My favorite movie is "A River Runs Through It," but I wouldn't call it the best movie ever. The Matrix without looking at it's sequels is my choice for best movie ever. The best Comedy is easily Caddyshack with Blazing Saddles in second. Worst sequels include a tie between Caddyshack 2 and Jaws 2.

That's your best ever?!?!

A bit of advice, see more movies.

Since you started the subject, here are few from my list.

To Kill a Mockingbird - The only movie from a book that really captures it completely.

Pulp Fiction (it's been discussed enough already)

It's a Wonderful Life - Yes it's sappy, but it's fucking Christmas OK?

The French Connection - Popeye Doyle rules

For best book to movie conversion, I'd have to go with LOTR. The movies surpassed the books.

Tied for second are Silence of the Lambs and Fight Club.

I have left my last post, I am switching to tv land. I might come back to respond to dumbasses(8 bucks, come on French Connection?), but this place needs cleaning up. Hep C, good choices.

Whoo Hoo!!! He's leaving!! Praise the fictional guy in the sky who looks out for us and sends us to hell for being bad!!!

You can kiss Hep's ass all you want as you go nimrod, it doesn't change the fact that you are a dolt.

Although the French Connection is not at the top of the list, it still made the list.

http://www.afi.com/tv/movies.asp

I wonder why I don't see "A River Runs Through it" on this list.

I'll tell you why, 'cause it ain't worthy.

Go back to TV land dullard. The sad truth is, you will probably hang around to pester and make stupid posts. I'm just not a naturally lucky guy that way.

Hey 8 bucks, get your own opinion. I said it was my favorite, not the best. I forgot Shawshank Redemption and Dances with Wolves. A River... is known as a sleeper, a movie that was much better than the ticket sales showed. I decided that both places suck, and since tv is dead right now, I'll stay for your enjoyment 8 bucks.

Lokken, this is just for you, so I'll use small words.

My list did not come from the web site. It is simply my list. The web site supports my point that your favorite movie is a waste of 2 hours of time. Since I haven't seen all the movies on the list yet, I don't know if I'll ever get around to watching a fishing movie.

Since you won't go away like you promised, and you have nothing interesting to say, I won't be responding to your posts any longer.

I'm sorry, I used 1 sort of longish word in there, since I spelled it right, you can look it up here:

http://www/dictionary.com

Now go be a good boy and get back to surfing for porno.

I am done responding to posts and will only start new ones. This place could use use good topics. Hep C, even if you hate me, you were one of few intelligent people here( Marney and Chaz and others included). I leave 8 bucks to sucking his own dick, and sign off.

Way more dumbshits over there. They talk about NOTHING. Just one-line put downs and self-congratulatory verbal vomitus.

Actually, kinda like here with more idiots and less talk about movies.

I stayed away from LOTR because I'm afraid they can still screw the pooch on this. I have been very happy with the films, and was simply floored by the CGI. After one scene with Gollum, I found it easy to forget that the character was CGI. AMAZING!
Also, although the books were great, I found that Tolkien had room for improvement when it comes to describing the details. Thus the movie filled in those blanks nicely. For all-time greats, I have to wait and see, but it's possible.

I would really like to see a modern interpretation of Atlas Shrugged made into a movie. I find the characters fascinating.

I didn't read Fight Club or Lambs, so I can't cast a vote on interpretation. I can say that both movies were excellent, and I simply can't pass a chance to watch Fight Club over and over again.

I'm still sticking with Mockingbird. I read it before I saw the movie, then watched the movie, and felt like someone had peered into my head, and extracted the mental pictures. Beautifully cast and filmed. Absolute artwork.

I also enjoyed Branaugh's Hamlet. Not really an interpretation since he used every single line that Bill penned.

I think Tolkien wrote too much like a language professor. The movies add a pacing his books lacked.

Read Fight Club. It's a great book. Fincher made a great movie from it. I think he took out the things that work in a novel but would be off-key in a movie. He also took out some dialogue that would've sounded corny. You can't go wrong to read all of Chuck Palahnuik's stuff.

Lambs was a toss up. The movie added things that were great, but left out things equally great.

Best war movie : The Longest Day.

Shawshank was a terrific film as well.

Another King story made into a film that I liked was the Green Mile.
I even got the Christ Symbolism (John Coffey - JC) sometimes, I have to get hit over the head with a hammer.
That movie really captured a flavor/texture that the books had. I was pleasantly surprised.

