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What is the best movie ever made?

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I'm not familiar with that movie.

The Warriors.

Beer Fest.

I mean it had everything: pointless nudity, Americans out-drinking Germans, moronic stereotypes, no plot, a barely followable story line.


But seriously, Blazing Saddles.

Obviously it is subjective. Except Lawrence of Arabia. Everybody knows it is the best movie ever made.

Lets have an intelligent post in this thread. At least one.

You can't have a best movie. You just can't. There are too many different genre's for there to be a best movie. You can have a best 'Shock Comedy Movie', or best 'Psychological Thriller Movie'. But you definitely can't have a best movie.

There are so many damn good movies out there. I find my favourite depends on my mood.

Current top three (off the top of my head) are Glory, Pulp Fiction, and The Professional.

In a few hours, I may change my mind, and label 'This is Spinal Tap' as the world's greatest cinematic masterpiece.

dude...

you only have three options one of which isn't even released yet

Buns of Steel

The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?

Plan 9 from Outer Space

The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?

I recognize the title, but was that a Joel or a Mike era film? I'm a Joel-era person myself.

Anyway, this thread is a bad attempt at trolling, unless the two options were meant seriously in which case the thread creator needs to seriously open himself up to better cinema than C-movie films.

I recognize the title, but was that a Joel or a Mike era film? I'm a Joel-era person myself.

It was Season 8, so it was Mike-era. Personally, I like Mike's episodes better, but that's mainly because I started watching the show when he was on the air back in 1997/1998.

For that matter, I still need to buy some more seasons on DVD.

I change my mind.


Highlander is the best movie of all time.

It was Season 8, so it was Mike-era. Personally, I like Mike's episodes better, but that's mainly because I started watching the show when he was on the air back in 1997/1998.

For that matter, I still need to buy some more seasons on DVD.

It's a matter of taste...the reason I liked the Joel era better has mainly to do with the cameraderie between the bots and the general friendliness of the humor. That and I really like Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank--especially the invention exchange--and I really don't like Observer and Bobo, though I'm neutral on Pearl.

That's not to say I hate Mike-era style humor...hell, I've been loving each Rifftrax I've been viewing and that's all Mike, Keven Murphy, and Bill Corbett. I'll probably like the Film Crew(an essential MST3K 2.0 type of thing) as well.

There are MST3K episodes available as bitorrents, but I'm sure you knew that. They can be amazingly difficult to get ahold of, though...it's frustrating.

How dare you steal my option 9!

The Wizard of Oz

I change my mind.


Highlander is the best movie of all time.

You can't change your mind. There can only be one!

Apocalypse Now, The Crow, Batman Begins, all high ranking up there with Casino Royale, A Bronx Tale, Scarface.

I don't know what the best movie ever made is, but I know that my favorite is The Empire Strikes Back

I don't know what the best movie ever made is, but I know that my favorite is The Empire Strikes Back

...what? Out of everything you could watch, that is your favorite movie?! Setting aside whether Star Wars is a good story or not for a moment, that movie was BORING! It drug on so poorly I was barely able to force myself to watch the entire thing from beginning to end! And then of course you have the plot device that was old way before Star Wars, the "I am your father!" bit that was supposed to be the climax, but it just wasn't interesting.

I'm sorry, but when it comes to the Star Wars films, even relatively speaking, The Empire Strikes Back is terrible, boring and severely overrated.

I can list my top ten, but I can't say that any of them is the best ever.

In no particular order.....:
Fight Club
SLC Punk
Pi
28 Days Later
Joe Dirt
American History X
Silence of the Lambs
Moonstruck
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (with Gene Wilder from 1971, thank you very much)
and West Side Story

The Best Movie Ever Made is obviously Highlander.

The Best Movie Ever Made is obviously Highlander.

It won an Academy Award you know (gold star to the first person to identify that reference).

I'm partial to Santa Clause Conquers the Martians and Soultaker myself. Thoguh Space Mutiny is pretty good.

Starship Troopers.

Anything Werner Herzog has made.

Lovely movies are just lovely!

A lovely movie, one of the better one's I've seen and can remember is..

Maria Full of Grace.

Even though I hate reading sub-titles, I've willingly watched said movie quite a few times.

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q51/Noel_Vera/quatermass/Quatermass_and_the_pit2.jpg

Quatermass And the Pit

The Big Lebowski, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Twelve Monkeys, Akira, City of God, Trainspotting, American Psycho (although I'm a big Christian Bale fan)...

I could probably think of more, given time.

Anyone who says Lord of the Rings should be shot in the face.

This
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLvxOcMyYIk&mode=related&search=

not really this probably more like it

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5b/In_Which_We_Serve_poster.jpg

"Porky's"

The director of which recently died in a car crash.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6528795.stm

I am beginning to think not a single poll will ever play host to my true answer...girls gone wild :p

To be more serious (LOL like that happens in the NSG) look up the 9th Company, its a russian movie but it kicks all of Hollywoods films out of the water. Check it out and you'll believe me

No one has said Boondock Saints?!?!

