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Ilov80s said:
Speaking of Criterion, picked up Miller’s Crossing. Firing it up tonight. 
 

So back we go to these questions — friendship, character… ethics.
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It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust?

 
krista4 said:
Seven Samurai is top five for me.
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I know we've been through this, but what are the others?

I said top 3 for me...and I'm trying to remember my 3rd one:

7even 7amurai (I hate myself for typing it that way).

Wings of Desire

Third Man/Dr Strangelove

 
wikkidpissah said:
luck
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Well, that didn't work. The 86 Shaka Zulu series was comically bad. The 2001 follow in movie is even poorer, the worst thing I've seen in years. Like the worst fanfic you can imagine bad - with David hasselhoff. It's a shame because there's a really interesting story to be told there.

 
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Klimtology said:
The Lobster was the worst movie evah!

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I loved it.  :lol:  

El Floppo said:
I know we've been through this, but what are the others?

I said top 3 for me...and I'm trying to remember my 3rd one:

7even 7amurai (I hate myself for typing it that way).

Wings of Desire

Third Man/Dr Strangelove
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It's really in my top three, but I wanted some wiggle room.  ;)    Wings of Desire, Seven Samurai, Godfather II, Au Hasard Balthazar are likely to be four of them.  Maybes for the fifth spot: The Sweet Hereafter; Yi-Yi; 8-1/2; The Iron Giant; Ghost Dog; Eternal Sunshine; and a whole host of others I'm going to be embarrassed that I've forgotten.

 
rockaction said:
Saw The French Dispatch. Loved it. My second favorite Anderson movie next to Rushmore. A love letter to French New Wave and The New Yorker. What wasn't to like?

Seriously been thinking about it all night. It takes a certain genius to make a watchable film out of that sort of sourcing without seeming pretentious or overdone. Precious enough for the femme fatales of New Wave and Anderson himself, serious enough to provoke pangs of empathy and laughter both. 

Well done. Bravo. 
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For me, it was so bad, I ended up forwarding through most of it. Artwork was nice and good cast but dull stories and annoying music don't make for a good film. I will stick with Moonrise Kingdom and Grand Budapest as my favorite Anderson films.

 
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Deep Water - I love Ana de Armas. I mean - who doesn't? She's wonderful. 

So it pains me to say that this movie sucked. It was very over the top, not believable, the characters were all awful. I just really disliked it.

 
Top movies is really an impossible task. It would change almost daily but at this moment, I would go 

The Apartment

 Casablanca

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Dr Strangelove 

Amadeus 

Those are all movies I would rewatch anytime, anyplace or just on a loop and never tire. 

 
Ilov80s said:
Top movies is really an impossible task. It would change almost daily but at this moment, I would go 

The Apartment

 Casablanca

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Dr Strangelove 

Amadeus 

Those are all movies I would rewatch anytime, anyplace or just on a loop and never tire. 
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🎶One of these is not like the others... 🎶  

Also I should have mentioned Amadeus for my potential #5.

 
Looking at my list, I think to be a favorite for me I need drama and comedy. All of those movies bring both to the table almost equally imo. I also do love movie stars and big Hollywood production. As much as I pay attention to visuals, I think my list reflects that the script and the dialogue probably is the biggest driver for me.

 
krista4 said:
🎶One of these is not like the others... 🎶  

Also I should have mentioned Amadeus for my potential #5.
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No doubt but I really love that movie. It has all the things I like about QT but removes most of the cringe and actually has some sentimentality. 

 
The Green Knight

Yeah, A24 movies just aren't for me. Although this was better than the dreadful Midsommar.

I think would have liked it more had I gone into it with knowledge of the five knightly virtues. Caution: that link has major spoilers.

It did finish well, though. It was just a pretty tough slog getting there.

 
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Ilov80s said:
Looking at my list, I think to be a favorite for me I need drama and comedy. All of those movies bring both to the table almost equally imo. I also do love movie stars and big Hollywood production. As much as I pay attention to visuals, I think my list reflects that the script and the dialogue probably is the biggest driver for me.
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drama and comedy sums up my all time favorite movie, True Romance. “He must have thought it was white boy day” gets me everytime

 
Ilov80s said:
The Apartment

 Casablanca

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Dr Strangelove 

Amadeus 

Those are all movies I would rewatch anytime, anyplace or just on a loop and never tire. 
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Now that the FX network is showing this several times a week, it's becoming Shawshanky - i'll hit it on a commercial-break surf and stick thru a scene (or longer) cuz most of em play like sketches

My five would be Strangelove, The Producers, Chinatown, Man Who Would Be King fo sho, with Casablanca, Amadeus, Long Goodbye, Malkovich and now Phantom Thread among those arguing for #5

 
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El Floppo said:
oh come on- it's weird, but well made and acted... even if you don't like the weird.

you're going to say Dungeons & Dragons, the movie, was better than the Lobster?
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Anyone who says "worst movie ever" needs to watch the Troma catalog before asserting that claim. 

