Your Top Ten Movies

[Oregoropa]

10. Animal House
9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
8. Pulp Fiction
7. The Great Escape
6. Saving Private Ryan
5. Raiders of the Lost Ark
4. The Shawshank Redemption
3. Goodfellas
2. JFK
1. The Prestige

 

[lazarus]

We haven't done this in 2 years. Here's the original thread:

http://www.u2interference.com/forums/f293/your-favorite-movies-ylb-memorial-edition-215756.html

Not much has changed on my end:


Céline and Julie Go Boating (Rivette, 1974)
Apocalypse Now (Coppola, 1979)
Vertigo (Hitchcock, 1958)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Powell & Pressburger, 1943)
Once Upon A Time In America (Leone, 1984)
Days of Heaven (Malick, 1978)
Reds (Beatty, 1981)
The English Patient (Minghella, 1996)
Barton Fink (Coens, 1991)
The Holy Mountain (Jodorowsky, 1973)

 

[Lancemc]

Fun looking back at that old thread.

Trouble in Paradise (Lubitsch, 1932)
The Philadelphia Story (Cukor, 1940)
Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953)
Rio Bravo (Hawks, 1959)
Psycho (Hitchcock, 1960)
The Errand Boy (1961)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence (Ford, 1962)
Carlito's Way (De Palma, 1993)
Through the Olive Trees (Kiarostami, 1994)
Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)

or something

 

[bono_212]

I've seen almost all of your top ten, now, Laz. Reds is the only one I haven't...

Four from Lance.

All from Oregoropa.

I can't believe it's already been two years since that thread. I'll be back, but I'm not sure anything has changed.

 

[LemonMelon]

Based solely on what I'm most inclined to sit down, watch and enjoy on multiple levels based on my current tastes, with very little nostalgia:

1. The Godfather
2. Pulp Fiction
3. The Graduate
4. Casablanca
5. Psycho
6. Sunset Blvd.
7. Paris, Texas
8. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
9. Unforgiven
10. The Shining
11. Tokyo Story
12. American Beauty
13. Dog Day Afternoon
14. The Lives of Others
15. Network
16. Citizen Kane
17. Apocalypse Now
18. The Conversation
19. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
20. Hannah and Her Sisters

It HURT to make this list. I love way too many movies.

And I need to be honest with myself and admit that Coppola is one of my favorite directors. Never noticed that happen. He's just released a lot of garbage over the years so he tends to slip down my list, whereas the more consistent Lumet and Leone remain higher in my estimations despite not appearing here much at all.

 

[bono_212]

I don't know if I can bring myself to change my top 10. I hate feeling like I should be embarrassed about my top 6, but the fact is, I do a little bit, but I still feel as strongly about them as ever, so, what the hell, they stay.

1. American Beauty
2. The Shawshank Redemption
3. Forrest Gump
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Empire Strikes Back
6. Casablanca
7. Spirited Away
8. Blue Velvet
9. The Prestige
10. Boyz in the Hood

Spoiler

11. The Seventh Seal
12. Harakiri
13. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
14. The Elephant Man
15. The Royal Tenenbaums
16. Unforgiven
17. The Life Aquatic
18. Rashomon
19. Se7en
20. Life & Death of Colonel Blimp

Spoiler

21. The Green Mile
22. For A Few Dollars More
23. Almost Famous
24. Double Indemnity
25. In Bruges

I changed one movie in the top ten.

 

[lazarus]

Interesting that Scorsese hasn't popped up more. He's one of my favorite directors, and one of the most consistent of the greats, but like Welles, doesn't quite have a title that reaches my upper echelon.

 

[LemonMelon]

Not even gonna lie, After Hours would have been my pick. It was very close.

 

[bono_212]

Even my favorite of his films (Casino) isn't on this 70 film shortlist I have lying around. But that's because the shortlist is old and I haven't been good at updating it. I already realize my list is lacking City of God, The New World and Cinema Paradiso.

 

[lazarus]

Gangs of New York is my favorite, believe it or not. I don't think it's his best work (Raging Bull, then probably The Age Of Innocence, for starters), but it has more standout scenes than anything else, so I enjoy revisiting it the most.

I think if you expanded my list to 100, or even as much as 75, he'd have more titles on it than any other director.

 

[djerdap]

Right now, it's something like this:

Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
Apocalypse Now
Banshun
Blade Runner
Idi i smotri
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Mulholland Dr.
Persona
Stalker
Viridiana

 

[LemonMelon]

Mildly surprised that I've seen 8 of your films, djerdap. Still haven't seen Come and See or Viridiana. I know I've been kicking around the idea of seeing the former for a while now, but the time hasn't presented itself.

Also I think it's great that Mulholland Dr. and Persona are both on your list. They have a lot in common. 3 Women and Celine And Julie Go Boating also seem to take inspiration from Persona in some ways. You could make one hell of a marathon out of those four.

 

[JUSTinPUSHPLAY]

Vanilla Sky
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
The Shining
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Caddyshack
The Truman Show
Lost In Translation
A Nightmare On Elm Street (84)
Interstellar
The 'burbs

 

[youarenotimmune]

Right now, it's something like this:

Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
Apocalypse Now
Banshun
Blade Runner
Idi i smotri
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Mulholland Dr.
Persona
Stalker
Viridiana

Nice list. Four of these would definitely be in my top ten (Blade Runner, Mulholland Dr., Persona and Stalker).

 

[djerdap]

Mildly surprised that I've seen 8 of your films, djerdap. Still haven't seen Come and See or Viridiana. I know I've been kicking around the idea of seeing the former for a while now, but the time hasn't presented itself.

