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What do you think the BEST movie ever made was?

monty python and the quest for the holy grail

Tie between Fight Club and first Matrix

Shawshank Redemption

monty python and the quest for the holy grail

my favorite monty python was "and now for something completely different" i just adore teh parrot scene, it gets me everytime!

Debbie Does Dallas

I have two.

One is a very serious contender: Ingmar Bergman's "Viskningar och Rop" ("Cries and Whispers") (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069467/).

The other is the very funny Australian "The Adventures of Priscilla - Queen of the Desert" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109045/). It has Guy Pearce (more known as the guy from Memento), Hugo Weaving (agent Smith from "The Matrix") and Terence Stamp (General Zod from Superman II) in drag. What else can you want from a movie, really?

I like "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly".

Mad Max (not the two shoddy, overblown sequels, only the original).

Mad Max (not the two shoddy, overblown sequels, only the original).

That was a good one. I just watched that again last week.

"This porn I starred in..."

The First Matrix and Dances With Wolves

I like "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly".

Yeah, that's one of the movies I never get tired of. It'd be hard to narrow the list down to THE best movie, but this would be one of my picks on a list of several really good movies.

Let's not forget The Godfather.

also, I'm snickering softly at anyone that picks The Matrix as one of the best movies.

Moulin Rouge...
Hey, I'm a theatre buff. I like good costumes and great music. *shrug*

Also...The Last Samurai was pretty good.

Personally, I love the old black and white classics the best.
Especially Jerry Lewis.

It's a 3 way tie with me.

Dude Where's My Car, The Neverending Story, and Dawn of The Dead (1978) are all tied for first with me.

The First Matrix and Dances With Wolves
You should check out a movie called Black Robe.

Pink Pantherism, dig the name-and I know a little something about names....no, wait-the opposite...


This is about as controversal as pancakes, but-

Citizen Kane One of the first films I watched and went, "Oh, it's an artform..." Yes, the lighting comes from German expressionism and is highly theatrical-it's not what it invents so much (though it did introduce deeeeeeeep focus, having special lenses made for the film) but what it brings together. And the non-linear story telling, something that really hasn't been explored much until recently.

Also on the generic film snob checklist-The Bicycle Thief (manipulating audience sympathy/expectation, style of story telling) and actual German expressionist films Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Metropolis. M is also pretty good, but I dig the hell out of Peter Lorre, so...

Since I seem to be listing a 'first year film student' text book (though, really-there is a reason they would be in one) Eisenstien is in there to. Just pick.

The original Star Wars Trilogy, it doesn't get any better than that.

Definitely the Boondock Saints. Really good movie. Check it out. :mp5:

Definitely the Boondock Saints. Really good movie. Check it out. :mp5:
The scene with the cat is something I'll never forget. Even though I love my cats.

Look folks, I love the sci fi as much if not more than most people, but as far as movies go there are so many out there that rate so much higher than the matrix or star wars. Why hasn't anyone mentioned one of the all time greatest, if not the greatest, yet? Let's try Casablanca as the best "mainstream" movie ever. If you want something less well known to promote interest, diversity, and perhaps intelligent debate the go for Balthazar Getty's Where the Day Takes You .

On a completely different note, my favourite movie ever still has to be The Princess Bride . Can't get a better story than that, and the quotes are priceless. It's been said before, and I must repeat, that it is my generations Wizard of Oz , and ultimately will be timeless as well.

It's been said before, and I must repeat, that it is my generations Wizard of Oz , and ultimately will be timeless as well.

Read the book, and then tell me what you think of the movie.

Better yet, play Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" in synch with the movie. :D

This is more of a list:

The Usual Suspects
American History X
Apocalypse Now
Suicide Kings
Leon the Professional
Falling Down
The Keep
Dr. Strangelove
Office Space
Being There
Primal Fear

That was a short list.

Look folks, I love the sci fi as much if not more than most people, but as far as movies go there are so many out there that rate so much higher than the matrix or star wars. Why hasn't anyone mentioned one of the all time greatest, if not the greatest, yet? Let's try Casablanca as the best "mainstream" movie ever. If you want something less well known to promote interest, diversity, and perhaps intelligent debate the go for Balthazar Getty's Where the Day Takes You .

On a completely different note, my favourite movie ever still has to be The Princess Bride . Can't get a better story than that, and the quotes are priceless. It's been said before, and I must repeat, that it is my generations Wizard of Oz , and ultimately will be timeless as well.

