My favorite... Films... a work in progress
Submitted by grandpa_chum on Wed, 10/20/2004 - 12:13
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- 100 Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia Sam Peckinpah 1974
- 100 Once Upon A Time In The West Sergio Leone 1968
- 100 Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid Sam Peckinpah 1973
- 99 The Shining Stanley Kubrick 1980
- 99 The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly Sergio Leone 1966
- 99 The Wild Bunch Sam Peckinpah 1969
- 99 Conan The Barbarian John Milius 1982
- 99 Ride The High Country Sam Peckinpah 1962
- 99 Navajo Joe Sergio Corbucci 1966
- 99 Keoma Enzo Castellari 1976
- 98 Unforgiven Clint Eastwood 1992
- 98 Violent City Sergio Sollima 1970
- 98 Once Upon A Time In America Sergio Leone 1984
- 98 Hud Martin Ritt 1963
- 98 The Last Man On Earth Ubaldo Ragona 1964
- 97 Stardust Memories Woody Allen 1980
- 97 Once Upon A Time... The Revolution Sergio Leone 1971
- 97 The Hustler Robert Rossen 1961
- 97 Dr. Strangelove Stanley Kubrick 1964
- 97 Carlito's Way Brian De Palma 1993
- 97 Dawn Of The Dead George Romero 1978
- 97 L'Ultimo Pistolero Alessandro Dominici 2002
- 97 The Searchers John Ford 1956
- 97 Grizzly Man Werner Herzog 2005
- 97 The Long Goodbye Robert Altman 1973
- 97 Scarface Brian De Palma 1983
- 97 Night Of The Living Dead George Romero 1968
- 97 Taxi Driver Martin Scorsese 1976
- 97 Salem's Lot Tobe Hooper 1979
- 97 A Guide For The Married Man Gene Kelly 1967
- 97 Day Of The Dead George Romero 1985
- 97 Invasion Of The Body Snatchers Don Siegel 1956
- 96 Eyes Wide Shut Stanley Kubrick 1999
- 96 Raising Arizona The Coen Brothers 1987
- 96 Cross Of Iron Sam Peckinpah 1977
- 96 Paths Of Glory Stanley Kubrick 1957
- 96 Sudden Impact Clint Eastwood 1983
- 96 Dog Day Afternoon Sidney Lumet 1975
- 96 Blues Brothers John Landis 1980
- 96 Apocalypse Now Francis Ford Coppola 1979
- 96 Fistful Of Dollars Sergio Leone 1964
- 96 Network Sidney Lumet 1976
- 96 Touch Of Evil Orson Welles 1958
- 96 Land Of The Dead George Romero 2005
- 96 The Color Of Money Martin Scorsese 1986
- 96 Key Largo John Huston 1948
- 95 Red River Howard Hawks 1948
- 95 The Great Silence Sergio Corbucci 1968
- 95 Annie Hall Woody Allen 1977
- 95 Play It Again, Sam Herbert Ross 1972
- 95 For A Few Dollars More Sergio Leone 1965
- 95 Raging Bull Martin Scorsese 1980
- 95 Companeros Sergio Corbucci 1970
- 95 Revolver Sergio Sollima 1973
- 95 Charley Varrick Don Siegel 1973
- 95 Duel Steven Spielberg 1971
- 95 Psycho Alfred Hitchcock 1960
- 95 The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie Luis Bunuel 1972
- 95 The Conformist Bernardo Bertolucci 1970
- 95 Mannaja: A Man Called Blade Sergio Martino 1977
- 95 Carrie Brian De Palma 1976
- 95 Hell Is For Heroes Don Siegel 1962
- 95 Death Rides A Horse Giulio Petroni 1968
- 95 The Misfits John Huston 1961
- 95 The Hitcher Robert Harmon 1986
- 95 The Getaway Sam Peckinpah 1972
- 95 Young Frankenstein Mel Brooks 1974
- 95 Django Sergio Corbucci 1966
- 95 The Pawnbroker Sidney Lumet 1964
- 95 North By Northwest Alfred Hitchcock 1959
- 94 Fargo The Coen Brothers 1996
- 94 Manhattan Woody Allen 1979
- 94 Simon Of The Desert Luis Bunuel 1965
- 94 The Last House On The Left Wes Craven 1972
- 94 Jackie Brown Quentin Tarantino 1997
- 94 Do The Right Thing Spike Lee 1989
- 94 The Wind And The Lion John Milius 1975
- 94 2001: A Space Odyssey Stanley Kubrick 1968
- 94 Million Dollar Baby Clint Eastwood 2004
