The Best Movies Of Years Celebrating An Anniversary Divisible By 10 (1920-2010)

As opposed to the next 30, where exactly one person knows it's a failure.

quite an echo chamber there, Mr Torrance

One of our local drive-ins is doing a double feature starting Friday night of POLTERGEIST and THE SHINING. Can't wait! Haven't seen either on a movie screen since their original releases.

still think In the Mood for Love is greater than any film on this list

― Dan S, Tuesday, July 14, 2020 7:32 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

would've voted for this if it were an option, but i voted for goodfellas instead cause i knew it would annoy the right people

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_All_the_Right_People

Ray Liotta and his Michael J. Fox ass delivery ruin Goodfellas more than anything else. Beyond the utterly unremarkable mafia story, but a better actor would've gone a long way.

i think you're reaching; he's fine. You need a nonstar in that part to play footsoldier.

what was your vote ?

Psycho i think.

plus ive heard Henry Hill talk; you dont want Richard Burton's delivery.

if only ray liotta's performance was even close to the worst thing about "goodfellas"

i miss the first ten years of The Shining's history when people knew it was a failure.

― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, July 15, 2020 1:41 PM (yesterday)

yeah, and plenty of ppl thought 2001 was an incomprehensible mess

aaaand?

Goodfellas isn't bad, its reputation is just wildly outsized to me. Feels like a mid-career summation, "Scorsese for the whole family" (I know...), unlike Taxi Driver or KOC, which remain just absolutely relentless and cruel.

I think it's mistrusted bcz it's ridiculously entertaining. It certainly has its moments of "yikes, these guys are monsters" for me, as in the second time Pesci shoots Michael Imperioli and RdN's reaction is "You disgust me... bury him yourself."

that's a great point, it's fun in a way the others I mentioned absolutely are not

Will grant that at least the balance in Goodfellas is closer to in-skew than Wolf of Wall Street.

now THAT'S a fun movie!