ie - Favorite movies (full lengths and shorts)

[ie]

edit: As a modified intro...

Okay, so let's say you're able to stay over at my house, or at the very least, are able to hang out once a week and watch a movie or two. This list would be, in order, the ones I would be likely to show you.

I would probably have to take into account what your interests are - you know, show you less of the anime if that's not your thing. But besides that, if I were able to show you, the reader, a bunch of movies, this would pretty much be my order.


Gaps are in the list because I haven't seen some of the classics or favorites, and want to leave room for them because my list is kind of bulky to update and move around.

These choices are mine. If you disagree strongly with parts of it, let me know in a civil manner, and like what happened with the Boondock Saints, I might take your consideration somewhat seriously. In that case, I still like the movie, but I decided that I didn't like it enough to put up with all the stupid whining, pretty much.

As a warning, the further down you go, the more random things are. I focused on the higher rated movies, so there's a bit of a mess around the 400 level. You probably didn't read this, so you won't mind too much.


Images may come soon.

Note:
Rating) Title [Alternate Title] (Director, Year) - {if I own it or not, number of times watched} -- this was only done for the first couple, but I want to apply it to the rest

001) Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door (Shinichiro Watanabe, 2001) - {own, 2.5}
002) {Koji Morimoto slot} Beyond (2003) - {own - !}; Noiseman Sound Insect (1997) - {3}
003) The Seven Samurai [Shichinin no samurai] (Akira Kurosawa, 1954) - {own, 1}
004) {Studio Ghibli slot} -- Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001) - {own, 1}; Grave of the Fireflies (Isao Takahata, 1988) - {own, 1}; Howl's Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki, 2004) - {1}
005) American Beauty (Sam Mendes, 1999) - {own, 1}
006) Enter the Dragon (Robert Clouse, 1973) - {own, 1}
007) 7th Street (Josh Pais, 2003) - {own, 3}
008)
009) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969) - {own, 2}
010) {Matrix slot} -- The Matrix 1 (The Wachowski Brothers, 1999); Kid's Story; Matriculated; World Record; the Second Renaissance Part 1 and 2; A Detective Story; Program and Final Flight of the Osiris (Animatrix, 2003)

011) The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky, 2006)
012)
013) Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999) - {own, 1.5}
014) The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973) - {own, 1?}
015) The Elephant Man (David Lynch, 1980) - {own, 1}
016) Harakiri [Seppuku] (Masaki Kobayashi, 1962) - {1}
017) Pierrot le Fou (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965) - {1}
018) Night of the Living Dead (George A. Romero, 1968) - {own, 2}
019) Waking Life (Richard Linklater, 2001) - {own, 1}
020) Fargo (The Coen Brothers, 1996) - {own, 2}


021) Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975) - {own, 1}
022)
023) Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa, 1952) - {1}
024) Traffic (Steven Soderbergh, 2000) - {own, 1}
025) The Big Lebowski (The Coen Brothers, 1998) - {own, 1}
026) Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976) - {1}
027) Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance [Boksuneun naui geot] (Park Chan-wook, 2002) - {own, 2}
028) City of God [Cidade de Deus] (Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund, 2002) - {own, 1}
029) Taste of Cherry [Ta'm e guilass] (Abbas Kiarostami, 1997) - {1}
030) Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze, 1999) - {own, 1}

031) Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff, 2001) - {own, 1}
032) Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (George Lucas, 1977) - {own, 2}
033) Dirty Harry (Don Siegel, 1971) - {1}
034) Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992) - {own, 2}
035) Kalifornia (Dominic Sena, 1993) - {own, 1}
036) La Jetée [The Pier] (Chris Marker, 1962) - {own, 1}
037) The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman, 1957) - {1}
038) Wals voor de Storm (Reno Gouw, 2002) - {1}
039) Dreams [Yume] (Akira Kurosawa, 1990) - {1}
040) Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980) - {own, 1}

