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Poll Question: Choose Best movie from IMDb list
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films that can be compared...
ok, voted Once Upon A Time In The West
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Yeah and Joe Pesci is downright scary in Goodfellas ^^^
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Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

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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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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Originally posted by Easy Livin Easy Livin wrote:

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.
 
 
I enjoy that movie as well but let's be honest: that was a mistrial. 


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Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

yeah love rear window too - and all post 50s-60s Hitchcock


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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"The Godfather" followed by "Seven Samurai".
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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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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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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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The Godfather slightly over Psycho.
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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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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.


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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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The Shawshank Redemption is my favorite movie.
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yeah love rear window too - and all post 50s-60s Hitchcock
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Rear Window. A triumphant work on many levels, especially in regards to POV shooting. Gold.
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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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Well, this is a pretty awful list. The Dark Knight is still in the top 10? LOL

Tough choice between The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Rear Window. Voted for the latter.
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Repeating my answer from MMAThumbs Up:

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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