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by Joel Mathiesen |
 May 2006 |
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#10 "Raging Bull," my favorite sports movie,
is where we saw the acting capability of the great Robert DeNiro. The rise
and fall of Jake La Motta, the boxer, Raging Bull showed the pain and
struggles of his life. Black and white to give us the feeling that we are
back in the 1940's, in which decade the story took place, Scorsese directed
a masterpiece. Co-starring the loud mouth Joe Pesci as Jake's brother,
Raging Bull is the best movie from the 1980's, a decade that did not give
us much of anything except this movie and a few others. As Al Pacino will
always be remembered for Scarface, I hope that Robert Deniro will be
remembered for this great black and white boxing epic.
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#9 The best classic movie of all time. Forget about "Casablanca" and
"Gone with the Wind", "Kane" is where the art of film is at! I love the
story and the famous word that keeps you in the movie: Rosebud. A story
of a sad old man who passes away and feels he really never amounted to
anything. This movie shows us the great message that money does not
bring happiness. Orson Welles both directed and starred as Mr. Kane.
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#8 This is the movie that made me absolutely fall in love with
Edward Norton's acting. A sick, twisted film, directed by David
Fincher and co-starring the underrated actor, Brad Pitt. A story
of life: what is truly important vs. what society tells us is important.
Never has a movie had so much foreshadowing and in the end you still
didn't see it coming.
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#7 Adapted from Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness", Francis Ford
Coppola turned this in to a movie about Vietnam, instead of the civil
war as in the book. I felt that Coppola really got the point across
when he stated that "this movie is not about Vietnam, it is Vietnam."
Apocalypse Now is the best war movie of all time, no disputes.
The story, disturbing and weird at times, showed the Vietnam war as
it truly was. The great cast also added to this film to make it all
around amazing. The great Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, and Robert
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning" Duvall.
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#6 The most art I have ever seen in a movie.
Although very long and without much dialogue, it is
beautifully crafted in to something so much more than a movie.
The whole idea behind "2001" is quite amazing, along with the many
symbols and analogies that make up most of the film. The
cinematography, visual effects, and the great classical
soundtrack make this a masterpiece within the art world.
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#5 A movie with so many stories and messages, and in the end, combining
it all into one breath-taking story. P.T. Anderson showed his true
talent with the creation of this movie. It has an all star line-up
with most of the actors from "Boogie Nights" and the screenplay is
magnificent. How can you hate a movie that includes Phillip
Seymour Hoffman and William H. Macy?
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#4 Hands down, the best Martin Scorsese movie ever made. Robert
De Niro owned "Taxi Driver" from beginning to end, making himself one
of my favorite actors. How can you go wrong with the famous "You
talking to me" quote? This movie represents the greatness of 1970's,
and why it's considered the best decade in film history, even in the
21st Century.
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#3 A story of violence and gangs in upper South America hits you
right in the stomach. This gutsy film work made Fernando Meirelles
a new favorite director of mine. The storyline is well crafted and
the camera work and story telling is wonderfully original. No one
had ever made a film like this and no one ever will.
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#2 Quentin Tarantino's best work and my favorite. Who knew that
a movie with so much "pointless" dialogue could be so perfectly
crafted to keep you glued and taken back by the beauty of the film
artistry? The all star cast also helps, along with my favorite
Samuel L. Jackson lines of all time. This film will never stop
being talked about, and it shouldn't.
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#1 To be honest, I don't feel that any words that I write will do this
great film any justice. I believe that Stanley Kubrick was
the only director that was ever able to perfect a film and this is
definitely one of them. A mind-blowing film that is twisted and
powerful, with the intention of making you think. There is so much
meaning and deep thought to this film that it would be impossible
to know or find them all in one sitting, but the basic purpose of
this masterpiece is to support freedom of choice and is a protest
against reform. The screenplay, camera work, acting, soundtrack,
and directing are at the peak of perfection.
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