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As much as I loved "Local Hero" - a unique beautiful small film - but the three greatest films of all time????
Demo - you don't live in a very small town with one video shop with one rack of videos do you?
Posted by: hondo at December 21, 2005 10:29 PM (3aakz)
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at December 21, 2005 11:05 PM (8e/V4)
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Patton
The Unfor-given
Being There
Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at December 22, 2005 12:40 AM (RHG+K)
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Weird. I had to hyphenate Unfor-given for the comment moderator to allow it.
Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at December 22, 2005 12:41 AM (RHG+K)
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You have left off "Cabin Boy" with Chris Elliot.
Posted by: Filthy at December 22, 2005 04:34 AM (uxn8Q)
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Agent Smith says Iranian films are the best.
Posted by: Agent Smith at December 22, 2005 05:47 AM (prUmQ)
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I don't have a favorite. Hubby's fave is Independence Day. Can you wear out a DVD?
Posted by: Oyster at December 22, 2005 06:38 AM (YudAC)
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Little known fact about "Groundhog Day"
It is a modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast."
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Diva
Blue Velvet
Usual Suspects
Posted by: 8ackgr0und N015e at December 22, 2005 06:47 AM (wsdWU)
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8ackbr0und N015e:
Blue Velvet and Diva are indeed classics.
The Usual Suspects also excellent.
But what about Corndog Man? One of the best movies about racism ever made.
Or Cinema Paradiso? Best date movie ever.
Have you ever seen Robert DeNiro in a boyscout uniform?
See This Boy's Life w/ Ellen Barkin & Leonardo Diwhatshishame.
Posted by: scott at December 22, 2005 08:24 AM (vt8Y4)
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I'm not much of a movie buff, so it'd be difficult for me to name three favourites. My favourite movie though is Flight of the Intruder.
Posted by: Graeme at December 22, 2005 09:52 AM (slJ4n)
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Ha, ya'll live in a cave. Three best:
1.Gone with the Wind
2.The Searchers
3.High Noon
Hell, I'm from Texas.
Posted by: jesusland joe at December 22, 2005 10:00 AM (rUyw4)
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Cinema Paradiso is
excellent but it doesn't break the mold. I agree Usual Suspects probably doesn't belong on the list either. I would replace it with "Toy Story"
So now
Diva
Blue Velvet
Toy Story
Gone with the Wind is classic ... but too damn long. I think they should have ended it with the scene of Scarlet on the hilltop declaring "As Gawad is mah witness, I will nevah be hungry agayun..." at least that's how I remember the scene. If they had ended on that note the audience would have been applauding while the credits rolled.
Posted by: 8ackgr0und N015e at December 22, 2005 10:11 AM (wsdWU)
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Well, if you listen to the so-called experts, Citizen Kane with Orson Wells was named the greatest movie ever made, but I thought it to be powerful in spots but boring. It sure didn't have the adventure/action factor that I look for in a movie.
Posted by: jesusland joe at December 22, 2005 10:24 AM (rUyw4)
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Two words: Groove Tube!
Posted by: Lisa at December 22, 2005 10:33 AM (yqmM2)
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Little known fact... "Rosebud" happened to be the pet name William Randolf Hearst used for his mistress's muff
I'm sure that contributed to his ire about the movie. Pretty funny when you think about it.
Posted by: 8ackgr0und N015e at December 22, 2005 10:34 AM (wsdWU)
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Chilly Scenes of Winter is an Ann Beattie novel. If the movie is based on the book, the re-titling would not be inappropriate (although the first title sounds more likely to draw theater-goers...)
Posted by: slickdpdx at December 22, 2005 10:52 AM (Fe1Zf)
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As long we we're talking about Bill Murray, has anyone see
The Razor's Edge?
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at December 22, 2005 11:19 AM (0yYS2)
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Oh, come on. While I agree they are good movies, are they really top 3?
What about Rushmore? (My number one favorite)
or Dr Strangelove?
Full Metal Jacket?
The Godfather?
