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[blamite]

A New Hope is a better movie though.

 

[Brakke]

Where's Fight Club?

My thought exactly.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

It's on the list though. In the top 100. lol

At least it isn't number 1. There was some fan poll on a magazine last year or something that had Serenity as the greatest science fiction film of all time.

 

[mattiewheels]

At least it isn't number 1. There was some fan poll on a magazine last year or something that had Serenity as the greatest science fiction film of all time.

We live in a world where Joss Whedon is the most bankable director going right now, so I guess anything's possible.

 

[Blastoise]

Godfather II is better than Godfather I

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

At least it isn't number 1. There was some fan poll on a magazine last year or something that had Serenity as the greatest science fiction film of all time.

Heck, even stuff like Transformers (Bay), Revenge of the Sith, Skyfall (at number 45, might I add), The Dark Knight Rises, Star Trek Into Darkness, and The Hunger Games made the list .

 

[agrajag]

The first time I ever watched the trilogy, I rented all three films on VHS from Blockbuster and watched Empire first by mistake. I have no regrets.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

We live in a world where Joss Whedon is the most bankable director going right now, so I guess anything's possible.

He has only made one bankable movie. I would say Michael Bay is more bankable. And Nolan.

Heck, even stuff like Transformers (Bay), Revenge of the Sith, Skyfall (at number 45, might I add), Star Trek Into Darkness, and The Hunger Games made the list .

As much as I enjoyed some of those, I would never consider them to be some of the 100 best films ever.

 

[inm8num2]

This thread reminds me of the film class scenes from Scream 2.

 

[Chichikov]

A New Hope is a better movie though.

Its name is Star Wars
But yeah, I agree.

Also, that list is quite terrible, a lot of great movie, a lot of WTF, but that's how fan lists are.

p.s.
I never understood how anyone believed the whole "I planned 9 movies from the start" bullshit.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

Everyone loves Shawshank. The only person I've ever met who doesn't like Shawshank is my brother. And he's an ass hole

Spoiler

(he posts on GAF and is probably reading this. Fuck you for not liking such a great movie)

.

You son-of-a-bitch

 

[G-Fex]

It's a fan list.

which means it's shit.

 

[bomma_man]

Heck, even stuff like Transformers (Bay), Revenge of the Sith, Skyfall (at number 45, might I add), The Dark Knight Rises, Star Trek Into Darkness, and The Hunger Games made the list .

you can't half tell what their demographic is, lol

 

[mattiewheels]

He has only made one bankable movie. I would say Michael Bay is more bankable. And Nolan.

You're right, but I'm just assuming that his next one's going to make another 1bil+ just because it exists, so for this weird moment in time Whedon is king.

 

[Screaming Meat]

Everyone loves Shawshank.

No sir, they do not. It's a twee, boring, b-grade movie that has been elevated to classic status for reasons I've never quite been able to fathom.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

You're right, but I'm just assuming that his next one's going to make another 1bil+ just because it exists, so for this weird moment in time Whedon is king.

Cameron tho.

 

[Discotheque]

cameron made a movie with those ugly ass blue cat aliens make more than 2 BILLION.

whedon isn't king. he answers to feige and co like all the others at that studio.

edit: almost 3 billion, christ.

 

[Doctoglethorpe]

ESB is my favorite movie that I wouldn't actually put on a critical "best movies" list. I'm a huge SW fan, but its mostly just dumb fun, its not on the same level as films like 2001, The Fountain, Fight Club, Memento, etc.

 

[Zeus Molecules]

1: Empire Strikes Back
2: The Godfather
3: The Dark Knight
4: The Shawshank Redemption
5: Pulp Fiction

...

huh

This is what happens when college kids make up the majority of voters.

 

[CadetMahoney]

I give Lucas little to no credit for TESB. He wrote the story, but the rest was everyone else.

Driected by:- Irvin Kershner

Written by:- Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan

Story by:- George Lucas.

Pretty much.

 

[bunbun777]

Beverly Hills Cop shits on Inception.

 

[BUNTING1243]

"I never really planned it to be three separate films but when it became three separate films, it had an interesting effect of each film having its own personality, caused by the plot."

I love these quotes from George because he thinks he's saying something really profound but really he's not.

Also, yeah. I'm alright with this. Empire is the best Star Wars movie by far and definitely one of my all time favorite films.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

Empire picking Empire Strikes back reminds me of Rolling Stone mag picking Like a Rolling Stone as the best song.

 

[xenist]

It's good but... Better than the Godfather?

Not in a trillion billion years.

<old_man_rant>Where's Kane? Where's Casablanca? The Searchers? Lawrence? Who the fuck voted in this? Teenagers and twenty-somethings that only watch five movies a year? I fucking hate this poll.</old_man_rant>

 

[thenexus6]

1) Make up your mind George
2) You can tell what generation the readers of Empire are from

 

[Oersted]

More like a quarter of a million nerds with a very limited taste in films.

I found no lies in this post.

 

[leroidys]

1: Empire Strikes Back
2: The Godfather
3: The Dark Knight
4: The Shawshank Redemption
5: Pulp Fiction

...

huh

This has got to be the worst top 5 list of all time.

 

[Oersted]

This easily fit my top 5, sure. Maybe fit some Rocky in there and an honorable mention to Scarface and the list would seem to fit my sensibilities.

