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Old 09-29-2019, 08:52 AM   #21
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And of course, Step Brothers, which is in my opinion the best comedy ever made. Arguably one of the most quotable movies of all time.
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Unforgiven deserves to be on the list.
Its an apt quote though.

Some minor imperfections are fine and give character to a story.
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Old 09-29-2019, 09:12 AM   #23
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The Warriors - watch this at least a couple of times a year - still think it's perfect to this day
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Old 09-29-2019, 10:24 AM   #26
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City Lights
Good the Bad and the Ugly
Dancer in the Dark
Gangs of New York
Lawrence of Arabia

All are pretty much re-make proof at the quality they were made the first time. You can find minor problems in each, but repeated viewings only seem to make those problems add to the texture.
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Jurassic Park.

Timeless.

Script is perfection.

The visuals effects (aside from anything involving a computer) hold up better than a lot of recent movies.
It's the score that gets me every time. So iconic.
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Jurassic Park
Ghostbusters
Hot Fuzz

To me effects shouldn't weigh in on it being perfect or not. Maybe if the effects are wildly behind where things were at the time of production, perhaps. If we go too far down that rabbit hole, then the only perfect movies could have been made in the last decade.
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Old 09-29-2019, 03:12 PM   #30
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To me, a perfect movie is not something that was critically acclaimed necessarily, but a movie that I would always watch if I can again and again, whenever it's on TV, from any moment in it. These movies beat the test of time and continue to be great.

Someone has mentioned "Heat", which I used to love. But re-watching it recently, I've noticed quite a few little anachronistic things I didn't notice before and they were irritating now.

Here, some of my "perfect movies"; I still can't see many flaws in them:

American Beauty
Shawshank Redemption
Usual Suspects
Pulp Fiction
Forrest Gump
The Departed
No Country for Old Men
Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou?
Unforgiven


Not a complete list by any means; just a few top ones...
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A few classics:


To Kill a Mockingbird
It's a Wonderful Life
Modern Times
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The Godfather
The Godfather Part 2
Casablanca
It took 13 posts before someone responded with Casablanca!?!?!?!?

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A Bridge too Far
Tora! Tora! Tora!

For a lot of people they're probably a little boring nowadays, but movies that put getting the history correct as priority #1 really stand out to me

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I’m learning that I have far different tastes than some of you.

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Tora! Tora! Tora!

For a lot of people they're probably a little boring nowadays, but movies that put getting the history correct as priority #1 really stand out to me
Good choices.
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Comedy:
Ace Ventura
Old School
Happy Gilmore
Uncle Buck
Ferris Bueller

Drama:
Braveheart
Shawshank
Green Mile


Sci-Fi
Empire Strikes Back
Star Trek 6 the Undiscovered Country
2001
Sunshine
Event Horizon
Close Encounters

Classics:
10 Commandments
Schindlers List
Wizard of Oz
Tombstone
Apocalypse Now: should be war but it's a classic.


War:
Saving Private Ryan. That whole opening sequence just punches you in the gizzard and sets the tone.

Kids:
Finding Nemo
Harry and the Hendersons
Short Circuit
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Man, I forgot There Will be Blood and Gnags of New York. Oh and the 5th Element. Seriously, anytime any of the movies are on I'm locked in.
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