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Best movie ever?

Mr. Durden said:
Without starting a flame war or anything, can you really briefly tell me why you feel like that? Repulsive is a pretty strong word...

...was it the line that said something about "they have sex with boys" near the beginning? Thats all I can think of that could be in any way at all construed to be homophobic. Even then it more of a pedophilia thing to me. :confused: Im honestly asking because I want to know, not because I want to argue the point. :cool:

Otherwise the main political slant I could find was the few men fighting for freedom versus the rest of the "world". Freedom isnt free, etc. etc. etc.
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It's hard to sum up briefly, but basically, think of it this way: in what ways is the comic book different from history? It stands to reason to me that if the movie is "accurate" in certain ways and "inaccurate" in others, those inaccuracies represent a conscious choice about what the comic book was meant to be about. Likewise, how is the movie different from the comic book? What do these choices tell us about what the movie conveys.

Tons more info here:

http://www.ghandchi.com/iranscope/Anthology/KavehFarrokh/300/index.htm

But this isn't really appropriate for this thread, and I apologize. I guess we could pick this up in the discussion of the movie 300 or in a new thread.
 
princealfie said:
Okay, [Amelie's] a delightful movie but no masterpiece either. Seriously people want to see due to the pretense of having seen a foreign film but there are much better choices like Chabrol or Fassbinder that we could go with eh?
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I hardly think that films by Chabrol or Fassbinder would be suitable alternatives for mainstream cinemagoers who are drawn to watch Amelie. Rohmer perhaps, but Fassbinder?!

princealfie said:
Does Amelie the movie change our perspective on what the nature of cinema or allows us to reflect on how the world is portrayed in our eyes?
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Don't get carried away with the idea that quality cinema necessarily has to be profound - Truffaut is a good example of a well-respected director whose work lacks a certain gravity. In any event, I think it's fair to say that Jeunet presented a fairly unique and innovative vision with Amelie, notwithstanding his earlier work with Marc Caro. I can't help but wonder whether so-called 'serious' filmgoers decry films like Amelie and Life is Beautiful because of their popularity with mainstream audiences.

I'm also a foreign-film buff, but like devilot, I need for films to resonate with me viscerally above all else.

My selections:

Amelie
Closely Observed Trains
Code Unknown
Come and See
The Consequences of Love
La Double vie de Véronique
Les Enfants du paradis
Fanny and Alexander
Tous les matins du monde
The Weeping Meadow

For what it's worth, I think La Règle du jeu is over-rated.
 
Brize said:
I hardly think that films by Chabrol or Fassbinder would be suitable alternatives for mainstream cinemagoers who are drawn to watch Amelie. Rohmer perhaps, but Fassbinder?!



Don't get carried away with the idea that quality cinema necessarily has to be profound - Truffaut is a good example of a well-respected director whose work lacks a certain gravity. In any event, I think it's fair to say that Jeunet presented a fairly unique and innovative vision with Amelie, notwithstanding his earlier work with Marc Caro. I can't help but wonder whether so-called 'serious' filmgoers decry films like Amelie and Life is Beautiful because of their popularity with mainstream audiences.

I'm also a foreign-film buff, but like devilot, I need for films to resonate with me viscerally above all else.

My selections:

Amelie
Closely Observed Trains
Code Unknown
Come and See
The Consequences of Love
La Double vie de Véronique
Les Enfants du paradis
Fanny and Alexander
Tous les matins du monde
The Weeping Meadow

For what it's worth, I think La Règle du jeu is over-rated.
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I agree to a certain extent but Truffaut is way better than Jeunet honestly. He has a sense of humanity which is profound. And profundity should never be mistaken for gravity honestly. Truffaut's humor is very natural and never forced unlike Amelie which attempts its pastiche with a slapdash fashion that forces the characterization into a box rather than the other way around.

Honestly, visceral experience is only 50% of the experience. If it doesn't provoke me or cause me to call up to arms then it doesn't mean much for me at all.

A good example is Jean-Pierre Melville whose Le Cercle Rouge was neglected heavily because it was considered too grave and ethical-laden and almost with a sense of Celine-like coloring. Now he is considered a consummate craftsman who has no parallel during his time.

Godard is another awesome example who combines playfulness with intellectualism. Honestly I like my foreign films with a bunch of provocation and Truffaut is way too comforting to be my favorite of the Nouvelle Vague.

Rivette is much more interesting. He tests the movie viewer in ways that cannot be described. It p****** people off to watch his films and I really like that approach. Perhaps for a different reason than Salo does.

