I believe most enthusiast will come up with a system that suits them.
For us/me we have some titles that may not be very good but they may be (Super Mario Bros.) or have a great music track (Legend) that makes them worth repeat viewings.
Absolutely. I have films that I rated 3/5 (good) that I can happily watch again. However, the ultimate 5/5 means I can rewatch the film on a regular basis (maybe once or twice a year) The Wicker man, Alien/Aliens and The Shining for example.
I’m going to post my top 100 films soon, been meaning to do it for a while. Thought it would be cool for some of us to do this and then rate each other’s rankings to match them with our own opinion.
I've purchased movies under a dollar just for the heck of it.
I think my Blu Ray of 2012 was under a dollar. I heard it cost over a hundred million to make so it seemed like a pretty good deal.
My best purchase this year was The Wizard Of Oz 3D (includes regular Blu-ray). Second hand which I normally never do but so glad I did. Came sealed, cover immaculate and discs immaculate. £15 absolute bargain for a disc I thought I had missed out on. 3D was great.
Surprised to see all the negative Green Knight reviews. I thought it was going to be one of the stand out films of the year. Still excited to see it and hopefully disagree with you all. No 4K yet so just picking up the German Blu-ray.
The Green Knight is still on my Top-3 of the year list.
The direct sequel to the 1984 original 'Ghostbusters' is directed by Jason Reitman, son of franchise creator Ivan Reitman. 'King Richard' opens to a subdued $5.7 million.
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife has restored the luster to Sony’s supernatural franchise.
The holiday tentpole easily topped the weekend chart with a better-than-expected $44 million from 4,315 theaters at the North American box office after succeeding in luring both families and males, the most avid moviegoers in the pandemic era.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife‘s performance is a big win for Sony, which was haunted by its failure to revive the franchise with the 2016 female-skewing Ghostbusters. The studio is counting on big business throughout Thanksgiving week and next weekend.
Overseas, Afterlife started off with $16 million from 31 markets for a worldwide launch of $60 million.
The new film is directed by Jason Reitman and is a sequel to the iconic 1984 movie Ghostbusters, which was directed by his dad, Ivan Reitman.
On Saturday, over 33 percent of the audience saw the movie before 4 p.m., indicating a strong turnout among and parents and their kids (children over 5-years-old can now be vaccinated), according to analytics firm EntTelligence.
And, according to PostTrak, nearly 50 percent of the audience was between the ages of 25 and 44, while 57 percent of ticket buyers were male.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife stars Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Annie Potts and Paul Rudd, and follows what happens when a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town and begin to discover their connection to the original ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind. The film earned an A- CinemaScore from audiences.
The weekend’s other new offerings included the acclaimed biopic King Richard, starring Will Smith as Richard Williams, the father of tennis icons Serena and Venus Williams.
King Richard opened in fourth place with a decidedly disappointing $5.7 million from 3,302 theaters, underscoring the ongoing difficulty adult dramas face when opening nationwide in the pandemic era, and particularly those dramas opening day-and-date in the home (King Richard is available on HBO Max). Heading into the weekend, Warner Bros. was hoping for $7 million to $10 million.
Warners is counting on an A CinemaScore and strong reviews to propel the film throughout the year-end holidays and awards season. The movie is expected to be a strong Oscar contender, with Smith considered a front-runner in the best actor race. “It’s an extraordinary movie with extraordinary critical and audience reactions. It has to be about the play over the next few months,” says Warners domestic distribution president Jeff Goldstein, noting that Oscar winner Green Book opened to $7.5 million over the five-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend in 2019, including $5.5 million for the three-day weekend.
King Richard played to an ethnically diverse audience, with Black viewers making up 28 percent of ticket buyers and Caucasians, 51 percent, according to PostTrak. More than 40 percent of the audience was over the age of 45. Overseas, it opened in the U.K., Russia and 28 smaller markets, grossing $2.5 million for $8.2 million globally.
Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green from a script by Zach Baylin, King Richard also stars Aunjanue Ellis, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton, Tony Goldwyn and Jon Bernthal.
At the specialty box office, A24’s C’mon, C’mon scored the top location average of the pandemic era. Directed by Mike Mills, the coming-of-age drama starring Joaquin Phoenix opened to $134,447 from five theaters for a location average of $26,889 (that edges out The French Dispatch, which recently scored a location average of $25,938).
Neon and Participant’s COVID-19 documentary The First Wave opened in 11 locations, grossing $68,115 for a per theater location average of $6,192.
Among holdovers, Disney and Marvel’s Eternals came in at No. 2 in its third weekend with $10.8 million for a domestic total of $135.8 million. Overseas, it cleared the $200 million mark after earning another $22.7 million internationally for a worldwide total of $336.1 million.
