Empire magazines top 500 films
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Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
How can you not like The Green Mile?
Sentimental tosh
How can you not like The Green Mile?
Cos it's sentimental manipulative mawkish toss.
Shawshank Redemption isn't AWFUL, but it's very hackneyed. Green Mile is just horrible
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Agreed!
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
You're so wordy
Nanker Phelge
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That is the first time I have ever heard you say that
Ha ha...I was thinking that. I feel quite honoured.
You heartless bastards.
Nah, I like to be moved by a film, but I want that emotion to be arrived at naturally, not wrenched out of me by a film DEMANDING that I sob
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
How can you not like The Green Mile?
What's to like - it's such an over earnest piece of nonsense. It's over indulgent, over performed, it's dull and slow, and it has Tom Hanks giving that weary eyed, burdened everyman act yet again.
It's a fucking life sentence!
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
And Michael Clark Duncan!
There are some VERY odd inclusions
451. Speed (Jan De Bont, 1994)
454. The Bourne Supremacy (Paul Greengrass, 2004)
456. 28 Days Later (Danny Boyle, 2002)
457. Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick, 1987)
465. 12 Monkeys (Terry Gilliam, 1995)
466. Snatch (Guy Ritchie, 2000)
467. The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, 1978)
469. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Terry Gilliam, 1998)
473. Into the Wild (Sean Penn, 2007)
485. The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973)
486. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Blake Edwards, 1961)
491. Ben-Hur (William Wyler, 1959)
451. Speed (Jan De Bont, 1994)
454. The Bourne Supremacy (Paul Greengrass, 2004)
456. 28 Days Later (Danny Boyle, 2002)
457. Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick, 1987)
465. 12 Monkeys (Terry Gilliam, 1995)
466. Snatch (Guy Ritchie, 2000)
467. The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, 1978)
469. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Terry Gilliam, 1998)
473. Into the Wild (Sean Penn, 2007)
485. The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973)
486. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Blake Edwards, 1961)
491. Ben-Hur (William Wyler, 1959)
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Lots of people like SpeedThere are some VERY odd inclusions
451. Speed (Jan De Bont, 1994)
454. The Bourne Supremacy (Paul Greengrass, 2004)
456. 28 Days Later (Danny Boyle, 2002)
457. Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick, 1987)
465. 12 Monkeys (Terry Gilliam, 1995)
466. Snatch (Guy Ritchie, 2000)
467. The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, 1978)
469. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Terry Gilliam, 1998)
473. Into the Wild (Sean Penn, 2007)
485. The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973)
486. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Blake Edwards, 1961)
491. Ben-Hur (William Wyler, 1959)
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
I'm also pleased to see Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid - oft overlooked IMO.
V for Vendetta is an odd inclusion.
I would imagine the top 500 to all be great - there is a large chunk of these which fail to meet this requirement - I mean Spiderman 2...great? A good summer smash hit, but not great.
The Godfather is great, The Apartment is great, Get Carter is great, even the Princess Bride has greatness within it, but the Harry Potters/Pirates of the Caribbean are just fun. Perhaps fun is great too...um!?
just don't get me started on the fucker Forrest Gump!
V for Vendetta is an odd inclusion.
I would imagine the top 500 to all be great - there is a large chunk of these which fail to meet this requirement - I mean Spiderman 2...great? A good summer smash hit, but not great.
The Godfather is great, The Apartment is great, Get Carter is great, even the Princess Bride has greatness within it, but the Harry Potters/Pirates of the Caribbean are just fun. Perhaps fun is great too...um!?
just don't get me started on the fucker Forrest Gump!
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
American Beauty wouldn't make the top 10,000
Nanker Phelge
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but Zombie Strippers would!
What a preposterous list.
I really wish they'd stop bothering with these things.
Why?
gives us something to argue about.
Serves to remind about a few films we may not have heard of / forgotten about
Yes, there can be great films for kids, like there are great kids' books. 'The Red Balloon', 'Toy Story' or one of the Sinbad films (forgotten which one) are great kids films.
A good, well thought and unbiased list would stand a chance of doing that, but not this giant tome of drivel.
I remember butchers forwarding this list http://eddieonfilm.blogspot.com/2005/12/foreign-art.html
as an example of a decent, thought-provoking selection.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Nanker Phelge
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Yep - Red Balloon is great, toy Story too and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (which my auntie took me to see when I was little) - I don't feel that Spiderman 2 is great - it's just big, expensive, noisy entertainment.
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