Topic: best movie you have ever seen in your life - page 4. (Read 4709 times)

Nobody has mentioned it because it was dumb. 


Other than "Center Stage", I have not seen any of those movies. I will have to watch them sometime.

I'm not against any of those. I love it when stuff is choreographed, and I'm a big fan of cinematography. Everything you like about those films is good. But I was specifically thinking of the cast. Both of your choices star Zhang Ziyi, and Hero also stars Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung. A few posts back, I mentioned some great films. Of those, I listed some below. Four of them star Tony Leung. Four of them star Maggie Cheung. And one of them stars Zhang Ziyi. Perhaps the biggest takeaway from this are the rave (and I mean rave) reviews Zhang Ziyi received for her performance in 2046. To get an idea, read this: http://www.helloziyi.us/Articles/2046-ziyi-critical-praise.htm

2046: http://mubi.com/films/-2046
Days of Being Wild: http://mubi.com/films/days-of-being-wild
* Trailer for Days of Being Wild: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cExEkJjyD8
In the Mood for Love: http://mubi.com/films/in-the-mood-for-love
* Trailer for In the Mood for Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kRQqksluZk
Chungking Express: http://mubi.com/films/chungking-express
Center Stage: http://mubi.com/films/center-stage
* Trailer for Center Stage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwp-_UL2PlY

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned mine yet:

Dumb & Dumber

 

The Big Lebowski

(I know.  Shocker!)

Beautifully choreographed fight sequences, stunning visual effects, interesting story.

What did you like the most about these?

Some more of my favorites:

Braveheart
Gladiator
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Hero
Elektra
Breach
A Beautiful Mind
The Lion King

A while back, I would've made lists like those of btceic, PurpleTentacle and hany103, including films such as those listed above. All good films. I have many of those on Blu-ray or DVD.

But then I started watching films which were critically acclaimed for various reasons.

There are two lists below. One is a list of some of my absolutely favorite relatively modern films generally made for American and British markets with some sort of Hollywood influence. It is the second list. The other is a list of some of my all time favorite films which I would take to a desert island with me. They are pretty much all Asian films, but critically acclaimed to very high levels, often occurring in the top 100 greatest films ever made.

The point is, I am not unlike others in this thread. I have watched and enjoyed the same films as all of you. And I would have named them as some of my favorite films. But I must say, after having explored other areas of cinema, I truly understand why critics also name the same kinds of films I have been naming, as in an earlier post here.

Given that I have been on the same path as all of you in watching films, and came to the same conclusions as you with regard to what constitutes a great film (see the quoted sections above), it stands to reason that there must be something wonderful and significant about the films listed below which would appeal to many of you as well.

And thus, I stand behind the following as some of my absolutely favorite films.

Yi Yi: http://mubi.com/films/yi-yi-a-one-and-a-two
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs: http://mubi.com/films/when-a-woman-ascends-the-stairs
* Trailer for When a Woman Ascends the Stairs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c57V3Owk30w
Pale Flower: http://mubi.com/films/pale-flower
* Trailer for Pale Flower: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOOr4nuWFqU
The Terrorizers: http://mubi.com/films/the-terrorizers
Center Stage: http://mubi.com/films/center-stage
* Trailer for Center Stage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwp-_UL2PlY
Equinox Flower: http://mubi.com/films/equinox-flower
* Clip from Equinox Flower: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wI6LfigwYA
Days of Being Wild: http://mubi.com/films/days-of-being-wild
* Trailer for Days of Being Wild: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cExEkJjyD8
In the Mood for Love: http://mubi.com/films/in-the-mood-for-love
* Trailer for In the Mood for Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kRQqksluZk
2046: http://mubi.com/films/-2046
Chungking Express: http://mubi.com/films/chungking-express
The Human Condition: http://mubi.com/films/the-human-condition
Sansho the Bailiff: http://mubi.com/films/sansho-the-bailiff
* Trailer for Sansho the Bailiff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=076MrMynyak
Late Autumn: http://mubi.com/films/late-autumn
Early Summer: http://mubi.com/films/early-summer
* Clip from Early Summer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF3Gz66P2zQ
Floating Weeds: http://mubi.com/films/floating-weeds
* Floating Weeds analysis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPjHBhWm4MU
The Face of Another: http://mubi.com/films/the-face-of-another
* Trailer for The Face of Another: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa6BitYbhZU

But I also really like the ones listed below. They rank very very highly on my list:

