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.
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.
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Everyone knows the absolute best movie is the Godfather
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.
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Snatch is a really good movie.
I think Blade Runner is merely good.
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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 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.
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.
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.
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Blade Runner is amazing but best movie ever?
Don't be a silly goose
How ridiculous of me
Eat that, haters
*drops the mic*
Come, let us discuss my favorite, which is probably The Fifth Element
It owes a lot to Blade Runner!
Still need to go back to it, just hasn't come up yet
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.
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.
That's quantifiable
They did movie science to find that out
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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.
All art is equal before god and man
I think Blade Runner is merely good.
Why do they call him the Bullet Dodger?
I think not
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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.
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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
this is guy ritchie isnt it
then i spent the rest of the movie being very pleased
The first time I did not dig it at all, I may have not been in the right mood for it though.
Satans..... hints.....
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.
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Now it's his favourite movie
Satans..... hints.....
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.
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.
ok
wait is this a joke
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.
I enjoyed that movie a lot
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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.