Topic: RAWK's 100 Greatest Films

[Clayton Moore rides again ©]

Alices Resturant, great film. I've also got the CD

[John Barnes Testicles]

Alices Resturant, great film. I've also got the CD

yeah, had it on video for years - great film.

[Elli]

In no particular order:

Pulp Fiction
Lock, Stock...
Dead Poets Society
Fight Club

[Filler.]

Christ, some film geek we have here. And there was me thinking that other countries beside the US made films... no Godard, Herzog, Kaurismaki, Haneke, Almodovar, Keaton, Hartley, Chaplin, Pasolini, Fellini, .. christ, could be here all bloody night.

And what do we get?.. Terminator?! Seriously.. buff up on your buffness..

Love 'Terminator'.. but in a top 5? Never - unless you worked for GMTV.

[Filler.]

In no particular order:
Dead Poets Society

Christ on a bike that is one sheeeeeeeeeeeee'Ite film. Mawkish sentimental pseudo American bullshit - god it makes me want to puke. 

Tragi -poetic tho I have to say, but has much to do with film as the rythmic pulsations of my arsehole while I sleep.

[Elli]

i'm happy for you rob.

i happen to like it.

[John Barnes Testicles]

Christ on a bike that is one sheeeeeeeeeeeee'Ite film. Mawkish sentimental pseudo American bullshit - god it makes me want to puke. 

Tragi -poetic tho I have to say, but has much to do with film as the rythmic pulsations of my arsehole while I sleep.

rob - tell us how you really feel 


mine was a personal list of films that made me feel good, I didn't have the energy to make a list of critical reviews of artistic merit in the film industry 

[Rushian]

12 Angry Men
Singin' in the Rain
Leon
Escape to Victory
The Killing Fields

[J-PH]

Police Academy
Police Academy 2: Their First Assinment
Police Academy 3: Back In Training
Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
Police Academy 6: City Under Seige
Police Academy 7: Mission To Moscow

[sirjames]

braveheart
insticnt
shrek1 + 2

[ALPH1217]

There must be a high percentage of young people responding to this particular request. Be that as it may, no list is complete without the magnificent "Gone With The Wind".

[Kristian Pleat]

Fight Club (my fave)
Usual Suspects
Rocky (all of them)
Training Day
Snatch
Seven
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

[John Barnes Testicles]

Goodphallus
Good Willy Hunting
Manshank Redemption
Anal Alien
Any gay midget porn, not fussy.

 

   hey if that's your bag I won't judge.  I'll accept you for who you are.  Live and let love, I say.

[TheKid.]

The Godfather (why has noone mentioned this!!)

Alice in Wonderland (what the fuck were they on when they made it?!)

Pirates of the Caribbean (a film based on a ride? it'll never work. Well Haunted Mansion didnt!)

The Sopranos (well, if you watch them all back to back it becomes like an awesome day long movie!!)

[Mirra]

Raging Bull (Amazing film, best boxing film ive seen)
187
Rambo (The First one was class, the other 2 were to unrealistic for me)
A Bronx Tale
Scum (Wasnt pretty to watch but I think it is powerful)
Boyz in the Hood
Juice
Bad Boys 1 & 2
Independence Day
Meet the Parents
In the Name of the Father (One of my fav films, thought it was class)
The Boxer
Snatch
Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrells
Grease (Aye I said Grease  , If you watch it the way I do and point out to someone as daft as yourself all the little things that most people dont notice, such as the way Mickey Kinicky lights his ciggy and tries to look hard while doing it, then its hilarious  )
Smokey and the Bandit part 1
Pulp Fiction
Desperado
Casino
Scarface
Good Fellaz
St Valentines Day Massacre (not many people have seen it, but I thought it was brilliant)
New Jack City
White Heat
Angels with Dirty Faces
The Italian Job (original)
Get Carter
Fast and the Furious
Gone in 60 Seconds
Rocky 1 2 and 4
Friday
Dont be a Menace in South Central

and Anything with Halle Berry in, who cares if the film is good or not when you've got that to look at 

[The Bill Hicks Appreciation Society]

   hey if that's your bag I won't judge.  I'll accept you for who you are.  Live and let love, I say.

