Ren 75 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Edit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieC 13 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Hi guysIf you're interested in reading up on some of the movies in the BFI's Top Ten list do check out my book 'Movie Movements: Films That Changed The World of Cinema' which is right here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Movie-Movements-Kamera-Books-Clarke/dp/1842433059/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344082349&sr=8-1Thanks!James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 It's a good and very interesting list, but specially coming from the British Film Institute, I was surprised Lawrence of Arabia was nowhere to be found. No Lean at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieC 13 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Lean doesn't always seem to be considered that highly in Britain, it seems to me. That said, it's worth reading the fantastic biography of him by British filmmaker Kevin Brownlow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 When the '70s came, Lean was already considered old-fashioned. Hollywood was living a rennaissance with American New Wave cinema. Lean was devastated when the critics panned Ryan's Daughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZackR 95 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 The original Star Wars is one of the best purely fun escapist movies. It might not be high art, but it would definitely make my list simply for he enjoyment factor.And a few people mentioned Eternal Sunshine - it is easily one of my favorites from the 2000's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,278 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Surprised how many I've seen, actually. 43 in all, most of them through following Roger Ebert's Great Movies series. Just missing the Godards aside from Breathless, a couple of the 3 hour+ ones, Gertrud, In the Mood For Love, and Journey to Italy. I thought several of them were absolutely terrific, a handful I was totally disinterested with, and the rest were varying degrees of enjoyable and/or thoughtful.Great to see The Battle of Algiers in there, that's one of my very favorite war films. Also love seeing Man with a Movie Camera in the top 10. Just a wild, zany movie and so cool to see some revolutionary editing techniques in action. I didn't realize just how much the modern music video owes to the silent era, it's one of the few movies where the phrase "ahead of its time" truly applies. The version scored by The Cinematic Orchestra is extra fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 http://www.bfi.org.u...-films-all-timeSurprisingly to myself I've seen about ten of these. As lists go, it's about the stuffiest you'll find, but I appreciate their earnest approach all the same and would take it every time over the frequent populist ones.shittiest list I think I've ever seen. You're correct about stuffy. It's not an accessible list for the public in general. Some great films on there but top 50 of all time. NO way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Where's THE COURT JESTER?Where's DUCK SOUP?Where's TRAINS, PLANES AND AUTOMOBILES?As lists go, this one is OK, but too heavily features arty movies by the likes of Antonioni, Godard, Truffaut, Tarkovski et al. I recently saw LE MEPRIS and no way it belongs on such a list. I also saw THE SEARCHERS and found it nowhere as significant as critics always claim...and it has a terribly obtrusive Steiner score. Snubbing Lean - who did terribly good films before his portentous epics phasae, like GREAT EXPECTATIONS or OLIVER TWIST - and Spielberg seems to suggest they are a bit snobby. I mean, they all rather watch AN AMERICAN IN PARIS but no DUEL, JAWS, E. T., SCHINDLER or whatever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Mullholland Falls, and the list folded in on itself like the house in Poltergeist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren 75 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 I had my list for posting but then tapatalk crashed yesterday and I haven't redone it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 5, 2012 Author Share Posted August 5, 2012 What a fucker! Sounds buggy as hell on iOS that app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren 75 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Yes, I jusssst got the convo error fixed then this starts. Oh well. Today it's up via my computer won't lose that shit again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Vertigo's a head scratcher at number one. It's a decent thriller, but not Hitch's best film nor a reference quality masterpiece. I think as the film was re-discovered and restored in the 1990s, it's received more praise than it deserves. Either the voters like the story about obsession and male sexual anxiety or they just wanted to be seen to like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren 75 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Hmmm. I love the movie jus for the plot twist and the score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 I haven't seen it in a long time but I'm sure it's dated, just like Metropolis. Of all art forms, movies tend to date the most. They don't remake the Mona Lisa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 5, 2012 Author Share Posted August 5, 2012 Most dated movies are better than most modern ones. Ren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren 75 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 OK,Here is my list of 11 (!!!) all time favorite movies where I still get all emotional/excited/_________ watching them either for the score or the movie or both:VERTIGOLord of the Rings Fellowship of the RingLord of the Rings The Two TowersE. T.Schindlers ListAmadeusPulp FictionStar Trek TMPStar Trek First ContactWest Side StoryToy StoryI have to have an aside here, I'd feel funny putting The Odd Couple on my list since Lee reminded me of it, or I would have forgotten it. But I have to mention that this is an incredible movie that holds a special place in my heart. I cry laughing EVERY time I watch it - Lemmon/Matthau had incredible chemistry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Well, my favorite films (not in order):Breaking The WavesThe Godfather/The Godfather part IIThe Deer HunterMean StreetsStar Wars/The Empire Strikes BackChildren Of MenBoogie NightsMementoChinatownApocalypse NowTaxi DriverJawsClose Encounters Of The Third KindAlien/AliensThe Silence Of The LambsSe7enPulp Fiction28 Days LaterMementoRaiders Of The Lost ArkE.T. The Extra-TerrestrialThe Lord Of The Rings trilogy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmm 91 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Off the very top of my head...AlienThe GodfatherSevenZodiacThe Silence of the LambsThe Wages of FearCasablancaEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind2001: A Space OddyseyA Clockwork OrangePaths of GloryApocalypse NowIn BrugesKiss Kiss Bang BangTaxi DriverBlack SwanRaiders of the Lost ArkJawsJurassic ParkTerminator 2Toy StoryEvil Dead IIEraserheadLA ConfidentialThe Thing (John Carpenter)ManhattanOnce Upon A Time in the WestThe Big LebowskiThe StingRoad to PerditionTransformers 2Wow a way too obvious list. I'm sure I have some older less talked about gems in there but they just aren;t surfacing right now.