zen Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 12 hours ago, bharathh said: 1950s - 12 angry men 1960s - Half ticket 1970s - Star wars IV: A new hope 1980s - Mouna Ragam 1990s - Michael Madan Kamarajan 2000s - 3 Idiots 2010s - Martian Good to see 12 Angry Men, Half Ticket and Martian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 My favs , I don’t care what the elites think: Non-Indian: 1930: City Lights (honorable mentions: Gone with the wind, Wizard of Oz) 1940: Casablanca (honorable mentions: Rebecca, Citizen Kane, and It’s a Wonderful life) 1950: Tough choice between On the waterfront or Benhur , will go with the former. (honorable mentions: High Noon, 12 Angry Men, Roman Holiday Vertigo and my favorite guilty pleasure; some like it hot 1960 : Tie between To Kill a mocking bird and Psycho (Honorable mentions: My fair lady, sound of Music, Bonnie and Clyde, 2001, Butch Cassidy, And facking so many) 1970: The Godfather (Honorable mentions: French Connection, One flew over the cuckoo’s nest) 1980 : Raiders of the last Ark (honorable mentions: Raging Bull, Platoon) 1990: The silence of the lambs or Good fellas. (Honorable mentions: Unforgiven, Schindler’s list, Shawshank Redemption) 2000s : LOTR trilogy or The departed (Honorable mentions: There will be blood, Beautiful Mind, ) 2010: Social Network or Get Out ( Honorable Mentions: Mad Max Fury Road, 12 years a slave, Dunkirk, Lincoln) 2020: Uncut Gems or 2017. So many others are super good on OTT now. Still exploring Vijy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 12 minutes ago, coffee_rules said: My favs , I don’t care what the elites think: Non-Indian: 1930: City Lights (honorable mentions: Gone with the wind, Wizard of Oz) 1940: Casablanca (honorable mentions: Rebecca, Citizen Kane, and It’s a Wonderful life) 1950: Tough choice between On the waterfront or Benhur , will go with the former. (honorable mentions: High Noon, 12 Angry Men, Roman Holiday Vertigo and my favorite guilty pleasure; some like it hot 1960 : Tie between To Kill a mocking bird and Psycho (Honorable mentions: My fair lady, sound of Music, Bonnie and Clyde, 2001, Butch Cassidy, And facking so many) 1970: The Godfather (Honorable mentions: French Connection, One flew over the cuckoo’s nest) 1980 : Raiders of the last Ark (honorable mentions: Raging Bull, Platoon) 1990: The silence of the lambs or Good fellas. (Honorable mentions: Unforgiven, Schindler’s list, Shawshank Redemption) 2000s : LOTR trilogy or The departed (Honorable mentions: There will be blood, Beautiful Mind, ) 2010: Social Network or Get Out ( Honorable Mentions: Mad Max Fury Road, 12 years a slave, Dunkirk, Lincoln) 2020: Uncut Gems or 2017. So many others are super good on OTT now. Still exploring Pick only one coffee_rules 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 16 minutes ago, zen said: 38 minutes ago, coffee_rules said: 1930: City Lights 1940: Casablanca 1950: Tough choice between On the waterfront 1960 : Tie between To Kill a mocking bird 1970: The Godfather 1980 : Raiders of the last Ark 1990: The silence of the lambs 2000s : LOTR trilogy 2010: Social Network 2020: 2017 Pick only one Since you have a gun on my head... zen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Lot of you listed Citizen Kane. I re-watched it. Found it to be too overrated. I think we are too much influenced by critics who list it as the best movie ever. Agreed the writing was good, cinematography was excellent, but was disappointed with the content which was not closer to heart. technically perfect, but you don’t feel for the characters, almost like a cult classic. Some like it immensely. It didn’t do it for me emotionally like It’s a wonderful life or Meet John Doe. Gone is the era of acting in any case. Gary Cooper/James Stewart/Clark Gable were too good in acting as well as screen presence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted June 15, 2022 Author Share Posted June 15, 2022 (edited) 25 minutes ago, coffee_rules said: Lot of you listed Citizen Kane. I re-watched it. Found it to be too overrated. I think we are too much influenced by critics who list it as the best movie ever. Agreed the writing was good, cinematography was excellent, but was disappointed with the content which was not closer to heart. technically perfect, but you don’t feel for the characters, almost like a cult classic. Some like it immensely. It didn’t do it for me emotionally like It’s a wonderful life or Meet John Doe. Gone is the era of acting in any