Post: #26

This is Spinal Tap
Bottle Rocket
Die Hard
Terminator and T2
The Matrix
Halloween
The Thing
Evil Dead (1/2/Army of Darkness)
Dracula
Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Fellowship/Towers/Return-- fuck the mediocre Hobbit entries)

Almost everything from the following filmmakers/directors:
- Wes Anderson
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Stanley Kubrick
- Christopher Nolan
- Quentin Tarantino
- John Carpenter

Post: #27

The Karate Kid

Scent of a Woman

Back to the Future

Fight Club

The Matrix

The Seven Samurai

Lawrence of Arabia

Vertigo

The Odd Couple

Rocky

Chocolate (The Thai Martial Arts movie, not the Chick flick)

Have there been any great movies in the last 18 years? If you know any tell me please.

Post: #28

Philadelphia



For realz, many of the movies mentioned by other posters and here's a couple more:

Dogville -- this was one of the most interesting flicks I've seen. Anyone who knows anything about the theatre director Brecht will really get off on this film.

Julius Ceaser -- this is the old black and white film with Brando and James Mason. John Geilgud makes an appearance too. Brando's finest performance outside of the theatre, I believe. There's something about the rigidity of having to perform a classic text that reigns in Brando's chaotic style. It's a perfect synthesis:

Post: #29

Well the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Raging Bull, Godfathers 1 & 2, Apocalypse Now and Pat Garret and Billy the Kid have already been mentioned.

My other favorites:

Barry Lyndon. This is my favorite Kubrick film and this sequence in particular is favorite part of the whole film, no artificial light used at all in this film shot exclusively with sunlight and candle light:




The Conversation. Another Coppola film. I don't think any Director had the run Coppola had in the 70s: Godfathers I and 2, The Conversation and Apocalypse Now, 4 of the greatest films of all time. The Conversation gets overshadowed as its sandwiched between the Godfathers and Apocalypse Now, but it's still one of my favorite films and one of the best of all time in my opinion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKvG2UG3bcE


Chungking Express/Fallen Angels/In the Mood for Love
This is a 3 way tie, really like Wong Kar Wai, seen all his movies, even Happy Together, which is about gay lovers.




24 Hour Party People. One of my favorites about Tony Wilson and Factory Records.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGA6rmsnDkQ

And I'm surprised no one's mentioned Tombstone. I absolutely love this movie and watch it every time it's on TV.




Others I love: Unforgiven, The Man who would be King with Connery and Caine, the original Italian Job, Herzog's Fitzcarraldo and Aguirre Wrath of God, and John Woos' A Better Tomorrow, Hard Boiled and the Killer.

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Post: #31

I recently reacquired New Rose Hotel (William Gibson on the short story and Abel Ferrara on the flicker -- 1998).

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133122/

It is a dense and powerful ride in the good way (intellectual, violent without being directly so, and deep). 9/10 in my book and worthy of multiple watchings.

Post: #32

In no particular order:

Ghost Dog

The Vidiot from UHF

Predator

Drive

Lost Highway

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

The Shawshank Redemption

A Clockwork Orange

The Fly

An American Werewolf in London

Post: #33

(02-01-2019 06:32 PM)Windom Earle Wrote:  In no particular order:

Ghost Dog

The Vidiot from UHF

Predator

Drive

Lost Highway

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

The Shawshank Redemption

A Clockwork Orange

The Fly

An American Werewolf in London

Thx for reminding me of that film. Haven`t seen it in a decade at least.

Just finished watching `the Thing` for the first time in a long while, and all I can say is that the film is a work of genius. As far as horror/sci-fi goes, I would it only rank it behind Alien, Aliens and maybe Predator. The ambiance and plot is just brilliant. As I was watching it, it also occurred to me that there are no women in the movie either, which is a huge relief as far as today`s films go. I also dig the macho-alpha style that Kurt Russell displays throughout. Next up...the Fly and maybe Blade. Screw modern movies!

