BOT Top 100 Movies of All Time: The Empire Strikes Back... Again... For the Third Time...

[Daxtreme]

22 minutes ago, The Panda said:

just misses

 

Pan's Labyrinth

 

 

Almost! If only more people saw this movie...

[JohnnY]

10 minutes ago, The Panda said:

Number 24

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

59 Points (22 Votes, Avg Score 42.95)

 

"Oh, what a day... what a lovely day!"

 

 

 

 

this is unexpected

[baumer]

How many fake accounts did @Telemachos create to get FR this high?

[Ethan Hunt]

Top 25... Seriously... Why? How?

[4815162342]

29 minutes ago, The Panda said:

Ran

The Thing (1982)

Before Sunrise

 

[The Panda]

Number 23

The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo) (1966)

64 Points (17 Votes, Avg Score 29.235)

 

"You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig."

 

Top 5 Placements: 3 Placements

Top 10 Placements: 5 Placements

Changes in Rankings Over Time: 2014 (28, +5), 2013 (40, +17), 2012 (69, +46)

Tomatometer: 97%

Box Office: 25.1m (179.47m Adjusted)

Most Notable Award Recognition: Ranked #9 on IMDb Top 250

IMDb Synopsis: Blondie (The Good) is a professional gunslinger who is out trying to earn a few dollars. Angel Eyes (The Bad) is a hit man who always commits to a task and sees it through, as long as he is paid to do so. And Tuco (The Ugly) is a wanted outlaw trying to take care of his own hide. Tuco and Blondie share a partnership together making money off Tuco's bounty, but when Blondie unties the partnership, Tuco tries to hunt down Blondie. When Blondie and Tuco come across a horse carriage loaded with dead bodies, they soon learn from the only survivor (Bill Carson) that he and a few other men have buried a stash of gold in a cemetery. Unfortunately Carson dies and Tuco only finds out the name of the cemetery, while Blondie finds out the name on the grave. Now the two must keep each other alive in order to find the gold. Angel Eyes (who had been looking for Bill Carson) discovers that Tuco and Blondie met with Carson and knows they know the location of the gold. All he needs is for the two to lead him to it. Now The Good, The Bad and The Ugly must all battle it out to get their hands on $200,000 worth of gold.

Critic Opinion: "There is a fine scene in which Leone's style seems to follow Hitchcock's. Eastwood is shown in his hotel room, taking apart his pistol to clean it. Horse-drawn cannons are being pulled down the street. Their rumble covers the clink of the spurs of three hired killers, coming upstairs to Eastwood's room. Leone cuts back and forth: the spurs, the cannons, Eastwood's pistol being put back together. Then he releases the suspense with split-second timing. Then, like Hitchcock, he ends the scene with an ironic, unexpected twist." - Roger Ebert

User Opinion: "Such a great film that improves immensely on the first two. It's got a grander scope, more interesting characters and better production values. What's mos interesting is that the plot is threadbare and the characters just happen on various different circumstances and yet it manages to be very engaging throughout. It's also got this wonderful piece of music." - lab276

Personal Comment: Leone makes a second appearance on this list with another Western with an absurdly high average score.  The Good, The Bad and the Ugly is only the 4th movie from the 1960s to make the list, showing a possible bias to more recent movies on this countdown.  Maybe some people just don't like old movies?  This is the third in the Man With No Name trilogy, and it's also the most beloved of the trilogy, and of Leone's deep pocket of magnificent works.  While I may personally prefer Once Upon a Time in the West to this one, this movie is undoubtedly a true classic.  The movie is a long, vast, and epic film that engages the viewers in one of the most definitive sphaghetti westerns of all time.

 

 

 

Edited May 26, 2016 by The Panda

[The Panda]

18 minutes ago, Baumer said:

How many fake accounts did @Telemachos create to get FR this high?

 

Just as many as MrPink made to get a certain B+ movie even higher 

[MrPink]

17 minutes ago, The Panda said:

 

Just as many as MrPink made to get a certain B+ movie even higher 

 

 

[The Panda]

Number 22

Inception (2010)

67 Points (19 Votes, Avg Score 33)

 

"You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling."

