The greatest film of all time...

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Testin da Cable

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alien*, Fight Club, The Mission, Reservoir Dogs


film that made the most impact on me ever: Jaws

*any one of them
 
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dysfunction

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"Snatch" is one of my favourite films along with "Lord of the Rings", "Highlander" , "Shawshank Redemption"....
 
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Ono

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Originally posted by Stazbumpa
The One
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WTF??!!!

Staz. This film is SHIT. Watch it by all means, but it is SHIT.



If you really insist on saying that it is a classic - I have the R1 DVD for sale at ooohh, say £14 delivered? :p
 
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stu

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The Godfather

and yes, "The One" is total and utter dogshit.
 
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Moving Target

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Aliens? Everyone knows that Alien is better.
 
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Sir Frizz

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In no particular order:

American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump, Seven.

And Alien was far better than Aliens. The other two should be erased from memory.
:mad:
 
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Munkey-

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I'm sorry but I have to agree with Summo on this.

Baz Luhrman's modern day adaptation of Romeo and Juliet is the greatest film of all time.

I thought it was crap. until we studied it for English coursework. absolutley amazing the way he has constructed it, arranged it, cast the characters etc.
 
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Wazzerphuk

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*hit Munkey with a stupid stick*

WRONG.

:)

Can't say I like Baz at all - his entire style is completely "shit". As to say it's not the kind of thing I like in the slightest, for all the thick people that can't understand what I mean by saying something is shit. ;)

His version of Romeo & Juliet is passable - a bad version of a (potentially) excellent play. I say potentially as I've never seen a good version: it has all the ingredients and essentials - the basic premise of the storyline, the setting and the characters are all fantastic - it's just no-one's ever been able to pull it off.
 
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Wazzerphuk

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You're WRONG Robin, WRONG.

(You're wrong about the best pic of Ms Hannigan too, but I'm having trouble finding a digital image of it - I may have to resort to taking a picture of it. :D)
 
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Munkey-

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shakespeare is one of the greatest playwritghts of all time (sp?) and as thus we set our standards very high when we view a play/film that uses one of his plays as a basis for the plot. Thus we cannot help but be dissapointed by some aspects of it. Apart from the BBC series that come out quite a while ago. I am very impressed with baz luhrman's interpretation. of course the rest of the stuff he made is shit (god knows why he made the sunscreen tune)

other films I am very impressed with are war films. Blackhawk down was excellent although it diddnt stay true to the book ( due to certain restrctions e.g. afroman with the bullets going through him and the cow disintergtaing under concentrated fir from a mini bird.) Dirty dozen is also a great war classic managing to be both serious and comedic at the same time.

i could go on but I fear my english is going downhill and i have a sneaky suspicion i just invented some words
 
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Sawtooth

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Blackhawk down was one film I felt I had wasted money on. It had no real story, wasn't really entertaining.

Now don't get me wrong the pyrotechnics were superb but I'd prefer a little character development. In the end I didnt give a toss whether they lived or died. Maybe it's because they were Americans and do what all Americans do in a foreign country...
 
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Ukle

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They Live

Originally posted by camazotz
They Live
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So someone else on the planet loves this masterpiece of cinematography then. Such a bizarre film that on paper looks like it will never work but is just so weird its great.
 
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Will

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Damn, I forgot to mention Battle Royale. Amazing film.:D
 
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bodhi

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Apocalypse Now

The Godfather 1 and 2

Pi

Momento

2001: A Space Oddysey

Blade Runner


oh and Bad Boys. If only for *that* Porsche and the scene in the convenience store.
 
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caLLous

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The Usual Suspects (Kevin Spacey's best film bar none),
Falling Down,
Devil's Advocate,
Memento (mind-blowingly clever).

That's all I can think of at the moment. :)
 
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Moving Target

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I thought Blade Runner was very dull.
 
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xenon2000

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MT: I haven't actually seen Alien... I guess if you saw it first you'd like it more than the sequal anyway.

Shawshank was very well made but a tad dull imho.
 
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]SK[

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Used to love Memphis Belle and American Flyers but now its Point Break, the sky diving scene really does put me on a high.

/me shivers
 
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Munkey-

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blackhawk down had a plot. american peace keeping force sent .....

go read the book.


blade runner was crap but the directors cut raised the film to extraordinary proportions

1. voiceover was crap
2. happy ending ruined the film
3. the ambiguos ending much better
4. the uncertainty over whether Ford was a roboty person
 
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Moving Target

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Originally posted by xenon2000
MT: I haven't actually seen Alien... I guess if you saw it first you'd like it more than the sequal anyway.
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Alien is better than Aliens, the chestburster scene is nothing short of classic :)
 
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Sar

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Greatest films imo:
Aliens (Sp. Ed.)
Dark City
Matrix
Gladiator
Bladerunner
Se7en (Sp. Ed.)
LotR
The Terminator (1 & 2)
Contact
Usual Suspects
Twelve Monkeys

And for sheer entertainment value:

Fifth Element
Charlies Angels
X-Men (although it lacks something)
Spider-Man
Pulp Fiction
The Mummy (not the sequel though, as it was shite)
The Evil Dead trilogy
Mission Impossible (again not the sequel, as it was shite)
Tomb Raider
Toy Story 1 & 2
Men In Black (L.E.)
Shrek
Predator (Sp. Ed.)

Others worthy of mention:

Unbreakable
Memento
The Abyss (Sp. Ed.)
Crouchng Tiger, Hidden Dragon

So, one or two :D

That's a list based on current films and my DVD collection btw.
 
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mank!

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I have to say that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is the only movie I've ever seen (bar The Mummy) that I've honestly hated. Went to see it, and wanted to walk out halfway through. Way too far-fetched/fantastical for me, tbh. Either that, or it was hyped way too fucking much :)
 
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