@ Neil McCauley’s Cooler Brother:
I understand your choices, but opinions are subjective – the ones you picked out were all particularly competitive years.
And I didn’t actually say “For a Few Dollars More” would be a better ‘Best Picture’ winner; it is simply the better film. Of course that wouldn’t happen – the Academy tend to crap on westerns, and “The Sound of Music” is VERY Oscar-friendly. Same with “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”; you’re looking at what would be a better Oscar winner – not a better film. Oscars don’t mean films are good.
And “Star Wars” built on what “2001: A Space Odyssey” introduced in terms of the sci-fi genre. The Academy love romance with a touch of comedy. That’s why “Annie Hall” won.
Okay, my “Terms of Endearment” choice maybe wasn’t the best, but, to be perfectly honest, I didn’t think much of that film at all. That was a personal choice, however, so point taken.
@ Polarisdib
“Mrs. Miniver” was possibly THE worst choice for the award. I know “Yankee Doodle Dandy” isn’t exactly the best film of all time – but at least it had character and sekf-awareness. “Mrs. Miniver” was a complete wreck of a movie.
And “Titanic”? Now. Let me just come to terms with that statement. You seriously think that a trashy romantic drama with vast historical inaccuracies outruns, say, “L.A. Confidential”: a superb portrayal of the two faces of corrupt police officers in 1950s L.A. I don’t think so. The former is a blockbuster; the latter is a picture.
Impossible to number them 1 to 25. So here’s my list alphabetically:
8½ (Fellini)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick)
A Clockwork Orange (Kubrick)
A Streetcar Named Desire (Kazan)
American Beauty (Mendes)
Annie Hall (Allen)
The Apartment (Wilder)
Apocalypse Now (Coppola)
C’era un Volta il West (Leone)
Citizen Kane (Welles)
Cidade de Deus (Meirelles/Lund)
Double Indemnity (Wilder)
The Godfather (Coppola)
Goodfellas (Scorsese)
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (Leone)
Manhattan (Allen)
Memento (Nolan)
On the Waterfront (Kazan)
Once Upon a Time in America (Leone)
Pulp Fiction (Tarantino)
Requiem for a Dream (Aronofsky)
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (Lucas)
Sunset Boulevard (Wilder)
Taxi Driver (Scorsese)
The Third Man (Welles)
This is a potentially interesting topic, as I’ve heard people call the same director BOTH underrated and overrated. For example, I know of-the-present film lovers call Darren Aronofsky underrated and even misunderstood, and I know people who call him overrated, and say his movies often drift away from the matter at hand.
So, who are the directors you think deserve to be noticed, and who are those you think are undeservedly popular?
Personally, I can’t see it happening. I agree with you in that DiCaprio is now Scorsese’s main focus.
However, not all the films De Niro is in nowadays are that bad. Sure, they have NOTHING on the likes of “TAXI DRIVER”, “GOODFELLAS” and “RAGING BULL”, but it’s difficult to compare them. “STARDUST” and “EVERYBODY’S FINE” are more suited to the aged De Niro.
TOP 10:
The Third Man
Sunset Boulevard
Touch of Evil
Double Indemnity
Ace in the Hole
Notorious
In a Lonely Place
The Killers
The Maltese Falcon
Out of the Past
GENRE:
Animation
TOP 10:
Spirited Away
Princess Mononoke
Grave of the Fireflies
Ratatouille
Toy Story
Castle in the Sky
Monsters, inc.
Beauty and the Beast
WALL-E
Up
I’d say THE most influential is Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey”. It pretty much introduced the sci-fi genre, and created a new era of visual effects. And, most importantly, was the first film to look deep into the conflict which will remain relevant for years: Man vs. Machine.
I suppose I could ask you exactly the same question for every LIST you have created. But I wont. What i will do is answer your question. I guess, in some crazy way, I thought it would be interesting to see other peoples’ choices.
Here’s a list of films that DESERVE a nomination – not necesarrily films that have a chance.
Alphabetically…
(500) Days of Summer
A Prophet
Away We Go
Beyond All Boundaries
Brooklyn’s Finest
Coraline
The Cove
Everybody’s Fine
In the Loop
The Informant!
Moon
Ponyo
The Road
Sugar
Whatever Works
The White Ribbon
Still have no idea why this request is constantly blanked…
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
DIR Irvin Kershner PROD George Lucas, Gary Kurtz SCR George Lucas, Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan DP Peter Suschitzky CAST Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Kenny Baker, Anthony Daniels, Alec Guinness ED Paul Hirsch MUSIC John Williams
It would be good if we could delete posts in forums.
I would really like it if actors/directors could have two separate profiles.
