What's your single, most favourite film of all time?
Discussion
miniman said:
Oooh, good call.
I used to think Leon too, but it's aged terribly.Still some good performances, but it looks a bit like an '80s pop video!
Lawrence of Arabia would be my choice if really pressed, but I can watch Point Break (the proper one) over and over again, not to mention the original Star Wars...
M.
R1gtr said:
GetCarter said:
Shawshank for the best music ever in a film when Red walks towards Buxton.
Mmmm best ever had to be the end scene of 'Last of the Mohicans'The way the music ramps up with that backdrop, Cinema does not get better which is why it's my fave film.
That or 'Tremors'
Newman rewrote the way you could use dissonance. I've been using it ever since. (I hate him actually - why the hell didn't I think of that).I also liked the Mohican's score BTW.
Edited by GetCarter on Tuesday 27th September 17:16
Impossible to call, there are too many:
GBU
The Searchers
The Matrix
The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Great Escape
The Blues Brothers
The Enforcer
The Taking of Pelham 123 (Walter Matthau version)
The Man with the Golden Gun
Casino Royale (2006)
Empire Srikes Back
Citizen Kane
Forrest Gump
Dumbo
Blue Velvet
Mulholland Drive
The Elephant Man
Green for Danger
Star Trek 2 the Wrath of Khan
Spiderman 2
Life of Brian (hehe and Away from it All)
and many, many more...
But it's GBU for me or Outlaw Josey Wales or...
GBU
The Searchers
The Matrix
The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Great Escape
The Blues Brothers
The Enforcer
The Taking of Pelham 123 (Walter Matthau version)
The Man with the Golden Gun
Casino Royale (2006)
Empire Srikes Back
Citizen Kane
Forrest Gump
Dumbo
Blue Velvet
Mulholland Drive
The Elephant Man
Green for Danger
Star Trek 2 the Wrath of Khan
Spiderman 2
Life of Brian (hehe and Away from it All)
and many, many more...
But it's GBU for me or Outlaw Josey Wales or...
snotrag said:
Making a top ten would be hard, but number 1 is easy.
Jurassic Park.
ETA some context - it was the first film I ever saw in a cinema, on I think my 9th Birthday. Imagine what that experience was like.
I've always got grief for my love of Jurassic park. I saw it for my 10th birthday and the experience stuck with me. I remember the anticipation of waiting to see it and even the walk to the cinema and queueing to get in! I think it's those memories on top of the fact that it is just a great film that make it special to me. Jurassic Park.
ETA some context - it was the first film I ever saw in a cinema, on I think my 9th Birthday. Imagine what that experience was like.
Jaws.
To be honest its a close run thing between Aliens and Jaws, but Jaws ultimately has to edge it.
It really is a perfect film, astonishing use of music, suspense and horror, ridiculously good acting. The scene with Brodie as he's reading the shark attack book and making faces with his son, Robert Shaw's portrayal of Quint, the Indianapolis monologue, John William's score.
I still remember dashing out of the living room into the garden as a kid in sheer terror the moment old Ben Gardner's head popped out of the darkness to the gurgling scream of Hooper.
Spielberg at his absolute best.
"He can't go down with three barrels on him, not with three he can't!"
To be honest its a close run thing between Aliens and Jaws, but Jaws ultimately has to edge it.
It really is a perfect film, astonishing use of music, suspense and horror, ridiculously good acting. The scene with Brodie as he's reading the shark attack book and making faces with his son, Robert Shaw's portrayal of Quint, the Indianapolis monologue, John William's score.
I still remember dashing out of the living room into the garden as a kid in sheer terror the moment old Ben Gardner's head popped out of the darkness to the gurgling scream of Hooper.
Spielberg at his absolute best.
"He can't go down with three barrels on him, not with three he can't!"
SilverSpur said:
I think Jaws probably had more influence on its audience than any other film, ever.
No one went back in the water after that....
I have wondered from time to time what it would be like if it was re-mastered with a quality CGI shark instead of the mechanical "joke", but I think part of the film's appeal is the naffness of the villain. No one went back in the water after that....
I agree with the opinion of the musical score. It's thrilling when the barrels are all attached, and the monster takes them on the Nantucket Sleighride, and again when Quint has the throttles wide open in his vain attempt to conquer the power of the shark.
I can watch that film over and over again.
(PS I told my daughter who holidays on the Med that Great Whites have been seen around Malta and Southern Italy. She doesn't believe me......)
Edited by nicanary on Wednesday 28th September 12:10
24lemons said:
snotrag said:
Making a top ten would be hard, but number 1 is easy.
Jurassic Park.
ETA some context - it was the first film I ever saw in a cinema, on I think my 9th Birthday. Imagine what that experience was like.
I've always got grief for my love of Jurassic park. I saw it for my 10th birthday and the experience stuck with me. I remember the anticipation of waiting to see it and even the walk to the cinema and queueing to get in! I think it's those memories on top of the fact that it is just a great film that make it special to me. Jurassic Park.
ETA some context - it was the first film I ever saw in a cinema, on I think my 9th Birthday. Imagine what that experience was like.
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