"What are your top 10 films of all time" thread

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 11 Mar 2006, 21:56

Havent seen any of those movies

I thought Zu Warriors (the first one) was average though.
I've heard BR 2 is shit, in some ways I dont want to tarnish my memory of the excellent, powerful first film.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 11 Mar 2006, 22:13

Haha at your list, Tom, it's hard to believe you're being serious!

But each to their own!

Mine is something like (in NO order):

Memento
Magnolia
The 'burbs
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Being John Malkovich
Blue Velvet
Lost Highway
Mulholland Dr.
Fight Club
Amelie

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 11 Mar 2006, 23:24

Markgway wrote:Christ, Tom. You have worse taste than Romero!!

I must one of the few to think that Romero has a good taste in films. As mentally unstable as the guy may be, I can usually count on him to recommend a good movie.

Now Tom... he truly loves the films we all hate. The only one I liked from his list is Binchunmoo.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 11 Mar 2006, 23:27

Whoa! Not even one Asian movie, gastero?

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 11 Mar 2006, 23:43

Hmmm... My top ten would definately include

-Days of Being Wild at #1
-Fist of Legend
-Drunken Master 2
-Hard Boiled
-Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
-My Sassy Girl
-Out of Sight/Ocean's 11
-Once upon a time in the West
-Goodfellas
-Yojimbo

Not in that particular order, but always Days of being Wild at #1.
But I guess it's something that's constantly changing, and I could just as well have put 36th chamber of Shaolin in there, or WKW's Ashes of Time.

There are so goddamn many great movies out there, that by no means I would call this my 'definite top 10 list'

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 12 Mar 2006, 00:36

thelostdragon wrote:Whoa! Not even one Asian movie, gastero?

Hmm, to be fair I did forget about Save the Green Planet! and Battle Royale...

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 12 Mar 2006, 00:37

Memento - Overrated, but intriguing from what I remember
Magnolia - Overlong, but I recall preferring this to Boogie Nights.
The 'burbs - This I approve of!

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Not seen.
Being John Malkovich - Annoyingly smug and plain weird for the sake of it.
Blue Velvet - Not seen
Lost Highway - Not seen
Mulholland Dr. - Not seen (you have a hard-on for Lynch??)
Fight Club - Moronic, pointless exercize in nihilism.
Amelie - Not seen.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 12 Mar 2006, 00:41

Days of Being Wild - Very good; WKW's best film.
Fist of Legend - Good remake, but not as much as the original.
Drunken Master 2 - Jackie's second best Kung Fu film.
Hard Boiled - Classic bloodshed.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Not seen (two recent votes -- maybe I should?)
My Sassy Girl -- Not seen.
Out of Sight/Ocean's 11 -- Didn't click with Out of Sight; not seen O11.
Once upon a time in the West - Very good western.
Goodfellas - Well-made, but distancing; I prefer Casino.
Yojimbo - Thought it was dull when I saw it as a kid... might feel differnt now?

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 12 Mar 2006, 02:20

Can we class series of films as one choice (for instance, I would say that The Godfather trilogy is much more like one film than, say, the Alien films are)? I just don't want three films with the same story taking up one slot.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 12 Mar 2006, 11:51

Kurgan wrote:Can we class series of films as one choice (for instance, I would say that The Godfather trilogy is much more like one film than, say, the Alien films are)? I just don't want three films with the same story taking up one slot.

Dude... this is just a forum. We're not the goverment going over your tax-report

You want a series of films as one choice, you go ahead.
Hell... you can even make a top 11, top 12 or whatever

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 12 Mar 2006, 20:30

And it's a good job too, as my taxes aren't in the best of conditions

Right, now that that's sorted, I'm gonna have to compile that list. This is going to be tricky...