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Since there's a "Most Overrated Film" thread, I wanted to see about a "best Film Ever" thread.

So, what is the best film ever?

I'd have to pick Day After Tomorrow. In some ways it's very realistic (the President of the USA refusing the Kyoto Treaty? And the movie Prez looks exactly like Dick Cheney!) and in some ways it's quite obviously fake (3 humongous snow-hurricanes forming over snow-covered land and sending Earth into another Ice Age in one week? Yeah......) But one thing I liked about the movie though, was that it was "Really fast Climate Change and nobody's listening" rather than "Love and family during a really fast climate change". Personally, that's why DAT is my favorite- There's love, but it doesn't take away from the movie itself. There's so many movies that do that and this one didn't.

What are your favorites?

Er, I can't believe you chose THAT piece of crap as the Best Film Ever.

You are either joking, or I have so totally lost respect for you. I'm so upset I can't even think of my choice for the best film ever. :(

Lord of the Rings

Well, I was going to say Casablanca but after reading what you wrote for DAT, I thuink I'll have to change my mind.
Nothing compares to DAT.

It's a Wonderful Life

I have many. Not really one overall. So.....I think I will offer five old ones that I always like to watch

Roman Holiday
Philadelphia Story
The Thin Man
Sabrina
His Girl Friday

Er, I can't believe you chose THAT piece of crap as the Best Film Ever.

You are either joking, or I have so totally lost respect for you. I'm so upset I can't even think of my choice for the best film ever. :(

Wow, thanks. :rolleyes: DAT was a good movie. It actually focused on the issue, which was an impending Ice Age, rather than some high school guy falling for some girl and his dad trying to save him. In most movies it's either the guy falling for the girl or the guy's dad trying to save him during an impending Ice Age... DAT was different. *shrug*

For starters....

Dr. Strangelove
Saving Private Ryan
We Were Soldiers
Cool Hand Luke
Mutiny on the Bounty

Crime and Punishment: 2021

Written, Directed and Produced in May of 2004, for Advanced Placement English.

Starring: Dr. Strangelove

...as well as...

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Written, Directed and Produced in May of 2004, for Advanced Placement English.

Starring: James Joyce, time pirate.

Duck Soup.

Or failing that - Ernest Saves Christmas.

Day after tomorrow. damn 14 year olds.

Id say, fight club, life is beautiful,etc

It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Crappy Life. Every year my dad, brother, and myself MSFT3Ked that movie.

The Goodfellas or Old School

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say:

Total Recall.

Don't flame me. :fluffle:

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I actually liked it. The sequels got stupid....

The Aviator!

i cant pick
i say a good war movie for me
thats all i can think of

I actually liked it.

Of course you did.

Everybody did. :D

The sequels got stupid....

Yes they did...

Necessary Roughness

Fight Club, Requiem For A Dream, American Beauty, V for Vendetta...a few others

Fight Club, Requiem For A Dream, American Beauty, V for Vendetta...a few others

Requiem and V were terrific, I thought. Additionally, I liked A Clockwork Orange.

I didn't see anyone mention the Star Wars Trilogy, but it deserves a nomination as well.

Monty Python and the Life of Brian/Holy Grail.

I can't believe I forgot Down Periscope! As a former submarine sailor it's been one of my favorites since I first saw it.

Requiem and V were terrific, I thought. Additionally, I liked A Clockwork Orange.


Clockwork is one of the few movies I would like to see remade. It has not aged well at all, and I also think alot more could have been done with it than was done in the original.

The Animatrix


"The Second Renaissance"
"World Record"


The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
V for Vendetta
The Matrix/Reloaded/Revolutions
The Thirteenth Floor

"The Second Renaissance"
Part 1, 2, or both?

"World Record"
Really? That was my least favorite.

Part 1, 2, or both?

both.

So, what is the best film ever?

I'd have to pick Day After Tomorrow.

so how many movies have you seen?

