Ludo*1 Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 'I really feel for better or worse that Magnolia is the best film I'll ever make.' - PTA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Punch Drunk Love is massively underrated and what a performance from Adam Sandler. Best of his career. All this PTA chat has me buzzing for Inherent Vice, planning on catching it at the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 Anyways! Enough about that. 17. The Silence of The Lambs Classic horror/thriller. Little more needs to be said other than Jodie Foster is clearly the best Clarice Starling. Oh, and Goodbye Horses! Points Received: 34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Yet another classic. Was it the first film to do the clean sweep (film, director, actor, actress, screenplay) at the Oscars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albino Rover Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 The third- in very good company with It Happened One Night and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quentin Taranbino Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Ach forgot to vote. For what it's worth I would have had The Rock in my list do it would have been even higher. Hope Titanic makes it but I suspect it's not cool enough for the Pie and Bov masses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albino Rover Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Titanic, quite appropriately, works until about the halfway point and then becomes a disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I'd suspect Titanic isn't good enough for the Pie and Bovril masses either, let alone cool. It isn't good enough btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde01 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Hope I haven't missed total recall. Absolute 90s classic and the greatest by paul verheoven. Think it swept the board at the oscars too if I remember correctly. Based on a true story too. If you haven't seen it then you have failed in life. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I highly doubt fucking Total Recall swept the board. Bloody fun movie though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamdunk Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I highly doubt fucking Total Recall swept the board. Bloody fun movie though. Oneof my favs, so many memorable scenes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarkko Wiss Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 He should probably have that looked at tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 16. Saving Private Ryan. Another Tom Hanks film strolls into the list. Points Received: 35. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Not as big a fan of this movie as some. Spielberg deserved the Oscar he got though for it. It's a fairly well put together movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 It's a terrible schmaltzy pile of shite that wouldn't make my top 10 war films of the 90s and probably wouldn't make anyone's list of not for the opening scenes, which to be fair, are an incredible piece of cinema. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 invergowrie arab, on 22 Feb 2015 - 23:53, said:It's a terrible schmaltzy pile of shite that wouldn't make my top 10 war films of the 90s and probably wouldn't make anyone's list of not for the opening scenes, which to be fair, are an incredible piece of cinema. There's a lot more to it than the opening scenes to be fair. It remains a spectacle throughout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11thHour Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 There's a lot more to it than the opening scenes to be fair. It remains a spectacle throughout. Definitely. If only talking about set pieces the climactic battle is also brilliant. Still can only barely watch the scene with the German on top of Mellish slowly stabbing him to death in the midst of a massive battle outside. Got the scene at the antenna where Wade is killed which is refreshingly shot from afar but still tense. Sniper scene etc. Not to mention all the amazing scenes taking a look at the men on this mission as well. Superb piece of cinema for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 There's a lot more to it than the opening scenes to be fair. Yeah there's that one other scene with the sniper. It's well acted but it's nothing special. It's one film I've really changed my opinion about. Is it a good film? Yeah sure, it's alright. Is it a modern classic/great film? No, not by a long shot. Am I saying that it is terrible? No but that ending is just dreadful. Bland characters and a throw-back to the old war movies (I don't have a problem with that but let's not kid ourselves on that it was a new take on WWII), it's an action movie that tries to pretend it has some deep moral sentiment about war behind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestersKTID Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Definitely. If only talking about set pieces the climactic battle is also brilliant. Still can only barely watch the scene with the German on top of Mellish slowly stabbing him to death in the midst of a massive battle outside. Got the scene at the antenna where Wade is killed which is refreshingly shot from afar but still tense. Sniper scene etc. Not to mention all the amazing scenes taking a look at the men on this mission as well. Superb piece of cinema for me. 100% this. Really uncomfortable scene right enough with regards to mellish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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