- 94 Shawshank Redemption Frank Darabont 1994
- 94 Sydney Paul Thomas Anderson 1996
- 94 High Noon Fred Zinnemann 1952
- 93 Creepshow George Romero 1982
- 93 Viridiana Luis Bunuel 1961
- 93 Casablanca Michael Curtiz 1942
- 93 Game Of Death Bruce Lee 1978
- 93 The Seventh Seal Igmar Bergman 1957
- 93 Lawrence Of Arabia David Lean 1962
- 93 City Lights Charlie Chaplin 1931
- 93 On The Waterfront Elia Kazan 1954
- 93 Rear Window Alfred Hitchcock 1954
- 92 Munich Steven Spielberg 2005
- 92 Goodfellas Martin Scorsese 1990
- 92 Animal House John Landis 1978
- 92 Duck Soup Leo McCarey 1933
- 92 Blow Out Brian De Palma 1981
- 92 Field Of Dreams Phil Robinson 1989
- 92 Boogie Nights Paul Thomas Anderson 1997
- 92 Broken Flowers Jim Jarmusch 2005
- 92 Belle De Jour Luis Bunuel 1967
- 92 The Great Dictator Charlie Chaplin 1940
- 92 The Quiet Man John Ford 1952
- 92 Almost Famous Cameron Crowe 2000
- 91 Mutiny On The Bounty Frank Lloyd 1935
- 91 The Royal Tenenbaums Wes Anderson 2001
- 91 Monsieur Verdoux Charlie Chaplin 1947
- 91 The Bridge On The River Kwai David Lean 1957
- 91 Barry Lyndon Stanley Kubrick 1975
- 91 The Passenger Michelangelo Antonioni 1975
- 91 Grand Slam Giuliano Montaldo 1967
- 91 The Night Of The Hunter Charles Laughton 1955
- 91 Barton Fink The Coen Brothers 1991
- 90 Scrooge Brian Desmond Hurst 1951
- 90 To Kill A Mockingbird Robert Mulligan 1962
- 90 Jaws Steven Spielberg 1975
- 90 The Crimson Permanent Assurance Terry Gilliam 1983
- 90 Midnight Cowboy John Schlesinger 1969
- 90 Cape Fear J. Lee Thompson 1962
- 90 The Wizard Of Oz Victor Fleming 1939
- 90 A Day At The Races Sam Wood 1937
- 90 The Devil's Rejects Rob Zombie 2005
- 90 Kill Bill Quentin Tarantino 2004
- 90 Living In Oblivion Tom Dicillo 1995
- 90 Platoon Oliver Stone 1986
- 89 Planet Of The Apes Franklin Schaffner 1968
- 89 Rocky John G. Avildsen 1976
- 89 The Ice Harvest Harold Ramis 2005
- 89 The Hunter Buzz Kulik 1980
- 89 Lord Of War Andrew Niccol 2005
- 89 The Meaning Of Life Terry Jones 1983
- 89 Memento Christopher Nolan 2000
- 89 Doctor Zhivago David Lean 1965
- 89 Kiss Me Deadly Robert Aldrich 1955
- 89 Rudy David Anspaugh 1993
- 89 The Great Escape John Sturges 1963
- 89 Serpico Sidney Lumet 1973
- 89 Good Will Hunting Gus Van Sant 1997
- 89 Say Anything Cameron Crowe 1989
- 88 Raiders Of The Lost Ark Steven Spielberg 1981
- 88 The Gunfighter Henry King 1950
- 88 Modern Times Charlie Chaplin 1936
- 88 The Fog John Carpenter 1980
- 88 The Last Picture Show Peter Bogdanovich 1971
- 88 3:10 To Yuma Delmer Daves 1957
- 88 Take The Money And Run Woody Allen 1969
- 88 The Big Gundown Sergio Sollima 1966
- 88 Psycho III Anthony Perkins 1986
- 88 Straw Dogs Sam Peckinpah 1971
- 88 Hannah And Her Sisters Woody Allen 1986
- 88 Rocky II Sylvester Stallone 1979
- 88 Dillinger John Milius 1973
- 88 Anything Else Woody Allen 2003
- 88 Clerks Kevin Smith 1994
- 88 Pulp Fiction Quentin Tarantino 1994
- 88 Garden State Zack Braff 2004
- 88 Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade Steven Spielberg 1989
- 88 Run Man Run Sergio Sollima 1968
- 88 Saving Private Ryan Steven Spielberg 1998
- 88 Hero Zhang Yimou 2002
- 88 Punch Drunk Love Paul Thomas Anderson 2002
- 88 The Exterminating Angel Luis Bunuel 1962
- 88 Out Of Site Steven Soderbergh 1998
- 88 The Life Aquatic Wes Anderson 2004
- 87 The Return Of The Living Dead Dan O'Bannon 1985
- 75 Easy Rider Dennis Hopper 1969
- 87 Dirty Harry Don Siegel 1971
- 87 The Boondock Saints Troy Duffy 1999
