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I'm confused with list 2 and 3.
What do you mean?
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I'm confused with list 2 and 3.
There's a difference between "favorite" and "best"
For example;
"Citizen Cane is the best movie, but The Dark Knight is my favorite."
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Yeah, I rather watch TMNT (1990), but can I honestly say it's better than The Godfather? Nope. My favorite film of all times is T2, but I know that there are better films.
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T2 is a respectable film to have as your favorite. 
are you a James Cameron junkie?
are you a James Cameron junkie?
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T2 is a respectable film to have as your favorite.
are you a James Cameron junkie?
I'm a proud Nolanite
But, I guess before Nolan it was Cameron...because of T1,T2, Rambo2, and Aliens.
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I am too man, I know the feels.
Now that I think of it, I believe Watchmen probably deserves to be on one of those lists of mine.
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There's a difference between "favorite" and "best"
For example;
"Citizen Cane is the best movie, but The Dark Knight is my favorite."
So the best category is from a list?
Doesn't mean people should just stop criticizing these films for obvious flaws. Even seemingly good ones like "Jason Bourne" feels empty and boring because there's too much action and not enough character development and story.
Did very good with what they were given, I won't blame them.
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I'm a proud Nolanite
..but what happened to Cameron since True Lies?
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I think the 'best' category is just as subjective as the 'favorite' category haha
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I'm a proud Nolanite
Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" and "Alien" are way ahead for me compared to Cameron films. I'm not that into Cameron films except T1 and T2. Ill watch those whenever they are on. I just never loved Aliens. Its not horrible or anything, but I like Alien and Prometheus a lot more in that franchise.
Nolan is like Ridley Scott, Kubrick and Alfred Hitchcock all rolled into one. For me he's the most innovative Hollywood filmmaker right now. And can't wait to see Dunkirk.
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Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" and "Alien" are way ahead for me compared to Cameron films. I'm not that into Cameron films except T1 and T2. Ill watch those whenever they are on. I just never loved Aliens. Its not horrible or anything, but I like Alien and Prometheus a lot more in that franchise.
Nolan is like Ridley Scott, Kubrick and Alfred Hitchcock all rolled into one. For me he's the most innovative Hollywood filmmaker right now. And can't wait to see Dunkirk.
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Prometheus over Aliens?!
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Film is subjective, but something can be a favorite for other reasons than it being well made. Commando is a piece of ****, with tons of technical mistakes, bad acting, bad music, bad editing, but I'm still entertained. Just because it's a favorite film because I'm an Arnold fan and because I like mindless action, it doesn't make it as good as Godfellas or Silence of the Lambs, which are great films that I also like.
Batman 89 is a movie I grew up with, it looks cool, and I like the characters, but do I think it's better as a film than Civil War or TDK? Hell no, not even close...their not even in the same galaxy of quality, imo. But nostalgia and being a Batman and Joker fan plays a role in me liking it, more than other films.
His point was that what is "well made" is just as subjective as what is a "favorite."
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Some things are subjective...but there is a right or wrong way of doing things, even when it comes to filmmaking. There's a reason people go to film school and take acting classes. Is Arnold's acting as good as Brando, Pacino, Deniro, and Daniel Day Lewis? Is that really subjective? Are the technical mistakes in Commando like bad editing subjective? No...not really.
Like I said, there can be certain factors that make you like a film more than others, but that doesn't mean you can't accept that certain movies are better....which is "subjective" to a certain extent.
Anyway, both the favorite and the "best" lists are my opinion obviously, so by definition is all subjective, but I can be somewhat objective in recognizing what makes a film a favorite and still recognizing what makes certain films "better." Like Superman: The Movie, on a personal level I think it's bit dull and a bit too long, but I understand that it gets a lot of things right, and I can also recognize the influence on the comic book movie genre because it was the first big budget super hero film of its kind, and that makes it an important film that should be in my top 5.
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