The British Film Institute updates their Top 50 Greatest Movies

[Quintus 6,535]

Spirited Away is breathtaking.

[Jay 46,395]

Indeed. Very glad I saw it in the theater

[Quintus 6,535]

Lucky.

[Jay 46,395]

It's a nice perk of living near Boston. I used to go in all the time around 2001-202 and see all the limited release movies that never went wide (or did much later)

[BloodBoal 8,718]

No love for Mononoke Hime?

[Jay 46,395]

Who said I had no love for it?

[BloodBoal 8,718]

I thought that was a good way to enter into the conversation...

[Jay 46,395]

I've honestly enjoyed every Hayao Miyazaki movie I've ever seen immensely. Even his worst ones have so much to love in them. And his best ones are film making at its finest.

[BloodBoal 8,718]

Which movies do you consider to be his worst ones?

[Jay 46,395]

Well they are all good, but I'd rank them something like

 

Spirited Away

Porco Rosso

Princess Mononoke

Howl's Moving Castle

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

Castle In The Sky

Kiki's Delivery Service

 

haven't seen Ponyo or My Neighbor Totoro yet

[BloodBoal 8,718]

[Jay 46,395]

Come over to my house, I have Ponyo on blu ray

[BloodBoal 8,718]

That's gonna be a long walk...

[Hurmm 104]

Hmm yeah Spirited Away should be on my list too. Gorgeous animation too. I haven't seen any hand-drawn match it in terms of sheer beauty, well except maybe some scenes from Ponyo. The scene where she's running on the waves... one of my favourites scenes ever.

Can't bloody find a clip of it on youtube.

[Ren 77]

Howls moving castle

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,451]

Indeed. Very glad I saw it in the theater

Can you proof that you payed to see that film?

;-)

[Jay 46,395]

Wow, that joke's not getting old at all

[Wojo 2,458]

I can tell you with 100% certainty that when I saw the Spider-Man reboot a few weeks ago, I did not pay for it, I did not sit in a cinema, and thus I have no ticket stub to show the world.

[A24 5,166]

Soon there will be no more software, only hardware. Welcome to Wojo's world ....

[A24 5,166]

The Bloggers' List:

Once every decade, The British Film Institute's Sight and Sound magazine polls a selected panel of 846 distributors, critics, and academics to come up with their greatest film of all time. Orson Wells' Citizen Kane has come out on top for the last 50 years, but this time Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo got the top spot. By way of a fun response to this list, HeyUguys decided to put together an alternative top 10. 120 contributors from various sites and blogs across the net have sent in their lists, and here are OUR 10 best of all time..

1) Jaws

2) Back to the Future

3) The Dark Knight

4) Blade Runner

5) 2001 A Space Odyssey

6) There Will Be Blood

7) Psycho

8) Citizen Kane

9) Pulp Fiction

10) The Thing

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[Ren 77]

Decent.

[Wojo 2,458]

I think the more important message to take away from these top ten and top fifty lists is "here are all the movies that we the experts think are important and that you should have seen by now, and if you haven't, go buy/rent/borrow/download/YouTube/whatever them as soon as you can." It doesn't matter whether a movie is first or sixty-first on a "list."

[A24 5,166]

True, like that bloggers' list, nobody thinks Jaws is number one but almost everyone puts it in their list, hence why it's rated so highly in the end.

Notice how Star Wars is also not on this list. It used to be different, meaning, its power is severely diminishing. Sooner or later it won't be on anyone's list anymore. Also, I'm baffled but at the same time relieved that Inception didn't make it either. At the time, it was like most blog critics hailed it as the second coming.

Alex

[Quintus 6,535]

Lucas delivered the death blow to Star Wars all by himself (via a poorly conceived exhaust vent). Now it only has a generation of fans to shoulder its legacy, but once they're gone, well... Star Wars' fate is sealed. It will not live on like The Lord of the Rings.

[BloodBoal 8,718]

[A24 5,166]

In the end, it's where everything belongs. The vanity of man will be his downfall!

[Quintus 6,535]

Jaws being placed first in that list makes every bit of sense! http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jaws/

[hornist 1,263]

The Bloggers' List:

Once every decade, The British Film Institute's Sight and Sound magazine polls a selected panel of 846 distributors, critics, and academics to come up with their greatest film of all time. Orson Wells' Citizen Kane has come out on top for the last 50 years, but this time Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo got the top spot. By way of a fun response to this list, HeyUguys decided to put together an alternative top 10. 120 contributors from various sites and blogs across the net have sent in their lists, and here are OUR 10 best of all time..