No Country for Old Men: http://mubi.com/films/no-country-for-old-men
Lost in Translation: http://mubi.com/films/lost-in-translation
True Grit: http://mubi.com/films/true-grit--2
Net Let Me Go: http://mubi.com/films/never-let-me-go
2001: A Space Odyssey: http://mubi.com/films/2001-a-space-odyssey
Beetlejuice: http://mubi.com/films/beetlejuice
Mystery Train: http://mubi.com/films/mystery-train
Layer Cake: http://mubi.com/films/layer-cake
X-Men: First Class: http://mubi.com/films/x-men-first-class
The Innkeepers: http://mubi.com/films/the-innkeepers
Zodiac: http://mubi.com/films/zodiac
Last of the Mohicans: http://mubi.com/films/the-last-of-the-mohicans
Jane Eyre: http://mubi.com/films/jane-eyre--2
L.A. Confidential: http://mubi.com/films/la-confidential
Hugo: http://mubi.com/films/hugo
Barry Lyndon: http://mubi.com/films/barry-lyndon
Pride & Prejudice: http://mubi.com/films/pride-prejudice
Iron Man: http://mubi.com/films/iron-man
Midnight in Paris: http://mubi.com/films/midnight-in-paris
The Jacket: http://mubi.com/films/the-jacket
Hunger: http://mubi.com/films/hunger
The Ninth Gate: http://mubi.com/films/the-ninth-gate
Let Me In: http://mubi.com/films/let-me-in
An Education: http://mubi.com/films/an-education
A Dangerous Method: http://mubi.com/films/a-dangerous-method

And with that said, please visit my growing list of films I have yet to watch here in this post: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/movies-you-really-want-to-see-but-havent-been-able-to-yet-246542

You are invited to list out films that you want to watch there as well.

Can't decide


Memento
V For Vendetta
Schindler's List
Requiem For A Dream
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Inception
The Dark Knight
American History X
The Bucket List
The Pursuit Of Happyness

I can't decide on one best movie, but I enjoyed these a lot:

Memento
House of Sand and Fog
Requiem for a Dream I know, it's been mentioned, but this really fucked me for a few days.
Pi
Lost Highway
In the Mouth of Madness
Dead Man
Funny Games
Dogville and its sequel Manderlay
Moon
Sunshine

meh, I could go on and on...

the dark knight

The Godfather pII

Atlas Shrugged - part 1

Can't pick just one so here are my top movies of all time:

Matrix 1 (2 and 3 also which finished the trilogy but 1 blew my mind)
The Animatrix
Contact
Ghost in the Shell
Higher Learning
The Usual Suspects
Gandhi
Pink Floyd's The Wall
Good Will Hunting
The Shawshank Redemption
Forrest Gump
The Silence of the Lambs

Old School:
Jaws: this movie has had the most effect on me
ET: watched this at the movie theater with my family when I was a kid.

Art Bell's favorite, of which I concur.

Yes - Sneakers is at the top of the list.

Good choice, with caveats. Let's consider your choice.

It came in at #2 on the most recent Sight & Sound directors poll, which polls for the greatest films ever made. It will remain there for at least ten years, because the poll only occurs every ten years. See the poll results here: http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/sight-sound-2012-directors-top-ten . Note that it lost out to a film called Tokyo Story, directed by Yasujiro Ozu. In a prior post in this thread, I mentioned four Ozu films. Ozu is indeed one of my favorite directors, and he is also a favorite among a huge number of avid film watchers.

Now, specifically regarding 2001: A Space Odyssey, we have a film which seems to be unrivaled in addressing man's place in the Universe. No other film comes close. Period.

It's important, however, to watch the film properly. It should be watched in its original aspect ratio (not a cropped fullscreen DVD), and it should preferably be watched either in a theater, in a home theater, or on a decent flat panel, where the source is preferably the recent Blu-ray. Furthermore, by properly watching it, that means no interruptions, the volume boosted, and you giving it your rapt attention.

One caveat though: it is indeed worth watching several times, and revisiting it every now and then, but is it a desert island film? I'm not sure, due to its lack of warmth and emotion.

Additional note: on the Sight & Sound Critics poll, (not the directors poll), it came in at #6. Ozu's Tokyo Story came in at #3. See here: http://explore.bfi.org.uk/sightandsoundpolls/2012/critics/

To expound on the idea of what constitutes a 'favorite' film, I believe it has to be a desert island film. No way around it. You have to be able to watch it over and over again with undiminished pleasure. Just talking about them makes me want to watch them now.

Some clips from true desert island films:

2046: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=1uTz_Ufr3sk#t=2333s

Equinox Flower: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wI6LfigwYA

Floating Weeds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPjHBhWm4MU

Equinox Flower
Yi Yi
2046
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Late Autumn
Early Summer
Floating Weeds

Donnie Darko
Requiem for a Dream
Jacob's Ladder