A positive side to other threads.
In no particular order, and steering clear of Godfather/ Kane /Brazil type stuff
The Incredibles
Local Hero
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Films You've Ever Seen
I just didn't get Moulin Rouge, and I say that as someone who loves musicals - I could have put West Side Story (both of them) in my original list, along with Dream Girls, so maybe I should try it again.
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Scream, Grand Budapest Hotel and Jurassic Park.
Of the obvious ones would probably say E.T. There's something magical about that film. Closely followed by Empire Strikes Back. Alien would complete my podium.
I'm not a big film watcher (rarely go to the cinema and haven't watched a lot of films in general) but I will watch all three of those films whenever they are on and I find myself on the edge of my seat even though I've seen them dozens of times.
I'm not a big film watcher (rarely go to the cinema and haven't watched a lot of films in general) but I will watch all three of those films whenever they are on and I find myself on the edge of my seat even though I've seen them dozens of times.
That funny, because I absolutely hate musicals but have watched that over and over. Really not sure what it is, maybe the avant garde Paris connection as my wife and I both love the place.Tichtheid wrote: Thu Jul 20, 2023 9:56 pm
I just didn't get Moulin Rouge, and I say that as someone who loves musicals - I could have put West Side Story (both of them) in my original list, along with Dream Girls, so maybe I should try it again.
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Not my favorite films, but films where I thought at the end that everything was spot on, no scene wasted:
Back to the future
Shawshank redemption
The Lifes of Others
Back to the future
Shawshank redemption
The Lifes of Others
It was all fine till they fucked up the ending.
They conveniently forgot to mention Suzie's role as well.
Ian Madigan for Ireland.
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when wahlberg meets farrells wife...
arguably the funniest film scene ever-
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LA Confidential
North by Northwest
Where Eagles Dare
North by Northwest
Where Eagles Dare
I'll second Where Eagles Dare. After being married for 37 years, my wife no longer questions me when I see it on the TV planner and it somehow appears in the recorded list for when she goes to bed and I can get some malt, punch a hole in a Cuban and sit back and enjoy. My fav scene is when their rescue plane comes in at the end and "the nasty Germans" are shooting at it. The Pilot, just looks as the bullets hit the plan, knows what he is doing, whistles a little tune and taxis down the runway. Like he has no care in the world.
Another scene like this is in The Day of the Jackal. The brilliant "Eddie Fox" has just spray painted his Alfa Spider. He finds out that they are getting closer to knowing who he is and he comes to junction in the road. One way is Italy and safety and the other way is Paris and his goal. He thinks briefly, then pulls the soft-top up, clicks it in place and heads of to Paris. Just so confident of himself.
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Just a few, in no particular order.
Everything everywhere all at once
The Fifth Element
Terminator 2
Alien, Aliens
Grand Budapest Hotel
Falling Down
Surfs Up
Up
Incredibles
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid
Deadpool
National Lampoon's Xmas Vacation
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
The Empire Strikes Back
Fight Club
Inception
Leon
Wall E
Edge of Tomorrow
Minority Report
Donnie Darko
Fletch
Zombieland
Blue Brothers
Gerry McGuire
Young Frankenstein
The Hunt for Red October
Blazing Saddles
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Lord of War
Groundhog Day
Three Billboards...
Almost Famous
Nomadland
Raising Arizona
High Fidelity
Grosse Pointe Blank
The Breakfast Club
The Big Blue
Ferris Beuller's Day off
Sin City
Elf
Close Encounter of the Third Kind
Contact
The Abyss
Waterworld
Everything everywhere all at once
The Fifth Element
Terminator 2
Alien, Aliens
Grand Budapest Hotel
Falling Down
Surfs Up
Up
Incredibles
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid
Deadpool
National Lampoon's Xmas Vacation
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
The Empire Strikes Back
Fight Club
Inception
Leon
Wall E
Edge of Tomorrow
Minority Report
Donnie Darko
Fletch
Zombieland
Blue Brothers
Gerry McGuire
Young Frankenstein
The Hunt for Red October
Blazing Saddles
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Lord of War
Groundhog Day
Three Billboards...
Almost Famous
Nomadland
Raising Arizona
High Fidelity
Grosse Pointe Blank
The Breakfast Club
The Big Blue
Ferris Beuller's Day off
Sin City
Elf
Close Encounter of the Third Kind
Contact
The Abyss
Waterworld
“Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true.”
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Oh God, we're twins seperated at birthvball wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 1:55 pmI'll second Where Eagles Dare. After being married for 37 years, my wife no longer questions me when I see it on the TV planner and it somehow appears in the recorded list for when she goes to bed and I can get some malt, punch a hole in a Cuban and sit back and enjoy. My fav scene is when their rescue plane comes in at the end and "the nasty Germans" are shooting at it. The Pilot, just looks as the bullets hit the plan, knows what he is doing, whistles a little tune and taxis down the runway. Like he has no care in the world.
Another scene like this is in The Day of the Jackal. The brilliant "Eddie Fox" has just spray painted his Alfa Spider. He finds out that they are getting closer to knowing who he is and he comes to junction in the road. One way is Italy and safety and the other way is Paris and his goal. He thinks briefly, then pulls the soft-top up, clicks it in place and heads of to Paris. Just so confident of himself.
Great call !, & for clarity, we definately ain't talking about the shitty Bruce Willis remake, that should be in the other thread !
