Best thing you’ve ever seen, big or small screen...

[wolfracesonic]

...it can be a film, tv drama, documentary, single show or a series but you only get to submit one name. I’m going for Chernobyl, watched it last year and again recently and could watch it again today; if I could have, I’d have watched the entire 5 hours in one sitting.

[Terzo123]

Band of brothers.

Just fantastic.

[blackmme]

From the Earth to the Moon.

Just edges Band of Brothers for me as it focuses on what we can achieve rather than what we can endure.

[Feirny]

Terzo123 said:

Band of brothers.

Just fantastic.

This, I watch it at least once a year and it never fails to amaze me. Love it.

[vixen1700]

Gomorrah.

I need a stiff drink after each episode. Grim times in Naples.

[heisthegaffer]

Terzo123 said:

Band of brothers.

Just fantastic.

Band of Brothers is great. So well produced and beautiful credits etc

[Nimby]

Best single episode of a series: Two Cathedrals from The West Wing
Best film - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Best series - Breaking Bad.

[340600]

vixen1700 said:

Gomorrah.

I need a stiff drink after each episode. Grim times in Naples.

Came here to say this. Absolutely superb - it even surpasses The Sopranos for me, which is saying something.

[David_M]

wolfracesonic said:

...it can be a film, tv drama, documentary, single show or a series but you only get to submit one name. I’m going for Chernobyl, watched it last year and again recently and could watch it again today; if I could have, I’d have watched the entire 5 hours in one sitting.

One thing is nearly impossible! Chernobyl was exceptional, agreed.

If I had to pick just one . . . Manchester by the Sea. Exceptional.

[ukaskew]

Jurassic Park, I was 11 years old and my Dad took me to see it, blown away.

The insane thing is that visually it still looks perfect today, so many practical effects that mean it actually looks better than the recent sequels.

[G_Morto]

David_M said:

One thing is nearly impossible! Chernobyl was exceptional, agreed.

If I had to pick just one . . . Manchester by the Sea. Exceptional.

Too difficult for me to compare shows with film but I think season 4 of Game of Thrones has to be unmatched.

[belleair302]

Either as an eight year old boy watching the start of Star Wars in the Odeon Leicester Square, or watching the fight scenes in Matrix, just amazing special effects.

[SCEtoAUX]

The West Wing. Nothing comes close.

[Brave Fart]

Oof, tricky one. Probably "This Is Us", but I can't seem to find season 3 on anything apart from Amazon Prime which my TV doesn't allow.

[xx99xx]

Avatar, in 3D in an IMAX cinema. I choose this as the best thing I've seen purely for the overall experience. The 3D effects were amazing and the story was good. The audience walked out of the cinema in silence as everyone was blown away. This was the first proper 3D film I'd seen as prior to Avatar, I'd only seen Jaws 3D in mid-late 80's which was terrible.

If I'd watched Avatar on my TV at home I doubt it would even make my top 20 list. I haven't seen it since for that reason. However there are some films I've seen over 20 times but wouldn't say any were 'the best thing I've ever seen'.

[toasty]

belleair302 said:

as an eight year old boy watching the start of Star Wars in the Odeon Leicester Square

In the cinema, that was hard to top.

Maybe when T2 came out, I was in an empty french cinema with a six pack of beer. That initial crunch of the terminator crushing the skull made me happy as a pig in st.

Or Top Gun, racing a Tomcat on a GPZ900 or buzzing the tower.

Or Point Break in the aforementioned french cinema. Get me two, Utah!

Damn this is too difficult.

[Muzzer79]

Another vote for Chernobyl - just brilliant.

Breaking Bad too.

[bunchofkeys]

Recently binged watched Mr Robot.
I've never been so captivated with a program and desperate to watch the next episode.
Disappointed that it's all over in 4 seasons, but i would rate this higher than Breaking Bad, which also drew me in from the start.

[toon10]

340600 said:

vixen1700 said:

Gomorrah.

I need a stiff drink after each episode. Grim times in Naples.

Came here to say this. Absolutely superb - it even surpasses The Sopranos for me, which is saying something.

Absolute gem of show. Up there with the very best.

[SouthHamsGaz]

The Detectorists.
A funny, beautiful, subtle, life affirming delight of a show. No matter how many times I watch it it makes me laugh.