Single GREATEST movie of all time

The Pacino and De Niro scene was painfully stupid and self-conscious

 

I think Glengarry GR is probably a top 10 all time great movie. I can't really find a flaw with that movie. Just a superb movie with second-to-none acting by EVERYONE. Pacino, Lemon, Baldwin, Ed Harris, Spacey, Alan Arkin, all brilliant.

 

Famous for one scene? :dunno:

 

And containef zero tension or anything.
Just two fockin mooks having a coffee trying to outdo each other and cancelling each other out like a pair of jerks...

 

I think "Heat" is a great movie, but least of all because of that scene, which seems pretty run of the mill to me.

 

Great scene. I also like the Drive-In Movie theatre scene and the next when DeNiro tells William Fichtner on the telephone that he's talking to a dead man right now.

 

Whether or not Heat is a quality movie isn't debatable.

But THE BEST movie ever??? It doesn't belong in that conversation.

 

not by a long shot

 

Heat belongs here as much as LOTR does ::

 

I don't rank LOTR as the greatest film ever, but it's a very good film...a great one. "Film Buffs" only hate on it because it is fantasy and CGI heavy. However with the exception of Elijah Wood the acting is very good and the execution of the story is superb.

 

Yes with the minor exception of the MAIN CHARACTER, the acting is good

Look, I thought those movies were enjoyable too but none of them belong in a discussion like this

 

Yes, having an annoying headliner doesn't help. Still...Aragorn and Gandalf were arguably just as important characters...and they had excellent performances. Other guys like Legolas, King Theodon, Borimir, leader of the elves, Christopher Lee's character, Galadrielle (great cast by the way)...were all very good performances.

But fair enough...LOTR (I consider it one 9 hour film) isn't in consideration for greatest ever film, so really doesn't belong in this discussion.

 

HEAT IS NOT EVEN TOP 25!

 

I wouldn't stop there. There's easily 50 movies in history better than Heat.

 

Way more than 50, hell way more than 100

 

All you cunts that are just saying what movies don't deserve consideration, please pick a film that you think deserves consideration or even better...give me a top 5.

 

Clockwork Orange? That's as silly as saying LOTR or Heat

 

Schindler's List is a good one.

 

I've seen all of those (1-4) listed near the tops of lists of "greatest ever" films... I've never seem Clockwork Orange that high up anywhere other than maybe on some 19 year old miscreant's list

 

Agree.

For the record I don't think LOTR is an awful pick.

It's the last real "epic" that a director has gotten financial and creative control over an entire world building effort.

Even if you string the directors cuts together and come up with like a 12 hour version of the film, it has very little filler.

It wouldn't be my choice, but I understand why you might have had it in the running.

"The Hobbit" was shit in comparison, on all possible levels.......and I think aside from the original source material, it was the constraints and meddling by the producers that had Peter Jackson have to turn in an inferior effort for it. Mind you, I thought it was decent and watchable, but it was also really bad on occasion, which "Lord Of The Rings" rarely ever was.

 

It's not even the best Kubrick movie... Dr Strangelove is

 

I figured your list was GOAT