 

Top 5 Placements: 3 Placements

Top 10 Placements: 7 Placements

Changes in Rankings Over Time: 2014 (10, -12), 2013 (24, +2), 2012 (14, -8)

Tomatometer: 86%

Box Office: 292.58m (315.76m Adjusted)

Most Notable Awards Recognition: Won 4 Oscars

IMDb Synopsis: Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible - inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming.

Critic Opinion: ""I've become, over the years, more and more interested in the creative potential of the mind and the way that every night we're able to create entire worlds," Nolan said. "The idea that you can be completely convinced while you're asleep that you're in a real situation, and you've created this room or whatever, and I've created you as a person, everything you're saying I'm putting as words in your mouth, but I feel that I'm hearing them for the first time. That, to me, suggests infinite potential for human creativity, an infinite mystery to the way the human mind works."  Hollywood has always been known as the land of dreams, but filmmakers now have technology at their disposal to hurl audiences into worlds approaching the limitless possibilities of their unconscious projections." - Rafer Guzman

User Opinion: "It's an intriguing, engaging, stylish thriller, a heist movie, and a French new wave film all in one. It's Leo DiCaprio's best work, a Tom Hardy showcase, and proof that JGL can kick ass. It turns an entirely abstract concept of symbolic imagery, father/son relationship, and guilt/regret into an enormously compelling summer multiplex action movie. Nolan has made a few of my favorite movies ever but I put this at the top of his work. Seen it 5-6 times now and it never gets less interesting."

Personal Comment: Christopher Nolan finally manages to squeeze a second film onto this list with Inception (compared to last year where nearly every one made it besides the Following).  As I have said, more than 2 Nolan film missed the list (that means at least three), that gives us the potential for two more...  Anyways, Inception marks 16th movie from the 2010s decade, continuing to show that there just might possibly be a recency bias on this forum, but just a small possibility.  I honestly have never been as enamored with this movie as much as others, I watched it once, was interested, but it didn't seem to blow my mind like it blew everyone else's.  However, based on the opinions of others, Inception is a mind-blowing movie by the all-powerful cinematic god Lord Nolan who will smite me down right now if I don't praise him and his majestic filmmaking.  Nolan may be losing his religious fervor on these forum compared to say, 2 years ago, but it is evidently still here with Inception. 

 

 

[Dementeleus]

My single best theatrical viewing experience ever might be the first time I saw T2. Opening day, first possible showtime. 

[Kvikk Lunsj]

1 hour ago, The Panda said:

Here are 10 more of the just misses

Shrek

Pan's Labyrinth

Mary Poppins

Ran

The Prestige

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

The Thing (1982)

Unforgiven

A Clockwork Orange

Before Sunrise

Had All of these on my list sad. 

Top 25... Seriously... Why? How?

 

Too many dam young people only like movies that came out last year. 

Edited May 26, 2016 by Dexter of Suburbia

[MrPink]

4 minutes ago, The Panda said:

Number 22

Inception (2010)

67 Points (19 Votes, Avg Score 33)

 

"You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling."

 

Top 5 Placements: 3 Placements

Top 10 Placements: 7 Placements

Changes in Rankings Over Time: 2014 (10, -12), 2013 (24, +2), 2012 (14, -8)

Tomatometer: 86%

Box Office: 292.58m (315.76m Adjusted)

Most Notable Awards Recognition: Won 4 Oscars

IMDb Synopsis: Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible - inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming.

