The Futurist Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Nonsense, it's way too bourgeois. The only thing I know about Battleship Potemkin is that the last scene with the baby in the stairs in De Palma s Untouchables is a rip off from a scene from this movie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted March 6, 2015 Author Share Posted March 6, 2015 Top 105 films 1. Jaws ET Halloween JFK Empire Strikes Back American Beauty Raiders of the Lost Ark Aliens Matrix Fellowship of the Ring Texas Chainsaw Massacre Pulp Fiction Terminator 2 First Blood Titanic Stand By Me Angel Heart Back to the Future Scream Star Wars The Dark Knight Terminator Wolf of Wall Street Usual Suspects Swingers The Ring Tombstone Mississippi Burning The Pianist Schindler's List Rocky Breakfast Club Mothman Prophecies Goodfellas Ghostbusters Predator Rounders Glengarry Glen Ross Fargo Planet of the Apes (1968) Planes Trains and Automobiles Silver Linings Playbook Saving Private Ryan Bourne Ultimatum A Fish Called Wanda Shawshank Redemption Porky's Forrest Gump The Departed Man on Fire The Wizard of Oz Better Off Dead Perks of Being a Wallflower Traffic Dances With Wolves Monty Python and the Holy grail Fast Times at Ridgemont High Mystic River Less Than Zero Armageddon Groundhog Day True Lies Christmas Vacation On Golden Pond The Princess Bride Goonies Chasing Amy Boyz N The Hood Friday the 13th Final Chapter The Avengers Fight Club Instinct Basic Instinct The Fugitive The Prophecy Apocalypse Now Tequila Sunrise When Harry Met Sally Indian Summer Argo Oh Brother Where Art Thou? Unbreakable Extreme Prejudice Braveheart The Evil Dead Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Heat The Fault in Our Stars Jumpin Jack Flash Arlington Road Malcolm X Rocky Balboa A Nightmare on Elm Street Ferris Bueller's Day off The Town Office Space Inception The Sure Thing Rambo FB 2 The Contender Love and Other Drugs This is the End A Few Good Men 104. Birdman 105. Passion of the Christ 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 No no, I know you guys already know all that. I don't. But just as I don't like my country's history (even though I love Europe's history in general), I also don't like movie history. There are some things that should only be associated with the present. Films only got better and better with time. Animation on the other hand... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 I don't. But just as I don't like my country's history (even though I love Europe's history in general), I also don't like movie history. There are some things that should only be associated with the present. Films only got better and better with time. Animation on the other hand... I couldn't disagree more. But that's okay, carry on. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 I don't. But just as I don't like my country's history (even though I love Europe's history in general), I also don't like movie history. There are some things that should only be associated with the present. Films only got better and better with time. Animation on the other hand... Oh my goodness. lol LOL lol lol ...lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatree Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 So is battleship potemkin not on your list at all, baumer? What rating do you give it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted March 6, 2015 Author Share Posted March 6, 2015 I don't. But just as I don't like my country's history (even though I love Europe's history in general), I also don't like movie history. There are some things that should only be associated with the present. Films only got better and better with time. Animation on the other hand... I agree with this to a point. Films have gotten better over the years, but not in every way. If you don't even give films a chance, how are supposed to know? Have you even seen Jaws? Anyway, you are entitled to your opinions, even if they are wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinHood26 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 (edited) James, now I see why you were given such have a pretty face. Edited March 6, 2015 by Jay Hollywood 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted March 6, 2015 Author Share Posted March 6, 2015 So is battleship potemkin not on your list at all, baumer? What rating do you give it? 6/10 Classic film but boring as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 The funny thing is that in thirty years James will be bitching about how the kids don't appreciate awesome great movies like JUPITER ASCENDING and TRANSFORMERS and THE HOBBITes. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatree Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 I don't. But just as I don't like my country's history (even though I love Europe's history in general), I also don't like movie history. There are some things that should only be associated with the present. Films only got better and better with time. Animation on the other hand... I agree that history can be boring. Today's films are flashier, maybe a little easier to watch. Certainly to most people today if they have to pick between watching an old black and white movie and a present day one, they'd choose the present one. I agree that films have generally improved over time; imo, as more and more films have been made, the understanding of what makes a good film has gotten better. But neither of those things mean you should just write off the entire history of cinema. You don't need to understand it to judge today's movies, but it seems pretty ignorant to just throw it away. The fact that movies have "got better and better" doesn't mean all old movies are worse than today's. Ask most people what their favourite movie ever is, and it's probably going to be older than you are. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 I agree that films have generally improved over time; imo, as more and more films have been made, the understanding of what makes a good film has gotten better. This isn't true at all. If you're talking on a sheer technical level, then yes. Otherwise, not at all. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 James, now I see why you were given such have a pretty face. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatree Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 This isn't true at all. If you're talking on a sheer technical level, then yes. Otherwise, not at all. Opinions opinions opinions (I knew I would take some flak for saying that) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 I don't. But just as I don't like my country's history (even though I love Europe's history in general), I also don't like movie history. There are some things that should only be associated with the present. Films only got better and better with time. Animation on the other hand... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinHood26 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 History was always my favorite subject in school, the knowledge to the future lies in the past. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 This isn't true at all. If you're talking on a sheer technical level, then yes. Otherwise, not at all. Umm, yes. Old acting sucks. It's corny as hell. Staying 2 hrs to atch A flight Over the Cuckoo's Nest in english class was the worst torture of my life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 This isn't true at all. If you're talking on a sheer technical level, then yes. Otherwise, not at all. Oh, god, here comes Dumbledore defending films that were released in his time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 History was always my favorite subject in school, the knowledge to the future lies in the past. That's really deep, Jay. Please enlighten us with some more of your thought-provoking statements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75Live Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Great job baumer. We have a ton of the same movies on the list, shocking I know. Our top 10 is, at least, 50% the same 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...