"Gone with the wind" was recently voted the best movie ever in a major UK survey.
I don`t think we are counting surveys by SAGA (an organisation for the over 60`s)
, we`re talking non senile watchers here ROFL, just who the hell in their right mind would vote for that overblown comedy cowboy film?, I always thought it stunk that Dr Zivago got no awards thanks to that purile drivel, (they where released the same year), in modern films I vote for (in no specific order)
Alien: all the other follow ons managed to trash the world created in the first movie and ignore some of the rules of physics and common sense as well
Bladerunner: seems even more probable nowdays with genetic engineering and the mapping of the human genome, make a human with a smaller programable brain that can`t breed and use them as slaves, just as long as Micro$oft don`t write the software like they obviously did in the film
Fifth Element: fresh and funky, loved that, it was entertainment, pure and simple
(an you gotta love Zorg
)
The Matrix: can`t say about 2 since I haven`t seen it yet, but it was about time somebody made a film based on Plato`s theory of perception (even if it is messed up in places and the science is wrong)
Quatermass and the pit: scared me at the time, still is a creepy plot, loved it when the buried ship came to life and attempted to restore things to the status quo as planned by the Martians, not politicaly correct, but good all the same (old UK film, US peeps may not know this one)
Flash Gordon: FLASH!, so corny my sides ache, some parts like the ballroom fight and the ariel battle are so funny.
Barberella: hey! come on! you have to have some corny stuff to make the rest look good
, besides this is the film that gave the world Duran Duran
The Avengers: for some reason nobody likes this one, all the critics hated it, but it was close to the original series in feel and bizare enough to be watchable, if only the lead playing John Steed had been a better actor.
Lord of the rings: well, the first episode was a brave attempt and pretty well done, I hope they can hold close to the correct story line in the second and third offerings (not seen part 2 yet), the trouble is that people often get tempted to improve the plot as they go deeper in, so that by the end you are not watching the film you where told you where at the start.
Star wars: all of them, episodes and characters, even Jar Jar Binks is ok with me, why?, cos it may well be that as you hop about the universe you will pick up some annoying hanger-ons, people who wind you up something rotten but you can`t get rid of without breaking the Jedi code and cutting them in half with a lightsabre first, makes it more realistic than if you met usefull, intelligent people all the time, come on! life isn`t like that
Babylon 5 movies: I hate the sterile squeeky clean StarTreck universe, I hate their poncy moralising and soap opera mentalities, I hate their hearts on sleeves posing and "humorous" characters, I hate their feeble attempts at depth, but Bab 5 is warts an all, devious gits who arent resolved by the end of the episode, friends who turn out to be enemies, and those who just can`t decide, dirty bars and sleazy people, this is like real life, at least the sets don`t look like an advert for White paint and discount carpet.
Starship Troopers: "the only good bug is a dead bug", you gotta love those bugs, after all, they enrich so many video games both out and soon to be released, and finaly a good excuse for blasting the gits without a moral argument, they are just killing machines, if you don`t kill them they will sure as hell kill you.
cheers.
Mentor.