- 87 Hard To Kill Bruce Malmuth 1990
- 87 The Thing John Carpenter 1982
- 87 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance John Ford 1962
- 87 Red Dawn John Milius 1984
- 87 Escape From Alcatraz Don Siegel 1979
- 87 Nightmare On Elm Street Wes Craven 1984
- 87 They Live John Carpenter 1988
- 87 Bachelor Party Neal Israel 1984
- 87 The Return Of The Jedi Richard Marquand 1983
- 87 Legion William Peter Blatty 1990
- 87 Prince Of Darkness John Carpenter 1987
- 87 Born On The Fourth Of July Oliver Stone 1989
- 87 Slums Of Beverly Hills Tamara Jenkins 1998
- 87 The Osterman Weekend Sam Peckinpah 1983
- 87 Hostage Florent Siri 2005
- 87 The Empire Strikes Back Irvin Kershner 1980
- 87 The Sand Pebbles Robert Wise 1966
- 86 A Night At The Opera Sam Wood 1935
- 86 Cop Land James Mangold 1997
- 86 Melinda And Melinda Woody Allen 2004
- 86 Blue Velvet David Lynch 1986
- 86 The Truman Show Peter Weir 1998
- 86 She Wore A Yellow Ribbon John Ford 1949
- 86 Big Trouble In Little China John Carpenter 1986
- 86 Ossessione Luchino Visconti 1943
- 86 Bull Durham Ron Shelton 1988
- 86 Batman Leslie H. Martinson 1966
- 86 Good Night, And Good Luck George Clooney 2005
- 86 Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels Guy Ritchie 1998
- 86 The Exorcist William Friedkin 1973
- 86 Escape From New York John Carpenter 1981
- 86 The Natural Barry Levinson 1984
- 86 Stuck On You The Farrelly Brothers 2003
- 85 Death Wish Michael Winner 1974
- 85 Close Encounters Of The Third Kind Steven Spielberg 1977
- 85 Smokey And The Bandit Hal Needham 1977
- 85 Rain Man Barry Levinson 1988
- 85 Magnolia Paul Thomas Anderson 1999
- 85 Mystic River Clint Eastwood 2003
- 85 The Twilight Zone Dante,Landis,Spielberg,Miller 1983
- 85 City Slickers Ron Underwood 1991
- 85 The Cable Guy Ben Stiller 1996
- 85 Resevoir Dogs Quentin Tarantino 1992
- 85 The Beast Must Die Paul Annett 1974
- 85 The Outlaw Josey Wales Clint Eastwood 1976
- 85 As Good As It Gets James L. Brooks 1997
- 85 Kicked In The Head Matthew Harrison 1997
- 84 Parents Bob Balaban 1989
- 84 12 Angry Men Sidney Lumet 1957
- 84 Payback Brian Helgeland 1999
- 84 Dumb And Dumber The Farrelly Brothers 1994
- 84 Bottle Rocket Wes Anderson 1994
- 84 The Green Berets John Wayne 1968
- 84 Husbands And Wives Woody Allen 1992
- 84 ?Quien Sabe? Damiano Damiani 1967
- 84 The Blob Irvin S. Yeaworth 1958
- 84 The Last Waltz Martin Scorsese 1978
- 84 Diggstown Michael Ritchie 1992
- 83 Shaun Of The Dead Edgar Wright 2004
- 83 After Hours Martin Scorsese 1985
- 83 Adventure Victor Fleming 1945
- 83 Lolita Stanley Kubrick 1962
- 83 Interiors Woody Allen 1978
- 83 Mars Attacks! Tim Burton 1996
- 83 Rope! Alfred Hitchcock 1948
- 83 Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind Michel Gondry 2004
- 83 Hang 'Em High Ted Post 1968
- 83 Halloween John Carpenter 1978
- 82 Star Wars George Lucas 1977
- 82 Kansas City Confidential Phil Karlson 1952
- 82 Crimes And Misdemeanors Woody Allen 1989
- 82 The Hudsucker Proxy The Coen Brothers 1994
- 82 The Maltese Falcon John Huston 1941
- 82 The Pink Panther Blake Edwards 1964
- 82 The Fastest Gun Alive Russell Rouse 1956
- 82 King Kong Peter Jackson 2005
- 82 The Bad News Bears Michael Ritchie 1976
- 82 The Pallbearer Matt Reeves 1996
- 82 The Skeleton Key Iain Softley 2005
- 82 Patton Franklin Schaffner 1970
- 82 Magnum Force Ted Post 1973
- 81 Stagecoach John Ford 1939
- 81 Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom Steven Spielberg 1984
