The best three films by....

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Whilst going over the Carpenter vs Argento thread, it got me thinking about directors best three films. I suggested that Carpenter had the strongest trilogy within the horror genre and possibly overall with the Thing, Halloween and the Fog.

So who else would you nominate for the best 3 film box set?

Spielberg - ET, Close Encounters, Jaws

Tarrantino - Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Django Unchained

Hitchcock - Psycho, Rear Window, North by Northwest

Nolan - The Dark Knight, The Prestige, Inception

Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby, Gran Torino, The Outlaw Josey Wales

Tony Scott - True Romance, Top Gun, Man on Fire

Ridley Scott - Gladiator, Alien, Blade Runner

Obviously there are other films from these directors but  who do you think has the strongest trilogy and with which films?

Crimey wrote:

Stella wrote:Have you not seen Jaws, Crimey, or just not a fan?

Not a fan, albeit haven't watched it for years so it might hold up better on a rewatch. I certainly don't think it has aged well as a film.

 
Philistine, Jaws is as great today as it was the day it was released, which is absolutely fantastic. Spielberg's finest hour bar none.

Rowley wrote:

Crimey wrote:

Stella wrote:Have you not seen Jaws, Crimey, or just not a fan?

Not a fan, albeit haven't watched it for years so it might hold up better on a rewatch. I certainly don't think it has aged well as a film.

 
Philistine, Jaws is as great today as it was the day it was released, which is absolutely fantastic. Spielberg's finest hour bar none.

I view it in this way:

Jaws did things that no other movies had done, or at least had not done successfully. This is what made it good. Unfortunately, as is often the case, so many films have then taken those things and done them Jaws no longer has the same impact as it would have done had I not seen all the things that made it special done in many films.

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:I watched ET for the first time a couple months ago. It has its moments, but otherwise its just a bit dull.

ooouuucchhh

Adam D wrote:Point Break is fantastic, even if it is macho drivel. I am dreading the remake though.

Thought it was complete sh*te...........

The ending was puke...Hope they arrested Reeves for aiding and abetting a criminal..

Wish I hadn't bothered trying to be non-sexist and including films by a woman now....won't bother with Sofia Coppola's efforts if you're all going to be a bunch of w*nkers about it.

Never said any of them were great but figured they were her three best films

I think that Point Break is great if that helps!

DAVE667 wrote:Wish I hadn't bothered trying to be non-sexist and including films by a woman now....won't bother with Sofia Coppola's efforts if you're all going to be a bunch of w*nkers about it.

Never said any of them were great but figured they were her three best films

Do a Nora Ephron top three Dave, you can pick any at random, nobody will admit to having seen any of her films on here so nobody can pick your choices to bits.

DAVE667 wrote:Wish I hadn't bothered trying to be non-sexist and including films by a woman now....won't bother with Sofia Coppola's efforts if you're all going to be a bunch of w*nkers about it.

Never said any of them were great but figured they were her three best films

I think you did a great job SerialDAVE.

You also gave Jeff a chance to talk pompously about 'narrative' and undeserving Oscar winners so I'm sure he is pleased. Sneering old movie snob that he is.

http://www.imdb.com/list/ls052129650/

Point Break isnt even on this list!

I am even more pleased that it did not pass without you basically calling me a w@nker for it Tina, I do these things for you.

Rowley wrote:I am even more pleased that it did not pass without you basically calling me a w@nker for it Tina, I do these things for you.

You w@nker.

Adam D wrote:http://www.imdb.com/list/ls052129650/

Point Break isnt even on this list!

 Because it is sh!t. Accept this and move on.

Rowley wrote:

DAVE667 wrote:Wish I hadn't bothered trying to be non-sexist and including films by a woman now....won't bother with Sofia Coppola's efforts if you're all going to be a bunch of w*nkers about it.

Never said any of them were great but figured they were her three best films

Do a Nora Ephron top three Dave, you can pick any at random, nobody will admit to having seen any of her films on here so nobody can pick your choices to bits.

I have no idea who Nora Ephron is...if she's the singer Nora Jones who married Zach Efron from "High School Musical" then A/ I didn't know they got married, B/ She's got sh!tty taste in men and C/ I still couldn't name a film of hers

You cant argue with that reasoning, even though he's listed a surname that is in fact different to Ephron. I find that logical impeccable and i'm fully impressed.

I'm so confused by the words in that last post I don't know who Dolph is impressed with

id have memento in for nolan, inception and prestige are massively overrated. like jeff you can see the "twist" coming a mile off in prestige

id have mine as batman begins, memento and dark knight

Good thread. I'll give a shout to John Sturges. Several cracking well paced films but with sufficient characterisation and plot to lift them well above being simply ''boys own adventure''.

My top three would be The Great Escape, Bad Day at Black Rock and The Magnificent Seven. Honourable mentions as well to The Eagle has Landed and Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Some splendid performances in all these films from a wide range of actors.

The Farrelly Brothers

Dumb & Dumber
There's Something About Mary
The Ringer

Michael Bay
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No I'm lost on this one.

Stella wrote:The Farrelly Brothers

Dumb & Dumber
There's Something About Mary
The Ringer

Me, Myself and Irene????????????????

incontinentia wrote:

Stella wrote:The Farrelly Brothers

Dumb & Dumber
There's Something About Mary
The Ringer

Me, Myself and Irene????????????????