It's such a shame that so much of King's work turned into pure vomit on the screen. The miniseries based on IT was one of the better attempts though.

Best bad comedy ever: The Man Who Knew Too Little.

Kentucky Fried Movie.

The best cult is either Rocky Horror Picture Show, or Dr. Strangelove.

Nope, haven't seen that one. And I really thought Man Who Knew was very very good. But I can't say that in certain circles without verbal abuse.

Best absolutely terrible comedy (AKA worst comedy ever): Hudson Hawk.

Best documentary ever: American Movie

Another great one:

Amazon Women on the Moon

Kill Bill is the greatest go see it immediately.

...but I liked how raw 'KFM' was.

'Stand By Me' is another good King story made into a movie, as is "Misery'.


Worst King movie ever : 'Maximum Overdrive'

Although Overdrive was bad, Running Man was the worst POS ever. Especially when you consider what a brilliant short story it was.

Of course if the category is worst film ever, I once sat down and watched EraserHead. I'm sure it killed more brain cells than every beer I ever drank.

What's the point of creating a thread called 'best movie ever' if you only mention your 'favorite but not the best movie' ??

I'd say Ran for best movie (but not my favorite).

'Best' is really a mother to nail down.

How do you honestly compare Pulp Fiction to Citizen Cane, or Apocalypse Now, or It's a Wonderful Life?

These are all great films, but for different reasons.

So, I gave my list of great films that I also liked, and Mockingbird is at the top.

Rule #1:
Not allowed to mention a movie as if you know anything about it when you can't even spell the title correctly. Citizen Kane - as in Kan't spell so good - Not Cane as in you should be caned several times like that kid in Singapore a few years back.

Oh, come on, you can do better than that...

If you really want to take a poke at me, trashing a mispelling of a movie name isn't gonna sting even a little.

I'll give you 2 more tries..

Every now and then this "best movie ever" thread gets posted by someone who thinks they're reinventing a movie board wheel.
This board does need better posts and some "spring cleaning" in this November but posts like this one are all about self-indulgence. So in that spirit I list my indulgently "best" movies:

best movie adaptation from a written work:
Amadeus
Shawshank Redemption

Best American Film of All Time:
The Godfather

Best marriage of musical score and moving image in a film:
Amadeus

Best Stephen King Adaptation:
The Dead Zone
The Shawshank Redemption
Misery

Best love story films that people don't realize are love story films:
True Romance
The Professional
Hannibal
Sweet and Lowdown
Best anime film:
Grave of the Fireflies
Princess Mononoke

Best live action anime film:
The Matrix
Kill Bill

Best dirty gangster film that turned out better than it's genre suggested it should have:
Carlito's Way

Best Cops and Robbers film that turned out better than it's genre suggested it should have:
Heat
Reservoir Dogs

Best Movie to watch with a masochistic girlfriend:
Fight Club

Best unsophisticated, dirty humour comedy that turned out way better than it's genre suggested it should have:
Scary Movie 2
Me, Myself and Irene

Best adaptation of an actual comic book hero:
Batman (Tim Burton)

Best adaptation of a non-existant comic book hero:
Unbreakable

Best Brian De Palma film:
The Untouchables

Best Vietnam movie:
Deer Hunter
Aliens

Best prodigiously created film:
Boogie Nights

Best paced movie:
Search for Bobby Fisher

Best feel good movie:
Shaolin Soccer

Best feel bad movie:
Requiem for a Dream

Best melodramatically well done war movie:
Glory

Best melodramatic movie:
Scent of a Woman

Best christmas movie:
Scrooge (with Alistair Symme)
A Christmas Story

Best kung fu choreographed movie:
Fist of Legend

Best sci fi movie:
Back to the Future

Best gory horror movie:
The Fly

Best Scathing sarcastic comedy about human nature:
Being john malkovich
election

Best steven spielberg film:
schindlers list

Best soundtrack:
kill bill
magnolia
sweet and lowdown

Best scene stealing music in film:
john williams : jaws : schindlers list
james newton howard : signs : unbreakable
clint mansell : requeim for a dream
howard shore : silence of the lambs : the fly
patrick doyle : carlito"s way
james horner : glory

