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"10 Great 2017 Movies You Might Have Missed"http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/10-...
Yep. I missed all of them. You?
"10 Great B-Movies That Inspired Mainstream Directors"http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/10-...
Appalled that any film maker was inspired by Carnival of Souls. I saw this first on MST3K and can't imagine watching it straight.
"The 10 Worst Movies Rated Higher Than 7.0 on IMDb"http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/the...
Iron Man - totally agree
Burn After Reading - would've rated it higher than 7.0
Four Weddings and a Funeral - rated it 9 or 10!
Titanic - totally agree
Avatar - totally overrated movie
Gran Torino - superb movie, would rate it higher!
What are your thoughts? The other movies on the list I haven't seen.
Ive watched Interstellar and Arrival. Loved both. It grabs you from the very beginning till the end, and it still leave you dazzling.Some of my favorites in similar category are; Memento, Donnie Darko, Shutter Island, Inception, Twelve Monkeys, The Machinist, Blade Runner, Minority Report, The Prestige and Predestination (which I dont understand till date),
Also, interesting list, will definitely watch some of them including Primer and Cloud Atlas.
I've always meant to watch Twelve Monkeys, Aesaan.
Kirsten wrote: ""The 10 Worst Movies Rated Higher Than 7.0 on IMDb"http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/the..."
Iron Man 2 (totally agree)
The Rock (was fine)
The Titanic (fine)
Avatar (fine)
Shutter Island (I loved this movie, do No!)
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Avatar
Shutter Island was great
Gran Torino is a great story
yes The Rock is just okay
Iron Man, good action but not that good
Titanic, is a great love story and fantastic effects.
Four Weddings and a Funeral was great
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10 Great Movies Overshadowed By Their Directors’ Best Workshttp://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/10-...
I've not seen any of these
10 Actors Who Won Oscars For Their First Movieshttp://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/10-...
Loved Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls
The 20 Best Comedy Actors of All Timehttp://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/the...
What? No Carol Burnett? No Bob Hope?
The most disappointing films of 2017The films that weren't necessarily flops, but felt short of what we'd hoped
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10 Great Movies That Are Ranked Too Low On IMDB Top 250http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/10-...
The only one of these I've seen is The Elephant Man and - I agree - #149 is way too low!
The 10 Best Movies That Criticize Consumerismhttp://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/the...
#4 - WALL-E --- loved it!
#2 - They Live --- highly underrated film
11 Scariest Haunted House Movies to Freak You Out in Your Own Homehttps://the-line-up.com/haunted-house...
#6 -- Poltergeist
Definitely! I lived in an old Victorian house where tree limbs brushed my upstairs window at night in the wind.
The 10 Most Moving Scenes in Movie Historyhttp://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/the...
The 10 Best American Movies of The 21st Century
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#5 - Zodiac
Good movie, but one of the best?
#3 - No Country for Old Men
I liked this film, my niece, however, thought it was one of the worst movies she'd ever seen.
10 Great Movies That Make You Miss Your School Days
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#4 - The Breakfast Club
This movie is a hallmark of teenage years!
#6 - 10 Things I Hate About You
I was in my 20s when this movie came out. It's one of my guilty pleasures. I just loved it.
#7 - Ferris Bueller's Day Off
One of the funnest movies out there!
The 10 Most Popular Movie Directors of All Time, According to IMDBhttp://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/10-...
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Other greats should be higher.
10 Great Movies So Visually Stunning That They Don’t Need a Plothttp://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/10-...
I've not seen any of these but maybe that's because I like a plot in my films. However, Koyanaaqatsi (sp?) is one of my mom and brother's favorites.
The 10 Most Desperate Movies of All Timehttp://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/the...
10 Great 2017 Movies You Should Add To Your Watchlist
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The 10 Most Disappointing Movies of 2017
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10 Movies That Prove 1994 Is The Greatest Year In Film Historyhttp://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/10-...
#10 - The Lion King - one of my least favorite Disney films, though it does have good songs
Can't believe I haven't seen any of the other 9!
10 Masterpieces of World Cinema You Shouldn’t Misshttp://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/10-...
The 25 Most Visually Stunning Black-and-White Movies of All Time
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#19 - The Third Man - truly atmospheric, the soundtrack is stunning!
