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HR lover Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: Sep. 2010 Posted: Sep. 03 2012, 07:12 You can make a list. You can do a top 10,20, or 1000 for that matter   . But you don't have to. Just a discussion on your all-time greats. Here we go. 1. Eyes Wide Shut Directed by Stanley Kubrick, this is such an enigmatic film for me.  The atmosphere is just terrific. I love how the film balances between dream sequences and real stuff (a bit similar to belle de jour [I][/I] by Luis Bunuel (he's also really awesome). 2. Akira This with Blade runner is what started the whole cyberpunk movement. The first anime that received a lot of attention in the American media and started the wave of anime we see now. It's an ideological film. It suggests that Japan is going down the drain, where old-fashioned Japanese values are being traded for crappy american ones       Quite a violent film, but really beautiful as well. 3. Inland Empire Directed by David Lynch. A very weird, spooky, unsettling film. Quite the abstract film, something a lot of people don't seem to like. The way this film starts out so dark and turns into such a beautiful positive thing in the ending (like the light at the end of a tunnel) is what did it for me. 4. Full Metal Jacket By Stanley Kubrick. Seems like a very straightforward film. Of course it's not. Strangely enough I prefer the second part of the film to the first whereas most people prefer the first part of the film. The second part is strangely unsatisfying. Something Kubrick surely did on purpose. The way females are projected in this film as being exploited and being the true victims of war is what I like so much.   5. Cet obscur objet du désir By Luis Bunuel. I consider Bunuel to be one of the greatest surrealists. 6. Mulholland Drive. Another one by David Lynch. I love Naomi Watts performance in this one. A film that's making fun of Hollywood. Again a very unsettling film. I guess I like those     Other notable mentions: The Star Wars saga and the Harry Potter saga. All other Kubrick films (I heart Kubrick). Forest Gump. And that's all I can think of for the moment. -------------- Neither a borrower nor a lender be, For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. Back to top

Cavalier (Lost Version) Group: Members Posts: 598 Joined: Nov. 2010 Posted: Sep. 03 2012, 07:58 Quote (HR lover @ Sep. 03 2012, 07:12) The way females are projected in this film as being exploited and being the true victims of war is what I like so much. Everybody knows that the bird is the word, HR - applying UK slang! Lots of films to admire there, although I'm far too much of a ditherer to finalise a list of any number.  But I'll start the process with one on my Much Admired list, and my favourite of a few by your compatriot, Paul Verhoeven.  Starship Troopers is a thrilling critique of our fascistic tendencies, with astounding visual effects that, as good as they were, surpassed the Oscar-winning efforts of James Cameron's Titanic. -------------- "Who was that?" "That was Venger - the force of Evil!  I am Dungeon Master - your guide in the realm of Dungeons & Dragons!" Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Sep. 04 2012, 17:43 I generally tend to like modern-day war films [no The Longest Day, please, that's far too boring! ], because of my long-standing fascination with all things military - the paradoxical element in this being that I hate war and I'm absolutely not a warmonger. So all the Vietnam pics, the good ones , things like Platoon, Apocalypse Now (which I love in its Redux version immensely more than the original) and Full Metal Jacket. Also Saving Private Ryan [ok, that's WWII, but wonderful storytelling!] and its spin-off series, Band of Brothers. And Flags of Our Fathers, as Clint Eastwood is a master. I also have a special fondness for a certain genre of detective story/thriller, those kinds of films when they charge someone innocent for something he didn't do and the poor guy spends the whole pic running away from the police. So: Enemy of the State, The Fugitive, Knight and Day. Finally, I'm a sucker for police procedural dramas and courtroom dramas, so CSI is my favourite TV show in all of its incarnations and I love all the pics based on John Grisham books, with The Client being at the top. And there's A Few Good Men, which managed to combine the courtroom drama element and the military element with some great acting and a great direction, so if I had to name one film which is my all-time fav, it would probably be A Few Good Men. I didn't include The Killing Fields here because, although I love (some of) the music, the film itself is absolutely worthless, to me. EDIT: Ooops, I forgot Blade Runner - in its original theatrical version. Within that film I've seen too many things that, as a human, I couldn't believe, to list them here. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: Sep. 05 2012, 12:58 Some that I can name off the top of my head: - The Exorcist - Children of Men - City of God (Cidade de Deus) - 2001: A Space Odyssey - Dawn of the Dead (Romero's 1979 original, not the horrendous remake) - Brazil - Blade Runner - Citizen Kane - Amadeus -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