Critic Opinion: ""I've become, over the years, more and more interested in the creative potential of the mind and the way that every night we're able to create entire worlds," Nolan said. "The idea that you can be completely convinced while you're asleep that you're in a real situation, and you've created this room or whatever, and I've created you as a person, everything you're saying I'm putting as words in your mouth, but I feel that I'm hearing them for the first time. That, to me, suggests infinite potential for human creativity, an infinite mystery to the way the human mind works."  Hollywood has always been known as the land of dreams, but filmmakers now have technology at their disposal to hurl audiences into worlds approaching the limitless possibilities of their unconscious projections." - Rafer Guzman

User Opinion: "It's an intriguing, engaging, stylish thriller, a heist movie, and a French new wave film all in one. It's Leo DiCaprio's best work, a Tom Hardy showcase, and proof that JGL can kick ass. It turns an entirely abstract concept of symbolic imagery, father/son relationship, and guilt/regret into an enormously compelling summer multiplex action movie. Nolan has made a few of my favorite movies ever but I put this at the top of his work. Seen it 5-6 times now and it never gets less interesting."

Personal Comment: Christopher Nolan finally manages to squeeze a second film onto this list with Inception (compared to last year where nearly every one made it besides the Following).  As I have said, more than 2 Nolan film missed the list (that means at least three), that gives us the potential for two more...  Anyways, Inception marks 16th movie from the 2010s decade, continuing to show that there just might possibly be a recency bias on this forum, but just a small possibility.  I honestly have never been as enamored with this movie as much as others, I watched it once, was interested, but it didn't seem to blow my mind like it blew everyone else's.  However, based on the opinions of others, Inception is a mind-blowing movie by the all-powerful cinematic god Lord Nolan who will smite me down right now if I don't praise him and his majestic filmmaking.  Nolan may be losing his religious fervor on these forum compared to say, 2 years ago, but it is evidently still here with Inception. 

 

 

 

 

[Daxtreme]

1 minute ago, Telemachos said:

My single best theatrical viewing experience ever might be the first time I saw T2. Opening day, first possible showtime. 

 

 

I wish I had the opportunity to do that. Unfortunately, when T2 came out, I was busy shitting in a diaper all day or something.

[AniNate]

55 minutes ago, The Panda said:

Number 24

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

59 Points (22 Votes, Avg Score 42.95)

 

"Oh, what a day... what a lovely day!"

 

Top 10 Placments: 2 Placements

Changes in Rankings Over Time: 2014 (Not Ranked), 2013 (Not Ranked), 2012 (Not Ranked)

Tomatometer: 97%

Box Office: 153.64m (155.33m Adjusted)

Most Notable Awards Recognition: Won 6 Oscars

IMDb Synopsis: An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and almost everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order. There's Max, a man of action and a man of few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos. And Furiosa, a woman of action and a woman who believes her path to survival may be achieved if she can make it across the desert back to her childhood homeland.

Critic Opinion: "If Nux is the heart of the movie, then Furiosa is its soul, a hard-charging but sympathetic warrior committed to finding a better world. One of the big surprises of Fury Road, however, is that there is no better world to be found. The Green Place turns out to be nothing more than a myth, so Max convinces the group to journey back to the Citadel, overthrow Immortan Joe, and establish a more humane system of government. By the time the characters get back to this marvel of production design, you might be glad they've returned, since you have another chance to take in all the incredible-looking stuff. (I'm most partial to the band of drummers who play for Joe on rotating platforms hundreds of feet off the ground.) The intricate spectacle of the Citadel exists not for its own sake but for its deep thematic significance. The more invested you feel in Miller's fantasy world—or, better yet, our own real one—the more you want to see it saved from despots and violence." - Ben Sachs

User Opinion: "Worthy of being in the discussion of "greatest action film ever"." - Telemachos

Personal Comment: Our third movie from 2015 comes onto the list, and at quite a high level too.  Mad Max: Fury Road is 15th movie from the 2010s to make the list, how many more of these recent movies could possibly squeak in this high?  Definitely not a beloved Nolan movie from 2014, there's no way that will make it in, especially in the top 10.  Anyways, I am rambling about madness and nonsense which in a way is exactly what this movie is, and what makes it so great.  This movie may seem as if it's just an excuse for George Miller to put his trip dreams on screen, but in many ways this movie delivers a simple, yet powerful message and theme to go along with the brilliant and perfection of filmmaking over the madness that ensues.

 

 

 

 

... 

