PRESENTING: Movie Forums' Top 100 Movies, Starring You!

[BobbyB]

The lists are done, the pictures and quotes are gathered.

Now you all sit in anticipation as I reveal your personal favorites. :cool:

Sorry this took so long :(

Anyone have the old list for reference?

[BobbyB]

I'll go ahead and kick things off by giving you number 100 on YOUR MoFo 100.

"It's funny how people see me and treat me, since I'm really just a simple, boring person."
http://www.lazydork.com/movies/station.jpg
100) The Station Agent (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWs0Hc02wdM) (Thomas McCarthy, 2003)

[Harry Lime]

How many members contributed to this list BobbyB?

[BobbyB]

How many members contributed to this list BobbyB?
28 lists. :yup:

I'll post 99-91 sometime today.

EDIT- And FYI, every movie that made the list had a minimum of 3 votes for it.

The way it works is you submit a list of 10-20 and whatever is ranked 1 on your list gets 20 points. 2 gets 19. 3 gets 18 and so on and so on.

Accumulate all the points and you get this list.

[n3wt]

Im looking forward to seeing this list, as there will be movies in it that I havent seen so I will use this as a refference for great movies :yup:

Cheers all who contributed and BobbyB :up: :up:

[meatwadsprite]

This is very exciting ! Should be a bunch of films to add to my queue after this is done.

[MovieMan8877445]

Cool, look foward to seeing the completed list. I don't think I ever got mine in time, but it'll still be great to see it.

[Justin]

Ditto.

[BobbyB]

"Don't you f*cking look at me!"
http://billsmovieemporium.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/bv.jpg
99) Blue Velvet (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM975_Ld9S0) (David Lynch, 1986)

"I like the way I look. Makes me feel good, it does. And women like me, *********. Hell, the only one thing I ever been good for is lovin'. Women go crazy for me, that's a really true fact!"
http://www.howwedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/midnight.jpg
98) Midnight Cowboy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnFoaj8utio) (John Schlesinger, 1969)

"Now I see this clearly. My whole life is pointed in one direction. There never has been a choice for me."
http://www.25frames.org/media/screens/1324.jpg
97) Taxi Driver (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMaTfAn7KAs&feature=related) (Martin Scorsese, 1976)

"You should read your Bible, sirs. You'll find all types of weird sh*t in there. Like, did you know Jesus was a Jew?"
http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/image/object/775/775067/ff_clerks2_468.jpg
96) Clerks II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79Jt4Q5ulEs) (Kevin Smith, 2006)

Gotta run, but I wanted to give you guys some more from the list. 95-91 later tonight.

[TheUsualSuspect]

I just lost faith in this list. So early on.

Clerks II better then Taxi Driver? WHA?!?!?!?!?!

[Harry Lime]

Clerks 2 ahead of Taxi Driver and Midnight Cowboy? Okay then...

[Harry Lime]

I just lost faith in this list. So early on.

Clerks II better then Taxi Driver? WHA?!?!?!?!?!

Hey, Taxi Driver got 18 points from me.

[BobbyB]

Simmadownnow.

No worries guys. It'll get better ;)

[Lennon]

I know, Clerks II only at #96. Psh.

[Iroquois]

I know, Clerks II only at #96. Psh.

I remember being 16, too.

But yeah, even though I actually like Clerks II (or at least don't hate it like most people here seem to), there is no way it should beat out Blue Velvet, Taxi Driver and Midnight Cowboy.

[BobbyB]

Well, the way I look at this, is that this is Mofo's favorite 100 movies. It's not Mofo's 100 Technically Greatest movies. It's all about the movies you most enjoy watching. And if I'm being completely honest, Taxi Driver, even though it is a much better movie, is not as enjoyable a viewing experience as Clerks II, so in terms of favorites, I'd have it ranked above Taxi Driver as well.

Clerks II wouldn't be in my top 20 favorites mind you, but it was for a few of the posters.

Just chizzle, my bizzles. This list is all in fun. Liven it up and tell us which of these films you've seen and what you think of them. :yup:

I'm going to try and post 95-81 all in one big post here in the next hour or so.

[Harry Lime]

Correction, this is 28 Mofo member's favourite movies. As for me, Clerks 2 (not going to make it sound better with those roman numerals now) is about as enjoyable as being kicked in the balls and told to laugh. But please BobbyB, continue with the list, just ignore us.

[TheDOMINATOR]

I'm unsure about the list itself so far (;)), but the format is very nice. Can't wait to see more.

