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1. Apocalypse Now
2. Alien
3. There Will Be Blood
4. Blade Runner
5. No Country for Old Men
2. Alien
3. There Will Be Blood
4. Blade Runner
5. No Country for Old Men
As time rolls by the volume of films that were great grows and so it dwarfs the recent films that were great which gives the impression newer films arent as good as the older ones.Out of curiosity, do people believe the number of great films has decreased over the years? Or is it nostalgia attached to those older films?
I love Total Recall, I've probably seen it 30 times as it's one we had on VHS when I was in school. Ronny Cox is convincing in that and Robocop as the psychopathic politician/businessman.Matrix
Robocop
Total Recall
Terminator 2
Trading Places
Congratulations. A real film fan who realises that superb cinema existed pre 1965Godfather and Apocalypse Now are definitely in there.
After that, I'm not sure. Probably some of Casablanca, The Third Man, Double Indemnity, Once Upon A Time In The West, Blade Runner, and Heat, or maybe something from Hitchcock (Rear Window? North By Northwest? Notorious?) or one out of It's A Wonderful Life, The Maltese Falcon, Chinatown, The Pianist, La vita è bella, The Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, and Children Of Men. And maybe Citizen Kane once I've rewatched it.
I don't know how people can ever choose.
He's brilliant and underrated. So is Kurtwood Smith to a lesser extent.I love Total Recall, I've probably seen it 30 times as it's one we had on VHS when I was in school. Ronny Cox is convincing in that and Robocop as the psychopathic politician/businessman.
And somehow I didn't realize that was him in Beverly Hills Cop.
No idea why he disappeared from big action movies.
Made the mistake of watching the French/International version.The Matrix
Leon the professional
Fast and Furious (1)
Heat
No country for old men
He was cast against type in Robocop, as before that he'd always played nice guys. As it was the first thing I ever saw him in, it was weird seeing him play anything other than a baddie after that though!I love Total Recall, I've probably seen it 30 times as it's one we had on VHS when I was in school. Ronny Cox is convincing in that and Robocop as the psychopathic politician/businessman.
And somehow I didn't realize that was him in Beverly Hills Cop.
No idea why he disappeared from big action movies.
Amazing!!!Glengarry Glenn Ross
Oh I love that film, the patter, the pacing, the general feel of middle-aged men breaking down, it's a great film. Not long either.Amazing!!!
Se7en is an overwhelmingly bleak movie, the palette, the score, the general grey, damp misery of it and I love it. The quick, effective world-building is a great feature and one slightly overlooked by people in my opinion. I think it's a tad underrated due to the ending that was aped a bit like the Matrix, which was lampooned and became a cultural touchstone/zeitgeist thing.In terms of personal favourites. No particular order.
LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring
No Country for Old Men
Se7en
Schindler’s List
The Departed
I could put any from LOTR in there, but the first one is my favourite. I’d like to put something by both Nolan (Interstellar or Oppenheimer) and Villeneuve (Prisoners or Sicario) in there, but they just miss out.
The Raid is phenomenal, remember seeing it in the cinema, mid-week, late showing, and was blown away by it.He's brilliant and underrated. So is Kurtwood Smith to a lesser extent.
Can't believe I forgot The Raid.