 

 I'm risking being a big fat  hypocrite,  but remember what you said about not wanting this to be the Hall of Very Good,  Tele? 

[angeldelmito]

6 minutes ago, The Panda said:

Number 22

Inception (2010)

67 Points (19 Votes, Avg Score 33)

 

"You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling."

 

Top 5 Placements: 3 Placements

Top 10 Placements: 7 Placements

Changes in Rankings Over Time: 2014 (10, -12), 2013 (24, +2), 2012 (14, -8)

Tomatometer: 86%

Box Office: 292.58m (315.76m Adjusted)

Most Notable Awards Recognition: Won 4 Oscars

IMDb Synopsis: Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible - inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming.

Critic Opinion: ""I've become, over the years, more and more interested in the creative potential of the mind and the way that every night we're able to create entire worlds," Nolan said. "The idea that you can be completely convinced while you're asleep that you're in a real situation, and you've created this room or whatever, and I've created you as a person, everything you're saying I'm putting as words in your mouth, but I feel that I'm hearing them for the first time. That, to me, suggests infinite potential for human creativity, an infinite mystery to the way the human mind works."  Hollywood has always been known as the land of dreams, but filmmakers now have technology at their disposal to hurl audiences into worlds approaching the limitless possibilities of their unconscious projections." - Rafer Guzman

User Opinion: "It's an intriguing, engaging, stylish thriller, a heist movie, and a French new wave film all in one. It's Leo DiCaprio's best work, a Tom Hardy showcase, and proof that JGL can kick ass. It turns an entirely abstract concept of symbolic imagery, father/son relationship, and guilt/regret into an enormously compelling summer multiplex action movie. Nolan has made a few of my favorite movies ever but I put this at the top of his work. Seen it 5-6 times now and it never gets less interesting."

Personal Comment: Christopher Nolan finally manages to squeeze a second film onto this list with Inception (compared to last year where nearly every one made it besides the Following).  As I have said, more than 2 Nolan film missed the list (that means at least three), that gives us the potential for two more...  Anyways, Inception marks 16th movie from the 2010s decade, continuing to show that there just might possibly be a recency bias on this forum, but just a small possibility.  I honestly have never been as enamored with this movie as much as others, I watched it once, was interested, but it didn't seem to blow my mind like it blew everyone else's.  However, based on the opinions of others, Inception is a mind-blowing movie by the all-powerful cinematic god Lord Nolan who will smite me down right now if I don't praise him and his majestic filmmaking.  Nolan may be losing his religious fervor on these forum compared to say, 2 years ago, but it is evidently still here with Inception. 

 

 

this movie was gud as fuc

[Dementeleus]

Just now, tribefan695 said:

 

... 

 

 I'm risking being a big fat  hypocrite,  but remember what you said about not wanting this to be the Hall of Very Good,  Tele? 

 

Good thing it isn't.  

[Tower]

47 minutes ago, Baumer said:

How many fake accounts did @Telemachos create to get FR this high?

 

No need for fake accounts, Fury Road is a glorious movie that earned a place high up on this list.

[The Panda]

Fury Road is in my top 50 

[Fancyarcher]

Fury Road was on my list. I have no absolutely zero problem with it being on this list, let alone high enough to be #24.

[Kalo]

23 hours ago, The Panda said:

Number 26

Finding Nemo (2003)

55 Points (19 Votes, Avg Score 38.947)

 

"Just keep swimming."

 

Top 5 Placements: 1 Placement

Top 10 Placements: 4 Placements

Changes in Rankings Over Time: 2014 (36, +10), 2013 (73, +47), 2012 (57, +31)

Tomatometer: 99%

Box Office: 339.71m (483.38m Adjusted)

Most Notable Awards Recognition: Won 1 Oscar

IMDb Synopsis: A clown fish named Marlin lives in the Great Barrier Reef loses his son, Nemo. After he ventures into the open sea, despite his father's constant warnings about many of the ocean's dangers. Nemo is abducted by a boat and netted up and sent to a dentist's office in Sydney. So, while Marlin ventures off to try to retrieve Nemo, Marlin meets a fish named Dory, a blue tang suffering from short-term memory loss. The companions travel a great distance, encountering various dangerous sea creatures such as sharks, anglerfish and jellyfish, in order to rescue Nemo from the dentist's office, which is situated by Sydney Harbor. While the two are doing this, Nemo and the other sea animals in the dentist's fish tank plot a way to return to Sydney Harbor to live their lives free again.

