which country has the best movies?

[madcrow]

i was just wondering what people think about this. evaluations should take into account both past and present films, or you can have multiple catergories. pick the overall winner in the poll tho.

personally, i like japanese films. they've been turning out great movies for the last 80 (but only crap for 20 years before that) and they show no signs of stopping. classic hollywood (silent period through 1940s) is good stuff too, but america loses because we just can't make good movies any more.

[Clive]

Im a fool for flashy special effects and fit women so I have to vote for the US. Fu</>ck storylines, as long as theres guns, explosions and girls with their mammories out then Im a happy man.

[crusher]

Darrr! Where is Sweden? Last year, Every fourth film was Swedish.

[Chaos]

I totally agree you clive.

[Ryan]

America

Goto support my country

[((KvN))]

I like America's movies. Good affects, and sometimes followed by good storylines.

[Tri-Magnum]

Unconditional voting? I think that the US makes good movies too, but after a while it is all just recycled storylines, and you can almost predict what is going to happen next. There are SOME movies that are REALLY good, such as The Last Samurai, but those Japanese can make some good movies too, plus it's fun to point out the translation mistakes on english-dubbed Japanese movies ';-P

[Norgus]

english dubbs suck, Im all for subbs though.

I votes japan because when I see one of there films I truly love it (not unconditional, but I do love the ones that are to my taste). Battle Royale put a heavy tilt on my vote (being one of my very fave films ever ).

[Roux!]

I like french and italian movies, they actually have talented actors and fewer teens in those...

They're real, they're fun, no gimmicks...

[Soeru]

I'll have to go with Clive on this one. Bang+boobs+boom= American movies. Yet I'm a bit picky with my films, I only really like a small few(Contact, Schindler's List, Enemy at the Gates, Saving Pvt. Ryan, Thin Red Line, Terminator 2, The Great Escape, and Back to the Future). I don't care much for the movies that came out in the last 5 or so years, as the films just feel like recycled shit(except for a few).
I have a taste for WWII films, as you might've noticed.
There are a few funny-ass French films(can't name any) and some hilarious Spanish films(Torrente, for example) that I like, but the U.S. basically owns the movie industry.

[Dizzy]

Hong Kong, der...

[Xaenn]

Hong Kong all the way!

[Cosmic]

Gotta go with America. I was tempted to support my country and say England, but then I realised that a) we haven't made a good movie in the last 20 years, and b) we can't make a movie without that twat Hugh Grant starring in it.

Oh, and America is still capable of giving us brilliant and original movies, it's just that non of them are really mainstream. The only one in the past few years that's really gotten any kind of recognition is 'Donnie Darko'. It was pretty much ignored by the mainstream on its release but it eventually earned the recognition it deserved. Brilliant film, I presume most of you will have seen it though.

[achil1785]

Gots to go with the U.S. of A just because of the matrix even though they let me down in the sequels

[madcrow]

@crusher: sorry i forgot about sweden. there is other tho...
@all: some people don't seem to understand. the question isn't: "which counntry has the heathies film industry" but rather "what country's movies do you PERSONALLY like best." also who the f added the UK. it wasn't in my list and i left it off for a reason: so much of "british" cinema is funded by hollywood that it's basically hollywood with british accents.

i'm glad nobody's said indian yet. those bollywood dance numbers get on my nerves.