LU's Favorite Movie

[Misanthrope]

Justice done in my opinion. The Dark Knight where it belongs and Shawshank where it should be.

 

[veggiepatch1959]

Here is the exact reason http://strat.in/2009/07/how-the-dar...-the-godfather-as-the-best-movie-in-imdb-250/

Thanks for the link Diablo. Makes sense and I mentioned in an earlier post that IMDB does a statistical culling of votes in their own secret way.

I've never seen The Dark Knight due to lack of interest in the genre (blame The Nightrider for that) so I might do my own hate vote and give a big fat UNO!

 

[simmo1]

Here is the exact reason http://strat.in/2009/07/how-the-dar...-the-godfather-as-the-best-movie-in-imdb-250/

Don't know about that. The Godfather is somewhat polarising (moreseo than the other movies at the top) - there's quite a few people out there who find it too long and boring. Doesn't surprise me to see it with a lot of low votes.

 

[Parra]

Seems flawed. Like anyone hates The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.

 

[El Diablo]

Don't know about that. The Godfather is somewhat polarising (moreseo than the other movies at the top) - there's quite a few people out there who find it too long and boring. Doesn't surprise me to see it with a lot of low votes.

All the lows came after the release of the DKR

 

[Misanthrope]

I'm gonna go down-vote it now. Long and boring. Overrated.

 

[Parra]

We didn't have too many aussie movies. Of the three that made the top 50, two aren't even ranked by imdb. This might be par, but as a primarily aussie site we don't seem to rank our movies (fillums).

 

[Parra Pride]

We didn't have too many aussie movies. Of the three that made the top 50, two aren't even ranked by imdb. This might be par, but as a primarily aussie site we don't seem to rank our movies (fillums).

Because they're rarely any good?

 

[Parra]

Well, besides that..

 

[veggiepatch1959]

We didn't have too many aussie movies. Of the three that made the top 50, two aren't even ranked by imdb. This might be par, but as a primarily aussie site we don't seem to rank our movies (fillums).

As far as the three Aussie movies go, I rate Mad Max 2 as about my fav all time movie. A few weeks ago, Wake In Fright was on FTA (SBS or ABC?) but I missed the first 1/2 hour - looked damn good.

Never seen The Castle.

 

[simmo1]

All the lows came after the release of the DKR

The rating has gone up from 9.1 to 9.2 since DK...

 

[Misanthrope]

Hard to really give a lot of Aussie films the nod, especially when two of the more obvious contenders (Muriel's Wedding and Priscilla) cater towards a rather un-NRL crowd.

 

[Haffa]

Surprised the Odd Angry Shot didn't get an votes up there with FMJ and Platoon as the best Vietnam movies I've seen.

One of my fave Aussie films.

 

[Parra]

Cry a little, laugh a lot, Aussies being aussies......


I agree haffa.



In a similar vein Breaker Morant was a great adaptation of Kit Denton's "The Breaker".

Gallipoli is a strong film.


Plenty more as well - some examples - Two Hands, Romper Stomper, Their A Weird Mob, The Dish, Chopper, Kenny, Candy....

 

[Parra]

A standout from across the ditch - Once Were Warriors. Doesn't even rate a mention?

 

[Parra]

Also from NZ, The World's Fastest Indian.

 

[Big Pete]

Plenty of good Australian films, the problem is there's more excellent films across the globe.

Mad Max & Animal Kingdom would be the pick of the bunch for me.

 

[Misanthrope]

A standout from across the ditch - Once Were Warriors. Doesn't even rate a mention?

Surprised that I forgot about it. Very good film.

I can't take Gallipoli seriously with its awful soundtrack. It's jarringly out of place.

 

[Red Bear]

The Castle>>>

 

[bileduct]

Hercules Returns!