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Great call!
Gladiator & Braveheart both amazing.
Iâm too much of a history nerd to really enjoy Gladiator unfortunately. I mean, itâs well done and everything, but I always end up getting crankily pedantic and yelling at the screen about historical inaccuracies.
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DC are â â â â movies. Apart from 2 batman ones canât say Iâve enjoyed any.
Agree X a million
Itâs like the saying - you donât what you have lost until it is gone.
I had no idea how brilliant Nolan was until I tried to watch a post batman rendition
Seriously, how the fark did they fark up a cool batman legacy so quickly??
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Ben Affleck is a â â â â actor when heâs not playing a Boston thug or someone getting absolutely poleaxed by his wife.
That being said back in the day animated justice league > anything animated by marvel.
WeeeeellâŚmostly.
On 2nd thought probably not most people on this forums day. But like 15 ton20 years ago.
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The JL animated show was great. So was Young Justice.
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JL below on box office expectations
Not appearing in anyoneâs lists yet, Requium for a Dream is so well made, and leaves the viewer feeling most uncomfortable, as intended.
The cast (but especially Ellen BurstynâŚspelling?) are on point.
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I feel dirty that I forgot The Big Short and Wolf of Wall Street on that list
Requiem is a brilliant brilliant movie but I just donât feel like I could watch it again (which is of course the point). Itâs just too horrifying and haunting. Probably the most devastating end to a movie ever.
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Okay, l did a top 5 yesterday only it was a 6 top 6, so here are some more. l tried to post this last night, but it didnât work. Today is even worse because l keep thinking of other great movies, that l canât leave out. These are in no particular order.
Sholay - Bollywood at itâs finest with a young Amitabh Bachchan. Two vagabonds become an Indian version of the Seven Samurai, with an Indian twist.
Intacto - mentioned previously. A man who survives against incredible odds pushes his luck to the limit.
Field of Dreams - my favourite sports movie, with Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones and Burt Lancaster, it will make anyone a fan of baseball and the gameâs history.
Kagemusha - Kurosawaâs last masterpiece? l chose this because l saw it in a cinema first, and got the full effect of the sweeping cinematography and luscious visuals, but on another day l could have chosen Seven Samurai or Ran, with the majestic castle burning scene (l might even do a top 5 Kurosawa one day).
Lives of Others -during the Cold War, the east Germans spied on their own citizens as well as everyone else, with devastating effects.
Memento - Nolan takes context and smashes it into fragments, to replicate the fractured existence of his protagonist. A movie unlike any other in the way it constructs narrative.
Easy Rider - Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper in the greatest road movie of all time. they set out to find the new American dream and find Jack Nicholson.
There was at least another l had in mind as well last night, so l will need to come back and edit / add to this post later when l recall it.
Another one which would have come in at No 6 on my list (or 7, behind Apollo 13) hasnât been mentioned yet. Itâs the best superhero movie ever made, IMO. And itâs not DC or Marvel.
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Unbreakable ?
Thatâs the one. So underrated it isnât funny.
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