Your favorite movie of all time!

 

The Matrix was the first "brain in a vat" movie I'd seen. I was aware of the concept before, but seeing it onscreen at the movie theatre left me feeling quite different about the world afterwards. Every now and then I check for glitches in reality.

 

 

Hi,

Same here, however I really thought the sequel was badly done, and specially so with its music that was "incidental" when compared to how the music was used in the original film. As such, the sequel, took a deep dive for me, and I did not enjoy it. I was hoping/expecting another bonus with great music, and instead it just had bits and pieces, Hollywood style ... destroyed the movie for me.

The Double Life of Veronique -- for having the guts to not turn the film into one of those cheap horror films. It stayed true to the end ... and the story was magnificent and allowed to flow.

Romeo and Juliet (Zeffirelli) -- A bit on the old side, but it was pretty and well done, and it got me to appreciate some Shakespeare, even though at the time my English was really bad.

Carmen (Carlos Saura) -- The dance version of the story is incredible and beautifully shot.

The Fencing Master (Pedro Olea) -- Fantastic film with awesome costumes and settings, and some fencing that defies some of the greatest of them all. And it looked more real and deadly than the fake sword fights in film, with the exception of ROB ROY, but that one was about the violence of it, not the fencing.

Ran (Kurosawa) -- If ever there was a film that was a painting in each and every shot, this is it. Totally awesome.

The Island on Bird Street -- Little known film that was shown at the Film Festival here in Portland, but someone listed it as a "child's film" and that meant that only one third of the auditorium showed up, not to mention that the film disappeared never to be shown again anywhere. I thank the folks at the Singapore Film Festival for using my review in their program notes for the film. I seem to be the only person that appreciates the beauty of that film. AND IT IS NOT A CHILD STORY even though it involves one!

Performance (Roeg/Cammell) -- I think that it is one of the best films ever done, and the cinematography is way out there and far out and above and beyond what 99% of films will ever try. And it also gave us what would become the first MTV song done correctly, instead of showing a nekkid girl that did not have anything to do with the song. The music in it was exceptional and you never get the idea that a single shot was wasted, but the story and its style ... is phenomenal and even weird, when it shows some inspirations to art and literature that you and I do not exactly know how they fit. But it adds something to the film that makes it too hard to follow and understand and its ending ... totally crackers ... but awesome!