Best film score:
searching for bobby fisher : james horner
batmat : danny elfman
back to the future : alan silvestri
the red violin : john corigliano
heat : eliot goldenthal

Best opening title music:
True Romance : hans zimmer
pulp fiction : misirlou
magnolia : aimee mann
the dead zone : michael kamen
silence of the lambs : howard shore
unbreakable : james newton howard
signs : james newton howard

Best ending title music:
Fight Club : pixies
magnolia : aimee mann
silence of the lambs : howard shore

my favorite movies of "popular" directors:
james cameron : aliens
martin scorsese : raging bull
stanley kubrick : a clockwork orange
quentin tarantino : true romance

all time favorites:
amadeus
shawshank redemption
the godfather trilogy
true romance
leon the professional
batman (tim burton)
the matrix
fight club
back to the future trilogy
magnolia
unbreakable
annie hall
kill bill
carlitos way
the dead zone
requiem for a dream
the untouchables
princess mononoke
sneakers
sweet and lowdown
fist of legend
tombstone
deer hunter
forrest gump
scent of a woman
glory
shaolin soccer
from dusk till dawn
thirty_two short films of glenn gould
heat
searching for bobby fisher
a clockwork orange
eyes wide shut

best film of this year:
kill bill

Carlito's Way and Fight Club are love story films that people don't realize are love story films.

And IMO Carlito's Way was better than The Untouchables.

There is a love story in carlitos way but it was merely supplementary to the center of the film which was the tragic irony of inescapable loyalties. The relationship between Al Pacino's character and his girlfriend was secondary to the relationship between pacino and Sean Penn's characters as far as being pivotal to the movie's message.

Fight Club however is a love story. I forgot to list it as that but implied it when I suggested to take one's girlfriend, albeit a masochistic one if possible, to see it. Although I must argue that the film did not stress that romatic aspect between norton and bonham carter as much as it thought it did. The film does not center itself as a love story as i'll bet the book did. You sort of have to go fishing for it. Also a great romance movie is one where the romance is the best thing about the movie and in this film I'm not sure it is. I think the love story of the film really begins within the last fifteen minutes of the film and had the movie continued from that point on, it might have payed off as a romance movie; "you met me at a very strange time in my life" is the pick up line of all pick up lines. Unfortunately its also the last line of the film so we dont get to see more.

I liked watching carlitos way better than untouchables but that has to do with De Palma concentrating on making better faster-paced scenes than making better movies. The untouchables, a much earlier work, was the first film where he blended his particular style of filmmaking with a hollywood big cast blockbuster approach. BAck then he was more concentrated on the movie as a whole aesthetic work it seemed. Also the subject matter called for grander scaled filmmaking to be digested by the viewer while carlitos way was simply made to chew on and savor each deliciously constructed scene and plot twist after the next. Both of them have great story and story telling and action scenes and trademark De Palma scenes that build up the tension towards the action scenes. But at the end of the day I would say that The untouchables was the superior film while Carlito's Way was more enjoyable. Both of them use De Palma's best film techniques in ingenious, often similar yet sometimes different ways. In a way I felt that CArlito's Way had actions scenes that mirrored the scenes in utouchables but with a funhouse mirror effect, attempting to push each scene to as perversely entertaining as possible. For example the primary big action sequence in untouchables at the train station was shot in a more artistically superior way than anything in carlitos way but was limited to that one location. The huge primary action sequence in Carlitos way however is a chase sequence that starts in his nightclub goes within a moving train and finally leads to Grand Central train station. It was much more extravagant, and gave much mmore oppurtunities of keeping the viewer at the edge of their seat because Brian is basically showing them the character moving at a very fast pace yet the whole time really being on the edge of a knife as each segment of that marvelous sequence unfolds to add more and more tension at a ridiculous speed.

Leaving Las Vegas

Top Gun


"Talk to me, Goose."

True Romance wasn't directed by Tarantino...Tony Scott did it, and quite well, I might add.

Its a Tarantino film from beginning to end. The only reason Tony Scott directed it was because he was in love with Tarantino's script.

Scott did a better job in directing it than Quentin would have actually. But the movie is all about the story, the script. As good a direction as Scott gave, he did his best job by dissappearing in the film and allowing the script to be the star. So I affiliate the film to Quentin because the whole movie is about him and his sensitivities. ANd I think everyone involved with this film the actors and the director were approaching it as the Quentin Tarantino fairy tale.

