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Inspired in part by the "Up" thread and also because I have sod all else to do.
Give us your perfect films.
Not neccesarily the highest rated or the most critically acclaimed but films that in your mind just couldn't be improved upon.
I'll start with "Back to the Future"
Amélie.
Paper Moon.
Where Eagles Dare.
the lord of the rings trilogy.
robocop!
The Princess Bride
Withnail and I 🙂
Deadly does Dallas
Hot Rod.
deadlydarcy - Member
The Princess Bride
Do you have any idea how much I dislike agreeing with you? 😉
Also;
Taxi. The original French version. Pure, unplug your brain fun!
Leon
The Princess Bride, drops the ball a bit through the middle section IMO.
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Jurassic Park
The Big Country
Fight Club
And I'll be the first to say Bladerunner
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - what a masterpiece!
Solaris......the original....not the crappy remake with wotsisname in it
Solaris......the original
And also [i]Stalker[/i]. What tires for the zone?
For me (and this is of course personal) two stand out as perfect in execution:
The Fifth Element
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Up, whilst excellent and moving, isn't perfect. The pathos of the beginning takes a back seat whilst a kids' movie takes over. Not that kids movies are bad but the change of tack gets it marked down *very slightly*
We are talking about perfect films, not films you really liked. You can love a flim that has flaws. Taxi (French) for example is hugely enjoyable but not a perfect film.
How has no one said this yet?
Scott Pilgrim, Zombieland, The Fountain, Drive, NCFOM, Hot Fuzz, Attack The Block, The Matrix....
The Big Lebowski
Withnail and I
Blazing Saddles
Apocolypse Now (The original - not the utterly pointless Redux, which just proves the whole 'couldn't be improved on' point)
And I'll be the first to say Bladerunner
See as much as I love it I have to disagree. The pacing is a bit slow, plus it exists in more than one version.
Toy Story
plus it exists in more than one version.
I was about to ask, "which version?"
I know I'm in the minority but, I'm going to say it:
Withnail and I and Apocalypse Now are the two films I have enjoyed the least, ever. I absolutely loathed them.
There, I've said it.
Despicable me
Taken
Layer cake
Body of lies
Toy Story 1, 2 & 3
Raiders of The Lost Ark
Withnail & I
Kelly's Heroes
Starship Troopers
The Spy Who Loved Me
...and
Smokey and The Bandit 😀
To have and have not
The African Queen
Ice cold in Alex
The Truman show
The princess bride.
The burbs.
Wristcutters: A love story.
Requiem for a Dream.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.
Rear Window.
Wings of Desire.
House of Games.
Dead Letter Office.
The Sting.
Casablanca.
The Deerhunter.
Show me Love.
The African Queen
Ice cold in Alex
Damn right.... 🙂
The Third Man
Blazing Saddles
Vanishing Point
Shawshank Redemption
633 Squadron
Life of Brian
Withnail and I and Apocalypse Now are the two films I have enjoyed the least, ever. I absolutely loathed them.
In the sea of badly made crap that represents about 99.5% of the films made, why specifically didn't you like these 2 fella?
The Blues Brothers and Highlander, both have excellent soundtracks that complement the films perfectly. Or maybe it should be the films complement the soundtracks perfectly. Can't decide which.
Oh yeah and Top Gun!
Withnail and I was a story of two unlikeable w@nkers not being funny in the Lake District (or wherever they were).
Apocalypse Now was just really, really dull.
Raiders of the lost Ark (all of them).
In Bruges.
The Darhjeling Ltd.
A Life Aquatic.
The Grinch.
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Terminator 2.
The Fifth Element.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
leon
amen and a bit too subtle for me, however it has produced one of my treasured memories. Mrs hadn't seen it so thought I better show her one of the genre's most acclaimed films.[b]And I'll be the first to say Bladerunner[/b]
See as much as I love it I have to disagree. The pacing is a bit slow
Mrs, halfway through "I thought wesley snipes was in this"
A tricky one. Lots of ilms have been good for me, some even superb, but perfect? Tricky indeed. I'll throw my hat in the ring with Apocalypse Now.
