Rushup Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 I'd love to see what other people recommend to add to my list: 9.5/10 Requiem for a Dream Blade Runner Psycho Hunger Blue Velvet There Will Be Blood The Thing Dead Man’s Shoes Control The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Mulholland Drive Buffalo 66 9/10 The Wind That Shakes the Barley Withnail & I Full Metal Jacket Nil by Mouth A Fistful of Dollars For a Few Dollars More Wild at Heart JFK Network Apocalypse Now 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days Gandhi A Clockwork Orange Pulp Fiction The Fly Sexy Beast Alien The Shining Downfall Terminator 2: Judgement Day 8.5/10 Natural Born Killers Irreversible Raging Bull Paris, Texas Koyaanisqatsi Manderlay One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Kids Schindler’s List Monty Python and the Holy Grail Goodfellas Leon Saving Private Ryan City of God Pi Gangster No. 1 Being John Malkovich 21 Grams Good Night, and Good Luck Trainspotting The Godfather: Part 1 The Godfather: Part 2 Napoleon Dynamite Predator Syriana The War Zone Bad Lieutenant Four Lions Antichrist Jurassic Park The Pianist Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Eden Lake This is England No Country for Old Men The Madness of King George Misery Batman The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Amores Perros Scum 8/10 Moon Kes Grizzly Man Invasion of the Body Snatchers Malcolm X The Dark Knight Reservoir Dogs The Rules of Attraction Wall Street Aliens Dancer in the Dark Fight Club Seven Halloween The Elephant Man Platoon Cape Fear Hotel Rwanda Run Lola Run The Silence of The Lambs Midnight Express The Descent Casino Oldboy The Deer Hunter Scarface The Woodsman Burn After Reading Lost in Translation Akira Chopper Last Days The Usual Suspects Baise Moi A History of Violence Memento Borat Star Trek Another Day in Paradise The Secretary Fargo Donnie Brasco The Damned Utd Taxi Driver Eyes Wide Shut Pan’s Labyrinth The Warriors Planet Terror Frost/Nixon Braindead Romper Stomper The Terminator Donnie Darko Ghostbusters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTeeOwls Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Have you watched Shawshank redemption? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 How would you rate these on your scale? Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind The Assassination of Jessie James by the Coward Robert Ford 28 Days Later The Manchurian Candidate (the original) Dawn Of the Dead (the original) Dr Strangelove Children of Men The Departed Zodiac Close Encounters of the Third Kind Jaws The Pink Panther A Shot in the Dark Seven Days in May Das Boot Tora Tora Tora The Empire Strikes Back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Have you watched Shawshank redemption? Obviously not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattricia Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Would you believe it ? Just one : KES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Obviously not. I don't know, sometimes I feel like I am the only person in the world that doesn't think that The Shawshank Redemption isn't a classic. It's a long way from being rubbish, but it just doesn't do anything for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushup Posted September 16, 2010 Author Share Posted September 16, 2010 Have you watched Shawshank redemption? Yes. It's well crafted but I find it a little too sentimental to warrant repeat viewing. How would you rate these on your scale? Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind The Assassination of Jessie James by the Coward Robert Ford 28 Days Later The Manchurian Candidate (the original) Dawn Of the Dead (the original) Dr Strangelove Children of Men The Departed Zodiac Close Encounters of the Third Kind Jaws The Pink Panther A Shot in the Dark Seven Days in May Das Boot Tora Tora Tora The Empire Strikes Back I keep meaning to watch Eternal Sunshine..., Das Boot and Dr Strangelove. Not a fan of Star Wars at all, and despite Children of Men having that excellent tracking shot at the end I didn't rate it that much. 28 Days Later was spoiled by reading The Day of The Triffids the week before, plus I couldn't believe Jim would take on all those soldiers. Jaws and Zodiac get a thumbs up though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slh73 Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Mr ****, I believe youve missed one of the finest pieces of cinema ever created from your list. I am, of course, talking about the classic 'Freddy Got Fingered'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
size13 Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 28 Days Later was spoiled by reading The Day of The Triffids the week before, plus I couldn't believe Jim would take on all those soldiers. i thought 28 days later was great until they got to the soldiers mansion. then it just got silly. dead mans shoes is a great call. blew me away. how about shaun of the dead or hot fuzz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 I like the analogy of 28 Days Later as being a film about Cillian Murphy's character Jim developing from new born baby to adulthood. The start of the film he's helpless and naked, and is only just able to to breath and eat after his accident, he then goes on to develop into someone who accepts the responsibility to protect and look after his loved ones. Unlike a lot of other people I thought the climax in the country house ended the film well when Jim was lost in his own personal rage, whist trying to carry the weight and expectations of his responsibilities. I loved the score by John Murphy in particular the way the song In the House - In a Heartbeat was used in the climax. 28 Weeks later was a disappointment for me, the first 10 minutes was as good as, if not better than anything that went before it in the first film; but when the story got moved into London it got a bit too formulaic. I remember reading somewhere that Danny Boyle directed the first scenes in the country house and then handed the project over to Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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