NSR: What's your top 5 movies of the last 15yrs?

[SirManchester]

Inspector Clouseau is spot on! He's the tru comic genius of the silverscreen, forget Vince Vaugh and the likes.

Oh yea and how could anyone not mention these two guys!?
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[Howard Zinn]

My list is with the assumption that Goodfellas falls into the last 15 years. (It's borderline 89/90)

1.Goodfellas
2.Pulp Fiction
3.Lost in Translation
4.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
5.Fargo

That's a pretty nice list if I do say so myself. People constantly forget about and underrate Fargo, for what reason I don't really know.


I really had to update my list.

1. Goodfellas
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. The Aviator
4. Lost in Translation
5. Fargo

That's right folks, I bumped Pulp Fiction right off the list. I just watched The Aviator for the first time a few days ago, and once again Scorcese blew me away. The film is so beautiful, and Di Caprio puts in an excellent performance. I also re-watched Eternal Sunshine and was even more impressed than when it first came out. I used to love Pulp Fiction, but the more times I watch it the less it stands up to a close inspection. It relies too heavily on the initial surprise of the non-chronological structure and on what are considered taboo subjects. Once you get past the blood, drugs, and non-linear storyline, the film goes from great to very good. I would still put it in my top 10 in the last 15 years though.

[Stud83]

I really had to update my list.

1. Goodfellas
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. The Aviator
4. Lost in Translation
5. Fargo

That's right folks, I bumped Pulp Fiction right off the list. I just watched The Aviator for the first time a few days ago, and once again Scorcese blew me away. The film is so beautiful, and Di Caprio puts in an excellent performance. I also re-watched Eternal Sunshine and was even more impressed than when it first came out. I used to love Pulp Fiction, but the more times I watch it the less it stands up to a close inspection. It relies too heavily on the initial surprise of the non-chronological structure and on what are considered taboo subjects. Once you get past the blood, drugs, and non-linear storyline, the film goes from great to very good. I would still put it in my top 10 in the last 15 years though.

Howard, you are missing the point. Let me put it this way - would you be interested in rewatching Lost in Translation or The Aviator in a year or so? And then again 2 years from now? These movies are very good, but it's a one-time deal. With Pulp Fiction - you may rewatch it 10 times in 10 years and still enjoy every moment of it. At least, I do. That's how I rate the movies by the way - not whether I enjoyed it after watching it (there are plenty of those), but whether I would want to watch it again and again. That's what's so great about Tarantino, and especially Pulp Fiction.

[Howard Zinn]

Howard, you are missing the point. Let me put it this way - would you be interested in rewatching Lost in Translation or The Aviator in a year or so? And then again 2 years from now? These movies are very good, but it's a one-time deal. With Pulp Fiction - you may rewatch it 10 times in 10 years and still enjoy every moment of it. At least, I do. That's how I rate the movies by the way - not whether I enjoyed it after watching it (there are plenty of those), but whether I would want to watch it again and again. That's what's so great about Tarantino, and especially Pulp Fiction.


I have actually re-watched Lost in Translation a couple of times, and am still thoroughly impressed. Pulp Fiction just isn't doing it for me anymore, which is why I have to push it down the list. Whether The Aviator will last, only time will tell. I just don't enjoy Tarantino's movies as much as I used to.

[K:theCore]

Howard, you are missing the point. Let me put it this way - would you be interested in rewatching Lost in Translation or The Aviator in a year or so? And then again 2 years from now? These movies are very good, but it's a one-time deal. With Pulp Fiction - you may rewatch it 10 times in 10 years and still enjoy every moment of it. At least, I do. That's how I rate the movies by the way - not whether I enjoyed it after watching it (there are plenty of those), but whether I would want to watch it again and again. That's what's so great about Tarantino, and especially Pulp Fiction.

I absolutely concur. I liked Lost in Translation very much but to be honest, its in my DVD collection more for diversifaction and show then it is to watch intermittently. I like the way some of the scenes flow together (the karaoke scenes) but I almost always stop watching it at some point. The story lends itself to that end for me.

Whereas in Pulp everything seems to rely on eachother and your drawn to watch the whole thing. Plus it has some of the most memorable quotes, scenes, and performances that I know. Samuel really got worked over in the best supporting category. Travolta was great too but to me, Jackson put in the performance of a lifetime in that movie. Never say never but I dont think he'll ever repeat that again.

[riles9999]

No particular order:

lock, stock, and two smoking barrels
hedwig and the angry inch
memento
Lord of the Rings
The Big Lebowski

[StrikerCW]

No particular order:

lock, stock, and two smoking barrels
hedwig and the angry inch
memento
Lord of the Rings
The Big Lebowski
Forgot about Dude. That is a pretty funny movie, I think also it is in the top 5 movies in terms of use of the word ************.

Some of the scenes were stupid and should have been taken out but alot of it was funny.

[Jayhawk]

1. Goodfellas
2. Rushmore
3. Y Tu Mama Tambien
4. The Thin Blue Line
5. Trainspotting
Finally! I wonder why on this of all boards it took so long for anyone to mention Trainspotting?

[Jayhawk]

Team America? For the musical numbers alone.....great stuff.
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut is even better in the music department. In my opinion, it is genuinely one of the great musicals of all time. Steven Sondheim thought so, too. :)

[SirManchester]

I have actually re-watched Lost in Translation a couple of times, and am still thoroughly impressed. Pulp Fiction just isn't doing it for me anymore, which is why I have to push it down the list. Whether The Aviator will last, only time will tell. I just don't enjoy Tarantino's movies as much as I used to.