Bladerunner comes close too.
To my shame I've never actually seen "The Princess Bride"
Die Hard, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Shawshank Redemption are all perfect film contenders
Star Wars
The Terminator
Blues Brothers
Ghost Busters
Die Hard +1
The Straight Story
Three Colours Blue
Silent Running
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Recently The Artist and Argo.
Memento, perfectly and faultlessly executed.
Silent running
- Double Team
- Anything with Van Damme in it.
And I'll be the first to say Bladerunner
Which version?
I'll say Heat, Bullitt, Moon and pretty much everything mentioned above.
Tacones lejanos.
Superman 3 for its special effex.
Jaws 4 coz its scary.
Gremlins 2 & Miami vice coz they're exciting and stuff.
Monsters, Inc.
Cars
Seven
My favourite film of all time. Fantastic directing, acting, plot and cinematography.
Deliverance
Wizard of Oz
Miami Blues
Thunderbolt & Lightfoot
the Incredibles
Never should any of them be remade.
Blue Velvet
Ahhh Yes..another one from me.
No Country for Old Men
A Life Less Ordinary. Can't believe it's about 6.2 on imdb.
Fight Club
Bad Santa
+1 for Wings of Desire
No-one said Aliens yet? Aliens. Special Edition, obv.
Anything by Terence Malick.
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Twelve Angry Men
Easy A
Leon +1
Diehard +1
La Femme Nikita
Quadraphenia
Italian Job (original)
Reservoir Dogs
Love, Honour & Obey
Pay It Forward
The Godfather
The Last Starfighter
E.T.
Cougar - Member
No-one said Aliens yet? Aliens. Special Edition, obv.
But it's not, that's the problem, it's just a damned good film. I like it, a lot, but the fact that there are still to many little things that are out of place or just wrong ruin it. You could even argue that having to upgrade to the director's cut to see a perfect film would automatically discount it from being in the running.
As much as I love that film, I can't say it's perfect.
Police academy 4 & 2.
That Ninja film with hulk hogan and some kids. Its good!
Spy kids is also one THE BESTEST films ever.
So. But was it "perfect"?
that there are still to many little things that are out of place or just wrong ruin it.
I don't really want to start an argument, but I'd be interested to hear some examples.
You could even argue that having to upgrade to the director's cut to see a perfect film would automatically discount it from being in the running.
You could. But it'd be silly. (-:
The Hobbit 3D
Wow !!!
Qwerty, love that film!
Mr wippit? yeh, it was perfect! 😀
Pulp Fiction
Donnie Darko
Leon
Memento
But it's not, that's the problem, it's just a damned good film. I like it, a lot, but the fact that there are still to many little things that are out of place or just wrong ruin it. You could even argue that having to upgrade to the director's cut to see a perfect film would automatically discount it from being in the running.As much as I love that film, I can't say it's perfect.
Spot on. Same with Star Wars. The dialogue is clearly bobbins so not perfect just great
Great Expectations (1946 version)
The Hobbit 3DWow !!!
Too long. Not perfect.
Blues Brothers
National Lampoons Animal house
True Grit....
I saw Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy last week and my first though afterwards was "that was perfect"
Groundhog Day
The Truman Show
Blade Runner.
Shawshank Redemption.
Princess Bride.
Empire Strikes Back. (Perfect for an 11 year old)
Pulp Fiction
Elephant, the 1989 NornIrn one.
A Life Less Ordinary
Great film! The OST is brilliant as well.
[i]True Grit[/i]
Which one?!
And a couple of probably maybe entries from me -
Dogma
Stranger Than Fiction
Zoolander
Very Bad Things
Man on the Moon
Kung Fu Hustle!