I agree. 2001 is also really overrated.
The only Kubrick film I have liked is Eyes Wide Shut.
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The only Kubrick film I have liked is Eyes Wide Shut.
I think it was comfortably better than both. No film sends shivers down my spine as much as Lagaan did.
2001 is one of the greatest films of all time
Why the Godfather 2 without the Godfather? One doesn’t work without the other.
Blade Runner is overrated IMO (as is Ridley Scott, mostly. Alien is good)
The other flicks in your ‘great’ six are all good to great films though.
Re the popcorn flicks, I’ve grown to hate all the Indians Jones films, especially Temple of Doom.
Gladiator is overrated IMO (Scott again)
I like T1 more than T2
Good Will Hunting has one of the most unrealistic protagonists in the history of cinema.
Tarantino is very patchy and has kind of become a parody of himself, but you have to say that his early films are good.
Star Wars is basically a kids’ flick, but its cultural impact cannot be denied.
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Apocalypse Now losing to Kramer vs Kramer. I love Kramer vs Kramer but Apocalypse Now is on another level. It's such a difficult movie to make even now but Coppola did that movie in 1979.
Ennio Morricone should have won it few times before he was finally given for The Hateful Eight. The Mission is one such masterpiece, it deserved academy award for sure. The same goes with Western movies he combined with Sergio Leone. Those tracks are still so fresh to hear even now.
Al Pacino not winning for all those wonderful performances in 70s. Godfather 2, Serpico, Dog day afternoon.
Ennio Morricone should have won it few times before he was finally given for The Hateful Eight. The Mission is one such masterpiece, it deserved academy award for sure. The same goes with Western movies he combined with Sergio Leone. Those tracks are still so fresh to hear even now.
Al Pacino not winning for all those wonderful performances in 70s. Godfather 2, Serpico, Dog day afternoon.
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The Pursuit of Happyness/ Will Smith
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This.
Not a bad list by any means. Great to see Spirited Away get a mention as that's just a remarkable film.
But I'd place a handful of movies from each decade up against that list or even above any of those movies. Of course, we all have our preferences (I love crime movies and find war movies a bit overrated in general).
Rashomon, North by Northwest, Dr Strangelove, Chinatown, Godfather I, Blue Velvet, Stand by Me, Stand and Deliver, Reservoir Dogs, Mystic River, Fight Club, Usual Suspects, Memento, Seven, No Country for Old Men, Inherent Vice, Hell or High Water, Grand Budapest, Nocturnal Animals, The Florida Project, etc are all as good as any on that first list for me. Plenty of other underrated greats too like Werckmeister Harmonies or Wild Goose Lake that might not be for some people's tastes. Anderson, Refn, Noe are all amazing directors that have advanced the brilliance of cinema.
For your "popcorn" list, I quite enjoyed most of those. But, I find your inclusion of Good Will Hunting over Shawshank (and dozens of others) truly baffling, especially with the whole "rewatchable" factor. Good Will Hunting has little rewatch value and it's really not even entertaining as a film in reflection since it plays on so many unrealistic American fantasy tropes, to say the least (Damon and Affleck are also hella annoying in that one but hey personal preference). Tons of other great popcorn flicks in the class of those movies though from Boondock Saints to all of Taylor Sheridan's movies, Drive, Nolan's Batman and Inception, Oldboy, Hero, and House of Flying Daggers, etc. The Thing is a meh movie for me as well. I'd take the Japanese Ringu over The Thing.
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