HR lover Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: Sep. 2010 Posted: Sep. 05 2012, 13:44 Quote Some that I can name off the top of my head: - The Exorcist - Children of Men - City of God (Cidade de Deus) - 2001: A Space Odyssey - Dawn of the Dead (Romero's 1979 original, not the horrendous remake) - Brazil - Blade Runner - Citizen Kane - Amadeus I've seen Brazil, which I thought was amazing. Citizen Kane is always a good one. Rosebud... Rosebud xD. And I saw Amadeus late at night and it was fabulous, but I was so tired that I never got to see the end of it. I saw the Excorcist's remake ( I think) but that was so scary (at the time I thought so astleast) I barely slept at all for 3 months    So I've never been really tempted to see the original, as you can imagine   -------------- Neither a borrower nor a lender be, For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: Sep. 06 2012, 08:52 Quote (HR lover @ Sep. 05 2012, 13:44) I saw the Excorcist's remake ( I think) but that was so scary (at the time I thought so astleast) I barely slept at all for 3 months    So I've never been really tempted to see the original, as you can imagine   I always watch The Exorcist as a drama film, and not as horror. And in fact that's why I like it so much, because every horror film is, by default and by definition, ridiculous. George A. Romero embraces ridiculousness and uses it to make a point about society, which works amazingly in Dawn of the Dead. But when the film tries to genuinely scare me, my brain just shuts down. I'm not afraid of shadows, that's just not gonna happen. And if you can, try to rewatch Amadeus. Not that there's a "twist ending" or anything, but it's an experience you must feel in its entirety. It's definitely worth it. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

Olivier Group: Super Admins Posts: 1868 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Sep. 06 2012, 11:03 Godfather I, half of Full Metal Jacket , Amadeus, Star Wars IV-VI, Lord Of The Rings I-III, Blade Runner I, James Bond III (Goldfinger), The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, Manhattan Back to top

bob the screamer Group: Members Posts: 108 Joined: Jan. 2011 Posted: Sep. 06 2012, 12:05 HR lover: we have very similar taste! Mulholland drive and Inland empire are the best movies I have ever seen along with Lost highway (it didn't make it to your list?). I also really like the most I have seen by Kubrick, especially clockwork orange and eyes wide shut. Finally, I like most of Quentin Tarantino's movies and the few movies I've seen by Lars von Trier (Dogville is recommended). -------------- New free album out: http://www.bobthescreamer.com/music/twinety-twine/ Back to top

GusFogle Group: Members Posts: 199 Joined: July 2011 Posted: Sep. 06 2012, 14:54 The Deer Hunter Interiors Mean Streets The Godfather series Bad Lieutenant The Piano Sophie's Choice Cannibal Holocaust Unforgiven Rocky Blue Velvet Dawn of the dead (1978) Goodfellas Pulp Fiction Das Boot Novecento There's too many more to list here. I love films- the last movie on that list, also called "1900" is probably in my top 5 films ever. Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Sep. 06 2012, 19:02 A few ones...not a massive film fan,but these ones are special to me somewhat: Magnolia Goodbye Lenin Mindwalk American Beauty Apollo 13 Black Swan Dogville The Full Monty Freedom Writers Back to the Future Dead Poets' Society Cinema Paradiso Life is Beautiful If you add documentaries on the list: The Corporation Sicko Capitalism A Love Story As for Brazilian films...can't stand City of God.Everyday violence from the favelas on the big screen.No,thank you...used to watch it everyday on our national news.I'd go for Central Station (Central do Brasil). -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

