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

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Sweet, i'm doing that book for my research paper in my AP Lit class, i'm actually thinking about starting an entire thread just on the really cool criticisms and what not that i find on it because i've seen a lot of really cool stuff so far and think some mofos would find it interesting The paper has to be around 20 pages so my world is pretty much going to revolve around One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest for the next month =\
 
I don't understand it either... but the difference in tastes is what always makes this type of list interesting to me 'cause I'm never sure what movie is going to show up...
 
"As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster."

4) Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
 
I'm wondering who the other 27 are... or probably 26 since I'm sure Bobby did a list....
 
All but one of mine made the list... I listed Aliens and Alien made it... which is cool, I like both but am just more partial to the second one...


Great job Bobby B... thanks bunches...


Oh, and for the record... none of the Kevin Smith's were on my list...
 
Mine isn't among them. I'm way too paranoid about being locked into something like this. I could probably stretch my Favorites into a Top 20 or Top 30, but I'm a long ways off from feeling comfortable enough to make a Top 100.
 
100) The Station Agent - N/S
99) Blue Velvet - 5/10
98) Midnight Cowboy - N/S
97) Taxi Driver - 6/10
96) Clerks II - N/S
95) Requiem for a Dream - 1/10
94) Platoon - 9/10
93) Short Cuts - 10/10
92) The Wizard of Oz - 7/10
91) Ran - N/S
90) Lost in Translation - 4/10
89) Terminator 2 - Seen, but don't remember
88) Magnolia - 10/10
87) Pan's Labyrinth - N/S
86) Twelve Monkeys - 9/10
85) Wonder Boys - 9/10
84) Breakfast at Tiffany's - 9/10
83) Arsenic and Old Lace - Seen, but don't remember
82) O Brother, Where Art Thou? - N/S
81) Show Me Love - N/S
80) The Departed - 10/10
79) Ratatouille - 6/10
78) The Blues Brothers - N/S
77) Chasing Amy - 8/10
76) Dogma - 6/10
75) Dial M for Murder - 6/10
74) Vertigo - 10/10
73) Young Frankenstein - N/S
72) Schindler's List - 8/10
71) Raging Bull - 9/10
70) The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - 4/10
69) Forrest Gump - 4/10
68) The Incredibles - 8/10
67) Evil Dead II - N/S
66) Master and Commander: Far Side of the World - N/S
65) Groundhog Day - 8/10
64) Blazing Saddles - 9/10
63) Singin' in the Rain - Seen, but don't remember
62) No Country for Old Men - 8/10
61) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - 10/10
60) Withnail & I - N/S
59) The Usual Suspects - 9.5/10
58) Se7en - 10/10
57) The Godfather II - 10/10
56) The Treasure of Sierra Madre - N/S
55) Donnie Darko - 9/10
54) Brazil - 5/10
53) Akira - N/S
52) Raising Arizona - 3/10
51) Lawrence of Arabia - 5/10 (FYC - Sand)
50) The Last of the Mohicans - N/S
49) Children of Men - 10/10
48) Spirited Away - N/S
47) The Third Man - 10/10
46) The Princess Bride - N/S (Won't watch it)
45) The Silence of the Lambs - 7/10
44) Die Hard - 9/10
43) Monty Python and the Holy Grail - 9/10
42) Seven Samurai - 8/10
41) The Shining - 10/10
40) Alien - N/S
39) Once Upon a Time in the West - 5/10
38) Jaws - Seen, but don't remember
37) Sense and Sensibility - N/S
36) The Crow - N/S
35) Sin City - 10/10
34) American History X - 10/10
33) The Searchers - 7/10
32) To Kill a Mockingbird - Only seen parts
31) The Dark Knight - 10/10
30) 12 Angry Men - 3/10 (Grossly overrated)
29) The Matrix - 8/10
28) Full Metal Jacket - 6/10
27) City of God - 10/10
26) Mulholland Dr. - 10/10
25) Oldboy - 5/10
24) Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back - 8/10
23) Some Like it Hot - Only seen parts
22) North by Northwest - 10/10
21) Apocalypse Now - 10/10
20) 2001: A Space Odyssey - Only seen parts
19) The Shawshank Redemption - 8/10
18) Clerks. - 8/10
17) The Big Lebowski - 7/10
16) Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope - 8/10
15) Braveheart - 10/10
14) Dr. Strangelove - 6/10
13) Unforgiven - 9/10
12) A Clockwork Orange - 5/10
11) Casablanca - 8/10
10) Fight Club - 9/10
9) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - 10/10
8) Amelie - 4/10
7) Raiders of the Lost Ark - Seen, but don't remember
6) Chinatown - 10/10
5) Lord of the Rings Trilogy - 6/10
4) Goodfellas - 8/10
3) Blade Runner - Only seen parts
2) Pulp Fiction - 7/10
1) The Godfather - 10/10