I have to agree about the Princess Bride, it is hands down my favorite movie too. It may not be the deepest movie, but for pure storytelling it's hard to beat.

Probably my second favorite movie is The Usual Suspects.

Casablanca is the greatest movie ever.

After that come:
The Great Escape
Bridge on the River Kwai
The Dirty Dozen

Casablanca is the greatest movie ever.

After that come:
The Great Escape
Bridge on the River Kwai
The Dirty Dozen

Have you ever enjoyed a film that wasn't about WW2?

My pick would be Shawshank Redemption. That was excellent

spriggan it has to be 1 of the most masterfully made animae movies ever.
:gundge:

Have you ever enjoyed a film that wasn't about WW2?

My pick would be Shawshank Redemption. That was excellent

Yes I have as a matter of fact. Shawshank Redemtion was a fantastic film.

Usual Suspects
Beverly Hills Cop
The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy
The Hunt For Red October
Raiders Of The Lost Arc

Thats a tough one...there are lots of great films out there amongst the tons of garbage. My own picks:

Wages Of Fear
Man Bites Dog
Sky Captain and The World Of Tommorow (mostly because I'm obsessed with Zeppelins and pre-1946 aviation)
8 1/2 - The first film where I clearly could see film as high art
Man With A Movie Camera - Eisentein, if I recall correctly. First film to actually do something with a camera, first film with no script and not of a special occasion or function. You get to watch the director go "Oh my God, the things I can do with THIS!"
Deliverance - "squeal like a pig!"
The Neverending Story

Deliverance - "squeal like a pig!"


That movie was great. The horrifying thing is that people like that actually exist.

Schindler's List

The Commitments

One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest



Bit of a mixture!!!

Ooh, and The Parole Officer!!!

Well my personal favourite is Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away". Storytelling at its finest. However tied with that is perhaps the most underappreciated film in history - Carl Sagan's novel-turned-film "Contact" from 1997 starring the amazing Jodie Foster. That's perhaps one of the most intelligent and mind-blowing films I've ever seen. F*ck Pi, Requiem for a Dream, and any other generic title someone may throw out as being a "thinker", Contact is the investigation of us and our universe and it's utterly enthralling. Other favourites include Dr. Strangelove, 28 Days Later, Intacto, Magnolia, Pulp Fiction, the list goes on...

BTW the cat scene in Boondock Saints is one of the single most ridiculous things I've ever seen. That and the scene with sucking the stripper's... yeah, or the FBI agent dancing around the crime scene... I need to see that film again. It's been a while. And the squealing like a pig from Deliverance is a pretty awesome scene. It makes me laugh each time.

It's a three-way tie between:

The Godfather
The Shawshank Redemption
Pulp Fiction

Donnie Darko

I like "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly".

Bugger, beat me to it.

Well my personal favourite is Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away". Storytelling at its finest. However tied with that is perhaps the most underappreciated film in history - Carl Sagan's novel-turned-film "Contact" from 1997 starring the amazing Jodie Foster. That's perhaps one of the most intelligent and mind-blowing films I've ever seen. F*ck Pi, Requiem for a Dream, and any other generic title someone may throw out as being a "thinker", Contact is the investigation of us and our universe and it's utterly enthralling. Other favourites include Dr. Strangelove, 28 Days Later, Intacto, Magnolia, Pulp Fiction, the list goes on...

BTW the cat scene in Boondock Saints is one of the single most ridiculous things I've ever seen. That and the scene with sucking the stripper's... yeah, or the FBI agent dancing around the crime scene... I need to see that film again. It's been a while. And the squealing like a pig from Deliverance is a pretty awesome scene. It makes me laugh each time.

Spirited Away is fantastic. I keep meaning to sculpt some stone figures like the ones on the roadsides in Spirited Away. Everything about that film just effortlessly meshed with my psyche and aethetic sensiblities. I didn't list it because if I hadn't stopped where I did, I'd still be writing the list.

I haven't seen Contact, but I will go out of my way to see it now that you've rated alongside Spirited Away.

They are making a Splinter Cell movie soon. When that comes out that will probably be my favorite movie.

They are making a Splinter Cell movie soon. When that comes out that will probably be my favorite movie.
that, or your hugest disappointment ever :D

I hate to be a kill joy, but the matrix 1, 2 and 3 all suck.

