What's the last film you saw that you would honestly call a masterpiece.
To be honest I can't think of any brilliant recent films even in the last 10 years.
I really hope video games don't go the way of todays cinema. :(
Last Film "Materpiece"?
Check out "Synecdoche, New York". It's depressing as hell and is very much a mindfuck.
I've seen it about three times and I like it more and more.
And for what it was, I thought Funny People was a masterpiece in its own right. It had it's funny, but was also a darker take on the life of a stand up comedian.
Sure it had it's flaws, and it got a bit slow towards the end, but I appreciate Judd Apatow's first attempt at a drama, and it was pretty great for that.
" Iron Man > Dark Knight So, Iron Man. "Iron Man was kinda tainted by it's second half where it basically abandoned most of the ideas that were explored in the first half of the movie and it just became another robot on robot action. The Dark Knight was a better film in that it never let go of the ideas the film makers explored in it. Sure there was action but the action never became the driving force of the movie. The amazing thing about The Dark Knight that its basically a movie about ideas and ideals, probably the most expensive idea based movie ever made. Not to take anything away from Jon Favreau I just think Christopher Nolan is a better film maker.
Anyhow...back on topic, I would say the last film that I consider a true masterpiece was The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.
I saw WALL-E last weekend. I was very impressed. As far as animated movies go, WALL-E was a masterpiece.
Brokeback Mountain, No Country for Old Men, Benjamin Button....and umm, yeah, that's the most recent stuff.
Wrestler was a good Indie film, but the plot got a bit contrived toward the end, especially the whole thing with his daughter; it was too rushed.
Brokeback Mountain is my favorite movie of the decade though.
@EvilTwin said:
"The problem is that you don't know a film's legacy the year after it comes out. In 20 years, who knows what will be considered the masterpieces of the current era? "
I agree, this is why I'm hesitant to say The Dark Knight (though I know 98% of you hated it), so I'd say The Big Lebowski. Yeah, it sounds blasphemous, but I love that fuckin' movie.
@EvilTwin said:
"The problem is that you don't know a film's legacy the year after it comes out. In 20 years, who knows what will be considered the masterpieces of the current era? "
I agree, this is why I'm hesitant to say The Dark Knight (though I know 98% of you hated it), so I'd say The Big Lebowski. Yeah, it sounds blasphemous, but I love that fuckin' movie.
"Oh yeah, also Children of Men and There Will Be Blood. An honorable mention goes to Wall-E. "
Haven't seen Children of Men so I don't know about that one but, Wall-E should get more than just an honorable mention. It was absolutely amazingly awesome to the max.
The Lord of the Rings movies. There have been "great" movies since then, but none that I would consider a "masterpiece".
Most recently, I would have to say Up, or at least the beginning. That was one of the greatest openings of any movie I have ever seen.
A through and through masterpiece would probably be There Will Be Blood in my eyes. That was very ambitious and it was the kind of epic that just floored you for its entire duration. An impressive feat with the remarkable Daniel Day-Lewis.
" @Atomic_Tangerine said:Coming from the guy who said The Dark Knight as a legitimate answer, that's hilarious." I watched Tokyo Drift recently, and for lack of a better word, I think "masterpiece" will suffice. "I almost flagged your post just now. Almost. "
" @Delta_Ass said:Opinions aren't wrong. Unless you're that guy talking about Tokyo Drift. Then opinions shouldn't be shared.Wrong. "" The Dark Knight. "
Up, The Soloist, The Dark Knight were almost masterpieces.
But LOTR is the only series that I honestly thought was perfect or near-perfect.
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
THE DARK KNIGHT
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
hmmm
The last film masterpiece is definitely THE HURT LOCKER
just came out so its probably the best example.
dude, if you are comparing dark knight to tokyo drift you do deserve to be flagged. Its just losers who get upset when anything is extremely popular so they want to be cool and different and be like NO ITS NOT GOOD IT SUCKS GARR!" @Delta_Ass said:
" @Atomic_Tangerine said:Coming from the guy who said The Dark Knight as a legitimate answer, that's hilarious. "" I watched Tokyo Drift recently, and for lack of a better word, I think "masterpiece" will suffice. "I almost flagged your post just now. Almost. "
I think people are misunderstanding the thread.
It isn't asking "What's a movie that you've seen recently that you liked"
It's "What movie do you think is a masterpiece"
" @HandsomeDead said:If you're missing obvious sarcasm, then you're the one who deserves to be flagged. Also, TDK is good, great even, but not a masterpiece.dude, if you are comparing dark knight to tokyo drift you do deserve to be flagged. Its just losers who get upset when anything is extremely popular so they want to be cool and different and be like NO ITS NOT GOOD IT SUCKS GARR! "" @Delta_Ass said:
" @Atomic_Tangerine said:Coming from the guy who said The Dark Knight as a legitimate answer, that's hilarious. "" I watched Tokyo Drift recently, and for lack of a better word, I think "masterpiece" will suffice. "I almost flagged your post just now. Almost. "
Me too, but I'm never going to tell my friends that. I'm 16 years old and that is just something you don't say if you don't like getting picked on in school.And personally, I liked Twilight... "
It feels that people just hate that movie because it's "cool" to hate it.
But the latest film that could be called a masterpiece is Gran turino.
There have been some great films in the past ten years, but off the top of my head, I say Kill Bill (Vol. I and II). It's violence. It's art. It's viort. It's all good.
" @TwoOneFive said:" @HandsomeDead said:If you're missing obvious sarcasm, then you're the one who deserves to be flagged. Also, TDK is good, great even, but not a masterpiece. "dude, if you are comparing dark knight to tokyo drift you do deserve to be flagged. Its just losers who get upset when anything is extremely popular so they want to be cool and different and be like NO ITS NOT GOOD IT SUCKS GARR! "" @Delta_Ass said:
" @Atomic_Tangerine said:Coming from the guy who said The Dark Knight as a legitimate answer, that's hilarious. "" I watched Tokyo Drift recently, and for lack of a better word, I think "masterpiece" will suffice. "I almost flagged your post just now. Almost. "
Actually, I wasn't TOTALLY sarcastic. I actually really like that movie, and have yet to run into somebody who actually sat down and watched it without any preconceptions and didn't like it. And let's be honest here, are we going to remember a pretentious film that exists only to point fingers like Crash or Tokyo Drift?
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