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Post by Lionheart on Dec 23, 2020 18:52:15 GMT
Here are THE SHORT SUMMARIES. These are all films that I genuinely love so I hope some people are interested by some of the descriptions here. 001. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa)
My #1 favorite movie since I saw it 12 years ago or so, replacing North by Northwest which was #1 prior to that I believe. Kurosawa is my favorite director by far and this is the most brilliant display of character development in existence. A true story. With 7+ characters, it somehow manages to display meaningful familiarity with each of them and how they are affected by the events going on. It is focused so much on the human aspect of the plight of the villagers and the characters of the samurai that it is as if you know them well personally after an hour. Considered the most influential film in cinema and consistently ranks among the greatest movies of all time.
004. The Red Shoes (Michael Powell)
My favorite musical, though some question if it can truly be classed as a musical considering the heavy drama that it mostly consists of. I love Singin' In The Rain but I consider this a big step up. The narrative is just incredibly strong and has equal force to the surrounding films on my list here, but also has a lot of the features that make Singin' In The Rain special as well. The main musical number in this is famous and quite beautiful, but more importantly the plot is just fantastic. An eerie style similar to Vertigo permeates it and the atmosphere matches any Hitchcock film. The acting is absolute master-class, some of the best I have ever seen. I had never heard of Anton Walbrook or Marius Goring but this sure put both of them on my map. Very convincing and determined performances. I was so intently watching this to know what was going to happen that it was as if I were in a trance. Ranked the 9th greatest British film of all time by the British Film Institute.
005. Red Beard (Akira Kurosawa)
Another one from Kurosawa, but this is full-blown drama. A simple tale where not much occurs but it is somehow made so earnest and beautiful. Kurosawa has a knack for making the mundane stand out and become special. Even the propaganda pieces he was forced to make early in his career stand out far beyond the propaganda and become something else entirely. This story just makes me smile with its heartwarming message. Red Beard tells of a young physician with big ambition who is assigned to a rural post. This makes him uncomfortable as he prefers a more streamlined military position to work his way to the top. But taking care of the poor villagers elicits a change in him. Perhaps a lofty title is not what truly matters in life? This is shot so well and every scene is significant and adds to the story without a wasted moment.
006. Lawrence Of Arabia (David Lean)
An awesome historical drama showing the exploits of the mighty Lawrence of Arabia, who decides to cross an uncrossable desert with only a few men to capture a strategically important city only defended navally due to the impossibility of a land attack. He is considered a champion of the Arabs he convinces to join the fight. But everything does not end up being so rosy as things around Lawrence begin to unwind and we see how his mental state is affected as the battles continue. An incredibly powerful story. Peter O'Toole is an acting legend and few performances can top this.
007. High And Low (Akira Kurosawa)
A wealthy shoemaker fights a corporate takeover that quickly escalates when someone plots to kidnap his son. A moral dilemma arises when he must choose between a life and the company that he has fought his whole life to grow. Kurosawa is known for his works set in the feudal age, but his films in more modern periods are a whole different beast. He pulls at the emotions so effectively and expresses high tension so well that you think each type of film is his specialty depending on which one you are watching. It is tough to express why these films are good beyond stating that they are of a very special nature...like a Hitchcock film, but of Kurosawa's unique style. It's almost a magical ability to enhance a story by being so effective at telling it.
MORE TO COME...PROBABLY. Apologies to Strobe for not addressing the films he asked about yet, but that time will come.
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Post by Emperor on Dec 23, 2020 20:54:29 GMT
Hey Strobe please tell me briefly about these films: 5. Come and See (Elem Klimov, 1985) 17. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, 1972) 19. Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch, 2001) 37. The Fall (Tarsem Singh, 2006) 41. Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957) 43. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, 2000) 50. Dead Man's Shoes (Shane Meadows, 2004) 56. The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953) 61. The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999) 64. Three Colours: Red (Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1994) 73. L'eclisse (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1962) 81. The New World (Terrence Malick, 2005) 85. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2007) 92. Out of the Past (Jacques Tourneur, 1947) 97. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston, 1948) 99. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)
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Post by PB on Dec 23, 2020 21:08:06 GMT
Here's my full 100:
1. Back to the Future 2. The Godfather Part II 3. It's a Wonderful Life 4. Singin' in the Rain 5. The Tree of Life 6. The Apartment 7. Boyhood 8. The Godfather 9. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 10. Jaws 11. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 12. Citizen Kane 13. Inside Out 14. The Dark Knight 15. Blade Runner 16. Sunrise: A Tale of Two Humans 17. Brazil 18. Die Hard 19. The Night of the Hunter 20. Shadow of a Doubt 21. E.T. 22. Rear Window 23. Psycho 24. Kind Hearts & Coronets 25. Sunset Boulevard 26. Goodfellas 27. Three Colours: Blue 28. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 29. Avengers: Endgame 30. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 31. Batman Begins 32. Seven 33. The Lives of Others 34. Reservoir Dogs 35. 12 Angry Men 36. Taxi Driver 37. The Dark Knight Rises 38. Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) 39. Toy Story 3 40. Three Colours: Red 41. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 42. The Double Life of Veronique 43. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 44. Toy Story 45. The Usual Suspects 46. The Third Man 47. Interstellar 48. The Empire Strikes Back 49. La Haine 50. In Bruges 51. La La Land 52. All About Eve 53. Double Indemnity 54. Touch of Evil 55. Chinatown 56. Memento 57. Calvary 58. Gone With the Wind 59. Raging Bull 60. City of God 61. A Matter of Life and Death 62. The Departed 63. L.A. Confidential 64. Pan's Labyrinth 65. Nebraska 66. Toy Story 2 67. The Searchers 68. Zodiac 69. Beauty and the Beast 70. It Happened One Night 71. Dr Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 72. A Streetcar Named Desire 73. Moulin Rouge! 74. Blue Valentine 75. The Florida Project 76. Groundhog Day 77. Ratatouille 78. The Trueman Show 79. Synecdoche New York 80. A Quiet Place 81. Ladybird 82. Avengers: Infinity War 83. Cool Hand Luke 84. The Assassination of Jess James by the Coward Robert Ford 85. Frozen 86. 12 Years a Slave 87. Les Miserables 88. Fight Club 89. No Country for Old Men 90. Inside Llewyn Davis 91. Adaptation 92. The Grand Budapest Hotel 93. Gone Baby Gone 94. Dunkirk 95. The Big Lebowski 96. The Master 97. The Social Network 98. When Harry Met Sally 99. Lost in Translation 100. Skyfall
