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Realistically, you’ve discovered that any list or Top Ten, on the internet, is all a mirage. It doesn’t matter if it’s films, guitar solos or Formula 1 drivers 🤷‍♂️. We are of a certain age and today’s voters don’t share our view that Time is the greatest Gilmour solo, or Enter The Dragon is the greatest martial arts film. It takes a certain wisdom…to not care what the great unwashed think…because they are always wrong 😉😆

This is of course indicative of the age group of IMDb users and reviewers. Most who loved 1920s to 1970s are not that active online (like me, other than you tube) or aren't with us anymore. I pretty much ignore the list. I go by following good directors.

Martial arts and horror films get snubbed for these lists but superheroes get the pass. 🤷 Way of the dragon and rumble in the Bronx should be on the list as representatives for Hong Kong cinema and the best of martial arts cinema.

Surely, the 70’s is the greatest decade of cinema. My favourite film is Chinatown.

A good discussion. You highlight some fascinating stats (only 17 films from the 70's ), but.... Let it go Dude 🤣 You obviously think and care more about cinema than the average IMDB voter and you've clearly outgrown the IMDB list. ...which is a really good thing 👍. Like you say, it was a good place to start. There's so much more out there, which is one of the reasons cinema is so exciting (and frustrating) 😀.

I ignore the imdb list because I'm not interested in the popular vote of the masses. You get way more older films with polls/lists voted by filmmakers or critics, though their opinions may be less honest and vote for something like Bicycle thieves out of vanity when really they'd much rather watch the Wolf of Wallstreet or whatever... I believe the current EMPIRE readers top 100 list has Avengers Endgame at 22, (Just above 2001: A Space Odyssey) well, I'll leave it at that. Have you done a top 10 video? I'd be quite interested in your favourites

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A movie comes out, everybody likes it, sees it, gives 8-10 stars, it ends up in the TOP 250 together with classics that stood the test of time. I do not agree with this. I think before the movie ends up on this list (I know how they calculate that, the formula is on IMDB publicly shared) a movie needs to be at least lets say 5 years old.

I like your video. It feels like listening/talking to a friend. Keep making these videos please. I am an IMDB user since March 2005 (!).

You don't like Forest Gump? lol. Ok man. Again. Entitled to an opinion. Agree to disagree. It's an exceptional film.

Disagree on Snatch. It's deserving. Don't think the accident is clunky. Dark Knight Rises is not hated. You lost me when you said not understanding the Dark Knight though. But everyone's entitled to have an opinion.

You're not one to shy away from controversy are you 😂

Thank you.

First cross over franchise I personally remember from a kid was Robocop vs Terminator (game) lol hated the idea. Just like all these stupid other ones.

Tom Hanks and Mel Gibson are coming round your house to beat you up 😂. Sounds like it is time for you to say goodbye to the IMDB list and focus on the cinema you love 🎞❤.

Hi mate. Agree with a lot of those films to be honest. I just went through the list and it's staggering how many just plain "ok" films have made the 250 ! I'm still amazed Shawshank is still the top one. Great film but surprised it hasn't been toppled yet. Keep the videos coming 👍

I agree, I adore physical media as it's what I've grown up consuming, starting with VHS. But these days, as much as I hate to admit it, I tend to watch movies I've missed or want to check out now, on streaming first and this is purely down to convenience for the most part. There is, without a doubt a magic that I miss when it comes to watching movies on terrestrial TV. Back when I was a kid, I discovered a lot of movies that I ended up falling I love with that were purely by chance/luck. Or movies i was aware of so would make sure I was up, with channel 2 on at a certain time (usually midnight onwards) with the volume down because it was usually a movie I shouldn't have been watching e.g. Alien. I get that part of that magic is because there is a subconscious awareness that others are watching the exact experience right at the same moment. The TV guide was my holy bible back when I was kid. I think streaming has definitely taken away the magic a little of the movie watching experience. Great vid man.

The first example I can think of is when "Jaws" premiered on ITV in 1981. I think to this day it still has the second-highest viewing figures for a film on British TV. "Live and Let Die" which was shown the previous year narrowly beats it. I was in my last year at primary school at the time and the next day all the kids were talking about. My teacher asked everyone who watched it to put their hands up and only one person out of 25 - 30 kids didn't. Fast forward to 1996, one day I was looking at a TV guide and saw that "Deliverance" was on that night. I hadn't seen it before and looked it up in the Halliwell's film guide to see they awarded it four out of four stars. Other than the fact that Burt Reynolds was in it, I knew nothing about it. I set the video to record it and also started watching it in bed. I fell asleep after a while and then got woken up by THAT scene! That was a real WTF moment.

