too many movies

[jfb]

I rarely do 'memes', and even more rarely post about them, but for once there's something I'm good at, so here are some movies I've seen.

What follows is the IMDB top 100 (as of, I guess, whenever somebody cut-and-pasted the list I got from sethm). Bold means I've seen it, italic means I'm not sure.

1. Godfather, The (1972)


2. Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)
   
3. Godfather: Part II, The (1974)


4. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)


5. Schindler's List (1993)


6. Citizen Kane (1941)


7. Casablanca (1942)


8. Seven Samurai (1954)


9. Star Wars (1977)


10. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and
    Love the Bomb (1964)


11. Memento (2000)


12. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)


13. Rear Window (1954)


14. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002)


15. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)


16. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)


17. Usual Suspects, The (1995)


18. Amélie (2001)


19. Pulp Fiction (1994)


20. North by Northwest (1959)


21. Psycho (1960)


22. Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)


23. 12 Angry Men (1957)


24. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)


25. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)


26. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)


27. Goodfellas (1990)


28. American Beauty (1999)


29. Vertigo (1958)


30. Pianist, The (2002)


31. Sunset Blvd. (1950)


32. Apocalypse Now (1979)


33. Some Like It Hot (1959)


34. Matrix, The (1999)


35. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)


36. Taxi Driver (1976)


37. Third Man, The (1949)


38. Paths of Glory (1957)


39. Fight Club (1999)


40. Boot, Das (1981)


41. L.A. Confidential (1997)


42. Double Indemnity (1944)


43. Chinatown (1974)


44. Requiem for a Dream (2000) the worst movie on the list


45. Maltese Falcon, The (1941)


46. Singin' in the Rain (1952)


47. Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)


48. Spirited Away (2001)


49. Saving Private Ryan (1998)


50. All About Eve (1950)


51. M (1931)


52. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)


53. Raging Bull (1980)


54. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)


55. Se7en (1995)


56. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)


57. Wizard of Oz, The (1939)


58. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)


59. Vita e bella, La (1997)


60. American History X (1998)


61. Sting, The (1973)


62. Touch of Evil (1958)


63. Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)


64. Alien (1979)


65. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)


66. Rashomon (1950) although I dozed off


67. Leon (1994)


68. Annie Hall (1977)


69. Great Escape, The (1963)


70. Clockwork Orange, A (1971)


71. Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)


72. Reservoir Dogs (1992)


73. Sixth Sense, The (1999)


74. Jaws (1975)


75. Amadeus (1984)


76. On the Waterfront (1954) but again with the dozing


77. Ran (1985)


78. Braveheart (1995)


79. High Noon (1952)


80. Fargo (1996)


81. Blade Runner (1982)


82. Apartment, The (1960)


83. Aliens (1986)


84. Toy Story 2 (1999)


85. Strangers on a Train (1951)


86. Modern Times (1936)


87. Shining, The (1980)


88. Donnie Darko (2001)


89. Duck Soup (1933)


90. Princess Bride, The (1987)


91. Lola rennt (Run Lola, Run) (1998)


92. City Lights (1931)


93. General, The (1927)


94. Metropolis (1927)


95. Searchers, The (1956)


96. Full Metal Jacket (1987)


97. Notorious (1946)


98. Manhattan (1979)


99. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)


100. Graduate, The (1967)

I guess I should rent the remaining movies sometime, but they sure are a serious bunch. If I had the strength to compile a top 100 list, it'd include more comedies, many of them from the 1940s and starring Cary Grant. (Also, how is Notorious only #97? Kids today.)

Comments

[bnewmark.livejournal.com]

great list to work from. mr. smith goes to washington, full metal jacket, shawshank redemption, jaws, american history x - all great films i -highly- recommend. i can't even count the number of times i've seen shawshank and jaws. and, this may not do it for you, but ed norton's body in american history x is, by far, the only body i have ever seriously lusted over (over, for, about, after?). anyway, speaking of movies, i -finally- watched kissing jessica stein the other night. time to send it back and get the next movie on my netflix queue.

[samuella.livejournal.com]

Requiem's the worst movie on the list? Please do elaborate on that one...

[jfb.livejournal.com]

To me, it just looked like stupid, selfish people doing stupid, selfish things. It's not that I don't have sympathy with people who do stupid things. But these characters didn't work for me.

I did like the little mini-montages that represented the act of drug use--injection, swallowing, etc. In general I thought it had a lot of technique (too much, maybe) but the story was tiresome. It aspired to tragedy, but lacked the weight, and instead was just an exercise in "how much worse can I make things for these characters".

Aronofsky's first film, Pi, had inventive visuals and great sound, and, in my opinion, terrible dialogue writing. It felt like a demonstration of the director's promise, and I was looking forward to what he could do with a good script. Requiem for a Dream was a great demonstration of what he could do with a bigger budget, but I'm still waiting for him to tell a good story.

Just my opinion, of course.

11:35, press return

[greyaenigma.livejournal.com]

And Pi had Go! Maybe it's genius!

Requiem did have the Scariest Fridge Ever.

[samuella.livejournal.com]

Yea I understand the frustration- if you havent already, you should check out the book, I think you'll like it better. There are a few short essays in the beginning which are really interesting. I think the book does a better job relating the destruction/corruption of the american dream while intertwining the four characters and their addictions better than the movie in my opinion.

[jfb.livejournal.com]

Cool. I have Selby's Last Exit to Brooklyn but have only made a couple of faint attempts at reading it--have you read that one? How does it compare?

[artname.livejournal.com]

I'm shocked! We're going to send you for re-education, and let's rent Twelve Angry Men sometime. Meanwhile, I've posted my list in my blog, and you can be shocked too.