This is the kind of best-of list for guys I knew in college with the super-sized bong and the blacklight Scarface poster. Where's Fight Club?

Do you go to college?

 

[Fallout-NL]

that movie falls apart towards the end during the sonar and the boats

Indeed it does.

 

[xenist]

Where are The Expandables, Empire-bros?

Elitists!

 

[Windu]

Make Up Your mind George, i thought it was always 3 films?
And then he had outlines for 12 or so Mark Hamill has said that he told him at one point. (Maybe im wrong on the trilogy thing though?)


http://news.sky.com/story/1271359/star-wars-episode-v-named-best-film-ever

It was planned to be one movie but the story became too big so instead of getting rid of a lot of stuff he decided to make it into 3.

 

[Chariot]

The Godfather is weird for me. It's an excellent movie and one of the best ever, but after seeing it once I never want to see it again.

I can watch the intro and the babtism over and over again, without getting tired.

 

[Number_6]

TDK wasn't a comic book film. It was a crime drama/thriller that happened to use a comic character (that didn't have any powers).

Lol. Still isn't 3rd best movie of all time. That's just fucking ridiculous.

That's even worse, as it's a fucking disgraceful attempt at a crime/drama thriller

it sure as fuck ain't no Heat

This. Although I'd have said Manhunter.

 

[Screaming Meat]

TDK wasn't a comic book film. It was a crime drama/thriller that happened to use a comic character (that didn't have any powers).

I've said the same thing myself. Great movie, just not something I'd call the 3rd best film ever made.

 

[SargerusBR]

ESB is the GOAT, truly a masterpiece.

And TDK in 3rd is a fucking joke, i could see being somewhere in a Top 100 or even in a Top 50, but 3rd? NOPE.

 

[MacNille]

As the good the bad and the ugly ain't in the top ten here, I can easily say that this list blows ass.

 

[BocoDragon]

As the good the bad and the ugly ain't in the top ten here, I can easily say that this list blows ass.

So true.

 

[Real Hero]

ESB is my favorite movie that I wouldn't actually put on a critical "best movies" list. I'm a huge SW fan, but its mostly just dumb fun, its not on the same level as films like 2001, The Fountain, Fight Club, Memento, etc.

Minus 2001, I'd say Empire belongs exactly alongside those type of films. It's a better film than Fight Club and The Fountain.

 

[Sentenza]

Batman sequel The Dark Knight, starring Heath Ledger, came in third, with The Shawshank Redemption and Pulp Fiction rounding off the top five.

The rest of the 10 are:

6. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

7. The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring

8. Jaws

9. Raiders Of The Lost Ark

10. Inception

I don't even dislike most of these films, but to put them on an "all times top 10" is laughable.

 

[Baron Aloha]

The Godfather and Jaws are the only 2 in the top 10 that deserve to be anywhere near the top 10.

 

[Sentenza]

The Godfather and Jaws are the only 2 in the top 10 that deserve to be anywhere near the top 10.

I don't find even pulp Fiction particularly out of place, personally, but that said this is essentially a list of (mostly) good entertaining movies to spend an evening with friends, hardly stuff that deserves to be mentioned as "all times bests".

 

[mcz117chief]

No sir, they do not. It's a twee, boring, b-grade movie that has been elevated to classic status for reasons I've never quite been able to fathom.

Hmm, so I am not the only one who thinks that

Anyway, Schindler's list and the Lion King should be in the top 5

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Not a bad top 5. Probably wouldn't have been my top 5, but I'm not important.

 

[Hatchtag]

A New Hope is a better movie though.

Being the best in a series doesn't matter for this poll, otherwise The Dark Knight Rises would be on the list.

Spoiler

And I'm defiitely not saying that movie deserves to even come near a top 10 list.

 

[Maxim726X]

This is the kind of best-of list for guys I knew in college with the super-sized bong and the blacklight Scarface poster. Where's Fight Club?



At its release maybe you wouldn't hear that sentiment as much as you do now, but I think tolerance for a really deliberately paced movie that doesn't pander to the audience is really growing smaller and smaller each year. Then again, the only people I've really heard say that 2001's unwatchable are college kids, maybe kids were unimpressed back then, too.

Deliberately paced? It's glacial... I literally cannot sit through it. One of the most overrated films ever made, I'll never understand why people hold it in such high regard.

 

[injurai]

I give Lucas little to no credit for TESB. He wrote the story, but the rest was everyone else.

Driected by:- Irvin Kershner

Written by:- Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan

Story by:- Kurosawa/Hashimoto

fixed

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

Lol. Still isn't 3rd best movie of all time. That's just fucking ridiculous.

It's a list of movies people like. The whole notion of "best of all time" is dumb, because there's no way to judge such a thing without going into full on movie elitist mode. This is a list made by average people who don't give a fuck about the "art" of movies, they just go by what they think is fucking awesome.

I can't believe there are so many people blown away by Dark Knight being on the list. "People really like the 4th highest grossing movie ever!?" <--

Spoiler

In the US.

 

[Blader]

Godfather II is better than Godfather I

I think Michael's story in II is way better than the first, but the Vito half of the movie has always kind of bored me, tbh.

fixed

The Kurosawa/Hidden Fortress cribbing was on A New Hope, not Empire.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

How many people in this thread currently have me on ignore.

Jesus.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

How many people in this thread currently have me on ignore.

Jesus.

I do, but I hit the view post thingy.

Spoiler

why?