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Are there any trilogies where the 3rd film is the best film?

LOTR and Bourne are the only series I can think of that have a contender, but both have parity across the entire trilogy leaving it down to preference for favorite

Maybe good 3rd films are a rare spectacle

Revenge of the Sith, though I wouldn't call it good.

03-28-2016 , 11:55 PM

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Dominic

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Originally Posted by legend42

The "not seen enough movies" part was almost wholly tongue in cheek, and especially would be if I knew you were in agreement, but Jesse James vs CRF being one of the top 5 most "beautiful" films of all time is super ridiculous on so many levels.

...why? And what's CRF?

03-28-2016 , 11:58 PM

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domer2

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Best Cinematography, all time:

5. In the Mood for Love
4. The Thin Red Line
3. Citizen Kane
2. Lawrence of Arabia
1. Days of Heaven

03-29-2016 , 12:05 AM

#19054

vixticator

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Let's be real, the top 5 best looking movies are all Malick. :P

03-29-2016 , 12:27 AM

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Dominic

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Originally Posted by domer2

Best Cinematography, all time:

5. In the Mood for Love
4. The Thin Red Line
3. Citizen Kane
2. Lawrence of Arabia
1. Days of Heaven

I...cannot disagree with this list.

03-29-2016 , 12:57 AM

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I can. It's fine, but The Best Years of Our Lives is a greater achievement for Gregg Toland than Citizen Kane imo.

No Gordon Willis, Coutard, James Wong Howe, Conrad Hall, or even Luzbeki? Days of Heaven is gorgeous, bit it's grainy as **** and still disputed as to even who shot most of it, between Wexler and Nestor Almendros.

I'll take Robbie Muller's lensing in Paris, Texas over any of em, but that might just be me.

Plus a lot of Robert Richardson and Michael Ballhaus. Oh, and Roger Deakins.

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03-29-2016 , 01:14 AM

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microbet

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Nerds.

03-29-2016 , 01:37 AM

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I am pretty silly for just listing sone great cinematographers without claiming whom they should replace from domer's list, which is definitely elite. But it's like anything...

03-29-2016 , 07:48 AM

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The Thin Red Line is among the most overrated films of all time among cinephiles and I include its cinematography. It's a parody of a Malick film which happens to be directed by the man himself.

War scene cut to shot of nature
Lather rinse repeat

Rest of list is solid.

03-29-2016 , 07:54 AM

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biggerboat

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The Passion of the Christ Jesus Christ, that was brutal.

03-29-2016 , 08:03 AM

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diebitter

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Originally Posted by biggerboat

The Passion of the Christ Jesus Christ, that was brutal.

Good movie though, if you can remain apatheist.

03-29-2016 , 08:33 AM

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RichGangi

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The Martian was a highly entertaining, thought provoking movie. Sure, some eye roll moments but I really enjoyed it. Matt Damon was great.

03-29-2016 , 09:36 AM

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Enrique

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Watched Creed last night. It was fantastic. Very worthy of a Rocky movie.

03-29-2016 , 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Oroku$aki

One could plausibly argue for The Dark Knight Rises

Wat

03-29-2016 , 01:30 PM

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JB91

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Originally Posted by Oroku$aki

One could plausibly argue for The Dark Knight Rises

One would have to have very **** taste to argue such a thing. I personally think Batman Begins is a better movie than The Dark Knight but to say TDKR is the best is completely ludicrous.

03-29-2016 , 02:12 PM

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biggerboat

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Originally Posted by diebitter

Good movie though, if you can remain apatheist.

I agree. I thought it was done well but the unrelenting torture was pretty overwhelming.

03-29-2016 , 02:16 PM

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Did I touch a nerve? Didn't say I'd argue for it. It should never have been brought up.

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Originally Posted by BigPoppa

These are all bad and you should feel bad

I do. Bless me father for I have sinned.

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03-29-2016 , 03:46 PM

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Malick parody? C'mon, man! It's my second favorite film of all time. (Right behind 2001 ASO) The only wrinkle in this otherwise perfect film is that you can see a crew member during one of the initial attacks on the hill.

03-29-2016 , 04:39 PM

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petesgotaces

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RichGangi

The Martian was a highly entertaining, thought provoking movie. Sure, some eye roll moments but I really enjoyed it.

Yeh i think i rolled my eyes nearly every time Damon spoke. Way too many "i'm in a ****ty situation" jokes.

03-29-2016 , 04:40 PM

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Banana man

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Originally Posted by Clovis8

03-29-2016 , 05:19 PM

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wombat4hire

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I watched the last Hunger Games movie last night. It was easily one of the worst 5 movies I've suffered through in my lifetime. Mockingjay part 1 was #6. At least I expected that one to be filler.

Spoiler:

Mother of god. I actually thought the first movie was good, the 2nd was better, the 3rd was aids, but I still expected some sort of Deathly Hallows pt2 redemption here. Nope.

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03-29-2016 , 06:07 PM

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The Thin Red Line is maybe my favorite movie of all time, probably spent at least a hundred hours writing or thinking about that movie. Staggering achievement. Comes as a great joy that Clovis thinks it is overrated.

03-29-2016 , 06:19 PM

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tabbaker

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Anyone here listen to Doug Loves Movies?

Doug Benson has a few guests on, comedians, actors, and other celebrities, and they play movie trivia games.

Few examples:

An audience member names a famous actor and they go around naming movies they were in (full title!) until there is one person left.

They name a movie and they start bidding on who can the most actors from said movie.

Guess the movie based on the tag line.

It's pretty funny and really impressive how much these people know about movies, especially Doug. Feel like The Lounge would be really good at these games. Myself not so much.

03-29-2016 , 06:53 PM

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biggerboat

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The Virgin Spring Bergman's story of revenge, morals, and Christianity. Actually it's hard to talk much about this without spoilers.

I'm certainly no Bergman expert, nor have I seen all of his movies, but of the ones I've seen this is my favorite by far.

03-29-2016 , 08:12 PM

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Clovis8

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Originally Posted by TheCroShow

I'm totally in the minority obviously but I've tried watching it four times. I love Malick and consider some of films as best of all time but I simply can't understand the appreciation for ATRL. It seems so on the nose it just smashes you over the head with its symbolism. Plus is loathe the stunt casting. It's basically 2 hours of spot the cameo.

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