case. Gary Cooper/James Stewart/Clark Gable were too good in acting as well as screen presence Unfortunately, no one has listed Citizen Kane on this thread ... It is a great film (and probably ahead of its time) that is likely to be on a best films list but not necessarily on a favorite films list as you need to be focused to watch such films. A Pink Panther could connect more with many so could be on a favorite films list but unlikely to beat a Citizen Kane on a best films list. Edited June 15, 2022 by zen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vijy Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 On 9/28/2021 at 12:53 AM, coffee_rules said: My favs , I don’t care what the elites think: Non-Indian: 1930: City Lights (honorable mentions: Gone with the wind, Wizard of Oz) 1940: Casablanca (honorable mentions: Rebecca, Citizen Kane, and It’s a Wonderful life) 1950: Tough choice between On the waterfront or Benhur , will go with the former. (honorable mentions: High Noon, 12 Angry Men, Roman Holiday Vertigo and my favorite guilty pleasure; some like it hot 1960 : Tie between To Kill a mocking bird and Psycho (Honorable mentions: My fair lady, sound of Music, Bonnie and Clyde, 2001, Butch Cassidy, And facking so many) 1970: The Godfather (Honorable mentions: French Connection, One flew over the cuckoo’s nest) 1980 : Raiders of the last Ark (honorable mentions: Raging Bull, Platoon) 1990: The silence of the lambs or Good fellas. (Honorable mentions: Unforgiven, Schindler’s list, Shawshank Redemption) 2000s : LOTR trilogy or The departed (Honorable mentions: There will be blood, Beautiful Mind, ) 2010: Social Network or Get Out ( Honorable Mentions: Mad Max Fury Road, 12 years a slave, Dunkirk, Lincoln) 2020: Uncut Gems or 2017. So many others are super good on OTT now. Still exploring I don't think there are that many so-called film "elites" on ICF. @zen is the only one, and I consider him quite accepting of more "normal" films too. he has written quite a bit about so-called masal movies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vijy Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 On 9/18/2021 at 8:30 AM, zen said: A favorite film from each decade thread. Since this is a favorite films thread, anything goes including guilty pleasures. You can mix Hollywood, Bollywood, and Foreign Language films, along with TV movies. A couple of rules: You should have watched the films in the last 2-3 years (to keep the list relatively current). For a decade you list your favorite, you should have watched at least 5 films from that decade. For e.g., I do not recall watching 5 films from 1910s in the last 2-3 years, so would not list anything from it. 2020s would be an exception since it is the current decade. Of course, such lists are live documents therefore subject to change ... What is your favorite film from each decade (2021 list)? From the top of the mind recall, my list of favorite film from each decade (excluding 007 and Hitchcock films): 1920s: Metropolis (1927) - Set the visual grammar for Sci-Fi films. Captures German expressionism and a Gothic environment well. 1930s: The Island of Lost Souls (1932) - Based on the book The Island of Dr. Moreau. There have been a few films on the horrors on the island but the 1932 version remains its best adaptation. 1940s: Black Narcissus (1947) - A story of challenges faced by a group of nuns at a remote location in the Himalayas. Excellent cinematography and atmosphere in the film. 1950s: Seven Samurai (1954) - A timeless classic. Impressive everytime. 1960s: Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - Technically, a brilliant film. 1970s: Sholay (1975) - A quotable curry western. 1980s: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - A trend setting action-adventure film. 1990s: Dances With Wolves (1990) - A unique western epic where the natives are depicted as good guys. Beautiful film with a pleasing score. 2000s: In the Mood for Love (2000) - A love story par excellence. Technically mesmerizing too. 2010s: Inception (2010) - A different concept where information can be stolen or planted in dreams. 2020s (so far): Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) - A superhero epic. 3 decades missing here. Some suggestions: Arrival Of A Train At La Ciotat Station - 1890s A Trip to the Moon - 1900s The Outlaw and His Wife (or Intolerance or Cabiria) - 1910s coffee_rules and zen 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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