l will watch most of them, but l am not a fan of DC material, apart from Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, also not too thrilled with all the reboots of Spiderman. The latest Thor installment was a lot of fun.
Just watched the original Bladerunner again this morning. I have no idea which of the 8 or so versions it was, but it was 115 minutes long. This version didn’t have the happy escape ending that l first saw when it came out, nor did it have the film noir style voiceover by Harrison Ford. It ended with Deckerd finding the origami horse dropped by Edward James Olmos, as he and Rachel are leaving his apartment. I liked this new, tenser ending, as it leaves the plot hanging with an air of menace about it.
Though I haven’t seen it, I believe you! It’s just that for me to watch Winter Soldier I have to watch approximately 175 other tedious Marvel movies first, so no dice
And I literally haven’t watched a superhero movie, excluding the Batman trilogy, since Iron Man when I was like 16. I couldn’t dream of paying money to watch The Avengers etc
I’m not sure that’s right. I have the Director’s Cut on DVD and according to the box it’s 113 minutes. All of the versions released are around 113-117 minutes in length, and after the American commercial release with the voice-over and tacked-on happy ending that made no sense they all ended on that ambiguous note as Rachel and Deckard are leaving his apartment.
These are not in order, and there are probably ten more that could push one or more of these five out.
Round Midnight. French film made by Bertrand Tavernier starring Daniel Auteuil and Dexter Gordon about a saxophone player in the 50s/60s. Lovely portrait of friendship.
A Heart in Winter (Un coeur en hiver), another French one, this time by Claude Sautet, again with Daniel Auteuil but this time also Emmanuelle Béart.
Blade Runner. Any version, really, but I think the Final Cut is about the best. The whole movie is just amazing to watch.
To Kill a Mockingbird. Classic American story-telling with an obvious moral, but brilliantly done. Better than the book.
Kind Hearts and Coronets. An Ealing comedy with Alec Guinness. The dialogue gets me every time.
Great lists so far! I don’t want to see a Top 5 ‘greatest’ movies list (no Godfather or Casablanca) but just your pure top 5 favorite movies. Warts and all.
The Truman Show - @anon71769209 my man.
Team America: World Police
Gattaca
Back to the Future 2
Inglorious Basterds
Apocalypse Now
Godfather Pt1 (have to put it in there, despite the cliche, legitimately one of my favourite movies)
Apollo 13
Flying High
Crimson Tide (criminally underrated)