Movies that are a 10

posted by Laley23

Jurassic Park was incredible for the time. I frankly think it holds up relatively well. The dinosaurs still look pretty realistic all things considered. But it was straight groundbreaking and changed movie making moving forward. Absolutely deserves a spot on a list like this, if you are delving into extra stuff beyond the movie.

posted by thavoice

Jurassic Park was groundbreaking at the time and man I loved it. Just does not stand the test of time for me.  

Gone with the Wind, eh?   See your comments about Gump....

Disagree about JP, but that’s fine. What you said about it is why I think it’s a 10. Destroyed everything we had ever known about computer graphics at the time. And like I said, it isn’t fair to compare older movies with today, because by that measure virtually every movie made this year is better than: Casablanca; Clockwork Orange; Godfather; etc. 

As for Gone With The Wind, I feel similar to that as what I just stated. It had tracking shots, it had creative lighting, it had explosions. It legit changed the way you make movies. It had stuff directors hadn’t even imagined yet. The first tracking shot of Scarlett on the staircase is truly amazing movie making for the fucking 40s. It isn’t the greatest plot, but it’s also not terrible and holds up decent. Plus it’s set behind a war, and I’m a sucker for war movies.

Side Note - 1917 is shot to be a single continuation shot. I can’t fucking wait to see that movie.

 

Good explanation for JP being a 10. I never felt the need to watch it a 2nd time but it definitely was a pioneer movie for the newer age movies (funny considering it’s about dinosaurs)

posted by Laley23

Jurassic Park was incredible for the time. I frankly think it holds up relatively well. The dinosaurs still look pretty realistic all things considered. But it was straight groundbreaking and changed movie making moving forward. Absolutely deserves a spot on a list like this, if you are delving into extra stuff beyond the movie.

posted by thavoice

Jurassic Park was groundbreaking at the time and man I loved it. Just does not stand the test of time for me.  

Gone with the Wind, eh?   See your comments about Gump....

Disagree about JP, but that’s fine. What you said about it is why I think it’s a 10. Destroyed everything we had ever known about computer graphics at the time. And like I said, it isn’t fair to compare older movies with today, because by that measure virtually every movie made this year is better than: Casablanca; Clockwork Orange; Godfather; etc. 

As for Gone With The Wind, I feel similar to that as what I just stated. It had tracking shots, it had creative lighting, it had explosions. It legit changed the way you make movies. It had stuff directors hadn’t even imagined yet. The first tracking shot of Scarlett on the staircase is truly amazing movie making for the fucking 40s. It isn’t the greatest plot, but it’s also not terrible and holds up decent. Plus it’s set behind a war, and I’m a sucker for war movies.

Side Note - 1917 is shot to be a single take. Not groundbreaking, but I can’t fucking wait to see that movie. Along those lines, Children of Men may be another 10/10 movie.

 

I think, for me personally, if a movie is a 10 I want to see it over and over again and whenever it is on I want to watch.  Liked JP and it was groundbreaking, but whatever.

Speaking of groundbreaking, they say that the new trilogy of Star Wars is going to be using a whole new type of CGI tech that is supposed to be revolutionary, and it will ONLY be used for the SW movies.

Concur on the 1917, cannot wait to see it!  Looked up a few things about it as for me I can only get into real stories.  This one is from a story a WWI grandfather told his son or grandson, and then he filled in the blanks from there.   Good enough for me!

posted by Ironman92

 

 

I watched Dumb and Dumber in the theater and I’ve never been in a theater of such uncontrolled laughter. 

 

I'm not sure if I've ever laughed harder than at the scene where Jeff Daniels has to use the toilet.

posted by Heretic

 

Also think I'll add The Good, The Bad and The Ugly to the list. Great film that's a blast to watch.

Gonna agree with you on that one, "Blondie".  (I can't believe that that film is 53 years old)

Big Lebowski is definitely a 10 

posted by kizer permanente

Big Lebowski is definitely a 10 

I don't know that I've ever been more disappointed in a movie than the big lebowski. I did not watch it when it came out but everyone seemed to think it was amazing. When I finally did get around to watching it... meh... (it definitely has some very quotable lines but it just didn't measure up to the hype in my opinion) 

posted by Laley23

As for Gone With The Wind, I feel similar to that as what I just stated. It had tracking shots, it had creative lighting, it had explosions. It legit changed the way you make movies. It had stuff directors hadn’t even imagined yet. The first tracking shot of Scarlett on the staircase is truly amazing movie making for the fucking 40s. It isn’t the greatest plot, but it’s also not terrible and holds up decent. Plus it’s set behind a war, and I’m a sucker for war movies.

I'm not into the groundbreaking tech really, but it is amazing to me how well Gone with the wind (and Casablanca) have held up. They're both pretty good even all these years later. 

posted by FatHobbit

I'm not into the groundbreaking tech really, but it is amazing to me how well Gone with the wind (and Casablanca) have held up. They're both pretty good even all these years later. 

I feel you on the tech. The two I listed where I matched for about a decade, which is the only reason I listed them. Think something has to be said for that. And with GWTW, I was more blown away by the camera work. Previously, you had static camera in one spot then another and maybe a 3rd, all edited into a single scene. Maybe some slight movement with a camera. This movie had cameras moving all over the place. It had tracking shots. It had movement with zoom and turning 90 degrees. Honestly unheard of at the time.

Similar to what The Revenant did to start the movie. Almost the entire scene without a cut. Or Creed when they went from the locker room through the first round in one single camera shot. True Detective as well in one of the episodes. Now more directors are trying this.