You forgot 'the sheets of san francisco'
 

[John Barnes Testicles]

You forgot 'the sheets of san francisco'
 

Oh yeah, and A Queer and Pleasant Stranger     Sorry Sam

[Filler.]

Elli... good on you..  just ignore me 


If anyone gets the chance to see Michael Haneke's 'Funny Games' ... take it up. German film made about 5? years back, subtitled an' all but in color 

Pretty knackering film to watch, and at the end you'll feel like you've been thru the mill - one of THE most violent films you'll ever watch, but get this: there's NO real violence in it. It's all in the head.

Great score by John Zorn too.

[The Bill Hicks Appreciation Society]

Elli... good on you..  just ignore me 


If anyone gets the chance to see Michael Haneke's 'Funny Games' ... take it up. German film made about 5? years back, subtitled an' all but in color 

Pretty knackering film to watch, and at the end you'll feel like you've been thru the mill - one of THE most violent films you'll ever watch, but get this: there's NO real violence in it. It's all in the head.

Great score by John Zorn too.

sounds like my kind of film, cheers rob.

i reccommend 'irreversible' if you aint seen it, kinda like' memento' type with vincent whatshisname out of 'la haine'

[Paul Tomkins]

Christ, some film geek we have here. And there was me thinking that other countries beside the US made films... no Godard, Herzog, Kaurismaki, Haneke, Almodovar, Keaton, Hartley, Chaplin, Pasolini, Fellini, .. christ, could be here all bloody night.

Kieslowski's Three Colours trilogy (Blue and Red especially), also The Double Life Of Veronique

Tarkovsky's Mirror - most beautiful imagery on film.

Julio Medem's Lovers of the Arctic Circle - about time Reds got into Spanish films!

[The Bill Hicks Appreciation Society]

really love 'el mariachi' too, robert rodriguez first effort, heard 'desperado is a remake and is a complete pile of dog poo, but el mariachi is a cracker

[Filler.]

Kieslowski's Three Colours trilogy (Blue and Red especially), also The Double Life Of Veronique

Tarkovsky's Mirror - most beautiful imagery on film.

Julio Medem's Lovers of the Arctic Circle - about time Reds got into Spanish films!

Seen about 5 of Keislowski's Decalogue including the very disturbing Story About Killing - definately one to watch if you're still in favour of hanging.

Which was the Tarkovsky film where a monk? had to walk cross an old salt bath 4 times holding a candle and if it went out the human race would be extinguished? Magic film that.

And for Spanish films - the top man undoubtedly is Luis Bunuel - my all time favourite filmmaker and the greatest surrealist of them all. He also gave me the all time best recipe for a Dry Martini too - one he used to quaff first thing in the morning before he set out to work on classics like Belle De Jour, L'age D'or, Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisee (probably my fave) Nazarin, El, Viridiana... and lots lots more exclamation mark exclamation mark exclamation mark.

his recipe just googled 

http://www.cinepad.com/martini.html

[daddymac]

In no discernible order:

City of God
Mulholland Drive (infact anything by Lynch: Blue Velvet / Lost Highway / Fire Walk With Me)
Audition
Battle Royale
Scarface
Godfather
Star Wars Trilogy
Donnie Darko

I have also got into the animated films of MIYAZAKI Princess Mononoke and my current fave SPIRITED AWAY

[Murf]

Forgot   The Fighting 69th   Another Cagney classic   

[Admiral Ackbar]

Christ, some film geek we have here. And there was me thinking that other countries beside the US made films... no Godard, Herzog, Kaurismaki, Haneke, Almodovar, Keaton, Hartley, Chaplin, Pasolini, Fellini, .. christ, could be here all bloody night.

