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Greatest Movie of All Time?
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Mister Shifter
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Greatest movie of all time and your favorite movie of all time are two entirely different things FWIW. The former is obviously entirely too subjective and often pointless to try to discuss.
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thirstychef
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Bladerunner, while not the best movie of all time, when its on, I can't stop watching it.
Saw the anniversary version at Studio 35 a couple of years ago........frickin amazing on the big screen.
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thirstychef
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Coremodels
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Greatest Movie: Rocky
Favorite Movie: Usual Suspects
Favorite Movie No One Knows About: After Dark, My Sweet
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murfmurphy
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M.O.
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Django Unchained, followed closely by Pulp Fiction.
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For those with weak stomachs and a strong sense of decency, I add a vote for Pee Wee's Big Adventure.
Citizen Kane was fine in its time, but how it has stayed atop the popular pile for all these decades is a mystery to me. Pretty simple theme and pretty heavy-handed IMO.
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osulew
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My top 10...in no particular order
SnatchRocky (so glad to see all the Rocky love on here...I'll even admit that I especially also love Rocky IV...DAMN YOU IVAN DRAGO)
Django Unchained
Inglorious Basterds
Joe Versus the Volcano
The Big Chill
Silence of the Lambs
The Shining
The Exorcist
Amityville Horror (original version of course)
Favorite guilty pleasures...Howard the Duck, Blue Crush, and Sex & the City 1 and 2
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Manatee
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I still like Kane because it comes from a time when movies and moviemakers meant something different than they do now. I don't think we can recapture that time-- we are on to different technologies now and movies, while still amazing, just don't mean what they used to.
And Orson Welles-- a giant of a talent. He financed a long life of international scheming, on the back of the reputation he made from Kane. Probably still owes hundreds of people money and movies, but its too late to recoup that now.
I think its also sentimental for me because the movie itself is about hubris, and the backstory about Hearst, the history of California and journalism/media/wealth/art in America, as well as Welles' own hubris are what really gets me in the gut. Pair that with all the technical innovations in the film, the great acting by Mercury Players crew, and the fact that I prefer black and white to color... and well, I still like it quite a bit.
But you know, I frigging hate Tarantino so, you know where I'm coming from. I was first on the bandwagon and first off of it. His shtick got old real fast for me.
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osulew
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Manatee said:
But you know, I frigging hate Tarantino so, you know where I'm coming from. I was first on the bandwagon and first off of it. His shtick got old real fast for me.I think if he was still making stuff like Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, I'd be right there with you. But I think he took a pretty kickass turn of sorts with Basterds and Django that blew me away in ways I wasn't expecting.
Or maybe it could just be that I really like seeing Nazis and racists get what's comin' to em. ;)
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Manatee
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To each their own, because each of us sees art through our own lens. For me, I put Tarantino in the same bin as other very violent and emotionally manipulative directors like Haneke and Von Trier, but I think Tarantino displays a lot less originality. I'm done with the postmodern game of quoting things endlessly into a hall of mirrors. If I want to watch kung fu movies, I will, and I'll cut out the wink-wink-nudge-nudge-blaxploitation middleman.
I really can't handle any more Von Trier (he killed blind Bjork!), but I would possibly try Haneke again-- even though his work is so scary that it saddens me very deeply. I think Haneke is the closest to playing with real fire there, of those three.
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Manatee
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On another note, my husband recently asked me, in a completely serious and offhand manner, "So, how many Pauly Shore movies have you seen?", just like, "pass the salt" or whatever. I looked at him, and then fell on the floor laughing. We often refer to one another as "The Wea-sel".
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