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benj clews 
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 Posted - 01/12/2007 : 19:47:09
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Mine are mostly within the last decade and pretty mainstream I'm afraid...
The Life Of Brian
Airplane!
Blazing Saddles
Fight Club
Seven
Being John Malkovich
The Straight Story
The Green Mile
The Shawshank Redemption
Heat
The Silence Of The Lambs
Babe
The Deer Hunter
Three Kings
American Beauty
The Road To Perdition |
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GHcool 
"Forever a curious character."
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Posted - 01/12/2007 : 20:34:49
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You can't get much bigger than these films (all of which are on the top 200 highest grossing films in the United States):
Back to the Future
E.T.
Forrest Gump
In the Line of Fire
The Mask
Terminator 2
Toy Story (1 or 2)
Star Wars (any of them)
Titanic
Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
Edited by - GHcool on 01/12/2007 20:35:40 |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 01/12/2007 : 21:45:16
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See all of the IMDb Top 250. 
I've seen 163 of them (so 87 to go). Some of them I'll probably never be able to find though. 
I've seen all of the Top 50, and 89 of the Top 100.  |
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RockGolf
"1500+ reviews. 1 joke."
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Posted - 01/12/2007 : 22:13:51
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Bridge on the River Kwai
Reds
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
Jaws
Paths of Glory
Twelve Angry Men
F/X (totally improbable, but great cast, great scritp, great fun)
Silverado
Vertigo
Sullivan's Travels |
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lemmycaution 
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 01/12/2007 : 22:16:27
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quote:
Originally posted by Se�n
See all of the IMDb Top 250.
I've seen 163 of them (so 87 to go). Some of them I'll probably never be able to find though.
I've seen all of the Top 50, and 89 of the Top 100.
The Incredibles at #97 ! |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 01/12/2007 : 22:26:27
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quote:
Originally posted by lemmycaution
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Originally posted by Se�n
See all of the IMDb Top 250.
I've seen 163 of them (so 87 to go). Some of them I'll probably never be able to find though.
I've seen all of the Top 50, and 89 of the Top 100.
The Incredibles at #97 !
Is the because you think it should be No. 7? Or No. 12,756? I'd rate it as the best of the Hollywood animation flicks I've seen, but not in the same league as most of Studio Ghibli's stuff. |
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lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 01/12/2007 : 22:54:31
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quote:
Originally posted by Se�n
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Originally posted by lemmycaution
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Originally posted by Se�n
See all of the IMDb Top 250.
I've seen 163 of them (so 87 to go). Some of them I'll probably never be able to find though.
I've seen all of the Top 50, and 89 of the Top 100.
The Incredibles at #97 !
Is the because you think it should be No. 7? Or No. 12,756? I'd rate it as the best of the Hollywood animation flicks I've seen, but not in the same league as most of Studio Ghibli's stuff.
Certainly wasn't expecting it to be higher. Just surprised that it was as high as it was. Upon reflection, since it is #5 animation moneymaker, and since this list is user-vote driven, it makes sense.
It just rankles a pseud like me to see it several places ahead of 8 1/2 which I put in my personal top ten list. |
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Whippersnapper. 
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 01/12/2007 : 23:11:20
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How about another 10?
The Music Box
The Third Man
A Matter Of Life and Death
Out Of The Past
It Happened One Night
Mr Smith Goes To Washington
Lost Horizon (1937)
It's A Wonderful Life
Marty
The Seventh Seal (I just love animal movies! ) |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 01/13/2007 : 02:55:57
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Originally posted by lemmycaution
It just rankles a pseud like me to see it several places ahead of 8 1/2 which I put in my personal top ten list.
I see an IMDb score as not a reflection of absolute quality, but as a reflection of satisfaction level among those who've seen it and scored it. In the case of The Incredibles, everyone who saw it knew what they were going to get, they liked it as the animation was good and it was funny and entertaining, and that satisfaction is reflected in the score. Conversely, many who saw Lost in Translation because of it's Oscar or because Bill Murray and/or Scarlett Johansson were in it, and then "didn't get the movie" were less than satisfied, hence it isn't even in the Top 250 even though it's in my "Best 10 movies ever" list. So I gave up thinking about relative positions of movies in IMDb lists.
Even within 'genres', the relative positions don't mean a lot. E.g., in the Top 50 Animation list, comedies like The Incredibles are up against violent action flicks like Ninja Scroll and serious dramas like Grave of the Fireflies, none of which in my view are comparable.
I find IMDb scores are a good indicator of a movie's watchability, and have five classes that I use. I find they work whatever the genre:-
1-5 - forget it, it's garbage
5-6 - better than staring at the wall... or perhaps not
6-7 - should be decent enough, perhaps very good
7-8 - should be very good, perhaps excellent
8-9+ - should be excellent.
I don't often find a movie that IMO is outside it's class. |
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Beanmimo 
"August review site"
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Posted - 01/13/2007 : 03:58:18
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Do we have the potential of the definitive Fwfr's all time best choices surfacing in this thread.
Maybe a silly thought but kep it in mind all the same. |
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Cheese_Ed
"The Provolone Ranger"
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Posted - 01/13/2007 : 06:23:45
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Originally posted by Se�n
See all of the IMDb Top 250.