Platinumpty Group: Members Posts: 178 Joined: May 2011 Posted: Sep. 07 2012, 11:49 I'm a screenwriter and director so was hesitant to enter the fray but here goes... Andrei Rublev - Haunting, Epic, Beautiful Annie Hall - Witty, Nostalgic, Romantic 2001: A Space Odyssey - Stunning, Influencial, Frightening Picnic at Hanging Rock - Spooky, Etherial, Melancholy Psycho - Terrifying, Surprising, Legendary Lord of the Rings Trilogy - Ambitious, Entertaining, Uncompromising The Killing Fields (biased) - Emotional, Shocking, Nice Soundtrack Withnail and I - Epochal, Hilarious, Inspiring Les Diaboliques - Dark, Fearful, Malevolent The Shining - Terrifying, Beautiful, Sumptuous Badlands - Soulful, Violent, Clever Reservoir Dogs - Taut, Tense, Cool Die Hard - Witty, Thrilling, Compact Exotica - Sensual, Sinful, Wry Rushmore - Cute, Funny, Stylised Three Colours Trilogy - Vibrant, Daring, Surprising Funny Games (original) - Ironic, Shocking, Tense Lilya 4-Ever - Agonising, Tragic, Saddening The Godfather I & II - Operatic, Grandiose, Timeless Mean Streets - Hip, Tense, Inspirational Schindler's List - Committed, Beautiful, Terrifying The French Connection - Exciting, Electrifying, Dark I could go on... Look out for my own debut sometime next year... www.sparksandembers.com Back to top

Chicular Group: Members Posts: 240 Joined: Sep. 2004 Posted: Sep. 08 2012, 08:55 The Terminator (Brad Fiedel) Terminator 2 (Brad Fiedel) It's a Wonderful Life Predator (Alan Silvestri) Cast Away (Alan Silvestri) Donnie Darko (Michael Andrews) Blade Runner Gran Torino Dumb and Dumber The Departed Lucky number Slevin Juno Those are the ones I can think of just now. A common theme with the majority of films on the list is that they also have great soundtracks. Back to top

Milamber Group: Musicians Posts: 2275 Joined: Feb. 2010 Posted: Sep. 08 2012, 23:07 A few in no particular order.. Nosferatu  1932. Beau Geste 1939. Scaramouche 1952. Southern Comfort. Wild at Heart. Hardware. Starship Troopers. Vampire's Kiss. V. The Name of the Rose. Highlander. Miracle Mile. Blue Velvet. Dune. Blade Runner. Star Wars 3,4,5 Seige at Firebase Gloria. Flying High. Top Secret. @Ugo did you ever see Star Crash in the late 70's...very funny   Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Sep. 09 2012, 08:14 Quote (Milamber @ Sep. 09 2012, 05:07) @Ugo did you ever see Star Crash in the late 70's...very funny   No, I didn't - that series never aired here. But I did see all of the other films you mentioned above, although I don't really like any of them, except of course for Blade Runner. Dune is watered-down Eighties sci-fi, the book was better, and Lynch of course did his best elsewhere. The Name of the Rose, again, the book is better (if a little too learned). To me the film just looks like a misguided attempt to set a Sherlock Holmes mystery in Medieval times... the two lead character are called William from Baskerville and Adso from Melk. Just out of curiosity, why Star Wars three, four... and five? Don't you like Return of the Jedi? When I was a kid I idolized the original trilogy, and somehow I still do - although I don't approve of the changes made by George Lucas to the original films after he'd done the other three. I think that the so-called episodes one, two and three are only mildly interesting and mostly crap - again, nothing more than bleached sci-fi, including more Tolkien-ish stuff than was really needed. Of course, this is strictly my own opinion. @ Olivier: which half of FMJ? @ Sir M.: horror films don't scare me either, because I know that it's fiction and not reality even when it's presented as such (The Blair Witch Project? What a load of crap! ). I'm just not fond of the genre. And I agree about The Exorcist not being strictly horror, as I see it as a thriller with supernatural elements - the kind of genre which Stephen King poured all of his exaggerations into. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