 
Ilov80s said:
Top movies is really an impossible task. It would change almost daily but at this moment, I would go 

The Apartment

 Casablanca

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Dr Strangelove 

Amadeus 

Those are all movies I would rewatch anytime, anyplace or just on a loop and never tire. 
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Pretty solid list :thumbup:

 
wikkidpissah said:
Now that the FX network is showing this several times a week, it's becoming Shawshanky - i'll hit it on a commercial-break surf and stick thru a scene (or longer) cuz most of em play like sketches

My five would be Strangelove, The Producers, Chinatown, Man Who Would Be King fo sho, with Casablanca, Amadeus, Long Goodbye, Malkovich and now Phantom Thread among those arguing for #5
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I love PT Anderson's movies, but turned off Thread 30 minutes in. Clearly, I need to give it another shot.  

 
jdoggydogg said:
Wikkid's gonna make fun of me for this, but Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is a masterpiece. 
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i just lauded it as my new TV Shawshank - as in eternally watchable scenes, in context for channelflippers or not - two posts above this. masterpiece, i dunno, but QT's not talking out his ### in this like the others.  he's home - the King of Cinerama - here, comfortable in his skill set and it shows. plus, he fixed the 60s

jdoggydogg said:
I love PT Anderson's movies, but turned off Thread 30 minutes in. Clearly, I need to give it another shot.  
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not a PTA fan, but Phantom Thread has the exquisite tensions of a great novel and it kept me suspended in its essence throughout, long after i believed myself too wizened for that to be possible. i fully stipulate that it's not going to do that for everybody, just as i wouldnt recommend The Painted Bird or Moby **** for general reading. jussayin that, if it zones you, it will keep you forever.

 
Caught Spencer the other night.   Not a good movie based on story/screenplay so I can't recommend it but the cinematography was exceptional to the point I looked up which genius shot this movie.

Claire Mathon 

I was stunned by virtually every scene.  Blown away.  The framing, the lighting, depth of focus, camera movement, tricks of light.  Absolutely gorgeous. 

A visual treat.  Can't say much for the story but my gawd it is a beautifully shot movie if you're into that sort of thing.

 
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Bracie Smathers said:
Caught Spencer the other night.   Not a good movie based on story/screenplay so I can't recommend it but the cinematography was exceptional to the point I looked up which genius shot this movie.

Claire Mathon 

I was stunned by virtually every scene.  Blown away.  The framing, the lighting, depth of focus, camera movement, tricks of light.  Absolutely gorgeous. 

A visual treat.  Can't say much for the story but my gawd it is a beautifully shot movie if you're into that sort of thing.
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I also did not care for Spencer at all but good pull on the DP. I see she also did Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Atlantics which were much better movies but also looked incredible. 2021 was the year of the cinematography. Some of the best looking films I've seen in awhile. 

 
wikkidpissah said:
i just lauded it as my new TV Shawshank - as in eternally watchable scenes, in context for channelflippers or not - two posts above this. masterpiece, i dunno, but QT's not talking out his ### in this like the others.  he's home - the King of Cinerama - here, comfortable in his skill set and it shows. plus, he fixed the 60s

not a PTA fan, but Phantom Thread has the exquisite tensions of a great novel and it kept me suspended in its essence throughout, long after i believed myself too wizened for that to be possible. i fully stipulate that it's not going to do that for everybody, just as i wouldnt recommend The Painted Bird or Moby **** for general reading. jussayin that, if it zones you, it will keep you forever.
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Agreed about Once. Regarding Thread, I'm glad to see you love it. DD Lewis is one of my all time favorites, so I'd be surprised if I didn't like Phantom Thread once I give it a fair shot. 

 
"Death on the Nile" was great.   I knew very little about it until it popped up on HBO Max...Wonder Woman chick is so hot.

Apparently the lead male character is into cannibalism and a bunch of other twisted stuff, came out after the movie was filmed I'm told.