- 81 Gone With The Wind Victor Fleming 1939
- 81 Traffic Steven Soderbergh 2000
- 81 The Outlaw Howard Hughes 1943
- 81 Vertigo Alfred Hitchcock 1958
- 81 The Violent Men Rudolph Mate 1955
- 81 The Man Who Knew Too Much Alfred Hitchcock 1956
- 80 Citizen Kane Orson Welles 1941
- 80 Intolerable Cruelty The Coen Brothers 2003
- 80 The Cowboys Mark Rydell 1972
- 80 Big Penny Marshall 1988
- 80 Rushmore Wes Anderson 1998
- 80 Solaris Steven Soderbergh 2002
- 80 Parenthood Ron Howard 1989
- 80 The 40 Year Old Virgin Judd Apatow 2005
- 80 When Harry Met Sally Rob Reiner 1989
- 80 Groundhog Day Harold Ramis 1993
- 80 See No Evil, Hear No Evil Arthur Hiller 1989
- 79 Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Tim Burton 2005
- 79 Man On Fire Tony Scott 2004
- 79 16 Blocks Richard Donner 2006
- 79 28 Days Later Danny Boyle 2002
- 79 Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory Mel Stuart 1971
- 79 Lucky Numbers Nora Ephron 2000
- 79 I Heart Huckabees David O. Russell 2004
- 79 Office Space Mike Judge 1999
- 79 Edward Scissorhands Tim Burton 1990
- 79 Convoy Sam Peckinpah 1978
- 79 School Of Rock Richard Linklater 2003
- 79 The Badlanders Delmer Daves 1958
- 79 Two Mules For Sister Sara Don Siegel 1970
- 79 Signs M. Night Shyamalan 2002
- 78 Matchstick Men Ridley Scott 2003
- 78 Mighty Aphrodite Woody Allen 1995
- 78 The Big Lebowski The Coen Brothers 1998
- 78 Slackers Dewey Nicks 2002
- 78 The Dead Pool Buddy Van Horn 1988
- 78 American Splendor Robert Pulcini 2003
- 78 Cape Fear Martin Scorsese 1991
- 78 The Triplets Of Belleville Sylvain Chomet 2003
- 78 The Thing From Another World Christian Nyby 1951
- 78 The Trouble With Harry Alfred Hitchcock 1955
- 78 Beverly Hills Ninja Dennis Dugan 1997
- 78 A Reason To Live A Reason To Die Tonino Valerii 1972
- 78 Forrest Gump Robert Zemeckis 1994
- 78 The Wake Of The Red Witch Edward Ludwig 1948
- 78 Texas, Adios Ferdinando Baldi 1966
- 78 Detroit Rock City Adam Rifkin 1999
- 78 The Enforcer James Fargo 1976
- 78 Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde John S. Robertson 1920
- 77 Starsky And Hutch Todd Phillips 2004
- 77 The Dreamcatcher Lawrence Kasdan 2003
- 77 One-Eyed Jacks Marlon Brando 1961
- 77 Joy Ride John Dahl 2001
- 77 Above The Law Andrew Davis 1988
- 77 Saving Silverman Dennis Dugan 2001
- 77 Oh, Men! Oh, Women! Nunnally Johnson 1957
- 76 About Schmidt Alexander Payne 2002
- 76 Novocaine David Atkins 2001
- 76 True Crime Clint Eastwood 1999
- 76 Four Of The Apocalypse Lucio Fulci 1975
- 76 Canadian Bacon Michael Moore 1995
- 75 Deliverance John Boorman 1972
- 75 Phenomenon Jon Turtelbaum 1996
- 75 The Terminal Steven Spielberg 2004
- 75 Reality Bites Ben Stiller 1994
- 75 Colors Dennis Hopper 1988
- 75 Full Metal Jacket Stanley Kubrick 1987
- 75 M Fritz Lang 1931
- 75 South Park: Bigger, Longer, And Uncut Trey Parker 1999
- 74 The Cat In The Hat Bo Welch 2003
- 74 Major League David S. Ward 1989
- 74 The Fisher King Terry Gilliam 1991
- 73 Bonnie And Clyde Arthur Penn 1967
- 73 To Die For Gus Van Zant 1995
- 73 The Lady Vanishes Alfred Hitchcock 1938
- 72 The Commancheros Michael Curtiz & John Wayne 1961
- 72 Scorched Gavin Grazer 2003
- 71 Firecreek Vincent McEveety 1968
- 71 Urban Cowboy James Bridges 1980
- 71 A Christmas Story Bob Clark 1983
- 70 Vision Quest Harold Becker 1985
- 70 Moving Allen Metter 1988
- 70 From Dusk Till Dawn Robert Rodriguez 1996
- 70 Since You've Been Gone David Schwimmer 1998