Paramount’s Clifford the Big Red Dog — which is also playing on Paramount+ — came in at No. 3 with $8.1 million in its second outing for a domestic total of $33.5 million. The kids pic fell 51 percent. (Both Clifford and King Richard lost families to Afterlife.)
Legendary and Warners’ Dune rounded out the top five domestically with $3.1 million in its fifth weekend for a domestic tally of $98.2 million.
Specialty pic The French Dispatch placed No. 8 with $970,000 from 805 theaters for a domestic cume of $13.3 million for Searchlight Pictures. Focus Features’ Belfast followed with $940,000 from 584 theaters for a 10-day domestic total of $3.5 million. Princess Diana biographical drama Spencer finished its third weekend with a domestic cume of $6.1 million.
Absolutely. I have films that I rated 3/5 (good) that I can happily watch again. However, the ultimate 5/5 means I can rewatch the film on a regular basis (maybe once or twice a year) The Wicker man, Alien/Aliens and The Shining for example.
I’m going to post my top 100 films soon, been meaning to do it for a while. Thought it would be cool for some of us to do this and then rate each other’s rankings to match them with our own opinion.
Absolutely. I have films that I rated 3/5 (good) that I can happily watch again. However, the ultimate 5/5 means I can rewatch the film on a regular basis (maybe once or twice a year) The Wicker man, Alien/Aliens and The Shining for example.
I’m going to post my top 100 films soon, been meaning to do it for a while. Thought it would be cool for some of us to do this and then rate each other’s rankings to match them with our own opinion.
Might be fun if anyone is up for it?
Kinda odd that I don’t have any rating system for movies which I own or have watched. I could pull a top 100 together though.
Alien
Aliens
The Terminator
T2
Halloween
Leon
The Wicker Man
The Elephant Man
Jaws
An American Werewolf In London
The Exorcist
Rocky
Stand By Me
Trainspotting
The Shining
The Dark Knight
This Is England
The Silence Of The Lambs
Full metal Jacket
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Duel
Pan’s Labyrinth
Carrie
Braveheart
The Matrix
Climax
Midsommar
Hereditary
A Clockwork Orange
Groundhog Day
Doctor Sleep
Psycho
Empire Of The Sun
Let The Right One In
Come And See
Goodfellas
First Blood
Airplane
Saving Private Ryan
Dawn Of The Dead
The Conjuring
Taxi Driver
Titanic
House Of Wax
Tigers Are Not Afraid
Gladiator
I Daniel Blake
Orphans
Kes
The Sound Of Music
Bladerunner
Schindler’s List
Alive
Predator
The Sixth Sense
Zombie Flesh Eaters
The Thing
The Fly
The Shawshank Redemption
Mullholland Drive
Eraserhead
Shaun Of The Dead
Cape Fear (remake)
Donnie Dario
Under The Skin
Prisoners
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Joker
The White Ribbon
Mask (not The Mask lol)
Seven
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
Mad Max:Fury Road
Scream
Apocalypse Now
The Seventh Continent
28 Days Later
What We Do In The Shadows
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
R.E.C
Point Break
The Others
Westworld
Kill Bill (1&2)
A Nightmare On Elm Street
The Witch
The Painted Bird
The Raid
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Casino Royale (Daniel Craig)
Hounds Of Love
It: Chapter 1&2
American History X
E.T
The Hills Have Eyes (Remake)
Parasite
Old Boy
Bone Tomahawk
LOTR: The Two Towers
All films on my list are 10/10 or 5/5 depending on how you guys rank.
[Show spoiler]Alien
Aliens
The Terminator
T2
Halloween
Leon
The Wicker Man
The Elephant Man
Jaws
An American Werewolf In London
The Exorcist
Rocky
Stand By Me
Trainspotting
The Shining
The Dark Knight
This Is England
The Silence Of The Lambs
Full metal Jacket
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Duel
Pan’s Labyrinth
Carrie
Braveheart
The Matrix
Climax
Midsommar
Hereditary
A Clockwork Orange
Groundhog Day
Doctor Sleep
Psycho
Empire Of The Sun
Let The Right One In
Come And See
Goodfellas
First Blood
Airplane
Saving Private Ryan
Dawn Of The Dead
The Conjuring
Taxi Driver
Titanic
House Of Wax
Tigers Are Not Afraid
Gladiator
I Daniel Blake
Orphans
Kes
The Sound Of Music
Bladerunner
Schindler’s List
Alive
Predator
The Sixth Sense
Zombie Flesh Eaters
The Thing
The Fly
The Shawshank Redemption
Mullholland Drive
Eraserhead
Shaun Of The Dead
Cape Fear (remake)
Donnie Dario
Under The Skin
Prisoners
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Joker
The White Ribbon
Mask (not The Mask lol)
Seven
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
Mad Max:Fury Road
Scream
Apocalypse Now
The Seventh Continent
28 Days Later
What We Do In The Shadows
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
R.E.C
Point Break
The Others
Westworld
Kill Bill (1&2)
A Nightmare On Elm Street
The Witch
The Painted Bird
The Raid
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Casino Royale (Daniel Craig)
Hounds Of Love
It: Chapter 1&2
American History X
E.T
The Hills Have Eyes (Remake)
Parasite
Old Boy
Bone Tomahawk
LOTR: The Two Towers
All films on my list are 10/10 or 5/5 depending on how you guys rank.
