Favorite Film?

I'm a huge fan of Kubrick (I believe I'm not alone here),

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.

sigod wrote: Blacksword wrote: The most 'powerful' film I have ever seen, has dreadful special effects, grainy picture, and is terribly dated. It's Threads, a docu-drama about a nuclear attack on Britain in the early 80's. It's powerful, but not exactly entertainment. Bloody Hell - Threads, I'd forgotten about that film. Wasn't that the one which was seen from several different points of view, one in a crisis bunker another from a young couple in the midlands, etc??

It was set in Sheffield, and was about two families. It did also focus on the chief commisioner and his team in the crisis bunker. The two main characters were the son from family and the daughter from the other. She gets pregnant and they are planning their future together against a backdrop of a Soviet invasion of Iran. NATO sends troops to the ME and the sh!t hits the fan big time.

The build up to the war is the worst part. The snippets of news broadcasts are very real and reminicsent of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. The public information broadcasts are very chilling. Then early in the morning, some time in March, the rockets start flying!! I remember talking about it in the playground at school. It seemed everyone saw it and everyone was horrified. Thank God the threat of all that has receded somewhat..

Itsstill compulsive viewing, so worth seeing if you can get your hands on - it is still available - but like I said, dont expect entertainment..

The American equivelant 'The Day After' was bad enough, but even that was virtually comedy compared to Threads.

As of right now:

Bubba Hotep

It manages to be serious/hilarious at the same time. plus Bruce Cambell has learned to act.

Its funny to se this thread as the majority select movies done in the seventies or early eighties.

My picks are

1) Bladerunner - A Masterpiece

2) The Appocallypse Now

3) The Mission

4) Fitzcarraldo

5) The Godfather I and II

6) The Exorcist I

7) Ran

8) Last Tango In Paris

9) The Deer Hunter

10) Derzu Usala

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aqualung28 wrote: Yes! Bubba Hotep was an excellent movie!

I woudn't say it is excellent, but it has the stuff that (good) cult movies are made of: taking a really crazy and impossible idea and managing to make a good movie.

I had some problems with the pacing, but it's undoubtful that the filmakers of this movie are to be thanked for their efforts.

Incidentally, this director made one of my fantasy movies guilty pleasures: The Beastmaster.

Oh Yeah. I forgot about Fight Club