I've seen 163 of them (so 87 to go). Some of them I'll probably never be able to find though.
I've seen all of the Top 50, and 89 of the Top 100.
Seen 94 of the top 100 (but missing 4 in the top 30)
And 208 209 211 of the 250.
Several are newer and I haven't had a chance yet (Children of Men, Pan's Labyrinth, The Prestige, Departed, United 93). Several more I have on tape and can't get myself to sit and watch (Harvey, The Seventh Seal, Best Years of Our Lives) One of my big weaknesses is in the Spaghetti Western bowl. Need to get cooking on them! |
Edited by - Cheese_Ed on 01/17/2007 17:09:40 |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 01/13/2007 : 06:35:00
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Not very twisty, Sal, but without these most of the others probably wouldn't have been made, superb as some of them are. I've tried not to duplicate anything above.
Some classic [cel] animations to bulk out the more modern ones, if only for comparison:
Snow White [1st feature length animation]
Cinderella
Bambi
classic horror:
Paul Wegener's The Golem
F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu, the Vampire
classic epic: Sergei Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible, I & II
classic war:
Abel Gance's J'Accuse [I Accuse]
Jean Renoir's La Grande Illusion [The Great Illusion]
Jean-Luc Godard's Les Carabiniers [the riflemen]
Lewis Milestone's All Quiet on the Western Front
classic biopic:
Abel Gance's Napoleon
classic documentary:
Nanu of the North
Pare Lorentz The River [tribute to the Mississippi]
Frederick Wiseman's
Primate
Titicut Follies
music-related
D.A. Pennebaker's
Don't Look Back [about Bob Dylan]
Monterey Pop
Martin Scorsese's No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
classic sci-fi journey to the unknown:
Journey to the Center of the Earth
classic westerns:
Stagecoach
Bad Day at Black Rock
Delmer Daves's Broken Arrow starring James Stewart
classic alien encounter:
Robert Wise's The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Thing aka The Thing from Another World
classic BIG creatures: Them!
from the Nouvelle Vague:
Essential Truffaut:
Les Quatre cents coups [The Four Hundred Blows]
Shoot the Pianist
Jules et Jim
Day For Night
Essential Godard:
A Bout de Souffle [Breathless]
Vivre Sa Vie [Her Life to Live]
Le Mepris [Contempt]
Alphaville aka Alphaville, a Strange Case of Lemmy Caution
Pierrot le fou
Essential Yimou Zhang:
Raise the Red Lantern
House of Flying Daggers
pre-Bollywood:
Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy
ENJOY!
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GHcool
"Forever a curious character."
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Posted - 01/13/2007 : 08:34:32
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quote:
Originally posted by lemmycaution
quote:
Originally posted by Se�n
quote:
Originally posted by lemmycaution
quote:
Originally posted by Se�n
See all of the IMDb Top 250.
I've seen 163 of them (so 87 to go). Some of them I'll probably never be able to find though.
I've seen all of the Top 50, and 89 of the Top 100.
The Incredibles at #97 !
Is the because you think it should be No. 7? Or No. 12,756? I'd rate it as the best of the Hollywood animation flicks I've seen, but not in the same league as most of Studio Ghibli's stuff.
Certainly wasn't expecting it to be higher. Just surprised that it was as high as it was. Upon reflection, since it is #5 animation moneymaker, and since this list is user-vote driven, it makes sense.
It just rankles a pseud like me to see it several places ahead of 8 1/2 which I put in my personal top ten list.
I hope LemmyCaution forgives me, but I thought this was appropriate for this discussion:
GHcool's Top Five Least Favorite Films on the IMDb Top 250
1. Brazil at #238 ("1985." - Whippersnapper)
2. 8 1/2 at #148.
3. The Usual Suspects at an unbelievably high #17 (right above City of God ... "Ring-a-ring-a-soze." - Paul Bennison)!
4. Mulholland Drive at #244 ("Pair o' dykes- lost." - Fresno).
5. Fight Club at #32 ... right above American Beauty! ("Quit hitting yourself!" - Leila) |
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thefoxboy
"Four your eyes only."
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Posted - 01/13/2007 : 09:16:14
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quote:
Originally posted by Montgomery
Anyone suggest "City of God"? I love that film.
Also -- "Cinema Paradiso" was beautiful.
EM :)
Two great movies.
I watched Cinema Paradiso for the first time yesterday, I didn't even have to read the subtitles.  |
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ChocolateLady 
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 01/13/2007 : 09:36:04
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
I agree with the large majority of your choices Chocky, but I can't agree that Father of the Bride or Father's Little Dividend are essential cinema.  ...
They make me smile and Tracy is marvelous in them, and like many of the same era are truly Classic Comedies. Anyway, one should see the "real thing" to offset those horrid remakes by Steve Martin! So I would add a few of the first, original Pink Panther movies, too. For that matter, the originals of Cheaper by the Dozen and Your's Mine and Ours would be good fun (but not essential).
I forgot Pat & Mike on my list and I see someone else mentioned (or was it on the IMDb list) Arsenic and Old Lace which are also classics. I know there are many more.
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