Your Top 10 Favorite Flicks?

[Yi-Long]

Kill Bill IS one movie, no matter what kinda scam Tarentino came up with to cash in twice on it.

[grim_tales]

Gah.. 20 movies.

Favourite movies (no order)

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
Chungking Express (1994)
Fist of Fury (1972)
The Terminator (1984)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
The Killer (1989)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Seven Samurai (1954)
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Bullet In the Head (1990)
A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
Ghost Busters (1984)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Lion King (1994)
Singin' In The Rain (1952)
Police Story (1985)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
In The Mood for Love (2000)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-3)

Bubbling under:
M (1931)
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Hard Boiled (1992)
Memento (2000)
Once Upon A Time In the West (1969)

[Barbarian King]

Kill Bill IS one movie, no matter what kinda scam Tarentino came up with to cash in twice on it.

I don't think it was a scam...he just started with the basic premise and concept, but kept making the world bigger, adding characters and scenes until it became a true epic that couldn't work as a single 2 hour film, so he split it up. Of course, it made since from a financial standpoint as well since both made quite a bit of money, but had the first not been as well received the second one would have been screwed, so it was a gamble...that paid off handsomely.

I'd rather have 4 hours of Kill Bill than 2, personally.

[HungFist]

Kill Bill IS one movie, no matter what kinda scam Tarentino came up with to cash in twice on it.

I don't think it was a scam...he just started with the basic premise and concept, but kept making the world bigger, adding characters and scenes until it became a true epic that couldn't work as a single 2 hour film, so he split it up.

Actually he ran out of time and couldn't shoot all the material from the original scrip.

The idea for splitting the movie came from the producers, although Tarantino had thought about it too (but not dared to suggest it). I'm happy they released it in two volumes. There's no way it would've been released unedited otherwise (my guess is they would've made Tarantino cut out at least 70 minutes)

[Barbarian King]

Kill Bill IS one movie, no matter what kinda scam Tarentino came up with to cash in twice on it.

I don't think it was a scam...he just started with the basic premise and concept, but kept making the world bigger, adding characters and scenes until it became a true epic that couldn't work as a single 2 hour film, so he split it up.

Actually he ran out of time and couldn't shoot all the material from the original scrip.

The idea for splitting the movie came from the producers, although Tarantino had thought about it too (but not dared to suggest it). I'm happy they released it in two volumes. There's no way it would've been released unedited otherwise (my guess is they would've made Tarantino cut out at least 70 minutes)

This is the first I'm hearing of this. I had always heard that Tarantino originally planned for just one film, but he got so into it he just kept writing more and more scenes and expanding everything that it became clear that it wouldn't fit into a single film, so he split it up into two films. That's how I always understood it happened.

[grim_tales]

I've done my Top 10 now, loads of movies are "bubbling under" though, this might change.

[Barbarian King]

Feel free to expand your lists to 20 or however many you want. The whole point of this thread is to discuss our favorite flicks, however many there might be.

[grim_tales]

List now expanded

How could I forget the superb Groundhog Day? Duly added!

[captainjoe]

Top 10:

1. Casino Royale
2. Blade Runner
3. Goldeneye
4. Alien
5. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
6. Brazil
7. King Kong (2005)
8. Black Rain
9. Collateral
10. Seven Samurai

While I realise you may think you are serious about that list just now, and I realise Casino Royale was a good film, but was it really BEST EVER sort of calibre?? You put a classic standing the test of time film 2nd, Blade Runnder, but in 20 years is Casino Royale even going to be featuring in anywhere?!?!?

I personally think people have been getting carried away with CR. It was very good, no questions there, but it wasn't THAT good. It was THAT good compared to what a lot of people thought it was going to be like because of the outcry at Daniel Craig being cast as Bond. But it surely cannot be top film ever, or even top 10. Surely it is just a current emotion that will be gone in a little while.

Truth is my list changes every week. At the moment I wrote that that's what I thought about it and believe Blade Runner has been number one many times before.
Your current emotion point is valid and it is pretty much true. I'm sure it would change in due time.

*List updated*

[grim_tales]

What do you think of my er.. Top 21 now?
Can't beleive I left off the American classic Groundhog Day

[thelostdragon]

What do you think of my er.. Top 21 now?

Looks nice. Oh this connection of letters in 21 lines, hmmmmm...

Seriously though... I am quite surprised you have "The Lion King" in there. When I first watched it at the theatre, I noticed that it really is the storyline of any random kung fu film. The guy's father/master whatever gets killed. He is thought to be death as well. He escapes the city in order to train somewhere in the countryside in order to come back and seek revenge.

