[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Truly. EPIC. Masterpiece. Films. (Page 1 of 6)
Posted: 6/8/2017 10:50:18 PM EDT
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The Matrix thred jogged a thot for a thred that I have had for a long time: those few, absolutely PERFECT masterpieces of film, that LITERALLY cannot be improved upon. In the Matrix thred, I posted this:
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I haven't seen a movie before or since that got inside my head like The Matrix did. Quoted: It's a near perfect film. Originally Posted by Yours Truly: These.  Like "The Terminator", it was an epochal, breakthrough film; everything worked. There are literally only a handful of truly epic films like this.NUMBER ONE: 2001: A Space Odyssey. I nominate this as THE. SINGLE. GREATEST. FILM. EVER. MADE. PERIOD. Breathtaking in the sheer sweep and scope of the story. Breathtaking in the cinematography. This was one of those exceedingly rare times in history when there was one of those "Gilbert and Sullivan" level collaborations, between Arthur C. Clark, arguably one of the GREATEST sci-fi authors to have ever lived, and Stanley Kubrick, arguably one of the GREATEST directors to have ever lived. That the two of these geniuses came together, at the same era and in the same place to work on the same project is, to my mind, the truest proof of the existence of God.  
NUMBER TWO: The Terminator. What a PERFECT story! Everything worked PERFECTLY! The storyline was tight, with ZERO plot holes! Most storylines have holes in them you could drive a BATTLESHIP thru!  But the Terminator was perfect: Kyle Reese was ordered by John Conner to come back in time to save Sarah Conner... where he fathered his own commander.  Wow. Mind blown, and circle closed. Ahhnold Schwarzenegger was born for that role, just as he was born to be Conan. And James Cameron proved himself to be such a fantastic director that, some years later, he had the gravitas to walk into a room full of investors and say, with a straight face, "I'd like to borrow several hundred millions of your dollars, to make a film called Avatar...
NUMBER THREE: Really, the only other film I could think of off hand that would be on the same level would be Amadeus. The cinematography was flawless. The productions values were flawless. The storyline was flawless. You starting to see a trend here?  The story of true, raw, TALENT. AND. GENIUS. Salieri is the jealous little bitch that any of us would be, seeing our best efforts as nothing, a child playing the kazoo while our older brother composed a symphony for full orchestra. Genius indeed.
Those are my top three nominations for the best films ever made. God knows I have more; The Matrix is definitely in there, as well as All That Jazz and West Side Story. What are your nominations? And ya know what? Transformers and Fast And Furious somehow missed out on making the first cut... 
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The Three Musketeers/The Four Musketeers - the Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York, Christopher Lee, Faye Dunaway, & Charlton Heston film
The Bridge On The River Kwai - multiple stories collide throughout the movie and at the end Casablanca - the story of two lovers caught up in WW2 Lawrence of Arabia - some of the best cinematography I sometimes throw BoB into the mix even though it's technically not a movie. |
 Now, THIS could be on this list. But the rest, not so much. 
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The Three Musketeers/The Four Musketeers - the Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York, Christopher Lee, Faye Dunaway, & Charlton Heston film The Bridge On The River Kwai - multiple stories collide throughout the movie and at the end Casablanca - the story of two lovers caught up in WW2 Lawrence of Arabia - some of the best cinematography I sometimes throw BoB into the mix even though it's technically not a movie. |
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1) The origional STAR WARS (Episode IV, A New Hope). Although it's sequal, The Empire Strikes Back was superior in many ways; the first film changed cinema and blew our minds.
2) The Godfather. Similar to the above, it's sequal was better in many ways but they can almost be looked at as one film. 3) Raiders of the Lost Ark (Indiana Jones). The creator of Star Wars, Speilberg, Harrison Ford, Nazis, and the power of God smited into Cinema. |
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Gladiator.
The Last of the Mohicans Endings for both were masterpieces. Maximus going to his wife and kid, brushing his hands in the fields of gold with is wife and kid smiling and waiting for him. Mohicans as they went to rescues the daughters on the limestone cliffs. |
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Predator
Robocop Aliens Backdraft Unforgiven The abyss Pan's labyrinth Leon The hunt for red October U571 The dark knight Pirates of the Caribbean dead men tell no tales The last of the mohicans Glory Tombstone Jaws Guardians of the galaxy Saw Phone booth Young guns Monsters inc. The thing |
| Never even heard of Michael Clayton but that sounds like a good movie just reading about it. |
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http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/files/2008/12/michael_clayton_movie_poster21.jpg That as well. ETA: It was cool to see Kent from Real Genius still getting work. |