A bout de souffle
Amores perros
All about my mother
Apocalypse Now
City of God
Clockwork orange
Delicatessen
La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
Princess Mononoke
Pulp Fiction
Spirited away
Sunrise
Ugetsu Monogatari
2001 Space Odyssey

My 5 stars list from Movielens.

not in any order:

Ladri di biciclette
Young Frankenstein
West Side story
The forbidden planet
The Empire strikes back
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Life of Brian
The meaning of life
Mon Oncle
La grande guerra
Dr.Strangelove
The thin red line
Ivan Groznyj I and II
I compagni
I soliti ignoti
Barry Lindon
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
Solaris (Tarkovskij)
Touch of evil
The big sleep
Vertigo
Good night and good luck
Casablanca
The unforgiven
007 From Russia with love
Biruma no tategoto
Il mostro (Benigni)
Hamlet (Kozincev)
Noc'noj Dozor
Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey
Nosferatu - Eine Symphonie des Grauens
Heimat I
K-19
La classe operaia va in paradiso
Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto
The Truman show
Galaxy Quest

Ladri di biciclette
Young Frankenstein
West Side story
The forbidden planet
The Empire strikes back
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Life of Brian
The meaning of life
Mon Oncle
La grande guerra
Dr.Strangelove
The thin red line
Ivan Groznyj I and II
I compagni
I soliti ignoti
Barry Lindon
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
Solaris (Tarkovskij)
Touch of evil
The big sleep
Vertigo
Good night and good luck
Casablanca
The unforgiven
007 From Russia with love
Biruma no tategoto
Il mostro (Benigni)
Hamlet (Kozincev)
Noc'noj Dozor
Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey
Nosferatu - Eine Symphonie des Grauens
Heimat I
K-19
La classe operaia va in paradiso
Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto
The Truman show
Galaxy Quest

Definitely the best film ever.

@ Risottia

Ivan Groznyj I and II
hmmm interesting choice. I like Eisenstein but prefer Bronenosets Potyomkin over Ivan. I love Solaris, Stalker...all the boring artsy ones, but Ivan is just too slow for me.

Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
That should be on my list too

Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey
Brilliant! (but I gave it only 4,5 stars)

Definitely the best film ever.

:D
ok just one.
La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc

The only one from my list I didn't like at all after the first time I saw it.

I gotta say Memento - the Machinist was really cool as well.

Alice in Underpants.

Truman show
Dr. Strangelove

and I cannot not mention LotR

Heaven

Miller's Crossing

Shawshank Redemption

How about Das Boot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Boot) or The Princess Bride (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Princess_Bride_%28film%29)?

I find it impossible to choose the "best film ever", so these are two random choices from those I really like.

Heaven

Miller's Crossing

Shawshank Redemption

Miller's Crossing is an outstanding film.

Yepp, my fav's are just a few...and really weird.

-Seven Beauties (Lina Wertmuller), Italian cult film
-Terror Firmer (Lloyd Kaufman), Troma film
- Kung Pow (Steve Oedekerk), weird-ass comedy film

Stick it to the man Giancarlo Giannini !!!

Since there's a "Most Overrated Film" thread, I wanted to see about a "best Film Ever" thread.

So, what is the best film ever?

I'd have to pick Day After Tomorrow. In some ways it's very realistic (the President of the USA refusing the Kyoto Treaty? And the movie Prez looks exactly like Dick Cheney!) and in some ways it's quite obviously fake (3 humongous snow-hurricanes forming over snow-covered land and sending Earth into another Ice Age in one week? Yeah......) But one thing I liked about the movie though, was that it was "Really fast Climate Change and nobody's listening" rather than "Love and family during a really fast climate change". Personally, that's why DAT is my favorite- There's love, but it doesn't take away from the movie itself. There's so many movies that do that and this one didn't.

What are your favorites?
A silly disaster movie with an absurd, completely unscientific plot(not to mention aspects that completely threw out any ability to suspend disbelief, like the wolves somehow surviving just to become temporary antagonists to increase drama for no better reason than the writers having a rather poor ability to write) is not going to be the greatest film of all time. It may be a personal favorite of yours, but you need to understand the difference between a personal favorite and a great film, though the two are not necessarily exclusionary.

I, however, do not have an opinion about the greatest film of all time, as I've not seen much in the way of films. If I had to name one I think might make a top fifty list, I'd say "Amadeus."

Best Movie:
Apocalypse Now.

Favorite Movie:
Empire Strikes Back.

Whats a better question, is "Whats the worst Horror Movie ever made?"

On that subject, Im becoming quite the sage.
No, its not Plan 9 From Outer Space.

