Happy Face 29 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 (edited) Readers, critics and talent have come up with a top 500. If you want to go through them all... http://www.empireonline.com/500/ Otherwise, here's the top 25 1. The Godfather 2. Raiders of the Lost Ark 3. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back 4. The Shawshank Redemption 5. Jaws 6. GoodFellas 7. Apocalypse Now 8. Singin' In The Rain 9. Pulp Fiction 10. Fight Club 11. Raging Bull 12. The Apartment 13. Chinatown 14. Once Upon A Time In The West 15. The Dark Knight 16. 2001: A Space Odyssey 17. Taxi Driver 18. Casablanca 19. The Godfather Part II 20. Blade Runner 21. The Third Man 22. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope 23. Back To The Future 24. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 25. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Edited September 25, 2008 by Happy Face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMurray 0 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I don't think The Dark Knight should be at 15, The Good The Bad And The Ugly is infinately better than it for a start and thats 25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I don't think The Dark Knight should be at 15, The Good The Bad And The Ugly is infinately better than it for a start and thats 25. Point in hiding the results? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake 0 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Fucking hell, Waterworld at number 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMurray 0 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I don't think The Dark Knight should be at 15, The Good The Bad And The Ugly is infinately better than it for a start and thats 25. Point in hiding the results? Oh I thought the topic would be discussing the results. Silly me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15526 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Fucking hell, Waterworld at number 1 Only just ahead of From Justin To Kelly, too. Tough call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fop 1 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 It's wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20139 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Some films on the list I totally forgot about Big Red One, awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20139 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Loads of films in the top 100 I aint seen, will have to chnage that, but How is Edward Scissor Hands above so many great films? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloopJohn 0 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 the list is a complete joke. it's almost offensively bad. rublev at 36 is good to see though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted September 25, 2008 Author Share Posted September 25, 2008 the list is a complete joke. it's almost offensively bad. rublev at 36 is good to see though. It's time for a Sloop top ten like. I reckon it could give Parky's list a run for its money in the pretension stakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20139 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I agree with most of the top 10 tbh. Some great great films I think ill watch the top three this weekend like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloopJohn 0 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 the list is a complete joke. it's almost offensively bad. rublev at 36 is good to see though. It's time for a Sloop top ten like. I reckon it could give Parky's list a run for its money in the pretension stakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted September 25, 2008 Author Share Posted September 25, 2008 the list is a complete joke. it's almost offensively bad. rublev at 36 is good to see though. It's time for a Sloop top ten like. I reckon it could give Parky's list a run for its money in the pretension stakes. I have to admit Andrei Rublev is one of the ones from the top 100 I've not seen. Come And See Harold And Maude A Matter Of Life And Death The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp Spirit Of The Beehive Evil Dead 2 Network Are all on my to see list too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 0 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 The Dark Knight should be way, WAY higher. I'm thinking like number 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1245 Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Was very glad to see Paris Texas in the list although it should have been in the top ten. It certainly was in mine. Btw I don't think people like Sloop should even read lists like this are they are always going to piss them off. The majority of people out there (even movie magazine readers) are going to enjoy films that appeal to broad section of society. Films made by blind lesbians from Poland just don't have that universal appeal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1245 Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Only three in that top twenty five that I don't have on DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1245 Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Just noticed Tokyo Story in top 100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1245 Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 the list is a complete joke. it's almost offensively bad. rublev at 36 is good to see though. It's time for a Sloop top ten like. I reckon it could give Parky's list a run for its money in the pretension stakes. I have to admit Andrei Rublev is one of the ones from the top 100 I've not seen. Come And See Harold And Maude A Matter Of Life And Death The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp Spirit Of The Beehive Evil Dead 2 Network Are all on my to see list too. Not seen any of those apart from Network and Life & Death and I'm also missing 8 1/2, La Dolce Vita, Three Colours Red, Yojimbo and Spirit Of The Beehive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloopJohn 0 Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Was very glad to see Paris Texas in the list although it should have been in the top ten. It certainly was in mine. Btw I don't think people like Sloop should even read lists like this are they are always going to piss them off. The majority of people out there (even movie magazine readers) are going to enjoy films that appeal to broad section of society. Films made by blind lesbians from Poland just don't have that universal appeal. I disagree. I think films that honestly question and explore the profound human issues; hopes, fears, dissapointments, dreams, belief; issues that everyone of our epoch fundamentally shares (such as Andrei Rublev and Ordet), are films that truly appeal to humanity in general and on a much wider scale than The Dark Knight or Blade Runner could ever fathom to do. These films try to please their audiences with explosions, expensive set pieces, famous actors - but all it shows is that the filmmakers (the producers, director, cinematographer) have no respect for his audience because all they are doing by making such films is training the audience to insure their own income, not training them by giving them works of art that will inspire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloopJohn 0 Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 my Top 10 in no order; Mirror [Andrei Tarkovsky] Andrei Rublev [Andrei Tarkovsky] The Sacrifice [Andrei Tarkovsky] Ordet [Carl Theodor Dreyer] Winter Light [ingmar Bergman] The Trial Of Joan Of Arc [Robert Bresson] Death In Venice [Luciano Visconti] Mother & Son [Alexander Sokurov] City Lights [Charles Chaplin] The End Of Summer [Yasujiro Ozu] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 0 Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 That is the most pretentious top 10 list ever posted in the history of the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted September 26, 2008 Author Share Posted September 26, 2008 That is the most pretentious top 10 list ever posted in the history of the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30610 Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Was very glad to see Paris Texas in the list although it should have been in the top ten. It certainly was in mine. Btw I don't think people like Sloop should even read lists like this are they are always going to piss them off. The majority of people out there (even movie magazine readers) are going to enjoy films that appeal to broad section of society. Films made by blind lesbians from Poland just don't have that universal appeal. I disagree. I think films that honestly question and explore the profound human issues; hopes, fears, dissapointments, dreams, belief; issues that everyone of our epoch fundamentally shares (such as Andrei Rublev and Ordet), are films that truly appeal to humanity in general and on a much wider scale than The Dark Knight or Blade Runner could ever fathom to do. So why does no one watch them then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloopJohn 0 Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Advertising. Exposure. Which has lead to a mindset that films (and this applies to music too) if not popular or reknown aren't worth bothering with. A generally popular view that 'new = better'. People accepting cinema as something that purely exists to entertain and judging films on these qualities. A distinct lack of British cinema culture. The ridiculous idea that foreign films are boring because they have subtitles. The materialistic bent of society and education which has lead to a culture that is obsessed with the fleeting and superficial... I'm coming off badly in this thread aren't I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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