Your Top Ten, Twelve or Twenty Favourite Films.

[Norgy]

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

I assume you're thinking about the 70s one, not the new one?

[Ideologue]

My lists were unimpeachable.

Ahem, Speed Racer? 

Why do you hate visually dynamic parables about fair play and family togetherness?

[CountDeMoney]

Ahem, Speed Racer? 

Why do you hate visually dynamic parables about fair play and family togetherness?

Because it's a visually dynamic piece of shit that could induced epileptic fits in anybody other than Japanese Assburger Millennials hopped up on freebased Ritalin?

[Josquius]

I'm terrible at these.
But I'll have a go.
This is not of all time. Just at the moment. It will change over the course of my life.
In absolutely no order:

Gattaca
Scott Pilgrim
Detroit Metal City
Spinal Tap
Zulu
Iron Man
The Matrix
Get Carter
Kes
Fight Club
Moon
Pulp Fiction
The Great Escape
Day of the Jackal
Dog Day Afternoon
Enter the Dragon
Highlander
Bill and Ted
Life of Brian
Rumble in the Bronx

[crazy canuck]

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

I assume you're thinking about the 70s one, not the new one?

What was wrong with the new one?

[Ideologue]

Ahem, Speed Racer? 

Why do you hate visually dynamic parables about fair play and family togetherness?

Because it's a visually dynamic piece of shit that could induced epileptic fits in anybody other than Japanese Assburger Millennials hopped up on freebased Ritalin?

Olds gonna Old.

[CountDeMoney]

I don't believe I'm in the minority around here when it comes to that shitburger.  You couldn't have worst taste in movies if Kimba the White Lion dragged his furry anime ass across your tongue. 

[Norgy]

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

I assume you're thinking about the 70s one, not the new one?

Nothing really wrong. Personally, I prefer Alec Guinness as Smiley to Gary Oldman.

What was wrong with the new one?

[celedhring]

Personally I think the novel worked better as a mini-series than as a film, even if the film was good in itself. There's a crapload of backstory, nuance and detail on Cold War spionage that was cut off the film for obvious reasons, that I found fascinating in the BBC series.

Plus Guiness as Smiley is genius casting, indeed.

[Ideologue]

I don't believe I'm in the minority around here when it comes to that shitburger.  You couldn't have worst taste in movies if Kimba the White Lion dragged his furry anime ass across your tongue.

I just got done with a highly positive review of an Edward G. Robinson movie.  I bet you like Edward G. Robinson.

[Gups]

Godfather 1 & 2
Pulp Fiction
Fargo
Kind Hearts & Coronets
The Maltese Falcon
Dr Strangelove
It's a Wonderful Life
Trainspotting
Breakfast at Tiffanys
Life of Brian

[Sheilbh]

Personally I think the novel worked better as a mini-series than as a film, even if the film was good in itself. There's a crapload of backstory, nuance and detail on Cold War spionage that was cut off the film for obvious reasons, that I found fascinating in the BBC series.

Plus Guiness as Smiley is genius casting, indeed.

All true. But I already know the story. I've read the book and seen the series.

I think the film is perfect though. It's very dense and subtle about the story which I think doesn't help people who don't know it. But if you do it's very enjoyable reading between the lines, as you do with Le Carre and it's got some brilliant performances and the Christmas party scene (all of them) is one of my favourites.

[Siege]

Fuck youall!!!

[Queequeg]

I think the Carlos miniseries would be up there for me if you count it as one film.  Or 3 films, actually. 

[Scipio]

Lawrence of Arabia
Citizen Kane
In the Heat of the Night
The Empire Strikes Back
Miller's Crossing
The Big Sleep
Casablanca
M
The Last of the Mohicans
Heat
Goodfellas
The Incredibles
A Few Good Men
The Battle of Algiers
The Godfather II
Doctor Zhivago