Best feature film in the history of cimema?

[oc16]

I vote Dances With Wolves.

Who's with me?

 

[Xenom0rph]

Predator

It had all the right ingredients: Arnold in his prime, a memorable cast, action, sci-fi, horror, great music, simple but compelling plot.

And of course, the legendary Kevin Peter Hall as the Predator....

 

[oc16]

Predator

It had all the right ingredients: Arnold in his prime, a memorable cast, action, sci-fi, horror, great music, simple but compelling plot.

And of course, the legendary Kevin Peter Hall as the Predator....

Predator never came to mind, but I definitely see your points.

Yeah, good cast. Carl Weathers and Jesse Ventura. I liked the guy who played Mack as well.

 

[mickdollaz]

This list is not off to a good start...

 

[Xenom0rph]

How many of us were inspired to get into weightlifting after seeing Dutch and Dillon shake hands

 

[thinker]

The Terminator, it was so far ahead of its time. think about it , they were talking about the internet (skynet) over a decade before it would come into use by civilians.

 

[Black Widow Void]

 

[Atom Smasher]

Predator...Terminator...Dances with Wolves...

This thread is like someone asking “What’s the most amazing gourmet meal you ever had?”, only to be answered with hot dogs, spaghetti, or a Three Musketeers bar.

You youngsters must be completely unaware of the rich history of film and its development over the decades.

My vote would be for Citizen Kane, which was a quantum leap forward in film technique, cinematography and narrative style. This film could be considered a complete course in filmmaking. Made by Orson Wells whose career peaked at the tender age of 25.

 

[corrector]

V for Vendetta (2005), Children of Men (2006) are two cinematic masterpieces which have stood the test of time with me. I've watched them when they were out in the theaters and have continued to re-watch them up to today. Knowing, 2009 is not highly critically acclaimed, but is still a personal favorite.

A more recent masterpiece would be Edge of Tomorrow 2014.

Those are just great movies that have never got old no matter how many re-watches.

I used to like Terminator 2 and Jurassic Park, but I've lost interest in those movies. Subsequent Terminator franchise movies have killed that franchise and Jurassic Park is just so so. It was nice at the time, but just not too big of a deal with me today.

 

[SW15]

Gone with the Wind

 

[zekko]

Gone with the Wind

Cancelled.
I think It's a Wonderful Life is a pretty good film. Maybe not the best, but probably top five.

 

[SW15]

Cancelled.

It is inane that Gone with the Wind has been a victim of cancel culture. The United States culture is getting cucked by SJWs and leftists.

I'm Italian-American. I happen to like the movie Goodfellas. I could argue that Goodfellas is a negative portrayal of Italian-Americans. Guess what? The Mafia is a part of history for Italian-Americans. History must be accurate. The truth must be told.

Yes, slavery was an atrocity. Slavery ended 150+ years ago. The Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964. That's 55+ years ago. It's important to rectify historical wrongs but erasing history is an atrocity as well.

Film must be preserved and viewed within an appropriate historical context.

 

[Augustus_McCrae]

Cool hand Luke
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid
Godfather 1 & 2
Outlaw Josie Wales
Roadhouse (ok, not great, but my favorite cheesy B movie)

-Augustus-

 

[oc16]

It is inane that Gone with the Wind has been a victim of cancel culture. The United States culture is getting cucked by SJWs and leftists.

I'm Italian-American. I happen to like the movie Goodfellas. I could argue that Goodfellas is a negative portrayal of Italian-Americans. Guess what? The Mafia is a part of history for Italian-Americans. History must be accurate. The truth must be told.

Yes, slavery was an atrocity. Slavery ended 150+ years ago. The Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964. That's 55+ years ago. It's important to rectify historical wrongs but erasing history is an atrocity as well.

Film must be preserved and viewed within an appropriate historical context.

I'm Italian American too (half Italian). While Goodfellas is great, I like Casino even better. Casino also has a great soundtrack.

A few years ago, PBS did a multi part documentary called the Italian-Americans. It was excellent.

 

[Jor-El]

Marlon Brando says,of course,Superman The Movie

 

[SW15]

I feel the same way. I'm part Italian and I HATE the Italian-American organizations that bytch and moan about Goodfellas, the Godfather, etc. Those are great works of art and everyone knows most Italians aren't "connected." Plus, nobody forces anyone to watch them.

One difference is that at least those two movies were made by Italian-Americans from NY, so they understood the background. Whereas up until recently there weren't a lot of black directors telling black stories. But a great movie should stand on its own merit, even if the message is uncomfortable. (By that metric I think Do The Right Thing is really good, for example.)

I liked Do The Right Thing.

I actually thought Jersey Shore was wildly entertaining. I'm definitely a Gym Tan Laundry guy. Even in 2009-2010 when Jersey Shore was in its first season, I had been into those sorts of things but I never thought to put the words of Gym Tan Laundry together to summarize a lifestyle. Women definitely are into GTL guys. A guy will look good implementing GTL. I don't do anabolic steroids though, as a lot of juicehead guidos do. I also do not find the term guido offensive, but it is an unfairly treated slur. It's considerable acceptable to use the guido slur against Italian-Americans as they are white people, but using slurs against any other race/ethnicity is not considered socially acceptable.

I'm Italian American too (half Italian). While Goodfellas is great, I like Casino even better. Casino also has a great soundtrack.

A few years ago, PBS did a multi part documentary called the Italian-Americans. It was excellent.

Goodfellas is definitely great. I have not seen Casino in its entirety. Maybe 5-10 minutes on TV once. Speaking of films about criminal life, neither version of Scarface has been mentioned in this discussion. I never saw the 1932 Scarface based on Al Capone, but I did see the 1983 Scarface centered around cocaine trafficking.

I would be interested in the PBS documentary.

No one has mentioned The Wizard of Oz which is completely different from than content about Italian-Americans. It's much different to make a film involving mainstream white people in Kansas than Italian-Americans in New York/New Jersey. Italians are white, but an ethnic white.

 

[zekko]

While Goodfellas is great, I like Casino even better.

Casino is good, but IMO Goodfellas is the better movie.
If you like Goodfellas, you should like Casino though, and vice versa.

 

[Billtx49]

For sheer entertainment value and storytelling genius, whether the content is agreed with or not, I prefer the Hollywood golden era epics and their production value of those days:
Cleopatra
Ben-Hur 1959
King of Kings
How the west was won
Ten Commandments
It’s a wonderful life

+ Any Clint Eastwood Italian western for Value of high T on display.

But the days of Cecil B. DeMille and his kind are long gone, to be replaced with next generation great storytellers like George Lucas and CGI.…

The mark of a great movie? How you feel after watching…

 

[eli77]

the matrix/the crow/god father

 

[Jack12345]