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Hawks
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 Posted - 09/02/2005 : 15:40:57
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Let's face it. There are a lot of crap movies being made. There used to be a lot of crap movies being made, as well. But, looking back, some movies were good when they were made and despite the years going by, they still are. I'm just looking for tips for movies that are, in a sense, timeless, and worthy of watching. It would be nice if people could recommend three "classic" (let's say made before 1990) movies they think everyone should watch. I'll start:
1. Amadeus (1984). Loosely based on Mozarts life. Love this movie. I've seen it heaps of times. It's funny. It's tragic. The music is great. Acting is great. Brilliant.
2. The Sting (1973). Paul Newman and Robert Redford are a couple of con-artists doing a "sting". This movie hasn't really aged at all. This movie is also funny, but above all I think it's very clever.
3. An american werewolf in London (1981). I just watched this last week. I was pleasently surprised. I REALLY enjoyed it. Werewolf pics tend to be.. how should I say this... mostly the same. This movie blends the werewolf theme with "subtle" humour (well, not in your face slapstick, anyway) and it works really well. Highly recommended.
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Siberia
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Brazil
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Posted - 09/02/2005 : 16:00:24 [Permalink]
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Mmm... if it's by personal taste... then:
1. The Matrix. Love it. Love it. Fucking love it. I was capable of watching this movie one night, falling asleep while at it (it was 2 or 3am), waking up and watching it again.
2. The Lord of the Rings, trilogy, is one that will remain. It simply will remain.
3. Monty Python already is a classic. |
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Dave W.
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pleco
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Posted - 09/02/2005 : 16:03:55 [Permalink]
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My top 3 (in no particular order)
1) 2001 A Space Odessey - as plausible an ID explanation as any other ;-)
2) Ghostbusters - as close to the paranormal as I want to get. Forever the funniest movie in my library.
3) Blade Runner (Director's Cut) - Excellent everything. I love the soundtrack, camera, acting, and statement on human condition.
Also have to nominate A Clockwork Orange. I always like a bit of the ultra-violence. |
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
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Posted - 09/02/2005 : 16:26:34 [Permalink]
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| Oh yes, Blade Runner and 2001 - very nice movies. |
"Why are you afraid of something you're not even sure exists?"
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"People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs."
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Ricky
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
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Posted - 09/02/2005 : 17:18:24 [Permalink]
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1. Citizen Kane
2. Dr. Stangelove
3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (The original 50's version)
There are so many movies I love, I really can't say that these are my top three. Kane is for sure. But I could have easily replaced the other two with movies like The Lion in the Winter or Raiders of the Lost Ark and many many more…
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 09/02/2005 : 17:37:31 [Permalink]
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Ok, these aren't my top three favorite movies, but just movies that I consider to be gems worthy of review.
1) Out of Africa. Many people consider this movie to be nothing but a sappy love story, but I find it to be an incredibly moving glance back through time at what colonial incursion into unspoiled Africa might have been like.
Best moment: When Denys places a gramophone in a field near wild baboons. "Think of it: never a man-made sound... and then Mozart!"
2) Brazil. Terry Gilliam's Orwellian glimpse of a future bogged down by bureaucracy. Many elements, such as the citizenry's fear of "terrorist bombers" which wage a perpetual campaign against the government (and who might actually be agents of the government), seem all too prescient since 9-11.
Best moment: Realizing that the government's most wanted criminal is an unlicensed air conditioner repairman.
3) Weird Science. The first PG-13 movie I ever saw and still one of the funniest movies I've ever seen.
Best moment: A drunk Gary telling the members of a blues bar his woman troubles.
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Chippewa
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 09/02/2005 : 17:44:24 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Kil
...There are so many movies I love, I really can't say that these are my top three. (Citizen) Kane is for sure...
Same here. But here are three more. All black & white:
The Devil's Disciple
A wonderful movie based on Shaw. Great lines about politics and religious hypocracy. Stars Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Janette Scott and many fine character actors. Infuriates fundies.
