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In the modern era it comes down to Pulp Fiction or Big Lebowski.

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Oh yeah Life Aquatic and Lost in Translation too.

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Pulp Fiction. Special mention to Lost in Translation.
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Uhhhh yeah. I'm gonna have to go and disagree with you there.

If you could just read the memo that Office Space is the movie of our time. You know what, I'll send you the memo again. So if you could go ahead and read that.

That'd be great.
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In the modern era it comes down to Pulp Fiction or Big Lebowski.
If those are my choices, I pick The Big Lebowski.
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Uhhhh yeah. I'm gonna have to go and disagree with you there.

If you could just read the memo that Office Space is the movie of our time. You know what, I'll send you the memo again. So if you could go ahead and read that.

That'd be great.
Um yeah, gonna have to go ahead and agree with you right there and please come in on Sunday
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Not sure if I would call it perfect, but the movie that surprised me the most and I liked recently was "What We Do In The Shadows". A great movie.
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Pulp Fiction is a definite contender, but if we're going to include the Big Lew, then let's go ahead and throw in Reservoir Dogs and Fight Club, yeah?
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If I have to pick one, it's Pulp Fiction!
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Evidently, we have different sensibilities, but I like other movies by Tarantino and the Coen Brothers much better. I've never been able to understand how anyone prefers Pulp Fiction to Reservoir Dogs.

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Gangster movie with a hip vibe, Pulp Fiction killed it. Reservoir Dogs is an honorable mention, by Tarantino also.

Might I suggest "Jackie Brown", also by Tarantino.

As far a The Big Lobowski.........you see....I'm the dude.....what day is this?


Edit-A lady at my bank is named Jackie Brown. Good lady. She loves the movie.
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Evidently, we have different sensibilities, but I like other movies by Tarantino and the Coen Brothers much better. I've never been able to understand how anyone prefers Pulp Fiction to Reservoir Dogs.

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The hidden enemy. Tarantino ripped that from Spielberg from "Duel" and "Jaws". "The Thing" was the same.

But yeah, Dogs was boss in my book. Pulp Fiction is still a fine film. 3 /12 stars.
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Well, define perfect.

I'd say something that just seamlessly works. Not necessarily the best, as the best art is often flawed in some way. It also has to touch on something deeper than the surface even if it seems simple at first seeing/hearing. And it stands the test of time - you can keep coming back to it and it holds up.

Examples:

Perfect movie: Moonstruck

Perfect song: Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, I Want to Hold Your Hand

Perfect musical composition: second movement in Johann Sebastian Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 ("Air on the G String"), Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber
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"I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. Still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just miss my friend."
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Miller's Crossing

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Only if you are on a dating site

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Miller's Crossing
Yes, yes indeedy. "Miller's Crossing", possibly followed by "Fargo."

And then, "Matewan."
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I don't think you can have a perfect film, only a perfect film for a particular person in a particular mood. Pulp fiction is a great action film with great quotes but it doesn't really say anything. Lost in translation is simply a beautiful film. Office space is a great comedy that sums up modern life. Fight Club sums up almost everything. What we do in the shadows is a very good budget comedy - have you seen Four Lions?

Has anyone mentioned American Beauty and The Man from Earth or even The Eternal Beauty of the Spotless Mind?
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Pulp Fiction is certainly a great film. You happen across it on late night TV, you tell yourself you'll just watch a few scenes. But instead you end up watching it all the way through to the end for the umpteenth time.

Some good suggestions in this thread. For mainstream American cinema, No Country For Old Men comes to my mind. It's still among my top favourites of the last decade or so.

But I agree with robinm, there's no 'perfect' film.

I like an art-house film from time to time. Go watch Come and See. Once you experience a film as mighty as that, everything else looks like fluff.
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Miller's Crossing

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Miller's Crossing. Totally forgot how awesome that was. "What's the rumpus?"

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... have you seen Four Lions?
"Four Lions" is great, despite the subject matter; Also in that vein,"In the Loop."
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In the modern era it comes down to Pulp Fiction or Big Lebowski.
If those are my choices, I pick The Big Lebowski.
I agree with you Dooglas. On a desert island with only a choice of those two films to watch I'm going with Lebowski.

Personally, my perfect film is The Princess Bride.
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Also in that vein,"In the Loop."
That is a great film isn't it! the scene in the bedroom, adding up casualties with with the toy calculator is brilliant.
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Res Dogs was a perfect movie. The dialog alone in the car, where the guy had to piss doing a handstand was priceless.
Another movie that was mentioned here was Moonstruck, perfection. Did anyone noticed the Lambretta in the Movie?
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I'm glad you mentioned Paul. I can watch the movie "Paul" every year.
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But Goodfellas get the nod
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I'm glad you mentioned Paul. I can watch the movie "Paul" every year.
It is a line from Pulp Fiction.
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Great movie, but I have lost all respect for the director. He portrays murder and jokes about "dead n****r storage" and now comes out against the police and now marching in Black lives matter demonstration. Total hypocrisy....all for violence where profit is concerned.
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Great movie, but I have lost all respect for the director. He portrays murder and jokes about "dead n****r storage" and now comes out against the police and now marching in Black lives matter demonstration. Total hypocrisy....all for violence where profit is concerned.
But is a great movie right?
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