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Post by miike80 on Jun 13, 2017 16:13:28 GMT
70's. so many masterpieces
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Post by vegalyra on Jun 13, 2017 18:27:23 GMT
I chose 1970's for the sheer amount of masterpieces although I have a huge soft spot for 1950's and early 1960's Cinemascope, VistaVision, and Technirama films.
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Post by THawk on Jun 13, 2017 22:25:02 GMT
The 90s by a very large margin.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Jun 13, 2017 23:23:06 GMT
probably 1960s overall
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Post by frankcaprica on Jun 13, 2017 23:51:03 GMT
I wouldn't call it the best, but I enjoy 1950s films the most. I also enjoy 1950s music, 1950s TV, 1950s cars, and 1950s cameras. I just seem to like 1950s things a lot. Ifits your favorite, then its your best  |
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Post by mslo79 on Jun 14, 2017 3:58:32 GMT
2000's ; definitely the best decade for me overall, given the info below. Out of the decades i have at least one 7/10 or higher rated movie i rank the decades like this OVERALL... 1.2000's (five 10's, seven 9's, fourteen solid 8's, fourteen 7.5-8's, twenty-two 7's) - 62 movies (31.6%) 2.1990's (two 10's, six 9's, ten solid 8's, thirteen 7.5-8's, nine 7's) - 40 movies (20.4%) 3.2010's (zero 10's, three 9's, three solid 8's, nine 7.5-8's, thirty-eight 7's) - 53 movies (27%) 4.1980's (zero 10's, one 9, four solid 8's, six 7.5-8's, eleven 7's) - 22 movies (11.2%) 5.1960's (three 10's, one 9, zero solid 8's, two 7.5-8's, three 7's) - 9 movies (4.6%) 6.1970's (zero 10's, zero 9's, one solid 8, three 7.5-8's, five 7's) - 9 movies (4.6%) 7.1940's (just one 7 or higher, which is one 7.) - 1 movie (0.005%) NOTE: there is 196 total movies from the above stats and the percentage next to those shows how much of a percentage they make up amongst My Favorite Movies. so as you can see... while the 2010's have a higher percentage of My Favorite Movies than the 1990's, the 1990's are clearly ahead of the 2010's when it comes to movies i gave a 7.5-8/10 or higher which makes it overall better for me. but then again the 2010's ain't that far behind based on the sheer volume of 7/10 range movies it has which is quite high as its the highest of all decades quite easily on 7's alone. also, i would even go as far as to say the 2000's to date beats ALL previous decades combined overall even though it would be MUCH easier for me to say the 1990's to date EASILY beats ALL pre-1990's decades combined. i generally avoid pre-1960's movies as i feel that's roughly the point movies start to become a lot different from more modern standards in general. Rey Kahuka There is no difference between the two as it makes no sense to say Movie A is 'better' than Movie B if you prefer to watch Movie B over Movie A. they mean the same thing. but given what your saying... i would assume the topic means PERSONAL FAVORITE as rating any other way makes no sense as, like i was basically saying, personal preference is all that matters otherwise people would be just kissing up to those typical critics types of lists which will be mostly the same as they seem to be more based around just about everything else besides how much a person enjoys watching a particular movie and personal enjoyment of a movie should be paramount when rating movies in general.
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Post by louise on Jun 14, 2017 5:04:38 GMT
very difficult choice between the 30s and 50s, so many films from both decades i love. Went for the 30s eventually as i think there are marginally more 30s films that are favourites of mine than 50s ones. But it's very close.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jun 14, 2017 11:59:56 GMT
2000's ; definitely the best decade for me overall, given the info below. Out of the decades i have at least one 7/10 or higher rated movie i rank the decades like this OVERALL... 1.2000's (five 10's, seven 9's, fourteen solid 8's, fourteen 7.5-8's, twenty-two 7's) - 62 movies (31.6%) 2.1990's (two 10's, six 9's, ten solid 8's, thirteen 7.5-8's, nine 7's) - 40 movies (20.4%) 3.2010's (zero 10's, three 9's, three solid 8's, nine 7.5-8's, thirty-eight 7's) - 53 movies (27%) 4.1980's (zero 10's, one 9, four solid 8's, six 7.5-8's, eleven 7's) - 22 movies (11.2%) 5.1960's (three 10's, one 9, zero solid 8's, two 7.5-8's, three 7's) - 9 movies (4.6%) 6.1970's (zero 10's, zero 9's, one solid 8, three 7.5-8's, five 7's) - 9 movies (4.6%) 7.1940's (just one 7 or higher, which is one 7.) - 1 movie (0.005%) NOTE: there is 196 total movies from the above stats and the percentage next to those shows how much of a percentage they make up amongst My Favorite Movies. so as you can see... while the 2010's have a higher percentage of My Favorite Movies than the 1990's, the 1990's are clearly ahead of the 2010's when it comes to movies i gave a 7.5-8/10 or higher which makes it overall better for me. but then again the 2010's ain't that far behind based on the sheer volume of 7/10 range movies it has which is quite high as its the highest of all decades quite easily on 7's alone. also, i would even go as far as to say the 2000's to date beats ALL previous decades combined overall even though it would be MUCH easier for me to say the 1990's to date EASILY beats ALL pre-1990's decades combined. i generally avoid pre-1960's movies as i feel that's roughly the point movies start to become a lot different from more modern standards in general. Rey Kahuka There is no difference between the two as it makes no sense to say Movie A is 'better' than Movie B if you prefer to watch Movie B over Movie A. they mean the same thing. but given what your saying... i would assume the topic means PERSONAL FAVORITE as rating any other way makes no sense as, like i was basically saying, personal preference is all that matters otherwise people would be just kissing up to those typical critics types of lists which will be mostly the same as they seem to be more based around just about everything else besides how much a person enjoys watching a particular movie and personal enjoyment of a movie should be paramount when rating movies in general. There is a difference, though. I can enjoy a movie that I know is terrible, just as I can acknowledge that some films that I do not like are well made. I can enjoy The Room and have no interest in Manchester By The Sea with the full understanding that the latter is the better film. |