041) Beijing Bicycle [Shiqi sui de dan che] (Wang Xiaoshuai, 2001) - {1}
042)
043)
044)
045)
046) Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Jim Jarmusch, 1999) - {own, 1}; Le Samouraï (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967) - {own, 1}
047) Bus 174 (2002)
048) Man Bites Dog (1992); No C4 for Daniel-Daniel (1987)
049) Harold and Maude (1971) - {1}
050) {ff slot} Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) - {own, 2}; Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005) - {own, 2}


051) Ong-bak (2003) - {own, 1}
052) Triplets of Belleville (2003) {own, 1}
053) Brick (2005)
054) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
055) Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
056) Joint Security Area (2000)
057) Schizopolis (1996)
058)
059) Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa, 1961); A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
060) Primer (Shane Carruth, 2004)

061) Yi Yi (2000)
062) Requiem for a Dream (2000)
063) Quitting [Zuotian] (Zhang Yang, 2001)
064)
065)
066) Sword of Doom (1966)
067) Memento (2000)
068)
069)
070) Casino (1995)

071) Oldboy (2003)
072) Lost in Translation (2003)
073) Sin City (2005)
074) The Usual Suspects (1995)
075) Pulp Fiction (1994)
076) Sanjuro (1962)
077)
078) Léon the Professional (1994)
079) {Blues Brothers slot} The Blues Brothers (1980)
080) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

081) Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
082) Tron (1982); The Making of Tron (2002)
083) 12 Angry Men (1957; 1997)
084) The Incredibles (2004)
085)
086) {Neill Blomkamp slot} Alive In Joburg, Tempbot, Tetra Vaal, Adicolor Yellow (Adidas), Alive With Technology (Citroën), Evolution (Nike), Crab (Nike)
087)
088) Roundhay Garden Scene (1888); Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge (1888)
089) The Illusionist (2006)
090) The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

091)
092)
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094)
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096)
097)
098) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
099) {Terminator slot} Terminator 1 (1984)
100) A Talking Picture (2003)


101) Taegukgi [Tae Guk Gi] (2004)
102) American Psycho (2000)
103) Paris, Texas (1984)
104) Annie Hall (1977)
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107)
108)
109) Samurai Rebellion: Receive the Wife (1967)
110)

111) Hamburger America (2004)
112) An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
113)
114) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
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116)
117)
118)
119) Culture Jam: Hijacking Commercial Culture (2001)
120) Cool Hand Luke (1967)

121) Tokyo Story (1953)
122)
123) Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
124) Hero [Ying xiong] (Zhang Yimou, 2002)
125) The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
126) The Green Mile (1999)
127)
128)
129) Casino Royale (Martin Campbell, 2006) {1}
130)

131) The Iron Giant (1999)
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134)
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137)
138) Amelie (2001)
139) Take the Money and Run (1969)
140) Clerks (1994)

141) Nói albínói (2003)
142)
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144)
145)
146)
147) Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927) {1.2}
148)
149) The Wicked Witch Project (1999)
150) Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody? (2005)


8/10:

151) Panic Room (2002)
152) Un chien andalou [An Andalusian Dog] (1929)
153) Goodfellas (1990)
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161) Ringu (Hideo Nakata, 1998) {1}
162) Sound?? (1966)
163) Steamboy (2004)
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171) American History X (1998)
172) Amores perros (2000)
173) The Woodsman (2004)
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180)

181) Warriors of the Net (1999)
182) Snatch (2000)
183)
184) Missing Allen: The Man Who Became a Camera (Christian Bauer, 2001) {1}
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188)
189)
190)

191) Hotel Rwanda (2004)
192) Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (1972)
193)
194)
195) Häxan (Benjamin Christensen, 1922) {2}
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200)

201) Investigation Into the Invisible World [Enquête sur le monde invisible] (Jean-Michel Roux, 2002)
202) What Happened Was... (Tom Noonan, 1994)
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206)
207) {PotC slot} Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
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210)