I, however, do not have an opinion about the greatest film of all time, as I've not seen much in the way of films. If I had to name one I think might make a top fifty list, I'd say "Amadeus."

Wasn't Amadeus riddled with historical innaccuracies?

Wasn't Amadeus riddled with historical innaccuracies?

So were many films that are considered "great".

A really good movie is more about storytelling than anything else.
Historical accuracy is just sprinkles on top, so to speak.

Fight Club, Requiem For A Dream, American Beauty, V for Vendetta...a few others

Absolutely agree on "Fight Club" and "V for Vendetta". I loved the remake of "Solaris" (despite normally hating the lead), and think "Hero" is probably the greatest film of all time.

One other big nomination goes to "Primer" - a small independent movie about time-travel.

Another nomination goes to "Kairo", the Japanese movie which "Pulse" is supposed to be a remake of. (Don't expect it to be horror-horror, it's in that genre, but it isn't about horror - it's about the clinical sterility and loneliness of life). I haven't seen Pulse, so I don't know how badly Hollywood missed the point.

So were many films that are considered "great".

A really good movie is more about storytelling than anything else.
Historical accuracy is just sprinkles on top, so to speak.

My point was Kyronea criticised DAT for being scientifically inaccurate, then suggested Amadeus, see where I'm going with this?

On that subject, Im becoming quite the sage.
No, its not Plan 9 From Outer Space.

My nomination still goes to "Pinata: Survival Island" the best film about co-eds being gored to death by a maddened possessed Pinata I ever saw.

Wasn't Amadeus riddled with historical innaccuracies?

Was it? I mainly liked it because F. Murray Abraham is awesome. Also, Mozart going insane is always funny.

But you've got a point there, when it comes to hypocrasy. Seeing as how I've been up for over 36 hours now, however, I'm not doing too well in the thinking department.

...

I should really get to sleep...

My nomination still goes to "Pinata: Survival Island" the best film about co-eds being gored to death by a maddened possessed Pinata I ever saw.

Pinata realted death!? Sweetness.

My nomination still goes to "Pinata: Survival Island" the best film about co-eds being gored to death by a maddened possessed Pinata I ever saw.

The scary thing is this implies that you've seen more than ONE such movie concerning possessed pinatas.

Would you say it had a a plethora of possessed pinatas?

Was it? I mainly liked it because F. Murray Abraham is awesome. Also, Mozart going insane is always funny.

But you've got a point there, when it comes to hypocrasy. Seeing as how I've been up for over 36 hours now, however, I'm not doing too well in the thinking department.

...

I should really get to sleep...

Sleep will make everything better. I wanna go back to bed.

The scary thing is this implies that you've seen more than ONE such movie concerning possessed pinatas.

Would you say it had a a plethora of possessed pinatas?

No - just one pinata... but it was pretty miffed.

A couple other Kubrick films have been mentioned. I'll throw 2001 on the pile ;)

for me personally it's Edward scissorhands.

@ Risottia

Ivan Groznyj I and II
hmmm interesting choice. I like Eisenstein but prefer Bronenosets Potyomkin over Ivan. I love Solaris, Stalker...all the boring artsy ones, but Ivan is just too slow for me.


I like Bronenosec Potëmkin also, but it is a bit retro, if compared with Ivan Groznyj, if you ask me. The two Ivan Groznyj movies are a lot more modern.

I cannot not mention

huh?:confused:

huh?:confused:
= He has to mention it, because it belongs on the list.

A couple other Kubrick films have been mentioned. I'll throw 2001 on the pile ;)

Good boy. *pats*

I can't name one movie as the best one of all time. The best I could do would be a list of my favourites.


The scary thing is this implies that you've seen more than ONE such movie concerning possessed pinatas.

Would you say it had a a plethora of possessed pinatas? No - just one pinata... but it was pretty miffed.
:p
Had I not just changed my sig I would totally sig this.

hmm... let me get back to you on this.

Oldboy and American Psycho.

Oldboy because it clearly has a wide range of influences, yet ties them together into a brilliant story of revenge. Plus it has some of the most sickly black humour you're likely to see in a vaguely mainstream film. And some of the scenes will stick with you long after you've watched it - Oh Dae-Su cutting out his tongue; the corridor fight scene (shot in one take); Oh Dae-Su eating a live octopus (took four takes, and in each one a fresh octopus was used); Mr. Park having his teeth removed with a claw-hammer...

