5.22.2005

Notes from an Abject Cine-dork

This new Time magazine Top 100 movies poll didn't anger me as much as I thought it would (City of God? Rock on), but it did get me all listalgic and stuff. So - pants down, red-faced - here's my top 10. And I invite you all to chime in with yours. I'm curious, darnit.

1) Citizen Kane
2) The Decalogue
3) 8 1/2
4) Touch of Evil
5) The Seven Samurai
6) The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
7) The Seventh Seal
8) The Thin Blue Line/The Fog of War
9) 2001
10) The Exorcist/The Exorcist III
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10 comments:

  1. PJKM11:07 PM, May 22, 2005

    The Decalogue is my number one (and, if I was being lazy, my two thru ten, as well).

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  2. Brando7:37 AM, May 23, 2005

    It's always hard to put these in order, but here's what my first reaction was:

    1) Pulp Fiction
    2) Rushmore
    3) Dr. Strangelove
    4) Apocalypse Now
    5) Citizen Kane
    6) Blade Runner (only the Director's Cut version)
    7) The Return of the King
    8) John Woo's The Killer
    9) 2001
    10) The Empire Strikes Back

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  3. cfp8:18 AM, May 23, 2005

    I go for spectacle/allegories. Some of these are more defensible than others.

    1- Dawn of the Dead (The original, Silly.)

    2-Planet of the Apes (The original, Silly.)

    3- Being John Malkovich

    4-Predator/Running Man/Conan The Barbarian

    5-City of the Lost Children

    6- Wicker Man

    7- Rushmore

    8- Memento

    9- Willow

    10- The Searchers

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  4. Grendel8:35 AM, May 23, 2005

    All I'm saying is, when I first saw them, each of these astonished me in some way that expanded my appreciation of what film was capable of:

    Pulp Fiction
    Blue Velvet
    Happiness
    The Big Sleep
    Do the Right Thing
    Babe
    Full Metal Jacket
    Mulholland Drive
    Natural Born Killers
    Eraserhead

    What a great thread -- I'm already compiling a need-to-see list.

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  5. cfp9:31 AM, May 23, 2005

    I egregiously forgot Babe II, Pig in the City.

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  6. bR1:14 PM, May 23, 2005

    In no particular order and subject to my astonishingly poor memory for movies:

    The Dinner Game
    Sling Blade
    Pulp Fiction
    Three Days of the Condor
    My Life as a Dog
    Before Sunset
    Hero
    Chinatown
    Planet of the Apes
    Being There

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  7. SER3:51 PM, May 23, 2005

    I can't come up with ten on the fly, but a few of my favorites follow:

    - Apocalypse Now
    - Citizen Kane
    - Rushmore
    - Requiem for a Dream
    - Cinema Paradiso
    - The Fog of War

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  8. Jane7:08 PM, May 23, 2005

    In addition to some of those already mentioned, I'd add

    Casablanca
    Notorious
    The Usual Suspects
    Annie Hall
    Raiders of the Lost Ark

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  9. Confucius9:16 PM, May 23, 2005

    Lots of my favorites already mentioned above. A few others I'd have to consider for a list:

    The Killing Fields
    A Passage to India
    Together (Lukas Moodysson's)
    Dr. Zhivago
    Fargo
    Roman Holiday
    Life Is Beautiful

    And has anyone watched E.T. in the last twenty years or so? It's almost a perfect movie. (In the interest of full disclosure, Ian, the damn thing makes me tear up every time. Granted, not Revenge of the Sith-esque tears, but tears nevertheless...I know E.T. has to go home...but still.)

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  10. TLB2:01 PM, May 24, 2005

    I must second Kim's vote for Breaking the Waves. A very underrated film, IMHO.

    Give me also, from my dorky girl heart, the original Star Wars series, Raiders of the Lost Ark and the Lord of the Rings series.

    For grown-up films, I love The Piano, Pulp Fiction, Blade Runner, Memento, Casablanca and Apocalypse Now.

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