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AtomicCrimsonRush 
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 Topic: Choose Best movie from IMDb listPosted: October 29 2011 at 05:37 |
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Choose wisely moviegoers
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tupan
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Posted: October 29 2011 at 07:39 |
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Repeating my answer from MMA
 :Seven Samurai. Kurosawa is the supreme master of cinema. Honor mention goes to the brazilian film Elite Squad 2 (it's on the 250 better movies list). |
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"Prog is Not Dead and never has been." (Will Sergeant, from Echo And The Bunnymen)
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Vompatti
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Posted: October 29 2011 at 07:50 |
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Well, this is a pretty awful list. The Dark Knight is still in the top 10?  Tough choice between The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Rear Window. Voted for the latter.
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: October 29 2011 at 07:56 |
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Hhmm, I went with Cidade de Deus since this is the most recent of these flicks that really touched me on an emotional level. Could have gone with Kurosawa as well or Sergio Leone, Milos Forman, Hitchcock or Coppola, but the latter´s best movie to my eyes, ears and heart is without a doubt the misanthropic acid trip of Apocalypse Now.
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
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dreadpirateroberts
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Posted: October 29 2011 at 08:28 |
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Rear Window. A triumphant work on many levels, especially in regards to POV shooting. Gold.
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We are men of action. Lies do not become us.
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: October 29 2011 at 08:46 |
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yeah love rear window too - and all post 50s-60s Hitchcock
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Epignosis
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Posted: October 29 2011 at 08:49 |
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The Shawshank Redemption is my favorite movie.
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: October 29 2011 at 12:47 |
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Lots of great films there, but I'm not sure they all need to be in caps
Voted Rear Window just for being so damn influential |
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Ricochet
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Posted: October 29 2011 at 12:56 |
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A handful of films I've yet to see, a good amount of movies I would not nominate for such a list even though they're (very) good and a couple of films I would not nominate for such a list because they're awful.
No vote. Edited by Ricochet - October 29 2011 at 12:56 |
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: October 29 2011 at 13:08 |
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Seven Samurai for me, over Cidade de Deus, Godfather and Psycho.
IMDB used to be much better years ago, before it went totally mainstream.
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Morningrise
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Posted: October 29 2011 at 14:29 |
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The Godfather slightly over Psycho.
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manofmystery
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Posted: October 29 2011 at 14:30 |
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Someone picked Star Wars? Really?
Still yet to see a movie as close to perfect as The Godfather so that's were my vote goes.
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stonebeard
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Posted: October 29 2011 at 14:41 |
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Shawshank Redemption is probably the most artistically laudable one I've seen, but I've always had trouble saying I "like" movies that make me feel bad. I respect them. Went for Raiders because deal with it.
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Easy Livin
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Posted: October 29 2011 at 14:50 |
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12 Angry Men for me. A fine example of how a film can be gripping and entertaining yet be devoid of special effects, multiple locations, graphic violence, sex, etc.
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dwill123
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Posted: October 29 2011 at 20:10 |
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"The Godfather" followed by "Seven Samurai".
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dreadpirateroberts
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Posted: October 29 2011 at 21:56 |
He got on a real run there for a while, huh? Great director, but a troubled man, what with his blonde-fetish/obsession. Though I've read one of his bios that suggests that part of what made him a great director were his great problems, something which always bugged me about art criticism in general. People's flaws being held up as the reason that makes them effective as an artist - suggesting that balanced, level-headed folks can never make truly lasting art? |
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manofmystery
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Posted: October 30 2011 at 00:52 |
I enjoy that movie as well but let's be honest: that was a mistrial.
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ExittheLemming
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Posted: October 30 2011 at 02:20 |
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Lots of great movies here, but voted for Goodfellas, which wasn't afraid to depict the hypocrisy of sadistic, violent, greedy scum shorn of the usual romantic camouflage Gangsters are habitually hidden behind.
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dreadpirateroberts
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Posted: October 30 2011 at 02:32 |
Well said indeed. |
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: October 30 2011 at 09:25 |
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Yeah and Joe Pesci is downright scary in Goodfellas ^^^
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