- 70 A Big Hand For The Little Lady Fielder Cook 1966
- 69 Naked In New York Daniel Algrant 1993
- 69 Hellboy Guillermo Del Toro 2004
- 69 The Vikings Richard Fleischer 1958
- 69 Fear James Foley 1996
- 68 Wet Hot American Summer David Wain 2001
- 68 The Street Fighters Last Revenge Teruo Ishii 1974
- 68 12 Monkeys Terry Gilliam 1995
- 68 Renaissance Man Penny Marshall 1994
- 67 Major Dundee Sam Peckinpah 1965
- 67 The Pink Panther Shawn Levy 2006
- 67 How To Deal Clare Kilner 2003
- 67 On Deadly Ground Steven Seagal 1994
- 66 Private Parts Betty Thomas 1997
- 66 Cold Dog Soup Alan Metter 1990
- 66 Fight Club David Fincher 1999
- 66 Topaz Alfred Hitchcock 1969
- 65 Hoosiers David Anspaugh 1986
- 64 Road Trip Todd Phillips 2000
- 64 Under Siege Andrew Davis 1992
- 63 Mr. And Mrs. Smith Doug Liman 2005
- 63 Tuesdays With Morrie Mick Jackson 1999
- 62 Murder At 1600 Dwight Little 1997
- 62 True Grit Henry Hathaway 1969
- 61 Tootsie Sidney Pollack 1982
- 60 Kill Me Later Dana Lustig 2001
Author Comments:
Started rating all the movies I saw starting with Sept. 1st... the good ones(rated over 60) make the list, the rest don't.
100 = Perfection
99-90 = Masterpiece
89-80 = Great
79-70 = Very Good
69-60 = Good
I don't think you have particularly weird taste. I applaud many of your selections, and I have great taste :-D I'm not as big a Sergio Leone fan as you, but your numbers 1 and 2 are both great movies - 2 is probably under-appreciated as gangster movies go.
as far as i'm concerned the only leone movie that gets it's due respect is the good the bad and the ugly... other than that they are all underappreciated... once upon a time in the west is coming around though... and i'm glad i could get an aplaud from someone with great taste
you have a great taste in movies. nice too see snother Wes Anderson fan.
and i've never even seen rushmore... anxious tho
Ooooh! The Green Berets, the 'Nam movie liberals love to hate. Did you notice that at the end the sun is setting in the east?
no i didn't... but i did love the movie... it's the only nam movie that really seamed to be about nam and not overdone with anti-war bologna... it's really a shame... it's a pretty good movie... and not exactly pro-war or gung-ho.
apparently there are evergreens in nam too... well in the movie anyway.
The evergreens were no doubt a mistake, but I think the sun setting in the east was quite deliberate - a bit of political imagery.
never really even thought about it... though it makes sense.
Oh, I see you are a fan of Sergio Leone. Once Upon a Time in America is great.
saw high noon again... What a film! had to rearrange some stuff near the top.
Finally enough films to start sorting them by year as well.
Great list. My personal favorite Leone film is Once Upon A Time In The West, with the rest close behind. I like the name "Once Upon A Time... The Revolution" better then "Duck You Sucker" too.
as did leone... it's the english title he supposedly preferred... glad you like the list
It's good to see Take the Money and Run up that high. "After fifteen minutes I wanted to marry her, and after half an hour I completely gave up the idea of stealing her purse."
oh i love it... definitly the funniest movie i've ever seen... "It's not that virgil couldn't be trusted... he... well... just lied a lot... in fact just about everything he said was a lie"
off the top of my head of course^
Wow, methinks you enjoyed Diggstown much more than I did, though I did admire the ending...
