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Apparently every 10 years the British Film Institute announces a list of the 10 best films of all time. Here's the current list (well two lists). Anyone seen any of them?

Critics’ Top 10 Films of All Time
1. Vertigo
2. Citizen Kane
3. Tokyo Story
4. La Règle du jeu
5. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey
7. The Searchers
8. Man with a Movie Camera
9. The Passion of Joan of Arc
10. 8 ½

Directors’ Top 10 Films of All Time
1. Tokyo Story
t2. 2001: A Space Odyssey
t2. Citizen Kane
4. 8 ½
5. Taxi Driver
6. Apocalypse Now
t7. The Godfather
t7. Vertigo
9. Mirror
10. Bicycle Thieves

I've heard of some of them but I haven't actually seen any. Though I guess if I'm looking for something to watch I now know to choose.

BTW this is also the first time Citizen Kane hasn't won since 1962.

I've seen 2001: A Space Odyssey. I highly, highly recommend it. I remember watching the Passion of Joan of Arc a long time ago, but that's about all I can recall of it.

i feel so uncultured for watching none of these :/

and here i thought ive watched at least one, suppose i dont like like most genre's anyways so it be wasted on me , keen to watch space Odyssey though. Must find a copy >.<

I've never seen any of those either, but I've been wanting to see Space Odyssey ever since they parodied it so much on Futurama. I just can't find it anywhere.

I don't feel so bad now that I know Contrast also hasn't seen any of them haha. I should probably try see most of them.

Well, if both Contrast and Ember haven't seen them, I guess its safe for me to admit of not seeing them either

Hmm ... I've seen the following
Vertigo
Citizen Kane
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Taxi Driver
The Godfather

Can't say I enjoyed then all, but hey ... Bragging rights!!

Critics’ Top 10 Films of All Time
1. Vertigo – Grandpa’s Video, never watched it but we owned it.
2. Citizen Kane – Seen it (my mom makes sure I am well versed in the world of good films)
3. Tokyo Story – is Japanese and my Japanese is as good as my Somalian…. so nope, never seen it
4. La Règle du jeu – probably watched it in French class, but probably not
5. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans – silent film, no idea what its about
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey – Second favourite film of all time, after 2010: Space Odyssey (OMP I LOVE YOU HAL!)
7. The Searchers – three words…. John Wayne, Horses, Guns (four technically but yes… it’s a western I done gone seen it)
8. Man with a Movie Camera – nope… but I bet I can make its sequal… girl with a voice recorder
9. The Passion of Joan of Arc – not the one I was thinking of…. so nope
10. 8 ½ - the prequel to 9 ¾

Directors’ Top 10 Films of All Time
1. Tokyo Story
t2. 2001: A Space Odyssey
t2. Citizen Kane
4. 8 ½
5. Taxi Driver - YES
6. Apocalypse Now - BORING
t7. The Godfather - YES
t7. Vertigo
9. Mirror – not sure if I’ve seen the one they are referring to
10. Bicycle Thieves – nope, but I used to live with a bunch so I think I know what its about

my mom used to print out the list and mark off what ever we should see.... but we didnt do that last year so we spent most of the year watching crappy things or reruns....

You guys make me feel uncultured now. Though it's not too surprising as I'm not actually a big movie fan. They take so long. Prefer series where you can stop every 20 minutes if you've had enough.

The Amazing Spider man and The Avengers!
Haha best movies I've ever seen -smilez- and kinda loved watching it o.O
Didn't even get a chance to to touch my pop-corn lolz was like in the movie, and was so funny as well! XP

i cant stand modern makes of comic book films.... though i would never deny any one the right to enjoy them... just dont ask me to watch it with you.... a good film is like Requiem for a Dream... the film has purpose and leaves you with a sense of wonder afterwards. I will always rate I am Legend highly purely because it left my father feeling uneasy about Humanity, something that is extremly difficult to do...

that being said I do like the first batman films.... not these ones with Bale (though he's dreamy) I like the originals because they never took themselves to seriously.... like the Bond films

I've seen 2001: A Space Odyssey and I really don't see what the big deal is, I mean the special effects were great for the time, really good, but the story line is... well sort of predictable at first, but then the end is just... What the hell? I get it's supposed to be all abstract and all, but it's stupid.
though I guess if you analyze all the little things you realize its clever and all, but that's not the point of a movie, you shouldn't have to study papers on it beforehand to be able to enjoy it.
if you want to do something abstract then have it make some sort of sense, and don't just put it at the end of a otherwise normal movie. and at least be more creative than a baby looking at earth. I was seriously disappointed when I did finally watch it.

Other than that I haven't watched any others on the list, heard of a few, never seen them.

I find it sad that we still have Batman movies. The character came out in 1940, if I remember correctly. Let's see something new and original now.

Batman is one of DC's top sellers. In the comic world he is iconic. The name alone will draw a lot of people in, whereas this may not be the case for a new, untested character, or one of the lesser ones. Will a Robin movie do as well as a Batman one? Does it carry the same name recognition?