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Post by Baker on Dec 24, 2020 1:29:09 GMT
Shootist I liked Mr. Holland's Opus as well and considered it for my list. I always lump it in with another sentimental film I watched around the same time called Lorenzo's Oil. Both were likely parental rentals that I watched and enjoyed. Opus a little more than Lorenzo. Storytime: I had a friend named Chuck who was forever pimping Mr. Holland's Opus when it came out. I thought the movie was called Mr. Holland's Office and would get so annoyed at Chuck's bizarre Oh-Fiss pronunciation. Eventually I could take no more and shouted out something like "It's OFFICE. The word is OFFICE, not Oh-Fiss!" Boy did I feel dumb 10 seconds later. ========== Strobe & Emperor This is one Yank who has actually heard of In Bruges. Remember seeing a preview for it in theaters. Yet I have never heard of Seven Psychopaths. Weird. Just looked up the box offices for each. In Bruges drew $34.5 million. Seven Psychopaths drew slightly less at $33 million. Didn't bother searching for US numbers only.
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Post by Strobe on Dec 24, 2020 1:44:23 GMT
5. Come and See (Elem Klimov, 1985) War is hell and no film has better captured that. Unflinchingly real at times, surreal at others. Nightmarish. Incredible use of steadicam. The greatest war film. I could argue it is the greatest horror film. 17. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, 1972) A big influence on Apocalypse Now, this is a hallucinogenic journey into the heart of darkness and a descent into madness in the jungle. A primal, atmospheric fever dream. Kinski as a legit madman is perfect for the title role. The first time I saw this film, I started watching at 2 in the morning while about to fall asleep and entered into an almost drug-addled state while watching through to the end. When I rewatched it, I realised this wasn't just due to my state at the time, as it happened again, intoxicated by the atmosphere. It is far from polished (you can see the wake of the filming boat in shots), but that has never affected my enjoyment. Like many of the great films, the score is crucial to setting the mood. 19. Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch, 2001) Starting life as a pilot for an aborted TV series, where story threads were being set up, and then needing to be turned into a standalone film likely helped make this film even more elusive, more intoxicating, more captivating than the show would have been. Like all art, it can and should be analysed, but art does not need to make clear and logical sense. It can also be an experience, invoking strong emotions and thoughts. Like much of Lynch's work, there are plenty of disturbing, horror elements. If you want a simple film with easy explanations, this is not one to go for. 37. The Fall (Tarsem Singh, 2006) I am fairly sure I was turned on to this by former PWer Sun God. It almost disbelievingly features nearly zero CGI, instead using the most incredible shooting locations and practical effects to provide some of the most phenomenal images to ever grace a cinema screen. It also has some of the best, most believable and adorable child acting on film, along with a lot to say on stories, imagination, friendship, despair and hope. 41. Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957) Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis as the most despicable characters delivering the sharpest dialogue in a beautifully shot, fantastically scored noir. Man, what a film. I really need to watch it again. Been too long. 43. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, 2000) Love. Betrayal. Loneliness. Friendship. Yearning. Utterly gorgeous. 50. Dead Man's Shoes (Shane Meadows, 2004) An incredible revenge film in Meadows' social realism style. Paddy Considine is spectacular as a soldier returning to his home town to confront the bullies of his mentally-challenged brother, Toby Kebbell in an equally great performance in his film debut. Gritty, gripping, intense, unsettling. It isn't classified as a horror, but there are certainly horror elements. You could even argue it is a slasher from the slasher's perspective, done in a naturalistic style. 56. The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953) Set in an isolated town in an unnamed South American country, we follow an international group of men who are implied to have ended up here due to escaping the heat from past unscrupulous behaviour. They are stuck, as the only means out is by plane and no one can afford it. These men are essentially in purgatory when they are offered a dangerous opportunity to get the money to escape. A massive fire at a nearby oil field can only be extinguished by highly explosive nitroglycerine and trucks full of it must be driven over incredibly treacherous terrain. Tense, suspenseful, filled with moral ambiguity and with plenty to say on the human condition - it is a tour de force of thriller cinema. William Friedkin followed up The French Connection and The Exorcist with a remake called Sorcerer that was not well received at the time but has since seen a reappraisal. I really need to check it out. 61. The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999) The title is because it is the real life story of a man called Alvin Straight, but I always read it as Lynch acknowledging this is the straightest film he had and would ever make. An elderly man finds out that his estranged brother has suffered a stroke and travels to hopefully reconcile. But his only means of making the 250-mile journey is his riding lawnmower. He shares his wisdom and life experience with the people he meets along the way. Richard Farnsworth is wonderful in the title role, a role he performed while suffering from prostate cancer that had spread to his bones and was paralysing his legs - he committed suicide a year later to end his suffering. Heartwarming and life-affirming. Frequent Lynch collaborator Angelo Badalamenti's score is marvellous, example here. I'll try to get to the others at some point.