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
I love it... james woods is always great... the con on top of con on top of hustle that the final fight turns out to be is just great... and the boxing action ain't that bad.
Major spoiler, as much as I enjoyed the movie, I really didn't think there was much of a con. Lou Gosset just beats everybody. I kept waiting for the twist that never came. Sure, there's the prison fighter, but there's no way Woods could have known Dern would pick that guy to fight, so the idea that he would have hinged his whole plan on that is just plain crazy. Still liked it though.
well obviously they thought they had won the match... and gosset did just flat out beat about 5 guys... but i think it's pretty obvious that woods thought that the final prison guy was going to be his opponents ace in the whole and probably thought that he would be coming up before because he thought the 9th fight was really the 10th... the fact that woods knew that his opponent was picking from the county and seeing the prison guy fight in prison he must have known he was the best in the county and probably going to be his opponents final chance.
i just saw your list! man that is a work in progress. its got to progress a long way mister. sort it out. conan the barbarian aint a touch on masters of the universe. plus do you even study film. what make you think any of sergio leone films, even though they are great, can touch the supremecy of RAGING BULL. that film is so tight in script, cinematography, performance, editing, sound, character development, camerawork, music!!, direction, casting. its so watertight. watch it and try to defy me you poor excuse for a film fan! challenge me if you dare, or kneel to my great power and knowledge of film. the revolution is here. the king is dead, long live the king!!!!! hahahhahahahahah, c'mon have a go if you think your hard/clever enough
what leone movies are you referring to... because i don't think many would deny that the 4 I have ranked above Raging Bull are right up there with it in the supremecy area... not to mention everything that is so "tight", which it is, in Raging Bull is much tighter in OUATITWest, and i will take arguments on anything BUT the music, the rest is just a matter of opinion.
Mr. chum, I can just agree with you. Raging Bull is certainly an excellent film, but OUATITW and OUATIA are just better. Take the acting performances for instance. DeNiro was great in Raging Bull, yet he was even better in OUATIA. And BTW DeNiro (in Raging Bull) was not as great as Henry Fonda in OUATITW.
P.S.: I see you liked Million Dollar Baby by Clint Eastwood? Why?
First off all i've been a huge eastwood fan as an actor since i've seen the dollars trilogy and as a director since i've seen the outlaw josey wales... the problem is prior to the 90's for every good movie he directed, he directed 3 shitty ones... but that's beside the point, I don't know if i can explain why i loved million dollar baby, I am a sucker for an underdog sports movie, and at the same time i'm a sucker for a tragic ending, but i've never seen the two put together before so beautifully... Basically eastwood is an amazing director, and he finally got his hands on a top notch script... don't get me wrong mystic river was great, but it wasn't quite as solid... basically the only difference between the two is the script though, the other strengths are almost identical... i know you probably here this alot... but eastwood is one of the most realistic directors i've ever seen, and at the same time he makes the movie interesting, one of the few directors who can genuinely make you feel like your not even in the theatre, like your watching a documentary or something... of course the acting helps.
James Woods is tons of fun in the film.
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
I think you have excellent taste. and it seems you put a lot of thought and effort into this list. It's a very good one.
hey thanks... you have some great ones too... i love your incredibly specific top 10 lists and such.
i definitly never thought when i started that i could find 50 movies that i could deem worthy of masterpiece status... so either i'm soft or there are a lot more masterful movies out there than i expected.
i too really enjoyed Reality Bites, a good film from stiller though i disagree with the ending, that was stupid. Stiller should of got the girl ;-)
haha... i agree... although i'll admit to never having seen the end, i knew the outcome before I watched the movie, and although i wished stiller got the girl, i don't think it took away from the movie knowing he didn't
lol Hawk's character was an A*%hole though, Ben was nice and put up with hawks rubbish. he was to conifident, i couldn't get into his character, i couldn't feel sorry for him, but Ben on the other hand :(
i don't disagree, i just think the ending worked... "reality bites"
lol True.
wow... I officially saw 312 movies that I enjoyed watching in one calender year... 365 days, 312 different movies I enjoyed... fantastic.
Nice to see Saving Silverman get a 77, very funny movie.
indeed, steve zahn and jack black playing neil diamond enthusiasts... does it get better?