Empire's Top 500.

[Pike B]

I was just checking this out on empireonline.com. It's the biggest poll in Uk film history I believe. The top 5 is pretty predictable, but hard to argue with. It was 5: Jaws 4: Shawshank 3: Empire Strikes Back 2: Raiders of the Lost Ark 1: Godfather.
Citizen Kane, the usual winner of such things was 28.

[Dodge]

Oh I'd argue with it...

Empire Strikes back is ****e, and the ending of the Shawshank Redmption is ridiculous SPOILER: How did he manage to pin the poster back over the hole on all four corners?

[gustavo]

I voted on this a few months ago , they asked for 10 , I went for


1 American Beauty
2 The Truman Show
3 The Shawshank Redemption
4 It's a Wonderful Life
5 Goodfellas
6 Fargo
7 Donnie Darko
8 Fargo
9 Magnolia
10 Dumb and Dumber

[Pike B]

I voted on this a few months ago , they asked for 10 , I went for


1 American Beauty
2 The Truman Show
3 The Shawshank Redemption
4 It's a Wonderful Life
5 Goodfellas
6 Fargo
7 Donnie Darko
8 Fargo
9 Magnolia
10 Dumb and Dumber

Pretty good 10 that. I voted for the following:

1:Godfather
2:Shawshank
3:Usual Suspects
4:On the Waterfront
5:Ed Wood
6:Raging Bull
7:Goodfellas
8:Godfather 2
9:Empire Strikes Back
10: Die Hard

[lionelhutz]

Oh I'd argue with it...

Empire Strikes back is ****e, and the ending of the Shawshank Redmption is ridiculous SPOILER: How did he manage to pin the poster back over the hole on all four corners?

SPOILER: Couldn't he have just lifted up the bottom part of the poster and leave it fall back into place after he crawls through? IIRC, there's no proof that all four corners are pinned back into place when the warden pulls the poster off the wall.

[Pike B]

Just a few movies that I thought should have been way above their positions:

467-Deer Hunter
457-Full Metal Jacket
445-Dumb and Dumber
439-Grosse Point Blank
387-Rain Man
316-Trainspotting
308-The Terminator
273-The Maltese Falcon

[Dodge]

SPOILER: Couldn't he have just lifted up the bottom part of the poster and leave it fall back into place after he crawls through? IIRC, there's no proof that all four corners are pinned back into place when the warden pulls the poster off the wall.

There is proof. SPOILER: When the hole is found, the guard/cop (not sure) rips a bit more from it. The bottom parts of the poster are clearly hanging from where they were stuck to the wall.

Believe me I've looked at it loads of times. Hoping I was wrong at the start, adn then proving it to others

[Newryrep]

I voted on this a few months ago , they asked for 10 , I went for


1 American Beauty
2 The Truman Show
3 The Shawshank Redemption
4 It's a Wonderful Life
5 Goodfellas
6 Fargo
7 Donnie Darko
8 Fargo
9 Magnolia
10 Dumb and Dumber

I didnt even like it once

[ifk101]

There is proof. SPOILER: When the hole is found, the guard/cop (not sure) rips a bit more from it. The bottom parts of the poster are clearly hanging from where they were stuck to the wall.

Believe me I've looked at it loads of times. Hoping I was wrong at the start, adn then proving it to others

SPOILER: Yes but it is a paper poster - there's a bit of flexibility there that can allow him to put his hand under and position the last pin. As the hole is the width of his body and the poster is only held up by four pins, I think he could get his hand under and put the last pin in place.

[Dodge]

I disagree. And it ruins the film for me.

Good up to that alright... (but still nowhere near top ten of all time)

[max power]

I disagree. And it ruins the film for me.

Good up to that alright... (but still nowhere near top ten of all time)

Well said, i think we discussed that many moons ago.

[A face]

I disagree. And it ruins the film for me.

SPOILER: You could definitely get that pin back in place from the inside. Give me a wire coat hanger, two pieces of Wrigglies Spearmint gum, four pins and a poster and a great big hole in the wall and i'd bet yeah €100 i could do it

Good up to that alright... (but still nowhere near top ten of all time)

Good up to that? Sure thats most of the film so

[pete]

Shawshank is possibly most overrated film ever, It is a nice story well told but shouldn't be anywhere near top 10 lists. Footballers favourite movie alongside pasta for food as appeared in ever almost every Shoot interview

[sonofstan]

Shawshank is a heap of steaming poo poo. The male equivalent of 4 Weddings/ Bridget Jones/ SATC

[tetsujin1979]

It's always there or therabouts in the IMDB top 100, it's currently number 1 - http://www.imdb.com/chart/top

[Dodge]

It's always there or therabouts in the IMDB top 100, it's currently number 1 - http://www.imdb.com/chart/top

Yep, and 13,000 give it 1/10

[gustavo]

Shawshank is a heap of steaming poo poo. The male equivalent of 4 Weddings/ Bridget Jones/ SATC

Ah I forgot the whole Popular = Crap thing

[Pike B]

Shawshank is very popular. And yes Gustavo, I'm with you on this one. There's just no pleasing some people.

[Dodge]

Ah I forgot the whole Popular = Crap thing

In fairness he didn't say anything remotely like that. He just mentioned 4 films he didn't like.

[dublinred]

Hard to disagree with most of the top ten I would of went for
1) Goodfellas
2)Pulp Fiction
3)Rocky
4)Godfather
5)Jaws
6)The Usual suspects
7)Forrest Gump
8)Raiders of lost ark
9)The Good bad and the ugly
10)Dirty Harry

I seen them loads of times but always watch them again when they are on TV.