Bluemoon's Official Top 100 Films

Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
Great film. Looks like going to be some big films from the 70’s missing from the Top 100. Towering Inferno, Papillon, The French Connection, Poseidon Adventure (not the shitty remake obviously). Looking like a gangster heavy top 4 now!
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Missed putting Towering Inferno in my top 20. Must be finest cast assembled of all time. Always have to watch whenever it's on
 
Blue_eyes said:
I had hoped this film would make top ten (I had it at 6), as posted earlier I saw it many times and it was at that time my favourite film. Audiences loved it, and it was seen as a family summer "blockbuster". It boasts a great cast including the brilliant Robert Shaw who steals the show as Quint, and has that perfect Spielberg mix of exciting set pieces and jump scares, a monster that is just visual enough (and potentially real),and the films pace increases as the film progresses, all set to a superb sound track.

As discussed earlier, there is some disturbing content for family audiences including child death and severed limbs etc, but this just served to make the film more talked about at the time, and really cemented Spielbergs place as a top director. That scene where the shark first shows itself to the three protagonists on Quints boat is pure Spielberg, the jumpscare of "you,re gonna need a bigger boat" then the music and awe as it swims by, and not forgetting the drunken USS Indiannapolis speech.

It has probably lost some impact over the years and anyone watching it for the first time now might not be impressed with the fx etc. However, it was big news back in the seventies and for all the enjoyment it gave me at that time I had no doubts about it being in my top ten.
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So many great scenes in the film don't really on the SFX, which means it still really holds up for me. I suspect the CGI generation won't be so impressed though.
 
BlueHammer85 said:
Not this year it didn't

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AFI Movie Club: THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

AFI Movie Club: THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION Ranked #72 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies – 10th Anniversary edition list of the greatest American films, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION stars Tim Robb
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That's actually from 2007, but fair enough. So all it would take is about 30 non-American films or films from the past 13 years to knock it out of their top 100. Shouldn't be too hard. ;)

It doesn't get in the BFI top 100 list either. The directors' list or the critics' list.

Anyway, I watched the King of Comedy tonight. That was good. Now I'm going to watch Joker and see how much it's ripped off.
 
4. Carry On Camping 14/201

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Carry On Camping is a 1969 British comedy film, the 17th release in the series of 31 Carry On films (1958–1992). It features series regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Terry Scott, Hattie Jacques, Barbara Windsor, Bernard Bresslaw and Peter Butterworth.

Sid Boggle (Sid James) and his friend Bernie Lugg (Bernard Bresslaw) are partners in a plumbing business. They take their girlfriends, prudish Joan Fussey (Joan Sims) and meek Anthea Meeks (Dilys Laye), to the cinema to see a film about a nudist camp called Paradise. Sid has the idea of the group holidaying there, reasoning that in that environment their heretofore chaste girlfriends will relax their strict moral standards. Sid easily gains Bernie's co-operation in the scheme, which they attempt to keep secret from the girls.

They travel to the campsite named Paradise. After paying the membership fees to the owner, money-grabbing farmer Josh Fiddler (Peter Butterworth), Sid realises it is not the camp seen in the film, but merely a standard family campsite. To add to their disappointment, it is no paradise but instead, a damp field; the only facilities being a very basic toilet and a washing block. They reluctantly agree to stay there after Fiddler refuses a refund and the girls approve of the place. There is further disappointment when the girls will not share a tent with the boys.


 
BlueHammer85 said:
4. Carry On Camping 14/201

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Carry On Camping is a 1969 British comedy film, the 17th release in the series of 31 Carry On films (1958–1992). It features series regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Terry Scott, Hattie Jacques, Barbara Windsor, Bernard Bresslaw and Peter Butterworth.

Sid Boggle (Sid James) and his friend Bernie Lugg (Bernard Bresslaw) are partners in a plumbing business. They take their girlfriends, prudish Joan Fussey (Joan Sims) and meek Anthea Meeks (Dilys Laye), to the cinema to see a film about a nudist camp called Paradise. Sid has the idea of the group holidaying there, reasoning that in that environment their heretofore chaste girlfriends will relax their strict moral standards. Sid easily gains Bernie's co-operation in the scheme, which they attempt to keep secret from the girls.

They travel to the campsite named Paradise. After paying the membership fees to the owner, money-grabbing farmer Josh Fiddler (Peter Butterworth), Sid realises it is not the camp seen in the film, but merely a standard family campsite. To add to their disappointment, it is no paradise but instead, a damp field; the only facilities being a very basic toilet and a washing block. They reluctantly agree to stay there after Fiddler refuses a refund and the girls approve of the place. There is further disappointment when the girls will not share a tent with the boys.


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You have got to be bloody joking!
 
Is this a piss take? Shirley not. Karate Kid doesn't even make the top 100 and this is number 4? I declare this a fraudulent vote and Karate Kid wins the whole thing.
 
4. Goodfellas 17/204

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Goodfellas is a 1990 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese, produced by Irwin Winkler and distributed by Warner Bros. It is an adaptation of the 1985 non-fiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Scorsese. The film stars Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino. It narrates the rise and fall of mob associate Henry Hill and his friends and family from 1955 to 1980.

Scorsese initially titled the film Wise Guy and postponed making it; later, he and Pileggi changed the title to Goodfellas. To prepare for their roles in the film, De Niro, Pesci and Liotta often spoke with Pileggi, who shared research material left over from writing the book. According to Pesci, improvisation and ad-libbing came out of rehearsals wherein Scorsese gave the actors freedom to do whatever they wanted. The director made transcripts of these sessions, took the lines he liked most and put them into a revised script, which the cast worked from during principal photography.

Goodfellas premiered at the 47th Venice International Film Festival on September 9, 1990, where Scorsese was awarded with Silver Lion for Best Director, and was released in the United States on September 19, 1990. The film was made on a budget of $25 million, and grossed $46.8 million. The critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes calls it "arguably the high point of Martin Scorsese's career". The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, with Pesci winning for Best Supporting Actor. The film won five awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, including Best Film and Best Director. Additionally, Goodfellas was named the year's best film by various critics' groups.

Goodfellas is widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made, particularly in the gangster genre. In 2000, it was deemed "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant" and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress. Its content and style have been emulated in numerous other films and television series




 
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