Monster wrote:Too soon to say exactly where it'll land but I'm pretty sure Dunkirk will make my top 5. Wow.
Squeezed in between Full Metal Jacket and Hacksaw Ridge for me, right at #5.
Someone I know through the arts council around here who also used to write reviews for the local paper claims it might be the best movie he's ever seen. I don't even think it's the best Chris Nolan movie I've ever seen (I ain't jumpin on that bandwagon, nope). :p
However I do see how it's his most Oscar friendly movie, so I understand that buzz.
I think it gives Nolan a Mount Rushmore of classic films. Memento, The Dark Knight, Inception, now Dunkirk. That's a nice group and a testament to his versatility.
Headhunter wrote:I think it gives Nolan a Mount Rushmore of classic films. Memento, The Dark Knight, Inception, now Dunkirk. That's a nice group and a testament to his versatility.
i think that the prestige should be included on that list.
Headhunter wrote:I think it gives Nolan a Mount Rushmore of classic films. Memento, The Dark Knight, Inception, now Dunkirk. That's a nice group and a testament to his versatility.
i think that the prestige should be included on that list.
Pretty good movie. Only four presidents on Mt. Rushmore tho.
Headhunter wrote:I think it gives Nolan a Mount Rushmore of classic films. Memento, The Dark Knight, Inception, now Dunkirk. That's a nice group and a testament to his versatility.
i think that the prestige should be included on that list.
Pretty good movie. Only four presidents on Mt. Rushmore tho.
fair enough. if we're only picking four, i guess those four were the most well received.
Headhunter wrote:I think it gives Nolan a Mount Rushmore of classic films. Memento, The Dark Knight, Inception, now Dunkirk. That's a nice group and a testament to his versatility.
i think that the prestige should be included on that list.
Pretty good movie. Only four presidents on Mt. Rushmore tho.
fair enough. if we're only picking four, i guess those four were the most well received.
Oooooh, do I detect some subtle snark..
Well received by me since it's my list, is what I'm sure you meant.
Headhunter wrote:I think it gives Nolan a Mount Rushmore of classic films. Memento, The Dark Knight, Inception, now Dunkirk. That's a nice group and a testament to his versatility.
i think that the prestige should be included on that list.
Pretty good movie. Only four presidents on Mt. Rushmore tho.
fair enough. if we're only picking four, i guess those four were the most well received.
Oooooh, do I detect some subtle snark..
Well received by me since it's my list, is what I'm sure you meant.
well, i thought you were talking more in general, not just your personal tastes. sorry.
Headhunter wrote:I think it gives Nolan a Mount Rushmore of classic films. Memento, The Dark Knight, Inception, now Dunkirk. That's a nice group and a testament to his versatility.
i think that the prestige should be included on that list.
Have you seen Dunkirk to make these wild claims and accusations filled with snark?
Headhunter wrote:I think it gives Nolan a Mount Rushmore of classic films. Memento, The Dark Knight, Inception, now Dunkirk. That's a nice group and a testament to his versatility.
i think that the prestige should be included on that list.
Have you seen Dunkirk to make these wild claims and accusations filled with snark?
i haven't seen dunkirk. nowhere did i say that the prestige should be included at the expense of dunkirk.
I do have a few "can't believe you've never seen it" movies that I need to see. Finally watched all the Star Wars movie a couple years ago. Had only seen IV and I. Still haven't seen any of the new ones.
showa58taro wrote:Excluding Samurai films which tend to come up at the same time gives me:
1. Schindler's List
2. Downfall
3. Battleship Potemkin
4. The Hill
5. The English Patient
6. Full Metal Jacket
7. The Deer Hunter
8. Das Boot
9. The Bridge over the River Kwai
10. Hell in the Pacific
Honorable Mentions should go to the likes of Platoon, Braveheart, Paths Of Glory, Patton, Letters to Iwo Jima/Flags of our Fathers, Casualties of War, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, All Quiet on the Western Front, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Hacksaw Ridge, The Hurt Locker, Good Morning Vietnam and The Pianist.
Tough category to narrow things down in. Lots of films in this genre I love.
On the basis that deer hunter isn't even a war movie per the discussion I'd probably go:
1. Schindler's List
2. Downfall
3. Battleship Potemkin
4. Dunkirk
5. The Hill
6. The English Patient
7. Full Metal Jacket
8. Das Boot
9. The Bridge over the River Kwai
10. Hell in the Pacific
I doubt anything will move Schiners List from the top spot for me. Seen it dozens of times, has three all-time great performances in Kingsley, Neeson and Fiennes, and is intense and profound.
Downfall is a pretty good lock at second almost exclusively on the back of the strength of Bruno Ganz and his epic portrayal of Hitler, who I have a strong fascination with and have done from age 11 I think. So that one sits strongly.
Potemkin is a fantastic entry for me but is clearly dated. Could revisit but I think it was a very critical part of cinematic history and is Eisensteins best film.
And then I put in Dunkirk. It's impressive for it to dislodge The Hill which I do really love. But Dunkirk captured an intensity about war that is hard to see replicated.