And what do we get?.. Terminator?! Seriously.. buff up on your buffness..

Love 'Terminator'.. but in a top 5? Never - unless you worked for GMTV.

Easy!
I've seen many films by the likes of Kurosawa and Godard and enjoyed them very much. But the point of this is to find your favourite film. The Terminator might not be the best film ever made, but it's something I enjoy watching over and over. At the end of the day, its down to opinion.

[Armin]

Easy!
I've seen many films by the likes of Kurosawa and Godard and enjoyed them very much. But the point of this is to find your favourite film. The Terminator might not be the best film ever made, but it's something I enjoy watching over and over. ultimately, its down to opinion.

Dangerous nonsense!  Opinion?  Where would it lead to?  What kind of world would it be if you decided your own likes and dislikes?  You'll like what your told to like sunshine and in this case I've decided you like:

The films of Vatoslav Padrevsky especially his most famous work 'A lament for Pyotr Brie' a challenging 8 hour introspective piece with no sound or visuals which takes the viewer into the mind of a deaf Latvian piano tuner obsessed with discovering the secret thoughts of overipe cheese.

[Jim Price]

no Godard, Herzog, Kaurismaki, Haneke, Almodovar, Keaton, Hartley, Chaplin, Pasolini, Fellini, .. christ, could be here all bloody night.

I'd rather see Dave Lee Travis play Macbeth.

[Armin]

I'd rather see Dave Lee Travis play Macbeth.

Thats really hard to get hold of.  I have the one where Bruno Brookes plays King Lear but never have got my hands on the Hairy cornflakes seminal performance in the 'Scottish play'

[Paul Tomkins]

Which was the Tarkovsky film where a monk? had to walk cross an old salt bath 4 times holding a candle and if it went out the human race would be extinguished? Magic film that.

Not sure. Of course, he made the original Solaris in the early 1970s. Didn't feature George Clooney, though. Also Andrei Rubelov (?).

However Rob, gotta pick you up on Dead Poets Society - perhaps not a great film technically, and certainly tugs at the heartstrings, but it's still a film I love. I remember reading David Baddiel in Sight & Sound years ago, talking about loving Ghost but hating Truly, Madly, Deeply - saying sometimes it's more enjoyable to have your heartstrings tugged at than something more intellectual but which leaves you cold.

[Admiral Ackbar]

Dangerous nonsense!  Opinion?  Where would it lead to?  What kind of world would it be if you decided your own likes and dislikes?  You'll like what your told to like sunshine and in this case I've decided you like:

The films of Vatoslav Padrevsky especially his most famous work 'A lament for Pyotr Brie' a challenging 8 hour introspective piece with no sound or visuals which takes the viewer into the mind of a deaf Latvian piano tuner obsessed with discovering the secret thoughts of overipe cheese.

Fantastic!
I was going to get the DVD, but thought I'd wait for the special edition with directors commentary.

[The Bill Hicks Appreciation Society]

Quite impressed at the diversity and knowledge of peoples choices.

You RAWKers are truly fans of the big screen. More proof of that RAWKers are of a superior intelligence to the majority of the human race.

[Filler.]

Easy!

I'm 'breaking balls' 

I'd rather see Dave Lee Travis play Macbeth.

I can guarentee you Jim, utterly guarantee you that you'd thank me for nailing you into a sofa and administering Kurosawa's 'Ran' onto you, Godards 'Le Weekend', anything by Bunuel, Haneke's 'Funny Games' (which I feel may well make you sob like a child), Fellini's '8 1/2', Buster Keaton's 'The General' (1933) which is arguably one of the funniest films in history, Pier Paolo Pasolini's 'Salo' which will make you want to vomit or grin immeasurably which it did me, David Cronenburgs 'Crash' (which is a work of genius and arguably the best ever translation between book and film thats ever been made) etc etc.... I'd start off with 'Ran' tho - fucking magic film. If you think John Woo has got violent beauty nailed on you're wrong.