[Caitlyn]

Thanks for taking the time to do this again Bobby B... :)

[BobbyB]

"Somebody like you can really make things all right for me."
http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/080313/unwatchable/requiem-for-a-dream_l.jpg
95) Requiem for a Dream (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq0W-L1KKPg) (Darren Aronofsky, 2000)

"And if there's a heaven and God I hope there is, I know he's sitting up there, drunk as a f*cking monkey and smoking sh*t. Because he left his pains down here."
http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20070925/465_platton.jpg
94) Platoon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtfwTSGEjSQ) (Oliver Stone, 1986)

"I hate LA. All they do is snort coke and talk."
http://auteurs_production.s3.amazonaws.com/stills/10319/shortcuts.jpg
93) Short Cuts (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQZD0vKvSJY) (Robert Altman, 1993)

"Unusual weather we're having, ain't it?"
http://www.advancedgraphics.com/store/pc/catalog/woz.jpg
92) The Wizard of Oz (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP_wx0qrKu0&feature=related) (Victor Fleming, 1939)

"Man is born crying. When he has cried enough, he dies."
http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/winstar_cinema/ran/jinpachi_nezu/ran.jpg
91) Ran (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxFPfpZpwMQ) (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)

"You're not hopeless."
http://www.filmweb.no/bilder/multimedia/archive/00096/Scarlett_Johansson_i_96704o.jpg
90) Lost in Translation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmXAQXTpLjI) (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

"Come with me if you want to live."
http://www.bigbearbikers.com/bbhr/terminator2.jpg
89) Terminator 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcisPdJVNl8) (James Cameron, 1991)

"When the sunshine don't work, the good Lord bring the rain in."
http://content7.flixster.com/photo/10/97/63/10976353_gal.jpg
88) Magnolia (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7WZf7XieRQ) (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)

"A long time ago, in the underground realm, where there are no lies or pain, there lived a Princess who dreamed of the human world. She dreamed of blue skies, soft breeze, and sunshine."
http://sgnewwave.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/pans-labyrinth-1.jpg
87) Pan's Labyrinth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5d4f1nyLgg) (Guillermo Del Toro, 2006)

"There is no right, there is no wrong, there's only popular opinion."
http://l.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com/ymv/us/img/hv/photo/movie_pix/universal_pictures/12_monkeys/_group_photos/bruce_willis1.jpg
86) 12 Monkeys (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVgOjbqFapQ) (Terry Gilliam, 1995)

"He said a few things that lead me to believe that the car was his.
Such as?
'That's my car, motherf*cker'"
http://l.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com/ymv/us/img/hv/photo/movie_pix/paramount_pictures/wonder_boys/_group_photos/michael_cavadias5.jpg
85) Wonder Boys (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sveK_fhIqhs) (Curtis Hanson, 2000)

"I'm like cat here, a no-name slob. We belong to nobody, and nobody belongs to us. We don't even belong to each other."
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TH3mrhtjNO4/SDbbRDBkBLI/AAAAAAAAAMw/F91lv0yNw6Q/s400/Audrey%2BHepburn%2BBreakfast%2Bat%2BTiffanys.jpg
84) Breakfast at Tiffany's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNcZx2G9ifw&feature=related) (Blake Edwards, 1961)

"Look I probably should have told you this before but you see... well... insanity runs in my family... It practically gallops."
http://www.eeweems.com/capra/_imagery/_arsenic_and_old_lace/cary_grant_wild_450.jpg
83) Arsenic and Old Lace (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVgUDPOiAlE) (Frank Capra, 1944)

"A woman is the most fiendish instrument of torture ever devised to bedevil the days of man."
http://fashiontribes.typepad.com/main/images/o_brother_tim_blake_nelson.jpg
82) O Brother, Where Art Thou? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1C2gCXo4Gs) (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2000)

"You know what my nightmare is? That I'll stay in Amal. That I'll never move from here. I'll get kids, a car, a house... all of that. Then my husband will leave for someone younger and I'll be stuck with kids that just scream and nag. It's so f*cking meaningless."
http://www.sweden.se/upload/Sweden_se/english/articles/SI/2006%20uppdaterad/Swedish%20children%E2%80%99s%20culture%20takes%20the%20stage%20in%20London/show_me_love_sweden2.jpg
81) Show Me Love (Lukas Moodysson, 1998)

[Dill-man]

Hey, Taxi Driver got 18 points from me.
...And 20 from me. Truthfully, I'm surprised it is so high, I always seem to see Taxi Driver stuff around here.

Maybe the Taxi Driver fans didn't submit their lists.

Also, I feel really stupid becaue I just relooked at the list I sent and I realized I forgot to put 2001: A Space Odyssey on :eek:!

Oh, well, good job so far on the list! I may disagree with the order but there is no denying all the movies so far have been quality movies (except for maybe Clerks II :p)

[Harry Lime]

Surprised to see Arsenic and Old Lace has enough fans to place it ahead of some of the films on the list. I like the movie, it had me laughing, but didn't know it had such a following.

[Powdered Water]

Mortimer: "Aunt Abby, how can I believe you? There are twelve men down in the cellar and you admit you poisoned them."

Aunt Abby: "Yes, I did. But you don't think I'd stoop to telling a fib."