[grim_tales]

I guess it is, but I think the makers probably had Hamlet and other Shakespeare in mind more when they thought of it Plus the bad guy in a kung fu usually dies and Scar's punishment is just to really think about what he's done
Beauty and the Beast is in there too.
Do you not rate "Lion King"? Wasn't sure whether to put "Pinocchio" (sp?) in there, that is very good too (wish Disney would do a SE of that).

[thelostdragon]

I guess it is, but I think the makers probably had Hamlet and other Shakespeare in mind more when they thought of it

The makers didn't have anything else in mind except copying the original Japanese anime.

http://www.kimbawlion.com/rant2.htm

[grim_tales]

I remember you touching on this
Kimba has those standard "animé eyes" doesn't he? Some shots/posters are direct copies.
That was in the Simpsons too, when Simba's father's ghostly form in the sky says "You will avenge my death Kimba... er, I mean Simba"

[uberbloke]

1. The Princess Bride
2. The Killer
3. Hard Boiled
4. Way of the Dragon
5. The Negotiator
6. Shrek
7. Hero
8. Citizen Kane
9. Leon (international version)
10. Let's sing nursery rhymes (Justin Fletcher.. aka Mrrrr Tumble)

10. May seem an odd choice, but it'll transfix my 20mth old boy for its entire 40min length... which actually might make it my No.1

[bradavon]

Here's one I prepared earlier -

http://www.alexmccaffrey.com/topfilms.htm

In no particular order (not possible), except alphabetically:

1. Jean-Pierre Jeunet's: Amelie
2. Alejandro González Iñárritu's: Amores Perros
3. Francis Ford Coppola's: Apocalypse Now
4. Ridley Scott's: Blade Runner: Director's Cut
5. Ang Lee's: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
6. Wong Kar Wai's: In the Mood for Love
7. Lukas Moodysson's: Lilya 4-ever
8. David Lynch's: Mulholland Drive
9. Brian De Palma's: Scarface
10. Martin Scorsese's: Taxi Driver

Mine's still the same except I replaced Amelie with Pan's Labyrinth some time ago and Blade Runner: Director's Cut with Blade Runner: Final Cut.

[luckystars]

Shit! Never saw this thread before.

Is it really possible to make a top 10? We've all seen so many films!!

[bradavon]

How many would you like in your top 10? . You've got to draw the line somewhere surely? Isn't the point to be picky?

[Keung]

I don't think I could make a top 50 list, never mind 10.

[luckystars]

I'm sure my top 10 would have 12 films at least in it

[HungFist]

It's not possible... but let's try anyway

1. Taifu Club (Shinji Somai, 1985)
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981)
3. Love Exposure (Sion Sono, 2008)
4. Ramblers (Nobuhiro Yamashita, 2003)
5. The Killer (John Woo, 1989)
6. April Story (Shunji Iwai, 1998)
7. Kill Bill (Quentin Tarantino, 2003-2004)
8. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)
9. Swallowtail Butterfly (Shunji Iwai, 1996)
10. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)

I'm working in my own J-Top 100, but there's always movies I feel I need to see before finalizing the list

[bradavon]

I don't think I could make a top 50 list, never mind 10.

Me either to an extent but that's missing the point.

I see Blade Runner is in your list too Hung. I'm guessing it's The Director's Cut for you?

[HungFist]

Yes, but the FC's okay, too. I usually hate after-tweaking, but this one wasn't so bad.

[luckystars]

Very tough. I think a top 20 would be better


Alien
Star Wars
Reservoir Dogs
The Shining
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
The Thing
Bullet in the Head
Apocalypse Now
Wings of Desire
Blue Velvet

Honorable mentions

Most of Kubrick's catalogue!!
Most of David Lynch's catalogue!!
Most of Jim Jarmusch's catalogue!!
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Bladerunner
Superman
Assault of Precinct 13
The Life Aquatic
Trains, Planes and Automobiles
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

And loads more!!!!!!!!!!

[Markgway]

Non-Asian Top 20

The Breakfast Club
Casualties of War
City Slickers
Dazed and Confused
Die Hard
The Exorcist
Falling Down
A Few Good Men
Groundhog Day
In the Line of Fire
Inception
J.F.K.
Judgment Night
L.A. Confidential
The Last Boy Scout
The Principal
The Rocketeer
Se7en
The Shawshank Redemption
Vertigo

This list was drummed up in only a few mins so it's not to be considered legally binding...