Paul - I shudder at Dead Poets - I dunno, I can only compare it to a candle -lit dinner with Trisha. Andrei Rubelov I gave a go at, have it on video, but fell asleep. Should give it another go tho.

[The Bill Hicks Appreciation Society]

I'm 'breaking balls' 



I can guarentee you Jim, utterly guarantee you that you'd thank me for nailing you into a sofa and administering Kurosawa's 'Ran' onto you, Godards 'Le Weekend', anything by Bunuel, Haneke's 'Funny Games' (which I feel may well make you sob like a child), Fellini's '8 1/2', Buster Keaton's 'The General' (1933) which is arguably one of the funniest films in history, Pier Paolo Pasolini's 'Salo' which will make you want to vomit or grin immeasurably which it did me, David Cronenburgs 'Crash' (which is a work of genius and arguably the best ever translation between book and film thats ever been made) etc etc.... I'd start off with 'Ran' tho - fucking magic film. If you think John Woo has got violent beauty nailed on you're wrong.

Paul - I shudder at Dead Poets - I dunno, I can only compare it to a candle -lit dinner with Trisha. Andrei Rubelov I gave a go at, have it on video, but fell asleep. Should give it another go tho.

what? funnier than life of brian and blazing saddles???

[Filler.]

what? funnier than life of brian and blazing saddles???

 

yes, but not as funny as Airplane! or Airplane! 2.

'Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue'

'I just want to wish you all good luck, we're all counting on you.'

'Its a big building with patients in it but thats not important right now.'

'There is no parking in the Red Zone.'

'You're Kareem Abdul Jabbar'

the scene with the dog and the mirror


and the greatest line in film... Leslie Nielson's first line ...

STEWARDESS: '... I'm so sorry to wake you sir, but are you a doctor?
NEILSON (wearing a stethascope round his neck): Yes, that's right.

[Paul Tomkins]

STEWARDESS: '... I'm so sorry to wake you sir, but are you a doctor?
NEILSON (wearing a stethascope round his neck): Yes, that's right.

 

Is it because we are of a similar age, or don't they make comedies like that anymore? I remember being 10/11 and seeing it, and laughing hard, and it's still funny now.

[The Bill Hicks Appreciation Society]

Stryker....Stryker.....Stryker....STRYKER!!!

cue camp bald guy to twat female colleague

*absolute class*
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start from the beginning

camp bald guy:  first the earth cooled.....and then the dinosaurs came

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[Jim Price]

I can guarentee you Jim, utterly guarantee you that you'd thank me for nailing you into a sofa and administering Kurosawa's 'Ran' onto you, Godards 'Le Weekend', anything by Bunuel, Haneke's 'Funny Games' (which I feel may well make you sob like a child), Fellini's '8 1/2', Buster Keaton's 'The General' (1933) which is arguably one of the funniest films in history, Pier Paolo Pasolini's 'Salo' which will make you want to vomit or grin immeasurably which it did me, David Cronenburgs 'Crash' (which is a work of genius and arguably the best ever translation between book and film thats ever been made) etc etc.... I'd start off with 'Ran' tho - fucking magic film. If you think John Woo has got violent beauty nailed on you're wrong.

I'm sure you're right Rob, I was just reminded of the bit in Paul Calf where he's working iin the arthouse cinema.

[Filler.]

Is it because we are of a similar age, or don't they make comedies like that anymore? I remember being 10/11 and seeing it, and laughing hard, and it's still funny now.

have watched it at least 15 times and I always shed a tear - it's got to the stage that whenever I'm in an Airport I'm in 'Airplane' mode. Same with much great comedy - phrases and quotes just become part of your vernacular - like The Young Ones - often I find myself dropping in a quote as if it was from me, hoping that the reference would be shared.