211) Playing for Change (2003)
212) Original Child Bomb (2004)
213)
214)
215) The Boondock Saints (1999)
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221) Umberto D. [Umberto Domenico Ferrari] (1952)
222) Persona (1966); Persona: A Poem in Images (2004)
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231) Collateral (2004)
232) Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
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241) Walkabout (1971)
242) Desperado (1995)
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251) The Last Samurai (2003)
252) Bottle Rocket (1996)
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261) High and Low [Tengoku to jigoku, Heaven and Hell] (Akira Kurosawa, 1963) {1}
262) Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
263)
264) Solyaris (1972)
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271) It's Not Just You, Murray! (1964)
272) M (1931)
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281) Riget 1 (1994)
282) Kwaidan [Kaidan, Kwaidan] (Masaki Kobayashi, 1964) {1}
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288)
289) The Wizard (1989)
290) Revolution OS (2001)

291) Lady Vengeance [Chinjeolhan geumjassi] (Park Chan-wook, 2005) - {1}
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295) X-Men 1 (2000)
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297) X-Men 3: The Last Stand (2006)
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300) X-Men 2 (2003)


7/10:

301) The Gamers (Matt Vancil, 2002)
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311) What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1963)
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321) Bicycle Thieves [Bicycle Thief] (Vittorio De Sica, 1948)
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333) Constantine (Francis Lawrence, 2005)
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341) Saw 1 (James Wan, 2004); Saw (short) (James Wan, 2003)
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351) Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
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361) District B13 [Banlieue 13] (Pierre Morel, 2004)
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369)
370) Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime (Josh Oreck, 2003)

371) The Warriors (Walter Hill, 1979)
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380) Panorama Ephemera (2004)

381) The Graduate (1967)
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390) {Zatoichi slot} -- 12th: Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (Kenji Misumi, 1965)

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397) Leaving Jerusalem by Railway (1897)
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401) Reveille (2004)
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410) Johnny Dangerously (Amy Heckerling, 1984)

411) Superman Returns (Bryan Singer, 2006)
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420) Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

421) The Great Train Robbery (Edwin S. Porter, 1903)
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430) Scarface (Brian De Palma, 1983)

431) Spider-Man 1 (2002)
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437) Frankenstein (J. Searle Dawley, 1910)
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440) Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004); World of Tomorrow (2005)

441) Ghost in the Shell (1995)
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450) Gideon's Trumpet (Robert E. Collins, 1980)

451) Tom Yum Goong [The Protector] (2005)
452) Fearless [Huo Yuanjia] (2006)
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460) Crash (Paul Haggis, 2004)

461) The Tell-Tale Heart (Ted Parmelee, 1953)
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470) {Seijun Suzuki slot} Tokyo Drifter (1966); Fighting Elegy (1966); Branded to Kill (1967)

471) The Tree Officer (2004)
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480) Naruto Movie 1 (Tensai Okamura, 2004)

481) Kagemusha (Akira Kurosawa, 1980)
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489) Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

490) The Kiss (1896; 1900)
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500) Treasure Planet (2002)


I don't care if your list is awesomer than mine. This is my list, it works for me, and that's all there is to it.

[Clark Nova]

so, like, what's with all the blank spaces? and it's kinda cheating to put sequels in the same slot, don't ya think? the way i see it, sequels should be regarded as separate entities from their originals, like how many consider Godfather Part II to surpass the original.

...not that it's anything against your choices, though...a little, shall we say, "modern" for my tastes, but still some great stuff here

[ie]

First paragraph explains why there are so many blank spaces.

As for sequels, remakes, series and things like that, I did it this way so that way my Top 10 wouldn't be cluttered with Studio Ghibli releases, among other reasons.


Thanks for not being antagonizing.

I do need to watch some older movies, I know that, but I do have Roundhay Garden Scene in there, so, there are a few older classics.

[captainofbeef]

Your list is decent, but there is a ton of stuff that I don't like on it, such as all the anime, POTC:DMC, and Boondock Saints. I think you need to see some older films as well.

