HandyApe's 50 Favorite Films

The best set so far, but seeing as I don't like the others, that's not the compliment it should be. I for one have not seen Meghe Dhaka Tara.

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remember seeing bits of The Conversation in the early eighties and always love watching bogart and hepburn go at it in African Queen. Another pairing she was really great at was with John Wayne in Rooster Cogburn -- VERY enjoyable to see

I'll have to check it out then!

Thank you for reminding me I have to watch more parallel cinema.

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Look, I'm not judging you - after all, I'm posting here myself, but maybe, just maybe, if you spent less time here and more time watching films, maybe, and I stress, maybe your taste would be of some value. Just a thought, ya know.

I've only seen The Conversation from that last set but I don't remember too much about it.

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True. But the fact is that The Road Warrior is 100% fresh while 2001 and Vertigo are not.

Anyway, the best measure in Rotten Tomatoes is the average user ratings:

Citizen Kane: 4.1/5.0
Apocalypse Now: 4.1/5.0
Pulp Fiction: 4.2/5.0
Spirited Away: 4.2/5.0
The Godafther 2: 4.3/5.0
The Godfather: 4.4/5.0
Seven Samurai: 4.5/5.0
PMMM the movie: 4.6/5.0

Strange that some ratings differ so much from the IMDB ratings (Pulp Fiction is rated the same as Nausicaa here while in IMDB is significantly lower).

In animation they do because critics review animation films from the perspective of the US public so movies that are considered good for the kiddies score higher. I think that US critics are huge fans of Pixar's "playing safe" style as well.

It matters. A movie with a 3 after the title is almost always trash. Toy Story 3 is not bad but it's not very good either.

The Empire Strikes Back was not called "Star Wars 2" at the time it was released. That's also a difference.

No, the highest acclaimed in Wall-E, I have already explained that.

Well, most people here agree Toy Story 3 is weaker than UP, Wall-E and Ratatouille:

Wall-E
UP
Toy Story 3
Brave

WALL-E

Toy Story 3

Up

Brave

Toy Story 2 is better than all of them

Haven't seen any of the last set, hadn't even heard of the Indian film (not seen an Indian film yet), but they all interesting me, especially because I like Coppola and Huston so far.

The Conversation was disappointing for me. :/

I only saw The African Queen once but loved it.

Really? How come?

You'll shoehorn this in wherever you possibly can lately, huh?

Actually,I'm not sure myself.I love Apocalypse Now and ,more or less,all Godfather movies.And by love,I really believe that Coppola made two masterpieces.So my expectations were very high for The Conversation.But I don't know,it was a boring film. :/ Also I expected to see more Cazale but he had quite a minor role.
It's not a bad film,I think it's actually very well shot but it just didn't stick with me.

Ah, that sucks.

I've always thought the greatness of Coppola's films were in powerful images, and to me The Conversation has more of them than any of Coppola film.

Oh,well I'm more of a story and character person

No way, man. Wall-E was fantastic, as well as UP, but I still see Toy Story 3 being superior to Ratatouille. I actually don't get the hype for that movie at all. Sure, the cooking element was unique, but there was nothing amazing in it for me. For a movie trilogy that's 15 years old, Toy Story 3 holds up great, and raised the stakes in every aspect.

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-Daniel, There Will Be Blood

41. Young Mr. Lincoln

40. In the Realm of the Senses

I stumbled across this review whilst I was on Rotten Tomatoes. It explains the film much better than I ever could.

“Nagisa Oshima's depiction of the obsessive lovemaking between a prostitute and the husband of a brothel keeper, which leads ultimately to the death of the man (with his own consent), is one of the most powerful erotic films ever made, but it certainly isn't for every taste. Based on a true story that originally made headlines in Japan in the 30s, which turned the woman into a tragic public heroine, the film concentrates on the sex so exclusively that a rare period shot—the man observing a troop of soldiers marching past—registers like a brief awakening from a long dream. This 1976 feature is unusually straightforward for Oshima, and those who are put off are likely to be disturbed more by the content than by the style. But the film is unforgettable for its ritualistic (if fatalistic) fascination with sex as a total commitment.”

39. Masculin Féminin

I don't like these last three at all, but you shouldn't worry about it.

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I've only seen Wall-E and The Conversation so far. I liked them both. Really interesting list keep'em coming !

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I wasn't a fan of The African Queen. Found it to be rather boring to be honest. And I'm a Bogart fan, he's had much better roles like Casablanca, Treasure of the Sierra Madre and Sabrina.