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Post by mslo79 on Jun 15, 2017 3:03:06 GMT
Rey KahukaI can see your point with the 'well made' thing but that's technical aspect stuff as i, like i would assume the vast majority of people, ultimately rate movies based on overall enjoyment of them. so while technical aspects can help make a movie more enjoyable, and does a decent portion of the time, it don't guarantee it will be enjoyable and if it's not enjoyable i could care less how well made a movie might be and other technical aspects if it fails to be enjoyable to watch. because if i had your mindset... then sure, i could say some movies i don't like are better made then some other movies i do like. but i would never say that, as i just don't view movies at their core that way, because there is no way i am going to say a movie is better than another movie i personally enjoy watching more which is why when i see 'favorite' or 'best' they are ultimately going to be the same thing for me. because if people start looking at non-enjoyment aspects in movies then you pretty much got those critic types of lists which seem to be largely the same-ish which is based more around 'ahead of their time' and the like more than just being a really entertaining movie for them personally to watch. or for those who do make say two different lists, with the whole 'best' and 'favorite' thing... i would not care in the slightest to see their 'best' list and would always want to see their 'favorite' list simply because that's what they truly like the most as their 'best' list would be kinda pointless to make if you ask me as it's just them doing their best to guess the more 'well made' types of movies and the like. or look at it this way... while i can't speak for everyone, i would assume when the typical person see's a topic like this it could be worded "best decade for film" or "favorite decade of film" (and the like) and people would still vote the same way which ultimately comes back to their own personal enjoyment. hence, 'best' or 'favorite' basically mean the same thing to most people.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jun 15, 2017 3:24:31 GMT
1980s
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jun 15, 2017 12:09:18 GMT
'best' or 'favorite' basically mean the same thing to most people. Which is why I made a point to differentiate the two concepts. It's a distinction I feel necessary on a board with such varied opinions as this one. I do the same thing in any topic. My list of 'favorite' athletes would not be the same as my list of 'greatest' athletes. Ditto for bands, authors, etc. LeBron James has to be one of the 10 best basketball players in history, but he's nowhere near my top 10 favorite players in history. See what I mean? |
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Post by mslo79 on Jun 15, 2017 23:00:58 GMT
Rey KahukaA great point even though i don't want to admit it in that particular example (i.e. because i dislike 'King Ego')  but... it's sports vs movies and i view sports players etc less open for interpretation on who's great than movies as movies are pretty much all personal opinion where as with say sports players for example, while it's still personal opinion to some degree, is less personal opinion oriented than movies are with the whole greatest/best thing. because there are less stuff to measure with movies where as with sports players you got more clear cut stuff to judge by like with winning etc. but i guess if i was trying to separate 'favorite' and 'best' with movies... i would try to judge more by wide public opinion, especially over a wider range of age groups, more than critics and the like ways to measure as they are more concerned about 'ahead of their time' and other technical aspects where as with the wide public, that basically means majority opinion, and i would place that higher than critic opinion at the end of the day. i think this is pretty obvious given the types of movies critics would consider 'the greatest' vs what the wide public would consider the greatest etc (i know i don't have any exact list from the general wide public but it's pretty safe to say they would be quite different from one another overall. who knows, maybe IMDb is some sort of rough estimate of this as it's probably the best we got in terms of websites trying to gauge public opinion(?)). because if a movie is not all that known to many people (and getting them to like it to a higher degree) it can't be all that great to most people. but it might be somewhat difficult to measure that stuff (wide public opinion, especially over a wide range of age groups) i suspect as while we always got theater $$$ to use on some level for measurement i think where it can get a bit harder to measure is the whole 'liked to a higher level by a wide range of age groups' type of thing as about all i could think of is maybe some places have rough estimates of what age groups watch certain TV channels