Great Movies

[EmoBorg]

Which movie do you consider a great movie ? perhaps the greatest. For me personally it is Lawrence Of Arabia.

This scene in the movie is one of my favorite scenes ever.

What is your favorite great movie ?

 

[Melakon]

There is no single favorite, but many are listed here:

http://www.filmsite.org/greatlists.html

The site always gives me a small popup from classmates on first click.

 

[Otto Harkaman]

I think Bondarchuk's "War an Peace" or "Voyna i mir" 1966 is one of the greatest movies, an eight hour epic. This is not the American version with Henry Fonda and Audrey Hepburn.

Sergei Bondarchuk's War and Peace

 

[Tom Hendricks]

My top 3 are:

1. Citizen Kane - It was the beginning of modern film making. What Orson Wells did with camera movement and lighting is simply amazing.
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey - Breathtakingly beautiful and intelligent.
3. Lawrence of Arabia - You can watch this movie with the sound off, just watching the vistas. The power of the desert is palpable, the performances are amazing.

 

[thestrangequark]

Not all of these are "great" as far as technical analysis is concerned, but these are some films that have had an impact on me and which I think approach greatness in their ways (rather than just being personal favorites). In no particular oder:

Arsenic and Old Lace -- I saw this for the first time as a kid, and it was the first time I grasped the concept of dark comedy. Happily it stands both the tests of maturity and time.

Tampopo -- Probably the "greatest" movie on this list. Also, marry me, Ken Watanabe?

Paper Moon -- Two words: Daddy Issues.

Smoke Signals -- The first time I'd seen a non-stereotyped, positive, and accurate portrayal of Indians in the media.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch -- How a musical about an East German transexual punk rock singer so perfectly captures exactly what it is like to be an 18 year old American girl, I'll never understand.

The Apartment -- One of the few romantic comedies (dramadies?) that gives me hope.

 

[ITL]

Not all of these are "great" as far as technical analysis is concerned, but these are some films that have had an impact on me and which I think approach greatness in their ways (rather than just being personal favorites). In no particular oder:

Arsenic and Old Lace -- I saw this for the first time as a kid, and it was the first time I grasped the concept of dark comedy. Happily it stands both the tests of maturity and time.

Tampopo -- Probably the "greatest" movie on this list. Also, marry me, Ken Watanabe?

Paper Moon -- Two words: Daddy Issues.

Smoke Signals -- The first time I'd seen a non-stereotyped, positive, and accurate portrayal of Indians in the media.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch -- How a musical about an East German transexual punk rock singer so perfectly captures exactly what it is like to be an 18 year old American girl, I'll never understand.

The Apartment -- One of the few romantic comedies (dramadies?) that gives me hope.

The last two on your list are favourites of mine - I first saw The Apartment on TV when I was quite young, and have watched it countless times since. The chemistry between the two leads is amazing.

And every time I watch Hedwig I can't get it out of my head for days, which is always an enjoyable experience to have. JCM is a bloody genius.

 

[thestrangequark]

^Agreed on both counts!

 

[sidious618]

My pick for greatest movie would be Mulholland Drive. My favorite scene is in it and it's this, although it really needs to be seen in context.

 

[Gaith]

Which movie do you consider a great movie ?

Well, duh:

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I mean, "great" is right there in the title.


... I KID!





Okay, serious example:

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... because every minute of it, that's why.

 

[thestrangequark]

^There was this fantastic psych study I read which suggested that watching depressing movies makes people feel more optimistic...presumably because their own lives don't seem quite so shit by comparison. I thought it hilarious that the movie they used on the test subjects was Atonement, because, you know, when you're trying to think of a bleak film.

 

[bbjeg]

A few greats off the top of my head; Instinct with Anthony Hopkins, Usual Suspects, Hotel Rwanda, and Fight Club.

Honorable mentions; The Avengers, X2, X-Men: Days of Future's Past, 300, Dark Knight, Jurassic Park, What Dreams May Come, Ghost Busters, Blues Brothers, and the original Star Wars and Lord of the Rings trilogies.

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

Cloud Atlas

 

[Ensign_Redshirt]

Tie between Kubrick's Paths of Glory and Lumet's Network.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Bicycle Thieves is easily my favorite.

Though my shortlist of greatest films would also include: Sunrise, Rashomon, Andrei Rublev, The Mirror, Persona, Vertigo.

Does that study prove causation or is it just a correlational study? Like, how do we know it isn't just that optimistic people prefer depressing movies?