also DiCaprio is topnotch actor and Winslet does a great job too.
For 90% of people this movie is a cheap laugh at the end where Titanic sinks and people die. If that's your opinion then fine. But I see it as one of the best romantic movies ever made.
Then you haven't seen enough romantic movies.
What's wrong with:
1. The notebook.
2. 50 first dates.
3. Amelie
4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
5. Forest gump (yes this movie had romance)
Then you haven't seen enough romantic movies.
What's wrong with:
1. The notebook.
2. 50 first dates.
3. Amelie
4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
5. Forest gump (yes this movie had romance)
If you read more carefully I said it's ONE OF the best romantic movies ever made. I never said all the other movies suck, did I? If I did, point out the part where I did because I really don't see it.
About movies:
1. Never seen.
2. Never seen but I see it has Sandler in it so I'll propably check it out.
3. Seen but I don't remember anything from it.
4. Love it.
5. What movie doesn't have one?
And I have to ask again. When excatly did I say these movies suck? And you do know all people don't have to like same movies, do ya?