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Post by SnoBorderZero on Oct 21, 2015 10:07:40 GMT -5
The Battleship Potemkin
The Gold Rush
The Phantom of the Opera
The Big Parade
The Freshman
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Post by IanTheCool on Nov 2, 2015 19:29:02 GMT -5
No Lost World people?
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Post by Dracula on Nov 2, 2015 23:09:25 GMT -5
Nah. It was not the first movie to use stop motion by any means and few people seem to go to bad for it's qualities as a film. |
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Post by SnoBorderZero on Nov 3, 2015 10:46:14 GMT -5
I haven't seen it.
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Post by Neverending on Nov 3, 2015 10:48:01 GMT -5
It's pretty good. A dinosaur roams around Burbank, California at the end. |
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Post by SnoBorderZero on Nov 3, 2015 10:48:52 GMT -5
It's pretty good. A dinosaur roams around Burbank, California at the end. Does Bob Hope fight it? |
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Post by Neverending on Nov 3, 2015 10:49:44 GMT -5
It's pretty good. A dinosaur roams around Burbank, California at the end. Does Bob Hope fight it? He gets stepped on, |
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Post by IanTheCool on Nov 3, 2015 21:30:45 GMT -5
The Battleship Potemkin The Gold Rush The Phantom of the Opera The Big Parade The Freshman Yeah, these are the 5. My poor dinosaurs will have to sit this one out. Next year: 1962 |
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Post by thebtskink on Nov 3, 2015 22:03:58 GMT -5
This is an incredibly difficult year.
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Post by IanTheCool on Nov 3, 2015 22:15:07 GMT -5
Well, Lawrence of Arabia is a no-brainer.
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Post by PG Cooper on Nov 3, 2015 22:38:00 GMT -5
1. Lawrence of Arabia: A grand epic with massive influence.
2. To Kill a Mockingbird: An American classic with an interesting perspective on race relations.
3. Jules and Jim: One of the major films of the French New Wave and a highly influential work.
4. Dr. No: Launched one of the most major film franchises of all time and established a lot of the series' key elements.
5. The Manchurian Candidate: A brilliantly constructed thriller which captures the political anxieties of the era. Feels very ahead of its time and the brainwashing plot has been re-appropriated elsewhere.
Honourable Mentions:
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: Ford's final great film and a pretty bold in its revisionary depiction of the west.
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?: A classic which started off a minor trend of similarly themed films.
Harakiri: Epic film.
Lolita: Even hindered by censors, this is still bold for its day.
Carnival of Souls: Low-budget horror which has inspired a lot of other filmmakers working with minimal resources.
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Post by IanTheCool on Nov 3, 2015 22:56:23 GMT -5
Oh right, this is the Dr No year. Yeah, definitely that one.
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Post by thebtskink on Nov 4, 2015 9:12:41 GMT -5
Lawrence of Arabia
Manchurian Candidate
To Kill a Mockingbird
Liberty Valance
Cape Fear - Mitchums performance is iconic and it's influence alone makes this films argument.
Leaving Dr. No off. Bond wasn't good until the third movie. Putting something in for being the first movie in a franchise is how we end up with shitty movies like the first Harry Potter.
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Post by SnoBorderZero on Nov 4, 2015 10:54:31 GMT -5
Lawrence of Arabia
Jules and Jim
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Exterminating Angel
Skink is right, this is an incredibly tough year. There's a lot of ways you can go for 1962 and you wouldn't be wrong. I think the only absolute no doubter is Lawrence of Arabia.
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Post by thebtskink on Nov 5, 2015 23:34:09 GMT -5
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Post by Dracula on Nov 6, 2015 0:02:49 GMT -5
Lawrence of Arabia
Ride the High Country
Harakiri
Jules and Jim
Knife in the Water
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Post by IanTheCool on Nov 6, 2015 8:05:56 GMT -5
No Manchurian Candidate Drac?
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Post by Doomsday on Nov 6, 2015 15:07:13 GMT -5
So do you guys just search which movies were released in that year and go over the list?
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Post by SnoBorderZero on Nov 6, 2015 15:10:15 GMT -5
Basically. I use the Top 1,000 list to sort by year, but the better way to go is Letterboxd which is what I think most people us.
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Post by Dracula on Nov 6, 2015 16:31:07 GMT -5
No Manchurian Candidate Drac? That is a good point, ditch Harakiri |
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Post by Doomsday on Nov 6, 2015 16:36:10 GMT -5
You're ditching Harakiri but keeping Ride The High Country?
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Post by Dracula on Nov 6, 2015 18:33:51 GMT -5
You're ditching Harakiri but keeping Ride The High Country? To me Ride the High Country is important because it's a sort of finale to the Wayne/Ford variety of westerns. |
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Post by IanTheCool on Nov 11, 2015 10:12:24 GMT -5
Okay, Lawrence is in for sure.
Next choices are Mockingbird, Jules and Jim (what is that by the way?), and Manchurian candidate.
5th spot can still be debated, Liberty Valence is frontrunner right now.
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Post by Dracula on Nov 11, 2015 10:49:42 GMT -5
Okay, Lawrence is in for sure. Next choices are Mockingbird, Jules and Jim (what is that by the way?), and Manchurian candidate. 5th spot can still be debated, Liberty Valence is frontrunner right now. Jules and Jim is an important French New Wave movie with some iconic scenes. Ever wonder why Samuel L. Jackson's character in Pulp Fiction is named Jules? It's because his friend played by Quentin Tarantino at the end is named Jim. It's a coded reference to Jules and Jim. It's looking like my Ride the High Country vote is going to be wasted so I'll switch it over to Harakiri, which seems to have a lot more support. Alternately I might be willing to get behind Liberty Valance if only for the "print the legend" line. Also, just throwing this out there... how important is To Kill a Mockingbird really? The book is certainly important, not sure that the fairly straightforward (if well done and popular) movie adaptation is all that important in the grand scheme of things. |
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Post by IanTheCool on Nov 11, 2015 11:03:31 GMT -5
I was kinda thinking the same thing Drac. The novel is what seems most important.
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