An example is John Huston: he should have an actor profile (Chinatown, The Visitor…) and a director profile (The Maltese Falcon, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre…). This way, people could become a fan of, say, the director and not necessarily the actor.
And, maybe the most important, if we could rate with half-stars: suppose I wanted to rate Woody Allen’s “Annie Hall” 4.5 / 5 – the current system forces me to choose between 4 or 5.
It may seem the obvious choice, but I’d say Citizen Kane
The method of storytelling in this film is engrossing and really pulls the viewer into the world and life of Charles Foster Kane. A study in power, love, and what is really important in life. I very, very rarely use the word “great”, but these issues are displayed in a truly great way.
The best film with a truly horrendous title is The Godfather: Part II.
What an incredibly tacky name. The worst thing is it doesn’t even fit – it is most certainly not a second part to the first film. It also implies the first film is only the first section… but they’re both individual films.
An example of where similar titles actually work are the two “parts” of Ivan the Terrible.
Best movie with a train in it ? over 3 years ago
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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THE FILMS THAT DIDN'T WIN 'BEST PICTURE' over 3 years ago
12th Academy Awards
Winner: GONE WITH THE WIND
The Better Film: MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON / THE WIZARD OF OZ
13th Academy Awards
Winner: REBECCA
The Better Film: THE GRAPES OF WRATH
14th Academy Awards
Winner: HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
The Better Film: CITIZEN KANE / THE MALTESE FALCON
15th Academy Awards
Winner: MRS. MINIVER
The Better Film: YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
17th Academy Awards
Winner: GOING MY WAY
The Better Film: DOUBLE INDEMNITY
19th Academy Awards
Winner: THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
The Better Film: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
23rd Academy Awards
Winner: ALL ABOUT EVE
The Better Film: SUNSET BOULEVARD
30th Academy Awards
Winner: THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
The Better Film: 12 ANGRY MEN / THE SEVEN SAMURAI / PATHS OF GLORY
31st Academy Awards
Winner: GIGI
The Better Film: VERTIGO
32nd Academy Awards
Winner: BEN-HUR
The Better Film: ANATOMY OF A MURDER / NORTH BY NORTHWEST
36th Academy Awards
Winner: TOM JONES
The Better Film: 8½ / HOW THE WEST WAS WON
37th Academy Awards
Winner: MY FAIR LADY
The Better Film: DR. STRANGELOVE / A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS
38th Academy Awards:
Winner: THE SOUND OF MUSIC
The Better Film: FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE
39th Academy Awards
Winner: A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
The Better Film: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
40th Academy Awards
Winner: IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
The Better Film: THE GRADUATE / BONNIE AND CLYDE
41st Academy Awards
Winner: OLIVER!
The Better Film: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY / ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST / ROSEMARY’S BABY
42nd Academy Awards
Winner: MIDNIGHT COWBOY
The Better Film: BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
44th Academy Awards
Winner: THE FRENCH CONNECTION
The Better Film: A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
47th Academy Awards
Winner: THE GODFATHER PART II
The Better Film: THE CONVERSATION / CHINATOWN
49th Academy Awards
Winner: ROCKY
The Better Film: TAXI DRIVER / NETWORK
50th Academy Awards
Winner: ANNIE HALL
The Better Film: STAR WARS EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE
52nd Academy Awards
Winner: KRAMER VS. KRAMER
The Better Film: APOCALYPSE NOW / MANHATTAN
53rd Academy Awards
Winner: ORDINARY PEOPLE
The Better Film: RAGING BULL / STAR WARS EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK / THE ELEPHANT MAN
54th Academy Awards
Winner: CHARIOTS OF FIRE
The Better Film: ON GOLDEN POND / RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
56h Academy Awards
Winner: TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
The Better Film: STAR WARS EPISODE VI: RETURN OF THE JEDI
57th Academy Awards
Winner: AMADEUS
The Better Film: ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
60th Academy Awards
Winner: THE LAST EMPEROR
The Better Film: FULL METAL JACKET
63rd Academy Awards
Winner: DANCES WITH WOLVES
The Better Film: GOODFELLAS
67th Academy Awards
Winner: FORREST GUMP
The Better Film: PULP FICTION / THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION / LÉON
68th Academy Awards
Winner: BRAVEHEART
The Better Film: THE USUAL SUSPECTS / TOY STORY / CASINO / NIXON
69th Academy Awards
Winner: THE ENGLISH PATIENT
The Better Film: FARGO
70th Academy Awards
Winner: TITANIC
The Better Film: L.A. CONFIDENTIAL / GOOD WILL HUNTING / AS GOOD AS IT GETS / CHILDREN OF HEAVEN
71st Academy Awards
Winner: SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
The Better Film: AMERICAN HISTORY X / LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL / SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
73rd Academy Awards
Winner: GLADIATOR
The Better Film: REQUIEM FOR A DREAM / CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON / TRAFFIC / MEMENTO
75th Academy Awards
Winner: CHICAGO
The Better Film: THE PIANIST / CITY OF GOD
76th Academy Awards
Winner: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
The Better Film: MYSTIC RIVER
78th Academy Awards
Winner: CRASH
The Better Film: CAPOTE / BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN / GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK / MUNICH
81st Academy Awards
Winner: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
The Better Film: MILK / FROST/NIXON
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THE FILMS THAT DIDN'T WIN 'BEST PICTURE' over 3 years ago
@ Neil McCauley’s Cooler Brother:
I understand your choices, but opinions are subjective – the ones you picked out were all particularly competitive years.
