me too!

To be honest, I haven't really seen that many films in relative terms. I liked "The Godfather" a lot - flawless acting, beautifully filmed, powerfully iconic in places. I also liked "Apocalypse Now" because the sound and cinematography are both very, very nice. In tems of more recent films, I really enjoyed "American Beauty"; it's very nicely scripted, its sense of narrative is fantastic and, again, the acting is superb.

I'd love to see Citizen Kane in its entirety - like many people I've seen the famous bits and their many, many parodies more times than I can probably recall. By all accounts Welles was a true visionary who pretty much created an incredibly big something out of what was basically nothing...

very good point and one i was going to make myself.
i guess you can have a favourite film of each genre but to compare an artistic well acted film with for instance a monty python movie is like comparing mozhart and nirvana (ie completely pointless.) but that doesn't make either worse or better than the other.
my favourite of all time is possibly 'fearing and loathing in las vegas,' which has screenplay (or is directed by?) by the dude who made the cartoons in monty python, i cant believe no one has said star wars yet, which changed the blockbuster genre so much (for better or worse.) there's far too many movies to single out one movie that stands out from the rest, as most movies are trying to potray events/emotions in different ways (and if its not then its not a good movie) and trying to be original.
in my opinion any movie that trys to be original (either in the directorial sense or acting sense) should be praised.
Anything with Jack Nicholson in is normally worth watching.
Anything with johnny depp in is normally worth watching
i watch loads of movies good and bad and even the 'bad' one have some plus points. but there are far too many good films and excellent films that i cant really differienciate or compare, and its pointless to list them all
oh and just out of curiousity does anyone like 'the long good friday' ? because i didnt think that was a very good film, it used the same music all the way through so much so that it annoyed me and there was a lack of any meaniful dialogue or action which pushed the film forwards? and the violence just seemed pointless as if to say 'oh look its violent come watch it' The godfather is a far better gangster film, and there are much better films from the same era.
also 'taxi driver' isnt that good, yes it has great suspense, but critics always go on about it being controversial, i just thought it was boring for want of a better word. apart from 2 scenes and a few 'f words' it perhaps could have been a 12. oh great its 'controversial' at the end when travis gets shot/shoots a few times. one or two controversial scenes don't make a movie, ok de niro acts well because i was gripped by him even though he doesnt say much, but that doesn't make up for the boring script.
violence i think should be used to push the characters and the story forwards. rather than just put in for effect.

american history x. ho hum.

mulholland drive

Trainspotting, Pulp Fiction, Little Otik and A Clockwork Orange

Metropolis is a film with such impact.

Whilst you are watching it you totally forget about reality. You are transported into that film.

Same with Battleship Potemkin.

And you're right. When the credits roll and you are dumped back into reality with a crashing thud, you know that you have witnessed something made by someone who truly understands and appreciates the power and beauty that is cinema...

(Man - this is my favourite topic!!!!!!!!)

i dont really have a favourite film but i really like kill bill! its brilliant! i quite liked ghost world and dirty pretty things and of course lord of the rings (all 3) but nothing will ever be able to compare to the book on that one no matter how good the films are.

ezra, as someone int he film industry, u must have seen Un Chein Andalou? fuck me, thats some crazy shit, but i had a strange impulse to watch it over and over again.

mine would have to be the (clichéd) Citizen Kane and Withnail and I. I know the song from CK, and Withnail and I is just bliss.

Shawshank Redemption, The Godfatherm Reservoir Dogs, The Green Mile, One Hour Photo, Good Will Hunting and Donnie Darko...i started with Shawshank then loads popped into my head :)