[BobbyB]

"When you decide to be something, you can be it. That's what they don't tell you in the church. When I was your age they would say we can become cops, or criminals. Today, what I'm saying to you is this: when you're facing a loaded gun, what's the difference?"
http://www.cinephilia.com/images/departed.jpg
80) The Departed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvVqcuNQHpI) (Martin Scorsese, 2006)

"If you are what you eat, then I only want to eat the good stuff."
http://www.elasticpop.com/access/2_Ratatouille.jpg
79) Ratatouille (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGxtXVdkoQU) (Brad Bird, 2007)

"We're on a mission from God."
http://www.121musicblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/blues_brothers_most.jpg
78) The Blues Brothers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHa_jqxnn4o) (John Landis, 1980)

"I like you, Holden. I haven't liked a man in a long time. And it's not because I'm a man hater or something like that. It's just been sometime that I've been exposed to a man that didn't immediately live into a stereotype of some sort. And I want you to feel comfortable with me, because I'd really like us to be friends."
http://www.loveperfect.com/raymondsison/images/chasing_amy.jpg
77) Chasing Amy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMwhZryRUr4) (Kevin Smith, 1997)

"I have issues with anyone who treats faith as a burden instead of a blessing. You people don't celebrate your faith; you mourn it."
http://moviechutzpah.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/dogma.jpg
76) Dogma (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSQYRq8kf4g) (Kevin Smith, 1999)

Kevin Smith is making this list his bitch.

[TheUsualSuspect]

Too much Kevin Smith.

[BobbyB]

Agreed. But whatcha gonna do?

Luckily this stuff is falling on the bottom half of the list.

[Lennon]

Yeah, I wonder how that happened ;)

[Iroquois]

Dammit, Lennon! I knew this was your fault.

[BobbyB]

Lennon isn't completely to blame.















But mostly. ;)

A couple other people put those movies on the low end of their list, and that, combined with Lennon, put it on the bottom end of the 100.

[Harry Lime]

It would have to be more than just a couple of people, because between Dill-man and I alone Taxi Driver had 38 points (plus you mentioned every film had at least three votes for it). Clerks 2 would have needed at least 22 more points to go with Lennon's 18 to beat it, assuming that the other person who voted for Taxi Driver had placed it at the minimum 20th place.

I'm just saying.

[BobbyB]

Lennon put Clerks II at 3, 18 points.

It was 15 (6 points) on another list, 13 (8 points) on another and 10 (11 points) on yet another.

18 + 6 + 8 + 11 = 43

And you two weren't the only ones to vote for Taxi Driver either. It got a 19 on someone else's list.

20 + 18 + 2 = 40

[Harry Lime]

Hey I believe you, millions wouldn't, but I do.

[BobbyB]

Hey I believe you, millions wouldn't, but I do.
How sarcastically, condescending of you. Thank you.

[meatwadsprite]

I wonder where Clerks will end up.

[Caitlyn]

28 lists. :yup:



I'm wondering who the other 27 are... or probably 26 since I'm sure Bobby did a list....

[Yoda]

Mine isn't among them. :( I'm way too paranoid about being locked into something like this. I could probably stretch my Favorites into a Top 20 or Top 30, but I'm a long ways off from feeling comfortable enough to make a Top 100.

[mikeython1]

Mine isn't among them. :( I'm way too paranoid about being locked into something like this. I could probably stretch my Favorites into a Top 20 or Top 30, but I'm a long ways off from feeling comfortable enough to make a Top 100.Yeah but Bobby only asked us for our top 20 films?

[mikeython1]

I'm wondering who the other 27 are... or probably 26 since I'm sure Bobby did a list....
Yeah you should post what members submitted. I would be intrested in who contributed.

[spudracer]

Not me, I'm with Yoda on this one...I would never be able to come up with my Top 100. I'd be stretching a top 20 list.

[mikeython1]

Not me, I'm with Yoda on this one...I would never be able to come up with my Top 100. I'd be stretching a top 20 list.
Maybe I dont understand what you guys are saying and forgive me if that is the case but what I am trying to say is that the list I submitted to Bobby was only a top 20. Im pretty sure that is all Bobby wanted was a top 20.

[Caitlyn]

As I recall, I basically used my top 30 list... but omitted some of the more obscure movies on it in favor of some I knew had been seen by more members...

[Dill-man]

I second the notion for a list of everyone who contributed, if that is possible. It would be interesting to see.

[mark f]

I submitted a list of my top 20, as requested. So far, only one film is up that I submitted, and one more film is up from from my personal Top 100. I think the list has several fine films as well as things I'd consider overrated, but I'd like to hold off further comment until I see the rest.

[Harry Lime]

How sarcastically, condescending of you. Thank you.

There was no condescension in that comment. I don't need to be condescending, I know I'm better than everyone.

[Harry Lime]

28. harrylime
27. Dill-man
26. Caitlyn
25. Lennon
24. mikeython
23. mark f

Anyone else care to continue this list?

[Justin]

That deserves a positive rep point.

[meatwadsprite]

Put me on that list.

[Powdered Water]

#21

And two of mine have already appeared... tee hee. Go me.

[Caitlyn]

I think there are 3 of mine up already... and no, I didn't help Lennon out... :D

[Harry Lime]

You know you guys can put yourselves on the list. Even I (a computer-illiterate fool) knows how to cut and paste.

28. harrylime
27. Dill-man
26. Caitlyn
25. Lennon
24. mikeython
23. mark f
22. meatwadsprite
21. Powdered Water

[Iroquois]

I submitted a list. So far only one of the movies on it has appeared.

And I voted for the original Clerks.

Hurm.

