Your Top 5 GOAT Films?

Zer said:
Man, I guess right now

1. Ran
2. Aguirre, The Wrath of God
3. Army of Shadows
4. The Wages of Fear
5. Chungking Express
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Army of Shadows needs to have more attention drawn to it whenever people discuss GOAT films. Such an fantastic, remarkable movie.
 
Slapshot
Major League
Inglorious Basterds
Magnificent Seven
Old School
 
goodfellas
rocky
godfather 2
reservoir dogs
my life

although I feel like drive or fight club should be in there somewhere too
 
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Late Spring
Barry Lyndon
Come and See
Ran
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
 
CodeBreaker said:
I know that there are lot of GOAT-tier movies out there, but this is challenge for you. Let's narrow it down to your top 5.

Not your "favorite 5", but your top 5 movies ever in terms of quality or how great, memorable, and effective these films are to you. Don't put movies you haven't watched!
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Goodfellas - To me the epitome of a perfect film. Directing, acting, writing, music, overall entertainment value and re-watchability......amazing.

Godfather 1&2 - Yes, im using both cause combined they are the best 1&2 ever in the history of cinema imo.

Silence of the Lambs - The psychological thriller to end all. If this movie didnt give you the creeps at one point or another, you may very well be a serial killer yourself ;).

Shawshank Redemption - I mean damn. I could listen to Morgan Freeman narrate a toilet paper commercial....hearing him recite this script and watch brilliant performaces all around....man o man....this is the ultimate movie about not only friendship, but the will of man.

Lord of the rings trilogy as a whole -
Best trilogy ever imho. Best adventure/fantasy ever. What the movie theaters were built for!


Honorable mentions:

A Clockwork Orange
Schindlers List
Jaws
Scarface
Braveheart
Star Wars Trilogy- original
Back to the future
E.T
Boyz N the hood
 
Goldfinger
The Thing
Star Trek II
The Wizard of Oz
Big Trouble in Little China
Edward Scissorhands
The Burbs
Sleepers
Rollerball
Aliens
 
chickenluver said:
Late Spring
Barry Lyndon
Come and See
Ran
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
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CodeBreaker said:
No love for Fight Club?
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Man you guys don't get the difference between objective quality of craft and "I like this"

Fight Club might be in my top 25, and is an excellent EXCELLENT film but when we're narrowing down the 5 best films every made in terms of craft and achievement? Nah.
 
Da Speeit said:
Man you guys don't get the difference between objective quality of craft and "I like this"

Fight Club might be in my top 25, and is an excellent EXCELLENT film but when we're narrowing down the 5 best films every made in terms of craft and achievement? Nah.
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That can't possibly be objective.
 
Alex Murphy said:
That can't possibly be objective.
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yes. There is objective perspective of quality. Angles, arcs, structure, color, sound. Yes, we appreciate them differently, but the objective nature of the craft is not always up for debate. There's this weird cognitive dissonance with people in the modern age when it comes to things like art it seems.

I'll give you an example:
I HATE Gone With the Wind. I fucking can't stand that stupid fucking movie. However, I listed it in the top 5 of Greatest films ever made. The technicolor, scope, acting, period style wardrobe, underlying threads to characters, general premise, emotive moments and characters...all very hard if not impossible to match in cinema. That is objective. It is the truth.

Subjectively, however, I do not like it. There is taste and preference and there is also objective quality. The deep focus used in CK (Yes i'm aware Ozu was the pioneer of it, but Kane had better lighting), is objectively profoud, innovative and almost unreachable. I also find that movie INCREDIBLY borin and pandering.

I like Clockwork Orange more than 2001 but it's not a debate which one was crafted better.
 
Da Speeit said:
yes. There is objective perspective of quality. Angles, arcs, structure, color, sound. Yes, we appreciate them differently, but the objective nature of the craft is not always up for debate. There's this weird cognitive dissonance with people in the modern age when it comes to things like art it seems.

I'll give you an example:
I HATE Gone With the Wind. I fucking can't stand that stupid fucking movie. However, I listed it in the top 5 of Greatest films ever made. The technicolor, scope, acting, period style wardrobe, underlying threads to characters, general premise, emotive moments and characters...all very hard if not impossible to match in cinema. That is objective. It is the truth.

Subjectively, however, I do not like it. There is taste and preference and there is also objective quality. The deep focus used in CK (Yes i'm aware Ozu was the pioneer of it, but Kane had better lighting), is objectively profoud, innovative and almost unreachable. I also find that movie INCREDIBLY borin and pandering.

I like Clockwork Orange more than 2001 but it's not a debate which one was crafted better.
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Total, utter bullshit. You CANNOT say QUALITY is OBJECTIVE. You CANNOT say the QUALITY of ANYTHING cannot be up for DEBATE. I've never read a more bullshit post in all my life. On any forum. About anything. christ, that kind of completely irrational nonsense just pisses me off.
 
Alex Murphy said:
Total, utter bullshit. You CANNOT say QUALITY is OBJECTIVE. You CANNOT say the QUALITY of ANYTHING cannot be up for DEBATE. I've never read a more bullshit post in all my life. On any forum. About anything. christ, that kind of completely irrational nonsense just pisses me off.
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oh.
 
Da Speeit said:
oh.
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Google the fucking word objective. (of a person or their judgement) not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts. FACTS! FACTS! FACTS! FACTS are objective. Mathematical FACTS! Scientific FACTS! Historical FACTS! You're gonna seriously try and tell me the deep focus in Citizen Kane is objectively PROFOUND?! Gimme a fuckin' break!
 
Alex Murphy said:
Google the fucking word objective. (of a person or their judgement) not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts. FACTS! FACTS! FACTS! FACTS are objective. Mathematical FACTS! Scientific FACTS! Historical FACTS! You're gonna seriously try and tell me the deep focus in Citizen Kane is objectively PROFOUND?! Gimme a fuckin' break!
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Im not just gonna try, I'm actually going to state it.
 
Da Speeit said:
There's no way this doesnt become a Citizen Kane thread btw
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Citizen Kane and Blade Runner are two of most disappointing movie experiences. Not because they were bad, but because they were just good.

I love movies in general and in both cases I sat down and was like, "Okay, I'm ready for greatness.", and at the end of both I thought, "I enjoyed it. But really???"

Honestly, the best thing about seeing either of them is that understanding the Blade Runner world helped me enjoy Blade Runner 2049, IMO far better movie, even more.
 
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