#14 - Metropolis - !!!!! love it!!!!!
10 Great Movies To Watch If You Liked “Game of Thrones”
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I love GoT, but not becaus of the fantasy elements. To me, the dragons - while impressive - draw away from an incredible cast of characters and great plot twists.
#1 - The Lord of the Rings Trilogy - excellent adaptations (and yet another example of a doomed Sean Bean), but I think it is quite different from GoT
#3 - Dragonslayer - Damn! I actually remember seeing this in the cinema. I guess it has some good comparisons. A girl who wants to be a boy. A princess taking responsibility for her people. I have to admit it is one of the best dragon films I've ever seen.
#9 - Henry V - loved this film. The Falstaff scenes are quite fun and the film stars a child actor named Christian Bale.
10 Living Movie Directors With The Most Distinguishable Styleshttp://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/10-...
The 10 Best Style-Over-Substance Movieshttp://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/the...
10 Great Movies That Will Change Your View On Cinema
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The 10 Best Blockbusters of 2017, Ranked
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Movies I'm interested in
- Wonder Woman
- the new Star Wars film
- Dunkirk
The 15 Best End Credits Scenes of All Time
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The 10 Best Anti-War Movies of All Timehttp://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/the...
Doctor Strangelove - I really need to re-watch this one!
MASH - One of the greatest films (and tv shows) of all time!
The Great Dictator - a must watch!
Apocalypse Now - I can't believe I've never watched this
10 Great Movies With Low IMDB Ratingshttp://www.tasteofcinema.com/2018/10-...
Haven't seen any of them, but I have read Inherent Vice
The 10 Best Movies Where The Day Repeats Itself
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# 6: Source Code - fair thriller.
#1: Groundhog Day - what is there to be said? Just a very good time to be had!
10 Movies From 2017 That Have The Potential To Be Future Cult Favorites
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#3: Raw - " it’s still far too graphic for casual horror fans to enjoy."
I'll pass then.
The 15 Most Underrated Movies of 2017http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2018/the...
#12 - Lady Macbeth - I'm attracted to this after listening to the Shostakovich opera a couple years ago. (Hint: not based on Shakespeare.)
#6 - Logan Lucky - I want to see this if only for Daniel Craig's performance.
#1 - The Lost City of Z - After reading the book, I do want to check this out
The 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2018http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2018/the...
#8 Widows -
"This year’s Widows is a heist thriller about the widows of 4 killed armed robbers who decide to finish the job their husbands couldn’t complete. It’s based on an obscure British television drama from 1983. It will be mightily interesting to see what McQueen gathers from this source material and what he moulds it into."
Wow! Yes, please!
#6 - First Man
"First Man is a biographical drama, based on the book of the same name, about the life of astronaut Neil Armstrong. It will focus on the true story of NASA’s mission to land on the moon, and how Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the alien surface. Chazelle is reuniting with La La Land‘s Ryan Gosling, hoping this will yield similar results; perhaps also a sign that this won’t be a straight biopic with such a ubiquitous star appearing as Armstrong."
Definitely looking forward to this one. Though I'm not sure about Gosling.
#3 - Isle of Dogs
It's got dogs!!
#2 - Annihilation
"The former used his own screenplay but his latest utilises strong source material in Jeff VanderMeer’s novel: in it a biologist journeys into an environmental disaster zone with three other scientists after her husband returns unexpectedly from a previous expedition greviously injured. There are notable shades of Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979) and Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker (1979) in Annihilation, not bad science-fiction films to share similarities."
#1 - The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
"It will come as an immense relief to fans of Terry Gilliam (and certainly to the man himself) that his long-gestating adaptation of the Spanish novel Don Quixote is set to finally make it to screens this year.
A passion project if ever there was one, Gilliam has been trying to get his film made for nearly two decades. In many respects, the director mirrors the titular hero of the source novel: a noble man so intent on undoing the wrongs of the world and bringing justice to proceedings that he valiantly attempted to make his film eight separate times in 18 years before realising his dream, in the worst example of development hell ever encountered. It’s been, clearly, quite the quest. Adam Driver heads up this final iteration, a strong choice considering his ever-growing star and shining charisma.
