Thai Bairn Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Braveheart and Trainspotting - 2 movies I have watched countless times and never tire of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Burr Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Braveheart and Trainspotting - 2 movies I have watched countless times and never tire of. Scottish Nationalist perchance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas_Merton Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Some non-scientific observations from the postings so far: It's interesting the number of times "One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest" appears in these listing. It was undoubtedly a great film, but the fact that it figures in many of the postings could be saying quite a bit about the attitude to life present in many of Thaivisa's members. Am I being too pseudo-psychological by suggesting, realising the need to escape from the controlled insanity of farang-land to the apparent anarchistic insanity of LOS, is an important motivation for many members? There seems, also, to be a dearth of comedy films (apart from "One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest”) in proportion to the action/adventure ones. Monty Python is there and a couple of others, but where are the truly great comedy classics e.g "The Front Page" with Jack Lemmon and Walter Mathau (and about 10 other films with Mathau) or "It's a Mad Mad Mad World" with just about everybody who was funny in 1968 (I once met Dick Shawn, who was even crazier than the character Sylvester, he played in the film), or no British comedies; Monty Python was not a virgin birth - there must have been some, Ealing comedies or Peter Seller's films, that opened the doors for the Python classics (or rather opened the legs - if I'm to keep to the metaphor). Perhaps we ought to begin to split the The Greatest Films list into genres like e.g Action Thrillers, Comedy, Fantasy, Cartoon, Non-English etc. so all the missed good films can have a mention. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Burr Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 (edited) Nah! Reading too much psycho stuff into the frequency of that choice. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest was simply a great film with an excellent ensemble cast. Monty Python was mostly influenced by the Goons, which was a radio show. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad world was too long, and simply not very funny. As much as I like the old Ealing comedies, they haven't aged very well. I think younger people wouldn't find them funny nowadays. The two I like are, Kind Hearts and Coronets and The Lady-Killers (the remake was a travesty). Best Peter Sellers film? The Party, where he plays an Indian actor accidently invited to a big Hollywood producers party. Hillarious! Edited June 3, 2005 by Sir Burr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkmadness Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 (edited) I like the way expats in Asia always love their Vietnam films as well, Apocalypse Now mentioned a few times. Sir Burr, agree with you totally on 'The Party' a great film, showed a real display of talent there. Edited June 3, 2005 by bkkmadness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Burr Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Have just seen on imdb.com that Spielberg has been voted the best director ever. Hitchcock second with Scorses third. Where is Elia Kazan, John Ford and Michael Curtiz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDN Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Braveheart and Trainspotting - 2 movies I have watched countless times and never tire of. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Scottish Nationalist perchance? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You beat me to it! Historically, this film is nonsense, but it gives some Scots a reason to feel aggrieved at the English, so it's good viewing for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Burr Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Sir Burr, agree with you totally on 'The Party' a great film, showed a real display of talent there. "Birdy Num-nums" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_strangelove Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 (edited) I like the way expats in Asia always love their Vietnam films as well, Apocalypse Now mentioned a few times. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Apocalypse now was one single movie which made me love south east... then i went through the available vietnam war movies to get the idea of vietnam war... I was born after Vietnam war and I'm not an American...So I never bothered about Vietnam or the war until I got a job offer frm Saigon last year. But I ended up taking a job in Bangkok. One question... which airline offers the cheapest tickets to saigon?? Edited June 3, 2005 by dr_strangelove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDN Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Have just seen on imdb.com that Spielberg has been voted the best director ever. Hitchcock second with Scorses third.Where is Elia Kazan, John Ford and Michael Curtiz? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ...and Frank Capra? Short memories... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas_Merton Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Have just seen on imdb.com that Spielberg has been voted the best director ever. Hitchcock second with Scorses third.Where is Elia Kazan, John Ford and Michael Curtiz? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ...and Frank Capra? Short memories... