I'm bored. I think I'll try to annoy Schild...

[kaid]

I would have to agree with you there Schild I myself would be much more likely to put movies that make me stop when I notice they are on and watch them and could watch them over and over to ones that are probably higher artistic value but not as rewatchable films.

Shawshank Redemption would probably top my list because I have yet to channel surf past it and not end up watching it to the end. God only knows how many times I have seen this film but its a lot.

I have seen most of the films like yojimbo on IFC and I do really like them but I have to be in the right mood to watch them and I doubt I could stand rewatching it again in the same day.

Peoples tastes are so different you can maybe make a top 100 list for yourself but thats about it anybody else who looks at it likely will disagree.


kaid

[schild]

Shawshank is quite possibly the Best Movie Ever Made.

I shit you not when I say that. Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman's performances are crafted by god himself.

It makes me cry that Million Dollar Baby - which was just a sad attempt to cash in on Morgan Freeman...worked.

For Kaid: The important thing about top 10 lists are that they can't be in order. I'd probably have Resevoir Dogs on mine somewhere because of my manlove for Tim Roth, but Pulp Fiction would not.

Here's one I'm sure only a few of you have seen but everyone should: Legend of 1900.

[Paelos]

Rewatchable List or Movies that Stop Me when I'm flipping around:

LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The Devil's Advocate
Fight Club
Jaws
Major League
Caddyshack
Bull Durham
Con Air
Pitch Black
Cube

[kaid]

My rewatchable list would be as follows and yes mock me for I rewatch some odd things.

Shawshank redemption
5th element
13th warrior no clue why but something compells me to watch this whenever it is on I think I am cursed
Dark City
Lord of the rings series
orignal starwars series
usual suspects
Ronin mmmmmm much love for this film
pitch black


These are deffinatly not all movie master pieces but all of them are films that for some reason force me to watch them whenever they are on.

kaid

[stray]

It isn't until you get to number 30-40 that you start getting movies that you could actually watch every day. Twice. And I think that's the real test.

Oddly enough, I could watch Groundhog Day ad infinitum.

[HaemishM]

If I *had* to pick an italian movie i'd probably be weak and say Cinema Paradiso.

The fact that you didn't mention 8 1/2 is a crime. I will shoot you with a trout rifle. That fires actual trouts.

My Highly Variable Top 10 Movies for Artistic Merit off the top of my head and in no order
8 1/2
2001
The Empire Strikes Back
Beauty and the Beast (Cocteau version)
Dr. Strangelove
The Seventh Seal
Brazil
Rear Window
Ran
Wild at Heart

Now that differs from my

Top 10 Most Enjoyable Movies that May or May Not Be Artistically Excellent But Are Still Among the Best EVAR
The Crow
Office Space
Pulp Fiction
Full Metal Jacket
Snatch
Blade Runner
Braveheart
The Killer
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Demolition Man

[Bunk]

Ok Haemish, big points for recognizing the awesomness of Demolition Man. Minus a ton for felating the Felini snorefest. Yea its classic, yea its amazing filmaking, revolutionary, beautiful, all of that. But its nercolepsy inducingly boooooring.


Kaid: 13th Warrior. Eeek. I really wanted to enjoy this movie, it was shot practically in my back yard at the time.  I liked a few of the sequences, the battles were decent, but the first ten minutes of that movie were just horrendous. Oh, and watch some of the battle scenes with all of the naked primitives riding in on horseback - on tooled leather saddles. Sigh. Little details like that just bug me.

[MaceVanHoffen]

Brazil
...
Braveheart

Well, of course I like Brazil :)

But I'd actually put Braveheart in your first list.  It is a pretty artsy film, despite the big budget and the epic battles and what not.  Gibson's use of the camera in certain scenes showed some real attention to detail, particularly in the beginning with the children.  He didn't just film large battles either.  He shot them from interesting angles in a way that highlighted just how jumbled and chaotic real battles on foot can be.  Sure, it's been imitated (poorly) a lot since, but he did it first.  It's probably not art-faggy to say this, but I actually think Gibson's a great director and not just some Hollywood prettyboy.

EDIT: Oh and on the 13th Warrior thing ... great film.  It's one of my guilty pleasures.  Eaters of the Dead really captured my imagination for some reason, so of course I liked the movie version.  Intellectually, I can acknowledge that it was basically a 2-hour closeup of Antonio Banderas' face, but I liked it anyway.

[HaemishM]

No, I thought about putting Braveheart up there for a lot of the reasons you mentioned. I just feel the others were better. Hell, I thought about putting The LotR trilogy in the first list, because of the same reasons you listed for Braveheart. I think the others just were more artistically impressive, whereas a lot of the artistry of both those films is in their technical achievements.

And you may think Fellini is boring, but you have to admit he is a goddamned incredible director at setting up a shot. Whether it's a still image or the way he moves the camera through a room full of people like the camera is dancing with the actors, is just gorgeous. The films aren't always watchable on their surface, but deep down they are always artful.

[MaceVanHoffen]

And you may think Fellini is boring...

Nope, quite the opposite.  I like his flicks overall.  8 1/2 was lovely.

[Signe]

You know what?  I can't even think of 100 movies, let alone 100 to put into a list.  After thinking up 5 or 6, my mind goes blank and I find myself still staring into space an hour later.

[Paelos]

You know what?  I can't even think of 100 movies, let alone 100 to put into a list.  After thinking up 5 or 6, my mind goes blank and I find myself still staring into space an hour later.

That might be a seizure.

[Bunk]

And you may think Fellini is boring...

Nope, quite the opposite.  I like his flicks overall.  8 1/2 was lovely.

I think that he was refering to me thinking of Fellini as boring. I do agree with you Haemish, some of the individual scenes in 8 1/2 were just amazing to look at. I just couldn't keep my eyes open for the full duration of the movie.

[schild]

And you may think Fellini is boring, but you have to admit he is a goddamned incredible director at setting up a shot. Whether it's a still image or the way he moves the camera through a room full of people like the camera is dancing with the actors, is just gorgeous. The films aren't always watchable on their surface, but deep down they are always artful.

Exact same thing with Tarkovsky. But fuck him too.