>>>>>>>>>>I do believe this is the best movie ever made. There have been lots of great movies but every time I watch it it has the aura of greatness. Anytime, anywhere....
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>>>>>>>>>Talk with statistics. That's your best. The best movie is "The Godfather". Mine and others best... :)
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>>>>>>>>>http://www.imdb.com/chart/top
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>>>>>>>>>Your one is at 33... :))
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>>>>>>>>It's hard to argue against "The Godfather". (Or "Godfather Part 2" for that matter). Personally I would put "Taxi Driver" higher than #33. What do the masses know anyway? ;-)
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>>>>>>>Raging Bull. McCabe and Mrs Miller. The Duelists. The Hustler.
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>>>>>>Hmmm, back to the original subject: I've given it some thought: "The Shawshank Redemption" has gotta rate up there, and I loved "The Green Mile".
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>>>>>Strangely enough, I still haven't seen Shawshank, but I agree wholeheartedly on The Green Mile.
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>>>>Oh you've gotta see Shawshank, Al. It takes you through so many emotions. It's also a bit like "The Color Purple" (another brilliant film) in that there are so many scenes that finish, leaving you feeling that the film has concluded, only for another scene to start and you think "Brilliant! There's more!", although the "false" ending would have left you satisfied. You map the years the guy's been in gaol by the changing pin-up on the wall, going from Betty Gable, through Monroe, etc. I think this could rate as my favourite of all time, and I do think it's up there with the popular ratings too.
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>>>Oh, I know. It seems to be considered top rate by everybody who's ever seen it. I haven't been avoiding it, but for whatever reason, I haven't seen it. It's been on TV once or twice, but always on channels I don't get, and I haven't gotten around to renting it.
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>>>I'll have to make a concerted effort to see it. I do have a lot of respect for the cast. For instance, I think William Sadler is one of the most underrated actors around.
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>>He does play a good villain (a role he often gets saddled with) so he doesn't often get to exercise other talents.
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>>Another great film, IMHO, is "Birdy" starring the painfully young (in hindsight) Matthew Bodine and Nicholas Cage, both of whom give examplary performances and it's hard to say who's the "star". In my mind Cage stole the whole thing off Bodine. Now I know Cage doesn't get very good press but I don't think this is one of his better known flicks (I know hardly anyone who's seen this, or read the book - which I did first) and his long-suffering devotion to his "head-the-ball" childhood friend, and the soulfulness of his face and eyes moved me very much. Rent it.
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>I read the book, along with about everything else William Wharton wrote. Have not seen anything from him in quite a while. He is probably no longer with us. He was no spring chicken.

You seen the film though?