toss up between
E.T.
I am absolutely charmed by the characters, the story, the optimism, and the connection to the unknown.
It’s still Office Space.
I’ve been wanting to rewatch. Nice.
Damn it feels good to be a gangster
Literally can’t choose ONE. Have to be Babel, Y tú mamá tambien, Roma, and Cars (yes pixar). Even putting those out there, I feel mad not including the petrified forest, taxi driver, or Wall-E
I was about to start Roma last night but didn’t. I should watch that tonight.
5th element
Awww, yeah. I saw this in the theater on acid. Was amazing.
Back to the future part 1
That’s heavy
“There’s that word again, ‘heavy.’ Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth’s gravitational pull?”
The prince of egypt. I’m not even religious, but the musics, the story and the visuals stayed in my heart. I will also say:
-Léon / the professionnal
-Interstellar (i am basic)
-Nausicaä and the valley of wind
-Inside out, wall-E and Up
and a ton of others…
Elysium
I re-watch from time to time to check where we’re at.
I really like that movie, not many people talk about it. I have no idea if it did well or anything.
I just can’t stand Matt Damon in scifi.
Seven Samurai
The Magnificent Seven is way better, and predates it by 80 or 90 years. Rumour has it that John Sturges was so impressed by the Seven Samurai, that he presented Kurosawa with a Colt Single Action Army Revolver and said “You have made a great movie, but it’s my movie, ya dig.”
(you may crucify me now.)
I think you got that backwards. Magnificent seven came out in 1960, seven samurai in 1954. It even says magnificent seven is just an adaptation of seven samuria.
nah, no chance
…80 or 90 years? You sure 'bout that?
Pret-ty sure.
Kurosawa Akira’s The Seven Samurai was released in 1954. John Sturges’ The Magnificent Seven was released in 1960.
So, uh, first, The Magnificent Seven was the remake, not the other way around, and second, it comes only 6 years after the inspiration, rather than close to a century. If The Magnificent Seven had been made 80 years prior to The Seven Samurai, it would have been made in 1874. …Which would have been before some of the firearms used in the film were even invented, and only 10 years after the US Civil War.
Pre-tty sure the magnificent seven came first. Check your sources again. Kurosawa was super nervous that people would find out about his clone of an american classic, and as we all know, the US comes first
The Magnificent Seven was released on October 12, 1960.
The Seven Samurai was released in 1954, six years prior.
A number of Kurosawa films have been remade for American audiences. Take The Hidden Fortress; it was remade as Star Wars. Meanwhile, Kurosawa did take inspiration from western playwrights, such as Shakespeare’s MacBeth (Throne of Blood) and King Lear (Ran).
And, BTW, I happen to absolutely love chanbara, especially and including the schlock garbage like Sleepy Eyes of Death, Zatoichi, Lady Snowblood, Lone Wolf and Cub, and especially Hanzo the Razor. Samurai film share a lot of similarities with western films, and many of the low-budget sword-fighting films were modeled after the western genre films (only with a funk and jazz soundtrack).
I think many of those old Kurosawa films are just rip offs of many 1890s John Sturges films
Aliens
I just quote it constantly so it has to be … or Dune part 2, probably needs a bit more time to breath before I can call it my favorite though.
Awesone movie. Aliens, terminator 2 and the abyss are just a goldmine of things that became culture backbone.
Game over man! Game over!
The Princess Bride, with In Bruges being a fairly close second. But I think The Princess Bride stays permanently at number 1 for me.
Me too, thanks.
“Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”
And a hearty “fuck yea” for In Bruges, too
My ex used to fall asleep to this movie. I’ve seen up to the sword fight scene more time than I can count. Still love it.
Fury Road.
My previous best film was Mad Max 2.
So you like Fury Road over Mad Max 2? I’m the opposite.
I’m a fan of most of the movies listed, but didn’t notice anyone mention one of my favorites, Moneyball. Don’t let the baseball fool you. I don’t even like baseball. To me it’s not about baseball, it’s about trying to succeed in a flawed system.
The Spanish Prisoner. I won’t spoil anything, but Steve Martin’s performance is remarkable!
Primer is another movie I’ve returned to over and over.
Also, Ever After for comfort.
Oh damn I haven’t watched Spanish Prisoner since college. It was one of my “you’ve never heard of this but it’s awesome” recommendations for ages!
Edit: added the actual movie I’m talking about
Which of the three are you referring to!?
Oops. Spanish Prisoner. My brain just stopped or I read that.
Blues Brothers. It’s damn near perfect.
And I still hate Illinois Nazis.
My dad had The Blues Brothers on VHS. I used to watch it ALL the time. I’ve seen it upwards of 100 times. It is still one of my favorite movies of all time. When I was a kid 95% of it went over my head, but as an adult, it’s just so good.
Same, when blues brothers 2000 came out, i was really excited, because back then, i had no idea how sequels work and that they are often just shit. Even tho i was the target audience for that movie, i really hated it.