T'was ok, but not a top three, or four.

Shallow Hal nearly squeezed in.

Ah dude, it's a classic!

Stella wrote:

incontinentia wrote:

Stella wrote:The Farrelly Brothers

Dumb & Dumber
There's Something About Mary
The Ringer

Me, Myself and Irene????????????????

T'was ok, but not a top three, or four.

Shallow Hal nearly squeezed in.

Did they do "Kingpin"?

DAVE667 wrote:

Stella wrote:

incontinentia wrote:

Stella wrote:The Farrelly Brothers

Dumb & Dumber
There's Something About Mary
The Ringer

Me, Myself and Irene????????????????

T'was ok, but not a top three, or four.

Shallow Hal nearly squeezed in.

Did they do "Kingpin"?

They did. Joint fourth!

Spielberg - Jurassic Park, Catch Me If You Can, Jaws

Tarantino - Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, From Dusk Til Dawn, Jackie Brown

Scorsese - Casino, Goodfellas, Taxi Driver

Cameron - Aliens, The Terminator, Avatar

Scott - Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator

Burton - Batman, Beetlejuice, Nightmare Before Christmas

The Womble wrote:Tarantino - From Dusk Til Dawn

Directed by Robert Rodriguez, albeit written by Tarantino.

Crimey wrote:

The Womble wrote:Tarantino - From Dusk Til Dawn

Directed by Robert Rodriguez, albeit written by Tarantino.

Ahhh of course! My bad, lack of sleep due to baby Womble being up since 4 has made my brain fry! I'll put Jackie Brown in instead.

Brian De Palma:
The Untouchables, Scarface, Carlito's Way

John Huston:
The Maltese Falcon
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Dead.

Sergio Leone:
Fistful of Dollars
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly.
Once upon a Time in America.

David Lean:
Brief Encounter
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Lawrence of Arabia

Coens:
The Big Lebowski
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
No Country for Old Men

John Sturges:
Bad Day at Black Rock
The Magnificent Seven
The Great Escape.

SecretFly wrote:


John Sturges:
Bad Day at Black Rock
The Magnificent Seven
The Great Escape.

SecretFly - we have a fair bit in common. The same director and 3 films were my choices above!

Sorry guild, didn't see that!

Good to know the Old Masters are still appreciated

PS Just reading your post now. That's an amazing that I slid by it.

SecretFly wrote:Sorry guild, didn't see that!

Good to know the Old Masters are still appreciated.

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No problem, SecretFly.

Btw, does the ''Old Masters'' reference relate to film directors or you and me?

Milos Forman for:

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Man On The Moon
Amadeus.

superflyweight wrote:The Coen Brothers would have a pretty strong list and its really difficult to just choose 3 (despite the fact that I haven't liked any of their recent(ish) releases):

Raising Arizona
Miller's Crossing
The Big Lebowski

Would it be cheating to choose Krzysztof Kieślowski for:

Three Colours Blue
Three Colours White
Three Colours Red

What about Barton Fink?

guildfordbat wrote:

SecretFly wrote:Sorry guild, didn't see that!

Good to know the Old Masters are still appreciated.

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No problem, SecretFly.

Btw, does the ''Old Masters'' reference relate to film directors or you and me?

Hmmmm............. should I say?  Oh I'm not that old.... I think... (late 40s???)  But I started watching movies as a very young child sitting beside my father.  And although I hope I keep young at heart, my soul truly is back in the Golden age of Hollywood (3Os,40s, 50s, 60s)

SecretFly - I also like films from those eras very much. I'm a decade older than you and when I was a kid they used to be regularly shown on tv at weekends.

A favourite actor from those times is Paul Muni, a largely forgotten and overlooked figure these days.

SecretFly wrote:Sergio Leone:
Fistful of Dollars
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly.
Once upon a Time in America.

Beat me to it but exactly what I would have had as well. I will mention that I find Kurosawa almost impossible to rank film wise but I will give it a try, I have no doubt I'll have changed my mind by tomorrow.

Akira Kurosawa:
Ikiru
Stray Dog
Rashomon

Ingmar Bergman:
Persona
Seventh Seal
Wild Strawberries

John Woo:
Bullet in the Head
A Better Tomorrow
The Killer

Wong Kar-wai:
Chungking Express
Ash of Time
In the Mood for Love

Frank Capra:
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
It Happened One Night
It's a Wonderful Life

Sidney Lumet:
12 Angry Men
Verdict
Dog Day Afternoon

Walter Hill:
Hard Times
The Warriors
The Driver

Takeshi (Beat) Kitano:
Violent Cop
Sonatine
Zatōichi

Galted wrote:

superflyweight wrote:The Coen Brothers would have a pretty strong list and its really difficult to just choose 3 (despite the fact that I haven't liked any of their recent(ish) releases):

Raising Arizona
Miller's Crossing
The Big Lebowski

Would it be cheating to choose Krzysztof Kieślowski for:

Three Colours Blue
Three Colours White
Three Colours Red

What about Barton Fink?

Stop it Galted, just stop it.

Woody Allen:
Annie Hall
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Zelig

Alan Parker:
Bugsy Malone
Mississippi Burning
Angel Heart

Mel Brooks:

Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
The Producers

Andrei Tarkovsky ;

Andrei Roublev
Stalker
Solaris

Shyamalan - The Sixth Sense, The Village, The Happening.