On the other hand, A Beautiful Mind is a brilliant movie, and for comedy, any Monty Python, and any of the 3 Indiana Jones movies for action adventure.


Communist Dictatorship, the way of the future.

that, or your hugest disappointment ever :D

True.

Just watched Week End again. Goddamn I NEVER get sick of it!

I'd put that at my current favourite, but being a film student my list changes as frequently as Takashi Miike makes movies.

Just watched Week End again. Goddamn I NEVER get sick of it!

I'd put that at my current favourite, but being a film student my list changes as frequently as Takashi Miike makes movies.

Never heard of it.

I hate to be a kill joy, but the matrix 1, 2 and 3 all suck.

Please be narrow-minded elsewhere.

There are so many good films around, but the one I never get bored of seeing is Monty Python's "The Life of Brian". It's got everything-humour; of course; human tragedy, love interest, violence and moral messages-very deep. "You're all individuals" "yes, we are all individuals", reply the multitude, "I'm not" replies one chappie :rolleyes: . And now you can get it on DVD it's great to be able to see what's going on in the background-I see something new every time I watch it.

We've been watching The Shawshank Redemption in English and although we haven't finished it yet, I love it. It's a masterpiece.

And you can't go past the comedic genius of the Python films.

Never heard of it. It's a film by Jean-Luc Godard, made in 1967. Let's just say it starts with a couple's trip to the countryside and ends with the apocalypse! In between there is the largest and most bizzare traffic jam ever, hideous car crashes, insane cannibal guerrillas, random death, sex, drama, comedy, tragedy, suspense, a musical cowboy, a magical holy man, two characters from classical literature and a rather odd Napoleonic Revolutionist! :D

The Shawshank Redemtion is just a decnt thriller - nothing more.

Some truly great films...

Chinatown
Mean Streets
Catholic Boys
Drugstore Cowboy
Apocalypse Now
The Shining
Don't Look Now
Jean De Florette
Nixon
True Stories

It's a film by Jean-Luc Godard, made in 1967. Let's just say it starts with a couple's trip to the countryside and ends with the apocalypse! In between there is the largest and most bizzare traffic jam ever, hideous car crashes, insane cannibal guerrillas, random death, sex, drama, comedy, tragedy, suspense, a musical cowboy, a magical holy man, two characters from classical literature and a rather odd Napoleonic Revolutionist! :D
:eek: that sounds like the cummulation of every great movie in the world...



although ... does it have timetravel?

Anything with Johnny Depp *salvates.* the movie might be crap but hes hot nonethe ess. Terminator 1&2 were good coz they were action with (kindov) a point. I loved that little French movie, Amelie. Boycott 'closer.' it was porn without the porn. total waste of my time and money.

Jesus Christ Vampire Slayer. :)

although ... does it have timetravel? Nope, but it does have some light-hearted garbage men who clean up the detrius! ;)

However tied with that is perhaps the most underappreciated film in history - Carl Sagan's novel-turned-film "Contact" from 1997 starring the amazing Jodie Foster. That's perhaps one of the most intelligent and mind-blowing films I've ever seen.*snip*Contact is the investigation of us and our universe and it's utterly enthralling.

Surely you jest....I've had less platitudinous excretions than that film :p I normally refrain from commenting on the tastes of others, but really.... :rolleyes:

I nominate 'Dazed & Confused' and 'The Hours'. My actual list is much bigger, but these are the two I feel least likely to make this thread.

Alien.

Alien Versus Predator sucked. The idea was good but the movie was turned into a kid's adventure story. Should have been scarier.

Darn those typos.

I have to go with LotR and SW. Kill Bill gets an honourable mention.

Probably Interstate 60, I don't know why it didn't come out in the movies :confused:

OMG THE DBZ MOVIES OWN :p

Plan 9 from Outer Space.

I've also always enjoyed Akira.

hey

some good films there guys, was a bit disappointed to only see one mention of the shining tho!
heres my fave five at the mo in no particular order:

1. The Good The Bad and The Ugly
2. Monty python and The Holy Grail
3. The Shining
4. Donnie Darko
5. The Usual Suspects

I know people have already nominated all of these films...r well im unoriginal. so shoot me! :sniper:

dammit forgot to mention Ferris Bueller's Day Off! :headbang: wicked film.
Cheech and Chong Up In Smoke is ace as well.