Top 5 films

[Glostergull]

My top films

Oh Mr Porter
The Battle of Britain
The Star Trek series.
St Trinians series
Passion of the Christ
James Bond. Casino Royal. Craig!
Yes it's six. Ya Boo sucks!

[EmetEdadsBeard]

Good grief you lot have some shocking taste in films . Mrs Beard and I used to visit the 'pictures' on average twice a week, proper film buffs.

With a few exceptions, any film with a '2' or 'II' following it is generally shat, a follow up to a good idea that the film industry is milking for all its worth . A few examples of this are the Rocky films, Rambo, Saw, Matrix, Mad Max, Die Hard, and many , many others.
Exceptions to this are Back to the Future, Bourne, The '28' pair of films, Lethal Weapon (got a soft spot for these), The 'Man With No Name' films, and the 'Dirty Harry' series with Clint, with a few others as well, but not many. Clint's Dirty Harry films are magnificent, with the exception of Sudden Impact with his ex wife Sondra Locke playing the lead female role, an actress so wooden you could make a pallet out of her :slap: .

Also any remake is usually the same, again there are a few exceptions but they are a rarity. I think the industry has run out of ideas so remaking films with more up to date effects seems to have become the norm.
War Of The Worlds, The Day The Earth Stood Still, I Am Legend (a remake of a film called 'The Omega Man starring Charlton Heston-1978 [itself a remake of The Last Man On Earth starring Vincent Price 1946]) The Hulk, Mean Machine, Casino Royale (I'm not a Bond fan but always thought they were sacred), Titanic (remake of A Night To Remember) and many others.

Mad Max '2' is actually a remake of the original, therefore falls into the catergory of being a better remake but part of a shat series of follow ups. Pale Rider starring Clint is a magnificent remake of a film called 'Shane' (1953) starring Alan Ladd.

I've watched 1000s of films over the years, to pick out 5 is really difficult, but here's my attempt (in no particular order) with some others you should watch.

Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood 1971) + the follow ups (bar one!)
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Clint Eastwood 1966) + the prequels
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
The Shawshank Redemption (Tim Robbins 1994)
The Full Monty (Robert Carlyle 1997)

PLUS Jacobs Ladder (Tim Robbins 1990) the only film to ever make me cry.
28 weeks later (Robert Carlyle 2007) 28 days Later is good as well
The Day The Earth Stood Still (Michael Rennie 1953- won an Oscar for special effects)
Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels (Jason Statham 1998)
Snatch ( Brad Pitt, Jason Statham 2000)
Good Morning Vietnam (Robin Williams 1987)
Theres only One Jimmy Grimble ( Ray Winstone, Robert Carlyle 2000) Footy film, brilliant.
Lethal Weapon (Mel Gibson, Danny Glover 1987) + follow ups.
This Sporting Life (Richard Harris 1963)
+ many more which I cant think of at the moment.

There are numerous others I could name, these are just my choices, obviously people will have a different view. As you can see there are no chick flicks mentioned as they aren't my cup of tea.

Also any film that 'stars' Hugh Grant, Tom Cruise (Rain Man excepted), Steven Seagal (a man so wooden I could build a shed out of him) avoid like the plague! :no:

In my opinion only one film has ever been followed up by a realistic and believable sequel that was worth making. That was
Hitchcocks Psycho (1960) starring Antony Perkins. Psycho II (made in 1983) also stars Perkins as the psycopath now released from a mental home after more than 20 years . No make up needed as obviously Perkins was actually more than 20 years old. Brilliant.

[stevegull]

Emet, you missed out Grease 2 as an exception to the 'all follow-ups are bad' rule...

[Gullscorer]

Good grief Emet you have some shocking tastes in films...

[Scott Brehaut]

Emet,
You start your post by saying that some of us have shocking taste in films, then follow that up with a post that, amongst other things, lists The Full Monty in your "top five" list!!!
Seriously!!!!

By the way, I'm with you re that floppy haired stuttering, spluttering buffoon, Hugh Grant.

[SuperNickyWroe]

1. Some like it hot
2. Goodfellas
3. Get Carter
4. LA Confidential
5. Die Hard


I thank you.

[stevegull]

Die Hard = Quality, quite right SNW. However, die hard 4 was one of the worst films I have seen. They just went waaay over the top. Falling off a building and landing on the wing of a plane - too far.

[EmetEdadsBeard]

Emet,
You start your post by saying that some of us have shocking taste in films, then follow that up with a post that, amongst other things, lists The Full Monty in your "top five" list!!!
Seriously!!!!

By the way, I'm with you re that floppy haired stuttering, spluttering buffoon, Hugh Grant.

I did say it was personal choice.

As an ex Sheffield steelworker (circa 1976-1993) The Full Monty struck a chord with me as I met many characters just like the ones in the film and recognised the locations, hence it's in my favourite 5 (its also one of our kids favourites so it cant be that bad!). You don't find Robert Carlyle in many crap films.
I've also spotted one other I overlooked, Goodfellas.
I also thought Grease II was cack (enjoyed the oringinal though even though the genre isn't my cup of tea).

[cambgull]

28 Weeks Later you regard as one of the best films ever? And you call us clueless! That film is atrocious and frankly embarrassing to be in the same genre as 28 Days Later. You then talk about sequels and don't even mention the Godfather II, which is one of the best sequels ever. Especially for the ending.

[ferrarilover]

My my, Beardy's post goes up and down like <insert applicable username here>'s mum.

Die Hard 2 is cool. Massively silly, but cool as balls.
BTTF 2 is also an excellent movie, so you've redeemed yourself.
Casino Royale is a perfectly decent Bond film. It does what is needed and is a refreshing leap back to normality after the technology and testosterone fuelled (but equally brilliant) Brosnan tenure.
The newest Titanic is another wonderful movie, which manages to tell a story that we all know as a backdrop to a classic love story. Those who wax lyrical about Gone With the Wind but hate Titanic have an agenda, probably borne of playground unpopularity leading to an acute case of hating anything that is popular or successful.
Shawshank is, probably, the most voted for 'favourite movie of all time' of all time, and with good reason.
The Full Monty is still one of the funniest films I've seen. The scene in the bank when Hot Chocolate come on the radio is a classic.
Lock Stock and Snatch are proper films. For those who haven't seen it, YouTube SnatchWars.
Huge Grant is the co-star (among a great many) of one of the best films ever made. Love Actually manages to be just about everything all in one, balanced perfectly. It's one of my very favourite films, despite being set against the back drop of the very worst period of the year.

Has anyone mentioned The Naked Gun yet?

Matt.

[robbotufc]

Life of Brian
Blazing Saddles
Shawshank Redemption
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
all the Lord of the Rings

[Trojan 67]

Life of Brian
Blazing Saddles
Shawshank Redemption
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
all the Lord of the Rings

You passed over my house without calling in ?

Randle Patrick McMurphy has nothing on Trojan.

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[stevegull]

On another note, saw 'Inception' for the first time the other day and to be honest I'm not really sure what I made of it. I think I'll give it another watch before giving a more well-rounded verdict but what do you lot think? Did it really deserve all those film award nominations?

[Gullscorer]

Top five Asian films:
The Seven Samurai
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Lagaan (India's included in Asia) http://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/searc ... y+Singh%22" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The Last Samurai (okay it's Hollywood but still a great film) http://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/searc ... 2Koyuki%22" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The Road Home
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(That's five if you don't include Hollywood)

[cambgull]

You haven't included Ip Man, poor form!