1969: Movies Sorted By Tier

Submitted by stooky on Sat, 07/10/2004 - 01:17
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  • Great

  • Andrei Rublev
  • **The life of Andrei Rublev, a heralded painter of religeous icons, is told through a series of vignettes. His complicated life and travails make for a powerful story of faith, spirituality and the quest for enlightenment. With this material Tarkovsky creates spartan, exquisite black & white images that left me awe-struck. His inate ability to astound the watcher with emotional visions is incredible. The tartar raid is the one of the best sequences sequences I've seen. The actors are terrific, each portraying their characters with great passion and are rewarded with a wonderful script. This is a powerful film that constantly demands the viewer the pay attention and in return offers a bevy of delights.
  • Being the first Tarkovsky I'd seen it overwhelmed me at the time. I'm glad I've invested Andrei Rublev with a second viewing. A few years later and and with a few films under my belt I've rediscovered this virtuoso epic.
  • The Bird With The Crystal Plumage
  • Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
  • If…
  • Once Upon A Time In The West
  • Stolen Kisses
  • They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
  • True Grit
  • Where Eagles Dare
  • The Wild Bunch
  • Z
  • **The most powerful film I've ever seen on the subject of political corruption, one would be a fool not to see similarities with military factions closer to home. A senator is assassinated and a political cover-up ensues. Costas-Gravis seems intent on giving the film the widest possible perspective while preserving a docu-drama tone. A marvellous idea that endows the film with tension, power and a certain amount of basic moral truth. Complicated editing helps juggle the variety of characters and makes the film hold together despite its fragmenting storyline. As the film wears on you become increasingly aware of how political organizations can stifle investigations and distort truth. The power to influence and even instruct the viewer not with propaganda but smart storytelling is why this film is great. A masterful political thriller.

  • Very Good

  • Burn!
  • Easy Rider
  • Midnight Cowboy
  • The Night Of The Following Day
  • Salesman
  • Support Your Local Sheriff!
  • Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
  • Women In Love

  • Good

  • Anne Of A Thousand Days
  • A Boy Named Charlie Brown (Short)
  • The Italian Job
  • **A rewatch of a movie that I over-rated simply because the "re-make" was awful. Still has a really good ending though.
  • Mississippi Mermaid
  • On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
  • The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie
  • Red Pomegranate

  • Guilty Pleasures

  • Take The Money And Run

  • Average

  • Alice’s Restaurant
  • Goodbye, Columbus
  • Hell In The Pacific
  • Mackenna’s Gold
  • Ring of Bright Water

  • Dissapointing

  • Downhill Racer
  • The Learning Tree
  • Night Gallery
  • Paint Your Wagon
  • Son Of Godzilla

  • Cellar Dwellers

  • Godzilla’s Revenge
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips
  • Guns Of The Magnificent Seven
  • Topaz

  • The Big Stink

  • none...woohoo

  • Unfortunately Haven’t Seen

  • Age Of Consent
  • Antonio Das Mortes
  • Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
  • The Damned
  • Double Suicide
  • Fellini Satyricon
  • Larks On A String
  • Medium Cool
  • The Milky Way
  • My Night At Maud’s
  • The Passion Of Anna
  • Putney Swope
  • The Reivers
  • This Man Must Die
  • The Unfaithfull Wife
  • The Wild Child
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1970: Movies Sorted By Tier
Rushmore08/31/2004

hey stooky my friend :]

nice to see "Butch cassidy.." and "Midnight cowboy" high on the list. 2 great movies of the 60s.
Butch cassidy and sundance kid really suprised me, it was really funny, it felt way more like a comedy than a western. a delight to watch.

Midnight cowby also very good, it reminded me of well, the "Taxi Driver" of the 60s. at times it was shocking and strange but great. it must have hit tons of censor issues just like Taxi Driver but thats why we like them.

Keep up the great ideas and bb

stooky09/03/2004

I like it too but that seems a bit obvious. Midnight Cowboy was originally rated X, but the scene it got that rating for was a tad silly since it was plot related and totally in context, I guess people just weren't ready for hearing Dustin Hoffman saying "I'm walking here".

I seem to remember that the early scene told in flashback was the offensive scene, but most people had a problem with the subject matter too. Male prostitution and the like.

Yet it won best picture. For the answer to why look at the other nominees from that year.

T'ho

'?)