I was reading a learned piece on it awhile ago, & the writter pointed out the way Zimmerman dropped time in as many scenes as he could, elegant clocks, watches, calenders, all to subtly show the time pressure.
Another one from the late 70s is Charley Varrick, with another epic cast, & Joe Don Baker as a really menancing hitman.
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10 in no particular order and trying to avoid same genres
- 12 Angry Men
- Das Boot
- Some Like It Hot
- Citizen Kane (sorry: it's incontrovertible)
- Apocalypse Now (first time I saw it, I was still in my seat in stunned silence 10 mins after the credits had ended). No. It's not a war film.
- Blade Runner
- Princess Mononoke
- The Thing. My cult throw in although Silent Running would replace it another day.
- Au Hasard Balthazar
- Do The Right Thing
The list would change tomorrow. I couldn't bring myself to pick any musical.
- 12 Angry Men
- Das Boot
- Some Like It Hot
- Citizen Kane (sorry: it's incontrovertible)
- Apocalypse Now (first time I saw it, I was still in my seat in stunned silence 10 mins after the credits had ended). No. It's not a war film.
- Blade Runner
- Princess Mononoke
- The Thing. My cult throw in although Silent Running would replace it another day.
- Au Hasard Balthazar
- Do The Right Thing
The list would change tomorrow. I couldn't bring myself to pick any musical.
Holy shit! That’s almost exactly my Top 30 of films too!Insane_Homer wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 3:39 pm Just a few, in no particular order.
Everything everywhere all at once
The Fifth Element
Terminator 2
Alien, Aliens
Grand Budapest Hotel
Falling Down
Surfs Up
Up
Incredibles
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid
Deadpool
National Lampoon's Xmas Vacation
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
The Empire Strikes Back
Fight Club
Inception
Leon
Wall E
Edge of Tomorrow
Minority Report
Donnie Darko
Fletch
Zombieland
Blue Brothers
Gerry McGuire
Young Frankenstein
The Hunt for Red October
Blazing Saddles
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Lord of War
Groundhog Day
Three Billboards...
Almost Famous
Nomadland
Raising Arizona
High Fidelity
Grosse Pointe Blank
The Breakfast Club
The Big Blue
Ferris Beuller's Day off
Sin City
Elf
Close Encounter of the Third Kind
Contact
The Abyss
Waterworld
Except Elf. Fucking over-rated horse shit, bollocks, crap, wank of a film.
Apocalypse Now is one of my all time favourite films, I can practically recite the dialogue. The trouble with naming that or Kane or Shawshank, Some Like It Hot, Godfather etc is that everyone knows they are great.
I'm interested in what slipped in under the radar, the really good films that might not have that sort of publicity.
I'm not a great student of French cinema, but I've rarely seen a bad one, modern films like Amelie and Betty Blue are well known here, as well as the Three Colours Trilogy - which were all darlings of the arthouse cinema here, and I really like them, but one that didn't get many great reviews was Priceless (Hors de prix) - it's a fun rom com about a gold digger and hotel waiter, I watched it just when I was in the right mood (I had a stinking cold and wanted something light).
That's the sort of film I'd like to hear about.
I'm interested in what slipped in under the radar, the really good films that might not have that sort of publicity.
I'm not a great student of French cinema, but I've rarely seen a bad one, modern films like Amelie and Betty Blue are well known here, as well as the Three Colours Trilogy - which were all darlings of the arthouse cinema here, and I really like them, but one that didn't get many great reviews was Priceless (Hors de prix) - it's a fun rom com about a gold digger and hotel waiter, I watched it just when I was in the right mood (I had a stinking cold and wanted something light).
That's the sort of film I'd like to hear about.
Princess Bride is wonderful.salanya wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 7:47 pm I find it inconceivable that nobody has mentioned 'The Princess Bride' yet....
Also, my vote is for Bourne as the best film series.
Shrek series is better than Bourne.
Lion - affected me a lot. Closest I have come to crying at a film.
I really liked Mulholland Drive but too well known.
Also liked:
Whale Rider
Midnight in Paris
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Great Beauty
Walk the Line
What Dreams May Come
City of God
I really liked Mulholland Drive but too well known.
Also liked:
Whale Rider
Midnight in Paris
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Great Beauty
Walk the Line
What Dreams May Come
City of God
A great call.fishfoodie wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 6:57 pm
Another one from the late 70s is Charley Varrick, with another epic cast, & Joe Don Baker as a really menancing hitman.
If you are after some less well known choicesTichtheid wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 7:46 pm Apocalypse Now is one of my all time favourite films, I can practically recite the dialogue. The trouble with naming that or Kane or Shawshank, Some Like It Hot, Godfather etc is that everyone knows they are great.
I'm interested in what slipped in under the radar, the really good films that might not have that sort of publicity.
I'm not a great student of French cinema, but I've rarely seen a bad one, modern films like Amelie and Betty Blue are well known here, as well as the Three Colours Trilogy - which were all darlings of the arthouse cinema here, and I really like them, but one that didn't get many great reviews was Priceless (Hors de prix) - it's a fun rom com about a gold digger and hotel waiter, I watched it just when I was in the right mood (I had a stinking cold and wanted something light).
That's the sort of film I'd like to hear about.
The Battle of Algiers - not a comfortable watch, but an incredible film. The cast are almost all non-professionals and includes people who had been members of the FLN in Algiers.
Touch of Evil (had to include a Welles film)
Night of the Hunter
La Grande Illusion
Aguirre, Wrath of God