12-19-2002, 05:40 PM | #21 |
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Definitely star wars...a groundbreaking film, and even though films today have surpassed it in box office gross, they still haven't achieved the feat that star wars did - stay in theatres for months on end. I think the closest anythings come in recent memory would be either titanic or Fellowship of the Ring.
I can't think of a single other film that stayed in the public conciousness as long as star wars, terrifically done SFX and amazingly watchable for a film that's supposed to be an emulation of the "cliffhanger" era of filmmaking.
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12-19-2002, 06:33 PM | #22 | |
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12-19-2002, 08:00 PM | #23 |
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Difficult one.
To those who said 'The Matrix', have you ever seen a film called Dark City? It worked on very much the same premise, but was a far superior film in my opinion. Some of my personal ones would be: Metropolis (Fritz Lang, absolutely groundbreaking 1927 futurist distopian political sci-fi) Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962, if you have the stamina for nearly 4 hours) Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925, how many times has the scene on the Odessa steps been ripped off?) Twelve Monkeys (Terry Gilliam, 1995, absolutely classic reworking of Chris Marker's 1962 film La Jetée) [ /film buff]
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12-19-2002, 08:39 PM | #24 |
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OK first of all you know there is a book, movie and TV forum for this kind of stuff right????? just click on forum home and scroll down the list till you see it, and as for the best movie, I have to agree with the AMA and vote "Citizen Kane" Orsen Well's masterpiece.
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12-19-2002, 11:25 PM | #25 |
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Fight club is the finest peice of film ever to be made. The dialoge had so much meaning, so much wisdom, so much insite. You possesions wind up owning you. How true is that? (sorry for any misspelled words i try )
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12-19-2002, 11:56 PM | #27 |
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The Highlander!
Although the LOTR series is well on it's way to replacing it. Still, I doubt there will ever be another movie that I watch so many times that I have the script almost completely memorized. Other notable mentions are.... The Matrix The 13th Warrior Silverado Tombstone I could watch all of these movies over and over and over. My favorite comedy movies.... Porky's (from my teen years - I've never laughed so hard at any other movie) My Cousin Vinny (from my "grown up" years)
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12-20-2002, 03:47 AM | #28 |
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For me it's David Lynch's ERASERHEAD.
It is everything to me - funny, scary, puzzling, familiar... one of the most beautifully photographed films ever, and THE best sound design After that I'd vote for a Peter Greenaway film like Zed & Two Noughts or Belly of an Architect, or Kubrick's Clockwork Orange or Barry Lyndon |
12-20-2002, 05:42 AM | #29 |
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dunno how you can compare dark city to the matrix, both good films but in totally different ways, dark city is really dark and gothic and more a detective story, the matrix is more about action and special effects.
and how could i forget the holy grail! aiyeee indeed a contender, seen the dvd version with extra funny bits? and the original trailer? plus llamas taking over the credits, ahhhh a classic indeed [img]smile.gif[/img] |
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