1) Jaws

2) Back to the Future

3) The Dark Knight

4) Blade Runner

5) 2001 A Space Odyssey

6) There Will Be Blood

7) Psycho

8) Citizen Kane

9) Pulp Fiction

10) The Thing

BTTF? Ok I know this supposed to be funny alternative list but come on. Well there are also people who put Rocky on their list...

[Quintus 6,535]

Back to the Future is a masterpiece.

[hornist 1,263]

I like it. Or more loved it back then. Definitely not in my list of the greatest movies.

[Quintus 6,535]

I can't wait to watch it with my kids. Can't WAIT!

[Koray Savas 2,260]

It's a classic. Really great film, but it's far from my Top 10, maybe a Top 50, certainly a Top 100.

[hornist 1,263]

I can't wait to watch it with my kids. Can't WAIT!

I see your point. You will LOVE IT!!

I can't wait to watch it with my kids. Can't WAIT!

[Ren 77]

No I have a whole list going in my brain of must sees, can hardly wait to sees. But I don't want him to grow up too fast.

[Quintus 6,535]

But I don't want him to grow up too fast.

Isabelle will be slowly introduced to movies in that regard. First up, The Killing Fields.

[Ren 77]

Uh. Lol

I was thinking more like toy story

[Koray Savas 2,260]

Goodfellas is a good start, I think.

[Ren 77]

no. Godfather before Goodfellas

[Koray Savas 2,260]

Scorsese > Coppola

[Ren 77]

lol okok

[Hurmm 104]

Scorsese > Coppola may be debatable but

The Godfather > Goodfellas definitely.

Plus there's no swearing so it's totally suitable for kids

[Ren 77]

I think Dominic will want a horse after

[publicist 4,650]

Back to the Future is a masterpiece.

It was on cable when i was in India recently and i tried to sell it to several people (22 - 35) who didn't grow up with it. Alarmingly, one half found it cute but not much more, the other half was rather bored with it. The whole arc and all those sure-fire gags did go almost unnoticed - it was labelled as an innocous version of stuff like DONNIE DARKO.

[indy4 160]

Lucas delivered the death blow to Star Wars all by himself (via a poorly conceived exhaust vent). Now it only has a generation of fans to shoulder its legacy, but once they're gone, well... Star Wars' fate is sealed. It will not live on like The Lord of the Rings.

You can dislike Star Wars all you want, but I don't think it will ever fade from the public's consciousness. "I am your father" and "may the force be with you," amongst other aspects of the films, will never die. Plus there will probably always be some sort of Star Wars spin-off in the works to remind kids.

Back to the Future is a masterpiece.

I can't believe I forgot to include that one in my list. Editing it now

[A24 5,166]

BTTF? Ok I know this supposed to be funny alternative list but come on. Well there are also people who put Rocky on their list...

Okay, maybe not the big movie critics but many people put Rocky on their list. Still the best in its genre (I'm gonna make it, Go the distance, American Dream genre). It gets to me every time I see it. I love everything about it. It's filled with tender, beautiful, touching scenes.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

Alex describing something as tender, beautiful, and touching?

[mrbellamy 8,258]

Back to the Future is a masterpiece.

It was on cable when i was in India recently and i tried to sell it to several people (22 - 35) who didn't grow up with it. Alarmingly, one half found it cute but not much more, the other half was rather bored with it. The whole arc and all those sure-fire gags did go almost unnoticed - it was labelled as an innocous version of stuff like DONNIE DARKO.

There is definitely a certain nagging prejudice against anything considered light or fun, especially in regards to "the canon", as if only serious mood pieces can be considered great art. It may not be completely exclusive, but it seems to be a rule of thumb for all art forms. People can be insufferable in that way.

[Quintus 6,535]

Alex describing something as tender, beautiful, and touching?

It's a conscious effort on his part. I'm telling you he's turning over a new leaf!

[hornist 1,263]

BTTF? Ok I know this supposed to be funny alternative list but come on. Well there are also people who put Rocky on their list...

Okay, maybe not the big movie critics but many people put Rocky on their list. Still the best in its genre (I'm gonna make it, Go the distance, American Dream genre). It gets to me every time I see it. I love everything about it. It's filled with tender, beautiful, touching scenes.

I hate boxing, I don't like the music in Rocky, can't stand Stallone. I've never seen a good sport flick but I love sports actually, the beauty of it. not the must-win game. Not my kind of movie.

Alex describing something as tender, beautiful, and touching?

It's a conscious effort on his part. I'm telling you he's turning over a new leaf!

It is the age. We are getting older...and softer.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,451]

Back to the Future is a masterpiece.

It's an well made, thrilling and funny film. But not a masterpiece.