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Old 02-21-2008, 11:30 AM
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Okay, name the single best film you saw in the past year and ten of your favorites of all time just for fun.

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Old 02-21-2008, 11:40 AM
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Okay, name the single best film you saw in the past year and ten of your favorites of all time just for fun.

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I didn't see a movie last year

In no particular order

Dog Day Afternoon
All GodfAthers (well..maybe not #3)
Mad, Mad, Mad World
Groundhog Day
CaddyShack
GoodFellas
Rear Window
Pulp Fiction
Wait Until Dark ( Audrey Hepburn version)
Magnolia
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Old 02-21-2008, 11:46 AM
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Nice list, GB.

Yeah, I'd agree about Godfather III.

Best film in the past year, The Kite Runner

Top ten off the top of my head.....

La Strada (Fellini's masterpiece)
The Boys in the Band (best dialogue EVER... Mart Crowley, from his play)
Ball of Fire (favorite screwball comedy)
Strangers on a Train (favorite Hitchcock)
8 and a half (another Fellini)
Die Xue Jie Tou (A Bullet in the Head) (John Woo directed)
Godfather II (Nuf said)
You Can't Take it With You (fantastic writing)
Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders.... maybe a little dated now but still... stunning)
The English Patient (sweeping shots, great music, nothing is what it seems, the only movie i ever liked better than the book)
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Old 02-21-2008, 11:50 AM
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Braveheart
Shawshank Redemption
Gettysburg
Casablanca
Big Lebowski
Gladiator
The Godfather
The Sting
Princess Bride
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
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Old 02-21-2008, 11:51 AM
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Nice list, GB.

Yeah, I'd agree about Godfather III.

Best film in the past year, The Kite Runner

Top ten off the top of my head.....

La Strada (Fellini's masterpiece)
The Boys in the Band (best dialogue EVER... Mart Crowley, from his play)
Ball of Fire (favorite screwball comedy)
Strangers on a Train (favorite Hitchcock)
8 and a half (another Fellini)
Die Xue Jie Tou (A Bullet in the Head) (John Woo directed)
Godfather II (Nuf said)
You Can't Take it With You (fantastic writing)
Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders.... maybe a little dated now but still... stunning)
The English Patient (sweeping shots, great music, nothing is what it seems, the only movie i ever liked better than the book)
omg..English Patient? I'd rather be cockswain in the breeding shed than sit through that again
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Old 02-21-2008, 11:55 AM
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I have no top ten list but the best film I saw last year is "This is England"

close second is "The Wind that Shakes the Barley".....though I will never watch it again because I cried like a baby through half the film.
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Old 02-21-2008, 11:57 AM
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omg..English Patient? I'd rather be cockswain in the breeding shed than sit through that again


It's funny but I only know one other person who loved that film and I think he read the book too.....

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Not my usual kinda film. I love war movies, gangster movies too but yeah..... the music makes me melt and the shots are stunning. Collin Firth doesn't exactly hurt.
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I am not a big movie guy, but here is my list in no order.

GODFATHER
WALL STREET
APOLLO 13
THE DEPARTED
GLADIATOR
THE FUGITIVE
UNCOMMON VALOR
BULL DURHAM
SLAP SHOT
SOMETHING ABOUT MARY
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Sorry I didnt see any movies for this years awards..

Here is a off the wall ten list.... (leaving out most that been said..)

Ferris B. Day off
Harley Davidson & Marlboro man
Edward Sissorhands
Space Balls........""hey you guys comb that area "" !
Rambo
Easy Rider
The Graduate
Letal Weapon.... [ the tunafish sandwich one ]
Clockwork Orange
Patton
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Movies Are Garbage These Days

Chinatown
It Started In Naples
The Out Of Towners
Its A Wonderful Life
Treasure Of The Sierra Madre
Life Stinks
Let It Ride
Once Upon A Time In America
Once Upon A Time In The West
The Wolf Man

No Order, The List Could Go On And On..................
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Sorry I didnt see any movies for this years awards..

Here is a off the wall ten list.... (leaving out most that been said..)

Ferris B. Day off
Harley Davidson & Marlboro man
Edward Sissorhands
Space Balls........""hey you guys comb that area "" !
Rambo
Easy Rider
The Graduate
Letal Weapon.... [ the tunafish sandwich one ]
Clockwork Orange
Patton


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Movies Are Garbage These Days

Chinatown
It Started In Naples
The Out Of Towners
Its A Wonderful Life
Treasure Of The Sierra Madre
Life Stinks
Let It Ride
Once Upon A Time In America
Once Upon A Time In The West
The Wolf Man

No Order, The List Could Go On And On..................

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There Will Be Blood is good but primarily due to Daniel Day-Lewis' performance.
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