Shame on you. Shame on you all.

Another newbie. Another cool name. Keep it up everybody *thumbs up*

I don't have a favourite movie. It's too hard to choose between all the great ones :(

The Wizard of Oz

But only when sync'ed with Dark Side of the Moon :nods:

I can list my top ten, but I can't say that any of them is the best ever.

In no particular order.....:
Fight Club
SLC Punk
Pi
28 Days Later
Joe Dirt
American History X
Silence of the Lambs
Moonstruck
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (with Gene Wilder from 1971, thank you very much)
and West Side Story

The Best Movie Ever Made is obviously Highlander.

Pi? Seriously? Okay as far as showing migranes and Go, but the math and CS were pure bunk! LOL

Missing from lists so far:
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
:p

dude...

you only have three options one of which isn't even released yet

So the Transformers 1986 movie was just a mass-hallicunation then?

Though it is the best movie ever made, along with Monthy Python, Aliens, Terminator, Predator and Spider-Man 4.

Forrest Gump
Man on Fire
Pulp Fiction
Mall Rats
300
Schindler's List
Terminator II

Terminator II
Why is it that Temrinator II and Aliens are better than Terminator I and Alien?

Why is it that Temrinator II and Aliens are better than Terminator I and Alien?

Larger budgets I think.

Needless to say that Alien III and Terminator III both respectively blew.

Larger budgets I think.

Needless to say that Alien III and Terminator III both respectively blew.
Yeah, problaby that.

I never saw T3 and only saw Alien 3 on TV, I do own 1,2 and 4 though.:p

What is the best movie ever made?

Casino Royale!

Yeah, problaby that.

I never saw T3 and only saw Alien 3 on TV, I do own 1,2 and 4 though.:p

Four was so bad it was almost good.

What's funny is I kept asking people if they ever saw Aliens II because I thought they just skipped to three. :p

--On a Star Wars related note--

I saw Episode I a few nights ago and wow. I've never seen a worse movie in my life.

Episode II was pretty god aweful bad as well, although Samuel Jackson vs Babafet...epic in name only.

III was wretched, marred even further by Anakin's acting. I don't see how people can call this 'good'. Somehow the true Star Wars movies actually saved this from falling among the ranks of Ecks vs Sever and Babygeniuses II.

Oh and "NooooOOOOOoooOOOooo"

My opinions shift constantly but I saw The Departed just recently so that is somewhere at the top of my list right now. :)

Formula 51, Star Wars (Ep IV), Fight Club, 12 Monkeys, Black Hawk Down, The Matrix... hell if I really thought about it I could come up with a long list.

Casino Royale!

I like David Niven as James Bond too ;)

Four was so bad it was almost good.
--On a Star Wars related note--

I saw Episode I a few nights ago and wow. I've never seen a worse movie in my life.

Episode II was pretty god aweful bad as well, although Samuel Jackson vs Babafet...epic in name only.

III was wretched, marred even further by Anakin's acting. I don't see how people can call this 'good'. Somehow the true Star Wars movies actually saved this from falling among the ranks of Ecks vs Sever and Babygeniuses II.

Oh and "NooooOOOOOoooOOOooo"

Yes, all three of them are pretty damn bad. Of course, since Episode 3 wasnt nearly as bad as the awfull Episode I, we consider it to be "good" (even if nowhere near as good as the first trilogy).

Anakin´s actor was lame beyond reason. The fight between the emperor and Samuel Jackson was laughable ("INFINITE POWER" or "NOOOOOOOOO" said by the emperor with a childish lame voice).

Yes, all three of them are pretty damn bad. Of course, since Episode 3 wasnt nearly as bad as the awfull Episode I, we consider it to be "good" (even if nowhere near as good as the first trilogy).

Anakin´s actor was lame beyond reason. The fight between the emperor and Samuel Jackson was laughable ("INFINITE POWER" or "NOOOOOOOOO" said by the emperor with a childish lame voice).

The hissing sounds he was making were well worth the price of admission.

How about the Bourne Supremacy and Identity movies? How about the Ace Ventura movies as well?

Hoppa;12520472']How about the Ace Ventura movies as well?

How about it?

*judges hold up scorecards*

No dice.

Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Alien, Flesh Eating, Hellbound, Zombified Living Dead Part 2: In Shocking 2-D

Well, at least it's the best title.

Saw 12 Angry men again today, still imo one of the best films ever.

Nuh-uh, it's Quatermass and the Pit. Did you not receive the memo?

I like David Niven as James Bond too ;)

The '06 version.

Gigli(sp?)