Olivier Group: Super Admins Posts: 1868 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Sep. 09 2012, 11:10 Quote (Ugo @ Sep. 09 2012, 05:14) @ Olivier: which half of FMJ? First half. A bit like Ommadawn, 2nd half is excellent too but I listen top first half much much more often. Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: Sep. 09 2012, 12:05 Quote (Tati The Sentinel @ Sep. 06 2012, 19:02) As for Brazilian films...can't stand City of God.Everyday violence from the favelas on the big screen.No,thank you...used to watch it everyday on our national news.I'd go for Central Station (Central do Brasil). I find that view very tragic. Part of the reason for my high regard for City of God is EXACTLY the saturation of violence on everyday TV. The news turn the violence into a cheap, hedonistic spectacle; Meirelles turned it into stylish, yet poignant art, matching many of the highly regarded Hollywoodian filmmakers. Also, the fact that the violence is discomforting and bothersome only shows how it fulfilled its intentions. Art should be disconforting, while our newscasts are alienating and numbing. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

Milamber Group: Musicians Posts: 2275 Joined: Feb. 2010 Posted: Sep. 11 2012, 03:29 @Ugo yeah I read NotR in my teen years but still prefer the movie....Actually that book is where Aedificium came from   No winners in my list...Oh well at least we find common ground in music....mostly.... With regards to SW RotJ all I can say is EWOKS....nuff said...George really F$&@ed up there... A few more would be.. LOTR. The Thing. The Tin Drum. Downfall......great German film...check it out. Antartica. Alien. The Party. Silent Running. Fitzcaraldo...actually anything with Klaus Kinski is mildly amusing. And all the even numbered Star Treks. I could go on   Back to top

Milamber Group: Musicians Posts: 2275 Joined: Feb. 2010 Posted: Sep. 11 2012, 03:30 @Ugo yeah I read NotR in my teen years but still prefer the movie....Actually that book is where Aedificium came from   No winners in my list...Oh well at least we find common ground in music....mostly.... With regards to SW RotJ all I can say is EWOKS....nuff said...George really F$&@ed up there... A few more would be.. LOTR. The Thing. The Tin Drum. Downfall......great German film...check it out. Antartica. Alien. The Party. Silent Running. Fitzcaraldo...actually anything with Klaus Kinski is mildly amusing. And all the even numbered Star Treks. I could go on   Back to top

Milamber Group: Musicians Posts: 2275 Joined: Feb. 2010 Posted: Sep. 11 2012, 03:34 @Ugo yeah I read NotR in my teen years but still prefer the movie....Actually that book is where Aedificium came from   No winners in my list...Oh well at least we find common ground in music....mostly.... With regards to SW RotJ all I can say is EWOKS....nuff said...George really F$&@ed up there... A few more would be.. LOTR. The Thing. The Tin Drum. Downfall......great German film...check it out. Antartica. Alien. The Party. Silent Running. Fitzcaraldo...actually anything with Klaus Kinski is mildly amusing. And all the even numbered Star Treks. I could go on   Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Sep. 11 2012, 08:50 Triple posting? Is something wrong with your PC, Cam? OK about Jedi, I guess it's all a matter of taste. I've got the original 1983 version by Richard Marquand (the one before George Lucas laid his filthy hands on it!! ) on an old VHS tape. Even if the remastered DVD looks way better, it's undoubtly not the same film - and not for the better. So, like for my old Mike Oldfield CDs, I'm not throwing that VHS tape - and my old VCR - away. LotR is too long for me. OK, the book was certainly long enough for a 10-hour film, but they could have very easily dispensed with a lot of secondary plots and characters (like the old 1978 cartoon version by Ralph Bakshi, which nevertheless covers just half of the story) and made the rest into a very enjoyable 4-hour film... but ONE film!! Diluting into 3 very long films made me lose all interest in it. I got bored of it already by the beginning of The Return of the King, which to me is the weakest film in the entire series. For all of his merits, Peter Jackson's only major fault (IMHO) is having been extremely faithful to the book(s). Had he edited it down a bit, the result, I think, would have been way better. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

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