American Psycho was a great book, mainly because the central character of Patrick Bateman was at once totally fucked up and totally believable. In the film, Christian Bale played the role pretty much to perfection - especially when killing one guy while explaining to him about Huey Lewis and the News...

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You scare me... >.<

You scare me... >.<
I do, do I?


BOO!

I do, do I?


BOO!
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Awwww...poor WYTYG.;)

Seriously though, watch those two films. They're both great.

Wow, thanks. :rolleyes: DAT was a good movie. It actually focused on the issue, which was an impending Ice Age, rather than some high school guy falling for some girl and his dad trying to save him. In most movies it's either the guy falling for the girl or the guy's dad trying to save him during an impending Ice Age... DAT was different. *shrug*

Anyone who says DAT was realistic

go here (http://www.intuitor.com/moviephysics/dayAft.htm)

Lord of the Rings

Which one?

Personally, I'd pick Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers as the best film I have seen.

Oldboy and American Psycho.

Oldboy because it clearly has a wide range of influences, yet ties them together into a brilliant story of revenge. Plus it has some of the most sickly black humour you're likely to see in a vaguely mainstream film. And some of the scenes will stick with you long after you've watched it - Oh Dae-Su cutting out his tongue; the corridor fight scene (shot in one take); Oh Dae-Su eating a live octopus (took four takes, and in each one a fresh octopus was used); Mr. Park having his teeth removed with a claw-hammer...

That's a ridiculously awesome film. And that corridor fight scene.....*drools*

That's a ridiculously awesome film. And that corridor fight scence.....*drools*
Yeah, the bit at the end where the lift door opens and Dae-Su just grins because it's full of more henchmen to beat up...:D

Yeah, the bit at the end where the lift door opens and Dae-Su just grins because it's full of more henchmen to beat up...:D

That whole sequence taught me that imitating television will make you the worlds greatest fighter.

Taxi Driver.

best movie ever? The Shawshank Redemption. Great plot, great actors, great ending. Definitely my favorite...but i have to edit this and say that Gladiator and Braveheart would be close seconds.

True Romance is one of my favorite films.
V for Vendetta
The Matrix/Reloaded/Revolutions
Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile
The first Rage Against The Machine DVD is pretty awesome too.

The Day the Earth Stood Still.

Klaatu Barada Nikto!

Wow, thanks. :rolleyes: DAT was a good movie. It actually focused on the issue, which was an impending Ice Age, rather than some high school guy falling for some girl and his dad trying to save him. In most movies it's either the guy falling for the girl or the guy's dad trying to save him during an impending Ice Age... DAT was different. *shrug*

Except the science was so stupid it made the issue clouded, confused and easy to dismiss!

The Day the Earth Stood Still.

Klaatu Barada Nikto!

...it was definitely an N-word...

I like any Bond movie made in the 60s, 90s, and 00s. I saw Casino Royale last night and I thought it was excellent, and the new Bond is very good, it doesn't really matter to me that he is blonde. I also enjoyed Nicholas Nickleby and the Italian Job. Children of Men looks really good, although I have yet to see it.

I like any Bond movie made in the 60s, 90s, and 00s. I saw Casino Royale last night and I thought it was excellent, and the new Bond is very good, it doesn't really matter to me that he is blonde. I also enjoyed Nicholas Nickleby and the Italian Job. Children of Men looks really good, although I have yet to see it.
You liked Die Another Day?

I feel this is justified: :sniper:

Seriously, that was worse than...well, anything. I'd rather watch 10 episodes of Barney & Friends.

Children of Men is a good film. Go see it now.

It's gotta be..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLwFrCy5U5g

Pasqualino Settebelleze ("Seven Beauties" in english, Lina Wertmuller's devestating, staggering masterpiece, the most powerful and compelling film i've ever seen)

Jarhead was pretty good. Dunno that I really have enough knowledge to have a claim of it being the best film ever.

MASH.