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ...Or David Lean - if it was only for the entrance of Omar Schariff in Lawrence of Arabia, he should be judged one of the greatest. When Scorses and Spielberg have directed films of such magnificence and diversity, as the list below, then we can begin to talk about who is the greatest. # A Passage to India (1984) # Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor (1979) (TV) # Ryan's Daughter (1970) # Doctor Zhivago (1965) # The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) (uncredited) ... aka George Stevens Presents The Greatest Story Ever Told (USA: complete title) # Lawrence of Arabia (1962) # The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) # Summertime (1955) ... aka Summer Madness (UK) # Hobson's Choice (1954) # The Sound Barrier (1952) ... aka Breaking Through the Sound Barrier (USA: promotional title) ... aka Breaking the Sound Barrier (USA) # Madeleine (1950) ... aka The Strange Case of Madeleine (USA: reissue title) # The Passionate Friends (1949) ... aka One Woman's Story (USA) # Oliver Twist (1948) # Great Expectations (1946) # Brief Encounter (1945) ... aka Noel Coward's Brief Encounter (UK: complete title) # Blithe Spirit (1945) # This Happy Breed (1944) ... aka Noel Coward's This Happy Breed (UK: complete title) # In Which We Serve (1942) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Burr Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 TM, Agree with you 100%. Spielberg got it because they claim he "changed Hollywood forever" as he "invented" the blockbuster and influenced the movie watching habits of a generation. Jaws was the first movie to gross over 100 million. Whilst I agree, he is one of the best directors of the present, I don't think even he would admit to being best director of all time. Can't be bothered to post the full list of ten, but Charlie Chaplin was in there. Sir Ridley Scott was at number 4 and Woody Allen at number ten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkmadness Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Spielberg has made a lot of great films, and many that made the favourite lists on here, same with Scorcese. A lot of film directors including those two recognise Akira Kurosawa (of Seven Samurai fame) as one of the best directors ever and claim inspiration from him, but I have yet to watch a lot of his films so cannot comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Burr Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 A lot of film directors including those two recognise Akira Kurosawa (of Seven Samurai fame) as one of the best directors ever and claim inspiration from him, He was high up on the list of best directors ever as well. Number 3, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuchok Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Personally, I couldn't care less who was the director or actors or if the style was copied from somebody else.To me, it is the movies that made an impression on yours truly..here goes Life of Brian Pulp Fiction Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Finding Nemo Trainspotting Lock Stock and Two Smoking barrels A Fish called Wanda True Romance The Pink Panther The Lord of the Rings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meom Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Perhaps we ought to begin to split the The Greatest Films list into genres like e.g Action Thrillers, Comedy, Fantasy, Cartoon, Non-English etc. so all the missed good films can have a mention.What do you think? I'm thinking about Deep Throat with Linda Lovelace from an obvious genre you have missed. Or is the community of TV too young to remember Linda? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Bairn Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Braveheart and Trainspotting - 2 movies I have watched countless times and never tire of. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Scottish Nationalist perchance? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You beat me to it! Historically, this film is nonsense, but it gives some Scots a reason to feel aggrieved at the English, so it's good viewing for them. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Not complete nonsense - the bits about beating the English are true We don't beat them at much so of course it makes us feel good. But no I am not a Nationalist - let's face it there is the part in Trainspotting where they go out into the middle of nowhere and we are treated to a rant about how crap a country we are - hardly the stuff of Nationalist propaganda ! Ah <deleted> it's true - we all hate the English Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_strangelove Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 (edited) I think spielberg is better because of one reason. He told stories from past and future.. david lean has told some beautiful stories.. but mostly from his period only (exp frm whatever i hv seen so far)... I wonder why Kubrick's name didnt came at 2 or 3... Edited June 3, 2005 by dr_strangelove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuchok Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Nobody voted for Citizen Kane? ment to be one of the best movies ever filmed...according to the critics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas_Merton Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Perhaps we ought to begin to split the The Greatest Films list into genres like e.g Action Thrillers, Comedy, Fantasy, Cartoon, Non-English etc. so all the missed good films can have a mention. What do you think? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm thinking about Deep Throat with Linda Lovelace from an obvious genre you have missed. Or is the community of TV too young to remember Linda? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Of its genre, Deep Throat with Linda Lovelace, was turgid cr*p. It only became famous (infamous) because of its almost general release (and subsequent connection with Watergate). If you want to go into this subject, I was only thinking the other day, an analysis of the films of Ron Jeremy, could be of interest - if only with respect to the sheer size and longevity of his cinematic experience. But even more so, because the documentary “The Legend of Ron Jeremy” has been nominated for best documentary of the year by the Chicago Film Critics Association. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkmadness Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Nobody voted for Citizen Kane? ment to be one of the best movies ever filmed...according to the critics. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think me and Tommy M both got it, I don't agree best film ever made though, thats a hard choice to make, movies can be so personal, but it seems the label every critic wants to give it. If we going into certain genres, what about Russ Meyers 'Supervixens' , he had some great women in his films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Burr Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 OK, here it is, though I think having Peter Jackson on the list is laughable. 