[criterionmaster]

I think you should just make the Ghilbli releases seperate. Who cares if they take a lot of spots? They are all great films. And plus ptahole just uses them all seperate, and he has seen them all so his entire list is sprinkled with Ghibli and it looks fine. There are a lot of good movies, why did you not tell me you had seen Sword of Doom?! That is such a fun film!

[ie]

Your opinion compared to mine, BeeF. I just happen to enjoy some anime, I thought POTC:DMC was good, and... after hearing you massive-rank on the Boondock Saints, I decided to check it out, only to decide that you were incorrect in your overgeneralizations, but didn't feel like fucking around with you about it. You have your opinions, and I have mine.


Well, all of the Studio Ghibli releases would be focused in my Top 10 only. Seriously. So I just found it easier to manage with all of them in them in the same slot.

I saw the Sword of Doom a while back, that's why.

[agentknight]

01) Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door (2001)
02) The Seven Samurai (1954)
03) Spirited Away (2001)
04) Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
05) Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
06) American Beauty (1999)
07) Enter the Dragon (1973)
08) 7th Street (2003)
09) The Matrix (1999)
10) the Animatrix (2003)

11) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
12) Fight Club (1999)
13) The Long Goodbye (1973)
14) The Elephant Man (1980)
15) Pierrot le Fou (1965)
16) Waking Life (2001)
17) Fargo (1996)
18) Night of the Living Dead (1968)
19) Traffic (2000)
20) Jaws (1975)

21) Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
22) City of God (Cidade de Deus, 2002)
23) Taste of Cherry (1997)
24) Ghost World (2001)
25) Dirty Harry (1971)
26) La Jetée (1962)
27) Reservoir Dogs (1992)
28) Dreams (1990)
29) The Seventh Seal (1957)
30) Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)

31) Le Samourai (1967)
32) Raging Bull (1980)
33) Primer (2004)
34) Yi Yi (2000)
35) Triplets of Belleville (2003)
36) Kalifornia (1993)
37) Bus 174 (2002)
38) Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
39) Final Fantasy: Advent Children (2005)
40) Ong-bak (2003)

41) Brick (2005)
42) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
43) Harold and Maude (1971)
44) Yojimbo (1961)
45) Sanjuro (1962)
46) A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
47) For a Few Dollars More (1965)
48) Requiem for a Dream (2000)
49) Quitting (2001)
50) Memento (2000)

51) Casino (1995)
52) Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
53) Pulp Fiction (1994)
54) Sword of Doom (1966)
55) Joint Security Area (2000)
56) Sin City (2005)
57) Léon the Professional (1994)
58) Lost in Translation (2003)
59) Oldboy (2003)
60) Schizopolis (1996)

61) The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
62) Big Lebowski, The (1998)
63) The Usual Suspects (1995)
64) The Blues Brothers (1980)
65) Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
66) Tron (1982)
67) The Incredibles (2004)
68) Roundhay Garden Scene (1888)
69) Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge (1888)
70) K-PAX (2001)

71) The Illusionist (2006)
72) 12 Angry Men (1957)
73) 12 Angry Men (1997)
74) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
75) The Terminator (1984)
76) A Talking Picture (2003)
77) Taegukgi (Tae Guk Gi, 2004)
78) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
79) Paris, Texas (1984)
80) Annie Hall (1977)

81) American Psycho (2000)
82) An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
83) Steamboy (2004)
84) Cool Hand Luke (1967)
85) Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
86) Hero (Ying xiong, 2002)
87) The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
88) The Green Mile (1999)
89) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
90) The Iron Giant (1999)

91) Culture Jam: Hijacking Commercial Culture (2001)
92) Amelie (2001)
93) Take the Money and Run (1969)
94) Clerks (1994)
95) Nói albínói (2003)
96) The Boondock Saints (1999)
97) The Wicked Witch Project (1999)
98) Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody? (2005)





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[ie]

Jeez, I can't believe you put all that effort into doing that.