The 1970 film by Robert Altman. Yeah, it doesn't compare to the TV show, but standing on its own, it's a hard, innovative, movie. Unlike the TV show which uses the war as a backdrop, the war is very real in the film. Also, there are some seqeunces where the characters talk all at once, which gives it a chaotic feel, like a real war. The episodic storyline also feels more like a war, and unlike most movies, which have only one central character, MASH has three: Hawkeye Pierce, Duke Forrest, and Trapper John McIntyre (the novel it was based off was called MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors). However, don't assume this is like the show, MASH the movie and M*A*S*H the show are two very different beasts. I watched it last night, partly to honor Robert Altman and partly for the sake of seeing it.

I think 'The XXX Adventures of Aladin' was the greatest film ever made. I never saw it, but the name just conjures up so many corny images.


Seriously there are a lot of good films out there, for comedy I'd go with 'The Closet', Followed up by 'Tais Toi!' (hope I spelt that correctly). Action/horror/random Gothic nonsense would go to 'Nochnoi Dozor'

For a true masterpiece of film making I would have to go with 'Russian Ark' though.

I think 'The XXX Adventures of Aladin' was the greatest film ever made. I never saw it, but the name just conjures up so many corny images.


Seriously there are a lot of good films out there, for comedy I'd go with 'The Closet', Followed up by 'Tais Toi!' (hope I spelt that correctly). Action/horror/random Gothic nonsense would go to 'Nochnoi Dozor'

For a true masterpiece of film making I would have to go with 'Russian Ark' though.

Nochnoi Dozor is an awesome movie.

Nochnoi Dozor is an awesome movie.

I'm glad to see other people loving this movie. I am eagerly waiting Day Watch to hit our shores... and just hoping it will, rather than getting lost in some wave of apathy.

Not necessarily in order...


The Evil Dead 1 & 2
The Devil's Rejects
Shaun of the Dead
The Doors
Pink Floyd's The Wall
Tombstone
Clash of the Titans
Scarface
Seven
Snatch



Stand By Me
War Games
The Breakfast Club
Beverly Hills Cop
Braveheart
Star Wars IV, V, & VI
Young Guns
Dogma
V for Vendetta
Glory Road

When I want something sad(and overall my favourite since it's so emotionally wrenching, only movie I can think of I've actually teared up watching...)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095327/
^Grave of the Fireflies/Hotaru no haka, a fantastic 1988 movie, so it's a bit older to alot of people...

When I want something happier, and sillier... Groundhog Day. A bit more recent at 1993, but still not a newcomer by any stretch. It's a bit of a guilty pleasure, but definitely a pleasure. I love this thing :P
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/

Among movies that have come out in the past decade, going to have to go for X-Men 2. It's not a "good" film, but Nightcrawler's introductory scene in the White House makes me cream my jeans. I want him. Badly. :fluffle:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290334/

Not necessarily in order...


The Evil Dead 1 & 2
The Devil's Rejects
Shaun of the Dead
The Doors
Pink Floyd's The Wall
Tombstone
Clash of the Titans
Scarface
Seven
Snatch



Stand By Me
War Games
The Breakfast Club
Beverly Hills Cop
Braveheart
Star Wars IV, V, & VI
Young Guns
Dogma
V for Vendetta
Glory Road


Why two lists?

Why two lists?

Each personality felt the need to speak!!! ;)

Since there's a "Most Overrated Film" thread, I wanted to see about a "best Film Ever" thread.

So, what is the best film ever?

I'd have to pick Day After Tomorrow. In some ways it's very realistic (the President of the USA refusing the Kyoto Treaty? And the movie Prez looks exactly like Dick Cheney!) and in some ways it's quite obviously fake (3 humongous snow-hurricanes forming over snow-covered land and sending Earth into another Ice Age in one week? Yeah......) But one thing I liked about the movie though, was that it was "Really fast Climate Change and nobody's listening" rather than "Love and family during a really fast climate change". Personally, that's why DAT is my favorite- There's love, but it doesn't take away from the movie itself. There's so many movies that do that and this one didn't.

What are your favorites?

Star Wars: The Jedi, the allegory... come on
LOF: THE PRECIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Napoleon Dynamite: Had to list it. :p
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut: DUH!

And how could I forget:

FIGHT CLUB!

Star Wars: The Jedi, the allegory... come on
LOF: THE PRECIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Napoleon Dynamite: Had to list it. :p
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut: DUH!