(Plus I stole some from you guys) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Only saw Wages Of Fear once a long time ago but what an experience it was. At the time, I couldn't believe it was an old movie. It still felt superfresh to me and it was tougher, harder and more extensive than most modern flicks. I remember thinking Spielberg learned a lot from this movie. I don't remember why I thought that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren 75 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 HOW COULD I FORGET LES CHORISTES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 How could you??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 That was merely okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren 75 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 guess you have to be a choir instructor to enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Alex hates movies which are in any way emotional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 In no order:Raiders of the Lost ArkTemple of DoomLast CrusadeStar WarsEmpire Strikes BackRevenge of the SithSweeney ToddNightmare Before ChristmasBig FishShutter IslandSound of MusicWest Side StoryE.T.Jurassic ParkLord of the Rings: Return of the KingRear WindowVertigoPsychoMinority ReportWar of the Worlds (2005)SignsBack to the Future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren 75 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 oooooo Minority Report! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Definitely one of Spielberg's best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren 75 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 I LURVED that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I'll start a dedicated thread for my thoughts after I'm finished with my top composers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmm 91 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Only saw Wages Of Fear once a long time ago but what an experience it was. At the time, I couldn't believe it was an old movie. It still felt superfresh to me and it was tougher, harder and more extensive than most modern flicks. I remember thinking Spielberg learned a lot from this movie. I don't remember why I thought that.Yeah it was a super masculine film, filled to the brim with testosterone. One hell of an action thriller.No one seemed to mind that I had Transformers 2 in there? I wanted to see the reaction to that... but I guess no one made it that far down my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 6, 2012 Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 We all need you were joking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 blade runnerempire of the sunjawsclose encountersamerican beautyamadeusdancer in the darkmatrixsaving privat ryanthe elephan mannot surprised that none of my films weren't in that list of the "professionals". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren 75 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Love Amadeus. Watch it at least 3 times a year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 It's brilliant. In almost all of my other films also, the music plays a big part... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,514 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 For what it's worth, here's mine:CE3K,Blade Runner,Superman,The Towering Inferno,Dune,Grand Canyon.The Empire Strikes Back,Raiders Of The Lost Ark.That's my 8. Couldn't come up with 10. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren 75 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 It's brilliant. In almost all of my other films also, the music plays a big part...I'd say the requiem recording is the best I've heard. One to standardize all others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 As long as these are lists of personal favorites, then I forgot Revenge of the Sith in my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF1_freeze 131 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Absolute snob list from the BFI... It's just ridiculous, as if good old films were so much better than good new ones.Most of these so called critics are probably older than 70 themselves. And to not even include Blade Runner just further shows how stupid this list is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 It's called an opinion. Some people may like different films than you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 39= The 400 BlowsIs that a porno? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,278 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Most of these so called critics are probably older than 70 themselves. And to not even include Blade Runner just further shows how stupid this list is.Hence they have probably seen more movies than most of the rest of us, and have more to draw from when making a list.That's irrelevant, though, I think it's a bit silly to look at any "best of" list as anything more than a simple list of recommendations. They're a dime a dozen, and I'm sure there's one out there that would better match any one of our specific tastes. I adore the new releases too, and plenty of stuff that some BFI critics would probably turn their noses up at, but while my personal favorites list wouldn't look much like this, I also think it has some damn good movies on it. Plus, with Singin in the Rain and Some Like It Hot in the top 50, they must at least have some sense of humor.Also, for what it's worth, Blade Runner did make the top 100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 with Singin in the Rain and Some Like It Hot in the top 50, they must at least have some sense of humor.I think this means that all in FBI are gays. With gay here I mean happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieC 13 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Hi gangAs always, the BFI's Top Ten / Top 50 list makes fascinating, stimulating reading but it's a little frustrating that there's not one animated feature film in the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 There'd probably only be one animated film in my Top 50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Finding Nemo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Koray refers to Fantasia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 My favorite animated films are all by Hayao Mayazaki, with Spirited Away probably being on top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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