What is actually involved? I like my fair share of genres and eras going back to the thirties.
'Redcafe Top 100 Movies: The Better Than Last Time List' Committee Selection
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Much like your politics.
Its the way I tell them.
Its the way I tell them.
Boom.
Looking at that previous hundred list, one thing that jumps out at me is that there is too little Hitchcock on there - The Birds, The 39 Steps, Vertigo did not feature - they are all better than Psycho.
Cinema seems to be different from other art forms in that because it's such a universal medium everything is lumped into a single continuum. Whereas with literature you wouldn't compare 'The Da Vinci Code' with 'Ulysses', in film 'Porky's' and 'La Belle et la Bete' end up on the same list.
Good point, literature and music are often broken apart and considered though film isn't, that is quite interesting.
Although hopefully a very long list
Perhaps we should have a top ten list of different genres as well or instead of the main list.
People do stupid comparisons with music and literature too....."like xxx was boring, I'll stick to Harry Potter kthx" -_-
Knew that would happen. Despite Brwned asking me for a list of films that I enjoy, and not a list of what I consider to be the 'best' films. You reckon 8 mile, Troy etc would be anywhere near my list of 100 best films? I fully acknowledge that just because I like a film doesn't mean it can't be shit.
It's comments like the one I got from crappyperson that gives me the impression most people in here are going to be pretentious, and why I was mistaken in saying I was interested.
It's comments like the one I got from crappyperson that gives me the impression most people in here are going to be pretentious, and why I was mistaken in saying I was interested.
As long as the list doesn't have fight club, I found it unwatchable.
How will the films be judged? Purely on taste or with consideration for technical brilliance or importance in Cinema history. For instance I think 2001: A space odyssey is quite simply terrible as a piece of entertainment, however I'd feel stupid leaving it off any top 100 movies list because of its importance, influence and ahead of its time filming techniques.
Mate, his accent was spot on for the role he played. Trust me, I know the saffer jock accent and he's spent bucket loads of time in SA so he would have picked it up. EDIT: I'm South African if that helps.
On amount of/quality of breasts in said film.
Elvira: they looked like a quality pair, but to the best of my recollection she never actually got them out. That'll stand against her when the voting starts.
Schindler's List: lots of tits, but were they quality? Doubtful.
Under Siege: stripper comes out of cake, absolutely stunning set of breasts. That'll certainly play well with the voters.
In that case we may as well hand the title over to Total Recall now and save ourselves some time and effort.
You just have to find a good balance of it. I myself think comedies are often terribly underrated among film critics. A movie you can watch again and again when you're 14 and then again at 25 must be doing something right.
Avatar didn't have the best script ever but it's important in the movie history. Technically the best made movie.
Also, Toy Story. First proper famous computer animated movie. 8 year old kids and 50 year old parents/grandparents both like it.
Babe deserves a mention this time
I'm in if there are still spots open !
I'm glad you've shown interest, Hopes.
So when do we start?
Yep, I just missed out last time around. Hopefully, I'll get around to watching some of the older stuff I've always wanted to.
So, are we repeating the same formula as last time?
I would be really open to watching movies that others reckon should be on the list but I haven't seen or re-watching old movies for that matter.
If The Princess Bride is not in the list i'm going to got fecking mental.
"Inconcieveable!"
I might send out some PMs later today if I get time.
Thinking about what my top 100 would be (vaguely) today, I'd like to take part.
Aren't there some pics of Elvira's tits on the internets somewhere?
edit...yep...she's a ginger!
edit...yep...she's a ginger!
Yes, I think so. You've seen more than enough films but I reckon it'll give us an excuse to go on a mad movie marathon.
Your interest has been noted.
Have you seen films by Hitchcock, Kurosawa, WKW, Kubrick et al? what I'm getting at Jay, is have you seen a shedload of films in your lifetime? and if you haven't would be willing to do so? Thing is there's no point of having a best list if you've not seen the classics, for example. This isn't aimed at you, but everyone - if you love movies then you're more than welcome. It's not about obscure movies, just look at Redcafe's Top 100 a lot of them are pretty generic and mainstream.
If we have to do 100, I reckon I'm still in.
That's fine Spoons. I'll admit I never watch subtitled foreign flicks frankly because they don't interest me no matter how acclaimed they were. But I'd like to believe I've seen enough classics to form an opinion. Any which way I prefer old school movies than the visual spectacles banded around these days. This in no means is a dig at people who enjoy visual spectacles, just that I dont enjoy them as much as I would enjoy, say Grapes of wrath.
Anyone who throws a David Lynch film in is a lying cnut and not to be trusted.
Same again, Adzz... have you seen loads of movies?
Seems good enough to me. But I would suggest you watch some classic foreign films, you never know but you may enjoy them.
I know. I have no doubt that there are some real gems out there. But I can't help but feel that unless and until I truly understand what someone is saying that I can capture the essence of it, which means I'm never too sure of subtitles capturing the exact meaning/insinuation of a sentence. If that makes sense.
Jay, stop getting distracted from Werwolf!
Maybe you could start off with some Jacques Tati then...or early German expressionism.
Sorry but it's an abomination when movies like Grapes of Wrath and Rebel without a Cause don't even make the damn list and se7en does.
Any suggestions as to the movies I should look at and you can also point me towards those horrible things called torrents so I can report them distributing such movies.
I'm in.
You could try something like Infernal Affairs; a foreign movie that's very accessible, in terms of familiarity of the basic plot and key characteristics, or essentially a movie that appeals to the masses of English speaking viewers in terms of storyline. Which is why it was re-made and adored by the mainstream audiences.
Or you could go the completely opposite direction, and try something like In the Mood for Love in which the essence is strongly based on the atmosphere it creates, in the absorbing visual (and audio? I can't think of the word...) beauty, and thus somewhat lessens the importance of the dialogue.
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