Am going through my old house (folks) attic at the mo - usedto do a daft Top 100 film list in Photoshop and found a print off of the last update I did in 1999.

Reminded me of some other must see classics:

Dr Strangelove
The Hustler
American Gigolo (which I used to get ripped for - but is a definitive movie in my books and Gere's finest moment)
Vulvaldi - a 1 minute short film I saw at a festival (Halloween) which comprised of a close up of a womans pussy (not a mans pussy) with her legs wide open being rubbed by a male hand to the music of Vivaldi and at the 'whoop' ending... two fingers slipped up inside... bloody hilarious piece of brilliance.
Geno (by the Comic Strip lot - remember them?) - was in London ages back in the Kings Head in Islington - one of the great pubs of England and Keith Allen was there with Harold Pinter drinking at the bar. Went to the loo and passed by Keith Allen and said 'Awright Geno!' - he cracked up laughing. He waved me over when I got back to my seat and shook hands with them both. Nice to meet a couple of your heroes.
Evil Dead 2 
French Connection : fuck me the 70's had some class films made - some class football too I seem to remember.
Seven Samurai
Dark Star 
Deliverence - Burt Reynolds finest moment - even better than the one with the Orang-Otang, which is a great film too.
Tokyo Story by Yasijiro Ozu - utterly beautiful film - the scene where the 2 parents are sitting on the beach wall is sublime.
Rear Window... have lots of Hitchcock and my 2nd favourite director to Bunuel, Godard being 3rd.
Sleeper?
Eraserhead
The Player
This Is Spinal Tap - which is up there with Airplane
King Kong
Texas Chainsaw Massacre which has the most chilling moment in film for me, when ol' leatherface lifts up that girl on the meathook
The Wild Bunch
Sonatine - by 'Beat' Kateshi - fucking magic film... the fireworks fight on the beach a sheer delight.. and has anyone ever bettered Kateshi's shots of automobiles, I doubt it.`
Shit, have lost my lighter - not a film, just a fact of bloody life.
Orson Welles's 'Touch of Evil' ? - from that classic opening crane shot which ends in the great line by Charlton Heston 'Do you know I haven't kissed you in over an hour?' his best film in my books - don't watch the one where he tries to put on an Irish accent - has my mother in stitches (Paddy) - Lady of Shanghai?.. can't remember.. but Touch of Evil is one of the dirtiest films ever made... what an actor.

Festen - am a bit of a sucker for all the Dogma films - especially Julien Donkey-Boy by Harmony Korine... another must see - never before has such a bunch of loony characters been assembled on film.. including the great Werner Herzog - maker of many a classic of course.
Happiness?
The Straight Story by Lynch tho Lynch has already been rightfully praised in this thread.
Badlands
Jubilee
Robinson in Space - anyone seen this film or 'London' ?  by Patrick Keiller, arguably Britains finest film maker currently. Had the pleasure of working for his company once - Illuminations.. Armin may well know of them.
House of Strangers (1949) by Joseph L Mankeivitz (sp?)
The Swimmer.. magic.
Parents?? - freaky film
Chungking Express and everything else made by Wong Kar Wai
Toy Story

reckon that'll do


 

I'm sure you're right Rob, I was just reminded of the bit in Paul Calf where he's working iin the arthouse cinema.

top moment that - classic

[Paul Tomkins]

Chungking Express and everything else made by Wong Kar Wai

Wong Kar Wai's In The Mood For Love - wonderful film.

Can't believe I left out Rear Window, Vertigo and North By Northwest.

[Filler.]

Wong Kar Wai is just magic - have a real big soft spot for the Hitchcock film that was shot in that one room - the murder plot with James Stewart.. Rope? Vertigo is my fave tho.

I'd watch anything with Cary Grant in. Chevy Chase too - much maligned and has made some 'duff' movies, but to me he is a total star