The Dam Busters
Based on a true story about a British raid on German dams in WWII, using innovative water bouncing bombs. Starts out slow and somewhat in the dry manner of a classroom educational drama, then goes into amazing real flying scenes of pilots and crew in training in Landcaster bombers at LOW altitude, but then, in the last reel, WOW! Incredible despite much simpler "special effects". The end of Star Wars (1977) was inspired by this film, and the line "Almost there...almost there..." is George Lucas' hommage to "The Dam Busters". (P.S. The film is almost never shown on TV in the USA because the main character's dog has a name that is not P.C. and the dog's name is also used as a code word in the film.)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Delightful film starring Monte Wooley and a younger, surprizingly mellow-but-witty Bette Davis. About a literary critic who spends time in the home of a small town big wig. I know, doesn't sound interesting but its full of weird and humourous characters and fast paced dialog that builds and builds. (Obviously based on a play and Monty Wooley's first film as he came right from the Broadway stage to Hollywood to make it.)
These are great films to see with movie-nut friends and plenty of snacks or pizza or Chinese takeout, with soda or beer within reach. |
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
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Posted - 09/02/2005 : 17:45:53 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by H. Humbert
2) Brazil. Terry Gilliam's Orwellian glimpse of a future bogged down by bureaucracy. Many elements, such as the citizenry's fear of "terrorist bombers" which wage a perpetual campaign against the government (and who might actually be agents of the government), seem all too prescient since 9-11.
Mm... I've heard of, but never seen that movie. |
"Why are you afraid of something you're not even sure exists?"
- The Kovenant, Via Negativa
"People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs."
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Hawks
SFN Regular
Canada
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Posted - 09/02/2005 : 18:21:28 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Siberia
quote:
Originally posted by H. Humbert
2) Brazil. Terry Gilliam's Orwellian glimpse of a future bogged down by bureaucracy. Many elements, such as the citizenry's fear of "terrorist bombers" which wage a perpetual campaign against the government (and who might actually be agents of the government), seem all too prescient since 9-11.
Mm... I've heard of, but never seen that movie.
I also have to recommend this one. Jonathan Pryce is brilliant in it (I always thought that he should have played Arthur Dent in the Hitchhikers Guide TV series, by the way). |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 09/02/2005 : 18:26:12 [Permalink]
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Godzilla. Yeah, yeah, I know. But I like it anyway.
High Noon. Gary Cooper was incomparable.
Porky's. I was in school during the era this flick was staged. Brings back memories.
To Kill a Mockingbird. As good as the book.
The Pink Panther. Peter Sellers, we miss you.
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly. Eastwood's best spagetti shitkicker.
The Wizard of Oz. With Judy Garland, who could not love it?
Fantasia. Disney's best, bar none.
The Wake of the Red Witch. Early John Wayne. This one seems to be forgotten.
There are a great many excellent if eldery movies. To list them all would soon get this thread locked, and we'd have to start over.
Up in Smoke. 
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Dry_vby
Skeptic Friend
Australia
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Posted - 09/02/2005 : 19:39:50 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Siberia
quote:
Originally posted by H. Humbert
2) Brazil. Terry Gilliam's Orwellian glimpse of a future bogged down by bureaucracy. Many elements, such as the citizenry's fear of "terrorist bombers" which wage a perpetual campaign against the government (and who might actually be agents of the government), seem all too prescient since 9-11.
Mm... I've heard of, but never seen that movie.
Oh yeah, see Brazil by all means.
It takes multiple viewings and stands up very well.
I would also like to recommend a little known Martin Scorcese directed movie "After Hours".
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Until I can think my way out.
I know it was all a big joke
Whatever it was about."
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2005 : 19:48:56 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dry_vby
I would also like to recommend a little known Martin Scorcese directed movie "After Hours".
A Scorcese and a Dylan fan, eh?
You know Scorcese is directing No Direction Home, a made for TV four hour documentary on Bob Dylan. I'm definitely going to buy the DVD.
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
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Dry_vby
Skeptic Friend
Australia
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Posted - 09/02/2005 : 19:51:43 [Permalink]
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Absolutely!!!!!
I've been following the progress of this for some while and it seems it is finally being realesed as a 2 DVD pack on September 20th.
It looks like the cats pyjamas. |
"I'll go along with the charade
Until I can think my way out.
I know it was all a big joke
Whatever it was about."
Bob Dylan
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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 09/02/2005 : 22:26:12 [Permalink]
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1.) The Princess Bride - "My name is Inigo Mantoyo, you killed my father, prepare to die."
2.) The Muppet Movie - "When a German scientist tells you to hold on to your hat, he's not being metaphorical. HOLD ON TO YOUR HAT! HAT! HOLD! Good."
3.) The Muppets Take Manhattan - "So I said, listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it IS artistic." |
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