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Post by Strobe on Dec 24, 2020 1:55:05 GMT
This is one Yank who has actually heard of In Bruges. Remember seeing a preview for it in theaters. Yet I have never heard of Seven Psychopaths. Weird. Just looked up the box offices for each. In Bruges drew $34.5 million. Seven Psychopaths drew slightly less at $33 million. Didn't bother searching for US numbers only. For Martin McDonagh: FILM, UK, NA, Worldwide In Bruges, $9.7m, $7.8m, $34.5m Seven Psychopaths, $5.0m, $15.0m, $33.0m Three Billboards, $20.9m, $54.5m, $160.2m So Seven Psychopaths basically did double what In Bruges did at the NA box office but half of what it did at the UK box office.
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Post by Shootist on Dec 24, 2020 2:14:45 GMT
Shootist I liked Mr. Holland's Opus as well and considered it for my list. I always lump it in with another sentimental film I watched around the same time called Lorenzo's Oil. Both were likely parental rentals that I watched and enjoyed. Opus a little more than Lorenzo. Storytime: I had a friend named Chuck who was forever pimping Mr. Holland's Opus when it came out. I thought the movie was called Mr. Holland's Office and would get so annoyed at Chuck's bizarre Oh-Fiss pronunciation. Eventually I could take no more and shouted out something like "It's OFFICE. The word is OFFICE, not Oh-Fiss!" Boy did I feel dumb 10 seconds later. ========== Strobe & Emperor This is one Yank who has actually heard of In Bruges. Remember seeing a preview for it in theaters. Yet I have never heard of Seven Psychopaths. Weird. Just looked up the box offices for each. In Bruges drew $34.5 million. Seven Psychopaths drew slightly less at $33 million. Didn't bother searching for US numbers only. I actually first heard about Mr. Holland's Opus in the "coming attractions" before I saw Apollo 13 in theaters. It went forgotten for about a decade before I happened to catch it on TV. I probably get even more emotional than Forrest Gump watching it because it strikes that chord for the love of music I have. Plus a few of my misses in my top 100 have to do with school or coming of age, really in my wheel house. Mr. Holland's Office, sounds like a sitcom lol.
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Post by Big Pete on Dec 24, 2020 4:11:04 GMT
1. Ghost 2. Almost Famous 3. It's A Wonderful Life 4. Big Fish
5. Blue Velvet - I love how Lynch situates you behind McLachlan's character, taking you from this quiet hum-drum post-college lifestyle straight into this thrilling nightmarish crime film. It's one of those movies that goes from 0-100 right away, with Hopper portraying one of the most memorable villains of all-time in Frank Booth. Booth is an enigma and while he's clearly unhinged and dangerous there is a softer side you get a glimpse into and that's all you really need to flesh out the character. For me, it's everything I want in a movie and I genuinely find the ending really moving, that last little reprisal of Blue Velvet floored me.
6. Vertigo 7. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 8. Memento
9. Amelie - It's been well over a decade since I've seen this but I just remember really appreciating the style and how it would communicate these small plot threads in such an abstract but charming way. I thought it was one of those movies that everybody just automatically loves but apparently it's a lot more divisive than I figured. Regardless, I found it to be a really uplifting movie and I really should watch it again, it's been far too long.
10. Boogie Nights 11. Fight Club 12. Edward Scissorhands
13. Mulholland Drive - Another Lynch film and like Blue Velvet, it's one of his more accessible films. There's still some room for interpretation but the film gives you enough narrative to put the pieces together and solve the mystery. The premise of the movie is actually pretty trite, Harring's character suffers amnesia after a car accident on Mulholland Drive, she stumbles into Watts' apartment where they discover a large stack of money in her purse and a mysterious blue key. THe film opens up from there and you learn of all these possible identities she could be, but something really appears to be 'off' and it doesn't come to light until they enter club silencio.
The movie also has this one really tense scene that still bugs me just thinking about it. I wouldn't even describe it as scary, just extremely effective.
14. Pulp Fiction
15. Ed Wood - Why yes, I was a big fan of Tim Burton growing up, how can you tell? I get the impression Burton felt a kinship towards Wood and used his career as a way to express his own aspirations. The heart of the movie is Wood's relationship with Lugosi which I imagine was similar to Burton's and Price. That story is told so well that it actually makes you sympathise for this shlocky director and actually admire his own determination to get these movies made despite all the limitations.
16. There Will Be Blood 17. The Prestige 18. Rocky 19. Taxi Driver 20. Goodfellas
21. Goodbye Lenin! - One of the more endearing movies I came across. A mother suffers a near-fatal heart-attack and becomes comatose for eight months during the fall of the Berlin Wall. By the time she awakens, the world around her has changed so much that doctors fear she could die if she learns about the truth. Determined to keep her alive, her son has to go to great lengths to keep the truth from her. They reproduce news broadcasts, they edit football matches, repackage goods and all this stuff. The son has to do all this, while juggling all the changes he's going through growing up in this reunified Germany with a new girlfriend and a chance to meet his father who abandoned them to go West.
22. Whiplash 23. Oldboy 24. Rear Window 25. The Dirty Dozen 26. Fargo 27. Psycho 28. Reservoir Dogs 29. A Clockwork Orange 30. No Country For Old Men 31. Back to the Future 32. North by Northwest 33. The Dark Knight
34. Point Blank - A 1967 film-noir revenge flick where Lee Marvin goes after a crime organization that left him for dead in Alcatraz. Like Velvet it ticks a lot of boxes for me, especially in terms of style as it incorporates a lot of European techniques and includes shots you wouldn't see in a typical Hollywood production.