I never saw the last two. :(

Dawn of the Dead [2004]

or

Shaun of the Dead

Star Wars: The Jedi, the allegory... come on
...acceptable...
LOF: THE PRECIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOF = ...Lord of the Flies?
Napoleon Dynamite: Had to list it. :p
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut: DUH!
Napoleon is funny but overrated... South Park sucks.

there are some great movies mentioned

some of y'all need to see some movies made before '00

"best film ever" is as silly as "best book ever". different movies are great for their own reasons.

so ill mention some of my favs of all time. i wont repeat ones that i remember someone else mentioning.

Bringing up Baby -- cary grant, kathrine hepburn and a leopard star

la strada -- masterpiece by fellini starring anthony quinn and guilletta messina

the gold rush -- starring charlie chaplin. i prefer the 30's voiceover release as i cant follow the story without significant help

shane -- the best western ever?

dogma -- not the best ever but what other movie can make catholic theology so funny?

it happened one night-- claudette colbert and clark gable comedy of social commentary

sigh so many more....

Oough, I don’t know if I could name the best film. But off the top of my head, my favourite would have to be one of:

Fargo
Seven Samurai
Apocalypse Now! Redux
Miller’s Crossing
The Wicker Man (The original, obviously. Bees!?!?!!........)
π
Lost in Translation
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

(And if made-for-TV counts: Death of a Salesman)

EDIT>> damn, this is the sillyness of 'Top Film' things, too many you forget:

Akira, Dawn of the Dead, Life of Brian, The Birds, Dune, Kagemusha, Ghost in the Shell, Once Upon a Time in the West, Princess Mononoke, Dead Man’s Shoes, Yojimbo, Evil Dead Trilogy, Seven Samurai, Pi, Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday, Star Wars Original Trilogy, La Haine, Grave of the Fireflies, Airplane!, Big Lebowski, Ran, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Blazing Saddles, A Clockwork Orange, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Clerks, The Princess Bride, Death to Smoochy, Easy Rider, About Schmidt, Deer Hunter, Zatoichi, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Iron Monkey, The Wicker Man, Once Upon in China Trilogy, Rosemary’s Baby, Shallow Grave, Etre et Avoir, Disco Pigs...

*sigh*

I love film.

That's disputed. I mean non-disputed, including colonies. US bigger. US hungry. US eat you!

Oough, I don’t know if I could name the best film. But off the top of my head, my favourite would have to be one of:

Fargo
Seven Samurai
Apocalypse Now! Redux
Miller’s Crossing
The Wicker Man (The original, obviously. Bees!?!?!!........)
π
Lost in Translation
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

(And if made-for-TV counts: Death of a Salesman)

some who likes Apocalypse Now! Redux sweet

some who likes Apocalypse Now! Redux sweet
Aye. Bigger punch, better characterisation, closer to Conrad’s Heart of Darkness.

One kick-ass film.

Memphis Belle
Braveheart
Gone with the Wind
The Untouchables
The Departed

la strada -- masterpiece by fellini starring anthony quinn and guilletta messina


Yea, La Strada is wonderful.

(It is Giulietta Masina (Fellini's wife). )

Dune
Kagemusha
Once Upon a Time in the West
La Haine
Ran
Blazing Saddles
Easy Rider


Dune ok if you mean the Dino De Laurentis production, but some things aren't very well rendered, like the Voice powers. I agree that it was very difficult to render.
Kagemusha and Ran are the best Kurosawa movies, with Dersu Uzala.
C'era una volta il West is a tad ovverrated if you ask me, better The Good The Bad The Ugly... also C'era una volta in America
La Haine, ok, but it wants to be too "intellectual" - the b/w choice, for example.
Blazing Saddles is good, but lacking in continuity - more a collection of gags than a whole movie.
Easy Rider is faaar overrated as movie, anyway it is a cultural milestone.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. It was the thinking mans(ha!) Cheech and Chong's "Up in Smoke"

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure!!


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No no no, you are all wrong it is of course that great Aussie film Bliss.

The big screen adaptation of the book of the same name by Peter Carey.

What you've never heard of it, what you've never seen it? :eek:

Well rectify that mistake now!

Galaxy Quest

GALAXY QUEST FOR THE WIN!!!! What a brilliant movie. Outrageously funny.

