Redcafe Top 100 Movies Discussion and Prep

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I'm going to post the committee list in a bit. Still havent heard back from everyone so it will change. Use this thread for recommendations or to remind people of movies they may have forgotten about.

edit: this list is provisional. It may grow but if you're on it you're staying. And you better have a list. Proposed deadline is December 1 but up for discussion.

1 DreSilved
2 Nillson
3 PeteStorey
4 Olesmyhero
5 Red Kaos
6 Dwayne
7 Geebs
8 Wibbs
9 crappy
10 Mehro
11 Spoony
12 redhope
13 doulou
14 JayWalker
15 TBGB
16 Heardy
17 Adzz
18 Zen
19 Prophet of Doom
20 Dumbo
21 Grinner
22 Ivor Ballokov
23 Excal
24 Gambit28
25 Duffer
26 Mockney
27 datura
28 De selby
29 Mexos
30 Snow
31 cinc
 
R.Nilsson7 said:
I know that the likes of datura, mexos and UBERScholes have got taste, sadly the latter seems to have disappeared though.
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Yes. Send them an invite, Nills. I'm sending one out to Gambit and Mockey, for some reason they're acting gay or busy.
 
Gayest list I've ever seen.


Move along people, nothing to see here.
 
Right I'm here, what do I have to do?
 
Thanks for putting me on Mehro. If anything this is a good excuse for watching a shed load of great movies.

Re-watched Dog Day Afternoon last night and will be ordering some dvd's shortly.

Al Pacino was fantastic in that, really drove the film.
 
10 films guaranteed to be in my top 20 at least. Paris, Texas, Hoop Dreams, Citizen Kane, 2001: A Space Odyssey, L'Avventura, Blade Runner, The Apartment, Manhattan, Apocalypse Now and Ikiru.

Yes I'm a crazy fool who prefers Apocalypse Now ever so slightly over The Godfather(both of which will still make my full list as will The Conversation thus probably making Coppola most prominent on it but I do consider his 70's run the greatest run ever by anyone.)

How is ranking done, does your 1 get 100pts and 2nd 99pts and so on or are you doing it another way so that we don't have to be incredibly spot on with individual rankings. Like the same points for top 10, then less and less for each 10 after that?
 
I think I preferred Apocalypse Now just over the Godfather also, in fairness, the top 5 films are all so close barely anything separates them.

Just re-watched American Beauty, I forgot how powerful that film was. Intense really, especially when you clock what he's talking about at the end and how that changes your whole perception of the film. I was writing a script a while ago that I simply tucked away, based around a Firebird, I almost want to complete it just simply out of affection for this film.

Probably worth adding the final credits music: sensational stuff.

 
American Beauty Adz? That's not gonna be poncey enough for this lot.

You need to up your game son.

This will be a Hollywood free zone.
 
CassiusClaymore said:
American Beauty Adz? That's not gonna be poncey enough for this lot.

You need to up your game son.

This will be a Hollywood free zone.
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It's a fantastic cultural statement though, maybe one of the last great American movies and perhaps the last truly great 'mainstream' American film.

No doubt a few Nolan hits will sneak in people's lists. Pick on them!
 
AdZzUtd said:
It's a fantastic cultural statement though, maybe one of the last great American movies and perhaps the last truly great 'mainstream' American film.

No doubt a few Nolan hits will sneak in people's lists. Pick on them!
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so I just have to list films and argue for them, sounds easy enough, the only Nolan film that should have a shout in is the Prestige. Well as long as a Matter of life or death, 12 angry men, Kikujiro, Princess Mononoke, Salo, City of god and Raiders of the lost ark are included I'm game.
 
gambit28 said:
so I just have to list films and argue for them, sounds easy enough, the only Nolan film that should have a shout in is the Prestige. Well as long as a Matter of life or death, 12 angry men, Kikujiro, Princess Mononoke, Salo, City of god and Raiders of the lost ark are included I'm game.
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I'm not even sure you need to argue for why you pick them, sure Mehro can clarify that for us. The Prestige? I enjoyed it, but I don't think it'll make my top 100. 12 Angry Men surely will, as will Princess Mononoke and City of God. I'd be hopeful Raiders of the Lost Ark get's in.

The higher Rashomon is placed the better the list is IMO.
 
AdZzUtd said:
I'm not even sure you need to argue for why you pick them, sure Mehro can clarify that for us. The Prestige? I enjoyed it, but I don't think it'll make my top 100. 12 Angry Men surely will, as will Princess Mononoke and City of God. I'd be hopeful Raiders of the Lost Ark get's in.

The higher Rashomon is placed the better the list is IMO.
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Raiders is the greatest action adventure film ever made. I also preffered Ran over Roshomon.
 
gambit28 said:
Raiders is the greatest action adventure film ever made. I also preffered Ran over Roshomon.
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Agreed, I've got Ran on my to watch list, looking very forward to it. Raiders is just superb, watched it recently on DVD with just an upscaling dvd player and the clarity was superb, really stood the test of time well. I imagine on blu-ray it's brilliant. But as far as action adventure goes I can't think of a better film.
 
AdZzUtd said:
I'm not even sure you need to argue for why you pick them, sure Mehro can clarify that for us. The Prestige? I enjoyed it, but I don't think it'll make my top 100. 12 Angry Men surely will, as will Princess Mononoke and City of God. I'd be hopeful Raiders of the Lost Ark get's in.

The higher Rashomon is placed the better the list is IMO.
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You dont need to defend your picks.

And I really dont like American beauty.
 
AdZzUtd said:
It's a fantastic cultural statement though, maybe one of the last great American movies and perhaps the last truly great 'mainstream' American film.

No doubt a few Nolan hits will sneak in people's lists. Pick on them!
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You literally couldn't be any gayer.
 
Why haven't Datura, Duffer, Mexos, UberScholes and Mockney got back to us?

And has anyone been missed out? If you feel you've been overlooked post a RC Top 100 watched list.
 
mehro said:
Erm I think we invited only Mockney from that. Uber rarely posts now.
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I asked Nills to send out PMs to Datura and co. How about you send out a few more invites? And Hungrywing and Stove still haven't replied.
 
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