Have you had a chance to see Enemy At The Gates yet?

Not yet.

I watched Goodfellas the other day. I thought this was a much better film than the two Godfathers. Maybe I just cannot get into the head of a gangster so I need a narrated film to get the gangster genre such as Goodfellas or City of God.

Yes!



Yes! Yes! Yes! Its a big statement to say its 1 of the top 100 films of all time or anything, but its definately the most satisifed i've come out of the cinema in recent years and will no doubt stand up to the test of time in the future.



You obviously haven't seen 'The Good, The bad, the Weird'! (more Korean genius)

I watched Enemy At The Gates the other evening. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. The charaters were engageing enough to keep me interested even though it was obvious what the outcomes of the film would be from an early stage. Would have prefered it to have been in Russian and German with English subtitles. Would have prefered it without Bob Hoskins. I just can't take him seriously!

I'm glad you enjoyed it. I know what you mean about Bob Hoskins. I get the same thing whenever I see Cuba Gooding Jr and Ashton Kutcher in a film!

Whtaever must be in I.T. and over 35.

I'm in IT but I'm not over 35

Don`t knock Bob Hoskins. Have you seen The Long Good Friday or Mona Lisa? He`s brilliant in both.

I'm not saying he's bad. I just keep thinking he going to say "It's good to talk!"

Princess Bride
The Godfather
The Godfather part 2
Pulp Fiction
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Chinatown
The Silence of the Lambs
City of God
The Usual Suspects
The Searchers

I liked Chinatown. I found it a very enjoyable film noir. I particually liked the way everything was being told from Jack Nicholson's point of view so we were becoming aware of things at the same time he was and shared in his attempts to piece together the evidence.



Could someone put it in context for me?

Princess Bride
The Godfather
The Godfather part 2
Pulp Fiction
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Chinatown
The Silence of the Lambs
City of God
The Usual Suspects
The Searchers

One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. It was OK I suppose. Interesting in parts. Some good plot twists and turns. Felt a bit disjointed to me but maybe that's the idea. Two to go....

Saw the former a few days ago funnily enough. Enjoyed it (was expecting it to be set in America so pleasantly surprised it was London).

Agree re Bob Hoskins though - I just don't like the guy. Nowhere near enough screen presence to carry off the role he played in my opinion. Hardly a Pacino or Brando is he...

Barry will be dissapointed that Stand By Me has had to drop out of my top 100 films to fit The A-Team in.

I went to see The Last Airbender last night and I think it's the first time I've seen an M. Night Shyamalan film and not put in into my top 100. It's just as well I engaged with the premise and storyline so much as that meant I could still enjoy it despite the bad script and acting.

Are you sure you're not related to M. Night Shymalan

A quick summary of the great director's works;

The Sixth Sense admittedly a great twist (albeit slightly obvious) but once you know what it is this movie is a real snooze fest.

Unbreakable the only truly great movie he's ever made & he still manages to fluff the ending (the twist deserved a little bit more than a simple 'it was me').

Signs the cracks are beginning to show, a very decent movie until the last ten minutes or so (aliens invade a planet covered in a substance that can kill them ).

The Village his biggest failure, first half is great but the second half (including the offensive twist) makes you angry that you bothered investing time in the first half of the movie.

Lady In The Water generally reviled but I actually thought this was okay, but maybe it seemed okay because it wasn't anywhere near as bad as 'The Village'.

The Happening he's finally lost the plot , so bad it's almost good with a stunningly awful performance from Mark Wahlberg .

I haven't seen 'The Last Airbender' (& have no intention to do so) but as it's managed to achieve a score of 4.3 on IMDb I'm a little surprised that it hasn't made it into your top 100 ...

Ever appreciative of Christian allegory The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader comes in at number eleven.

Added a couple of films I saw over Christmas, Tron: Legacy and Jumper.

1-Pulp fiction
2-American Beauty
3-Braveheart
4-Blue Velvet
5-The exorcist
6-lemon popsicle
7-The sixth sense
8-Goodfellas
9-Once upon a time in america
10-City of god
11-Wild at heart
12-True Romance
13-Back to the future
14-Dumb and Dumber
15-Back to the future 2
16-Rocky
17-Edward Scissorhands
18-The notebook
19-Avatar
20-Menace 2 Society
21-Lemon popsicle 2(hot bubblegum)
22-Jaws
23-The Deer hunter
24-Gone with the wind
25-The shawshank Redemption
26-American history X
27-The green mile
28-Spirited away
29-Reservoir Dogs
30-Full metal jacket
31-Gladiator
32-Gran torino
33-Sin city
34-Kill bill
35-Scarface
36-Casino
37-Kill bill 2
38-Big fish
39-The truman Show
40-Kick ass
41-A Christmas carol(george c scott)
42-Toy Story 3
43-Inception
44-Airplane
45-The silence of the lambs
46-the prestige
47-Halloween
48-Raging bull
49-Up
50-Finding nemo

My top 50....

1- Snatch
2- True Romance
3- Scar Face
4- Lock Stock
5- Empire Strikes Back
6- Seven
7- Goodfellows
8- Pirates Of The Caribbean
9- Lord Of The Rings
10-Heat

7 crime films, 2 fantasies and a sci fi. Yet another FISO member who loves crime fiction. Don't see the attraction of it myself. I want the goodies to win and the baddies to lose, like in return of the jedi. Interesting that you went for "Pirates of the Carribean" and "Lord of the Rings" as sets of films yet you specify Episode V of Star Wars.

In at number 70, I'd forgotton how good Irresistable was.

How can it be 5.7 on imdb it's supurb

2001: A Space Odyssey
The Wizard of Oz
Life of Brian
Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail
Minority Report
Jurassic Park
Alien
Aliens
The Fifth Element
28 days later
28 weeks later
Scarface
Taxi Driver
Leon
Planet of the Apes
Monsters Inc.
Chicken Run
Gangster No 1
Moon
Day of the triffids
Once Upon a Time in the West
Airplane
Arsenic and Old Lace
Westworld
The Good the bad and the ugly
The last emperor
Inception

I like it bloggie, a nice diverse set of films there.

I tried to record Planet of the Apes the other day but I did not have a good reception of Film 4.

The original one that is.

I thought that went without saying.

This thread got me wondering whether i could remember 100 films, let alone rank them.

Just tried using IMDB's Top 250 films as a prompt.
I found about 50 films that I like in that list.
Perhaps half a dozen more if I went through it again.

But it did help remind me of some other films though that didnt make their top 250, but would make my favourites list (in no particular order);

Ferris Buellers Day Off
The Goonies
True Romance
Human Traffic
Cable Guy
Beautiful Mind
In the Name of the Father
Carlito's Way
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
House of Flying Daggers
Basketball Diaries
Rocky II
Rocky III
Rocky IV
Awakenings
Predator
Total Recall
5th Element
Sleepers
Kalifornia
Vanilla Sky
Being John Malkovich
Cape Fear
The Beach
Withnail and I




I guess if i went and looked at my DVD's there will be other ones ive forgotten.

Hawk the Slayer and Condorman were two films I remember very fondly (from childhood). Having made the mistake of watching them again in more recent years; they were horrificly bad. Never go back. Never go back.

That said, recently watched Willy Wonker (original) and Goonies - both still great films.

i watched lock stock again last night . ...

must be in the top ten of the best ever .. .we all know a plank sort off bloke

sandwich bacon ?

How has Watchman not even got one mention in this thread so far. I watched it recently and it has gone into my list at number 46. A great exploration of a set of superhero's that were all very human, making mistakes, using violence to gain power, lustful, full of anger, seeking revenge.