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure!!


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That film is most bodacious. :p

I quite liked Bogus Journey as well. It had some very good bits (Bill and Ted repeatedly beating Death at whatever game he chose, for example), but overall wasn't as good as ...Excellent Adventure.

shane -- the best western ever?


Perhaps, quite ground-breaking in its day for certain.
Best Western from the classic era, I'd have gone with "The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance"

That film is most bodacious. :p

I quite liked Bogus Journey as well. It had some very good bits (Bill and Ted repeatedly beating Death at whatever game he chose, for example), but overall wasn't as good as ...Excellent Adventure.

i agree... bogus journey is a great movie in its own right, and hilarious, but it doesn't quite match up to the silly-fun hilarity of the original :P


i also love Wayne's World :D


but if i had to be serious about it (*puts on serious face*) then i'd probably go for LOTR as the best film(s) *shrugs*

Shaun of The Dead
Galaxy Quest
LOTR Trilogy
Star Wars Trilogy
Scream Triolgy

After not-so-careful consideration, I've made my choice! I finally picked ONE to call my favorite; it has been bolded and blued!!

The Evil Dead 1 & 2
The Devil's Rejects
Shaun of the Dead
The Doors
Pink Floyd's The Wall
Tombstone
Clash of the Titans
Scarface
Seven
Snatch
Stand By Me
War Games
The Breakfast Club
Beverly Hills Cop
Braveheart
Star Wars IV, V, & VI
Young Guns
Dogma
V for Vendetta
Glory Road

- Kung Pow (Steve Oedekerk), weird-ass comedy film

Not my favorite movie but very funny! If you don't have the DVD get it and watch all the special features. :D
Believe it or not Oedekerk is actually making a sequal:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339271/

My fave movies (not in any order.)

West Side Story
Pleasentville
Revenge of the Nerds
Princess Mononoke

Also a movie I just saw today: Happy Feet! Why? Because the previews gave NOTHING away about what the movie was going to be about so everything that happened suprised me. The ending made me get choked up which doesn't usually happen to me.

The Shawshank Redemption
Swing and a miss. Strike 1.
Gladiator
Foul tip. Strike 2.
Braveheart
Dude, that whiffed right by you. Steee-rike 3. You're outta there! :D

Saving Private Ryan
Fight Club
Se7en
The Maltese Falcon
All of those are winners and I could go either way... Se7en and FC get credit for making me think long and hard for the next few days, something that is a rarity in film making.

Did I miss it? Did someone already mention Biodome? :D Darknovae, I'm looking in your direction.

i would have to say Gods and Generals and Gettysburg

You Can't Take It with You (1938) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030993/

I miss "The usual suspects" for its total unexpected end in the lists.

But it's always hard to say which film is the best.

Did I miss it? Did someone already mention Biodome? :D Darknovae, I'm looking in your direction.

I don't know if anyone mentioned Biodome.

I don't know what the best film ever is. I'm not qualified to judge. Here are a few that I like.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
The Big Kahuna
True Romance
The Godfather
Donnie Darko


There are many, many more films that I love. Who's to say what the best film ever is?

Perhaps, quite ground-breaking in its day for certain.
Best Western from the classic era, I'd have gone with "The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance"

well i suppose the best western SHOULD have john wayne in it.

well i suppose the best western SHOULD have john wayne in it.

I was never a big John Wayne fan. I'd pick one of Clint Eastwood's westerns, though none of the Sergio Leone ones. Maybe Pale Rider. Or maybe skip Eastwood altogether and go with Open Range.

Star Wars saga
V for Vendetta
Heathers
Gettysburg

Other notable films are:

The Rules of Attraction
Brick
Clerks


Among a slew of others I can't recall right now for some reason. :p

American Beauty, Good Will Hunting, Snatch, Trainspotting. Hard to pick one.

Reborn Constantinople;11991089']GALAXY QUEST FOR THE WIN!!!! What a brilliant movie. Outrageously funny.

Yea. Also the best Star Trek movie ever! A movie about Trekkies!

you have not lived until you see <<The way of the Gun>> it is easily the most philosophical guns and violence film that you can see and even has an immense plot line i mean its full of awesome lines like "a plan is just a list of things that never happen" now how true is that:cool: