So, when I was visiting my folks last night, I noticed something odd outside: noise. What with the winter months, it’s not something you’re used to hearing, but last night the whole gamut was out there: crickets, frogs, ummm…. crickets. You get the idea – it’s clearly starting to warm up out there, and even though it’s still chilly, I think spring might finally be here.
I was catching up on Rudi’s recent activites and decided to give it a try: Seeing how many of the “100 greatest films of the past 25 years” I had personally seen…..
(Films I’ve seen in bold)
1. Pulp Fiction (1994)
2. The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-03)
3. Titanic (1997)
4. Blue Velvet (1986)
5. Toy Story (1995)
6. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
7. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
8. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
9. Die Hard (1988)
10. Moulin Rouge (2001)
11. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
12. The Matrix (1999)
13. GoodFellas (1990)
14. Crumb (1995)
15. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
16. Boogie Nights (1997)
17. Jerry Maguire (1996)
18. Do the Right Thing (1989)
19. Casino Royale (2006)
20. The Lion King (1994)
21. Schindler’s List (1993)
22. Rushmore (1998)
23. Memento (2001)
24. A Room With a View (1986)
25. Shrek (2001)
26. Hoop Dreams (1994)
27. Aliens (1986)
28. Wings of Desire (1988)
29. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
30. When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
31. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
32. Fight Club (1999)
33. The Breakfast Club (1985)
34. Fargo (1996)
35. The Incredibles (2004)
36. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
37. Pretty Woman (1990)
38. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
39. The Sixth Sense (1999)
40. Speed (1994)
41. Dazed and Confused (1993)
42. Clueless (1995)
43. Gladiator (2000)
44. The Player (1992)
45. Rain Man (1988)
46. Children of Men (2006)
47. Men in Black (1997)
48. Scarface (1983)
49. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
50. The Piano (1993)
51. There Will Be Blood (2007)
52. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988)
53. The Truman Show (1998)
54. Fatal Attraction (1987)
55. Risky Business (1983)
56. The Lives of Others (2006)
57. There’s Something About Mary (1998)
58. Ghostbusters (1984)
59. L.A. Confidential (1997)
60. Scream (1996)
61. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
62. sex, lies and videotape (1989)
63. Big (1988)
64. No Country For Old Men (2007)
65. Dirty Dancing (1987)
66. Natural Born Killers (1994)
67. Donnie Brasco (1997)
68. Witness (1985)
69. All About My Mother (1999)
70. Broadcast News (1987)
71. Unforgiven (1992)
72. Thelma & Louise (1991)
73. Office Space (1999)
74. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
75. Out of Africa (1985)
76. The Departed (2006)
77. Sid and Nancy (1986)
78. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
79. Waiting for Guffman (1996)
80. Michael Clayton (2007)
81. Moonstruck (1987)
82. Lost in Translation (2003)
83. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
84. Sideways (2004)
85. The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)
86. Y Tu Mamá También (2002)
87. Swingers (1996)
88. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
89. Breaking the Waves (1996)
90. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
91. Back to the Future (1985)
92. Menace II Society (1993)
93. Ed Wood (1994)
94. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
95. In the Mood for Love (2001)
96. Far From Heaven (2002)
97. Glory (1989)
98. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
99. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
100. South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)
I think some of those movies are odd choices, but I won’t question others – “Evil Dead II” is a great movie, and very fairly deserves it’s place on the list. I won’t go into others (cough)”Titanic“(cough).
Of the 100, I’ve seen 54 (might have mis-counted), but I think thats respectable. More than a couple have been on my “to watch” list, but the details of getting a movie on that list – and by that I mean all the things that need to go right on the checklist of life – are too much to go into right now. Suffice it to say, there are plans to extend that list.
Actually, this brings to mind a project I’m trying to figure out how to do: cataloging every movie I’ve ever watched. EVER. More recent movies are easier to check off or catalog, but how am I supposed to remember if I saw “Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo” or not? Let’s face it, there were more than a few break-dancing movies back then, so who knows which one it was?
I guess that without actually going back and watching every movie I might have watched over again, I’ll just have to guess somehow and hope that’s enough. Since it’s my project, it’ll have to be. Some movies – like “Timerider” – really stand out for some reason. Others, like the afore-mentioned break dancing movie, blend together. I’ll just have to do my best with it. I think I’m going to work out some kind of multi-media web based list – make it more visual. Perhaps a separate blog – that way I can add my comments to them.
Waste of time? Maybe. Duplicated elsewhere? Probably. But it will probably be more than a little fun (for me, anyway) to go through them and try to make an accurate list. And movies are probably easier to remember than all the books I’ve read…. Not sure why that is though. Stay tuned, I’ll probably figure out a way to do this instead of “paying” work anyway……
Have you seen the trailer for “Star Trek” yet? Go watch it. Now. I’ll wait.
Watched it? Good. It doesn’t tell you much, sure. But it leaves so very much to the imagination. And it also makes you want to see it – right? I mean, there’s people in that movie you’ve heard of, but you can’t really imagine them as, for example, a young Kirk, right? And who could ever be Scotty? Oh, wait – that’s right, it’s Simon Pegg. You might know him from Shaun of the Dead or Hot Fuzz. If you haven’t seen them, go check them out – “Shaun of the Dead” is a great sendup of zombie type movies, and “Hot Fuzz” is a brilliant homage of just about every single police movie ever made. And then some.
And, in case you forgot about where “Star Trek” started (a young man named William Shatner… ah, memories!), you can check all of the series and movies on DVD.
Meme, taken from Rudi who took it from Sprite who…. well, you get the idea:
1. Pick 10 of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
5. Looking them up is cheating, please don’t.
1. “I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass… and I’m all out of bubblegum.”
2. “Look. This… is all a mistake. I’m just a compound interest program. I work at a savings and loan! I can’t play these video games!”
3. “Don’t tug on that, you never know what it might be attached to.”
4. “The chain in those handcuffs is high-tensile steel. It’d take you ten minutes to hack through it with this. Now, if you’re lucky, you could hack through your ankle in five minutes. Go.”
5. “Mr. Brady, it is the duty of a newspaper to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.”
6. “So that you will learn by experience that I do not tolerate interference, I will now detonate the nuclear warheads.”
7. “I hope no one minds but I have no intention of facing this sober.”
8. “Your Commie has no regard for human life. Not even his own.”
9. “Come on, boys! The way you’re lollygaggin’ around here with them picks and them shovels, you’d think it was a hundert an’ twenty degree. Can’t be more than a hundert an’ fourteen.”
10. “Well hello Mister Fancypants. Well, I’ve got news for you pal, you ain’t leadin’ but two things: Jack and shit… and Jack just left town.”
Post your responses in the comments…
FARK.com: (1941583) If all films were produced by the people that created the movie “Snakes on a Plane”
If all films were produced by the people that created the movie “Snakes on a Plane”
Some very funny choices.