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The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather II (1974)
The Godfather III (1990)
It�s created with the intimate language of America, it�s a story of 20th century kings and warriors and it is truly a Shakespearean epic. On top of the incredible story and visual mastery, these are some of the best actors you�ll ever see in one place.
Our culture has decided who Sylvester Stallone is, and in a way, his inaccurate public image has helped his career as an action star, but the truth is, Stallone is a brilliant writer (yes, he wrote the screenplay) and an amazing actor, not to mention a savvy businessman. If you don�t know the story of how this movie got made, check here and here. And watch again this subtle story of a man fighting to fulfill a dream and an uncommonly beautiful love story.
Star Wars (1977)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
When Rod Serling started writing for the Twilight Zone, he was asked by a reporter �So you�re done writing anything important for TV?� George Lucas was subject to the same attitudes about Science Fiction when he created this masterpiece and proved that not only is Science Fiction a viable medium to reinvent our greatest legends and myths about the Hero, but it is possibly the best medium to do so.
This movie possibly doesn�t have quite the depth of soul as the other movies on this page, but it isn�t supposed to. It merely conjures the entire history of going to the movies and why it�s so much damn fun. It�s the highest achievement of film entertainment as a craft, pure delight and vicarious adventure from the first famous sequence to the still-chilling climax, not to mention the unforgettable tag image of the massive warehouse at the end. First moment to last, it�s the essence of movie magic.
Some could only see the flashy movie on the surface, others saw the mythic story underneath. Some claimed they saw the mythic story but thought it was trite. The latter haven�t truly seen what lies beneath this movie. Time is already telling as this innovative creation has subtly melded itself into the popular consciousness, this movie, like Star Wars, has changed movies, television and general popular culture for this generation.
Beautiful people, beautiful souls, beautiful photography, beautiful music, beautiful story. If ever there was pure, undistilled poetry on the screen, here it is. And poetry with real teeth. Who would have thought you could make the fight scenes in The Matrix look slow and clunky? Ang Lee gets extra points for making couch potato Americans forget they�re watching a dreaded foreign language film.
- E Al Pants