Clue
Scream
Beautiful Thing
Crash
American Beauty
The Breakfast Club
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
The Silence of the Lambs
Girl, Interrupted

Pi? Seriously? Okay as far as showing migranes and Go, but the math and CS were pure bunk! LOL

Mostly for the directing, the music and the going insane part. That's why it's in there. Oh, and the script. That was fantastic.

I saw Episode I a few nights ago and wow. I've never seen a worse movie in my life.


Clearly you have never seen 'Jaws 4: The Revenge', you lucky thing.

How the hell should I know?



(although I like Platoon and The Battleship Potemkin)

red sonya

Taboo 2.

Taboo 2.

why n2?
What's wrong with the other 24 taboos? (note only heard of 'em)

Clearly none of you were paying attention to my very sharp sword when I declared that The Highlander was the greatest cinematic masterpiece of all time.

*waves sharp sword menacingly*

Clearly you have never seen 'Jaws 4: The Revenge', you lucky thing.

Actually I have and it doesn't involve an eight year old singlehandedly taking out a droid armada, and the most annoying army ever defeating droids with balls.

If it were a joke, it would still suck.

I change my mind.


Highlander is the best movie of all time.

It was better with bunnies (http://www.angryalien.com/0905/highlanderbuns.asp) ;)

Clearly none of you were paying attention to my very sharp sword when I declared that The Highlander was the greatest cinematic masterpiece of all time.

*waves sharp sword menacingly*

Meh, I'd rather watch Animal House.

Mostly for the directing, the music and the going insane part. That's why it's in there. Oh, and the script. That was fantastic.

I'll agree on the music, but the script? what, like 6 Go consultants, 8 migraine consultants, but none for math or computer science :eek:
Good for some laughs, like when he accused the Cabbalist of trying all the variations of the Hassidic alphabet :p not much more :(

I'm surprised by the fact that so many people responded so seriously in such a short period of time.

So the Transformers 1986 movie was just a mass-hallicunation then?

Though it is the best movie ever made

In my official capacity as poster of the OP, I hereby declare you the winner of this thread.

Also, you misspelled "hallucination".

I'm surprised by the fact that so many people responded so seriously in such a short period of time.



In my official capacity as poster of the OP, I hereby declare you the winner of this thread.

Also, you misspelled "hallucination".

Recount!

I'm surprised by the fact that so many people responded so seriously in such a short period of time.



In my official capacity as poster of the OP, I hereby declare you the winner of this thread.

Also, you misspelled "hallucination".
Yay, winner:D

And I already thought it looked funny :/

Actually I have and it doesn't involve an eight year old singlehandedly taking out a droid armada, and the most annoying army ever defeating droids with balls.


You make a good point. However, Jaws 4 features a shark that is about as convincing as an Irish theme pub and, mysteriously, has both the ability and the inclination to follow someone halfway around the world for no reason. Even Michael Caine can't make it good.
Oh, and I'd love to have been present at the 'how are we going to kill the shark this time?' meeting. I could have identified the person who came up with: "I know, let's just have them steer a really slow moving yacht into it," and hit them. Repeatedly.

Here's a selection of seriously good movies:

Kill Bill
Lord of the Rings
The Shawshank Redemtion
Sin City
Star Wars
The Usual Suspects
Schindlers List

:)

Anyone who says Lord of the Rings should be shot in the face.

:eek: Not in the face, not in the face!

It was better with bunnies (http://www.angryalien.com/0905/highlanderbuns.asp) ;)

You're right, that was better with bunnies!

(Feel the stag... I feel it!)

Pulp Fiction

:eek: Not in the face, not in the face!

You've recently been hunting with Dick Cheney, eh?

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is the obvious choice.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is the obvious choice.

I preferred Monty Python and the Life of Brian.
Although they're both spectacularly funny, and share with the Phantom of the Opera (2004 version) the spot for my favourite movie of all time.

Ilaer

I'll agree on the music, but the script? what, like 6 Go consultants, 8 migraine consultants, but none for math or computer science :eek:
Good for some laughs, like when he accused the Cabbalist of trying all the variations of the Hassidic alphabet :p not much more :(

Hey, the script was great because it was pretty much just the insane ramblings of a conspiracy obsessed computer illiterate who had only marginal knowledge of numerology.

28 Days Later is my favourite. Pulp Fiction is brilliant, and Sunshine is also briliant. I want to see 28 Weeks Later.

There are so many good movies out there....

If it were the "best" as in most comedic, Scary Movie 3, Epic Movie, Blades of Glory are definitely good. I happen to enjoy stupid humor.

There are so many good movies out there....

If it were the "best" as in most comedic, Scary Movie 3, Epic Movie, Blades of Glory are definitely good. I happen to enjoy stupid humor.

How about Monty Python?
MONTY PYTHON IS TEH PWNXORZ!!!!11!11eleventyone

Sorry. I just had to.