Interesting discussion. Agree with the changing nature and ultimate decline of modern movie watching. Younger generations won’t have the same relationship with cinema but, conversely for cineasts , good films have never been more accessible and discoverable. I discovered many great films through Moviedrome and it was a godsend but I’ve discovered even more great films through good streaming services, the Blu-ray market, boutique labels, and the internet.

Another thing worth mentioning with streaming is how often do we like the look at something, start watching and at. 20 mins in we turn off thinking to carry it on the next day and then never come back or we get diverted by another piece of content catching our eye. It may be we stopped it before we really got hooked or the beauty of it could only be felt in the completion of ita viewing. If anyone has seen Ethel and Earnest, they will know the last 5 mins are devastating and beautiful, on netflix this impact could be missed. At least with TV, or even blu ray, we have vested interest to complete it as we have sat down to watch it with a specific intention. With TV you knew, unless you were VSH recording, you couldn't finish it later.

I honestly only go to netflix/prime to watch something particular, mostly my own pre selected films or tv shows that I can't find elsewhere or I have discovered through recommendations from reviewers or read about them. Sometimes to complete the works of a particular filmmaker or actor. Recently, I heard about a Japanese anime {I absolutely love a good Japanese anime} from an outside anime website, called Terminator Zero. Netflix streaming was the only place to see it. So I went there. Btw I loved it, would highly recommend it to terminator fans. My opinion it's better than all of the Terminator film sequels post T2, put together. So I use streaming when I want to watch something specific I can't find on physical media. Although, if I really want to own it physically, I will wait as long as it takes. I.e anime demon slayer, I refuse to watch on streaming because I want to collect the blu ray discs. Also, for Godzilla minus 1, minus colour. I saw the original colour version at the cinema December 2023. Been waiting for physical release since then. Netflix had the minus colour version since May 2024, but I waited to buy it {released yesterday! Should get it tomorrow} , and finally got my chance to see minus colour at the bfi IMAX cinema last month. So, we still have our own agency with these things. Use as you like.

I go to my London curzon cinema once a week to catch the latest of what interest me. Last week was, all we imagine as light and this week it's Conclave.

I'm a dinosaur I don't stream mate I have Amazon prime mainly for prime delivery 😅 nothing against streaming (ISH) 😅 but I just choose not to , good video mate 👍🏻

I am one of those people who prefer when a movie is put on for me. Whether that be by someone else or in a cinema or on TV. It makes me cherish the experience more for some reason. As a kid in the 2000s when a blockbuster came on itv 2 or film 4 I used to make sure I was there for its entire duration because it was an event and there would be no other way to see this film that I was so excited to see.

Remember the days when films like terminator 2 and the mummy and other great films came on free tv in the uk back in the day? The excitement for that is something I would very much like to feel again. Ease of access is fantastic but there was something special about watching that movie in that specific allotted time on the telly. Unbeknownst to us other across the uk were sharing the same experiences!

Oh and I forgot to say, I refuse to even start ANY series which I know is going to take more viewing time than I’m prepared to give it. Some are 60 hrs of viewing. That’s insane 🤨

Some very interesting views. I have a few different streaming apps. I liken it to walking into Blockbuster Video in the 1990’s. You stand there, you look at all the choices, pick a few up and read the reverse, usually spend 40 mins trying to find something interesting, but…ultimately walk out empty handed. That’s my Netflix browse, in a nutshell 🤷‍♂️

Did you manage to pick up any bargains over Black Friday and Cyber Monday? Thank you.

Really good vid and discussion. I'm with you on T2 / T1. I prefer the original and I think it is better overall, but I suspect you might get some flack on that opinion. At the end of the year I'll be sharing a 'favourite films watched in 2024' video (which might include some Masumura! 😀). Maybe do the same if you're not doing a haul update in December??? I'd be interested to see your favourites.

Arrow Streaming helps save me a fortune, every month. Not because I don’t like them ( I do), but it’s nice to watch some films before blindly buying their Collectors Editions. £2.99, money well spent. I need to get hold of Radiance Films The Bounty Hunter as that’s my style. Great Warner’s pick ups and Steelbooks👌

Approaching 200 subscribers, well done! 👏🏻 Thank you.

