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I'll go first. 1. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). Elizabeth Taylor is my favorite actress. This was her masterpiece. She said Richard Burton should have won the Oscar. She was right. She noted he was playing against type. I'd note his performance was evocative of his battle with alcoholism. I've listened to an interview of him talking about alcoholism while he was sober. It was very thought provoking. He was superb in this film. Edit, I'll post my next four soon. I'm not going to hit the back button and lose my "work."  | ||
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I'll be curious to see your list, Daniel. I have a couple at the top of my list, but this will give me some time to think about what is "top five" for me. Big Al
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5. The Phineas and Ferb Star Wars crossover movie 4. The Avengers: Infinity War 3. The Avengers: Endgame 2. The LEGO Batman Movie 1. KungFu Hustle I look forward to the entertainment industry scaling new heights and producing new favorites that replace all those in the list today.
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To Kill A Mockingbird Apocalypse Now Hard Days Night Stand By Me The Last Picture Show Wild Strawberries Juliet of the Spirits Beauty and the Beast - Cocteau not Disney Jf Revised twice and over the limit I know, but....
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Has Achieved Nirvana |
Hard for me to pick. This is probably a best guess. Casablanca The Princess Bride El Dorado Breakfast at Tiffany's Remember the Titans | |||
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Minor Deity |
This has all been a big help in choosing videos (series and movies) to watch - especially on the stairstepper. (I finally discovered "Who's Afraid of...etc." is presently available on HULU for subscribers - which I am, through Spotify). Looking forward to it. Remembering that Elizabeth Taylor got lots of extra credit at the time because her weight was on the heavier side then, and she let herself be shown cackling, double chin and all. Wondering what Richard Burton did that made her argue he (not she) should have won the best acting award for his performance. (And other people's lists are helpful too. So many great old films I missed seeing at the time!)
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| czarina Has Achieved Nirvana  |
The Red Violin Cocteau's 1930s Beauty and the Beast Jules et Jim Pan's Labrynth The 1930s original version of Lost Horizon Wow, that went quick. I could easily list many more. But these are films I could see (and have seen) again and again. And that doesn't happen very often.
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Blazing Saddles Addams Family and Addams Family Values Monty Python and the Holy Grail Oh Brother Where Art Though Fargo Bonus movie: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. That’s actually 7.
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I have a lot of trouble coming up with lists like this. For example, I adore the Star Wars films. I've watched the original trilogy a million times. I think they are underrated in terms of art, because they are so popular, they are science fiction, and they do have their cheesy moments, but they also have an experimental side to them that shows Lucas' film school roots. The first hour of the first film is told almost wholly through visuals--but what visuals!--and it does so in a way that makes viewers care about the fate of two non-human creatures wandering in a trackless desert. But I still wouldn't put it on a list of five best films. Instead, I'd make put it on a list of five epic adventure films and then make a list of five character dramas and five romances, and so on and so on. However, I'll name one favorite and mull over whether their are others I want to name. I'm a huge Gregory Peck fan, so I'll say that To Kill A Mockingbird is my favorite film.
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Revised my list above slightly. When making the list of "favorites," I simply go by this question: "if I really have nothing better to do and have to watch some old movies I have already watched before, which would I go for?" That question is very much hypothetical these days because there is so much new content, new movies getting released every hour around the world and the Internet let me access much of these so easily, I rarely ever rewatch anything I watched before. The lists may look very different if I were to make a list of "best" movies, for what I think is "best" by some more cerebral criteria may not be what I "like" by whims. I interpret "favorite" closer to the latter than the former.
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| czarina Has Achieved Nirvana |
All your lists explain why I can hardly ever find anything to watch. Nobody is making movies for me.
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| Minor Deity |
I could revise my list to include Cocteau, but I’ve already revised it twice. I keep thinking of more so I’m gonna go with best 8.
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| Beatification Candidate |
I'll give it a try, but as others have said, the lists may vary as time goes by. Dr. Strangelove Blazing Saddles Paths of Glory The Deerhunter The Apartment That's largely off the top of my head and tomorrow might change, but Dr. Strangelove has headed the list for me for a long, long time. Peter Sellers is nothing short of brilliant in his three roles. Big Al
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I don’t watch many movies, so if I chose five, they would be plucked from a small and insubstantial set.
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| Has Achieved Nirvana |
2. Plenty (1985). This was my personal discovery of Meryl Streep and her performance was almost rapturous. She played opposite Charles Dance. Sir John Gielgud, Tracy Ullman, and Sting were supporting characters. This film is set during WWII and its aftermath. It explores the relationship between optimism and disillusionment. | |||
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