A good movie must rally me to indignation to satisfy my cinemaphilic tastes :D
 
Did no one else like Minority Report? :( They even had one of the cars at the theatre that I saw it in.

And my pick for the worst movie I've ever seen... "The Black Dahlia". What an awful, boring movie.
 
are we strictly talking direction, then i'm going with The Graduate.


best movie ever made: Fight Club.

I don't think i'll ever see a movie that good in the rest of my lifetime.
 
welshandrew said:
I'm going for Cinema Paradiso (although Amelie is a very, very close second.)

I can remember watching Cinema Paradiso years ago with my dad and both of us being completely enchanted by it - blubbering like a pair of little girls (no offence meant to any little girls out there!) at the end.
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Oh great movie, oddly enough i watched that movie with my dad too, and we were totally mesmorized.

Also L'Aubergene Espanol is great too.
 
Ahh...I can never pick one.

Recent:
Children of Men.....absolutely brilliant.

All time:
The Usual Suspects
The Big Lebowski
Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
Snatch


I like capers. :p

I think I have favorites in every genre, these are just a few that come to mind right now, and I hate to drop a huge list.
 
hello guys.....

300 is the best movie for me this year!
I've seen it yesterday and its great!
I am also looking forward to a documentary film of Julien Temple.
"The Future is Unwritten"
It is about Joe Strummer who is th lead singer of the CLASH band.
Have you heard about this film?
 
Full Metal Jacket made a real impact on me as an actor. I was entranced by that movie growing up.

Magnolia and Requiem for a Dream are definitely high on my lists. Amelie (despite the lengthy debate going on in this thread) was quite enjoyable, and in the same realm: Science of Sleep.

Tarantino's work is good for what it is. It's always got a classic Americana film-going experience associated with it, and if you accept its cheesiness, it can great.

Pan's Labyrinth was really good, but nothing super spectacular.

Lock Stock and Snatch, always fun to watch a bit of Guy Ritchie's work when in the right mood.

Vanilla Sky and Abre los Ojos (think I spelled that right) were both delightful.


And someone mentioned worst movie ever, my pick on this is easy: Alexander. I enjoy a lot of films, and I've never ever wanted 3 hours of my life back more than after watching this. It was far and away the absolute worst movie I have ever seen.
 
spicyapple said:
The movie had a profound, life-changing effect on me. I see things differently now.
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You don't have to get personal if you don't want to, but I'm curious as to what sparked that emotion and change? I did thoroughly enjoy it, but I can't remember what would have served as a "spark plug" in the film.


Aside:
I'm kind of surprised no one has mentioned The Fountain....
 
Blade Runner

Probably not the best movie ever — I wouldn't be able to choose just one. But it was a great movie to be seeing as a first year architecture student in 1982…
Sigh…so looong ago, eh?

Luckily the Director's Cut got rid of the voice-over and the "happy ending". But what a vision of the future.
 
I don't usually watch movies more than once, but I think I've seen The Last Samurai at least 5 times. Most recently on Blu-Ray with my new 1080p TV :) It gets my vote.
 
angelneo said:
If Titanic is in, then why not Brokeback mountain?

Actually I enjoy Crash, Amelie and Pan's Lab. But only after reading through this thread, then I remembered how I enjoyed those movies. :D
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Because Brokeback Mountain is one of the most overrated piece of garbage in cinematic history. Sentimental and overblown lyricism so maudlin. Yuck! :eek: :eek: :eek:
 
DigitalAx said:
Full Metal Jacket made a real impact on me as an actor. I was entranced by that movie growing up.

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And someone mentioned worst movie ever, my pick on this is easy: Alexander. I enjoy a lot of films, and I've never ever wanted 3 hours of my life back more than after watching this. It was far and away the absolute worst movie I have ever seen.
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I could definitely see Full Metal Jacket changing your life. That and A Clockwork Orange would be two very thought-provoking movies.

And yea I was the one that said "Black Dahlia" was the worst movie ever. But now I'm remembering how bad "Alexander" really was... I dunno, it's a toss-up.
 
n-abounds said:
I could definitely see Full Metal Jacket changing your life. That and A Clockwork Orange would be two very thought-provoking movies.

And yea I was the one that said "Black Dahlia" was the worst movie ever. But now I'm remembering how bad "Alexander" really was... I dunno, it's a toss-up.
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Yes, any Kubrick film will be life-changing. I still like his Lolita movie the best. But that's just me.
 
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