[agentknight]

I thought it would only take a couple of minutes but it actually took a lot longer. If I would have known it would have taken as long as it did I probaby wouldn't have done it.

[ie]

Exactly.

And let's just say that when I watch Princess Mononoke, I really want to put it in my Top 20, because in all likelihood, it will go in my Top 20 when I see it. Only a matter of time.

If I didn't have Word around to take out my numbering and then re-apply it, every single movie would have to go down a number. Tedius would be an understatement.

[ie]

Oh hey, any suggestions for which movies I should watch and hopefully add to my list?

[criterionmaster]

I gave you one in the Sword of Doom thread.

[ie]

Got the Harikiri memo.


How about the Captain or Clark Nova? Any movies I should check out?

[captainofbeef]

8 1/2, Andrei Rublev, Solaris, Stalker, Man Bites Dog, OUATIW, TGBU, Breathless, Band of Outsiders, and Das Boot. You might have seen some of these, but I didn't see them on your list or maybe I just missed them. But they are all excellent films that just need to be seen eventually.

[ie]

Thanks for the suggestions, and nope, none of those are on my list, although I'm very familiar with all but three.

Solyaris is coming up, and I'll most likely see 8 1/2 and Man Bites Dog by the end of the year. And Breathless is coming up soon.


Thanks again. More suggestions are always welcome.

[captainofbeef]

Top 3:
1. Seven Samurai
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Butch Cassidy

Bottom 3:
1. Boondock Saints
2. Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest
3. Spirited Away

[agentknight]

Best

1. Lost in Translation (The most perfect piece of cinema I've seen to date)
2. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Breathtakingly awesome)
3. Primer (Moody sci-fi goodness)

BAD

1. The Royal Tenenbaums (Overrated fap)
2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Totally lacking anything resembling real humans)
3. The Incredibles (Offensively dull)

[blackmoses]

Best:
1. Spirited Away
2. Sword of Doom
3. Fear and Loathing

Worst:
1. Grave of the Fireflies
2. Pirates of the Caribbean
3. Pulp Fiction

[ie]

The concept of a clean little list of your favorite of my favorites and least favorite of my favorites is hip and interesting enough, but... I have this process that's running right now, and I'd like to share it with you:

[criterionmaster]

Yeah, I think I have one of those pictures, might be a little different though. Sometimes I think you take people's opinions a little too seriously, this wasn't any thing against you, it was just for fun, but you seemed to get a little mad. Maybe it was just an excuse to use that picture though...

[eatawiiner]

Top three:
7 Samurai
Solyaris
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mindy

Bottom three:
Tron
Termintaor
Shawshank Redemption


You have a good list, nice to see Spirited Away getting the love it deserves. I never found Cowboy Bebop to be that great, but im not too big on Anime in general. I dont get what you wrote here:

I haven't seen, well, here's a short list: Taxi Driver, Ikiru, 8 1/2, Rear Window, Vertigo, the Battle of Algiers, Once Upon a Time in the West, American Graffiti, THX 1138, Princess Mononoke (imagine that), Magnolia, Man Bites Dog and I don't have a solid enough opinion on Star Wars (needs a rewatch is what it needs).

Why would you list films you haven't seen yet here? Do you think they will be in your list automatically after you see them? I mean, Mononoke is my favorite Ghilbli release alongside Kiki's Delivery Service, but who knows if you'll like 8 1/2 or Man Bites Dog. They are very different from any film I can think of and personally I hate 8 1/2. Fellini's an amazing visionary, but I think this film was a great example of over-indulgence on the directors part. People think its the defining film about filmmaking, but I cant believe he even made it. See Amarcord or La Strada if you want a fellini masterpiece imo.

[ie]

I just don't really care to see people's interpretation of my list with just "oh, here are my favorites and least favorites and that is that, no thoughts, that's all you get." I suppose.


