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Re: GNREvolution Top 10 Films of All Time
Thought we could do a poll on the top 10 films ever made according to this site. Everybody list your own top 10 and I'll compile the results over the weekend. The nr.1 spot gets 10 points, the second 9 points and so on. I'll appreciate if you want to say something about why you like each film, but a bare list is just fine too.
1. Heat (Mann 1995)
Pacino and DeNiro both deliver career high performances in this crime epic. Everything in this film is flawless. Cast, acting, cinematography, script, direction, score, everything. Police work and professional crime is portrayed with uncanny realism. The shootout is still the big benchmark in the genre. Includes many classic and unique moments. Pacino and Deniros first on screen scene together ever, before the dreadful Righteous Kill shattered our illusions, last time LAX allowed on location filming, last time the old drive in movie theater is seen before it was destroyed. One of the defining movies in its depiction of Los Angeles.
2. Mulholland Dr. (Lynch 2001)
I've seen this movie 20 times and I still don't really understand it. But I do get what it's about. One of the weirdest, scariest, funniest and most sexy movie, all at the same time. It doesn't have to make too much sense since it's such a joy to watch. In the end I'm left in tears without really knowing why. Lynch can do more with a camera in a few minutes than most directors can in their entire careers.
3. Miami Vice (Mann 2006)
One of the few action thrillers for an adult audience done right. It's subtle, realistic, dirty, sexy and brutal. Captivating imagery, fresh and original. Great performances from a great cast, exciting action sequences with attention to detail and an epic score to boot. One of the most underrated movies in modern times, sitting at a paltry 5.9 at imdb.
4. The Thing (Carpenter 1982)
Creepiest horror film I've seen. The setting, the cast and the threat is perfect. Morricone provides a chilling score. One of those endings where the good guys win and lose at the same time. The last scene leaves me haunted.
5. The Empire Strikes Back (Kersher 1980)
Maybe the only big budgeted Star Wars movie ever done right. This film pretty much set the rule for serial trilogies in all years since. A perfect blockbuster.
6. Die Hard (Mctiernan 1988)
Bruce Willis back when he was cool, McTiernan back when he was good. Mix in a british stage actor and you have yourself an action movie. Ah how I miss the 80s, when a shoot em up was aimed at adults and not kids. This is the blueprint for how to make that kind of movie. Inventive action, bad ass one liners, a dose of humor and a charismatic villain.
7. Once Upon A Time In The West (Leone 1968)
Leone's western magnum opus. Charles Bronson and Henry Fonda going at it accompanied by Morricone's score and Leone's direction makes a true epic. A man's movie.
8. The New World (Malick 2006)
Malick doesn't like dialoge very much. He compensates by filming a tree for 3 weeks to get the right shot. An acquired taste, but the end result is unique.
9. Eyes Wide Shut (Kubrick 1999)
Kubrick's swan song is his finest. Getting Nicole Kidman to show us the goods in her prime years deserves automatic appreciation. Apart from that this is an extremely well made, and creepy movie. Every shot carries meaning.
10. Stalker (Tarkovsky 1979)
Tarkovsky does things with the camera I've seen nowhere else. He just doesn't tell stories, he conveys the strongest emotions just by handling a camera. At one point he made a character going through a corridor one of the scariest experiences on film I've ever had, and it's just a damn dude walking. No score, no effects.
Re: GNREvolution Top 10 Films of All Time
I'll need a couple days to think about a proper list. Every time I whip up a best song/bands/films/etc list I always forget some.
"10. Stalker (Tarkovsky 1979)"
Never watched it. I assume I should download it. Speaking of downloaded films, I downloaded Downfall a few days ago, a film about Hitler's last days. Any of you guys watch it?
The Thing is definitely a masterpiece but I don't think I could place it top 10. Top 10 horror? Sure.
Re: GNREvolution Top 10 Films of All Time
These are my Top Ten... don't give a shit about "Critics" etc... there will be no Godfather or Casablanca or Citizen Kane etc.
1. Pulp Fiction: Favorite movie of all time and one of the greatest of all time.
2. Rocky.. I laugh when people say this is a "Boxing" movie... it is not
3. Fight Club: Perfect Indictment on popular culture's effect
4.Shawshank Redemption bout as close to a perfect film as u will find
5. The Dark Knight. for Heath Ledger's Joker alone
6. American History X: brilliant
7 Back To The Future
8 Donnie Brasco
9. Silver Linings Playbook
10. The Big Lebowski perhaps the greatest comedy of all time
Re: GNREvolution Top 10 Films of All Time
I'll need a couple days to think about a proper list. Every time I whip up a best song/bands/films/etc list I always forget some.
"10. Stalker (Tarkovsky 1979)"
Never watched it. I assume I should download it. Speaking of downloaded films, I downloaded Downfall a few days ago, a film about Hitler's last days. Any of you guys watch it?
The Thing is definitely a masterpiece but I don't think I could place it top 10. Top 10 horror? Sure.
It's a great movie. Ironic that the most unbiased WW2 film was made by germans. Hollywood has a lot to learn from it.
You should definitely watch Stalker, but be prepared for a very different movie experience. Especially the first 30-40 minutes are slow.
Re: GNREvolution Top 10 Films of All Time
These are my Top Ten... don't give a shit about "Critics" etc... there will be no Godfather or Casablanca or Citizen Kane etc.
Haha, so true. Every "serious list" contains Citizen Kane, but when you ask regular people on forums like this I hardly ever see it. It was certainly inventive for its time, but imo it doesn't hold up today as a purely dramatic effort.
Re: GNREvolution Top 10 Films of All Time
"10. Stalker (Tarkovsky 1979)"
Never watched it. I assume I should download it.
Stalker is grand, but who am I to say. Tarkovsky's ponderous rhythm of narration requires a bit of adjusting. A lot is given for the imagination, and one should allow to be lulled into a hypnagogic state where the unconscious begins to work the plot out for you. In other words, put your mind at ease and watch the dream logic unfold.
One of the most moving experiences in recent memory for me has been Elem Klimov's Come and See (Soviet Union, 1985). An absolutely harrowing film.
Re: GNREvolution Top 10 Films of All Time
James Lofton wrote:I'll need a couple days to think about a proper list. Every time I whip up a best song/bands/films/etc list I always forget some.
"10. Stalker (Tarkovsky 1979)"
Never watched it. I assume I should download it. Speaking of downloaded films, I downloaded Downfall a few days ago, a film about Hitler's last days. Any of you guys watch it?
The Thing is definitely a masterpiece but I don't think I could place it top 10. Top 10 horror? Sure.
It's a great movie. Ironic that the most unbiased WW2 film was made by germans. Hollywood has a lot to learn from it.
You should definitely watch Stalker, but be prepared for a very different movie experience. Especially the first 30-40 minutes are slow.
I've seen Nostahlgia (1983) and came away kinda confused and bored. Is this film or Solaris any better? Donwfall is one of those films that I always want to watch but always put off for whatever reason.
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