1. Steven Spielberg 2. Alfred Hitchcock 3. Martin Scorsese 4. Stanley Kubrick 5. Sir Ridley Scott 6. Akira Kurosawa 7. Peter Jackson 8. Quentin Tarantino 9. Orson Welles 10. Woody Allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuchok Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Nobody voted for Citizen Kane? ment to be one of the best movies ever filmed...according to the critics. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think me and Tommy M both got it, I don't agree best film ever made though, thats a hard choice to make, movies can be so personal, but it seems the label every critic wants to give it. If we going into certain genres, what about Russ Meyers 'Supervixens' , he had some great women in his films. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Debbie Does Dallas was the first porno I ever saw...can still remember a couple of the scenes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meom Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Anybody remember who made Twister, a great movie about tornado chasers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkmadness Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 (edited) OK, here it is, though I think having Peter Jackson on the list is laughable.1. Steven Spielberg 2. Alfred Hitchcock 3. Martin Scorsese 4. Stanley Kubrick 5. Sir Ridley Scott 6. Akira Kurosawa 7. Peter Jackson 8. Quentin Tarantino 9. Orson Welles 10. Woody Allen <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Think Tarantino is laughable on there as well, ok a couple of good films as well as a couple of complete flops, hardly in the same ball park as the other names on there, overated. Woody Allen should go above him for 'Annie Hall' alone. and wheres Stone, Coppola, Ford? Edited June 3, 2005 by bkkmadness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meom Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Perhaps we ought to begin to split the The Greatest Films list into genres like e.g Action Thrillers, Comedy, Fantasy, Cartoon, Non-English etc. so all the missed good films can have a mention. What do you think? I'm thinking about Deep Throat with Linda Lovelace from an obvious genre you have missed. Or is the community of TV too young to remember Linda? Of its genre, Deep Throat with Linda Lovelace, was turgid cr*p. It only became famous (infamous) because of its almost general release (and subsequent connection with Watergate). If you want to go into this subject, I was only thinking the other day, an analysis of the films of Ron Jeremy, could be of interest - if only with respect to the sheer size and longevity of his cinematic experience. But even more so, because the documentary “The Legend of Ron Jeremy” has been nominated for best documentary of the year by the Chicago Film Critics Association. Maybe you're right but then again it did a lot for women's lib since it was no longer taboo to swallow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas_Merton Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Nobody voted for Citizen Kane? ment to be one of the best movies ever filmed...according to the critics. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think me and Tommy M both got it, I don't agree best film ever made though, thats a hard choice to make, movies can be so personal, but it seems the label every critic wants to give it. If we going into certain genres, what about Russ Meyers 'Supervixens' , he had some great women in his films. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Debbie Does Dallas was the first porno I ever saw...can still remember a couple of the scenes <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The original Debbie Does Dallas really was an appetite awakener - got the right balance of innocence and porn - once seen never forgotten. On the subject of Ron Jeremy, God bless his heart and other organs, I’ve just discovered that I have actually appeared in a film with him. Not alas, a porno, but believe it or not, we were both unaccredited extras on Jesus Christ Superstar (made in Israel in 1972). This was the end of my film career, but Ron went on to make such classics as: Attack of the Monster Mammaries Frankenpenis Gluteus to the Maximus Mutiny on the Booty Sgt. Pecker's Lonely Hearts Club Gang Bang Terms of Endowment The Good the Bad and the D-Cups Throbin Hood What's the Lesbian Doing In My Pirate Movie? Goldenbush The Flintbones What's Butt Got to do With It? Whore of the Worlds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRIPxCORE Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Personally, I couldn't care less who was the director or actors or if the style was copied from somebody else.To me, it is the movies that made an impression on yours truly..here goesLife of Brian Pulp Fiction Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Finding Nemo Trainspotting Lock Stock and Two Smoking barrels A Fish called Wanda True Romance The Pink Panther The Lord of the Rings Oh my God, A Fish Called Wanda, how could I forget that one? I love that movie. Great comedy. OK, here it is, though I think having Peter Jackson on the list is laughable.1. Steven Spielberg 2. Alfred Hitchcock 3. Martin Scorsese 4. Stanley Kubrick 5. Sir Ridley Scott 6. Akira Kurosawa 7. Peter Jackson 8. Quentin Tarantino 9. Orson Welles 10. Woody Allen This list is mostly a joke. So many great directors didn't make the list. Francis Ford Coppola, Bernardo Bertolucci, Sergio Leone, The Coen Brothers, Brian De Palma and Federico Fellini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totster Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Can't believe I'm the only one who has mentioned "The Big Lobowski". I thought it was a fantastic film... totster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkmadness Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 (edited) I think the Coen brothers are going downhill myself, what was that c.rap film they done with Clooney and Zeta Jones 'intolerable cruelty'? Pile of w@nk. Wheres the magic of the Hudsucker proxy, Lebowski, Millers Crossing and all the rest gone these days? ah Totster, you posted just before me, who can forget the Dude. I thought people going out in their dressing gown was funny 'til I come to Thailand and see people going down for late night street food in their jim jams. Edited June 3, 2005 by bkkmadness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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