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It sits at # 28 on the ol' Callaghan Top 100 Films Of All Time List.


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Blaine said:
Without a doubt this is a masterpiece and Spielberg's defining work.
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ouch.
gotta go with Raiders...then Private Ryan...then ET....then Schindler's

I agree that it is a masterpiece (Spielberg is allowed more than one tho)
 
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CallaghanFilms said:
It sits at # 28 on the ol' Callaghan Top 100 Films Of All Time List.
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On my Top 100, it comes in at #6

CallaghanFilms said:
It sits at # 28ouch.
gotta go with Raiders...then Private Ryan...then ET....then Schindler's
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Raiders is an excellent movie (#43) and I love it. It just doesn't have the gravitas of Schindler. Private Ryan, one of the grittiest war movies ever (#41) and an all together thrilling movie. ET (#59 on my Sci-Fi list, not on my Top 100 All Time Movies List) I never connected with it. Schindler's List is Steven's grown up movie, followed by Private Ryan, then Munich (#68).
 
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It sits at # 28 on the ol' Callaghan Top 100 Films Of All Time List.


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ouch.
gotta go with Raiders...then Private Ryan...then ET....then Schindler's

I agree that it is a masterpiece (Spielberg is allowed more than one tho)
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a masterpiece of such importance and weight must take prescedence over the popcorn.
 
John_Hudson said:
a masterpiece of such importance and weight must take prescedence over the popcorn.
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I don't know John...

If you are looking at the film who best captured the essence of its (factual-true-life) source material...then yeah, betcher arse it's the top pick.

If you are looking for the film that brought awareness to something as tragic and grandiose in scale as the holocaust...then abso-freakin-lutely it takes the cake.

But as a film, I find Private Ryan and ET to be unbelievably moving as well...and Raiders to be a sparkling example of damn-near-perfect filmmaking.

For ****'s sake, Hudson, I am not taking away from Schindler's in any way, shape or form. In fact the finale...
Oskar Schindler: I could have got more out. I could have got more. I don't know. If I'd just... I could have got more.
Itzhak Stern: Oskar, there are eleven hundred people who are alive because of you. Look at them.
Oskar Schindler: If I'd made more money... I threw away so much money. You have no idea. If I'd just...
Itzhak Stern: There will be generations because of what you did.
Oskar Schindler: I didn't do enough!
Itzhak Stern: You did so much.
[Schindler looks at his car]
Oskar Schindler: This car. Goeth would have bought this car. Why did I keep the car? Ten people right there. Ten people. Ten more people.
[removing Nazi pin from lapel]
Oskar Schindler: This pin. Two people. This is gold. Two more people. He would have given me two for it, at least one. One more person. A person, Stern. For this.
[sobbing]
Oskar Schindler: I could have gotten one more person... and I didn't! And I... I didn't!
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...stands as one of the most powerful scenes in cinematic history IMHO.
 
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Its all really just how a certain film connects with you individually. As was mentioned no one can question the merits of this film in its importance....but as for all time lists and whatnot thats all up for opinion. For me I think I have a three-way tie going between Star Wars, Schindlers List, and ....believe it or not....The Village for my all time favorite film.
 
Just saw Schindlers list again a few weeks ago and it was even better than i had remembered it, A true masterpiece. Oh yeah, and i think the Village rocks, and on that note just saw Lady In The Water, now that was a fun film, and i'm not ashamed to say it.
 
The Village ?

(must accept others opinions ...)

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo !

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I liked the film, I place it high on 2004's best films list ... but in the same breadth as Schindler's and Star Wars ?

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

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Okay, this thread is about to die a horrible death, it's time to spice it up a bit. I don't understand this almost religious fervor about Star Wars. It was an decent movie, even an above average "kids" movie. But all time great? I must have missed something.

Let the flaming begin...:Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)
 
John_Hudson said:
The Village ?

(must accept others opinions ...)

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo !

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I liked the film, I place it high on 2004's best films list ... but in the same breadth as Schindler's and Star Wars ?

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

LOL
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Hold on, I didn't say it was even in the same class, it's obviously not. Star Wars, is also out of hand compared to Schindlers list. And all the new Star Wars were embarrassingly bad IMO.
 
Blaine said:
Okay, this thread is about to die a horrible death, it's time to spice it up a bit. I don't understand this almost religious fervor about Star Wars. It was an decent movie, even an above average "kids" movie. But all time great? I must have missed something.

Let the flaming begin...:Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)
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Being a 7 year old and seeing Star Wars for the first time is a magical experience but even today it just holds up

It's close to a perfect film. It truly takes you to another place inside that silver screen and does not let go until the end. Empire accomplished the same for me.
 
Hey i'm with you on the whole childhood thing, it was the stuff dreams are made of. Hard to find anything of that lucidity in the present. I feel that way about alot of movies for different reasons. But like the Village thing I just doesn't enter into the same weight class, hell its a different sport all together.
 
John_Hudson said:
Being a 7 year old and seeing Star Wars for the first time is a magical experience but even today it just holds up

It's close to a perfect film. It truly takes you to another place inside that silver screen and does not let go until the end. Empire accomplished the same for me.
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And that's the thing that I really missed, John. I wished I could have been a child of seven, because, as you said, it would have been magical. Unfortunately, it is a generational thing. Don't get me wrong, I like the movie. The thing is, it just isn't the same move for me that it is for you...or my stepsons for that matter. The oldest, Ron, had all the Star Wars paraphernalia. I'm certainly not raggin' on your movie as I'm sure there are movies that have moved me that other people say, "huh?"
 
A totally heart-wrenching movie. Ralph Fiennes is the epitome of evil in this movie. Who said on this board this guy was a hack? I'm sure someone did.
 
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