That list you mentioned, eatawiiner, was a list of movies that I had not seen when I first posted that. I went and saw four of those movies (Taxi Driver, Ikiru, 8 1/2, and Man Bites Dog) since my post, and I haven't updated it the list in a while, so maybe I should edit the list again. Also, I do agree with you on 8 1/2 - if you look at the 8 1/2 board, everyone is egging me on to rewatch it - even though I do agree that it is too over-indulgent.

To summarize my answer, that list was just a list of movies I had not seen, thus why I had gaps in my list. That way I could nicely fit Taxi Driver on my list without needing to re-arrange everything. I've seen all of the movies on my Top 150 (out of an eventual 500).


I'll update the list eventually.

[sacrilegend]

Well... I like your list, but here are a few suggestions for older movies (since everybody seems so intent on you adding some, and also, they're just old to me because I am young)

But old movies that I enjoyed include:

The Tin Drum
The Elephant Man
all of the Monty Python movies
How to get Ahead in Advertising
Withnail and I

Ah I just noticed that those aren't really old... Oh well! I tried. I loved them, by the way.

[ie]

Oh yeah, when I was suggested that I should see some older movies, I did. I watched about five or so movies.

Circa 1890-1900. ;D ;D
I even saw two or three that I added to my newer list, which may find its way on here soon enough.


Thanks for the recommendations. I've been meaning to watch more Monty Python movies, but I've only had easy access to the Meaning of Life, which I was somewhat disappointed with.

[sacrilegend]

Oh, but see, you can't get into a Monty Python movie with high expectations, or you're sure to be disappointed. They're meant to be disappointingly hilarious.

[ie]

I just didn't really have anything to comment with, so I didn't say anything, but I guess you're right about the Python movies.


I updated my list and decided to post the whole 500.

Of course, I explained a couple of things in my modified intro to my Top 500, so you're going to actually need to read that. I know, reading is harder than just bitching about movie ranking, but you know, sometimes you just gotta do things you don't normally want to do.

And, as I mentioned in my intro, images will come soon. Although, I'm thinking of just converting this whole mess into an .html file, so that way I can just upload a new version of it whenever I see a new good movie, instead of updating it like once every few months.

[ie]

Some oddities:

The Matrix has been unofficially slipping out of my Top 20 for a couple of days now. Parts of it are definitely 10/10, but other parts of it don't seem to hold up as well, plus I remember a few years ago feeling kind of iffy about the dystopian aspects of it. I'm considering just dropping it from my Top 20, but I posted here to see if there's any thoughts on that matter, and this one...

I really like Fargo, but I've been thinking about the Big Lebowski a lot. It's edged its way up into my Top 25. I wonder if it could make it into the Top 20, especially because my Top 20 also has film noir send-up The Long Goodbye. Can't have too many of the same type of movie...


I'm working on a top_500.html file so that way I can just upload it to probably my Geoshitties account and keep it up-to-date. It's about 1/5th to 1/10th of the way done.

[PTAhole]

How long has it been since you've seen the Matrix? It's worn off on me a few times before, but then I watch it again and remember what a brilliant film it is.

[ie]

Timeline works like this:

Saw it in theaters; really enjoyed it. After a while, I started to dismiss the dystopian aspects of it, especially after I saw Matrix 2, which I enjoyed shortly after I left the theater, but that feeling dissipated after a while. Saw it about April 2006, thought it was better than I remembered it, and kept this attitude very strongly until I saw the Fountain.

The Fountain versus the Matrix came up in my mind. So I flipped through parts of the Matrix. It just didn't hold up as well since that last viewing. I guess once you get into the suspension of disbelief, you can really enjoy it, but if you just kind of skip around and check out random scenes, they just might not hold up as well.

This is how I'm considering the Matrix - a solid 9/10 movie, which is pretty damn good in my book, with enough high quality scenes to make a 10/10 understandable.

[wkw]

The Matrix showed some promise in the beginning, although I thought it revealed its contents way too quickly (compare that to the noirish plot of Dark City). However halfway though the movie it just became a pretty typical action movie with some great special effects. After the 2nd time I watched it I thought it was a pretty mediocre film.