35. Persona - I find it cute when members describe Fight Club as pseudo-intellectual when a film like Persona exists. I wonder how they'd go with this? The movie is about a nurse who is assigned this stage actress who has lost her will to speak. The nurse tries to develop a friendship with her and the film goes in some wild, crazy, meta levels. It's almost hypnotic and the movie is so well shot that despite coming out in '66 it's still visually stimulating. Not the type of movie I'd recommend, but if you like The Lighthouse I'd recommend going out of your way to see this.
36. Brick - The movie that actually made me a fan of Rian Johnson. It's a film noir set in high school, so you have these big king-pins still living at home and going to class. It would seem too quirky for it's own good, but somehow the film strikes just the right balance and finds an emotional heft that kept me hooked.
37. Pan's Labyrinth - My introduction to Guillermo Del Toro and to this day, still my favourite work of his. I love how it takes the basic concept of a Jim Henson movie from the 80s, makes it a lot darker and gives you two different interpretations of the movie. Either the movie was telling you the truth, or it was just a fantasy a young girl came up with to escape the brutality of the war around her. It has that going for it, but the heart of it is the fantasy stuff and it has the same whimsical energy of something you'd see in a Ghibli film.
38. Se7en 39. Hot Fuzz 40. Inception 41. Toy Story 3 42. The Social Network 43. The Shawshank Redemption
44. Mary and Max - Easily the most bittersweet movie I've seen. The subject matter is really depressing, but it's told in such a rich and charming way. It's an Australian stop-motion movie about an 8-year old Australian who becomes pen-pals with a 44 year-old with aspergers from New York and their trials and tribulations over the years. Everytime the movie looks like it's going to go down a really dark path, it finds just the right counter-balance to keep it from being too maudlin.
45. Zodiac 46. Singin In The Rain 47. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
48. Requiem for a Dream - Unlike Mary and Max, Requiem fully embraces the dark path it goes down and has some of the most depressing scenes put to film. It could have easily just been a PSA on drugs, but I think it tackles addiction well and just how easy it is to fall into and the harrowing consequences. Burstyn in particular is fantastic as the mother and would be right up there as one of the most tragic figures I've seen. Her final fate...brrr....
49. Magnolia - One of my favourite ensemble casts where it's just a bunch of short stories told through the lens of Thomas Anderson who is a fantastic director. Tom Cruise in particular gives one of his best performances as this sex guru who is holding back a lot of pain.
50. Her
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Post by Shootist on Dec 24, 2020 5:15:06 GMT
If I were to show any scene to encapsulate David Lynch it would be this one where Jeffrey, Frank and the gang give Dean Stockwell a visit for some beer. Eerie, surreal and humorous all at once. Blue Velvet for me is Lynch's most accessible film.
Yes, that is Brad Dourif complete with Chucky laugh two years before it became a thing.
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Post by Strobe on Dec 24, 2020 12:24:33 GMT
9. Amelie - It's been well over a decade since I've seen this but I just remember really appreciating the style and how it would communicate these small plot threads in such an abstract but charming way. I thought it was one of those movies that everybody just automatically loves but apparently it's a lot more divisive than I figured. Regardless, I found it to be a really uplifting movie and I really should watch it again, it's been far too long. This gives me hope that it holds up. 13. Mulholland Drive - Another Lynch film and like Blue Velvet, it's one of his more accessible films. There's still some room for interpretation but the film gives you enough narrative to put the pieces together and solve the mystery. The premise of the movie is actually pretty trite, Harring's character suffers amnesia after a car accident on Mulholland Drive, she stumbles into Watts' apartment where they discover a large stack of money in her purse and a mysterious blue key. THe film opens up from there and you learn of all these possible identities she could be, but something really appears to be 'off' and it doesn't come to light until they enter club silencio. I agree there is enough narrative to follow. It isn't like it is completely random non-sequitur scenes. But I don't know if anyone can or has solved the mystery. I have my interpretation of what I think is going on, but that could change next time I watch it. I think you make a good point about the triteness of the premise, which enhances the film from the "poisoned valentine to Hollywood" perspective. The movie also has this one really tense scene that still bugs me just thinking about it. I wouldn't even describe it as scary, just extremely effective. Diner scene? 15. Ed Wood - Why yes, I was a big fan of Tim Burton growing up, how can you tell? I get the impression Burton felt a kinship towards Wood and used his career as a way to express his own aspirations. The heart of the movie is Wood's relationship with Lugosi which I imagine was similar to Burton's and Price. That story is told so well that it actually makes you sympathise for this shlocky director and actually admire his own determination to get these movies made despite all the limitations. This is pretty clearly the best Burton for me and was in those poor few that came so close and just missed my list, like Ghostbusters, Reservoir Dogs, The Matrix and Back to the Future. That's how good this film is. The In 5 Seconds video always gives me a laugh: 21. Goodbye Lenin! - One of the more endearing movies I came across. A mother suffers a near-fatal heart-attack and becomes comatose for eight months during the fall of the Berlin Wall. By the time she awakens, the world around her has changed so much that doctors fear she could die if she learns about the truth. Determined to keep her alive, her son has to go to great lengths to keep the truth from her. They reproduce news broadcasts, they edit football matches, repackage goods and all this stuff. The son has to do all this, while juggling all the changes he's going through growing up in this reunified Germany with a new girlfriend and a chance to meet his father who abandoned them to go West. This is around 400 on my giant list, which might sound like a slight, but that means I really like it. I would definitely recommend people watch this. Another film about East Germany, The Lives of Others, was my 