 
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TripItUp said:
"Death on the Nile" was great.   I knew very little about it until it popped up on HBO Max...Wonder Woman chick is so hot.

Apparently the lead male character is into cannibalism and a bunch of other twisted stuff, came out after the movie was filmed I'm told.
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I watched it this week, too, and enjoyed it. Good cast and kept me guessing.

 
TripItUp said:
"Death on the Nile" was great.   I knew very little about it until it popped up on HBO Max...Wonder Woman chick is so hot.

Apparently the lead male character is into cannibalism and a bunch of other twisted stuff, came out after the movie was filmed I'm told.
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I think it should be pointed out that you are referring to Armie Hammer (Simon) and not Kenneth Branagh (Poirot)

 
I had never seen The Last Picture Show till last night.

LOVED IT!

Adapted from the Larry McMurtry💗 novel by Larry McMurtry and Peter Bogdanovich.

God I'm glad I didn't see this sooner where I may not have appreciated just about EVERYTHING about this movie.  

This movie could not be made today. 

I kept saying every ten minutes how much I 'Love this movie'.    :thumbup:

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Sam the Lion: [to Genevieve] What are you grinnin' about? Chicken fry me a steak and try to use meat this time!

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Lois Farrow: You slept with him?

Jacy Farrow: Mama!

Lois Farrow: Go to the doctor sometime and arrange something so that you don't have to worry about babies. You do have to be careful of that, you know.

Jacy Farrow: But, Mama, it's a sin isn't it? Unless you're married? You know I wouldn't do that.

Lois Farrow: Don't be so mealy-mouthed! I thought if you slept with him a few times you might find out that there isn't anything magic about him.

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Charlene Duggs: [In a snit over breaking up] Now don't go tellin' all the boys how hot I was.

Sonny Crawford: [Sadly] You wasn't that hot.

 
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@Bracie Smathers have you see Targets, Paper Moon and What’s Up Doc? Very different movies but so good and such an incredible to start to Bogdanovich’s career. Really one of the best starts I can think of.

There’s also a sequel to Last Picture Show called Texasville made in 1990. Let’s just say it’s one of the most unnecessary and perplexing sequels I’ve ever seen. 

 
Bracie Smathers said:
I had never seen The Last Picture Show till last night.

LOVED IT!

Adapted from the Larry McMurtry💗 novel by Larry McMurtry and Peter Bogdanovich.

God I'm glad I didn't see this sooner where I may not have appreciated just about EVERYTHING about this movie.  

This movie could not be made today. 

I kept saying every ten minutes how much I 'Love this movie'.    :thumbup:

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Sam the Lion: [to Genevieve] What are you grinnin' about? Chicken fry me a steak and try to use meat this time!

---------------

Lois Farrow: You slept with him?

Jacy Farrow: Mama!

Lois Farrow: Go to the doctor sometime and arrange something so that you don't have to worry about babies. You do have to be careful of that, you know.

Jacy Farrow: But, Mama, it's a sin isn't it? Unless you're married? You know I wouldn't do that.

Lois Farrow: Don't be so mealy-mouthed! I thought if you slept with him a few times you might find out that there isn't anything magic about him.

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Charlene Duggs: [In a snit over breaking up] Now don't go tellin' all the boys how hot I was.

Sonny Crawford: [Sadly] You wasn't that hot.
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if you're a reader, Bracie, and maybe even if you aint, you gotta check out Thalia, the trilogy of McMurtry novels which ends with The Last Picture Show. It's as good as his Lonesome Dove (the first book - Horseman, Pass By - was made into another great, sparse movie, Hud w Paul Newman) and i'd put it up against any American existentialist writing of which i'm aware.

 
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Ilov80s said:
 have you see Targets, Paper Moon and What’s Up Doc?
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Not Targets but saw Paper Moon as a kid and What's Up Doc in the theatre as a kid and loved them both but think Last Picture Show is amazing.

wikkidpissah said:
you gotta check out Thalia, the trilogy of McMurtry novels which ends with The Last Picture Show. It's as good as his Lonesome Dove (the first book - Horseman, Pass By - was made into another great, sparse movie, Hud w Paul Newman) and i'd put it up against any American existentialist writing of which i'm aware.
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I was a voracious reader for years after graduation but lost momentum and right now rl circumstances make novel reading a challenge.  

I have to say Last Picture Show will prompt me to check into his work.

 
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