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Algren
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 Recommend 10 Films To See Before You Die  If you had to recommend 10 films for someone to see before they died, what ten would you choose and why?_________________STOP UIGHUR GENOCIDE IN XINJIANG
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Re: Recommend 10 Films To See Before You Die In no order...
American Beauty
Brokeback Mountain
Gone with the Wind
Irreversible
The Wizard of Oz
Before Trilogy (Sunrise/Sunset/Midnight)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
Halloween (1978)
American Pie
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
I obviously know many of these are not classified as the best movies of all time but they all mean a lot to me and as to why I adore film as much as I do and are some of the best of their respected genres, IMO.
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1. La La Land
2. Other People
3. Nocturnal Animals
4. Swiss Army Man
5. Manchester by the Sea
6. The Edge of Seventeen
7. Sing Street
8. Indignation
9. The Lobster
10. Hell or High Water
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Algren
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Re: Recommend 10 Films To See Before You Die I'll have to check Irreversible out.
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Re: Recommend 10 Films To See Before You Die Le cercle rouge (1970)
Chungking Express (1994)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Forbidden Games (1952)
Never Let Me Go (2010)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Roberto Rossellini's war trilogy: Rome Open City (1945), Paisan (1946), and Germany Year Zero (1948)
Velvet Goldmine (1998)
A few because of their sense of cool and their hypnotic and/or romantic style. A few for their historical and social value, as well as their empathy. A few idiosyncratic favorites.
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Algren
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Re: Recommend 10 Films To See Before You Die I'll try and watch Never Let Me Go.
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Re: Recommend 10 Films To See Before You Die I am afraid you will hate it, but would still be interested to hear your thoughts.
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Re: Recommend 10 Films To See Before You Die The Wizard of Oz
Sunset Blvd.
Memento
Donnie Darko
Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie
Fitzcarraldo
H-8...
The Birds
El laberinto del fauno
The Usual Suspects
A bit of everthing really. Some classics, some newer movies, various genres, Hollywood and European (not really all that familiar with Asian and Australia cinematography. Maybe I'd squeak Tasogare Seibei in the Top 10 though. I really love that one.)
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Algren
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Re: Recommend 10 Films To See Before You Die David wrote: I am afraid you will hate it, but would still be interested to hear your thoughts. Will you hate me if I hate it? _________________STOP UIGHUR GENOCIDE IN XINJIANG
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Re: Recommend 10 Films To See Before You Die It'll be one week with no cybersex, Algren. Watch out.
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Algren
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Re: Recommend 10 Films To See Before You Die Wonder what happens if I love it.  _________________STOP UIGHUR GENOCIDE IN XINJIANG
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Algren
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Re: Recommend 10 Films To See Before You Die I'm not sure what ten films I would choose, but I know Apocalypto would be one of them. For the rest, do I choose my favourites? in which case, I would just choose my top ten movies ever, or do I choose ten achievements in film or "special" films? It's a hard one. If I choose anything besides my personal top ten, it feels pointless me doing the recommending, because any fool can just search online for a "must see before you die top ten list" littered with industry classics. So that's the dilemma I face.
Perhaps choosing 1 or 2 films from the major genres. Or ten important films. I think that might be the best option. Choosing ten films that say something about us as humans or the culture we've created.
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Re: Recommend 10 Films To See Before You Die Algren wrote: David wrote: I am afraid you will hate it, but would still be interested to hear your thoughts. Will you hate me if I hate it? My fondness for you survived you hating Anna Karenina and Byzantium. _________________1. The Lost City of Z - 2. A Cure for Wellness - 3. Phantom Thread - 4. T2 Trainspotting - 5. Detroit - 6. Good Time - 7. The Beguiled - 8. The Florida Project - 9. Logan and 10. Molly's Game
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Re: Recommend 10 Films To See Before You Die David wrote: Algren wrote: David wrote: I am afraid you will hate it, but would still be interested to hear your thoughts. Will you hate me if I hate it? My fondness for you survived you hating Anna Karenina and Byzantium.  _________________STOP UIGHUR GENOCIDE IN XINJIANG
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Re: Recommend 10 Films To See Before You Die If I had to recommend I would recommend my favorite top 10 ever. And why? Because it's the movies that have given me the most enjoyment, and although people's taste differ from one to the other and there are other hundred movies with higher historical significance and better critical response, I find it hypocritical to recommend those if they didn't touch me emotionally as much as the ones on my list..
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Re: Recommend 10 Films To See Before You Die Price wrote: If I had to recommend I would recommend my favorite top 10 ever. And why? Because it's the movies that have given me the most enjoyment, and although people's taste differ from one to the other and there are other hundred movies with higher historical significance and better critical response, I find it hypocritical to recommend those if they didn't touch me emotionally as much as the ones on my list.. Well of course you're going to recommend movies that touched you and you love them. That's the point of recommendations. But I'd be considerate enough to at least mix it up a bit. Maybe not give my TOP 10 best movies ever. If I have a TOP 10 made out of war movies only do I really want to tell someone to see 10 thematically and/or visually very similar movies as the last movies they will ever see? I'd say no. Give them drama. Give them comedy. Give them mystery. Though my list is pretty close to being my TOP 10 list.
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Re: Recommend 10 Films To See Before You Die The Wizard of Oz
Avatar
There Will Be Blood
2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
The Princess Bride
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Re: Recommend 10 Films To See Before You Die _axiom wrote: Price wrote: Well of course you're going to recommend movies that touched you and you love them. That's the point of recommendations. But I'd be considerate enough to at least mix it up a bit. Maybe not give my TOP 10 best movies ever. If I have a TOP 10 made out of war movies only do I really want to tell someone to see 10 thematically and/or visually very similar movies as the last movies they will ever see? I'd say no. Give them drama. Give them comedy. Give them mystery. Though my list is pretty close to being my TOP 10 list. But then the person asking for it should mention if they want one from each genre. If you go to most of the top 10 critics movie lists, you will see that at least 7-8 of those selected are dramas. There are no comedies, horror, fantasy, war movies, biopics, westerns (sometimes The Searchers) or science fiction (sometimes 2001). If that person also loves war movies, than he wouldn't mind seeing the 10 best ever made. _________________
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Re: Recommend 10 Films To See Before You Die Chippy wrote: The Wizard of Oz
Avatar
There Will Be Blood
2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
The Princess Bride times 1000 on those
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Re: Recommend 10 Films To See Before You Die Pulp Fiction
The Shawshank Redemption
A Clockwork Orange
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Scarface
Freaks
Bay of Blood
Dawn of the Dead '78
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Re: Recommend 10 Films To See Before You Die CowboyFromHell wrote: Freaks Excellent pick.
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Re: Recommend 10 Films To See Before You Die CowboyFromHell wrote: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly I'd agree. _________________STOP UIGHUR GENOCIDE IN XINJIANG
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Re: Recommend 10 Films To See Before You Die Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
Mission to Mars
Battlefield Earth
Vampire Academy
The Hottie and the Nottie
Revenge for Jolly
A Haunted House
The Other Woman
Alone in the Dark
Dragonball: Evolution
Reason for my picks: once you watch them all (preferrably in a row), dying actually won't seem that bad anymore.
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Re: Recommend 10 Films To See Before You Die Awesome. A fairly original thought from you, Lecter. Nice idea.
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