101, the best loser, when I submitted my list. 34. Point Blank - A 1967 film-noir revenge flick where Lee Marvin goes after a crime organization that left him for dead in Alcatraz. Like Velvet it ticks a lot of boxes for me, especially in terms of style as it incorporates a lot of European techniques and includes shots you wouldn't see in a typical Hollywood production. I'm not sure if I've ever heard of this film. Sounds right up my street. And only 92 mins. *chef's kiss* 35. Persona - I find it cute when members describe Fight Club as pseudo-intellectual when a film like Persona exists. I wonder how they'd go with this? The movie is about a nurse who is assigned this stage actress who has lost her will to speak. The nurse tries to develop a friendship with her and the film goes in some wild, crazy, meta levels. It's almost hypnotic and the movie is so well shot that despite coming out in '66 it's still visually stimulating. Not the type of movie I'd recommend, but if you like The Lighthouse I'd recommend going out of your way to see this. I watched this years ago and really liked it, but didn't quite love it. I feel like I am in a different place as a film watcher now and this does require a revisit. But I have so much other Bergman I should probably get to first. 36. Brick - The movie that actually made me a fan of Rian Johnson. It's a film noir set in high school, so you have these big king-pins still living at home and going to class. It would seem too quirky for it's own good, but somehow the film strikes just the right balance and finds an emotional heft that kept me hooked. I liked Looper, really didn't like Last Jedi (I've not bothered getting round to Last Skywalker yet and might never) and have yet to see Knives Out, but plan to very soon as I've heard good things. I had not heard of this, so I'll add it to the list. 48. Requiem for a Dream - Unlike Mary and Max, Requiem fully embraces the dark path it goes down and has some of the most depressing scenes put to film. It could have easily just been a PSA on drugs, but I think it tackles addiction well and just how easy it is to fall into and the harrowing consequences. Burstyn in particular is fantastic as the mother and would be right up there as one of the most tragic figures I've seen. Her final fate...brrr.... This is sitting at 150 for me right now, but definitely deserves a rewatch soon. For years, it was impossible to escape Mansell's Lux Aeterna on any video trying to be epic. Burstyn's performance is truly elite. What are your thoughts on Aronofky's other films?
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Post by Lionheart on Dec 26, 2020 6:47:13 GMT
Meanwhile, conclusive proof that Die Hard IS a Christmas movie...
https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/kkau3n/oc_remix_the_true_christmas_movie_comparison_of/
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Post by Strobe on Dec 31, 2020 13:55:16 GMT
64. Three Colours: Red (Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1994) While Blue is liberté and White is égalité, Red is fraternité, looking at characters whose lives become interconnected and exploring a range of complex ideas. 73. L'eclisse (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1962) Ennui. 81. The New World (Terrence Malick, 2005) Like a visual poem. Quintessentially Malick. Gorgeous shots of nature, whispered philosophical narration. A then 14-year-old Q'orianka Kilcher is captivating as Pocahontas, ably supported by Colin Farrell and Christian Bale as John Smith and John Rolfe respectively. The opening (below, sadly not in high quality) is one of my favourites of any film, making you feel the significance of such a momentous event. 85. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2007) The oppressive nature of a totalitarian regime expressed through a college girl’s attempt to receive an illegal abortion. Minimalist, with some exceptional long takes, and harrowing. 92. Out of the Past (Jacques Tourneur, 1947) Film noir at its finest. 97. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston, 1948) A noir Western on the corruption of greed with a great lead Bogart performance. An American classic. 99. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011) A morally-complex Iranian film that uses the divorce of a couple to explore its society - class, religion, secularism, gender, justice. Naturalistic and engrossing. ------------------------------------- I still want Lionheart to tell us what was sexist about Jurassic Park.
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Post by Emperor on Dec 31, 2020 17:21:20 GMT
I love how you're not dropping the Jurassic Park point. This must be the reason Lionheart has gone AWOL. Nothing to do with it being the holiday season. Describing anything as a visual poem or minimalist immediately sets off my "Tree of Life" alarm bells. So that's a no to 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days and The New World. The rest sound interesting. With that blurb, I can inform you that I have seen A Separation. While I found it to be a pretty interesting look into a culture I previously had no experience with and the difficulties people can face, it's not a film I'd ever want to revisit.
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Post by 🤯 on Feb 8, 2021 15:10:18 GMT
I feel so bad about ball busting JTJ for his "bad" taste in movies, basing such hyperbole mostly off his one bad take about SPR and dislike for tiddies and f-bombs. So I thought I'd go back and take a look at his 100 to see how actually aligned our tastes are. I'll interject comments in the below quote block in bold since that's the only formatting I know how to do from my phone. Here is my 100 for anyone interested. I’ll start breaking down the movies that didn’t make it soon. 1 Punch-Drunk Love 2 Passion of the Christ 3 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) 4 Fantastic Mr Fox 5 Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back 6 Star Wars: the Force Awakens 7 Star Wars: A New Hope 8 Star Wars: Rogue One 9 Facing the Giants 10 Napoleon Dynamite I've only ever seen PDL once, but do recall really enjoying it. I know enough to say I'd take it 10 times outta 10 over Uncut Gems, and at least more than half the time over Reign Over Me. Zero ball busting from me too for this being your #1. I love when folks have an unexpected, unusual, unique #1.
I've avoided Passion for so long because I've heard it's equal parts boring and gorey. But I loved Jim Cazievel in the Count of Monte Cristo and Thin Red Line, and love Mel Gibson's directing. So maybe it's worth a shot at some point? Knowing your strong Christian roots, I totally get why this movie would hold so much oomph for you. Therefore, #2 isn't totally surprising.