Star Wars?
Pulp Fiction?
Posted by: mr littlejeans at December 22, 2005 11:32 AM (bbPQt)
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I dig the Razor's edge. Very moody and melancholy. Touching story. Good flick.
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at December 22, 2005 11:42 AM (8e/V4)
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BG
This is a light easy-going possibly even funny thread - but you can't help yourself from approaching this as serious as possible - and regaling us with Denny's napkin trivia for reasons unknown. You are one weird kid.
Anyway - Usual Suspects deserves a mention.
No one has my namesake on their top 10 - or 100?
Posted by: hondo at December 22, 2005 12:07 PM (3aakz)
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Anybody seen the new Battlestar Galactica? I know, laugh. But the 4 hour movie was incredible. Best sci-fi I've seen ever.
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at December 22, 2005 12:27 PM (8e/V4)
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JC
A SciFi buff? Same here - personal best - Blade Runner
Posted by: hondo at December 22, 2005 12:53 PM (3aakz)
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hondo,
that's an old favourite of mine too. If you like that, I guarantee you'll like BSG.
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at December 22, 2005 12:56 PM (8e/V4)
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Agent Smith -
Have you ever actually seen an Iranian film?
They do have a history of excellent films - an great people - most however are currently in the West - those remaining in country are about to vote with their feet - speed of which dependent on current developments there.
Posted by: hondo at December 22, 2005 12:58 PM (3aakz)
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hondo,
Libs like any film where they have to read subtitles, no matter how crappy the movie really is.
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at December 22, 2005 01:07 PM (8e/V4)
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JC
I can deal with subtitles - wish the Spanish language stations would include them - it would help improve my Spanish - and others English ... can't figure out why they don't do.
Posted by: hondo at December 22, 2005 01:12 PM (3aakz)
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hondo,
I don't mind them either, but I'm not impressed by "foreign" films the way Libs are just because they're foreign. They're so intent on impressing people with their worldliness.
By the way, my favourite war movie ever is foreign-- Downfall.
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at December 22, 2005 01:15 PM (8e/V4)
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1. Shawshank redemption
2. Schindler's list
3. Cool Hand Luke.
Posted by: Alexander at December 22, 2005 01:30 PM (JnnHL)
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JC
The "foreign" films the libs love are not the same foreign films the foreigners love. There is a big disconnect!
Years of living overseas and amongst immigrants here in NYC opened my eyes to that.
One of my fav war films is also somewhat anti-war - and German - Die Brucke - worth a look
My Fav war however remains crazy enough - "Kelly's Heros"
I am a New Yawker n' a cynical mercenary at heart.
I'd probably do it - but rest assured as a patriot at heart - I would proudly fly my American flag on the front lawn of my beachfront hacienda in Costa Rica - you could then call me Ramon - Ramon Smith.
Posted by: hondo at December 22, 2005 01:41 PM (3aakz)
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All good recomendations, and in an absolute sense probably better than the ones I chose. But my criteria are pretty simple, even lame-brained. If the movie is as enjoyable to watch the 10th time I've seen it as it was the first time it's one of the greats. That applies to the first three, certainly. (All of them tend to be shown during the holiday season, so watch for them.
Local Hero was on IFC today and
Harry Met Sally was on AMC yesterday.)
Head Over Heels doesn't appeal to me the way it used to, though I still have a weakness for any woman who looks like Mary Beth Hurt. It's probably genetic.
I like
The Usual Suspects, but even though I've watched it a number of times I didn't like it as much the third time as the first. It's that "plot twist thing."
Agent Smith, I'm really surprised you didn't mention the Aussie production
Proof. Somehow I thought the casting would appeal to you.
Note: I would have provided a link to
Proof but this stupid comment filter saw it as "questionable content."
Posted by: Demosophist at December 22, 2005 02:26 PM (Wf0yw)
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Well if we're gonna talk foreign films, how about Ran and other excellent Asian historical dramas?
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at December 22, 2005 02:40 PM (0yYS2)
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The original La Femme Nikita kicks ass.
