My opinions about few influential/famous films
During the past few months, I saw several films, most of which are highly praised and widely considered as the best ones.
Here it goes, sorted by year of production, including my subjective score on a 1-10 scale (where 10 is best; I tried to be tough in scoring):
The Battleship Potemkin, 1925, 5/10: This one is really really old. And oh, it is full of propaganda. But I guess that considering how old it is (they made movies back then?) it’s not so bad.
Casablanca, 1942, 10/10: It’s a romance film, but very well set up. While I usually don’t even notice the (male) actors, Humphrey Bogart really made an impression on me.
The Searchers, 1956, 7/10: A western. Quite good, but I can’t say anything particularly remarkable.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, 1966, 9/10: A western too. The three main characters are just unforgetable, they make it a pretty good story. And the music is just perfect, if it was only the music with black screen, it would have got 8/10.
The Godfather, 1972, 9/10: I liked this film a lot, although I can’t really point out a single reason why.
Pulp Fiction, 1994, 4/10: I give four out of ten just because I don’t want to infuriate fans of Quentin Tarantino.
Fight Club, 1999, 8/10: I really liked the ideas displayed in this film. *innocent look*
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 2000, 2/10: Huge disappointment. This one got the two points solely for reminding me of a great sketch by Monty Python… I’m not on a wire!
I am planning to watch Citizen Kane, Seven Samurai and Schindler’s List. Any other recommendations?
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Citizen Kane se mi nekde vali a jeste jsem si na nej neudelal cas
. Sedm samurajů rozhodne neprosvihni a hlavne potom nezapomen napsat jestli mas radsi samuraje nebo statecne 
: Film “Andrej Rublev” od Andreje Tarkovského (a nenech se odradit tim, ze to ma byt o nejakem mnichovi 
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Ale moc se mi libilo Jaro, leto, podzim, zima a jaro - ano to je to na co jsme chteli jit do kina a tobe se nechtelo 
Jinak bych ti doporucil - podle me a Ingmara Bergmana - nejlepsi film vubec
Jestli se ti tak libila Casablanca tak urcite ocenis film Emira Kusturici “Černá kočka, bílý kocour”. “Luis, I think…
Křižník Potěmkin jsem videl a rekl bych ze jeho hlavni prinos je spis v remesle nez v obsahu - nebo ne?
Jestli se ti libila hudba k Hodny, Zly a Osklivy tak se podivej na Tenkrat na zapade a rozhodne neprohloupis… (stejny reziser, stejny skladatel)
U me plati u Kmotra a Tygr a drak to same - poustel jsem to s velkym ocekavanim
Mozna ti jeste neco napisu - pokud si vzpomenu
Pápá Drc
Rozhodně musím doporučit filmy Taxi Driver a Sling Blade — velice depresivní, ale působivé. Kmotr II je taky hodně dobrej a jestli se ti líbil první díl, tak tenhle bude taky. Ostatní ale prý za moc nestojí. Jak už psal Drc, Tenkrát na západě a Černá kočka bílý kocour jsou taky dobrý. Od Bergmana se mi líbila Sedmá pečeť (The seventh seal).
Battleship Potemkin is famous mostly for its innovations in filming, montage, editing etc. For a contemporary audience its hard to notice how revolutionary the film was. So it has mostly historic importance :]
And how someone can give 4/10 to Pulp Fiction is really beyond me
I can recommend Old Boy to you. I was highly impressed by this movie. I *think* it’s because of the good plot, but it might also have been influenced by the mood I had when I saw it
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364569/