The screenplay is quirky, too, not surprising from the director responsible for Brazil (1985) and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009): an ad executive is transported back in time to 17th century Spain, becoming squire to Don Quixote. There will be much goodwill, naturally, for Gilliam and this film, and one can only hope that the results are spectacular after so much wait."
Gulp!
The 25 Best European Crime Movies of The Past 10 Yearshttp://www.tasteofcinema.com/2018/the...
The only one on the list I've seen is In Bruges which I absolutely loved!
10 Iconic Directors Without a Film in The IMDb Top 250http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2018/10-...
10 Horror Movies That Provoked Physical Illness
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2. Irréversible (Gaspar Noé, 2002)
The scene in question – The majority of the film.
The accusation – Nausea, vomiting and anxiety attacks.
The 10 Manliest Movies of All Time
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The 20 Most Visually Stunning Movies of 2017http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2018/the...
#20 - Mimosas
#19 - Dunkirk
#18 - Thirst Street
#17 - Raw
#16 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi
#15 - Columbus
#14 - Song to Song
#13 - A Ghost Story
#12 - Good Time
#11 - John Wick: Chapter 2
#10 - Baby Driver
#9 - Wondestruck
#8 - The Florida Project
#7 - Mudbound
#6 - Call Me By Your Name
#5 - Loving Vincent
#4 - The Lost City of Z
#3 - The Shape of Water
#2 - Twin Peaks: The Return
#1 - Blade Runner 2049
How many have you seen?
10 Famous Actors Who Were Fired During Productionhttp://www.tasteofcinema.com/2018/10-...
1. Predator: Jean-Claude Van Damme replaced by Kevin Peter Hall
2. Her: Samantha Morton by Scarlett Johansson
3. Back to the Future: Eric Stoltz replaced by Michael J. Fox
4. Fellowship of the Ring: Stuart Townsend replaced by Viggo Mortenson
5. Dick Tracy: Sean Young replaced by Glenn Headley
6. Apocalypse Now: Harvey Keitel replaced by Martin Sheen
7. All The Money in the World: Kevin Spacey replaced by Christopher Plummer
8. The Lovey Bones: Ryan Gosling replaced by Mark Wahlberg
9. V for Vendetta: Jame Purefoy replaced by Hugo Weaving
10. Aliens: James Remar replaced by Michael Biehn
15 Movie Directors Who Make The Most Profound Filmshttp://www.tasteofcinema.com/2018/15-...
15. Yorgos Lanthimos
Films: Lobster, The Killing of the Sacred Deer, Dogtooth, Alps
14. Bela Tarr
Films: Werckmeister Harmonies, the Turin Horse, Karhozat, Satatango
13. Darren Aronofsky
Films: Pi, Requiem for a Dream, Noah, The Wrestler
12. Michael Haneke
Films: Cache, White Ribbon, Amour, Funny Games
11. Yasujiro Ozu
Films: Tokyo Story, Late Spring, Early Summer, Floating Weeds
10. Pier Paolo Pasolini
Films: Salo or 120 Days at Sodoma, Il Decameron, The Gospel According to St.Mathew, Teorema
9. Reiner Werner Fassbinder
Films: Querelle, The Marriage of Maria Braun, Ali: Fear eats the Soul, In a Year with 13 Moons
8. Lars von Τrier
Films: Dancer in the Dark, Breaking the Waves, Dogville, Antichrist
7. Michelangelo Antonioni
Films: Blow Up, L’avventura, Zabriskie Point, Red Desert
6. Jean Luc Godard
Films: Breathless, First Name: Carmen, Alphaville, A Woman Is a Woman
5. Robert Altman
Films: Gosford Park, Short Cuts, the Player, M.A.S.H.
4. Krzysztof Kieslowski
Films: Three Colors:Blue, Three Colors: Red, Three Colors: White, Dekalogue (10 T.V. episodes)
3. David Lynch
Films: Twin Peaks, Mullholland Drive, Blue Velvet, Inland Empire
2. Ingmar Bergman
Films: Wild Strawberries, The Seventh Seal, fanny and Alexander, Persona
1. Stanley Kubrick
Films: 2001: A Space Odyssey. A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lindon, Eyes Wide Shut
The 10 Best European Movies of 2017http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2018/the...