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at December 22, 2005 02:49 PM (8e/V4)
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Improbulus Maximus:
How 'bout 'A Tale of Two sisters'? Korean horror
Or 'Avalon'? (not a foreign film, but good)
Posted by: Scott at December 22, 2005 03:23 PM (0kvgR)
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Wow, how many movies have you seen in your life? 10?
Posted by: Venom at December 22, 2005 04:10 PM (dbxVM)
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insult doesn't work - fell flat - practice practice practice
Posted by: hondo at December 22, 2005 04:39 PM (3aakz)
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My fave Sci-fi was
Brazil.
Posted by: Oyster at December 22, 2005 04:39 PM (YudAC)
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Ah Oyster!
My favorite twisted sister! Typos have consequences.
Posted by: hondo at December 22, 2005 04:41 PM (3aakz)
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I guess no one mentioned
Casablanca because they simply strung together a bunch of cliches instead of writing any dialogue, right?
Posted by: 8ackgr0und N015e at December 22, 2005 05:04 PM (wsdWU)
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Aaahhh, a blip by any another name ...
The stuff his dreams are not made of.
Posted by: hondo at December 22, 2005 05:16 PM (3aakz)
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Hondo, forgive my ignorance.
Posted by: Oyster at December 23, 2005 07:59 AM (YudAC)
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Sorry -
A blip ... a minor insignificant and passing dot in the continuious scheme of life.
The stuff his dreams ... a play on words conecting Casablanca to the Maltese Falcon but modifying it downward to fit a more minor character (8noise - BG - or whatever) with self over-rated and limited vision.
Too much, huh?
Posted by: hondo at December 23, 2005 08:20 AM (3aakz)
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Or did you mean Brazil?
Posted by: hondo at December 23, 2005 08:22 AM (3aakz)
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Here is the definitive list: The Ultimate Eight ( in no particular order)
The Godfather
The Philadelphia Story
Judgment At Nuremberg
The Shop Around The Corner
Casablanca
North By Northwest
To Catch A Thief
Good Fellas
Posted by: Steve Sharon at December 23, 2005 04:57 PM (UT/Xp)
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Sorry.....forgot maybe the most important of all. so make it NINE...
The Best Years Of Our Lives
Posted by: Steve Sharon at December 23, 2005 04:59 PM (UT/Xp)
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Hooray for Hondo for Kelly's Heroes!
Posted by: Steve Sharon at December 23, 2005 05:06 PM (UT/Xp)
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Agent Smith nominates "Rambo".
Posted by: Agent Smith at December 24, 2005 06:41 AM (AovCV)
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Hmm....some good choices, Steve, but you show a cultural bias, but so do I. Here's my top ten because 3 is not enough:
1. Gone with the Wind
2. The Searchers
3. High Noon
4. Casablanca
5. The Wizard of Oz
6. Patton
7. The Empire Strikes Back
8. It's a Wonderful Life
9. The Godfather
10. The African Queen
Posted by: jesusland joe at December 24, 2005 09:59 AM (rUyw4)
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Agent Smith
That entire stupid series also happens to be one of the biggest money makers in the Middle East - weird huh.
Posted by: hondo at December 24, 2005 12:18 PM (3aakz)
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I also have the two most beautiful female movie stars in my top ten. They are Grace Kelley in High Noon and Natalie Wood in The Searchers. Their tragic deaths still come to mind from time to time.
Posted by: jesusland joe at December 24, 2005 03:38 PM (rUyw4)
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Joe:
How was Grace's death tragic? I think she lived a pretty full life. I was living in Hollywood at the time that Natalie died and built a shadow box frame for some sort of memorial that Robert Wagner designed for his wife shortly after her death. I always thought my sister was a blonde version of Natalie. She'd be pretty close to my top pick. I also have a weakness for Barbara Hershey, whom I met in the LA DMV once when she was just a starlet.
Posted by: Demosophist at December 25, 2005 03:09 PM (Gn5kF)
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