Prometheus - Probably an Alien prequel, unless it isn't (it totally is)

Quoth

Oh come on

Blade Runner is amazing but best movie ever?

Don't be a silly goose

Vann Diras

Yes quoth I'm sorry for having a favorite movie

How ridiculous of me

Vann Diras

Also princess bride is a great movie but is not as best ever as people like to proclaim

Eat that, haters

*drops the mic*

Quoth

It can totally be your favorite

Come, let us discuss my favorite, which is probably The Fifth Element

It owes a lot to Blade Runner!

Vann Diras

Fifth element is a movie I saw as a kid and just thought it was a weird movie

Still need to go back to it, just hasn't come up yet

Mortal Sky

Children of Men is probably my favorite movie. Cuaron is a goddamn directing wizard.

The_Scarab

Tossrock wrote: »

Pearce is laying it on a little thick but maybe that's supposed to just be how his character is

He's doing a John Hurt voice.

Not to imply there's any further the connection to Alien or anything. It's just he's doing the gravely John Hurt voice.

Aneurhythmia

Quoth wrote: »

It can totally be your favorite

I can't think of any better way to qualify an absolute best movie. The idea of their being a best movie is probably just fundamentally broken otherwise. If one were to get into any attempt at academic objectivity though, the only way Casablanca is getting on the list is historical relevance. The movie is entertaining, but it's otherwise pulpy and simplistic. It's a couple of missed coin flips away from being To Have and Have Not.

Vic

Aneurhythmia wrote: »

Quoth wrote: »

It can totally be your favorite

I can't think of any better way to qualify an absolute best movie. The idea of their being a best movie is probably just fundamentally broken otherwise. If one were to get into any attempt at academic objectivity though, the only way Casablanca is getting on the list is historical relevance. The movie is entertaining, but it's otherwise pulpy and simplistic. It's a couple of missed coin flips away from being To Have and Have Not.

There is no good way of qualifying what the best movie is, but that should be a reason to avoid the term rather than use it incorrectly. Just like I get annoyed by people saying that a song is terrible when what they mean is that they don't like it.

Olivaw

Everyone knows the absolute best movie is the Godfather

That's quantifiable

They did movie science to find that out

Beasteh

i really enjoyed that ted talk

Solar

Vic wrote: »

Aneurhythmia wrote: »

Quoth wrote: »

It can totally be your favorite

I can't think of any better way to qualify an absolute best movie. The idea of their being a best movie is probably just fundamentally broken otherwise. If one were to get into any attempt at academic objectivity though, the only way Casablanca is getting on the list is historical relevance. The movie is entertaining, but it's otherwise pulpy and simplistic. It's a couple of missed coin flips away from being To Have and Have Not.

There is no good way of qualifying what the best movie is, but that should be a reason to avoid the term rather than use it incorrectly. Just like I get annoyed by people saying that a song is terrible when what they mean is that they don't like it.

Quite difficult to ascertain the quality of a song other that whether you like it or not, though.

I'm quite happy to say that there is no objective measure for any entertainment.

Quoth

No objective measure, nope

All art is equal before god and man

Munkus Beaver

Snatch is a really good movie.

I think Blade Runner is merely good.

Langly

I love snatch

FAQ

well now

Munkus Beaver

Langly wrote: »

I love snatch

Why do they call him the Bullet Dodger?

Beasteh

guy ritchie films are generally the best films

Solar

Beasteh wrote: »

guy ritchie films are generally the best films

I think not

Gatsby

Solar wrote: »

Beasteh wrote: »

guy ritchie films are generally the best films

I think not

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Beasteh

Solar wrote: »

Beasteh wrote: »

guy ritchie films are generally the best films

I think not

opinions

Quoth

Solar wrote: »

Beasteh wrote: »

guy ritchie films are generally the best films

I think not

Of course not, there's no standard

They are just as good as every other film

Langly

Cause he dodges bullets, avi

Hobnail

Quoth wrote: »

Solar wrote: »

Beasteh wrote: »

guy ritchie films are generally the best films

I think not

Of course not, there's no standard

They are just as good as every other film

This is actually true. In fact, every experience is just as good as every other experience.

Solar

Quoth wrote: »

Solar wrote: »

Beasteh wrote: »

guy ritchie films are generally the best films

I think not

Of course not, there's no standard

They are just as good as every other film

Well personally, I am not a fan

Whatever anyone else feels about them is their business

But for me, I do not particularly like his movies

Beasteh

i watched a game of shadows recently and halfway through one of the super visceral slow-mo fight scenes i was like haaaaaaaaang on

this is guy ritchie isnt it

then i spent the rest of the movie being very pleased

Blake T

Blade runner is a movie I need to see again.

The first time I did not dig it at all, I may have not been in the right mood for it though.

Veldrin

I remember watching Blade Runner for the first time back about 12 years ago and it didn't catch me at all. It was booooooring to my 15 year old brain.

I watched it again last year and it was like I was watching it for the very first time. I absolutely loved it.

Ah, maturity.

Druhim

Man, I remember I watched Big Lebowski when it was first released in theaters and I just didn't find it that funny. Then about 15 years later I watched it again and it dawned on me that I was a stupid fuck the first time I watched it and it's a brilliant comedy.

FAQ

I watched it with my dad the first time, I liked it a lot but he actually left the room.

Now it's his favourite movie

Blake T

That's just, like your opinion, man.

Aneurhythmia

Vic wrote: »

Aneurhythmia wrote: »

Quoth wrote: »

It can totally be your favorite

I can't think of any better way to qualify an absolute best movie. The idea of their being a best movie is probably just fundamentally broken otherwise. If one were to get into any attempt at academic objectivity though, the only way Casablanca is getting on the list is historical relevance. The movie is entertaining, but it's otherwise pulpy and simplistic. It's a couple of missed coin flips away from being To Have and Have Not.

There is no good way of qualifying what the best movie is, but that should be a reason to avoid the term rather than use it incorrectly. Just like I get annoyed by people saying that a song is terrible when what they mean is that they don't like it.

I think "this movie is the best" and "this song is terrible" are both easily understood in casual conversation. Replying to either by attempting to define accomplishment by way of technical merit is probably the greater misstep.

Romanian My Escutcheon

Druhim wrote: »

Man, I remember I watched Big Lebowski when it was first released in theaters and I just didn't find it that funny. Then about 15 years later I watched it again and it dawned on me that I was a stupid fuck the first time I watched it and it's a brilliant comedy.

I'm wondering if it's the same way with some other stuff I watched, mostly Burn After Reading.

The problem is that to test that hypothesis, I would have to watch Burn After Reading again, and I remember that movie sucking ass.

FAQ

burn after reading is

ok

The_Scarab

Beasteh wrote: »

guy ritchie films are generally the best films

wait is this a joke

Romanian My Escutcheon

FAQ wrote: »

burn after reading is

ok

Part of the problem may be that I went to go see it with some friends when I was in high school, and none of us found it particularly hilarious.

Which made me feel some marginal level of guilt, as I was the one who suggested it.

Oops.

Solar

Burn after reading was cool

I enjoyed that movie a lot

Hobnail

Burn After Reading wins my "unexpected graphic depiction of a hatchet glancing off a human skull" award

Beasteh

The_Scarab wrote: »

Beasteh wrote: »

guy ritchie films are generally the best films

wait is this a joke

TankHammer

I've seen Blade Runner only once.

It was on VHS with a friend who also hadn't seen it.

I thought it was a cool universe with awesome visuals but I need to watch it again so I can figure out what was happening in the main plot. Maybe I'll get my hands on the director's cut one day.