10. Thelma (Joachim Trier) – Norway, France, Denmark, Sweden
9. I Figli della Notte (Children of the Night – Andrea De Sica) – Italy, Belgium
8. Personal Shopper (Olivier Assayas) – France, Germany
7. Lady Macbeth (William Oldroyd) – UK
6. The Square (Ruben Östlund) – Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden
5. Loveless (Andrey Zvyagintsev) – Russian Federation, France
4. Toivon toulla puolen (The Other Side of Hope – Aki Kaurismäki) – Finland, Germany
3. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (Yorgos Lanthimos) – UK, USA, Ireland
2. Gatta Cenerentola (Cinderella the Cat – Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri, Dario Sansone) – Italy
1. 120 battements par minute (BPM – Robin Campillo) – France
10 Terrible Movies That We Love Anywayhttp://www.tasteofcinema.com/2018/10-...
1. Show Girls (1995)
2. Battlefield Earth (2000)
3. Need for Speed (2014)
4. Dungeons and Dragons (2000)
5. Spice World (1997)
6. Batman and Robin (1997)
7. Street Fighter (1995)
8. Spider-man 3 (2007)
9. Obsessed (2009)
10. The Room (2003)
The 15 Best LGBT Movies of the 21st Centuryhttp://www.tasteofcinema.com/2018/the...
15. The Handmaiden (Park Chan-wook, 2016)
14. Weekend (Andrew Haigh, 2011)
13. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)
12. The Duke Of Burgundy (Peter Strickland, 2014)
11. God’s Own Country (Francis Lee, 2017)
10. Being 17 (André Téchiné, 2016)
9. A Fantastic Woman (Sebastián Lelio, 2017)
8. Laurence Anyways (Xavier Dolan, 2012)
7. Stranger by the Lake (Alain Guiraudie, 2013)
6. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005)
5. Blue is the Warmest Color (Abdellatif Kechiche, 2013)
4. The Summer of Sangaile (Alantė Kavaitė, 2015)
3. Carol (Todd Haynes, 2015)
2. Moonlight (Barry Jenkins, 2016)
1. Call Me By Your Name (Luca Guadagnino, 2017)
The 10 Best Movie Character Arcs of All Timehttp://www.tasteofcinema.com/2018/the...
10. Viridiana in Viridiana
9. Tom Ripley in The Talented Mr. Ripley
8. Gustav von Aschenbach in Death in Venice
7. Truman Burbank in The Truman Show
6. Willard in Apocalypse Now
5. Julie Vignon de Courcy in Three Colors: Blue
4. Michael Corleone in The Godfather
3. Dr. Isak Borg in Wild Strawberries
2. Barry Lyndon in Barry Lyndon
1. Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane
Kirsten wrote: "I love the Taste of Cinema blog. They publish lists of movies so I thought I'd start of thread to discuss these lists. First up, "The 10 Most Complex Movies of The 21st Century"
http://www.taste..."
I haven't seen any of those movies and I have no desire to see them.
Lorrea - WhatChaReadin'? wrote: "Kirsten wrote: "I love the Taste of Cinema blog. They publish lists of movies so I thought I'd start of thread to discuss these lists. First up, "The 10 Most Complex Movies of The 21st Century"
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I remember seeing Godfather. I'd like to see Ripley and Apocalypse Now.
10 Movies That Prove 2013 is This Decade’s Best Year for Filmhttp://www.tasteofcinema.com/2018/10-...
10. Blue is the Warmest Colour
9. The Wolf of Wall Street
8. Coherence
7. Short Term 12
6. Prisoners
5. Before Midnight
4. Inside Llewyn Davis
3. The Great Beauty
2. Frances Ha
1. 12 Years a Slave
I haven't seen any of these but I do want to see Prisoners, Inside Llewyn Davis, and 12 Years a Slave
First up, "The 10 Most Complex Movies of The 21st Century"
http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/the...
Let's discuss. I haven't seen any of these.