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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 ...

Paul Russell said:
Blade Runner

Great cast, sets and a multi level enigma of a story. The last of the sci fi 'optical fx' movies. Still a vast reference library for influence - such as the 'enhance' technique in every cop show. And the bad guy gets the best lines, as well as the most poignant demise.

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I love Bladerunner.
For me, it's a cinematography masterpiece - on top of being a classic film.

...man just. Look at the last scene - it's remarkable.

 
1. Lawrence of Arabia (check out this thread: http://tinyurl.com/crsvjlx)
2. Star Wars
3. Days of Heaven
4. Jaws
5. Ben-Hur
6. Tess
7. The Magnificent Seven
8. King Kong (1933)
9. Vertigo
10. Singing in the Rain
11. Some Like It Hot
 
My favorites are always changing...I'm a bit fan of the Lord of the Rings movies (can't wait for The Hobbit!) as well as pretty much all of Christopher Nolan's movies..The Batman series, Memento, Inception..also recently saw Shutter Island finally and discovered how good it really was. Some movies before my time that I like are the original Star Wars, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, ET, and Jurassic Park. There are many more, but those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

PS: Call me a hipster, but I just didn't care for Shawshank..I should give it another chance though because the first time I watched it, it was overly hyped up for me and I wasn't in the mood for a movie. :/
 
ROAD WARRIOR

Always has been, always will be. And now I am the luckiest man on the planet because George Miller finished his Happy Feet kids stuff and
is soon to film back to back sequels of Mad Max starring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron. I am in heaven.

Runners up: EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, THE THING, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, BLADE RUNNER and just about every damn movie from 1981 / 1982.
 
children of men, Alfonso Cuarón

i love so many movies...
 
i will just name what comes to mind right now (always changes based on mood)

all that jazz, y tu mama tambien, taxi driver, after hours, mister lonely, paris texas, being john malkovich, blue velvet, great expectations, cinema paradiso, fargo, pulp fiction, vanilla sky...
 
Beautiful colors. Saw this when I was 9, loved it then and love it today.

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1) Mary Poppins - first full mixed reality movie with robotics, Mary is hot too
2) Steam Boat Bill Jr - my favorite movie from a acting viewpoint
3) 2001
4) Ikiru (I study this film more then any other)
5) Wild Strawberries (I actually think about this film more then I watch it)
6) Willow (I end up re-watching this film a lot with the kids, etc ... is probably my most watched film)
7) 300 (my favorite recent film)
8) Manon des Sources [spring] - this and it's companion movie ... just love
9) Ugetsu
 
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PatrickFaith said:
1) Mary Poppins - first full mixed reality movie with robotics, Mary is hot too
2) Steam Boat Bill Jr - my favorite movie from a acting viewpoint
3) 2001
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I have watched Mary Poppins as a Broadway musical and pretty much liked it ,I am sure the movie is a nice one as well....
 
David Mullen ASC said:
My favorite four are:
"Seven Samurai"
"Doctor Strangelove"
"2001"
"Lawrence of Arabia"

The movie that made me want to make movies was "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", which I saw when I was 15... though as a child, the movie that gripped my imagination was the original b&w "Godzilla". And I watched a lot of "Star Trek" reruns on television.
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It's interesting that a lot of people pick older classics as their favourites, yet we seen a real change in filmmaking styles over the years. I don't see many film these days, but there are few filmmakers shooting stories of this scope above. Kurosawa, Kubrick, and Lean. Three filmmakers with incredible style. Are there any filmmakers that are as stylistic as these three making movies today? Maybe Malick or Terry Gilliam, but even these guys seem to be making smaller films.

Did the process look take over as style from these great masters visual styles of how and where they put a camera.

For me, David has listed a few of my old favourites, but I don't think a film has grabbed me for shear adventure as Raiders of the Lost Ark. I've heard a lot of Lucas/Spielberg basing over the years, but this has to be close to a perfect movie.
 
I really don't have one in particular. Here are a few in no particular order.

Lawrence of Arabia
The film that got me in to all of this trouble. When I was a kid they used to play it in pan / scan on Sunday morning TV. I can still remember the dialog scene between Omar Sharif and Peter O'Toole at the well. They are standing on opposite ends of the 2:35 screen, so on a 4:3 TV you end up looking at a hole in the desert. Years later I saw the restored 70mm print at the Cinerama Dome from a seat that was dead center in the theater. It was amazing.

The Red Shoes
Shot in glorious three strip Technicolor by the great Jack Cardiff. 25 asa?

City Lights
The greatest ending in cinema, which may also be the greatest scene in cinema.

It's a Wonderful Life
How did this bomb at the box office?

Sullivan's Travels
Very clever and funny. A lot of it still holds true in Hollywood today.

Papermoon
Never share the screen with a kid or a dog. You'll lose. Lazlo Kovacs did some great work on this.

Citizen Kane
Gregg Toland and Orson Welles at their best.

The Seventh Seal / The Virgin Spring
On par with any piece of great literature.

Sunrise
Great, touching story and some of the best cinematography ever.

Blade Runner
The best sci-fi ever?

Cabaret
The editing and timing of this film is stunning. There is not an ounce of fat on it. Gorgeously shot.

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
It's old, it's black and white, but it hasn't lost any of it's impact. Heartbreaking. Probably the greatest anti-war movie ever made.

The Terminator / Robo Cop
Gritty sci-fi noir at it's best.


One of the best recent movies I've seen was "The Wrestler". It was great, but incredibly sad. I would like to see it again, but need to get a running start.
 
A few I can't forget:

Lives Of Others
Blade Runner
The Silence Of The Lambs
Dr. Strangelove
Platoon
Karakter
Alien
A Bridge Too Far
The Last Emperor
City Of God
Apocalypse Now
Amadeus
Amores Perros
 
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