And I didn’t actually say “For a Few Dollars More” would be a better ‘Best Picture’ winner; it is simply the better film. Of course that wouldn’t happen – the Academy tend to crap on westerns, and “The Sound of Music” is VERY Oscar-friendly. Same with “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”; you’re looking at what would be a better Oscar winner – not a better film. Oscars don’t mean films are good.
And “Star Wars” built on what “2001: A Space Odyssey” introduced in terms of the sci-fi genre. The Academy love romance with a touch of comedy. That’s why “Annie Hall” won.
Okay, my “Terms of Endearment” choice maybe wasn’t the best, but, to be perfectly honest, I didn’t think much of that film at all. That was a personal choice, however, so point taken.
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THE FILMS THAT DIDN'T WIN 'BEST PICTURE' over 3 years ago
@ Polarisdib
“Mrs. Miniver” was possibly THE worst choice for the award. I know “Yankee Doodle Dandy” isn’t exactly the best film of all time – but at least it had character and sekf-awareness. “Mrs. Miniver” was a complete wreck of a movie.
And “Titanic”? Now. Let me just come to terms with that statement. You seriously think that a trashy romantic drama with vast historical inaccuracies outruns, say, “L.A. Confidential”: a superb portrayal of the two faces of corrupt police officers in 1950s L.A. I don’t think so. The former is a blockbuster; the latter is a picture.
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Personal All-Time 25 over 3 years ago
Impossible to number them 1 to 25. So here’s my list alphabetically:
8½ (Fellini)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick)
A Clockwork Orange (Kubrick)
A Streetcar Named Desire (Kazan)
American Beauty (Mendes)
Annie Hall (Allen)
The Apartment (Wilder)
Apocalypse Now (Coppola)
C’era un Volta il West (Leone)
Citizen Kane (Welles)
Cidade de Deus (Meirelles/Lund)
Double Indemnity (Wilder)
The Godfather (Coppola)
Goodfellas (Scorsese)
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (Leone)
Manhattan (Allen)
Memento (Nolan)
On the Waterfront (Kazan)
Once Upon a Time in America (Leone)
Pulp Fiction (Tarantino)
Requiem for a Dream (Aronofsky)
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (Lucas)
Sunset Boulevard (Wilder)
Taxi Driver (Scorsese)
The Third Man (Welles)
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3 Favourite Movies From 5 Favourite Directors over 3 years ago
SERGIO LEONE:
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo.
Once Upon a Time in America
C’era un Volta il West
AKIRA KUROSAWA:
Shichinin no samurai
Rashomon
Yojimbo
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA:
Apocalypse Now
The Godfather
The Conversation
WOODY ALLEN:
Annie Hall
Manhattan
Crimes and Misdemeanors
MARTIN SCORSESE:
Taxi Driver
Goodfellas
Mean Streets
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The Coen Bros. -- Best film over 3 years ago
FARGO. Hands down.
However, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN and A SERIOUS MAN are both excellent.
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Most Underrated and Overrated Directors... over 3 years ago
This is a potentially interesting topic, as I’ve heard people call the same director BOTH underrated and overrated. For example, I know of-the-present film lovers call Darren Aronofsky underrated and even misunderstood, and I know people who call him overrated, and say his movies often drift away from the matter at hand.
So, who are the directors you think deserve to be noticed, and who are those you think are undeservedly popular?
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Deniro/Scorsese Movie? over 3 years ago
Personally, I can’t see it happening. I agree with you in that DiCaprio is now Scorsese’s main focus.
However, not all the films De Niro is in nowadays are that bad. Sure, they have NOTHING on the likes of “TAXI DRIVER”, “GOODFELLAS” and “RAGING BULL”, but it’s difficult to compare them. “STARDUST” and “EVERYBODY’S FINE” are more suited to the aged De Niro.
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What is your favorite film noir over 3 years ago
I really love thr film-noir of both Welles and Wilder.