[Harry Lime]

Damn you all!

28. harrylime
27. Dill-man
26. Caitlyn
25. Lennon
24. mikeython
23. mark f
22. meatwadsprite
21. Powdered Water
20. Iroquois
19. uconjack

[uconjack]

I put a list in

[Harry Lime]

Hurm.

[Lennon]

28. harrylime
27. Dill-man
26. Caitlyn
25. Lennon
24. mikeython
23. mark f
22. meatwadsprite
21. Powdered Water
20. Iroquois
19. uconjack
18. Martyofevil
17. Sawman3
16. Vertical Gunn
15. The Dominator
14. MikeyThon1
13. MovieMan8877445
12. SamsoniteDelilah
11. Pyro Tramp

I think this is part of list, from what I gathered here (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=17841&page=4)

[Harry Lime]

28. harrylime
27. Dill-man
26. Caitlyn
25. Lennon
24. mikeython1
23. mark f
22. meatwadsprite
21. Powdered Water
20. Iroquois
19. uconjack
18. Martyofevil
17. Sawman3
16. Vertical Gunn
15. The Dominator
14. MovieMan8877445
13. SamsoniteDelilah
12. Pyro Tramp

We have Mikey on there twice Lennon, thanks by the way, good researching. And are you going to nominate a couple of movie characters for the little tourney we have coming up or what, you said you were in? You can nominate your beloved Kevin Smith characters if you like.

[Lennon]

28. harrylime
27. Dill-man
26. Caitlyn
25. Lennon
24. mikeython1
23. mark f
22. meatwadsprite
21. Powdered Water
20. Iroquois
19. uconjack
18. Martyofevil
17. Sawman3
16. Vertical Gunn
15. The Dominator
14. MovieMan8877445
13. SamsoniteDelilah
12. Pyro Tramp

We have Mikey on their twice Lennon, thanks by the way, good researching. And are you going to nominate a couple of movie characters for the little tourney we have coming up or what, you said you were in? You can nominate your beloved Kevin Smith characters if you like.

Yeah, did you create the thread?

[meatwadsprite]

http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=18945&page=2

[MovieMan8877445]

Nope, take me off. I completely forgot, and didn't get my list in on time. So I didn't effect this at all.

[Lennon]

Nope, take me off. I completely forgot, and didn't get my list in on time. So I didn't effect this at all.
Sorry. I saw you posting saying you were just about to send it in.

[TheUsualSuspect]

Obviously I did.

[BobbyB]

I can post who all made lists AFTER we're done. I don't want everyone to get an idea of what the final 5 or so are before we're done. So, please stop for now.

[Caitlyn]

That's cool Bobby... thanks again for doing this... :)

[Sedai]

I think I put one in, but can't really remember.

[Harry Lime]

Let's get this road on the show!

[BobbyB]

Alright. I'll try and get another set up before I leave work (5am CDT)

[BobbyB]

"It's funny to think that just a year ago, I sat in that Knightsbridge Pub actually planning to murder her."
http://thisdistractedglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/Dial%20M%20For%20Murder%20pic%201.jpg
75) Dial M for Murder (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBoL2vMJkCs) (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)

"Here I was born, and there I died. It was only a moment for you; you took no notice"
http://blogs.nypost.com/movies/photos/goldengate.jpg
74) Vertigo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byCBl5LajQU) (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)

"For as long as I can remember people have hated me. They looked at my face and my body and they ran away in horror. In my loneliness I decided that if I could not inspire love, which is my deepest hope, I would instead cause fear. I live because this poor half-crazed genius, has given me life. He alone held an image of me as something beautiful and then, when it would have been easy enough to stay out of danger, he used his own body as a guinea pig to give me a calmer brain and a somewhat more sophisticated way of expressing myself."
http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/Young%20Frankenstein.jpg
73) Young Frankenstein (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw2IIU0a9qw) (Mel Brooks, 1974)

"This car. Goeth would have bought this car. Why did I keep the car? Ten people right there. Ten people. Ten more people. This pin. Two people. This is gold. Two more people. He would have given me two for it, at least one. One more person. A person, Stern. For this. I could have gotten one more person...and I didn't! And I...I didn't!"
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QIWOq0sCifM/SX3CfgmhWEI/AAAAAAAAFlc/YOezjeUCTAo/s400/Schindlers_list_red_dress.JPG
72) Schindler's List (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAH3RTRlCHY) (Steven Spielberg, 1993)

"Go get 'em, champ. I'm da boss, I'm da boss, I'm da boss, I'm da boss, I'm da boss...I'm da boss, I'm da boss, I'm da boss, I'm da boss, I'm da boss, I'm da boss."
http://www.screensite.org/courses/Jbutler/T440/RagingBull.jpg
71) Raging Bull (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS5eez_f4d8) (Martin Scorsese, 1980)

"You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig."
http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/westerns-gall/images/420/good-bad-ugly.jpg
70) The Good, the Bad, And the Ugly (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEs_Tuumw8A) (Sergio Leone, 1966)

"Mama always said 'Life is like a box of chocolates'...you never know what you're gonna get."
http://www.cites.illinois.edu/edtech/newsletters_articles/articles/baird/newsletter_2_05/images/gump_n_lennon.jpg
69) Forrest Gump (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo4Ac1e0r5Q) (Robert Zemeckis, 1994)

"And when everyone is super...no one will be."
http://a.media.abcfamily.go.com/abcfamily/Specials/25-Days-of-Christmas/Schedule/The_Incredibles_large.jpg
68) The Incredibles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M68ndaZSKa8) (Brad Bird, 2004)

"Yes! Your love was a lie! And now she burns in hell!"
http://www.ihousephilly.org/images/evil-dead2.jpg
67) Evil Dead II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aLLP9YpApc) (Sam Raimi, 1987)

"England is under threat of invasion, and though we be on the far side of the world, this ship is our home. This ship *is* England."
http://www.greatsite.com/images/aboutus/master-and-commander.jpg
66) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzG4K2m_j5U) (Peter Weir, 2003)

I've never even heard of Evil Dead II and the thing got, like, 7 votes. :confused:

[Iroquois]

Hehe, you haven't heard of Evil Dead II. Good one.

[BobbyB]

Hehe, you haven't heard of Evil Dead II. Good one.
Not a horror fan, and I've closed myself off to all things Raimi, because I don't like his stuff. Probably that.

But you guys seem to love it.

[Iroquois]

You should check it out then.

[honeykid]

OK, I'll fess up, I simply don't understand the love for The Incredibles. Average at best.

Unsurprisingly, I didn't put in a list either. As Harry will tell you, I can't come up with a top 10 at the moment, let alone 20.

[Caitlyn]

OK, I'll fess up, I simply don't understand the love for The Incredibles. Average at best.


I don't understand it either... but the difference in tastes is what always makes this type of list interesting to me 'cause I'm never sure what movie is going to show up... :)

[Thursday Next]

Well, I put a list in, if anyone's still keeping track, although I can't remember what I picked. Definitely picked Show Me Love and Lost in Translation, probably as 2 of my top 3. But this list...Dogma? The Incredibles? o.0 Top half will be interesting. Wonder if Fight Club will be number one again? I don't think it made my top 20 this time round.

[TheUsualSuspect]

Ew, Master & Commander.

[Harry Lime]

As Harry will tell you, I can't come up with a top 10 at the moment, let alone 20.

Yes, I tell you honeykid can't come up with a top ten, let alone twenty.

[mark f]

Oh, I misread that. I thought honey said "Hairy" so I was going to post some pithy comment. Good thing I posted elsewhere first.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__jFgOqdirRY/Rru_wNbsAwI/AAAAAAAAAmg/c6CdqAXBSq0/s400/HairyGuy.jpg

[Harry Lime]

That's who FOX gets to star in their special "Searching for The Sasquatch".

[honeykid]

That's why they never find it, because it's hiding in his fur.

[mark f]

My Sasquatch is usually well-hidden from the public.

[Powdered Water]

OK, I'll fess up, I simply don't understand the love for The Incredibles. Average at best.




Not for nuthin', but maybe when you can take the time to put together your top ten then the rest of us can sit around and take a few well versed shots at some of your favorite flicks. So get crackin' eh? ;)

[BobbyB]

Probably another part of the list coming Sunday. No time today. :(

[honeykid]

That's ok Bobby. Looking forward to it.

[Dill-man]

Ew, Master & Commander.

Seriously?

What's wrong with Master and Commander? That movie is incredible!

[Fenwick]

Good work Bobby. Interesting list. I didnt know about this so unfortunately, didn't submit a top 20.

[Caitlyn]

Seriously?

What's wrong with Master and Commander? That movie is incredible!


Master and Commander is a great movie... but I haven't noticed too many members list it in their favorites... so was kinda surprised, myself, when it made the list...

[BobbyB]

Update coming in the next 6 hours...PROMISE

[BobbyB]

A quick 5 for tonight. I'm swamped this evening.

"What would you do if you were stuck in one place and every day was exactly the same, and nothing that you did mattered?"
http://images.ctv.ca/gallery/photo/ENT_hollywood_wisdom_080618/image16.jpg
65) Groundhog Day (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_3qC-jkrEw) (Harold Ramis, 1993)

"Men, you are about to embark on a great crusade to stamp out runaway decency in the west. Now you men will only be risking your lives, whilst I will be risking an almost certain Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor."
http://www.morethings.com/fan/blazing_saddles/blazing_saddles-cleavon_little.jpg
64) Blazing Saddles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPcLPzItOQs) (Mel Brooks, 1974)

"If we bring a little joy into your humdrum lives, it makes us feel as though our hard work ain't been in vain for nothin'. Bless you all."
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/film/undergrads/outlines/fi101/singin_in_the_rain.jpg
63) Singin' in the Rain (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7QL46cK7B8) (Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, 1952)

"It was like we was both back in older times and I was on horseback goin' through the mountains of a night. Goin' through this pass in the mountains. It was cold and there was snow on the ground and he rode past me and kept on goin'. Never said nothin' goin' by. He just rode on past...and he had his blanket wrapped around him and his head down and when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn the way people used to do and I could see the horn from the light inside of it. 'Bout the color of the moon. And in the dream I knew that he was goin' on ahead and he was fixin' to make a fire somewhere out there in all that dark and all that cold, and I knew that whenever I got there he would be there. And then I woke up."
http://www.reverseshot.com/files/images/pre-issue22/no-country-for-old-men-wallpaper-2-1024.preview.jpg
62) No Country for Old Men (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkWoF_ojHoc&feature=related) (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2007)

"The last time I seen my father, he was blind and diseased from drinking. And every time he put the bottle to his mouth, he don't suck out of it, it sucks out of him until he shrunk so wrinkled and yellow even the dogs didn't know him."
http://www.geocities.com/lee_ngaifun/easter_images/ep_cuckoo.JPG
61) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG1QPYCfaBQ) (Milos Forman, 1975)

[Justin]

Nice choices....

[rice1245]

Damn i should have submitted a list so One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest could be a bit higher

[Dill-man]

Great last 5 movies, though I thought One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest would be higher. That movie is fantastic in so many ways. Bested only by the book :p

[Harry Lime]

It was on my list of 20 and I just finished the book today.

[Dill-man]

It was on my list of 20 and I just finished the book today.

What'd you like better, the book or the movie?

[mark f]

Cuckoo's Nest is great in both media since they're wildly different. The movie is definitely told from McMurphy's perspective, but since the Chief is the narrator of the novel, you've got a completely different take on the story. :cool:

[Harry Lime]

I have to agree with Mark, I was really pleased that the two differed some. And when I was done, I compared what I had just read to one of my favourite movies of all time and was still happy with the adaptation.

Oh, and the book is probably one of my favourite novels too. I'm going to be reading Kesey's follow-up soon, Sometimes a Great Notion.

[rice1245]

It was on my list of 20 and I just finished the book today.

Sweet, i'm doing that book for my research paper in my AP Lit class, i'm actually thinking about starting an entire thread just on the really cool criticisms and what not that i find on it because i've seen a lot of really cool stuff so far and think some mofos would find it interesting :yup: The paper has to be around 20 pages so my world is pretty much going to revolve around One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest for the next month =\

[Dill-man]

Sweet, i'm doing that book for my research paper in my AP Lit class, i'm actually thinking about starting an entire thread just on the really cool criticisms and what not that i find on it because i've seen a lot of really cool stuff so far and think some mofos would find it interesting :yup: The paper has to be around 20 pages so my world is pretty much going to revolve around One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest for the next month =\

I'm doing a APUSH (AP US History) research project on 60's pop culture (which includes Ken Kesey greatly) and an American Lit project on Jack Kerouac so I can probably have some imput to help your thread.

It will be a "Cool stuff from kid's research projects" thread

[Harry Lime]

Alot of smart High Schoolers on this site, all in AP classes. Have either of you read The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test?

[meatwadsprite]

C'mon Lime , that's child's play. I'm reading something a little more adult , then again I'm a senior after all.

http://www.brownbearandfriends.com/img/book-3.jpg

[Dill-man]

Alot of smart High Schoolers on this site, all in AP classes. Have either of you read The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test?

Yeah that's one of my main primary resources for my project. Haven't read it yet though.

Should probably get on that...

[Harry Lime]

Ah Meatwad, don't worry buddy, you have something that can't be learned in any AP class, a great sense of humour.

[Harry Lime]

Yeah that's one of my main primary resources for my project. Haven't read it yet though.

Should probably get on that...

I liked it alot, didn't know until afterwards that Wolfe hadn't really tried any drugs. His description of an acid trip is extremely lucid.

[Dill-man]

C'mon Lime , that's child's play. I'm reading something a little more adult , then again I'm a senior after all.

http://www.brownbearandfriends.com/img/book-3.jpg

Are you using the read-along CD as well?

[Justin]

Anyone read The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell by Aldous Huxley?

[Harry Lime]

Have you read The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell by Aldous Huxley?

Speaking of great drug-trip descriptions.

[Dill-man]

I haven't though I remember reading Huxely was a huge user of drugs. Only Huxley I've read is Brave New World. Good book but I didn't think it really stood out from much of the other classics I've read over the years. Truthfully I dislike dysotopian novels. Pessimism doesn't age well

[Harry Lime]

I think Brave New World is very relevant today, you only have to look around at the over-sexed, over-stimulated, mass produced world we are now living in and see how Huxley was on to something back then.

[Dill-man]

I think Brave New World is very relevant today, you only have to look around at the over-sexed, over-stimulated, mass produced world we are now living in and see how Huxley was on to something back then.

There is no denying that but I always love to see that despite this most people truely still do have good hearts. It is a thin line though and I agree that the book is definetly relevent, probably more than 1984.

[Harry Lime]

I love how this thread has turned into a completely unrelated discussion.

I'm not too sure on your statement on whether people for the most part still have good hearts, or if we have ever. It's all subjective to what you believe to be good. But I can't get into that right now, it's still being sorted out.

[Dill-man]

Yeah we should probably leave that for another time/thread.

[BobbyB]

I want to try and get another 10 posted this evening. We'll see how work progresses. :)

[BobbyB]

Damn it. No time this evening. :(

I PROMISE 20 movies when I before I get off of my next shift (Get in at 10PM CDT on Thursday and leave on Friday at 5am)

So by Friday morning, when you're first waking up, you should see another 20 movies knocked out, leaving only 40 remaining.

[meatwadsprite]

Are you using the read-along CD as well?

:nope: ....................................... :yup:

Nice deal Bobby

[BobbyB]

"I must say, that represents a level of hypocrisy in you that I'd previously suspected, but not noticed due to highly evasive skills."
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2007/05/11/withnailandi460.jpg
60) Withnail & I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m6LhZJdCQY) (Bruce Robinson, 1987)

"And just like that...he's gone."
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xgTK3B8ySsQ/SPuHx0oCxoI/AAAAAAAAAWM/6j-QOX6cKWA/s400/039_44628%7EThe-Usual-Suspects-Posters.jpg
59) The Usual Suspects (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj5vERbLtYI) (Bryan Singer, 1995)

"Wanting people to listen, you can't just tap them on the shoulder anymore. You have to hit them with a sledgehammer, and then you'll notice you've got their strict attention."
http://www.dnevkino.ru/films-foto/films-seven.jpg
58) Se7en (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4NcuPb4wmA&feature=related) (David Fincher, 1995)

"I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart!"
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/11_01/thegodfatherREX_468x429.jpg
57) The Godfather II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AOOdU2bIN8) (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)

"Do you believe that stuff the old man was saying the other night at the Oso Negro about gold changin' a man's soul so's he ain't the same sort of man as he was before findin' it?"
http://www.filmreference.com/images/sjff_01_img0503.jpg
56) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9UNNlE9sBc) (John Huston, 1948)

"Wake up..."
http://www.mannythemovieguy.com/images/donnie-darko-7.jpg
55) Donnie Darko (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNL08oYkJJ0&feature=related) (Richard Kelly, 2001)

"'Fraid you're right, Mr. Helpmann. He's gone."
http://moneyboxjunction.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/072907-2043-whenthingsg1.jpg
54) Brazil (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xNnRBksvOU) (Terry Gilliam, 1985)

"Enough! Open up your eyes and look at the big picture; You're all puppets of corrupt politicians and capitalists. Don't you understand, it's utterly pointless to fight each other."
http://www.evolvingtype.com/teddy/archives/images/kanedas%20bike.jpg
53) Akira (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQnw35kR6Pw) (Katsuhiro Ôtomo, 1988)

"I tried to stand up and fly straight, but it wasn't easy with that sumbitch Reagan in the White House. I dunno. They say he's a decent man, so maybe his advisers are confused."
http://redriverpak.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/1555661149_da0260fcdd1.jpg
52) [/URL]Raising Arizona (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=relQMv-nDSs) (Joel Coen, 1987)

"I pray that I may never see the desert again. Hear me, God."
http://thecia.com.au/reviews/l/images/lawrence-of-arabia-18.jpg
51) Lawrence of Arabia (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY6iKJn-HK4) (David Lean, 1962)

"Someday I think you and I are going to have a serious disagreement."
http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/080130/films-worth-saving/last-of-the-mohicans_l.jpg
50) The Last of the Mohicans (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn7UHJLcPp4) (Michael Mann, 1992)

"I can't really remember when I last had any hope, and I certainly can't remember when anyone else did either. Because really, since women stopped being able to have babies, what's left to hope for?"
http://www.guidedbyformat.com/blog/children1.jpg
49) Children of Men (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NikEQy1XxDE) (Alfonso Cuaron, 2006)

"Where is Haku...You better get here before I forget what my parents look like. I hope Dad hasn't gotten too fat."
http://www.channel4.com/film/media/film/4x/S/spirited_away_xl_01.jpg
48) Spirited Away (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCeHV_945As&feature=related) (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)

"Look down there. Tell me...would you really feel any pity if one of those dots stopped moving forever? If I offered you twenty thousand pounds for every dot that stopped, would you really, old man, tell me to keep my money, or would you calculate how many dots you could afford to spare?"
http://blog.afi.com/100movies/user-uploads/post3437.jpg
47) The Third Man (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc10ib2yIZw) (Carol Reed, 1949)

"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
http://media.decider.com/assets/images/events/event/53136/princess-bride_.jpg
46) [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUee1WvtQZU"]The Princess Bride (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUee1WvtQZU) (Rob Reiner, 1987)

I will post 5 more before I get out of here so you can get your 20. Scout's honor. :yup:

[Justin]

Great additions - Children of Men is a surprising, but awesome pick...

[rice1245]

wow, i thoroughly enjoyed that last post, i'm proud guys :yup:

[rice1245]

Alot of smart High Schoolers on this site, all in AP classes. Have either of you read The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test?


no i haven't =\

and AP classes don't always necessarily mean intelligence, we actually argued about this in my apgov class haha (we argue about aaanything) i think with the tracking system and ap kids versus kids in regular classes it's more about priorities than intelligence. Although it does take some brains to comprehend the textbook i'm just sticking up for people in regular classes here lol but whatever, i have two months left what do i care?