And besides i figured everyone already knew this was not directed by Tarantino like I did so it was rhetorical. Because it so embodied Quentin and only Quentin anyway. Try to give us movie board folk a little credit, FYI.

okay, so i saw in some conversation that a person thinks Brad Pitt is a really good actor. well here's one of the reasons i hate his spoiled brat ass. during the making of the river in scenes that took place in bozman, pitt and sheffer went to a favorite among locals dive bar in town (Hofbrau). at one time also a place to spot peter fonda. mr. pitts voiced his opinion to the place - THIS TOWN SUCKS. THERE'S NOTHING TO DO AROUND HERE.

apparently he didn't get the memo on the rockies or the great laid back people.

"hi, i'm brat pitts, i like to grow my hair. i like to shop, eat overpriced fish sperm, and steer my mercedes with my penis. any questions?"

and lokken, i loved this movie too. i dorked out bigtime with the soundtrack by taking a long drive to some of the movie locations...

I still check in, and I have to say you are right. I hate Brad Pitt, but liked River. He can't steer his mercedes with his penis, it can't be big enough.

Ok, so he's a douchbag. Being a simple jerk doesn't make me want to boycott his work. (I do have criteria, but I refuse to open up that can of worms again. I refuse, so don't even try to bait me. No really, just read the old threads then forget about it, ok? Don't make me come over there...)

Anyway, I've seen Tom Cruise refuse to eat food with enlisted men on an aircraft carrier. Tom would only speak to and interact with officers. I still pay my 8 bucks for everything he does. Even that shit movie Far and Away. Give me my 8 bucks back!!

Val Kilmer, on the other hand, was very cool, 'hey guys, you guys have the coolest jobs' and stuff like that. When your 21 years old, and working your ass off on a carrier, that goes a long way.
I've met Michael Wiess from The Pretender, also pretty cool although I busted him staring at my girlfirends tits.

But at the end of the day, these people are rich and famous, and have to put up with some crazy shit, like photographers sneaking around their houses and shit. Some of them will still be decent, some will be assholes.
I can't say that any of us wouldn't be total jackasses in the same position.

But I still hate a couple of them anyway, usually it's politics, but you know where I stand on that stuff.

and besides, it freakin' Montana, for chrissakes! whaddaya expect??

yeah, where the men are men and the sheep are scared! hardy har har...

actually, i really loved living there, PLENTY to do if you don't have to count on frickin' clubs. it's one place where fashion can't dictate and so all the frickin' annoying females and their crazy spiked heels are endangered.

anyways, it's fun watching these threads, people get all spitfire.

Val Kilmer gives me the willies. I think it's because he's made of plastic.

my heart aches and weeps for the hollywood crowd so much! oh my gawd, like, they are not kinda f'ed up! they don't like being center of attention at all. I think back to the kids in school who just knew they were going "to make it". Right, I can just tick off photo after photo in that old yearbook of all the success stories. (it's been enough time now for them to achieve-15+years)

if it weren't for those photographers and the crazy idol lovers, those schmucks would have damaged egos. and what a big fat slap in the face when those (tiny cruise) pricks show up on carriers and refuse to eat with enlisted men. (that pissed me off) Pearl Harbor is a floating party for chrissake!

Like how come so many of these entertainers think they are "inspiring" US and enriching us to be better people and to explore art? Right, we need them to give us a hand in losing our minds. blahbidy blibidy blubidy.

Okay, rant over. I still go to movies and get totally sucked into a great performance but I do try to be selective. Consumer power! And was it Todd who talked about how those guys ought to be able to get it right after like 20 takes?

TITANIC! NO ONE AGUE WID ME!

I will, 'cause I don't fear that an argument wit you would become too distressing. Tell ya what - you give me some guidlines (for example, Don't use the letter 'e'; Movies that only star Rick Springfield; etc) I could come up with loads of flicks that are better than 'Titanic'.

Here I'll give it a try:

1. 2 movie titles better than Titanic

2. 90% of the movie must take place on the boat (just like Titanic)

3. The movie must deal with racial and/or economic tension in some way. (just like Titanic)

I'm not sure if its a full 90% of the movie, but I think Pirates of the Caribbean is a better movie than Titanic at this point in my life. ...Hmmm, another boat movie with troubled love? I cant think of one now, but thought POTC should be out there.