Totally aligned on the awesomeness of the OG TNMT movie. Excellent take, and I applaud you for having it so high.
I've never seen FMF but have long been well aware of your love for it. In fact, had I had to venture a guess without seeing your list, I probably would've had it as either you #1 or #2 with PDL in the other spot. I feel like I should see this at some point. The animation style and voice cast seem like hits to me, but I'm hit and miss on Roald Dahl, and mostly miss on Wes Anderson... So I have a bit of trepidation.
Can't fault Star Wars fans for loving Star Wars. In fact, so as much as you love the franchise, glad to see you exert some discipline and not list every single Star Wars film in a row here. Your discerning selections and ordering make total respectable sense.
Never seen or even heard of Facing the Giants. Just looked it up, and it looks like a Christian spin on Remember the Titans or something. This will be a forever hard pass for me, but similar to Passion of the Christ, I get why it likely holds so much esteem in your eyes.
Napoleon Dynamite is probably the biggest surprise of your top ten, but it also feels like it fits and makes perfect sense with PDL & FMF. I haven't seen ND in so long that I can't really judge it as an overall movie, but I do know I'm a big fan of assorted scenes.
Overall, my only real gripe about this top ten is the presumed total lack of tiddies.11 Fireproof 12 The Dark Knight 13 Harry Potter & Deathly Hollows Part 2 14 Harry Potter & Deathly Hollows Part 1 15 Harry Potter & Half-Blood Prince 16 Harry Potter & Order of the Phoenix 17 Harry Potter & Goblet of Fire 18 Harry Potter & Prisoner of Azkaban 19 Harry Potter & Chamber of Secrets 20 Harry Potter & Sorcerer’s Stone Haven't seen or heard of Fireproof but looks like another Bible Camp jam based on same writer/director as Facing the Giants. So I'll ignore this since I'll never really understand Christianity.
TDK being so high makes sense for anyone on PW and probably any male moviegoer. Then, I love that you said fuck it to discipline and just listed every Harry Potter movie in a row. That's a fun franchise that deserves such indulgence. I like your ordering too, as I agree they got better as they went along. Wife would love seeing this listing too.
So far, aside from your faith-based leanings and lack of tiddies, still no real objections to your personal tastes in movies.21 To Kill a Mockingbird 22 Where the Wild Things Are 23 Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith 24 Star Trek (2009) 25 Courageous 26 Good Will Hunting 27 12 Angry Men 28 007 Casino Royale (Daniel Craig) 29 Rocky 30 Godfather I owe TKaM a rewatch. I remember loving the book in high school, then being surprised by how much I loved the movie. Despite that love, I have no strong memories of the movie itself.
WtWTA was meh-ish to me, but Wife adored it. I'm always willing to cut Spike Jonze extra slack though because I generally like his artistic vision. And the visual realization of the book was spot-on.
If you're going to give the Star Wars prequel some love, makes sense for it to be Revenge of the Sith. Haven't seen the new Star Trek. As a pretty take-it-or-leave-it fan of both, I definitely lean more Star Wars than Star Trek. Lacking a Patrick Stewart or William Shatner or Leonard Nemoy makes it hard to get into the modern era reboot.
Not having ever heard of Courageous, I'll just assume it's another Bible Camp jam that floats Christian boats.
Understand the folks who love Good Will Hunting, even if Wife totally jobbed it out with her reaction upon first watch last year. It's fallen a bit in my eyes as well, but I love Robin Williams in it.
12 Angry Men is god-level greatness. We have it similarly ranked, as it was my #18 (which might've been a bit high in retrospect).
I've only seen scenes of Casino Royale, but trust it's a good movie. The DC Bond series has a good reputation and strong following, so I'm sure it's at least as quality as the Jason Bourne series. I'll always be a Pierce Brosnan blowhard, but I found see Craig being my second favorite Bond if I gave him an honest shake. Plus, what's not to love about Eva Green?
Rocky and Godfather are great shouts, and you FINALLY get a pair of tiddies on your list with the latter.31 Outsiders 32 IP Man 33 Toy Story 34 Bourne Identity 35 Rocky II 36 Godfather II 37 Blazing Saddles 38 Star Wars: Attack of the Clones 39 Star Trek: Into Darkness 40 007 Skyfall (Daniel Craig) Another case of a great book being well translated into a good movie with The Outsiders. What a cast too!
Heard of but never seen IP Man. Looking ahead, I see it's a franchise you enjoy. Gotta respect fan loyalty, so despite knowing nothing really about IP Man... Can't fault you for your rankings. In fact, seems this block is a lot of remaining loyal to your beloved franchises, so no issues there. And speaking of Bourne, there he pops up. And glancing ahead, it seems you're a fan of that franchise as well. So all good in the neighborhood.
Toy Story and Blazing Saddles are two great nods to round out this block. And at this point, I'm really wanting to eat my words re: you having off tastes and bad takes in movies.41 Star Wars: Rise of the Skywalker 42 Bourne Ultimatum 43 007 Spectre (Daniel Craig) 44 TMNT: Secret of the Ooze 45 Dirty Dancing 46 Home Alone 47 Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers 48 Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring 49 Lord of the Rings: Return of the King 50 IP Man 2 More franchise loyalty, with LOTR now entering the mix. Even if I'm not a fan of LOTR overall, there's no denying they arguably deserve their following and fandom. Sean Bean's death in the first one was an all time epic last stand for any character in any movie.
