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J_A_B · « **Reply #45 on:** February 06, 2005, 10:35:39 PM »

Looks like I touched a nerve there.....

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J_A_B

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #46 on:** February 06, 2005, 10:41:10 PM »

Hold up you two... lemme get some popcorn from downstairs.

Halo · « **Reply #47 on:** February 06, 2005, 10:43:27 PM »

Good choices, rpm, but I think you ought to decide and rank your overall favorite top 10 movies of all categories.

Few people and few critics would agree on the top x of anything.

The most important criteria to me are compelling story, people I care about, gorgeous photography, and excellent music.

In literature, films, and music, I think the hardest thing to achieve is a satisfactory ending.

I'm surprised you didn't like Man for All Seasons more. It's one of the few to win three of the four top Oscars (picture, actor, director).

We think exactly opposite on Man for All Seasons vis-a-vis Doctor Zhivago -- to me, DZ is good but lapses into tedium, especially with Omar Shariff's preternaturally dewy eyes.

You might enjoy The Last Wave. Richard Chamberlain goes Aussie in an aborigine justice quest. A bit other worldly like some Latin American fiction.

I'll have to take another look at Gump. Hanks is great across the board, but on first cut Gump never made my rerun list.

I agree with you on Woody Allen films, way too masturbatory (i.e., making only himself feel good for his efforts), but Husbands and Wives is an exception, and Judy Brown contributes one of the best episodes ever filmed (separated wife coming unglued on first date).

Thanks to carefully choosing films in advance, I rarely fall asleep in any, but I can in Woody Allen films where his mouth gibbers on and on.

Megadud, you started this thread and you can't get out of it just by claiming Gump is the best without naming and ranking your top 10 favorite movies in order, and that includes all categories. No easy outs or qualifications or ties for second or anyplace else.

Masherbrum · « **Reply #48 on:** February 06, 2005, 11:03:00 PM »

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Originally posted by J_A_B
Looks like I touched a nerve there.....J_A_B

You think? You couldn't be more wrong. Not my fault you need Clff's notes to decipher Movie plots.

Karaya

rpm · « **Reply #49 on:** February 06, 2005, 11:37:53 PM »

DZ's cinematography was the deciding factor for me. AMFAS was done "old school" and really didn't take any risks. Picking "the best" is a subjective thing to be sure.

I thought about putting 2001 in there somewhere. It's a very good film with awesome, cutting edge visuals and Kubrick is one of my favorite directors. I tend to enjoy his earlier work, tho.

I saw a film on TCM last night that was very good. Ride the Pink Horse starring and directed by Robert Montgomery. If you like film noir, you need to check this one out.

Mini D · « **Reply #50 on:** February 07, 2005, 12:05:27 AM »

You listed "Some like it Hot" in your top list? I'm not going to state the obvious.

Gump is a good movie. Dunno if I'd rank it in the top 10 or not, but it was a very good movie.

As far as film noir goes... Dead Man gets my vote. It's excellent on so many levels.

Of course, my all time favorite movie has to be Animal House. Lots of drinking, a sorority pillow fight and fundamental tardiciousness make it a winner.

rpm · « **Reply #51 on:** February 07, 2005, 12:26:30 AM »

Aww c'mon...Some Like It Hot was a riot. Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe...what's not to love? It's argrueably Billy Wilder's best comedy.

JB88 · « **Reply #52 on:** February 07, 2005, 01:25:32 AM »

film noir.

double indemnity.

or chinatown.

probably chinatown (though it is late late film noir...some might even call it nuevo noir) but maybe thats just because you see faye dunaway's boobs.

i wonder if i am the only one whos actually taken an entire semesters worth of a class on this topic. great class. exceptional teacher. far too expensive, but i am glad to see it be useful for once.

"like a red hot poker." he says.

ouch.

Halo · « **Reply #53 on:** February 07, 2005, 06:53:49 AM »

Lists. We wanna see Top Ten lists. Great points and recommendations, but bite the bullet and share and rank the all-time best films you'd just have to have on a desert island with a DVD player.

JB88, did your class arrive at any consensus list of favorite top films? What did your professor list as his favorites?

What impresses me the most about A Man for All Seasons is its perfection. I'm fairly critical (pun intended), and to me AMFAS is virtually flawless.

Because plot is so important, much of AMFAS' film success probably comes from its success as a play.

When it comes to innovative plot twists, gotta give Quentin Tarantino mucho credit for the surprises in Pulp Fiction.

It's also fun to see how directors get into a groove and often keep working with what works best over several movies, e.g., Eastwood as Eastwood and Tarantino's zany violence from Reservoir Dogs to Pulp Fiction and beyond.

Another great film is Sling Blade. Billy Bob Thornton joined the list of great actors who always satisfy, including Hanks, DeNiro, Robert Shaw, Harvey Keitel, William Macy, Steve Buscemi, Robert Duvall, Ed Harris, and others.

mora · « **Reply #54 on:** February 07, 2005, 07:05:08 AM »

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Originally posted by Sandman
Did he make any others?

I meant the director.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001317/

megadud · « **Reply #55 on:** February 07, 2005, 07:23:27 AM »

Forrest Gump
Rudy
Goodfellas
Lord of the ring 3
Saving PRivate Ryan
Shrek 2
Bad Boys 2
Twister
Jarrasic Park
Troy

I don't have any older movies on there because i am young and don't really like many of the older ones....I am not much inot the "history" of movies and i am more concerned with modern day...I have never seen the godfathers...I am also more into comedy and action then anything else...there are a few i would like to putpn but you said ten so there they are...

others concidered...
A bronx tale
Finding Nemo
Miracle
the Bournes

megadud

Halo · « **Reply #56 on:** February 07, 2005, 07:56:44 AM »

Megadud, thanks for posting your top ten favorites. Because that is such hard work and many people would like to do it but don't have the incentive, I started a separate All-Time Favorite Top Ten Movies thread just before I read your post.

Please add your top ten list to that. Not hijacking your thread, just trying to add more incentive for people to actually decide and share their top lists before randomly commenting. Hopefully the two threads will enhance each other.

You're right, movies are certainly generational, but some can span several generations as favorites. My top ten list has movies from 1955 to 1994. I've seen some excellent movies lately but so far none that break into my list.

It's great to get ideas for new films to watch from other people's lists. The other night I finally caught up to Monster on cable TV and have to add that to my longer list of excellent movies, but not quite in my all-time favorite top ten list.

Others not quite there include Tremors, Airplane!, and Driving Miss Daisy.