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To finish out the month of April, I thought it would be fitting to focus on the two most well-known yet controversial films about Jesus Christ. On one side, we have Martin Scorsese‘s The Last Temptation of Christ. Released by Universal Pictures in 1988, it quickly became one of the most debated films of all time. A film that has only just begun to be judged fairly in recent years, and made as only Scorsese could make it. On the other side, we have Mel Gibson‘s The Passion of the Christ. Like The Last Temptation of Christ, it was met with controversy when Newmarket Films acquired it for release in 2004, but the result was different. The Passion of the Christ became a box office blockbuster. Both films are beautifully made and were made for next to nothing, but a greater question remains: Which one is better? Reel Rumbles presents: The Last Temptation of Christ vs. The Passion of the Christ. Read the rest of this entry »
- In: Reel Rumbles
- Tags: 1988, 2004, Barbara Hershey, Caleb Deschanel, David Bowie, Harry Dean Stanton, Harvey Keitel, Hristo Naumov Shopov, Icon Productions, Jim Caviezal, Juliette Caton, Maia Morgenstern, Martin Scorsese, Mel Gibson, Monica Belluci, Newmarket Films, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Passion of the Christ, Universal Pictures, Verna Bloom, Willem Dafoe
by Dan
Do you consider any of this week’s Blu-ray and DVD releases to be one of the Best Movies of All-Time?
Iron Man 2 (DVD & Blu-ray | PG-13 | 2010)
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How would you rank it amongst the best superhero movies of all time?
Flickchart Ranking: #1761
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The first Iron Man was a lot of fun but this one fell into the common superhero movie sequel trap where there’s just too many people doing too many things to make a great, focused movie. Still pretty good though.
The Killer Inside Me (DVD & Blu-ray | R | 2010)
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How would you rank it amongst the best crime dramas of all time?
Flickchart Ranking: #7156
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The most interesting DVD release of the week. Casey Affleck and Jessica Alba in a “controversial” movie about what happens when you embrace your dark side.
Get Him to the Greek (DVD & Blu-ray | R | 2010)
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How would you rank it amongst the best road movies of all time?
Flickchart Ranking: #4200
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Jonah Hill and Russell Brand in a well received comedy. Something about Russell Brand is instantly off-putting to me. I think it’s his beard.
Good (DVD & Blu-ray | R | 2008)
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How would you rank it amongst the best war dramas of all time?
Flickchart Ranking: Just Added
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Viggo Mortensen plays a “good” man who inadvertently becomes a Nazi propagandist.
Suck (DVD & Blu-ray | NR | 2009)
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How would you rank it amongst the best horror comedies of all time?
Flickchart Ranking: #10376
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A Rock Band becomes stars after becoming Vampires. Eclectic Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Jessica Pare, Moby, Henry Rollins, Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop.
Frozen (DVD & Blu-ray | R | 2010)
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How would you rank it amongst the best thriller movies of all time?
Flickchart Ranking: #8345
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Very silly set-up (small group of friends trapped way up in the air on a ski lift for a few days while the park is closed) but it is winning a majority of its Flickchart battles…
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (DVD &Blu-ray | PG-13 | 2010)
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How would you rank it amongst the best animated superhero movies of all time?
Flickchart Ranking: Just Added
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I absolutely love these DC Comic animated movies. The more Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, and Justice League out, the better.
Babies (DVD & Blu-ray | PG | 2010)
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How would you rank it amongst the best documentaries of all time?
Flickchart Ranking: #12066
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- In: New Releases
- Tags: Babies, Bananas, Battle of the Bulge, Black Sheep, Code 46, Cowboy, Crimes and Misdemeanors, David Bowie, Driven, Fantastic Voyage, Fearless, frozen, Get Him To the Greek, Good, Gosford Park, Groundhog Day, Hannah and Her Sisters, Harvey, Interiors, Iron Man 2, King Kong, Manhattan, Marathon Man, Matchstick Men, merry christmas mr lawrence, My Bloody Valentine, Nothing but Trouble, Proof of Life, rock and rule, Rocky, Rollerball, Romancing the Stone, Shadows and Fog, Stardust Memories, Stargate, Starship Troopers, Striptease, Suck, Sudden Impact, superman/batman apocalypse, Terrence Malick, The Bravados, The Fall, The Killer Inside Me, The Law, The Longest Yard, The Purple Rose of Cairo, The Thin Red Line, tin cup, Warner Archive, Zelig
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Flickchart: The Movie?
22, Mar 2010by Dan
I’ve been waiting patiently for a Hampster Dance movie for over a decade. We can get a movie called the “Squeakquel“, and a spy flick starring talking guinea pigs, but I can’t watch an uplifting dance competition movie with CG hampsters that were subjected to harrowing nuclear testing? If there’s one reason for us not to trust the corporate fat cats coldly dictating which movies we do and don’t get to see annually, this is it.
We get movies based off toys, action figures, pseudo-action figures, board games, psuedo-boardgames, videogames, computer games, movies from 62 years ago, movies from 2 years ago, etc… But why haven’t they tapped into internet time-killers yet? Sure, there’s a Facebook movie coming soon, but there really isn’t much outside of that. A Farmville movie could become our generation’s “Of Mice and Men” or “The Grapes of Wrath,” themselves adaptations of the popular media of the day. The romantic comedy potential in Chatroulette is off the charts.
Flickchart is no different, and not as some distasteful Sophie’s Choice parody. It’s been a while since we had a good frustrated-13-year-old-big-sister-yells-at-baby-brother-who-then-get’s-sucked-into-a-computer-and-then-she-has-to-get-him-back-before-mom-gets-home-movie. Kinda like a digital Labyrinth but without all the David Bowie crotch bulge.
The Flickcharter Who Knew Too Much
9, Mar 2010
I love the purity of impulse involved in duels on Flickchart.
Though I certainly can’t speak for everyone, I personally use the “first thought, best thought” principle when it comes to declaring a victor. You know, the method taught to us in school, to survive multiple choice tests you didn’t study for. This principle states that the first answer you think is right, is probably right. Similarly, whichever dueling movie inspires the greatest instinctive rush of affection – on a primal level, divorced from the paralysis of over-thinking – is the correct choice to win the duel. If you suddenly realize this principle is working too well, and Flickchart autopilot has resulted in an errant click, there’s always the Undo button to correct your mistakes.
- In: User Showcase
- Tags: 1990, 2009, Dances With Wolves, David Bowie, Duncan Jones, Flickchart, kevin costner, Moon, Sam Rockwell