What is the greatest film of all time...

[Guest Downhome]

I was just sitting here thinking about this, and was currious as to what you thought. What is the greatest film of all time, without some sort of love plot, sub-plot, or aspect? I'm talking, no man-woman (or whatever) aspect to the film at all, period.

 

Sincerely,

...Downhome...

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

Lawrence of Arabia

 

There isn't even a single woman in a speaking role.

[Guest Downhome]

Lawrence of Arabia

 

There isn't even a single woman in a speaking role.

[Carson]I did not know that.[/Carson]

 

I actually feel guilty to say this, but I've never seen that film. I can't believe there wasn't even a single woman in a speaking role in that one.

[Guest Y2BigJ]

Rambo:first blood, the other two are shit but the first one owns.

[Guest IDrinkRatsMilk]

Three words.

 

Texas

Chainsaw

Massacre

 

Actually I consider that the greatest film of all time anyway, but there happens to be no romance on top of it.

[Guest El Satanico]

I always got a "love vibe" when Granpa was sucking on the fingers of Sally

[Guest El Satanico]

Hmm...so we're talking "manly man" movies here...well how about The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

 

Ironically i watched this for the first time last week. I was never much of a western fan so I've never watched them. I will probably give more of Eastwood's a chance.

 

:walks off whistling the theme:

[Guest Mik at Cornell]

Behind Enemy Lines! No just kidding, but I was trying to think of any Owen Wilson movies without romance and this is the only one I could think of. (Anthony and Inez in Bottle Rocket, Derek and Matilda in Zoolander, Chon Wang and Princess Pei Pei in Shanghai Noon, Roy O'Bannon and Chon's sister in Shanghai Knights, Owen's spy character and the girl spy in I Spy, Owen's serial killer character and Jeneane Garafolo's character in The Minus Man, The Baumer and Gwyneth Paltrow's Tenenbaum in the Royal Tenenbaums (She's adopted). Yeah I'm a big Owen fan.

[Guest Downhome]

Behind Enemy Lines! No just kidding, but I was trying to think of any Owen Wilson movies without romance and this is the only one I could think of. (Anthony and Inez in Bottle Rocket, Derek and Matilda in Zoolander, Chon Wang and Princess Pei Pei in Shanghai Noon, Roy O'Bannon and Chon's sister in Shanghai Knights, Owen's spy character and the girl spy in I Spy, Owen's serial killer character and Jeneane Garafolo's character in The Minus Man, The Baumer and Gwyneth Paltrow's Tenenbaum in the Royal Tenenbaums (She's adopted). Yeah I'm a big Owen fan.

Oh my God, ANOTHER Owen Wilson mega-fan? All this time, I thought I was the only one alive.

[EL DANDY~! 0]

Cheech and Chong: Up in Smoke...

[Guest El Satanico]

Cheech had a woman at home and we heard them. They tried to fuck the hitch hikers. They got deported with a wedding party.

 

Also both really loved pot.

[Guest Ravenbomb]

Does the thing between Cage and Arquette in Bringing Out The Dead count? Because I didn't really see anything that would constitute romance in that. What about Jay trying to fuck Bethany in Dogma?

 

Oh, I'm an idiot! 12 Angry Men!

[Guest El Satanico]

Does the thing between Cage and Arquette in Bringing Out The Dead count?

It should count. It may not have been romantic, but their relationship was more than just friendly.

[Guest What?]

Reservoir Dogs...

 

 

 

 

'Nuff Said

[Guest bps "The Truth" 21]

That's easy. The greatest movie in every category:

 

Searching for Bobby Fischer.

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

Dude, does the relationship between Lawrence Fishburn and Ben Kingsley mean anything to you? They were 'checkmating' eachother all over the board, if you know what I mean.

[Guest TheCynicalHateMongerFromHell]

Memento

[Guest IDrinkRatsMilk]

Memento totally had a romantic subplot. If you count his wife, it had two.

[Guest godthedog]

you may or may not want to count 'citizen kane'. kane does get married twice, but the intention of the movie is hardly romantic.

 

if you don't want to count that one, then i think 'ran' is easily the greatest movie ever made with no love story. no romance, no hanky panky...nothing. i don't think there's really any contest here. if you think there's a better "no love" movie out there than 'ran', i'm all ears.

 

'duck soup', 'dr strangelove' and '2001' get honorable mention.

 

'the 400 blows' is another good one. 'a hard day's night' is too.

[Guest Downhome]

Memento totally had a romantic subplot. If you count his wife, it had two.

Exactly, it was the entire root and core of the entire film.

[Guest IDrinkRatsMilk]

if you think there's a better "no love" movie out there than 'ran', i'm all ears.

I say again, Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Ok, maybe it's not better, but I'd say they're equal.

[Guest godthedog]

you know, i would actually say that TCM is just as entertaining as 'ran' and visually one is just as effective as the other. but i say 'ran' wins on characters (especially lady kaede--rowr...).

[Guest IDrinkRatsMilk]

Fair enough, but I defy anyone to name a better no love movie than the two of those. I'll give them a tie.

 

edit: I mean, the movies are tied. That kind of looked like I would reward anyone who named a better movie with a necktie.

[Guest Mik at Cornell]

How about Philadelphia? Where's my necktie, bitch?? Just kidding. I haven't seen it in awhile, does it have a romantic subplot, I don't think it does.

[Guest Downhome]

How about Philadelphia? Where's my necktie, bitch?? Just kidding. I haven't seen it in awhile, does it have a romantic subplot, I don't think it does.

Tom Hanks and his lover.

[Guest WrestlingDeacon]

Cool Hand Luke. The closest you get are the guys drooling over the woman washing the car.

 

The Original Apocalypse Now. The re-edited version does.

 

To toss out another David Lean movie, Bridge on the River Kwai.

 

Lot of your classic world war II movies, The Dirty Dozen and the Great Escape for instance.

[Guest Vern Gagne]

Stalag 17.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Dr. Strangelove

 

and..

 

FULL METAL JACKET.

[Guest BorneAgain]

Dr. Strangelove

 

and..

 

FULL METAL JACKET.

Since we're mentioning Kubrick, how about A Clockwork Orange. No romance in that movie whatsoever.

[Guest hardyz1]

Blair Witch Project