Another all-time best movies list

[tandfman]

http://fish.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/0 ... an-movies/

[gh]

I was a little shocked to look up the author's age, so rooted does he seem to be in the '50s and '60s... I would have expected him to be 10 years older.

[Texas]

Not sure about American made but....

Cool Hand Luke
The Roadwarrior
Roadhouse
Casablanca
King Kong (1933)
On The Waterfront
Gone With The Wind
Citizen Kane
The Birth Of A Nation
Intolerance

[Marlow]

Re: Another all-time best movies list

http://fish.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/the-10-best-american-movies/

Hard to argue against any of those being 'great' movies (though few are near the top of my all-time list), but it was very gratifying to see Groundhog Day up there among the classics. The deal-breaker, however, is that Apocalypse Now isn't there. :evil:

[dukehjsteve]

Not sure about American made but....

Cool Hand Luke
The Roadwarrior
Roadhouse
Casablanca
King Kong (1933)
On The Waterfront
Gone With The Wind
Citizen Kane
The Birth Of A Nation
Intolerance

" Roadhouse"... the ultimate "B" movie. But that lady Doc in one hot lady.

[Texas]

Not sure about American made but....

Cool Hand Luke
The Roadwarrior
Roadhouse
Casablanca
King Kong (1933)
On The Waterfront
Gone With The Wind
Citizen Kane
The Birth Of A Nation
Intolerance

" Roadhouse"... the ultimate "B" movie. But that lady Doc in one hot lady.

Whatever happened to her?

[bad hammy]

My top twelve:

Ben Hur
Bridge On the River Kwai
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Dick
Dirty Harry
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Godfather
Hard Day’s Night
Little Big Man
Patton
Planet of the Apes
Pulp Fiction

(In alpha order. Pulp Fiction is my favorite, but I cannot numerically order the rest.)

And put me down as indicating that Citizen Cane is one of the most overrated movies of all time. I've seen it a number of times and have read books about the movie. It was good but unworthy of the almost universal 'best movie of all time' stuff it receives.

[dukehjsteve]

Not sure about American made but....



Roadhouse





" Roadhouse"... the ultimate "B" movie. But that lady Doc in one hot lady.

Whatever happened to her?

I just googled it... name is Kelly Lynch. Been in a million B movies, none which I have ever heard of.

My other favorite guy in that movie was Sam Elliott.... I have always admired his looks in a totally hetero way... jealousy !

[Jack Slocombe]

The experts always miss the greatest of all movies:

"Used Cars"

[bad hammy]

Somehow I screwed up and left "The Big Lebowski" off my list . . .

[Marlow]

And put me down as indicating that Citizen Cane is one of the most overrated movies of all time. I've seen it a number of times and have read books about the movie. It was good but unworthy of the almost universal 'best movie of all time' stuff it receives.

Its perception as the GOAT has very little to do with story-telling and everything to do with execution. Orson Welles was the Boy Genius who reinvented film-making as a high-art form with this picture. I have taught it many times in my Film Analysis class and even today's teenagers 'get' why it's the best (although I do think it was surpassed by AN). I agree that the plot, acting, and 'action' have lost their punch today, but the actual composition of the scenes is virtually unrivaled.

[lonewolf]

You guys do know there is no best or worst 50, 25, 10 or 1 movie, right?

[Marlow]

You guys do know there is no best or worst 50, 25, 10 or 1 movie, right?

Are you INSANE??!! :twisted:

[lonewolf]

You guys do know there is no best or worst 50, 25, 10 or 1 movie, right?

Are you INSANE??!! :twisted:

Frequently accused but not yet convicted.

[marknhj]

And put me down as indicating that Citizen Cane is one of the most overrated movies of all time. I've seen it a number of times and have read books about the movie. It was good but unworthy of the almost universal 'best movie of all time' stuff it receives.

I have taught it many times in my Film Analysis class and even today's teenagers 'get' why it's the best .....

Am I reading this correctly? You're saying that bad hammy has less of a clue about what makes a good movie than today's teenagers?