Wow, I am going to have to compile mine, but that is a nice list. It's awesome to see Doctor Sleep so high on the list. I think Mike Flanagan is a genius. Also cool to see Point Break on there. Very underrated movie in my opinion.
Ridley Scott upset at Last Duel bombing in theaters:
Ridley Scott Pins ‘The Last Duel’ Bombing on Apathetic Millennials
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Scott’s explanation for the horrible box office performance? Apathetic millennials.
“I think what it boils down to — what we’ve got today [are] the audiences who were brought up on these ****ing cell phones. The millennian, [who] do not ever want to be taught anything unless you told it on the cell phone,” Scott said.
“This is a broad stroke, but I think we’re dealing with it right now with Facebook,” Scott added to Maron. “This is a misdirection that has happened where it’s given the wrong kind of confidence to this latest generation, I think.”
Scott said he stood firmly by The Last Duel and the decision-making process at the studio was solid throughout.
“That’s the call you make,” he said of his undertaking the project. “That’s the call Fox made. We all thought it was a terrific script. And we made it. You can’t win all the time. I’ve never had one regret on any movie I’ve ever made. Nothing. I learned very early on to be your own critic. The only thing you should really have an opinion on is what you just did. Walk away. Make sure you’re happy. And don’t look back. That’s me.”
Wow, I am going to have to compile mine, but that is a nice list. It's awesome to see Doctor Sleep so high on the list. I think Mike Flanagan is a genius. Also cool to see Point Break on there. Very underrated movie in my opinion.
I'll try to have mine up by tomorrow.
Cool, thanks. Doctor Sleep (directors cut) gets better every time I watch it.
Point Break is a top notch action film in my opinion.
This ended up being much more challenging than I had anticipated but I think it represents my favorite 100 films of all time. There are some I really wanted to make the list but I couldn't remove any of the ones I already had. But regardless of quality these represent the 100 that are nearest to my heart. Enjoy!
Casablanca
Seven
Nightmare Alley (1947)
Ghostbusters
The Avengers
Moulin Rouge
La La Land
The Empire Strikes Back
The Exorcist
Insidious
The Conjuring
The Shining
Doctor Sleep
The Fellowship of the Ring
Double Indemnity
V for Vendetta
It’s a Wonderful Life
Session 9
In Bruges
Home Alone
The Rocketeer
The Big Sleep (1946)
Glengarry Glen Ross
Aliens
The Asphalt Jungle
The Truman Show
Nobody’s Fool (1994)
Beautiful Girls
The Karate Kid
Batman Begins
The Silence of the Lambs
L.A. Confidential
Heat
Braveheart
Goodfellas
Out of Sight
Vertigo
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Cinema Paradiso
A Christmas Story
The Thing
The Abyss
The Breakfast Club
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Event Horizon
The Matrix
High Fidelity
Grosse Pointe Blank
Say Anything
John Wick
Back to the Future
Mission: Impossible
Army of Darkness
Halloween (1978)
A Nightmare on Elm Street
In the Mouth of Madness
L.A. Story
mother!
Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Gilda (1946)
Die Hard
The Goonies
The Crow
Paranormal Activity
Point Break
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Shaun of the Dead
The Dark Knight
Citizen Kane
The Godfather
Schindler’s List
Serenity
A Knight’s Tale
Strange Days
Dr. Strangelove
A Clockwork Orange
The Hurt Locker
Zodiac
The Killing (1956)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Chinatown
Memento
The Game
Grease
Blade II
Groundhog Day
The Quiet Man (1952)
The Princess Bride
Cape Fear (1991)
The Frighteners
Evil Dead II
In the Name of the Father
The Boxer
Brazil
Wall-E
Big Trouble in Little China
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
All countries
Argentina
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Chile
China
Colombia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Estonia
Denmark
Finland
Greece
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
India
Latvia
Lithuania
Malaysia
New Zealand
Norway
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
(Super Mario Bros.) or have a great music track (Legend) that makes them worth repeat viewings.
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