Ten Best Movies Ever Made (film, theater, history, fantasy)

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Originally Posted by ExPit

4. The Godfather ... Brando, Pacino, Caan, Cazale
5. The Godfather II ... Brando, Pacino, DeNiro, Cazale

Originally Posted by Lovetheoutdoors

3. Godfather II
8. Godfather I

Originally Posted by Retired Law 08

#3 the godfather

Originally Posted by brikag

1.) The Godfather I & II: The story is above and beyond.

True masterpieces. Both parts.

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I've tried to comment all the movies I watched and liked. Here it is.

Originally Posted by ExPit

3. Raging Bull ... Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty

Originally Posted by Lovetheoutdoors

10. Raging Bull

Well, I always used to read good reviews on this flick but actually when i saw it I didn' like it much.
Could you fans of this flick tell me why do you like it? Just wondering
Sure there are many differences in story lines and it's not very appropriate to compare but for me 'Rocky' is much better.

Originally Posted by Mooseketeer

Citizen Kane

Originally Posted by Lovetheoutdoors

1. Citizen Kane

Originally Posted by brikag

2.) Citizen Kane: The cinematography and story line.

Great movie. It was really innovative and unique flick when it was released. Kinda revolutionary movie in many aspects though I don't like it much. The idea is perfect but the movie itself is a bit boring if you are watching it these days.

Originally Posted by GoTexan

First two that come to mind....
Gone With the Wind

Real classic.

Originally Posted by harry chickpea

Casablanca - A grown-up love story.

Classic, no doubt. I like it, but it's too flawless and seamless. And I dunno whether being too flawless is good or bad. Too sugary

Originally Posted by harry chickpea

Lawrence of Arabia - pure cinematic poetry

Originally Posted by JustPassinThru

Lawrence of Arabia

Epic. Masterpiece. Really good flick in many aspects. I like another David Lean's movie called 'Bridge On The River Kwai'

Originally Posted by harry chickpea

Morodor's adaptation of Fritz Lang's Metropolis - Cranked up brilliance over brilliance

It's sad but I saw only the original version
I'd like to see Moroder's adaptation just because it is with Queen's soundtrack as far as I know

Originally Posted by Amy S in PBC

1. Alien

Ridley Scott made a real masterpiece in its genre. Scared but wonderful flick.

Originally Posted by JustPassinThru

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Originally Posted by brikag

7.) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Jack N. at his best!

Quite good. Especially the end.

Originally Posted by JustPassinThru

Scarface

Wonderful!
The World is Yours... Lol

Originally Posted by JustPassinThru

Apocalypse Now

Coppola tried his best to make it, spent lots of money, lots of time, even quarreled with his wife seriously and in the end he finally made it. Though the box-office success is no good.

Originally Posted by Retired Law 08

#6 It' a mad,mad,mad,mad world

By the way many years later 'Rat Race' came out and it resembled 'It's a mad,mad,mad,mad world' a lot.

Originally Posted by Retired Law 08

#7 deer hunter

Originally Posted by brikag

9.) The Deer Hunter: Meryl Streep at her best!

I like only the fragment with gun roulette game when one of the heroes killed himself. Rough but thrilling scene!

Originally Posted by brikag

5.) Pulp Fiction: The pyramid story line. Strong screenplay!

Originally Posted by brikag

8.) Rocky: Working hard for a dream!

Stallone is really good. Deserved Oscar.

Originally Posted by SandyCo

4. When Harry Met Sally

Good and funny one though it seems like it was made under the strong impression from 'Annie Hall'. Kinda plagiarism That's why I don't like it much.

Originally Posted by ExPit

not as bad as the one in Deer Hunter though

Absolutely true

[ExPit]

Originally Posted by FlashM

I've tried to comment all the movies I watched and liked. Here it is.



Well, I always used to read good reviews on this flick but actually when i saw it I didn' like it much.
Could you fans of this flick tell me why do you like it? Just wondering
Sure there are many differences in story lines and it's not very appropriate to compare but for me 'Rocky' is much better.

Raging Bull ... I like boxing, but I'm usually not a big fan of boxing movies, or sports movies in general, but Rocky and Raging Bull are exceptions.

First of all I'm a big Scorcese fan. The realism he gets is extraordinary. And the cast, everybody from DeNiro and Pesci to Frank Vincent (Salvie) and other bit players just rang very true to me. I grew up in an environment not all that different than the one in this movie, and as a kid I was around the game, knew a lot of boxers and thought Scorcese nailed it. It's a hard movie to watch, not the violence in the ring, but the violence in the man. The wife beating, the time he goes after his brother, and just the emotional turmoil is hard for me to watch. It's one of those movies that I think is great, but I can only watch it once in a great while. That said, I think DeNiro's performance is one of the best ever captured on screen...

On a side note, Jake LaMotta himself is a very interesting and from what I heard troubled man. I know a guy who knows Jake personally, who spent a lot of time with him when he was a fighter, and while he likes the movie he says, and get this, It was the Disney version.

[Autumn07]

The Notebook
Pure Country
Stepmom
Hope Floats
Flicka
No Reservations
Marley & Me
Titanic
New in Town
Pretty Woman

[LaoTzuMindFu]

Here is my list in no particular order:

1. Wizard Of Oz
2. The Ten Commandments
3. The Godfather
4. The Godfather II
5. The Matrix
6. Saving Private Ryan
7. Goodfellas
8. Casino
9. Pulp Fiction
10. The Five Deadly Venoms / Master Killer (tie)

[Currency Pair Crocodile]

Originally Posted by Autumn07

The Notebook
Pure Country
Stepmom
Hope Floats
Flicka
No Reservations
Marley & Me
Titanic
New in Town
Pretty Woman

I enjoyed Flicka since I have a thing for horses.

The notebook made me smile. There's this movie called "just friends". The lead character ends up going to this movie with his girl, his mother and another guy who tries to get the same girl. It's "the notebook" And they pretty much ridicule the movie throughout.

[Rachael84]

My list--

1. The Shining
2. Back to the future
3. ET
4. Pretty in Pink
5. Beyond the sea
6. A Christmas Story
7. Almost famous
8. Neverending story
9. Mr. Holland's opus
10. A Bronx tale

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Originally Posted by Autumn07

Titanic

Greatest love story!

Originally Posted by DaBeez

Here is my list in no particular order:
7. Goodfellas

Masterpiece. No doubt. One of the best movies ever. Joe Pesci is terrific.
There were some awesome scenes in 'Goodfellas'. Here is one of them.

***
Billy Batts:
You remember Tommy's shines? The kid was great. He made mirrors.
Tommy (Joe Pesci):
No more shines, Billy.
Billy Batts:
Come on. Tommy. We're only kidding. You can't take a joke? Come on.

Tommy is mad. Pause. And then Billy says, 'Now get the hell home and get your shine box!'
Tommy is pissed off.
Later on Tommy kicked Billy's ass for these words. And other guys (Robert De Niro and Ray Liotta) helped Tommy.
***

P.S. The soundtrack is drop-dead too

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Originally Posted by Rachael84

My list--
1. The Shining

Are you Stephen King or Stanley Kubrick fan?

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Originally Posted by ExPit

I know a guy who knows Jake personally