I’m with you on soderbergh. I generally don’t like scoring art and artists, but if I did I would say he is a consistent 7 out of 10 director. I’m also curious why Amelie and Crouching Tiger disappeared. Good vid.

Great discussion. Don’t worry about not liking Godard; no-one likes Godard 😂. He’s done a lot of different stuff, so everyone will find 1 or 2 that they like. Mine are the obvious ones… Contempt and Breathless. I can’t bear Weekend. Looking forward to seeing your favourite comedies list 😀

Diamonds Are Forever is my Bond ‘Guilty Pleasure’. It is sooo 70’s and isn’t taking the character too seriously.

Amelie is one of my very favorite movies along with All About Eve, Fargo, Barry Lyndon, The Godfather, Wild Strawberries, 8 1/2, .

Godzilla (not the orignal or -1 these are just great films), but the Showa era and heisei era films, some are pretty dumb but fun to watch

I finally got around to the film today and so now I can come back watch this review. This film is an absolute revelation considering the state of cinema in this day and age. I am glad that it has done well financially. Demi Moore gave such a visceral performance here and for me I took demi to be a highly sympathetic protagonist who feels like she's chained to this life. The likes of Dennis quaids character and his band of shareholders are such a clever satirical take on men in powerful positions. The body horror was absolutely horrific to look at but I felt sympathetic nonetheless like cronenbergs the fly. Unlike cronenbergs fly which presents ageing as something quite terrifying I think this film presents ageing as something that if you allow it to be very liberating.

Reel reflections ever thought of making a discord server? It could be a place to continue the discussion for us cinephiles.

Moonraker has a great John Barry score and is a Bond movie I've always enjoyed. Commando and Roadhouse rule !!

Is that the Kubrick Archives I spy in the background ?

You've gotta get round to Jackie Chan's first Western breakthrough, Rumble in the Bronx!

I've had my 2 brothers and my wife question my RoboCop poster and steel book I have on display. I know what they think (In their minds what is this? he has these foreign films by Kurosawa, Ozu, Bergman, how does this fit in?) , but I understand what they think and how my ideas of RoboCop are very different from theirs.

Thank you. This channel is officially my comfort blanket. Best train chase sequence EVER is in The Wrong Trousers, better than The General, The Train, Silver Streak and the Mission Impossible films. Honesty time, so I own up to guilty pleasures, Earthquake, The Naked Gun, Tangled, Tenet and also the entire James Bond franchise. Among these my special favourites are the reviled ones almost all fans think of as the worst, because I always root for the underdog - Die Another Day, Quantum of Solace, A View to a Kill, OHMSS, and best of all Tomorrow Never Dies

My guilty pleasures are the carry on films 😅 I just find the that humour hilarious.

My turn for breakfast gromit. I'll have a three minute egg and OWWWW STEADY ON!

Thank you.

No one talks about Downfall? Well it lives in parodies, in that sense it has had a larger cultural influence than just about any other movie ever.

Thank you for your honesty. I thought Waltz with Bashir the best animation I had seen. Blind spot directors, many. Sorry to all you who will be named - Terry Gilliam, Tim Burton, Danny Boyle, Del Toro, Wes Anderson. Most of their films I have avoided. Why? Don't know. Couldn't finish Isle of Dogs but liked Grand Budapest Hotel. As for Fellini - is it the Italian in your face theatricality and indulgence that puts me off? Yes, but of two I've seen, Amarcord and 8 1/2, I accept the second for its 'otherness'. Godard? Breathless, saw recently 2nd viewing, and thought it delightful character study. For lasting comedy I go back to It Happened One Night, Airplane!, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Lady Eve, Ninotchka and Buster Keaton

I suppose everyone likes a bit of comfort food from time to time, but it would be wrong to make a diet out of it. Trouble is, people eat what's available and Marvel is always available, just like MacDonalds and Eastenders. I don't go near them, nor the franchises you have listed, but I recognise the cultural effect Star Wars had and I like Rogue One. But I am always suspicious of fads and decide to go along when they are well out of fashion! Remember, very few people are historians. Although I think few admit it, many prefer to follow the crowds along a path of least resistance, instead of making informed choices. That applies to cinema as any sociological activity