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IMDB Top 250 films

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192 and a good exercise as it's allowed me to add at least half of the remaining 58 to my LoveFilm list as films that I really should have seen by now...
 
That said though, there's some right weird ranking going on. How a film with 50,000 votes of 8.1 can be higher than 250,000 votes of 8.0 is debatable...

They should really be weighting their scores to make a whole population, you'll then see a better spread.
 
118 Quite a broad church of viewing for me from Charlie Chaplin to all the Robert De Nero films. Would take issue with several of the choices that have made the top 250. Hardly anything with Andy Garcia (Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead jumps to mind) Although glad to see Heat up there (One of my favorites) but five Tarantino films!!? Sorry not for me. Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs were pretty good but Inglorious just didn't do it for me, haven't seen Django so can't comment and Kill Bill was average at best.

Would have liked to have seen more British films or at least more British heavy actors in the list. Get Carter, Zulu, The Long Good Friday, In Bruges, Quadrophenia and The Wall were all ground breaking stuff but I suppose an American web site is going to come down on the side of mostly American films.

Saying that, I would have liked to have seen Gangs of New York in there and possibly the Men in Black trilogy if only for it's entertainment value rather than it's cinematic greatness (yeah I know it wasn't great but it made me laugh) And no Interview With A Vampire , Kalifornia or The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (and yeah, I like Brad Pitt) but then I could say that about the lack of Edward Norton films who as an actor should be having the touch passed to him by Robert De Nero in the very near future.
 
Genial Harry Grout said:
118 Quite a broad church of viewing for me from Charlie Chaplin to all the Robert De Nero films. Would take issue with several of the choices that have made the top 250. Hardly anything with Andy Garcia (Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead jumps to mind) Although glad to see Heat up there (One of my favorites) but five Tarantino films!!? Sorry not for me. Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs were pretty good but Inglorious just didn't do it for me, haven't seen Django so can't comment and Kill Bill was average at best.

Would have liked to have seen more British films or at least more British heavy actors in the list. Get Carter, Zulu, The Long Good Friday, In Bruges, Quadrophenia and The Wall were all ground breaking stuff but I suppose an American web site is going to come down on the side of mostly American films.

Saying that, I would have liked to have seen Gangs of New York in there and possibly the Men in Black trilogy if only for it's entertainment value rather than it's cinematic greatness (yeah I know it wasn't great but it made me laugh) And no Interview With A Vampire , Kalifornia or The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (and yeah, I like Brad Pitt) but then I could say that about the lack of Edward Norton films who as an actor should be having the touch passed to him by Robert De Nero in the very near future.
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You sir, clearly know your films.:Worthy:
 
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Thank you, I wouldn't say I'm an expert but I know what I like and I know what I don't. I am a fan of British films but do like certain American actors who I feel are actors rather than film stars. Edward Norton, Robert De Nero, Kevin Spacey and Matt Damon spring to mind but I also like Brad Pitt in certain castings and also consider Johnny Depp to be a class act.

Am also fond of some of the old school such as Michael Caine, Bob Hoskins and Antony Hopkins. There are some great Irish actors out there as well such as Liam Neeson, Danial Day Lewis (has he actually made a bad film) and the late great Richard Harris. The Fiennes brother aren't too shabby either.

Can't believe I missed off my all time number 1 film Ronin with my three favorite actors, Robert De Nero, Jean Reno and Stellan Skarsgard, geniuses one and all.
 
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