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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Let's name our favorite movies and discuss ...

In no particular order
Blade Runner, The Hunger, A Matter of Life & Death, Seven, For a Few Dollars More..
Now, I do see a big difference between what are my favorite movies & what I think are the best movies out there...I'd say probably only one of the above belongs in the second category.
I know my taste isn't exactly the classiest when it comes to Cinema... Hell, I actually own several Michael Bay movies.
But we're not asking what we think are the best, just what out personal faves are.
I hope this thread goes on for a while

J
 
I've always had a soft spot for "McCabe & Mrs. Miller."
 
Hard to say but here are some I remember, I know there are too many but kept going: City of God, A Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, Blade Runner, Scarface, Lives of Others, Talk to Her, ET, The Matrix 1, Europa, Alien 1, Dancer in the Dark, Dreams, Apocalypse Now, Character, The Last Emperor, Lawrence of Arabia, Shine, Fitzcarraldo, The Hunger, Requiem for a Dream, The Mission, Cinema Paradiso, Taxi Driver, No Man's Land.
 
No particular order.

Rumble Fish
The New World
Seven Samurais
Blade Runner
Angel Heart
8 1/2
Raging Bull
Godfather
Into the Wild
Taxi Driver
Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol
The Exorcist

its just too hard...
 
All the usual suspects... plus a few a bit quirkier. I'll mention only one: Local Hero. The ending is one of the most perfect bits of cinema; says everything without one word of dialogue:


Mike
 
to add a few that i havent seen listed yet.

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)

Primer (2004)
The Brothers Bloom (2008)
Play Dirty (1968)

and of course many more but these are a few that come to mind right now
 
Apocalypse Now, 2001 and Blade Runner are the most spectacular things I have ever seen captured on film. They are remarkable because they could never be made in today's production environment. They are uncompromising, unconventional and would never be given the green light today with the kinds of budgets that they had. Sad but true. Hollywood is not interested in taking risks like they once were and by in large, audiences are much less adventurous and open-minded then they were back in the day. We live in a time where people ask for their money back because the Tree of Life was too strange and Drive was not close enough to the Fast and Furious franchise. :( That was my rant for the day.
 
Once Upon a Time in the West;
Straw Dogs (1971);
 
Denizhan Nacar said:
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Shawshank...Shawshank...Shawshank...Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying...Morgan Freeman...
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I love Shawshank. The scene where Capt. Hadley beats the inmate in the dark is beautifully gruesome. Something in that image, the lighting, the movement of the actors, the wide shot of the cells, seems so unnatural that it adds to the inhumane nature of everything that is going on. Serves as a microcosm if you will.

http://moesucks.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/shaw01.jpg


My Favorite is Gattaca (1997)
 
Fifth Element. Classic! And Leeloo.... perfect. Although it will be a while before I can order her, I have already named my Scarlet "Leeloo". It may not have been the most cinematic movie of all time but it is still one of my favourites after seeing it more than 20 times.
War of the Worlds, although I'm not a big Tom Cruise fan this movie had a look and feel that really gave me the creeps in a good way with respect to getting into a movie.
 
Arguably one of the best if not most iconic opening scene of any film. Plus the black and white cinematography is superb. To me it is highly underrated.

A nice use of space to create tension in a comedy with limited coverage only when need with a tight wide that blends into a medium.

Here is a film where the visuals alone make you feel every character in this film. Possibly the best film I saw from 2011.

Now I cannot go on without showing Shame. This film made me feel like a horrible person. Having just visited New York, I must agree that Sean Babbitt deserves an award for it!

Then last one I'll suggest. Mean Streets.
 
i loved the following films:

requiem for a dream
fightclub
the jacket
pans labyrinth
28 weeks later
the watchmen
the machinist
the pianist
trainspotting
goodfellas
poolhall junkies
boogie nights
they live
limitless
titanic
clerks and jay and silent bob genres...dogma...
religiouslous
most michael moore films
the patriot
(in addition to some you guys have already listed...full metal jacket, clockwork orange, fifth element, etc)

those are probably my top ever, though i like them all too much to list in a specific order...

i know i hit a lot of different genres but i wanted to mention i like self sacrifice as a theme. like the soldier in 28 weeks later pushing the truck, amazing scene! or the jews fighting back in the pianist... the soldiers dying in war of the worlds to hold the hill...etc
 
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