I'm aiming to complete Emerson's 102 Movies list first, then I'll probably move on to one of the indie lists. There aren't enough free hours to catch up to everything I want, I'm afraid!
I couldn't believe that this side apparently had no Filmsite lists, but now it does, so good. You can tell it was written over 10 years ago, but that's part of its charm.
You know what else you're missing? John Woo's US debut, Hard Target. It's sort of a quasi-remake of Hard Boiled but it has some incredible scenes to call its own.
Did you see this new season of Big Love? It was pretty good. They sort of made the wives villainous, which was a nice spin.
Did you see Lost's third season? WOW. Possibly the best season finale in the history of season finales. Exciting, action-packed, tear-jerking, meaningful.
Entourage has gone so far downhill it's hard to watch. Every episode is now built on some contrived situation designed to fill an episode.
My favorite is still 24, which you don't have on here!
I lived in Selma, Alabama for a few years, so I have too much experience dealing with real rednecks. Hank Hill seems very liberal in comparison, and I do mean the Hank Hill from the first few years, not before he started dancing with dogs and hanging out at gay bars.
I never read the Fight Club novel, but the thing about the film was that it didn't really have a message. It was just a wild exercise in style and faux-anti-capitalism. But wow, white guys looking that ripped gives me hope for the future.
When I was in Las Vegas earlier this year I pointed out of the taxi window and said to my girlfriend "see that? That's what they call Hardee's in the American west." She didn't believe me.
Oh, I didn't actually say that it was anti-capitalist, just that it mimed the sentiment. I should have probably stuck to the word "consumerism" instead of "capitalism," but I remember talking to a self-proclaimed socialist in high school who would always reference it in those terms.
Really, I don't think it has a point beyond being a style exercise.
What a black heart you have! When I was in 9th grade I LOVED Beavis and Butt-head, but then again that may seem like an obvious fit for a 14-year-old. I always thought the first couple of years of King of the Hill were great in their depiction of a suburban redneck.
I like Fight Club okay, but there is something rotten about a film that obstendibly rails against commercialism but has ads for Pepsi and Starbucks every other scene.
Perhaps my cooling to Borat was based on my love of the TV series. Reviewing a few episodes of Da Ali G Show, I realized that most of the Borat skits there were funnier than the ones in the film. I still think it's an excellent movie, but not the masterpiece I first did.
I love Blue Velvet, but it's the only Lynch flick I've seen. I know it's a lame thing to do, but I often tend to balk at movies with 3 hour running times, because if you don't like it, you're in for a long 3 hours.
I never understood why Babel got the somewhat hostile reception it did from the web. I was totally dazzled by it, and left the theater certain that I'd go online and just about everyone would be gushing. Instead, pretty much every blog I read was lukewarm to it at best. For a moment I felt a little vindicated when Roger Ebert put it in as one of his Great Movies, but before that he did Pan's Labyrinth, which I hated, and he also gives 4 stars to pretty much everything these days. Oh well.
When I was going through my own version of this list, I saw Armageddon and assumed that it was some old foreign film about the sadness of an old man. Then I looked it up and saw that it was the Michael Bay POS that I had in fact seen nearly ten years ago in theaters.
You've made really good progress. I've only got 25 or so seen! I've bumpbed Overlord to the top of my Netflix queue, though.
This is the list I've been trying to complete lately, and wow, you've got me more than a little beat.
I'll be watching "Some Like It Hot Today," which will leave me with only 42 or so to catch up with. And I'd personally add "United 93" to the list.
I've got bad news: your foreboding on The Darjeeling Limited is correct. It BLOWS.
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I'm aiming to complete Emerson's 102 Movies list first, then I'll probably move on to one of the indie lists. There aren't enough free hours to catch up to everything I want, I'm afraid!
You've got me beat by two!
I couldn't believe that this side apparently had no Filmsite lists, but now it does, so good. You can tell it was written over 10 years ago, but that's part of its charm.
I've seen the same amount of films as you in both the EW cult list and the Empire's 50 Greatest Independenat Films list. Scary.
You know what else you're missing? John Woo's US debut, Hard Target. It's sort of a quasi-remake of Hard Boiled but it has some incredible scenes to call its own.
You and I both have a long way to go. I'll loan you 12 Angry Men and Taxi Driver.
Did you see this new season of Big Love? It was pretty good. They sort of made the wives villainous, which was a nice spin.
Did you see Lost's third season? WOW. Possibly the best season finale in the history of season finales. Exciting, action-packed, tear-jerking, meaningful.
Entourage has gone so far downhill it's hard to watch. Every episode is now built on some contrived situation designed to fill an episode.
My favorite is still 24, which you don't have on here!
I lived in Selma, Alabama for a few years, so I have too much experience dealing with real rednecks. Hank Hill seems very liberal in comparison, and I do mean the Hank Hill from the first few years, not before he started dancing with dogs and hanging out at gay bars.
I never read the Fight Club novel, but the thing about the film was that it didn't really have a message. It was just a wild exercise in style and faux-anti-capitalism. But wow, white guys looking that ripped gives me hope for the future.
When I was in Las Vegas earlier this year I pointed out of the taxi window and said to my girlfriend "see that? That's what they call Hardee's in the American west." She didn't believe me.
Oh, I didn't actually say that it was anti-capitalist, just that it mimed the sentiment. I should have probably stuck to the word "consumerism" instead of "capitalism," but I remember talking to a self-proclaimed socialist in high school who would always reference it in those terms.
Really, I don't think it has a point beyond being a style exercise.
What a black heart you have! When I was in 9th grade I LOVED Beavis and Butt-head, but then again that may seem like an obvious fit for a 14-year-old. I always thought the first couple of years of King of the Hill were great in their depiction of a suburban redneck.
I like Fight Club okay, but there is something rotten about a film that obstendibly rails against commercialism but has ads for Pepsi and Starbucks every other scene.
Perhaps my cooling to Borat was based on my love of the TV series. Reviewing a few episodes of Da Ali G Show, I realized that most of the Borat skits there were funnier than the ones in the film. I still think it's an excellent movie, but not the masterpiece I first did.
I love Blue Velvet, but it's the only Lynch flick I've seen. I know it's a lame thing to do, but I often tend to balk at movies with 3 hour running times, because if you don't like it, you're in for a long 3 hours.
I never understood why Babel got the somewhat hostile reception it did from the web. I was totally dazzled by it, and left the theater certain that I'd go online and just about everyone would be gushing. Instead, pretty much every blog I read was lukewarm to it at best. For a moment I felt a little vindicated when Roger Ebert put it in as one of his Great Movies, but before that he did Pan's Labyrinth, which I hated, and he also gives 4 stars to pretty much everything these days. Oh well.
When I was going through my own version of this list, I saw Armageddon and assumed that it was some old foreign film about the sadness of an old man. Then I looked it up and saw that it was the Michael Bay POS that I had in fact seen nearly ten years ago in theaters.
You've made really good progress. I've only got 25 or so seen! I've bumpbed Overlord to the top of my Netflix queue, though.