I'm currently trying to make my way through the main classic movies. Started with Apocalypse Now and now watching the Godfathers. The next I'm thinking is gonna be The Shining, any recommendations on some of the older classics to watch?
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Zatara
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I would not touch Katie Holmes...below average looks + the way she speaks + her voice...
Penelope Cruz has the Spanish allure of a one night stand or a long weekend on the beach
Nicole Kidman seems to have it all going on upstairs
Your weird and constant need to critically assess womens' attractiveness aside, I don't like Katie Holmes as an actress. Batman Begins would have been the perfect film without her doing that snarky twisty mouth thing with every sentence
The Godfathers are unreal apart from 3.
My favourite film is Alien, followed closely by Aliens, so have a look at them if you're not utterly opposed to sci-fi, horror or action films.
Apart from those, here's a few you could be thinking about:
12 Angry Men
Rear Window
Sunset Boulevard
The Thing
Blade Runner
Shawshank Redemption
Glengarry Glenross
Pulp Fiction
Casino
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Seven Samurai and Yojimbo are well worth a watch, especially if you've seen The Magnificent Seven (a legal remake of Seven Samurai) and A Fistful of Dollars (a completely illegal and unauthorised remake of Yojimbo).
Have you seen Not Another Teen Movie? One of the best spoof movies of recent times imo. Not quite in the same vein as those you mentioned, but lampoons the teen movie genre brilliantly, and has some good performances too (inc Chis Evans as the stereotypical jock).
dholliday
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I miss the Guardian Film Show, they ditched it in a cost-saving exercise.
Big fan of older films, we watch on a home beamer with surround-sound speakers...sounds posh but that combo was cheaper than an average flat-screen telly. The old films, despite less resolution, are very epic to watch on a huge screen thanks to often expert cinematography.
I'd recommend my two favourites of all time:
- 2001 (one for the intellect)
- Excalibur (one for the emotion)
plus these classics, I've put the years in as there's often other versions out there:
- Moby Diick (thanks for having to put two "ii's" oh mighty swearfilter...1956...that whale genuinely still looks thrilling)
- Jaws (1975...and so does that shark)
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979...extended version, almost on par with 2001 for ideas & visuals...almost)
- Clockwork Orange (1973...one unsettling scene apart, this is high-end cinema)
- Citizen Kane (1941...genuinely brilliant, despite the 40's style LOUD TALKING!)
- Deliverance (1972...another John Boorman...best scene: banjo duel)
- French Connection 1 & 2 (70's with Gene Hackman...what an actor!)
- Coma (1978...thrilling conspiracy mystery)
- Enemy Mine (1985...sci-fi version of Hell in the Pacific...beautiful message)
- Das Boot (1981...must-watch in original language, so you may need subs...not submarines, that's catered for visually)
- The Wicker Man (1973...back when Christopher Lee was actually frightening)
- Carrie (1976...buckets of the stuff!)
- Duel (1971...Spielberg's first film...he was an auteur back in the 70's)
- Serpico (1973...Al Pacino's best film? Maybe)
- Altered States (1980...psychedelic sci-fi...some deep stuff about the human condition)
- Rosemary's Baby (1968...you really feel the plight of the main character, expertly-done setup)
- Raging Bull (1980...De Niro's best? Maybe)
- Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind (1977...sci-fi like it used to be, mysterious & hopeful without being tediously-preachy)
- Capricorn One (1977...so yeah, we never landed on the moon, i mean Mars!)
- After Hours (1985...Scorsese's most underrated film? Yes)
- Magic (1978...Anthony Hopkins being more chilling than in Silence of the Lambs)
12 Angry Men - 7/10, worth a watch deffo, there's a modern remake with Adama I wanna check out
Rear Window - 5/10, sorry Alfred!
Sunset Boulevard - have it, not seen yet
The Thing - 6/10, tho' not seen for many many years, worth a rewatch then
Blade Runner - 9/10 for the Final Cut thanks to more Vangelis, no voiceover, and perfectly-weighted ending.
Shawshank Redemption - 8/10, imdb's number 1 film
Glengarry Glenross - never heard of it
Pulp Fiction - 9/10, supremely fun!
Casino - 6/10, meh...poor man's Goodfellas
dholliday
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Add - Taxi driver / Scar Face / One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest / Platoon to your list too.
neil999
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well watch it then, its very good actually
I like Kermode, he seems to be the only one, who actually calls some big money films out for what they are.
Where as a lot of the others seem to try to play it safe.
dholliday
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aye, should've been in my list too...9/10 great film...
is Nurse Ratched the most terrifying villain in film? she might be, you know