Also I think it's great that Mulholland Dr. and Persona are both on your list. They have a lot in common. 3 Women and Celine And Julie Go Boating also seem to take inspiration from Persona in some ways. You could make one hell of a marathon out of those four.

Why is that? I've been a big movie buff all my life (it's basically how I learned English for one), but I'm hardly that "avant-garde" or left-field.

I did a Persona-3 Women-Mulholland Dr. marathon years ago. It was fascinating to see the similarities and the differences between the three approaches. I've seen Celine and Julie a couple of months after that.

 

[LemonMelon]

Why is that? I've been a big movie buff all my life (it's basically how I learned English for one), but I'm hardly that "avant-garde" or left-field.

Mostly I was surprised because I've seen at least four of those films for the first time in the past 6-12 months. Just a funny coincidence, considering I had no idea what was going to be on the list. Since I really like everything there, I'll be quick to see the remaining two. Ashley is on the cusp of a Bunuel kick anyway.

As for what's left on everyone else's lists:

Oregoropa: 1 (JFK)
Laz: 2 (Reds, The English Patient)
Lance: 4 (Trouble in Paradise, The Errand Boy, Through the Olive Trees, Flight of the Red Balloon)
Ashley: 0
JUSTinPUSHPLAY: 1 (Vanilla Sky)

 

[Lancemc]

Everyone needs to watch more Lubitsch

 

[Lancemc]

Hawks too for that matter

 

[lazarus]

Mildly surprised that I've seen 8 of your films, djerdap. Still haven't seen Come and See or Viridiana. I know I've been kicking around the idea of seeing the former for a while now, but the time hasn't presented itself.

Also I think it's great that Mulholland Dr. and Persona are both on your list. They have a lot in common. 3 Women and Celine And Julie Go Boating also seem to take inspiration from Persona in some ways. You could make one hell of a marathon out of those four.

Did you note the similarities between Mulholland Dr and C&JGB? Lynch claimed not to have seen it but I found that hard to believe.

I've actually never seen Altman's 3 Women (probably the last of his major works I'm missing), but I just bought a used Criterion Blu-ray for $12 so I'll be checking it out soon. Seems right up my alley.

 

[lazarus]

Mostly I was surprised because I've seen at least four of those films for the first time in the past 6-12 months. Just a funny coincidence, considering I had no idea what was going to be on the list. Since I really like everything there, I'll be quick to see the remaining two. Ashley is on the cusp of a Bunuel kick anyway.

As for what's left on everyone else's lists:

Oregoropa: 1 (JFK)

You're going to have a lot of fun with JFK. What a phenomenal work.

 

[Lancemc]

Yeah JFK is extraordinary

 

[bobsaget77]

10 - Tombstone (1993)
09 - Raiders of The Lost Ark (1981)
08 - A Few Good Men (1992)
07 - Back To The Future (1985)
06 - Airplane! (1980)
05 - Rocky (1976)
04 - A New Hope (1977)
03 - Gladiator (2000)
02 - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
01 - The Dark Knight (2008)


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[djerdap]

JFK is indeed great. One of the best editing jobs I've ever seen.

Its "history" is a disaster, but even that adds a bit of trashy quality to it.

 

[lazarus]

Its history is open theorizing, attempting to show all the forces that were against the president at the time, and who had something to gain by his removal. It's a Choose-Your-Own-Conspiracy kind of thing. Stone didn't feel that's how it all legitimately went down anyway, describing it as a "counter-myth" to what he felt was a phony official story.

The Warren Commission isn't exactly some respectable work of reporting, either.

 

[djerdap]

Stone's counter-myth statement sounds like an excuse after the fact. You're gonna counter the bullshit by making up more bullshit? Yeah, that makes sense.

I don't think it's a choose-your-own-conspiracy kind of movie either. There is hardly any irony in the film, the theories are being taken very seriously and it goes a long way in making Jim Garrison a modern American hero, which is extremely debateable.

Doesn't the evidence point now more than ever that Oswald was indeed the killer, the Warren Commission notwithstanding?

It's not like the agenda of the film is a flaw anyway. I love the movie, it's pure unapologetic fiction and all the better for it. Besides, for somebody who dislikes Oliver Stone's politics, it's an additional plus that I like the movie so much.

 

[Lancemc]

It strikes me as a film more concerned with process than actual facts, which is probably why it's so compulsively watchable.

 

[bono_212]

You're going to have a lot of fun with JFK. What a phenomenal work.

Yeah JFK is extraordinary

JFK is indeed great. One of the best editing jobs I've ever seen.

Its "history" is a disaster, but even that adds a bit of trashy quality to it.

This is my favorite moment in possibly all of Interference history. Low key, JFK is one of my favorite movies, but I'm always too embarrassed to admit it, because people I've met in life treat it like absolute trash. I've been trying forever to get Travis to watch it with me. I hope you all just convinced him.

One of my favorite monologues ever, too. I love Kevin Costner, a lot.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Back and to the right.
Back and to the right.
Back
and to the right.

 

[bono_212]

I'll also admit that that movie and Conspiracy Theory kinda fucked me up for life. But that's a thing unto itself. But that's because I saw both movies when I was very young. My dad and I used to watch JFK together like that was a normal thing for a 7 year old to do. I saw Conspiracy Theory not long after, and X-Files was also a thing at the time, so I just kinda became one of those people for a long time. I still have residual conspiracy nut moments from time to time, but I'm not as convinced as I was when I was young.

 

[lazarus]

Back and to the right.
Back and to the right.
Back
and to the right.

Isn't it "to the left"?