Then Home Alone and Dirty Dancing are reasonable, respectable nods to round out this block.51 IP Man 3 52 IP Man 4 53 Grease 54 Definitely, Maybe 55 Assassination of Jesse James 56 Star Wars: Return of the Jedi 57 Rocky III 58 A Christmas Story 59 007 Quantum of Solace (Daniel Craig) 60 Bourne Supremacy More franchise loyalty as we enter the bottom half of your list. Then some great shouts in Grease and DM. While I understand Christmas Story is a beloved classic, I've only ever seen scenes. But I've always dug what I've seen. So no qualms from me. Haven't seen Assassination, but want to.61 Rocky IV 62 Remember the Titans 63 Flywheel 64 Rookie of the Year 65 Chronicles of Narnia: LW&W 66 Star Wars: the Last Jedi 67 Juno 68 Pursuit of Happyness 69 Reign Over Me 70 Star Wars: Phantom Menace The Rocky and Star Wars love drags on, but nothing to gripe about. Assuming Flywheel is another Bible Camp jam and thus a pass for me. RotY is a childhood GOAT. Funky butt loving! Juno I like initially but worry how well it's aged. I'd take Seven Pounds over Pursuit of Happyness, but don't actively hold anything against PoH and understand its appeal to dads. And I fucking love Remember the Titans and Reign Over Me.71 Star Wars: Solo 72 Indiana Jones: Last Crusade 73 Indiana Jones: Raiders of Lost Ark 74 Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom 75 Sandlot 76 Robin Hood (animated) 77 Home Alone 2 78 Guardians of the Galaxy 79 Karate Kid 80 Captain America: Winter Soldier I'm not an IJ fan but can appreciate it in the same way as LOTR. Different strokes for different folks. Sandlot is arguably an even greater childhood GOAT than Rookie of the Year, the animated Robin Hood was my far and away favorite Disney movie as a kid for a looong time, Karate Kid is classic fun, and then two of the better MCU movies as the opening Marvel salvo all combine for a great block here.81 Captain America: First Avenger 82 Captain America: Civil War 83 Aladdin (animated) 84 Avengers: Endgame 85 Avengers: Infinity War 86 Avengers 87 Lion King (animated) 88 Romeo + Juliet (1996) 89 Ghostbusters 90 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Perhaps your best block yet if I had to commit to sitting down and watching all ten in a session. Makes sense Cap is your favorite Avenger. Makes sense Endgame over IW (Cap lifting Thor's hammer... Amirite!?!? Me too!). Honestly weakest link is a toss-up between R+J and Wonka. I know neither are for everybody, and probably highly mood-dependent. I think I'd rank them in the same order as you since the oompa loompas terrified me as a kid and still do.91 GI Joe (animated) 92 Transformers (animated) 93 The Rain Maker 94 Rio Bravo 95 3:10 to Yuma (original) 96 Star Wars: Clone Wars (animated) 97 Wizard of Oz 98 the Good, the Bad, & the Ugly 99 Breakfast at Tiffany’s 100 Scent of a Woman Shame on me for not realizing or at least remembering the was an animated GI Joe movie. I need to rectify that ASAP. Knowing is half the battle! Transformers is my motherfucking jam though. Excellent shout.
Not sure what the Rain Maker is, but seeing it next to Rio Bravo and Yuma has me assuming they're all classic westerns that I haven't seen. No gripes from me, as the western genre is one I want and need to explore more.
Can't complain about one last gasp of Star Wars love. I'm not familiar with the Clone War series, but have heard good things about the television show.
Then... Wizard of Oz, tGtB&tU, and SoaW are an excellent trio to end things on. I haven't seen Breakfast at Tiffany's, but assume it's as solid of a classic as my beloved Singin' in the Rain.The biggest mistake I have is I forgot to drop Robin Hood down the list as I started adding films. I have it way too high. Definitely a top 100 but in the 90’s for sure. And I somehow missed Beauty and the Beast which would have been above Robin Hood also.
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Post by Big Pete on Feb 8, 2021 16:39:20 GMT
Just remembered I forgot to post my bottom 50.
51. Under the Silver Lake 52. Punch-Drunk Love 53. Donnie Darko 54. Jurassic Park 55. Kill Bill Vol. 2 56. Shaun of the Dead 57. Blade Runner 2049 58. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me 59. Parasite 60. The King of Comedy 61. Aliens 62. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest 63. Forrest Gump 64.Batman Begins 65. The Big Lebowski 66. The Lord of the Rings Two Towers 67. Inglorious Bastards 68. Eraserhead 69. Kill Bill Vol. 1 70. The Matrix 71. The Pirates of the Carribean 72. Dazed and Confused 73. Finding Nemo 74. Gone Girl 75. American Psycho 76. Truman Show 77. Vanilla Sky 78. The Royal Tenenbaums 79. Adaptation 80. The Butterfly Effect 81. Grosse Point Blank 82. The Proposition 83. High Fidelity 84. 28 Weeks Later 85. Trainspotting 86. Y Tu Mama Tambien 87. Misery 88. Good Time 89. Brigsby Bear 90. The Princess Bride 91. Die "Not A Christmas Movie" Hard 92. Team America World Police 93. Spider-Man Into The Spiderverse 94. The Silence of the Lambs 95. Yojimbo 96. (500) Days of Summer 97. Sin City 98. Alita Battle Angel 99. Moneyball 100. Chinatown
I was running out of steam around the late 50s and then remembered a good portion of films later on.
A couple of highlights.
Under The Silver Lake - Is right up my alley. An absurdirst neo noir about a missing girl who is caught up in a Hollywood conspiracy where the rich and powerful communicate through all forms of media. Felt like it was going off the rails, but it stuck the landing perfectly.