Yeah...not a big Kubrick guy. Sorry.
 
I think about 22 of them have been in my top 100 so far... but I'm sleepy/tired so may have miscounted...

anyway, great job Bobby B!
 
Jaws at #38? Really?!?! I'll never understand the masses. Never. Never. Never.

On the plus side, this has made me determined to try and come up with, at least, a top 20 for next year (should Bobby be good enough to take the time to do this again) because Jaws being so low just isn't right.
 
Discussion yay!

Don't strawman me though yall. I didn't say The Godfather isn't great or that I didn't like it. It's a truly great film. But like CK, I don't get why it's just instantly assumed to be number one. I feel like these professional listmakers are just too slanted towards some kind of assumed tradition. Members of AFI who dissent are probably just chewed out as trolls. What makes The Godfather better than Coppola's other great masterpiece Apocalypse Now? I say nothing. I say Brando is better in AN. I say the images in AN are some of the most beautifully haunting ever put on screen. This is not to automatically say that Brando was **** in TG. God no. I was more moved by AN bombastic style over TG's subtleties.

For SL and FG.

As films, they were fine. The cinematography in Schindler's List is especially beautiful. Forrest Gump had a lot of fun historical synchronicity. But as someone I know said, "if only form mattered, Birth of a Nation would probably be hailed as the greatest film of all time." Sometimes, ideology comes into play a great deal. SL and FG were so bad in this department, I left both of them feeling empty and massively disappoint.

1. SL - There singular moment of genius that this film is hailed for. When Schindler sees the little girl running around the ghetto in her red dress while people are getting killed. This moment is special because of the color on black and white, a powerful technique. But ask yourself what this moment means. It's the moment the Jews themselves become technicolor. Their struggle becomes real for Schindler at this moment. THIS ONE MOMENT.

This is the moment of obscenity. Schindler is like a machine from this point on. A Jew-saving robot, programmed for good. It says nothing of his internal struggles, the true source of his greatness. The greatness in Schindler is that he went to all the Nazi parties and still managed to do good. The moral greatness is that he was able to overcome his immediate zeitgeist in the face of suffering. The film reduces this to a single moment. Schindler is switched ON now everybody.

It's like that movie Pollock were Ed Harris knocks down some paint accidentally and bam THIS ONE MOMENT represents his entire genius, his entire greatness. Pollock is switched ON now everybody.

It treats greatness in dummy terms. You see something and you are different. No. We go through great inner turmoil to do the right thing. Overcoming this is what makes Schindler a true hero.

2. FG - Interestingly enough, almost the same criticism. What we should feel is exactly undermined in script for some kind of inexplicable necessity of plot development/characterization. I know it's an adaptation of a novel, but a work of art is a work of art.

Is FG not about how simple, authentic goodness and true love can lead to success? Is this not the inspirational message of the film?

This is exactly what doesn't happen in FG. Forrest is anything by simple or authentic. I mean, he is personally, but he's not portrayed as such. First of all, he has superhuman speed. WTF? Second of all he's just amazing at ping pong apparently? Also WTF? These are astounding talents that should be rewarded, but THEY are what make him succeed. There is no message of inspiration. None of us are that fast or good at ping pong. Unless the film was aimed towards that strata of people? It undermines itself with this stupid superhuman stuff. Why, I ask? It was fun to watch, but the message was lost entirely.

Jenny only wants to be with him when he's a decorated soldier and on television. Isn't that convenient? I'm a good feminist so the caricature of the opportunistic gold-digger taking advantage of a man is very evident here. Simply, it is obscene. Life is like a box of chocolates, but Forrest Gump might be the most genetically perfect human being on the planet except for his mental capacities.