In any case, there are only so many believable or unique themes you can choose. Any other non-superpowered character may quickly become just another Batman, or gravitate in that direction.

In any case, the ending of the movie made it clear that they cannot continue the movie franchise. It may be possible to reboot the movies, but it will have to be a completely different script, or set much earlier than the last one. Though if they want to I suppose they can come up with something.

i just cant beleive that they decided to redo Spiderman... i mean common... the first film with toby was good, the secone okay and the third was well.. i like venom.... but seriously.. why we gotta have ANOTHER one now!!! cant we have a film with i dunno.... OOOO i miss Gen 13 the film... they should redo that... that buggers

Punk-Fox-Dot-Com wrote: I will always rate I am Legend highly purely because it left my father feeling uneasy about Humanity, something that is extremly difficult to do...

I love that movie! Will Smith's acting is absolutely brilliant, but I just can't bring myself to watch it for a third time. There's a certain scene that just breaks my heart every time. I'm not going to post any spoilers, but I think most people who've seen it will know immediately what scene I'm talking about.

I'm all for the Batman movies personally, yes the idea is old but who the Batman is has changed constantly throughout time, if you look at the original batman comics and the relatively newer ones, they are completely different.
Also DC took a different approach with Batman, in the comics, instead of Batman staying the same age inexplicably, he and the other characters do age and die, hence Batman's "Death" in the last movie.
Oh and it has been strongly hinted there may very well be another Batman movie, or possibly a whole other series of movies.

Dasc-Crescent wrote:I'm all for the Batman movies personally, yes the idea is old but who the Batman is has changed constantly throughout time, if you look at the original batman comics and the relatively newer ones, they are completely different.

That's true. In one of the very first comics he even used a gun!

All of you guys Do Your Self A Favour and go watch "The Help"

It really is a touching story

"you is kind
you is smart
you is important"

Smiles really big and Putting on the film to watch it again!

I still haven't watched any but I was able to get my hands some; namely 2001: A Space Odyssey, Citizen Kane and Apocalypse Now.

Got 2001: A Space Odyssey on Blu-Ray, its a classic, might rip it out for a small screening if any furs want...

Watched:

6. Apocalypse Now (Pretty good, and if you ever see another movie that plays flight of the valkyries when helicopters fly over something, you know where they got it from)
t7. The Godfather (classic, very long)

1. District 9.
2. Battle L.A.
3. Robots
4. A.I. - Artificial Intelligence
5. The Lion King
6. The Prince of Egypt
7. Zarafa
8. Irreversible
9. Dogtooth
10. Funny Games

I'm sorry Brisby but there is no way's Battle L.A was the greatest film of all time. It was clichéd at best and the story left little to actually remember it by.

There are so many films that could be on that list,

Meet Joe Black
Trainspotting
Schindlers List
The Shining

I could go on.

Where is The Empire Strikes Back? No list is complete without the Greatest of the 7 Star Wars films.

A little group of movies I consider to be pretty damn good and are within my top 50:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Rock Star
Big Hero 6
Casablanca

Rakuen Growlithe wrote:Apparently every 10 years the British Film Institute announces a list of the 10 best films of all time. Here's the current list (well two lists). Anyone seen any of them?

Critics’ Top 10 Films of All Time
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Directors’ Top 10 Films of All Time
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I've only seen 2001...
It was good, but half of the movie was the guy floating around in space for 10 minutes with classical music playing...
or a bunch of monkeys standing around a black pillar with classical music playing...
Or a woman walking around with a tray, and classical music playing...
Or him falling through space for 10 minutes and all kinds of different color lights passing over him, with classical music playing...

And in all of those, I think it was one song by Tchaikovsky... Nutcracker suite if I remember correctly...
(nope... Something by Straus... Don't know his work...)

And what the heck was up with that ending?

The ending set you up for 2010.

Remember they are based on books, both of which are brilliant to read.

Also what I liked about both those films is due to their slow pace etc. you really get the feel of space. things don't happen fast in space. even explosions are limited and self contained.

For them to achieve that sort of futuristic feel and setting way back in 1968, is tremendous, and it took them a further fourteen years to complete the sequel.

I feel really bad now. I've only seen one of those movies. I think it's totally overrated and i really didn't like it. The Godfather.

Having studied the history of the time, and seen other films around that genre, Godfather is probably one of the best mafia based films you'll ever see. Also the amount of artistry taken to portray the film and it's characters in the differing lights and views makes me really want to get into film (rewatched it a few weeks ago, hid for horse head scene (still freaks me out), and the score was tasteful and on point.

Also, do yourself a favour and read the book. It's pretty cool.

(fun fact. the reason the horse head scene freak me out is because it's a real horses head. The horse in question had just been slaughtered for dog meat and they packed the head on ice and shipped it over to the film set. blood fake, horse head... legit.)

But each to his own.

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