etc. because there are some movies i suspect are liked by a wider range of age groups but even this is still mostly a guess. or maybe it's a combination of things like theater $$$/possibly how much people watch movies on TV etc/websites like IMDb etc. but even with that whole high $$$ in the theaters thing... maybe i am wrong, but i would not be surprised if these are generally more skewed towards the young crowds. or maybe it's possibly because younger people tend to go to the theaters more often than older people(?). with all of that said... you got me to accept the whole 'favorite' and 'best' thing a bit better than i did prior to talking to you. but still, when someone looks more at the technical aspects of movies it limits peoples choices as then lists are largely similar enough which is why i always prefer someones personal opinion on what they personally like the most as then your going to see much more variance then. p.s. for the record... King Ego (i.e. Lebron James) is easily my least liked person in the NBA. whoever he plays i automatically go for the other team. but ill say this about him... he does not have that drive/will to win like Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant has which is one thing working against King Ego. he seems to largely get by on his raw talent/sheer size where as Jordan/Bryant had more of a burning passion to win. for the record... Michael Jordan is my all time favorite NBA player.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jun 16, 2017 18:25:08 GMT
Rey Kahuka A great point even though i don't want to admit it in that particular example (i.e. because i dislike 'King Ego') but... it's sports vs movies and i view sports players etc less open for interpretation on who's great than movies as movies are pretty much all personal opinion where as with say sports players for example, while it's still personal opinion to some degree, is less personal opinion oriented than movies are with the whole greatest/best thing. because there are less stuff to measure with movies where as with sports players you got more clear cut stuff to judge by like with winning etc. but i guess if i was trying to separate 'favorite' and 'best' with movies... i would try to judge more by wide public opinion, especially over a wider range of age groups, more than critics and the like ways to measure as they are more concerned about 'ahead of their time' and other technical aspects where as with the wide public, that basically means majority opinion, and i would place that higher than critic opinion at the end of the day. i think this is pretty obvious given the types of movies critics would consider 'the greatest' vs what the wide public would consider the greatest etc (i know i don't have any exact list from the general wide public but it's pretty safe to say they would be quite different from one another overall. who knows, maybe IMDb is some sort of rough estimate of this as it's probably the best we got in terms of websites trying to gauge public opinion(?)). because if a movie is not all that known to many people (and getting them to like it to a higher degree) it can't be all that great to most people. but it might be somewhat difficult to measure that stuff (wide public opinion, especially over a wide range of age groups) i suspect as while we always got theater $$$ to use on some level for measurement i think where it can get a bit harder to measure is the whole 'liked to a higher level by a wide range of age groups' type of thing as about all i could think of is maybe some places have rough estimates of what age groups watch certain TV channels etc. because there are some movies i suspect are liked by a wider range of age groups but even this is still mostly a guess. or maybe it's a combination of things like theater $$$/possibly how much people watch movies on TV etc/websites like IMDb etc. but even with that whole high $$$ in the theaters thing... maybe i am wrong, but i would not be surprised if these are generally more skewed towards the young crowds. or maybe it's possibly because younger people tend to go to the theaters more often than older people(?). with all of that said... you got me to accept the whole 'favorite' and 'best' thing a bit better than i did prior to talking to you. but still, when someone looks more at the technical aspects of movies it limits peoples choices as then lists are largely similar enough which is why i always prefer someones personal opinion on what they personally like the most as then your going to see much more variance then. p.s. for the record... King Ego (i.e. Lebron James) is easily my least liked person in the NBA. whoever he plays i automatically go for the other team. but ill say this about him... he does not have that drive/will to win like Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant has which is one thing working against King Ego. he seems to largely get by on his raw talent/sheer size where as Jordan/Bryant had more of a burning passion to win. for the record... Michael Jordan is my all time favorite NBA player. Yeah I see where you're coming from. In most cases (especially movies) I'll only list personal favorites as opposed to ranking films that are technically better or more socially relevant or whatever. I just list the movies I like, but I try to acknowledge the difference between my personal taste and my view of cinema history (as limited as it might seem to some of the true aficionados on this board). Anyway I'm with you, Jordan was the best. LeBron seems so entitled he can't help himself. He's great, no denying it; and I don't hate him as much as I used to (he deserves a lot of credit for 2016). But I can't say I'll ever be a fan. |
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