Also, I love me some Tarantino, but it's shocking that Basterds got in ahead of No Country for Old Men.
Probably because it is a much better film. Love the Coen Brothers usually but didn't like this film.
Film RedCafe's Favourite Movies Of All Time Contest (ROUND 3)
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Probably because it is a much better film. Love the Coen Brothers usually but didn't like this film.
PropheticThe Dark Knight has already made it through.
I feel I will be telling this to people all week
1. The Princess Bride
2. Jurassic Park
3. LOTR: FOTR
4. Batman Returns
5. Infinity War
Princess Bride doesn’t go through I’m out.
2. Jurassic Park
3. LOTR: FOTR
4. Batman Returns
5. Infinity War
Princess Bride doesn’t go through I’m out.
Got a better chance in the comedy round surely.
I personally don’t think so but who knows.
1. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
3. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
4. The Batman
5. The Dark Knight
Also, how the hell does Schindler's List make the 'War & Western' category?
2. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
3. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
4. The Batman
5. The Dark Knight
Also, how the hell does Schindler's List make the 'War & Western' category?
Sorry bud, you'll have to separate that trilogy. Also Dark Knight has already gotten through so you don't need that.
Even if I did that... People would find more genres missing.Yeah. I did suggest to @Dirty Schwein that we have 16 genres and then a knockout but like my fantasy football advice, he ignored me
Right?Prophetic
Tag me. Who is ignoring who now...
Have to leave Logan and The Princess Bride out
- The Dark Knight
- Pans Labyrinth
- Deadpool
- The Wizard of Oz
- The Incredibles (no I’m not 12, I just like animated films)
(#16categoriesandaknockout)
Dark Knight has already progressed so please change that.
Thanks bud
It's a protest vote. Before the categories are managed better, my vote will remain on The Dark Knight - of the categories you have defined, this is where it fits. Also, Schindler's list needs to go in the Drama category.
This election is rigged, and I'm suing. Great job though - cool project!
Crazy talk. No Country for Old Men is a much better movie than Bastards although the novel is even better.
Haha mate there's no way to do it where everyone will be happy I guarantee you that.
Ahh right! Ok I'll change itI'm not asking you to make everyone happy - just me
Meh. Good battle sequences to end each one but you have to sit through an entire film's worth of dull-at-it's-best, annoying-at-it's-worst story to get to them. I was more engaged by the opening two episodes of the current TV show than everything outside of each film's major setpiece. At least they have those sequences though... The Hobbit was the same but without the action - what a hard slog for nothing!
It's great but not as good as Basterds. Might get into more lists in the Thriller round though, which is the genre my mind jumps to when I think about categorising it.
The first one is a genuinely good film that can judged on it own, the other two are pretty poor(Skateboarding on shields and elephants). The achievement of making the trilogy is far more impressive than the actual films imo.
I agree with this, the first almost stands alone (If you're not interested in or obsessed with the overarching narrative). I like all three, but come back to the first a lot.
I'm not sure the Two Towers is ruined because they chucked in a 10 second spot for little kids to go "ooooh, cool!".
ROTK is below the others for me because of the 17 fecking endings, though.
Yep it's the only one of the trilogy I can quite easily watch from start to finish(The others I just youtube the battle scenes).
I have ROTK in second just for this guy
His overacting and death were amazing. Although yeah the 17 endings while needed to go for a piss, was something I won't forget.
1. The City of Lost Children
2. Being John Malkovich
3. Brazil
4. V for Vendetta
5. Time Bandits
2. Being John Malkovich
3. Brazil
4. V for Vendetta
5. Time Bandits
Glad it's not just me.
I'd love to see people embrace films like Gattaca, Children of Men, and Moon for the SF category. Bonus points if anyone votes for Metropolis. But outside 2001 (of which I'm not a great fan) edit: and Bladerunner, I expect more space opera stuff. So much good SF though - just a perfect genre for social commentary and experimental stories.
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No Country was specifically written as a neo-western by Cormac McCarthy so I don't think it really fits as a thriller, which tends to be stuff more like Gone Girl. One of my favorite thrillers is Burning which I think has a very different set-up than No Country which highlights main differences between those genres. The Coen movie definitely captures that neo-western feel. I felt it was just superior as a film to Bastards, which was fun but a bit shallow and felt like it was written to give A-list actors set-piece moments.
Blade Runner is the most essential sci-fi for me.
Solyaris!
I don't know where to put CoM, but it probably isn't SciFi for me. Moon is a great movie, and hopefully features highly.
Oh, it's definitely in my list and I expect it to rank fairly highly. Should've mentioned it alongisde 2001 in my post.
Well, it's set in the future and there's some limited future tech - so I suppose it qualifies.
The thing is that many films fit many genres, and that most films that I would consider really good would only properly fit the drama category. So at least for myself (for what little it's worth), I'm trying to insert some of my favorites in other geners that they could kinda fit into.
(Even so I'm still forgetting to mention a ton of films. But anyway.)
We all know deep down inside that Moon isn’t making it through. It’ll be like 3 Star Wars films, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Spaceballs.
This one fairly easy for me.
1: LOTR: Fellowship
2. LOTR: ROTK
3. LOTR: Two Towers
4. Hobbit: Part 2
5. Hobbit: Part 3
1: LOTR: Fellowship
2. LOTR: ROTK
3. LOTR: Two Towers
4. Hobbit: Part 2
5. Hobbit: Part 3
Interstellar is going to win and it will be a gigantic injustice to the genre.
Nah I'm gonna rig it so The Thing wins alongside Alien and Predator.
Spirited Away
Brazil
Being John Malkovich
LOTR Two Towers
King Kong (original).
Brazil
Being John Malkovich
LOTR Two Towers
King Kong (original).
I thought The Crow would be more popular... I love that movie. It's a comfort movie for me when I feel shit.
Dredd was also another good one that nobody is voting for
Dredd was also another good one that nobody is voting for
I think Children Of Men might be the only sci-fi film post 2000 that has the best chance of making the top 5(Although I expect it to fall short).
Under The Skin is another gem that will likely miss out.
The 2012 film ? Had that as my number 6, didn’t make it just because of the cgi blood. Still overall it’s a great film.Dredd was also another good one that nobody is voting for
Yeah. I really enjoyed that. It's like the western take on The Raid, which was in my action top 5.
LOTR the two towers
Unbreakable
LOTR fellowship
Time Bandits
Pans Labyrinth
Unbreakable
LOTR fellowship
Time Bandits
Pans Labyrinth
Karate kid has got to be in one of my top 3. Has anyone seen cobra Kai? A top series which you’d have to of watched Karate kid to understand it.
1000000%. No Country as a body of work / story is head and shoulders above Basterds. Anyone that doesn’t agree obviously needs to be ostracised from society and preferably beaten in public by the dregs of society before being ostracised.
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No nonsense stuff there.
I don't really like Superhero films. Actually that's being polite. I detest them with every fibre of my being. So this for me was fairly straightforward one. I love LOTR and the Hobbit more than just about any other story ever told. The films brought me tremendous joy. LOTR obviously much much better of the two but still love them all.