My top 10 of all time as of 23/02/15

 I would like to make it clear that I put a lot of thought into this list and changed it multiple times even though the top five stayed intact. I'm going to give my brief thoughts on each to attempt to explain why they are in my top 10. Before we begin I have a few honourable mentions which were in my top 10 at some point in the planning of this post.

• ·         Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark
• ·         The Dark Knight
• ·         The Godfather
• ·         Saving Private Ryan
• ·         Rush
• ·         Back to the Future

Now that’s over its time to start the list from 10-1

10.

There are few top ten lists complete without Fight Club. It is not a film which you can explain to people without breaking the first rule. A great look on society today and it also happens to have Brad Pitt as one of the great renegades of cinema,Tyler Durden.

9.      

Contrary to popular opinion this is my favourite Lord of the Rings film. I feel like Return of the King drags slightly towards the end whereas Two Towers being the middle film can leave things open ended. It also has the battle at Helms Deep which is one of the single greatest battles in movie history.

8.

Jurassic Park is a film which still holds up perfectly today. Its ground-breaking creature design paved the way for so many films to come afterwards. It also has one of the single greatest soundtracks in film history. I wanted it to be lower on my list but I couldn’t move any back up.

7.

The Prestige is my favourite Christopher Nolan movie. It causes me great distress that this film is not appreciated as much as Inception which I believe is a much inferior film. Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman are Victorian magicians constantly trying to one-up each other which climaxes in one of the greatest plot twists of all time.

6.

While I can appreciate the Dark Knight is a better technical film I just don’t consider it to be as         re-watchable and as much fun as the Avengers. When I first saw Marvels “A-team” finally unite on screen I could barely contain myself and it is to this day the best cinema experience I have ever had.

5.

As stated in my Big Hero 6 review to which I have linked (http://reidsmovieround-up.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/big-hero-6-movie-review.html) a film which had a huge impact on me as a child was Toy Story. To this day I still find something truly special with this film and I don’t ever see it losing that appeal to me.

 4.

Before there was 300 there was Gladiator. A film that takes you through so many emotions and ends on a sad but triumphant note. It is the pinnacle of films of this era which we don’t get enough of nowadays.

3.

To be honest it was a toss-up between New Hope and Empire Strikes Back. The only deciding factor was the Death Star tunnel run at the end of A New Hope which is my favourite scene in the saga.

2.  

I am not a keen horror fan but Jaws is a film that is more than a shark movie. It is about the characters and the bond between Brody, Quint and Hooper. I have owned Jaws in three formats: VHS, DVD and Blu-ray and that is because it is a film that I can watch every month and I enjoy it more and more every time. It came close to being number 1 however my number 1 has been my there for years and it’s not moving.

1.

If you know me at all you would have known this was coming. The Shawshank Redemption left me speechless the first time I watched it and continues to every time since. It is a film which is great for lifting me out of a depressed or stressed mood and fills me with hope. I simply adore this film and as I am typing this I think I’m going to go and watch it now.