I can understand why you got tired with Pulp Fiction, although the movie is great, its not a serious conematic attempt, its pretty much an all out homage to Tarantino's favorite childhood movies. In fact everyone of his movies is like that. He's not a genuine filmmaker, he's a self-centered fanboy who thinks he's a genuine filmmaker, I could go on but I'll draw the line here...
oh yea and by the way (this one is for Billy especially) SIN CITY = Rubbish! :p

[Chaz Striker]

I can understand why you got tired with Pulp Fiction, although the movie is great, its not a serious conematic attempt, its pretty much an all out homage to Tarantino's favorite childhood movies. In fact everyone of his movies is like that. He's not a genuine filmmaker, he's a self-centered fanboy who thinks he's a genuine filmmaker, I could go on but I'll draw the line here...
oh yea and by the way (this one is for Billy especially) SIN CITY = Rubbish! :p

Actually the movie is filled with religious metaphors. It was kind of like a crusade. In the briefcase was the black man's soul. Sam and john were sent by him to take it back from the devils minions. Sam ends up realising in the end that is was actual devine intervention that neither of them got shot by the minions. So he becomes religious and understands the "cold blooded sh1t" that he said to people before he killed them. Oh, and the scene where John shoots the black guy in the head on accident never gets old.

[Howard Zinn]

I can understand why you got tired with Pulp Fiction, although the movie is great, its not a serious conematic attempt, its pretty much an all out homage to Tarantino's favorite childhood movies. In fact everyone of his movies is like that. He's not a genuine filmmaker, he's a self-centered fanboy who thinks he's a genuine filmmaker, I could go on but I'll draw the line here...
oh yea and by the way (this one is for Billy especially) SIN CITY = Rubbish! :p


I wouldn't go as far as to call Tarantino a "self-centered fanboy", but his movies don't stand up to the test of time as well as those of what I consider to be the greats: Coppola, Scorcese, Kubrick, Hitchcock, Welles.

And I would never watch shite like Sin City, so I technically can't comment. :cool: :D

[SirManchester]

Actually the movie is filled with religious metaphors. It was kind of like a crusade. In the briefcase was the black man's soul. Sam and john were sent by him to take it back from the devils minions. Sam ends up realising in the end that is was actual devine intervention that neither of them got shot by the minions. So he becomes religious and understands the "cold blooded sh1t" that he said to people before he killed them. Oh, and the scene where John shoots the black guy in the head on accident never gets old.


umm...yes, so in other words Tarantino took one simple narrative and connected it with several homages from different films that he grew up with. It came out nice yes, but I wouldn't go as far as to give him credit for it. However he seems to be the only smart film scholar that can pull stuff like that off, but then again only his first two films are worth watching over again, and maybe Kill Bill.....maybe.

[billyireland]

Bringing this thread back from the dead... again.

I finally got around to seeing Crash. Fantastic movie, and Matt Dillon's besat performance since There's Something About Mary (yes, he was brilliant in that); I would probably say he gave the best performance of the whole cast, but that's pretty much irrelevant since this was the best ensemble cast I've seen in a long time, right up there with The Usual Suspects, Glen Gary Glennross and 12 Angry Men in that regard. And is it just me, or does Benicio Del Toro have the actual ability to change skin colour?

I also caught The Descent. I saw trailers and ads for it over the summer and it looked like another cheap scares POS like Cabin Fever (btw, "pancakes"... wtf!?), but I can honestly say that this is the scariest movie I have seen in years. I would highly recommend watching it in the dark up full blast on surround sound.

[SirManchester]

Haven't seen a good scary movie in a long time, all these movies like saw, wolf creek, boogeyman, have all become too cliche to have any impact on me, most horror films nowadays try to cash in by reviving texas chainsaw massacre style narratives, and it just doesn't work for me anymore. the last movie that kinda scared me was "open water".

[billyireland]

Haven't seen a good scary movie in a long time, all these movies like saw, wolf creek, boogeyman, have all become too cliche to have any impact on me, most horror films nowadays try to cash in by reviving texas chainsaw massacre style narratives, and it just doesn't work for me anymore. the last movie that kinda scared me was "open water".The Descent does go by a similar style to those types of movies, but it is just done so well that it brings chills down the spine on occasions... and I honestly hadn't been properly on edge watching a horror movie like that since I saw 'The Invitation' when I was about five years old, for obvious reasons.

One example of how the movie is s much more atmospheric than others is... very minor spoilers: it is all set in a cave underground in almost complete darkness and a lot of silence, since the things chasing the main characters around have a very acute sense of hearing. Needless to say the audio really kicks in when one of them springs out of nowhere, but what really adds to the effect is that on the set (and it was done on a proper set, not via CGI ;)), the actors had no idea when one of the guy s playing the 'crawlers' would attack them. I don't know what it is, but there is just something that sets it apart. I would recommend you giving it a look.

[PSsoccer123]

1. Goodfellas
2. Shawshank Redemption
3. Forrest Gump
4. Lord of the Rings
5. Shindler and the list that he kept

[SirManchester]

Just saw Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away" and I was blown away by it. Along with "Princess Mononoke" its very worthy of being in any top list of the last fifteen years. I recomend it to everyone who is looking for that extra thing that you don't see in movies nowadays. Absolutely amazing and I'm not one easily impressed by movies, let alone animated ones.

[jrod69]

anyone saw Sexy Beast?

[SirManchester]

anyone saw Sexy Beast?

yea that was pretty good too, I give it three out of four stars, Ben Kingsley was great in it.