What do you think are "good" movies?
I'm wondering what you all think are "good" movies; meaning they have a good message, teach a good lesson, or they have something interesting for you to think about.
Here are some of mine:
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Here are some of mine:
- Shawshank Redemption -- Wow! What a story of hope!
- Truman Show -- This is a thinker. Ethically, how far can you go in the name of reality television?
- Pleasantville -- A meaningful lesson in what is true, what is right, and how skin color can affect society.
- Moulin Rouge -- What is love, and how far will you go in the name of it?
- Groundhog Day -- What a cool concept! What if you could live the exact same day over and over again? What would you do?
- What About Bob? -- A lesson in tolerance, acceptance of those different from you...and it's another Bill Murray movie.
- Frisco Kid -- A funny lesson in acceptance of other cultures, what we learn from each other, and how special friendship can be.
- Field of Dreams -- "Heal his pain"...what a magnificent story.
- Cast Away -- A touching story on perseverance. The final monologue is great.
- Pay It Forward -- Makes you think about how different this world could be if we just do a couple of good deeds.
- Mary Poppins -- A reminder to remember how important it is to love, appreciate, and understand those around us.
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<strong>Blues Brothers - I'm on a mission from God</strong><hr></blockquote>
And that's good how?
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And that's good how?</strong><hr></blockquote>
how not
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how not</strong><hr></blockquote>
I didn't say it wasn't. Things aren't always black and white you know.
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I didn't say it wasn't. Things aren't always black and white you know.</strong><hr></blockquote>
you should talk
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you should talk
To get back on topic...
American Beauty - Life is short, life is good. Enjoy it while you have it.
1. A Beautiful Mind
2. Father of the Bride
3. Matrix
4. Usual Suspects
5. Prince of Egypt
5 Least Favorite (I know you didn't ask, oh well, here they are anyway.)
1. Cast Away - (I mean really, a guy on an island for a 2 hour movie?! At least Island of the Blue Dolphins had a point.)
2. Star Wars Episode I - was George Lucas really so far out of ideas that he had to make this movie?
3. Waterworld - come on, do I have to say anything? Plus, it has Kevin Costner in it.
4. Anything with Bill Murray (except Ghostbusters)
5. Anything with Kevin Costner (except maybe Field of Dreams)
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[list]Groundhog Day -- What a cool concept! What if you could live the exact same day over and over again? [ 02-07-2003: Message edited by: CosmoNut ]</strong><hr></blockquote>
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what's good about it? it's the worst and most irriating movie i've ever seen
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5 Least Favorite (I know you didn't ask, oh well, here they are anyway.)
4. Anything with Bill Murray (except Ghostbusters)
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yeah that's right these sucked??:
Caddyshack
What About Bob?
Rushmore
Stripes
sarcasm folks. i like these movies
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far superior to weekend at bernies 1
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kidding,
i actually go more by directors...anything by the cohen brothers, david lynch, david cronenberg, werner herzog, alfred hitchcock, stanley kubrick, robert altman, pt anderson
and then there are actors i enjoy like peter o'toole and klaus kinski (early stuff)....
Everything Kubrick made is worth watching, and his highlights are some of the best films ever made.
lawrence of arabia
planes, trains and automobiles
jfk
life of brian
Safe by Todd Haynes
Fanny and Alexander by Bergman
Thin Red Line by Mallick (good for the gung ho war lovers)
Koyaanaasquatsi by Regio
Heart of Glass by Herzog
Brazil by Gilliam
Mephisto
Medea by Pasollini
L'Histoire Du Cinema by Godard
Harold and Maude
Shoah by Lanzmann
Any Python film
Andre Rublev by Tarkovsky
My Dinner with Andre . . . yes its actually pretty great!!
The Red Tapes by Vitto Acconci
but these are all MASTERPIECES!!!
And I would say that something that makes a great movie is that it stays with you, will challenge you, will make you confront what it is to BE right NOW!! and I mean to MAKE YOU confront it
as well as entertain you by doing so.
LMAO every time. Wilder's never been funnier and Zero Mostel is a treat. BTW how is it Mel Brooks can make films so good (Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles) and then so bad (Spaceballs)?
2.GoodFellas.
The scene where Liotta leads his date into the club for the first time is masterful. How many wannabe wise guys is this film responsible for?
3. Wizard of Oz.
This is a magical film which manages to create its alternative world far more successfully than most modern films, even with their special effects.
4, American Beauty.
Great acting. Great script.
5.Gladiator.
Okay im a sucker for sword 'n' sandals.
6.The Killing Fields.
Moving portrayal of the growth of oppression under the Khymer Rhouge.
more later...
Good Will Hunting...I just thought this movie was an amazing coming of age, acceptance of self movie.
The Exorcist...Scary as hell and it really causes one to question your faith.
Apollo 13...A movie that keeps you on edge even though you know the ending! A terrific story about how man can overcome man.
Jurrassic Park...This movie makes you become a little kid again.
A.I....Not this website, but the one with that little robot kid. I think this movie asks us how far are we going to go with technology, questions morals.[
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<strong>Braveheart - yes even though it's not historically correct and too hollywood.. it's still good imo
</strong><hr></blockquote>It's is impossible to describe just what a hunkaCRAP braveheart is: manipulative, innacurate, cliched through-and-through, terrible dialogue, terrible acting, pathetic storyline, bad editing,corn-ball camera work, and worst of all immature in its sentimentalization of heroism . . . . sunsets and somber fanfare garbage
but hey, if you enjoyed it then it does the trick . . . I think it misses out on masterful filmmaking by a galaxy or so . . . so I sure wouldn't call it 'good'
I thought this thread would be about what it is that makes a movie 'good' not just a list of what people think are good movies . . .
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yeah that's right these sucked:
Caddyshack
What About Bob?
Rushmore
Stripes
i'll post mine tomorrow, getting late</strong><hr></blockquote>
no seriously, you didn't like rushmore?! definitely in my top 5 or whatever are The Royal Tenenbaums and Rushmore. Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson are hilarious.
1. Home Alone (deal with it.)
2. The Royal Tenenbaums
3. Fight Club
4. Rushmore
5. Pulp Fiction