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me - Twin Peaks is one of my favourite television shows of all-time and despite this movie's initial reputation, I found myself really moved by the movie. It basically re-tells the events of Season 1, but from the perspective of the victim who on the show is framed as America's sweetheart but we learn the reality of her situation and just how self-destructive she is. I love the respite they give her character at the end, as tragic a character as she was, the ending really gives hopes to the story which ended on such a downer.
The King of Comedy - It's Eminem's 'Stan' if you make it a Scorscese/De Niro collab centred on Late Night Talk Shows. A quality movie that sticks the landing with Pupkin's heart-breaking monologue.
Grosse Point Blank - Sentimental hitmen, what's not to like?
Y Tu Mama Tambien - :lol: Oh god, a fun throwback to my world cinema days. Cuaron's coming of age movie about two friends who fall in love with the same woman, hijinx ensues.
Good Time - Before Uncut Gems turned heads, there was Good Time, the Safdie Brothers earlier work with Rob Pattinson who is a no good low-life who gets his mentally challenged brother locked in Rykers and he has to bust him out because there is no way he's going to survive. Pattinson attempts all these crazy schemes and gets a lot of people messed up in his shenanigans as he tries to do one honorable thing with his life. I found this was a better ride than Uncut Gems which I enjoyed but was more of a character study than an actual thriller.
Brigsby Bear - A really heart-warming movie about this guy in his late 20s/early 30s who has severe arrested development and is obsessed with this obscure early 90s sci-fi show called Brigsby Bear. Nobody has heard of it and all the tapes have been destroyed so he along with all of his sister's friends set out to create their own soft reboot of the series. Of course there's a reason why nobody has ever heard of the show but you have to see the movie to check it out. A really good lazy netflix (or whatever streaming service it's on) watch.
Yojimbo - The first samurai movie I ever saw and I really enjoy the style of the movies. They're just a little bit more intimate than westerns which are all about big wide open spaces. Here it's all up close, personal and looking stylish as anything. Mifune is one of the best bad-asses on film as well, thank goodness Hollywood had Clint Eastwood for the Spaghetti Westerns.
Alita Battle Angel - I was genuinely surprised at how good this movie was. I thought it would be like a Ready Player One knock off and be all spectacle but I genuinely found myself caring about Alita and Hugo as they try and survive this CyberPunk wasteland. I thought they did a great job of melding a Japanese story into a western blockbuster and there was never a dull moment.
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Post by 🤯 on Feb 8, 2021 22:50:00 GMT
Big Pete always forgets the bottom. He's a selfish top.
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Post by Shootist on Feb 9, 2021 0:27:55 GMT
Eraserhead, I really tried but even I can't stomach that David Lynch joint.
Nice shout though with Fire Walk With Me, a guilty pleasure film for sure.
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Post by Big Pete on Feb 9, 2021 2:05:50 GMT
Eraserhead, I really tried but even I can't stomach that David Lynch joint. Nice shout though with Fire Walk With Me, a guilty pleasure film for sure. As I learned the first time I watched it, Eraserhead is not a good movie to watch with company. :lol: It was my introduction to surrealistic cinema, so I was expecting this fun quirky movie not too dissimilar from Beetlejuice. What I got instead was 60 minutes of a baby crying at the top of it's lungs.
As I began to watch more movies from the genre like Un Chien Andalou, Meshes of the Afternoon, Daisies etc. I appreciated the stylistic choices Lynch made and how you can use cinematic language to express ideas. You don't have to spoon feed your audience or pander to them all the time.
So I appreciate it, but I don't love it like Lynch's other work.
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Post by Lionheart on Feb 15, 2022 5:50:19 GMT
------------------------------------- I still want Lionheart to tell us what was sexist about Jurassic Park.
I couldn't find the sexist scene that I remembered in such vivid detail after extensive skimming. I must have dreamt it. Quite curious. Jurassic Park isn't sexist after all!
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Post by 🤯 on Feb 15, 2022 13:26:57 GMT
------------------------------------- I still want Lionheart to tell us what was sexist about Jurassic Park. I couldn't find the sexist scene that I remembered in such vivid detail after extensive skimming. I must have dreamt it. Quite curious. Jurassic Park isn't sexist after all!
Maybe the sexist thing is that all the dinosaurs were female?
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Post by Lionheart on Feb 15, 2022 16:43:50 GMT
I couldn't find the sexist scene that I remembered in such vivid detail after extensive skimming. I must have dreamt it. Quite curious. Jurassic Park isn't sexist after all!
Maybe the sexist thing is that all the dinosaurs were female? I want a dislike button.
Stop making bad posts and watch Will Ospreay Vs. Shingo Takagi at Wrestling Dontaku instead.
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Post by 🤯 on Feb 15, 2022 16:56:56 GMT
Maybe the sexist thing is that all the dinosaurs were female? I want a dislike button. Stop making bad posts and watch Will Ospreay Vs. Shingo Takagi at Wrestling Dontaku instead.
Should I stop making bad posts or stop liking bad posts?
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Post by Lionheart on Feb 15, 2022 21:52:12 GMT
I want a dislike button. Stop making bad posts and watch Will Ospreay Vs. Shingo Takagi at Wrestling Dontaku instead.
Should I stop making bad posts or stop liking bad posts? Yes.
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Post by 🤯 on Feb 15, 2022 22:18:17 GMT
Should I stop making bad posts or stop liking bad posts? Yes. Joke's on you. Can't stop; won't stop.
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Post by Ness on Feb 15, 2022 22:19:58 GMT
Joke's on you. Can't stop; won't stop. As if the titty master can make a bad post. The issue is he doesn't post enough.
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