Post: #34

The Ninth Gate -- 1999

A true classic.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0142688/

Post: #35

Alien
Aliens
Blade Runner (probably Blade Runner 2049 as well)
Predator
Terminator 1 and 2
Guardians of the Galaxy (yes, an MCU movie)
12 Monkeys
The Matrix
Lord of the Rings 1-3
The Dark Knight

Movies I used to love in the 90s when I was young and drunk, or high, but which I strongly suspect I wouldn't value as favourably now.
Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill 1-3
Natural Born Killers

Post: #36

(01-31-2018 09:20 PM)Sombro Wrote:  



It would be pretty much impossible nowadays to make a full length movie out of a 12-page Cheever short story like they did here.

Wow...someone mentioned The Swimmer. Haven't thought about this film in quite awhile but it had a powerful effect on me when I first saw it.

I'm not a big fan of remakes but this one desperately needs an overhaul as it's very dated nowadays. What I love the most (other than Burt Lancaster's performance) was the premise. A man "swims home" through the use of his neighbor's pools and the closer he gets, the more we come to learn about who he is and what these people really think of him.

I could totally see someone like Paul Thomas Anderson doing a reboot of this and knocking it out of the park.

Post: #37

(02-01-2019 08:21 PM)MikeS Wrote:  Movies I used to love in the 90s when I was young and drunk, or high, but which I strongly suspect I wouldn't value as favourably now.
Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill 1-3
Natural Born Killers

Pulp still definitely holds up for me. Maybe it was over-rated in the mid 90s a tad but it's still one of the best of a good decade.

Post: #38

I'm surprised Cool Hand Luke hasn't been mentioned.

Post: #39

Too many to mention, but after hearing the theme to 'Zulu' on the radio the other day I went out and bought the Blu-Ray. I could watch this film once a week for the rest of my days and never get sick.

Post: #40

Ones I've enjoyed more than a couple times:

Dredd (2012)
Law abiding citizen (2009)

Post: #41

I'm a big fan of "Margin Call", it gave me lots of crypto flashbacks even though it's not a movie about crypto.

Post: #42

All the Daniel Craig Bond films after Casino Royale were such a letdown (instead of going a new way, they went back full circle to the old cliches, what was the point?), that film was a classic. It had this classy style with an visceral aggressive energy and masculine direction and Craig had something to prove and it shows in his performance. From cinematography to side characters casting to Bond girl casting to the theme song to the chemistry between the characters. Everything is just so, nothing overdone. Perfection. I don't think there will ever be another like it, they captured lightning in a bottle with this one. It's a sublime singular film that can be enjoyed over and over again.


The sequels to this feel effete subdued and feminine, (I think Skyfall is the most overrated bucket of meh this decade, at least Quantum wasn't plundering nostalgia).
We went from this:





to this (and don't say its because of character development)





Enough to make you cry.

Post: #43

My favorite movie Head in the Clouds

Post: #44

Obviously.

Post: #45

Face off. Armageddon. American pie.

Post: #46

The Place Beyond The Pines

It's a film I come back to often. If I had to name one favorite, it would be it. For now anyways. It's beautifully shot, and tells a unique three-part story. It starts with some heist action, then a story unfolds about police corruption and opportunism, and then the film compels you to ponder the passage of time and the cyclical nature of things. It gets me every time.

Others that are simply enjoyable cinematic experiences:

No Country For Old Men
Donnie Darko
Drive
Whiplash
Heat

Post: #47

The voice of Silberman talking flippantly over clips of the first film is just so chilling.

Post: #48

(03-01-2019 04:35 AM)Monkey Business Wrote:  The Place Beyond The Pines

It's a film I come back to often. If I had to name one favorite, it would be it. For now anyways. It's beautifully shot, and tells a unique three-part story. It starts with some heist action, then a story unfolds about police corruption and opportunism, and then the film compels you to ponder the passage of time and the cyclical nature of things. It gets me every time.

A gloomy, but great movie. Very bold filmmaking and script to try to tell this generational tale in just over 2 hours. Ryan Gosling cool factor in this movie is 11/10.

Post: #49

Barry Lindon
The red circle (my number one heist film followed by Heat)
Army of shadows

Post: #50

Falling Down
District 9
Léon
Igby Goes Down
Boondock Saints
The Baytown Outlaws
Smokin' Aces

Not sure if it is a movie but, Alone In The Wilderness. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437806/



(Lots of the previously posted too, obviously)