The best movie of all time

Rating: 10/10 (15 February 2003)

This is the best movie I have ever seen. It literally transports you into another world the first time you see it. With the slow panning shot in the dark room, it seems to intend to do just that. Reading some of the negative reviews here, I am reminded of just how different people can be in this world. I can't imagine giving this movie a negative review. Incredibly intense and emotional, beautifully shot, dramatically delivered, rings completely true. The best ensemble performance ever. The best performance of Brando's career. This is simply the perfect movie. I confess that I have never been able to sit through Citizen Caine, but do not let reviewers here confuse that movie with this one. Watching this movie is pure joy. For the unique effect of taking the viewer into another world, I can only think of a few movies anywhere near the same ballpark. The African Queen comes to mind, Terminator maybe, North By Northwest perhaps, Casa Blanca, Pulp Fiction and Rocky are candidates, maybe Cast Away. (Even First Blood was pretty good at that, strangely enough. The Outsiders, the book, but not the movie.) Hopefully you get the idea. This is incredible film-making. Oh, and by the way, the Godfather is much better than the likes of Goodfellas because it is so much more noble and heroic.