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

[Kalo]

9 hours ago, The Panda said:

Hopefully I put this in the right thread this time

 

Number 47

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

45 Points (20 Votes, Avg Score 47.45)

 

"For who could ever learn to love a beast?"

 

Top 5 Placements: 1 Placement

Top 10 Placements: 2 Placements

Changes in Rankings Over Time: 2014 (44, -3), 2013 (68, +21), 2012 (77, +30)

Tomatometer: 93%

Box Office: 145.86m (300.01m Adjusted)

Most Notable Awards Recognition: Won 2 Oscars and first Animated movie to be nominated for Best Picture

IMDb Synopsis: Belle is a girl who is dissatisfied with life in a small provincial French town, constantly trying to fend off the misplaced "affections" of conceited Gaston. The Beast is a prince who was placed under a spell because he could not love. A wrong turn taken by Maurice, Belle's father, causes the two to meet.

Critic Opinion: "It’s difficult to over-appreciate this classic film, which features a wonderful message about seeing the true beauty in people. The love story is wonderfully-told and the main characters are fully realized. Aside from that, the film’s vibrant colors are wonderful to behold, and the 3-D only adds to that. The new effects are more subtle than the typical 3-D effects where objects come flying off the screen.

 

The music remains one of the film’s main selling points. The soundtrack is phenomenal. From the exciting lyrics of “Be Our Guest” to the calm melodies of the title track, this film captures many of the reasons why Disney films are often a magical experience. Listening to the title song in the middle of the film actually gave me goosebumps.

 

“Beauty and the Beast” remains a Disney classic for many reasons. It may be a simple story that children can understand, but its themes and its presentation are magical. It’s no wonder that this film remains a modern-day classic." - John Hanlon

User Opinion: "One of the best Disney Animation Classics. Everything's really just perfect, and the best aspect of the movie for me is characterizations. Every characters, especially the leads and the villain, are so well crafted with layers and back stories. 
 
Gaston is such a great villain, whereas other villains of Disney are purely evil, cruel, ruthless,etc... Gaston is absolutely despicable in many ways. I don't know why, but I always find that type of antagonist very interesting. 
 
Belle is one of my favorite Disney female protagonists, good and aspiring character." - Sam

Personal Comment: Beauty and the Beast comes in as the second movie from Walt Disney, the 5th animation so far, and the 10th movie from the 90s tying the decade with the 80s and 2000s for second place in the decade contest.  There's few movies out there that are able to play out as true of a classic as Beauty and the Beast can.  The animation in the movie is gorgeous to watch, the songs stick to the memory, and the film is cut to being flawless in its form and how it flows.  The movie is an example of a film being absolutely everything it could have been and playing it perfectly.

 

 

 

 

My favorite animated film ever.

[The Stingray]

Alien, Fargo (the Coens' best, and that's saying something): 

 

The Force Awakens: 

 

[Kalo]

24 minutes ago, The Stingray said:

The Force Awakens: 

 

Just let it in Sting, Just let it in. 

[James]

TFA And Toy Story I don't even know which one of them is worse.

[The Futurist]

No Debbie Does Dalles ?

 

[JohnnY]

rear window so fucking loowwwww

 

plus i didn't expect kurosawa to appear so high in this list, which is high for kurosawa but still low for Rear Window

Edited May 22, 2016 by JohnnY

[baumer]

TFA is so close to being the best Star Wars film.  For me it's right up there with Empire.  And when I give it a few years to settle in, it might make my top 10 films of all time.  It's that good, imo.

[4815162342]

Seven Samurai and Rear Window 

 

[Ethan Hunt]

Toy Story 2 = The best Toy Story film

[WrathOfHan]

TFA and TS2 were both on my list.

[Kalo]

TFA was in my top 10. TS2 wasn't on my list, but I love that movie.

Edited May 22, 2016 by Kalo

[4815162342]

11 hours ago, Blank Panther said:

I'm definitely aware of that, which is why Coogler's adaptation would be fascinating to me

 

 

Don't get me wrong, I would absolutely love to see cinematic depictions of songs like "Satisfied," "Yorktown," "Non-Stop,"  "The Room Where it Happens," and "The World Was Wide Enough," among others. But they're songs that are very hard to do cinematically compared to the way you can easily shift between characters, locations, and times on stage.

