Let's talk about the best movie ever

[Happy Enchilada]

Best Movies Ever:

Young Frankenstein
Blues Brothers
Animal House
Get Shorty
Pulp Fiction
Idiocracy
Oh Brother Where Art Thou
Braveheart
Princess Bride
Young Einstein
Reckless Kelly
Silverado
Blazing Saddles
Anything with The Duke
Both Deadpools
Guardians of the Galaxy

I'm sure there are more, but it's late ...

 

[Willie Johnson]

T

Wrong movie TD, those aren't small children, they're Munchkins and that's Glinda the good witch. Which come to think of it was a pretty good movie too.


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America's finest contribution to cinema in the past 40 years, loosely based on the above:

 

[drewg]

Devoid of Vikings, things, guitars and penguins. The greatest film ever does feature love, (near ) death, revenge, pirates, rodents of unusual size and a man with six fingers.

Of course, Mark Knopfler played on the soundtrack, so there is some guitar content...

 

[drewg]

Local Hero.

Speaking of Mark Knopfler...
(I still need to see this movie!)

 

[drewg]

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A girl in my class was wearing one of these sweatshirts the other day. Makes me laugh every time

 

[black_doug]

Speaking of Mark Knopfler...
(I still need to see this movie!)

His soundtrack for Local Hero is good. I listen to it often.

 

[ClashCityTele]

I'd have to add 13th Warrior.

I would have but I haven't seen that one yet.

 

[Weazel]

The Warriors!



....come out to playaay

 

[richiek65]

The Story of the Kelly Gang​

Unquestionably the "best movie ever" when it was released back in 1906.
(It is recognised as the world's first full length narrative feature film).

Cool thing is - that is real Kelly Gang armour (it was loaned to the filmmakers and used in the film)

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I knew about the movie (I'm a bit of a bushranger nut) but didn't know about the OG armour being used (do I get points for extremely apt usage of "OG"?)

 

[omahaaudio]

I thought that you wanted to talk about the best movie ever.

That would, of course, be Blade Runner.

 

[omahaaudio]

Bloody Vikings.

I see what you did there...

 

[omahaaudio]

To Have and Have Not

Did they ever come to a decision?

 

[omahaaudio]

1939 was a good year for movies.

Sucked for everything else.

 

[Telecastoff1]

My Favorite, "The Terror Of Tiny Town".

 

[Nicko_Lps]

Im surprised nobody mentioned so far The Shawshank Redemption: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt011116...r-1&pf_rd_t=15506&pf_rd_i=top&ref_=chttp_tt_1


Might now be for everyone but Homers Iliad and specially Odyssey was always a great influence: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332452/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Besides those two... Nolan's Batman Trilogy with Christian Bale is also top of the line for my taste.

 

[blowtorch]

Sucked for everything else.

disagree. The cumulative musical offerings of 1939 are far superior to any hippy crap the boomers generation ever had

Biggest hit songs[edit]​

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1939.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Country	Chart Entries
1	Judy Garland	Over the Rainbow	1939		US BB 1 of 1939, Oscar in 1939, AFI 1, RYM 1 of 1939, POP 1 of 1939, RIAA 1, Scrobulate 71 of vocal, Acclaimed 497
2	Glenn Miller	Moonlight Serenade	1939		US BB 5 of 1939, RYM 5 of 1939, POP 5 of 1939, UK 12 – Mar 1954, Europe 12 of the 1930s, Scrobulate 53 of jazz, Italy 74 of 1954, Party 74 of 1999, Acclaimed 1202
3	Kate Smith	God Bless America	1939		US BB 2 of 1939, POP 2 of 1939, US 1940s 5 – Aug 1940, Europe 18 of the 1930s, RIAA 19, RYM 33 of 1939, Acclaimed 568
4	Billie Holiday	Strange Fruit	1939		RYM 2 of 1939, Scrobulate 25 of jazz, Europe 92 of the 1930s, Acclaimed 180, RIAA 273, WXPN 717
5	Louis Armstrong	When the Saints Go Marching In	1939		US BB 4 of 1939, POP 4 of 1939, RIAA 13, RYM 18 of 1939, Scrobulate 33 of swing

Top hits on record[edit]​

• "An Apple For The Teacher" by Bing Crosby & Connee Boswell
• "And the Angels Sing" recorded by
  • Martha Tilton with Benny Goodman & his orchestra
  • Glenn Miller
  • Ziggy Elman
• "At the Woodchopper's Ball" by Woody Herman
• "Beer Barrel Polka" by Will Glahe
• "Begin the Beguine" by Chick Henderson with Joe Loss and his Band (recorded July 5)
• "Body and Soul" – Coleman Hawkins
• "Class Will Tell' by Ted Weems And His Orchestra With Perry Como
• "Deep Purple" by Bing Crosby
• "Deep Purple" by Larry Clinton
• "Flying Home" by the Benny Goodman Sextet with Charlie Christian and Lionel Hampton
• "God Bless America" by Kate Smith
• "The Ghost Of Piccolo Pete" by Ted Weems And His Orchestra
• "If I Didn't Care by The Ink Spots
• "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" by Ted Weems And His Orchestra With Perry Como
• "Imagine Me in the Maginot Line" by George Formby
• "Jeepers Creepers" by Al Donahue
• "Little Brown Jug" by Glenn Miller
• "The Man With the Mandolin" by Glenn Miller
• "Mbube" by Solomon Linda and the Evening Birds (South Africa)
• "Moonlight Serenade" by Glenn Miller
• "Moon Love" by Glenn Miller
• "Our Love" by Tommy Dorsey
• "Over the Rainbow" by Judy Garland also by Glenn Miller
• "Scatter-Brain" by Frankie Masters
• "Se potessi avere mille lire al mese" (Italy)
• "South of the Border" by Shep Fields
• "Stairway to the Stars" by Glenn Miller
• "Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday
• "Summertime" by Sidney Bechet
• "Sunrise Serenade" by Glenn Miller
• "Tea For Two" by Art Tatum
• "Thanks For The Memory" by Bob Hope & Shirley Ross
• "Wishing (Will Make It So)" by Glenn Miller

 

[thunderbyrd]

Looking forward to that new Elvis movie myself.

 

[HoodieMcFoodie]

disagree. The cumulative musical offerings of 1939 are far superior to any hippy crap the boomers generation ever had

I think @omahaaudio 's comment was more to do with that little thing called WWII but thanks for over reacting.

 

[blowtorch]

I think @omahaaudio 's comment was more to do with that little thing called WWII but thanks for over reacting.

this is a music*- related forum, yes?
(*and VIKINGS)

Anyway, not over-reacting. Reacting PERFECTLY APPROPRIATELY

as always

 

[blowtorch]

Nolan's Batman Trilogy with Christian Bale

Best cape movies, next to Joker which of course ironically is about a villain and is a total "homage" to Taxi Driver but still the best