Ok - Sure:

1) Lifeboat - the racial/social tension dealing with who must dive into the briney deep for the sake of the others; and

2) Speed 2: Cruise Control - OK, apart from the 1-dimensional Dafoe character whining about money, I can't think of more inner conflict - but it's still better than 'Titanic'!

"Dead Calm"

"Master and Commander"

"Jaws"

All better than "Titanic".

Of course, "Boat Trip" was better than "Titanic".

I liked Master and Commander very much, and Jaws is a classic. I thought the Quinn character was really cool.  I enjoyed the part of the movie where Quinn and the young marine biologist played by a young Richard Dreyfuss are comparing "war wounds." I haven't seen Dead Calm. 

One movie that I saw that fits the bill for comparison with Titanic (based on the aforementioned parameters) is The Legend of 1900, but I found Titanic a far superior movie.

I guess I'm in the minority when I say that.  I did like Titanic.  I say this eventhough I'm no big fan of Leonardo di Crappio.  I still think it's a good movie. 

Mind you, if you asked me if I wanted to see it tonight I'd pass.  Saw it like 3 X in the theatre with my wife. 

Holy Shi-te! 'Legend of 1900', now that is, well, an original storyline. And I did like the piano 'standoff' between Tim Roth and Clarence Williams III in the film.

Note: I am mistaken for Tim Roth on maybe a monthly basis (why Tim Roth would be in Ohio, I have no idea)

Marc Daniel looks like Tim Roth.  I've been told I look like . . . .  

Tim Robbins

&

Occasionally, . . . . Tom Hanks.

How about you?  

Dude! You could have made a killing if you were a body/stunt double for 'War of the Worlds'!

Note: The more commercials I see for that flick, the less interested I become. The SFX will have to be REALLY good, I am not shelling out the cash to see Tom and Dakota looking frightened staring right at the camera for 2 hours.

I SAID DONT ARGUE WID ME, ITS A WASTE OF TIME! well it is my fave film, its an opinion, so, oh well!

p.s. jaws is rubbish! it aint scary or nuffin!

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"Dead Calm" had Nicole Kidman's buttery naked butt in it.

The Poseiden adventure???? I think it was racist against fat old women that used to be olympic class swimmers and stupid people that wanted to stay at the front of the ship even though they should go AFT IT WAS FLIPPED YOU IDIOTS YOU WERE WALKING ON THE CEILING FOR CHRIST SAKE!!!

Lets here it for christmas trees.

Now that I've read the rest of the posts I'm a big legend of 1900 fan, I saw it one sleepless night and have been looking to buy that and the red violin for quite some time now. I am a leonardo Dicaprio fan, I liked him in gangs and I just recently saw The Aviator which he was good in also. But I still can't bring myself to like Titanic this is just a conceptual dislike at this point because I have yet to actually see the movie.

again...

1. 3 movies better than Titanic

2. 90% on the water

3. Nobody falls/dives overboard.

Deepstar Six

Leviathan

Ghost Ship

Ghost ship!

LOL



That was terrible


I'd also like to add Message in a Bottle


It's embarrassing to say that I saw that, I know. It was on TV one day.
It did have the princess bride in it.

I disagree - I found the first 5 minutes of 'Ghost Ship' incredibly entertaining ('cause I am a little sick, it would seem).

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!! you gotta luv it!!! if you diss POTC, then thats just wrong! lol.
I love everything about it, and have watched it 267 times!! i guess you would say im a teeny weeny bit obsessed. I have memorized the entire movie!ask me ANY question about it, and ill give a real answer! lol. anywho,
Passion of the Christ was one of the best movies too!! aaw, it made me cry. lol, im not a real sensitive chick, anyway. but yea just thought id say that they both rock my socks!
ciao! from the canadian/pirate chick.

What was the Lead Make up artist's son's dog's name?

that one porno i watched that had your mom in it, but then it got pretty weird when the dog entered, and yah...well i was in my underwear at the time of the incident, and uhmmm....lubricant was involved...long story short, your gonna have a new baby brother...

FIGHT CLUB FIGHT CLUB FIGHT CLUB FIGHT CLUB FIGHT CLUB FIGHT CLUB FIGHT CLUB!

and maybe the 1982 version of "The Thing". That movie is damn good.