Channel 4 reveals the 50 Films to See Before You Die

[Xaneden]

That still doesn't make sense to me. If it was so, then why isn't Citizen Kane, Seven Samurai, Pi, Un chien andalou, Metropolis or Neighbours (not the aussie soap, the 1952 short). Apart from possibly Pi they are all much more groundbreaking films than most of the ones on the list.

Bres

I feel quite chuffed to say I have all of those films aside from Neighbours.

You know what they said about the director of Un Chien Andalou; at the film's first screening, he hid at the back of the cinema because he thought the audience would go after him having not understood his work. Now that's groundbreaking.

I agree with you about Pi though; Darren Aronofsky is a good director, but he's typecasted himself wayyyy too much. He uses the same sort of sequences in Pi and Requiem for a Dream, and they, as well as his earlier University films, seem to be revolved around the general theme of drug taking, albeit with a side-theme of mathematics etc.

[MrChris]

ive seen most of those films. had a feeling that apocalypse now would be near the top and it won lol

is a great film tho

[tiggerai]

Alien
Apocalypse Now (does Redux count?)
City of God
Donnie Darko
Erin Brockovich
Fight Club
Lost in Translation
Princess Mononoke
Pulp Fiction
Trainspotting

I make that 10, that i recall seeing.

[autopilot]

24 of them, but i dont think thats a very good list imo.

[Norky]

Apocalypse Now (does Redux count?)

As long as you chapter skip the French people

[fuddam]

As long as you chapter skip the French people

verily you speaketh the truth

[Swafe]

The likes of Citizen Kane, God Father Trilogy and to a lesser extent the Star Wars Trilogy are missing for a start...

Who makes these things up!?

Channel 4... thats why sexy beast is in there... a sole film 4 funded film.. made by channel 4 themselves.. maybe they omited a good film and put that in its place to make more cash on dvd sales :\

[MiLaMber]

These kind of lists are always subjective, and as such pretty redundant.
eg The Matrix NOT on the list? Matrix trilogy should be on there no question.
Princess Mononoke on the list?? Ive seen this anime, and while I thought it was ok, I dont see how it should be on the list, especially over such anime as: Akira eg.

On the world cinema front... at the very least: Jean De Florette
Certainly tho a fair no of decent films on the list..

[Jonny]

Er.... I've only seen 2 all the way through (Trainspotting and Terminator 2).

Hmmm.

*goes DVD shopping*

[Waka]

Glad to see Secrets and Lies was in there, but at the risk of turning this thread into a ' why the heck didn't they have...'

Why the heck didn't they have Kung Fu Hustle or V for Vendetta - cetrainly in place of that *awful* Sexy Beast garbage.

W.

[demonwolf]

Or Enter the Dragon.

btw just read original question .. I've seen 15

[GDVS]

I've seen 15 and considering the absence of Bladerunner (which defined a whole goddamn genre FFS) I think it's a pretty poor list.

[rainbow]

Quite an odd list. Seems quite arbitrary. I mean, why would Terminator 2 be there and not Terminator (or T3 for that matter)? T2 was mediocre at best, with an execrable ending. T3 at least re-established the darkness of the first film.
What about The Thing (both versions!)? I'd second Blade Runner as well. and
Unforgiven
The Usual Suspects
Silent Running (an all-time favourate of mine).

And Platoon instead of Full Metal Jacket...?

erm how was terminator two mediocore?? t3 was rubbish t2 was one of the best films of iots kind ever made and still is. full metal jacket aint that special tbh.

usual supects thoughis a bloody good film, seven should deffo be in there thats very good.

CON AIR where was con air OR face off tbh they own

[omgitsme]

i've seen 8, more than i thought i would've actually, but i think i should probably try a bit harder....