Discuss.
 
Haven't heard anything back from Bobby on this so I guess if you want to take it on Badger... go for it... and I'll help where I can...
 
Can a new vote get delayed for a while? I've only got five more films to see on the current version of the list.
 
100) The Station Agent N/S
99) Blue Velvet- N/S
98) Midnight Cowboy- N/S
97) Taxi Driver- 10/10
96) Clerks II- 4/10
95) Requiem for a Dream- N/S
94) Platoon- 8/10
93) Short Cuts- N/S
92) The Wizard of Oz- 8/10
91) Ran- 10/10
90) Lost in Translation- N/S
89) Terminator 2- 6.5/10
88) Magnolia- N/S
87) Pan's Labyrinth- 8/10
86) Twelve Monkeys- 8/10
85) Wonder Boys- N/S
84) Breakfast at Tiffany's- N/S
83) Arsenic and Old Lace- N/S
82) O Brother, Where Art Thou?- 7/10
81) Show Me Love- N/S
80) The Departed- 7/10
79) Ratatouille- 7/10
78) The Blues Brothers- 7.5/10
77) Chasing Amy- N/S
76) Dogma- N/S
75) Dial M for Murder- N/S
74) Vertigo- 8/10
73) Young Frankenstein- 10/10
72) Schindler's List- N/S
71) Raging Bull- 10/10
70) The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly- 8/10
69) Forrest Gump- 7/10
68) The Incredibles- 6/10
67) Evil Dead II- N/S
66) Master and Commander: Far Side of the World- 9/10
65) Groundhog Day- 6/10
64) Blazing Saddles- 9/10
63) Singin' in the Rain- 7/10
62) No Country for Old Men- 9/10
61) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest- 9.5/10
60) Withnail & I- N/S
59) The Usual Suspects- N/S
58) Se7en- 8/10
57) The Godfather II- 9/10
56) The Treasure of Sierra Madre- N/S
55) Donnie Darko- N/S
54) Brazil- 6/10
53) Akira- 7/10, 10/10 for the first 20 minutes
52) Raising Arizona- 8.5/10
51) Lawrence of Arabia- Seen but can't remember it well
50) The Last of the Mohicans- 7/10
49) Children of Men- 8.5/10
48) Spirited Away- 7/10
47) The Third Man- N/S
46) The Princess Bride- 8.5/10
45) The Silence of the Lambs- Haven't seen the whole thing
44) Die Hard- 7.5/10
43) Monty Python and the Holy Grail- 10/10
42) Seven Samurai- 9.5/10
41) The Shining- 9.5/10
40) Alien- 9/10
39) Once Upon a Time in the West- N/S
38) Jaws- 8.5/10
37) Sense and Sensibility- N/S
36) The Crow- N/S
35) Sin City-N/S
34) American History X- 7/10
33) The Searchers- N/S
32) To Kill a Mockingbird- 8.5/10
31) The Dark Knight- 8.5/10
30) 12 Angry Men-N/S
29) The Matrix- 8/10
28) Full Metal Jacket- 8/10
27) City of God- 8/10
26) Mulholland Dr.- N/S
25) Oldboy- N/S
24) Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back- 9.5/10
23) Some Like it Hot- 8.5/10
22) North by Northwest- N/S
21) Apocalypse Now- 10/10
20) 2001: A Space Odyssey- 10/10
19) The Shawshank Redemption- N/S
18) Clerks.- 7.5/10
17) The Big Lebowski -N/S
16) Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope- 9.5/10
15) Braveheart- 8.5/10
14) Dr. Strangelove- 8.5/10
13) Unforgiven- 8.5/10
12) A Clockwork Orange- 10/10
11) Casablanca- N/S
10) Fight Club- 8/10
9) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind- N/S
8) Amelie- N/S
7) Raiders of the Lost Ark- 9/10
6) Chinatown- 9/10
5) Lord of the Rings Trilogy- 9.5/10
4) Goodfellas- 9.5/10
3) Blade Runner- 10/10
2) Pulp Fiction- 9/10
1) The Godfather- 10/10

Hmm, I appear to be missing a lot of the smaller "indie" flicks. I should get on seeing some of these. It's kinda embarrassing
 
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