Namely, THE THIRD MAN, TOUCH OF EVIL, SUNSET BOULEVARD and DOUBLE INDEMNITY.
I would say CASABLANCA, but I’m not sure whether or not it qualifies.
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Most Underrated and Overrated Directors... over 3 years ago
*sigh"
It was only a matter of time…
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THE TOP 10 OF YOUR FAVOURITE GENRE over 3 years ago
GENRE:
Film-Noir
TOP 10:
The Third Man
Sunset Boulevard
Touch of Evil
Double Indemnity
Ace in the Hole
Notorious
In a Lonely Place
The Killers
The Maltese Falcon
Out of the Past
GENRE:
Animation
TOP 10:
Spirited Away
Princess Mononoke
Grave of the Fireflies
Ratatouille
Toy Story
Castle in the Sky
Monsters, inc.
Beauty and the Beast
WALL-E
Up
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What are the 5 most influential films in history -- and why do you think so? over 3 years ago
I’d say THE most influential is Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey”. It pretty much introduced the sci-fi genre, and created a new era of visual effects. And, most importantly, was the first film to look deep into the conflict which will remain relevant for years: Man vs. Machine.
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THE TOP 10 OF YOUR FAVOURITE GENRE over 3 years ago
@Law
I suppose I could ask you exactly the same question for every LIST you have created. But I wont. What i will do is answer your question. I guess, in some crazy way, I thought it would be interesting to see other peoples’ choices.
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alternative best picture nominations 2010 over 3 years ago
Here’s a list of films that DESERVE a nomination – not necesarrily films that have a chance.
Alphabetically…
(500) Days of Summer
A Prophet
Away We Go
Beyond All Boundaries
Brooklyn’s Finest
Coraline
The Cove
Everybody’s Fine
In the Loop
The Informant!
Moon
Ponyo
The Road
Sugar
Whatever Works
The White Ribbon
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Best 3 Consecutive Films by a Director over 3 years ago
FELLINI
Le notti di Cabiria (1957)
La dolce vita (1960)
8½ (1963)
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Last movie you saw and rate it over 3 years ago
All I Desire
4/5
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(Temporary) Film database submission mechanism over 3 years ago
Still have no idea why this request is constantly blanked…
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
DIR Irvin Kershner
PROD George Lucas, Gary Kurtz
SCR George Lucas, Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan
DP Peter Suschitzky
CAST Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Kenny Baker, Anthony Daniels, Alec Guinness
ED Paul Hirsch
MUSIC John Williams
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Help make The Auteurs totally awesome about 3 years ago
It would be good if we could delete posts in forums.
I would really like it if actors/directors could have two separate profiles.
An example is John Huston: he should have an actor profile (Chinatown, The Visitor…) and a director profile (The Maltese Falcon, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre…). This way, people could become a fan of, say, the director and not necessarily the actor.
And, maybe the most important, if we could rate with half-stars: suppose I wanted to rate Woody Allen’s “Annie Hall” 4.5 / 5 – the current system forces me to choose between 4 or 5.
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Film Database Submission March 2010 about 3 years ago
Fresa y chocolate (Strawberry and Chocolate)
1994
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío
OR
IMDb
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What is the ONE film (if any) that you think everyone should be required to see, and why? about 3 years ago
It may seem the obvious choice, but I’d say Citizen Kane
The method of storytelling in this film is engrossing and really pulls the viewer into the world and life of Charles Foster Kane. A study in power, love, and what is really important in life. I very, very rarely use the word “great”, but these issues are displayed in a truly great way.
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WORST FILM TITLES about 3 years ago
The best film with a truly horrendous title is The Godfather: Part II.
What an incredibly tacky name. The worst thing is it doesn’t even fit – it is most certainly not a second part to the first film. It also implies the first film is only the first section… but they’re both individual films.
An example of where similar titles actually work are the two “parts” of Ivan the Terrible.
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Films you love but most people hate. about 3 years ago
Four Rooms.
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who's the greatest living director? about 3 years ago
Paul Thomas Anderson.
Bold statement? Yes.
True? Also yes.
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did scorcese get his touch back about 3 years ago
A filmmaker’s style changing is not the same thing as losing his/her touch.
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What is Martin Scorsese's greatest film? about 3 years ago
GOODFELLAS
CASINO
TAXI DRIVER
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Film Database Submission April 2010 about 3 years ago
A Grand Day Out (1989)
DIR Nick Park
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Film Database Submission April 2010 about 3 years ago
The Wrong Trousers (1993)
DIR Nick Park
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Film Database Submission April 2010 about 3 years ago
A Close Shave (1995)
DIR Nick Park
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Film Database Submission April 2010 about 3 years ago
Mulan (1998)
DIR Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook
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