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Greatest Movie Ever?
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Don't make them like they used to:
Lawrence of Arabia
Citizen Kane
Dr. Strangelove
The Third Man
The Maltese Falcon
Casablanca
Lawrence of Arabia
Citizen Kane
Dr. Strangelove
The Third Man
The Maltese Falcon
Casablanca
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Patton may or may not be the best movie, but for me it works. I was in the military and was able to explore the ruins at Volubilis Morrocco about a year after the movie was made. Got to stand in all the places George C. Scott stood, while talking about his previous life.
I'm into the UFO/alien stuff, which I believe has been very real, so Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind is on my list.
About the movie, according to Wikipedia: .... J. Allen Hynek, who worked with the United States Air Force on Project Blue Book, was hired as a scientific consultant. Hynek felt that "even though the film is fiction, it's based for the most part on the known facts of the UFO mystery, and it certainly catches the flavor of the phenomenon...."
In my opinion, the ET question is on the short list among the most important issues of our time. And yet, with so much fraud and disinformation mixed in among events that are undeniable, the phenomenon continues to garner little importance within mainstream discourse. The issue has been viewed with paranoia, a chance for technical advantage, or both, so these events have been funneled into obscurity via the military / national security apparatus.
About the movie, according to Wikipedia: .... J. Allen Hynek, who worked with the United States Air Force on Project Blue Book, was hired as a scientific consultant. Hynek felt that "even though the film is fiction, it's based for the most part on the known facts of the UFO mystery, and it certainly catches the flavor of the phenomenon...."
In my opinion, the ET question is on the short list among the most important issues of our time. And yet, with so much fraud and disinformation mixed in among events that are undeniable, the phenomenon continues to garner little importance within mainstream discourse. The issue has been viewed with paranoia, a chance for technical advantage, or both, so these events have been funneled into obscurity via the military / national security apparatus.
Any of Roger Cormans movies such as attack of the crab monsters a true classic that took two weeks to make and had huge telepathic crabs in it.
Or the original sci fi movie "the thing " with snappy dialogue and James Arness as the creature.
Finding the bloodless dog in the greenhouse.Dr carrington who sets up all the seeds he pulls out of the creatures hand with blood plasma.The creature returns and turns the greenhouse into a slaughter house.The reporters warning at the end of the movie.
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Another contemporary movie I find in the 'I MUST WATCH WHEN IT'S ON' category is Christopher Nolan's brilliant 'The Prestige'. There is just so much going on, and so many good performances, that I find it impossible not to watch. The sheer number of betrayals plot twists is staggering and Nolan handles it all with ease. And David Bowie as Nikola Tesla is the best thing in the movie when it happens.
Are you watching closely?
Are you watching closely?
Ed Wood! We could go down a rabbit hole with the movies he's written (like Plan 9) and directed. But I'll be good.
With all due respect, Casablanca could not lick the back side of Caddyshack's nads.
Citizen Kane, quotable line being whispered: Rosebud, Rosebud
Alternate
Gone with the Wind, quotable line: Frankly,my dear, I don't give a damn!
Patton was a great film because it is the rare bio pic that isn't afraid to show its subject warts and all. Patton is portrayed as both a brilliant military leader & strategist AND as a pompous egomaniac.
I don't know if Atlantic City qualifies as a great movie, but it had some quintessential old guy quotes from aging Burt Lancaster that rank up there with "get off my lawn":
"You should have seen the Atlantic Ocean in those days".
"Atlantic City, it used to be beautiful -- what with the rackets, whoring, guns."
Saw that last week, again. Not as good as "The King of Marvin Gardens," but a damn fine flick.
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All The Right Moves
Leigh Thompson's breasts = awesome
Leigh Thompson's breasts = awesome
Dude, wrong adjective. You’re looking for “spectacular.”
Point of trivia but I believe it is "Marven" and not "Marvin." I think you state the name of the movie correctly but the area is known as Marven Grdens as is represents where MARgate meats VENtnor.
No way in hell is it Tombstone.
That movie finishes a distinct second Wyatt Earp with Kevin Costner and a great cast.
We have enough to worry about with the idiots inhabiting this planet....let alone those from another universe
I never understood all the love for Saving Private Ryan. I really didn't find it all that funny.
I think they are from this universe. But regardless, our idiots are probably the reason they hang around so much.
UFO activity surged during and just after WW2, especially near our most sensitive military sites (with nukes, e.g., Roswell). That's when our brightest minds handed the planet's self destruct button to some of our greatest idiots.
One issue really bugs me about that movie: What an impossible burden was put on Ryan when the Tom Hanks character whispers "earn this" as he dies in his ear at the end (spoiler alert!). That really was a huge hole in that movie, IMHO.
The Searchers
The Quiet Man
I have never liked The Searchers. It resides in my personal "All Time Over Rated" file.
The Quiet Man on the other hand is a pot of gold. Victor McGlaughlin owns that movie.
I have never liked The Searchers. It resides in my personal "All Time Over Rated" file.
The Quiet Man on the other hand is a pot of gold. Victor McGlaughlin owns that movie.
The Informer. Pure Victor.
Sorry, but spare me from the stereotype drunk Irishman he played in so many Ford movies.I have never liked The Searchers. It resides in my personal "All Time Over Rated" file.
The Quiet Man on the other hand is a pot of gold. Victor McGlaughlin owns that movie.
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