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re: The Perfect Movie?
Posted on 7/26/12 at 5:08 pm to TigerinATL
Posted on 7/26/12 at 5:08 pm to TigerinATL
quote:
ROUSes
I don't believe they exist.
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Posted on 7/26/12 at 5:08 pm to Blue Velvet
forrest gump is for the ignorant
Posted on 7/26/12 at 6:15 pm to Burt Reynolds
The Usual Suspects
Round Midnight
Betty Blue
Das Boot
The Natural
Spinal Tap
Round Midnight
Betty Blue
Das Boot
The Natural
Spinal Tap
Posted on 7/26/12 at 6:25 pm to Scruffy
Pulp Fiction
Posted on 7/26/12 at 6:27 pm to stapuffmarshy
quote:
original Jaws....can anyone say one thing that is wrong with that movie?
fricker..beat me to it!
Posted on 7/26/12 at 6:38 pm to stapuffmarshy
quote:
quote:
original Jaws....can anyone say one thing that is wrong with that movie?
The ending could have been less Spielberg - corny IMO.
I would preferred an ending more like The Thing - instead of that happy buddy music at the end, the survivors (and Dreyfuss should have probably died) are left floating...victorious but full of dread...bobbing in the water unable to make it back...and the real Jaws music comes back as it fades to night to match the opening scene.
Are there other sharks? We don't know.
This post was edited on 7/26/12 at 6:39 pm
Posted on 7/26/12 at 6:44 pm to Scruffy
fargo is a good one
likable characters, some suspense, cat and mouse, comedy, blood
likable characters, some suspense, cat and mouse, comedy, blood
Posted on 7/26/12 at 7:13 pm to Pilot Tiger
Good to hear about Fargo. I picked it up the other day and plan on watching it tonight.
Posted on 7/26/12 at 7:15 pm to Scruffy
Eternal Sunshine.
Posted on 7/26/12 at 7:44 pm to Scruffy
quote:
What do you consider to be the perfect movie? It doesn't have to be your favorite movie, or even what you consider the greatest movie ever made.
Hmmmm . . . very interesting question with the qualifiers. And difficult to answer. The following take into account genre and context.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Vertigo/Rear Window/Notorious (sorry, can't help it)
Chinatown
24 Hour Party People (I'm serious)
The Third Man
Night of the Hunter (the only movie Laughton ever directed . . . was panned in the beginning and he never directed again . . . but it was great)
Alien
Hell, I don't know. I could name more that come close.
Posted on 7/26/12 at 8:03 pm to Zamoro10
quote:
The ending could have been less Spielberg - corny IMO. I would preferred an ending more like The Thing - instead of that happy buddy music at the end, the survivors (and Dreyfuss should have probably died) are left floating...victorious but full of dread...bobbing in the water unable to make it back...and the real Jaws music comes back as it fades to night to match the opening scene.
I agree totally
Posted on 7/26/12 at 9:27 pm to Scruffy
It is probably impossible to write the perfect book, produce the perfect movie or in fact perform any task perfectly, but the theory that attainment of perfection is impossible aside, here are a few very nearly perfect movies that have not yet been mentioned.
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Rosemary's Baby
Cinema Paradiso
Groundhog Day
Apocalypse Now
Paths of Glory
and
Into the Wild
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Rosemary's Baby
Cinema Paradiso
Groundhog Day
Apocalypse Now
Paths of Glory
and
Into the Wild
Posted on 7/26/12 at 9:34 pm to phatcat
quote:
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Good one, as is the previously mentioned Cool Hand Luke.
Posted on 7/26/12 at 10:03 pm to Scruffy
/thread
Posted on 7/26/12 at 10:05 pm to Scruffy
City of God.
Posted on 7/26/12 at 10:06 pm to phatcat
quote:
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Rosemary's Baby
Very good choices.
quote:
Cinema Paradiso
I liked it until it became fashionable for suburbanites at the multiplexes to see it and claim they've seen an "art movie".
Did that seem snobbish?
Posted on 7/26/12 at 10:15 pm to VOR
quote:
Did that seem snobbish?
Another movie that I would consider near perfect is Children of Men.
Posted on 7/26/12 at 10:16 pm to Scruffy
Lord of the Rings trilogy
Posted on 7/26/12 at 10:24 pm to Scruffy
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Children of Men.
Damned good.
Posted on 7/26/12 at 10:31 pm to VOR
Agreed. As far as current movies, I loved how there was no blatant advertisements. Hell, even the cars were designed for the movie.
The defining characteristic is its long takes, some of which are so overly complicated, it is amazing how great they ended up.
The cast is great and the book was altered perfectly for the screen.
The defining characteristic is its long takes, some of which are so overly complicated, it is amazing how great they ended up.
The cast is great and the book was altered perfectly for the screen.
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