msycamore said:
Either A Clockwork Orange or Apocalypse Now, I can't decide.
Excellent choices, those are two of my favorite movies. Between those two, I would choose Apocalypse Now. It's just such an incredible cinematic experience. But the film I would choose to be preserved would have to be "2001: A Space Odyssey".
You guys have made good points. The reasons why I originally exempted LOTR was because, yes, it was filmed as one film, and also because there is very little difference in quality between the three films. Yes, we all have our favorite, but in actuality, it feels like one movie. By contrast, the last two matrix movies, when watched back to back, feel disjointed to me. They feel different. Most of the movies on that wikipedia list are like that. Stupid reason, I know, because you can't measure how a movie feels. So, I'll change the criteria.
timdiggerm said:
"The Muppet Movie"
Diddo.
DuracellEnergizer said:
Does this include short films?
Let's say that today, every movie in the world, regardless of format, vanished off of the face of the earth. No more Blu-Rays, film negatives, or digital copies. Hell, no more Beta-max versions. They are all gone. Well, all but one.
So, if you had to choose which movie survived, which one would you choose?
Guidelines:
1) Choose a movie that you want the future filmmakers to use as an inspiration.
2) You can't choose an entire series of movies (i.e. Star Wars, Star Trek, etc.) Pick ONE movie from that series.