Posted on 06/15/2017 3:04:27 PM PDT by nickcarraway
THE Godfather has pipped The Empire Strikes Back to be voted greatest movie of all time.
The 1972 Mafia epic that starred Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone topped a poll by film mag Empire of 20,000 readers.
At third was Christopher Nolan’s 2008 Batman film The Dark Knight, for which Heath Ledger won an Oscar for his performance as The Joker.
The Shawshank Redemption came fourth, despite often being hailed best-ever film online.
La La Land — released six months ago — came 62nd.
The all-time top ten are as follows:
1. The Godfather
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. The Dark Knight
4. The Shawshank Redemption
5. Pulp Fiction
6. Goodfellas
7. Raiders of the Lost Ark
8. Jaws
9. Star Wars
10. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Rear Window
Vertigo
High Anxiety
Mars Attacks
It was all downhill from there.
20,000,000 People--Kate Smith (1933)
We’ve got movie sign!!!!
You will love The Godfather. Who likes the mafia? No one. There is no doubt the movie romanticizes the Mafia, but really it is more about the family and a slice of life. If anything watch the first 20/30 minutes....mesmerizing.
Is Young Frankenstein on anybody’s list? I didn’t spot it.
It insists upon itself.
Oh indeed
Bridge on the river Kwai
what about ... debbie does dallas
seriously
how about apocalypse now ... full metal jacket .... deer hunter
bourne series
james bond
godfather because everyone visualizes themselves as the “godfather”
the brutal murdering violent evil pos
as opposed to the guy getting the stuffing beat out of him, extorted, shakendown, brutalized or murdered
the mafia is evil...not glamorous.... get real
and besodes there is no omerta or honor left
its who rats who out first
real glamorous
Caddyshack may very well survive the test of time. I’ll watch it next time I get a chance when I don’t have to pay more for it.
I was thinking the same thing. I am not a big fan of comedy since it isn’t easy to make a good one. Most comedies are at best just OK. But I love YF. I watch it once a year and never tire of it. “What hump?”
The movie was about Michael. Brando’s character was a sideshow and Brando was the joke with that cotton stuffed in his mouth reading off the cue cards.
Some friends of mine were big Dodger fans back in the 1970s. Marty Feldman sometimes sat right behind them, they said he was just as funny in real life.
Thanks for letting us know the mafia is evil (rolling the eyes). The movie does show that, but it is a movie and regardless will be in the top three of any list. I have never run into anyone who visualizes themselves as the Godfather. Exactly where did you grow up that everyone you know visualizes themselves as the Godfather? I’m sorry you take it so personally.
Dr. Strangelove - Kubrick
Solaris - Tarkovsky
Memento - Nolan
Jules et Jim - Truffaut
Wings of Desire - Wenders
Night on Earth - Jarmusch
No Country for Old Men - Coen Brothers
The Searchers - Ford
After Hours - Scorsese
Seven Samurai - Kurosawa
and one(or two) more:
Jean de Florette & Manon of the Spring - Berri
“the mafia is evil...not glamorous.... get real”
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It certainly is,but the movie is still terrific.
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That's how the mafia needed to be depicted.
Yes, a *great* film.
Also like another film about Welsh society, The Corn is Green, with Bette Davis. “Cutting edge” for the day, dealing with premarital sex and illegitimacy.
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