Critic Opinion: "There's Albert Brooks, for example, bringing all his comical self-doubt and worry to bear on Marlin, the worried papa searching for his son. And Ellen DeGeneres, whose addled-but-still-amiable Dory has a huge amount of puppyish charm.  Add in that 12-step support group for sharks "in recovery," those migrating but very mellow sea turtles and the aquarium antics inside that Sydney dentist's office, and you have a genuinely funny and touching film that, in less than a decade, has established itself as a timeless classic." - Stephen Whitty

User Opinion: "Favorite Pixar offering thus far.
 
I can't begin a review with this film and not mention the animation design and complementing world on display here.  Simply a fantastic world to take in as a viewer.  The world here is at times colorful, dark, menacing, and inviting, but most importantly it's always magical as fuck.  Most importantly the ocean is used in a way that brings out the themes and trials of the characters here.  Of course, you wouldn't expect anything else from Pixar.
 
I can imagine that this is one of those films that is loved by parents and children alike.  In fact, despite having no kids of my own it is quite obvious that a parent would likely find a great array of awards on display here.  At the very core of this film lies the emotion bond between a father and his son.  What makes this bond so special is that opening five minutes of the film.  Not only does it shape the characters for the rest of the film, but it also magnifies this relationship between a man and his son.  Once again Pixar takes the familiar father-son bond, but just provides a little more depth and emotion to it.  It is from that first event in the film that the main character's journey begins.
 
This may be a film about finding Nemo, but this is really all about Marlin's journey.  It is very much about Marlin re-discovering trust in not only other fish, but in the world in general.  One is able to see quite easily how the traumatic events of the past plague Marlin and his outlook on life.  It is fitting that is the disappearance of Nemo that provokes Marlin to re-discovering not only the world, but life in general.  To me, this is a film more about loss and coping with that loss than it is a man finding his son.  As a viewer, what a great journey we are able to witness as a dad is able to overcome shadows in his past to locate his lost son.  While doing this Marlin is able to move on from his past and once again begin living life.  Awesome stuff on display here.
 
Pixar has always had a a vast array of endearing supporting characters, but I'm not sure any are more important than Dory here.  While it would have been easily for her to simply have been a gimmick used for comic relief, instead she is the most important driver of Marlin's journey and re-awakening.  The contrast here is something to behold as you have Dory's uninhibited trust of any and all things clashing with the overly-analytic and worrying nature of Marlin.  Over time it is through the character of Dory that Marlin is able to re-gain his trust in the world and perhaps more importantly, other fish.  I feel like I've been saying this way too much of late with these Pixar films, and yet once again the word poetic seems perfect to describe the dynamics on display here.
 
A father searches for his son and in the process is able to put the past behind him and once again find his way in the world.  It doesn't get much better than this." - mattmav45

Personal Comment: Coming in just barely out of the top 25 is the highest rated Pixar film and animated film to make the countdown, Finding Nemo.  Finding Nemo is the 14th movie from the 2000s decade, tying it with the 2010s for the decade with the most movies.  There are many animated films that manage to live in the nostalgic memories of all ages, but few manage to do so as well as Pixar's biggest hit, Finding Nemo.  Finding Nemo is a heartfelt film, full of belly-shaking laughs, and it's one with very little to no flaws in its execution.  While the movie may be one of Pixar's simplest, it also makes it one of Pixar's most endearing.  The movie sends a powerful message of how far a parent is willing to go out of love for their child.

 

 

 

is this seriously the highest ranking animated film on the list? (or has Toy Story shown up) I honestly do not understand the appeal to this movie, it's so freakin boring.