Your favorite crime film.

[Conserative Morality]

Rocknrolla, or else The Departed.

[Hypparchia]

Snatch ? I still quote it occasionally, after all these years.

[Hollorous]

A few that I don't think have been mentioned:

Once Upon A Time in America
The Long Good Friday
Infernal Affairs (original Chinese film remade to be The Departed)

[Hollorous]

Snatch ? I still quote it occasionally, after all these years.

Good film. Also liked "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels".

[Breadknife]

Good film. Also liked "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels".

Gah! Can't believe I forgot that one. Yes. It's definitely up there. (Add that to my previous small set of choices.)

[Mord0r]

So many to chose from. Probably one of 'Two Hands', 'Ocean's Eleven', 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels','Ordinary Decent Criminal', 'The Italian Job' or 'Snatch'

[The Parkus Empire]

I have never seen Rififi, but it is on my list of must see films.

Has one of the most memorable heist scenes in film history. Expect an unusual degree brutality for classic film noir, though, because the film is hardboiled to hell. I very much doubt could even be made in the U.S., and not just because the director was blacklisted.

[The Parkus Empire]

Once Upon A Time in America

Ugh. That film is dreadful.

[The Three Cantons]

Urmum III: Crime in the Bathroom

Joking, I dont have one.

I remember one, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt. It seemed good.

[Beta Test]

The Godfather, The Godfather Part II or Pulp Fiction.

[The Aztec Allience]

Never really been much into crime films, but I liked the Godfather.

[New Kourt]

Ronin, Heat and The Professional

[Imperializt Russia]

V for Vendetta

[Of the Quendi]

City of God is amazing.

[United Martains]

Um... I guess (if any of these count as crime movies)
Inception (shut up, dream sharing is a crime)
The Dark Knight Series
The Die Hard Movies

[Hairyhippydudes]

I know it's kinda crappy, but the Ocean's 11-12-13 series amuses the hell out of me. Lightweight and easy to watch, plenty of fun people and Eddie Izzard as the icing on the cake. If only they hadn't cast Catherine Zeta-Fugly-And-Useless, it would've been even better.

I finally watched the Godfather series this year and, to be blunt, I think it's totally crap. So utterly boring and inconsequential that I really don't see what the fuss is all about.

Edit: Layer Cake's good, too.

[The Parkus Empire]

Catherine Zeta-Fugly-And-Useless,

>implying being attractive is vital for a female actress
>implying CZJ isn't fucking amazing looking

Ocean's is good series tho, as far as capers go

I finally watched the Godfather series this year and, to be blunt, I think it's totally crap. So utterly boring and inconsequential that I really don't see what the fuss is all about.

Well that depends on what you mean by "inconsequential"

Edit: Layer Cake's good, too.

Yeah, it's pretty good.

[Hairyhippydudes]

>implying being attractive is vital for a female actress

Implying that I find her extremely unattractive, and that she is a useless actress.

>implying CZJ isn't fucking amazing looking

She isn't. She's horribly ugly.

Well that depends on what you mean by "inconsequential"

Of no consequence. Unimportant. Immediately forgettable. No more than a series of tedious images shown one after the other on a screen.

[The Parkus Empire]

Implying that I find her extremely unattractive, and that she is a useless actress.

Don't even...Chicago, nigga

She isn't. She's horribly ugly.

Wow you must be a bit of an asshole to women.

Of no consequence. Unimportant. Immediately forgettable. No more than a series of tedious images shown one after the other on a screen.

It was of consequence, because it greatly influenced film and popular culture. Stanley Kubrick said that The Godfather was probably the greatest film ever made. So while you can level boring or forgettable at it if you wish, which are relative terms, it is far from inconsequential or unimportant.

[The Victorian Empire]

Either one of the Fast & Furious films, or Gangster Squad.

[The Parkus Empire]

Either one of the Fast & Furious films, or Gangster Squad.

You need to see more crime films, kid

[Breadknife]

After (for some reason) having been reminded of this by a dream I was having last night, please let me add The First Great Train Robbery to my list.

(If you haven't heard of it, it was written/directed by some guy called Michael Crichton and among its stars is a promising up-and-coming actor called Sean Connery who I think you ought to look out for... )

[The Parkus Empire]

After (for some reason) having been reminded of this by a dream I was having last night, please let me add The First Great Train Robbery to my list.

(If you haven't heard of it, it was written/directed by some guy called Michael Crichton and among its stars is a promising up-and-coming actor called Sean Connery who I think you ought to look out for... )

I've read it, it was a pretty clever book. Never seen it.

[Hairyhippydudes]

Don't even...Chicago, nigga

I'm entitled to my opinion, thank you very much!

Wow you must be a bit of an asshole to women.

How you get there from my personal opinion of CZJ as ugly, I have no idea. I presume you think I have ridiculously high standards or something...

Actually, I'm quite the opposite. I simply don't judge women - famous or not - on socially-accepted standards of Hollywood beauty generated by marketing. I evaluate each individual on my own terms, based more on their intellect and personality than how big their breasts are or whether they fit a cardboard cut-out version of so-called beauty. So, you know, put yourself in that bucket instead.

(That was a joke, by the way, in case you took it personally.)

It was of consequence, because it greatly influenced film and popular culture. Stanley Kubrick said that The Godfather was probably the greatest film ever made. So while you can level boring or forgettable at it if you wish, which are relative terms, it is far from inconsequential or unimportant.

You have hit my nail on the head. What I meant was entirely that: the film was of no consequence in my eyes, thus I could not possibly understand why everyone makes such a big deal of it. I don't, for one minute, deny that a LOT of people consider the series several of the greatest films ever made - the empirical evidence states it, after all - but I just don't see it, myself. To me it was tedious, boring, forgettable and of no consequence at all.

I'd be happy to understand why, to be honest, as I love film in general... and I feel I must be missing something important if it's such a consequential film for so many people!

[The Parkus Empire]

How you get there from my personal opinion of CZJ as ugly, I have no idea. I presume you think I have ridiculously high standards or something...

Actually, I'm quite the opposite. I simply don't judge women - famous or not - on socially-accepted standards of Hollywood beauty generated by marketing. I evaluate each individual on my own terms, based more on their intellect and personality than how big their breasts are or whether they fit a cardboard cut-out version of so-called beauty. So, you know, put yourself in that bucket instead.

(That was a joke, by the way, in case you took it personally.)

I don't care how you judge looks, I'm just pointing out that you judge the shit out of them and you do it in a manner becoming an asshole.

You have hit my nail on the head. What I meant was entirely that: the film was of no consequence in my eyes, thus I could not possibly understand why everyone makes such a big deal of it. I don't, for one minute, deny that a LOT of people consider the series several of the greatest films ever made - the empirical evidence states it, after all - but I just don't see it, myself. To me it was tedious, boring, forgettable and of no consequence at all.

I'd be happy to understand why, to be honest, as I love film in general... and I feel I must be missing something important if it's such a consequential film for so many people!

It's a film that has deeper themes and makes use of metaphor.It expects its audience to consider and ask a lot of questions and see if the film can answer them. Thus it cannot be fully appreciated without extensive contemplation. That's probably the stumbling block you stubed your toe on