PRESENTING: Movie Forums' Top 100 Movies, Starring You!

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The bulk of the story is strange then, because it shows his journey. Why not just show him as a very wealthy simpleton who longs for something more? Also, he is kind of proud at his accomplishments. He carries around a magazine of himself. I think this is a bit more than just simple "luuk wat i deed" childish pride. He's not portrayed as being THAT oblivious. You've led me on to yet another aspect of the film that I dislike.

My god, is this not the ultimate pro-millionaire propaganda? Is this not the ultimate conservative-message theme film? It's meant to show that millionaires, like the executive of BP, are just regular guys like you and me and Forrest. They only want simple happiness, but have been caught up in the big world they are in. This is exactly what millionaires aren't, so why portray one as such unless there is some kind of reason. Remember, this is a multi-million dollar film. Zemeckis is probably a multi-millionaire.

What is important is that Jenny is not the fully sympathetic tragic hero. She is to be loved for her womanly flaws, her selfishness and gold-digging. Forrest, our simpleton hero, is the object of our sympathy. We sympathize with him precisely because he should have loved someone else who was better for him, someone who wasn't such a slutty beotch. I'm being tongue-in-cheek here, but as a feminist, there isn't much room to play with negative female stereotypes in family films when they are already embedded so deeply into our culture.

Alright, I've got to log off now. I've been on all morning.
 
Yes, I have the whole list.


Crazy. I think Chinatown is a top 5 screenplay of all time.


Crazy. Eternal Sunshine paints the hopelessness and hopefulness and all the other contradictory emotions that encompass love and it does it while maintaining and dark and lighthearted tone all at the same time. Eternal Sunshine truly is a marvelous balancing act.
 
True, but it's entertaining, and with a lot of people that's all that really matters about a movie. Besides, there are far worse films out there than Boondock Saints, but that's my opinion.
 
Don't know how many have been listed so far, but I've seen only 39 all the way through (bits and parts of a few others), including 14 that I consider exceptionally interesting and 3 that I strongly disliked--Breakfast at Tiffnany's (nice tune, however, made Andy Williams' career); Vertigo (Kim Novak always looked good but wasn't much of an actress); and Apocalypse Now (a giant mess of a film; they shudda stuck with Heart of Darkness).
 
Oh, I misread that. I thought honey said "Hairy" so I was going to post some pithy comment. Good thing I posted elsewhere first.
 
I'm gonna make it my goal to watch the whole list all the bold ones are ones i've seen so i've got a looong way to go but i'ma do it! So far i've only seen 67 of them
100) The Station Agent
99) Blue Velvet
98) Midnight Cowboy
97) Taxi Driver
96) Clerks II
95) Requiem for a Dream
94) Platoon
93) Short Cuts
92) The Wizard of Oz
91) Ran
90) Lost in Translation
89) Terminator 2
88) Magnolia
87) Pan's Labyrinth
86) Twelve Monkeys
85) Wonder Boys
84) Breakfast at Tiffany's
83) Arsenic and Old Lace
82) O Brother, Where Art Thou?
81) Show Me Love
80) The Departed
79) Ratatouille
78) The Blues Brothers
77) Chasing Amy
76) Dogma
75) Dial M for Murder
74) Vertigo
73) Young Frankenstein
72) Schindler's List
71) Raging Bull
70) The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
69) Forrest Gump
68) The Incredibles
67) Evil Dead II
66) Master and Commander: Far Side of the World
65) Groundhog Day
64) Blazing Saddles
63) Singin' in the Rain
62) No Country for Old Men
61) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
60) Withnail & I
59) The Usual Suspects
58) Se7en
57) The Godfather II
56) The Treasure of Sierra Madre
55) Donnie Darko
54) Brazil
53) Akira
52) Raising Arizona
51) Lawrence of Arabia
50) The Last of the Mohicans
49) Children of Men
48) Spirited Away
47) The Third Man
46) The Princess Bride
45) The Silence of the Lambs
44) Die Hard
43) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
42) Seven Samurai
41) The Shining
40) Alien
39) Once Upon a Time in the West
38) Jaws
37) Sense and Sensibility
36) The Crow
35) Sin City
34) American History X
33) The Searchers
32) To Kill a Mockingbird
31) The Dark Knight
30) 12 Angry Men
29) The Matrix
28) Full Metal Jacket
27) City of God
26) Mulholland Dr.
25) Oldboy
24) Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
23) Some Like it Hot
22) North by Northwest
21) Apocalypse Now
20) 2001: A Space Odyssey
19) The Shawshank Redemption
18) Clerks.
17) The Big Lebowski
16) Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
15) Braveheart
14) Dr. Strangelove
13) Unforgiven
12) A Clockwork Orange
11) Casablanca
10) Fight Club
9) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
8) Amelie
7) Raiders of the Lost Ark
6) Chinatown
5) Lord of the Rings Trilogy
4) Goodfellas
3) Blade Runner
2) Pulp Fiction
1) The Godfather

sorry if this was just a waste of space =\ i made the print smaller!
 
Who else voted for The Third Man? I wasn't sure if I'd get to see it on this list, much less in the top 50.
 
That's right. But it doesn't make me like any of those films any more or less than I did before.
 
Not me, I'm with Yoda on this one...I would never be able to come up with my Top 100. I'd be stretching a top 20 list.
 
Good choice for the first one... I recently rewatched Raising Arizona and I laughed almost as hard as I've laughed at any movie.

I don't know if it was the fact that it was 3 in the morning or if it's just that funny, but either way: great movie.
 
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