[CoolioD1]

it's weird because lmm keeps saying he made it with a movie adaptation very much in mind. i don't even get that from the soundtrack since it's very "explaining everything the characters are doing in the moment" much moreso than any other musical i've seen, and that wouldn't really be necessary for a film.

[4815162342]

Just now, CoolioD1 said:

it's weird because lmm keeps saying he made it with a movie adaptation very much in mind. i don't even get that from the soundtrack since it's very "explaining everything the characters are doing in the moment" much moreso than any other musical i've seen, and that wouldn't really be necessary for a film.

 

Yeah. I just saw it last night (after having listened to the soundtrack) and there's really way more narration than your typical musical. Really hard to incorporate that filmwise unless it's done kinda meta, like the film being sort of a docudrama with the main narrator (Burr) sort of existing outside time and space and narrating/interacting with the characters/events simultaneously while also talking to the audience.

[TalismanRing]

10 hours ago, The Stingray said:

Alien, Fargo (the Coens' best, and that's saying something): 

 

The Force Awakens: 

 

 

Ditto.

 

TFA is a pretty good movie for one built on nostalgia and rehashing.  Not near my top 1000 but it's far better than the prequels (though that's not saying much) but it made me appreciate the visuals and inventiveness from the prequels more if not the abysmal storytelling, dialog and acting. It's #4 on my SW list but only the first 2 should be anywhere near this list. 

 

[Ethan Hunt]

TFA is my favorite Star Wars 

[MCKillswitch123]

Can any of you EVIL AND PESKY friendly people tell me the list so far? Too lazy to ditch up all of the entries.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What? At least I'm honest... 

[Blankments]

Seven Samurai, Toy Story 2, and Rear Window are all great!

[cannastop]

10 hours ago, JohnnY said:

rear window so fucking loowwwww

 

plus i didn't expect kurosawa to appear so high in this list, which is high for kurosawa but still low for Rear Window

This is my first year here, and I put Seven Samurai in the top 10. I guess you should thank me or something.

[Tower]

58 minutes ago, MCKillswitch123 said:

Can any of you EVIL AND PESKY friendly people tell me the list so far? Too lazy to ditch up all of the entries.

 

What? At least I'm honest... 

 

position	film	year
100	The Big Lebowski	1998
99	No Country For Old Men	2007
98	Magnolia	1999
97	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2	2011
96	Captain America: Winters Soldier	2014
95	Ghostbusters	1984
94	Do The Right Thing	1989
93	Her	2013
92	Captain America: Civil War	2016
91	Raging Bull	1980
90	Chinatown	1974
89	The Shining	1980
88	The Wolf of Wall Street	2013
87	North By Northwest	1959
86	Spider-Man 2	2004
85	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	2004
84	Aladdin	1992
83	Saving Private Ryan	1998
82	One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest	1975
81	The Terminator	1984
80	Whiplash	2014
79	Aliens	1986
78	Psycho	1960
77	Heat	1995
76	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	1989
75	Memento	2000
74	Once Upon a Time in the West	1968
73	Boyhood	2014
72	Dr. Strangelove	1964
71	Guardians of the Galaxy	2014
70	It's a Wonderful Life	1946
69	Rocky	1975
68	Avengers	2012
67	Up	2009
66	There Will Be Blood	2007
65	Blade Runner	1982
64	Monty Python and the Holy Grail	1975
63	Singin' in the Rain	1952
62	Spirited Away	2001
61	Vertigo	1958
60	Batman Begins	2005
59	Die Hard	1988
58	The Silence Of The Lambs	1991
57	Inglorious Basterds	2009
56	The Usual Suspects	1995
55	Return Of The Jedi	1983
54	The Social Network	2010
53	Gravity	2013
52	Ratatouille	2007
51	The Wizard of Oz	1939
50	Citizen Kane	1941
49	The Truman Show	1998
48	Se7en	1995
47	Beauty and the Beast	1991
46	Fargo	1996
45	Alien	1979
44	The Force Awakens	2015
43	Seven Samurai	1954
42	Toy Story 2	1999
41	Rear Window	1954