Weekly Comp - Two Evil Eyes - 25/04/2010

[gag]

How about texas chainsaw massacre

If you can make a film that praticaly has no violence or gore doesnt relie on special effects cgi etc etc and everything is created on atmosphere and and cause contriversy and be banned is sev countries and create what other film have actualy gone out to achieve and not done..and still be rememberd in the top 20 polls of best horrors every made 30yrs on then as far as im concern that a good piece of film making...so is my deserving as 1 of the best films ever made.... and lets be honest there loads of good horrors,.. films, etc out there that film, horror fans might not have,... But every sinlge horror fan collector has this in the film collection..

[darthelvis]

Going to have to go with Doug Liman's Swingers. A total classic indie comedy and one of the best scripts ever written in my opinion. Faverau rules in this film and wrote some classic lines for the film.

The movie also has a killer soundtrack and introduced me to Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.

i can watch this film over and over and it never gets old. My old management/promo company and film i'm writing Dead Anyway was named after a line in the film so it holds a special place in my heart.

[oaxaca]

My favourite film of all time is:

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade!

You've got globetrotting action/adventure, pure unadulterated fun, 2 of the most charismatic and entertaining 'hollywood' actors ever in Harrison Ford and Sean Connery playing his eccentric dad, the ever-likable and sorely-missed Denholm Elliott, Nazi bashing, the quest for eternal life, the holy grail, knights-templars, despite being made in the late 80s it seems timeless (yet retains nostalgic value), a brilliant and ever-memorable theme-tune, you find out Indy got his name from the pet DOG!, great support with John-Rhys Davies (and his monkey), Julian Glover, Alexei Sayle, River Phoenix (RIP). Lets forget they made a fourth film and consider this not only the most apt and fitting finale to a superb trilogy, but THE GREATEST AND MOST ENTERTAINING FILM OF ALL TIME.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Some great choices but you're all forgetting about the best movie in the whole wide world ever: Avatar...




















But seriously, my favourite film of all time is Andrei Tarkovsky's Solyaris (1972).



Based on the story by Lem Stanislaw, Solyaris portrays an unsettling, claustrophobic tale of supernatural phenomena on a space station.

The most epic sci-fi film I have ever seen, and one that I could re-watch again and again, irrespective of its length (3 hrs).

Not too conventional, and hardly a winning pick but if you're into sci-fi and you haven't seen it, I'd definitely urge you to watch it.

[oaxaca]

Originally Posted by mbv

So many to choose from but I'm going for John Carpenter's The Thing.

Quite simply the best horror ever.
Old school real FX from Rob Bottin and Stan Winston.Gorier than any of these CGI drenched 'gorefests' that you see today.Amazing monsters.
Real genuine tension and jumps.
Great creepy soundtrack too.

There are so many amazing scenes in this movie(Chest eating arms, Head sprouting limbs, the blood test, the dog scene) I really could go on and on.

Damn good pick! You could well be right. Certainly one of my favourite horrors...

[antmumford]

My personal favourite and a perfect contender for Best film in the World has to be The Blues Brothers

A musical comedy action fantasy should not work, especially when one considers that it is the first Saturday Night Live skit-to-screen adventure (which, history has shown us, is a decidedly mixed bag). But this one does. Two of the best car chases in cinematic history bookend the film, and in between there are show-stopping musical numbers, raw humor, Illinois Nazis and a seriously disgruntled ex-fiancee. And it all makes perfect sense in the context of the universe created by Aykroyd (who co-wrote), Landis (who directed), and Belushi (his barely contained zeal provides the battery pack for this film).

Jake (Belushi) and Elwood (Aykroyd) are the former front men of a broken down blues band (actually a stunning collection of blues talent) which disbanded after Jake was arrested several years before. Upon his release, he discovers that his boyhood orphanage home is about to be foreclosed upon for non-payment of property taxes. Beaten up by a nun, sung to by James Brown, and touched by God, Jake sees the light and seeks to put the band together for one last show -- a charity benefit to save the orphanage.

Their journey takes them from James Brown to Aretha Franklin to Ray Charles, John Lee Hooker to Cab Calloway. The movie showcases the overwhelming talent of singers, musicians, and genres long out of vogue with popular musical tastes. Indeed, this movie is a vehicle for giving these performers a chance to shine -- to bring their music back to the masses and ultimately into pop-culture immortality (to go along with their more prestigious musical immortality).

This film is guaranteed to make you tap your feet, laugh out loud, gasp as both a mall and and entire fleet of Chicago police cars are destroyed, and believe in the magical powers of an old cop car. Like I said, it's a musical comedy action fantasy.

And it works.

[oaxaca]

Originally Posted by antmumford

My personal favourite and a perfect contender for Best film in the World has to be The Blues Brothers

Ahh a true comedy classic! I love anything with Dan Aykroyd in. Or pretty much anything with the 80s saturday night live crew in Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Eddie Murphy... ahh comedy heaven!!

You should check out Doctor Detroit, another Aykroyd film with a James Brown cameo (Dan must have been a big fan!). In fact, with most Aykroyd films, they end with him and most of the cast doing some crazy dancing during the credits, often to classic motown songs (check the end of The Great Outdoors and you'll see what I mean ).

My gf saw James Brown (rip) at glasto ~ 2002-4 (i forget when exactly), she said he was amazing, but couldnt do the backflips etc in his old age

[nekromantik]

Originally Posted by gag

How about texas chainsaw massacre

If you can make a film that praticaly has no violence or gore doesnt relie on special effects cgi etc etc and everything is created on atmosphere and and cause contriversy and be banned is sev countries and create what other film have actualy gone out to achieve and not done..and still be rememberd in the top 20 polls of best horrors every made 30yrs on then as far as im concern that a good piece of film making...so is my deserving as 1 of the best films ever made.... and lets be honest there loads of good horrors,.. films, etc out there that film, horror fans might not have,... But every sinlge horror fan collector has this in the film collection..

Well I think im one of the very few people that dont like the original as it bored me. Yeah I will get people saying im crazy etc but meh it didnt do anything for me at all. It just didnt age well.

[Gigantor]

So later on in the week do make an arguement why people should vote for our Choice?Or do we get to talk smack about other people's choices?

[oaxaca]

Can we vote for our own choices as many times as possible??