Ilaer

No one has mentioned Princess Bride. I bet Rob Reiner isn't in the "Favourite Director" thread either :(

The original Metropolis

How about Monty Python?
MONTY PYTHON IS TEH PWNXORZ!!!!11!11eleventyone

Sorry. I just had to.

Ilaer

There is no Monty Python.

*hides behind holy shield*;)

No one has mentioned Princess Bride. I bet Rob Reiner isn't in the "Favourite Director" thread either :(

Ah great movie indeed.

"Never enter a game of wits with a Sicilian, especially when death is on the line! Aahahahaha-" :D

Grindhouse

i haven't got a clue what my favourite film is, i barely remember anything about them after i've seen them.

i have just seen hot fuzz though and that was full of lols :)

The correct answer is Casablanca. Anyone who says otherwise is a liar.

The correct answer is Casablanca. Anyone who says otherwise is a liar.

*snooooooozzzzeee*

"Best" as in my personal favourites? Well... Die Hard, Pulp Fiction, Sum of all Fears, Interview with the Vampire and Clue.

I'm a (really) big fan of "Donnie Darko", right about now.

Other possibilities: Hero, Seven, Fight Club, A Scanner Darkly, Mulholland Drive, Twelve Monkeys, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Kairo (the original Japanese movie that became the horrible US remake 'Pulse'), The Village, The Sixth Sense, The Usual Suspects, El Espinazo del Diablo, Ночной дозор (Night Watch), The Nightmare Before Christmas, Labyrinth, The Princess Bride, The Last Unicorn...

I'm sure I'll think of more...

Schindler's List. It's the only movie I've ever gone to where the audience stayed seated for a full two minutes after the credits were over and then gave it a standing ovation.

I preferred Monty Python and the Life of Brian.
Although they're both spectacularly funny, and share with the Phantom of the Opera (2004 version) the spot for my favourite movie of all time.

IlaerWhat is it with asexuals and the Phantom of the Opera?

The Blues Brothers.

Also in running: Howl's Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke, Porco Russo, Ghost in the Shell, Knockin' on Heaven's Door (aka The Cowboy Bebop Movie), Army of Darkness, The Godfather, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.

I would say Fearless, but the movie jumped around like a kangaroo on ecstasy.

Schindler's List. It's the only movie I've ever gone to where the audience stayed seated for a full two minutes after the credits were over and then gave it a standing ovation.

The same thing happened when I went to see 2 fast 2 furious

Troll 2.

See, it's so terrible it's good.

Therefore, it is the best movie ever.

dude...

you only have three options one of which isn't even released yet

Dude...

http://www.impawards.com/1986/posters/transformers_the_movie.jpg

http://www.productwiki.com/upload/images/transformers_the_movie_20th_anniversary_special_edition.jpg

...coincidentally, the film has the greatest cheesy 80's music soundtrack ever. :p

It is also a strong claimant to the title of Best Movie Ever...being currently tied for the honor along with The Shawshank Redemption.

Boondock Saints.

Jesus Christ Vampire Slayer.

No one has mentioned Princess Bride. I bet Rob Reiner isn't in the "Favourite Director" thread either :(

Well, the Princess Bride drinking game is possibly the greatest drinking game ever devised. I nearly passed out during the scene where Inigo Montoya confronts the Count.

Well, the Princess Bride drinking game is possibly the greatest drinking game ever devised. I nearly passed out during the scene where Inigo Montoya confronts the Count.

I've never heard of the drinking game, but it sounds like fun! :D

What is it with asexuals and the Phantom of the Opera?

Hmmm...
I shall have to ask some of my fellows that.

Ilaer

There is no Monty Python.

*hides behind holy shield*;)

Well, if you mean a person, I suppose there isn't.
But there is/was a group.

Oh, and by the way...
*kills the heretic*

Ilaer

The same thing happened when I went to see 2 fast 2 furious
That's just because they fell asleep.

The same thing happened when I went to see 2 fast 2 furious

That's just because they fell asleep.



Lolllolololololoooll! QFT!




My vote goes to Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It also goes to Serenity. However, I may be biased in regards to the latter choice.

Plan 9 from Outer Space.

Plan 9 from Outer Space
Next time i see that, someone will die!
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Gone with the wind is the best movie of all time, it has a war, stuck up 'irish', sticking it to the man, carpet baggers and a 22 month pregnancy what more could one want in a movie?

Though a true answer is impossible to find, my favourite is the Godfather (first one). The acting, directing, music, scenery are breathtaking, IMO.

I've never heard of the drinking game, but it sounds like fun! :D

Google it: princess bride drinking game.
Basically, you have to drink whenever certain words or phrases are spoken. 'Inconceivable', 'true love', 'dread pirate Roberts', that kind of thing.
Mind you, the version we played used even more phrases than the versions which Google seems to find.