[Thursday Next]

I like nearly all of that last bunch. So I probably voted for some of them, but can't remember which ones...

[Harry Lime]

Who else voted for The Third Man? I wasn't sure if I'd get to see it on this list, much less in the top 50.

[BobbyB]

I did for sure. I don't recall who else did.

[BobbyB]

"Well Clarice...have the lambs stopped screaming?"
http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2007/01/29/PH2007012900692.jpg
45) The Silence of the Lambs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMVqIISyp60) (Jonathan Demme, 1991)

"I'm going to count to three, there will not be a four. Give me the code."
http://l.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com/ymv/us/img/hv/photo/movie_pix/twentieth_century_fox/die_hard/alan_rickman/diehard.jpg
44) Die Hard (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwbN4wDUEFA) (John McTiernan, 1988)

"That rabbit's dynamite."
http://img5.allocine.fr/acmedia/medias/nmedia/18/35/91/00/18832823.jpg
43) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RZ-hYPAMFQ) (Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, 1975)

"This is the nature of war. By protecting others, you save yourselves."
http://www.filmsquish.com/guts/files/images/SevenSamurai.JPG
42) Seven Samurai (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNqQXC8Tv8U) (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)

"No sir, YOU are the caretaker. You've always been the caretaker. I ought to know: I've always been here."
http://www.virginmedia.com/images/shining_twins_1.jpg
41) The Shining (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmn6FRgYwBQ) (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)

[Caitlyn]

Oh wow... The Last of the Mohicans made the list... :cool:

[honeykid]

Those last 5 were like playing Bad film, good film. Who the hell was voting for Silence Of The Lambs? :eek:

[mark f]

I'd give those last five an average of 4 with none less than 3.5, although none of them were on the list I submitted. :)

[Swan]

Yay for Spirited Away. :)

Lots of great movies on this list so far.

[Dill-man]

That picture from Seven Samurai is awesome. Did you just find that using google?

I don't know how Die Hard snuck in there, especially at such a relatively low position. It's a great movie but I would never put it anywhere near a "Top 100 Movies list". Guess that's just my opinion though.

This list is turning out great, truely quality movies.

[Caitlyn]

Who the hell was voting for Silence Of The Lambs? :eek:


I do believe I did.... is there a problem?




;)

[honeykid]

I do believe I did.... is there a problem?




;)


Not unless you think it's a good film, no. :p

[BobbyB]

Should be able to squeeze another update in later today, Mofo's. :yup:

[BobbyB]

"There is an explanation for this, you know."
http://blogs.amctv.com/scifi-scanner/images/alien1.jpg
40) Alien (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEVY_lonKf4&feature=related) (Ridley Scott, 1979)

"Go away...go away...go away, I don't want you to see me die"
http://moovyboovy.com/IMAGES%20MARCH%202007/onceuponatime2.jpg
39) Once Upon a Time in the West (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHZpO6aNLwE) (Sergio Leone, 1968)

"Where are we going?"
"Swimming"
http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/080328/Horror/Jaws_l.jpg
38) Jaws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gciFoEbOA8&feature=related) (Steven Spielberg, 1975)

"My heart is, and always will be, yours."
http://www.filmreference.com/images/sjff_03_img1368.jpg
37) Sense and Sensibility (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIEryklWT6M) (Ang Lee, 1995)

"Can't rain all the time..."
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t205/deovision/crow.jpg?t=1238375281
36) The Crow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN1aXge71i8) (Alex Proyas, 1994)

"Hi. I'm Shellie's new boyfriend and I'm out of my mind. If you so much as talk to her or even think her name, I'll cut you in ways that'll make you useless to a woman."
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a173/BobbyTex/GIFs/jessica-alba-in-sin-city.gif
35) Sin City (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TTV49ttP5U) (Robert Rodriguez, 2005)

"Has anything you've done made your life better?"
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j122/jonbot_2006/AmericanHistoryX.jpg?t=1238375448
34) American History X (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QVoMXgFvsA) (Tony Kaye, 1998)

"That'll be the day."
http://blogs.phillynews.com/inquirer/flickgrrl/searchers.jpg
33) The Searchers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk231DJ4nfU) (John Ford, 1956)

"There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible."
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JTrTlqUItis/R4pM2IcdWiI/AAAAAAAAACo/Noh_4XHlKeo/s400/mockingbird05.jpg
32) To Kill a Mockingbird (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyYw0k--qNY) (Robert Mulligan, 1962)

"Why. So. Serious!?"
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles_of_faith/batman.jpg
31) The Dark Knight (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8pSDdcyKSY) (Christopher Nolan, 2008)

[MovieMan8877445]

Great to see two of my top 10 in this set.

[Powdered Water]

Ha! I love that I'm not the only one who loves The Crow.

[BobbyB]

Yeah, actually, if you click on your own top 10 list, you'll see it's on 14 different users top 10.

[Justin]

Great to see To Kill a Mockingbird...

[meatwadsprite]

Wow I guessed Dark Knight at 32 , I know you people.

[Harry Lime]

Damn, that Sin City gif is freaking deadly! And the list is okay too, I guess.

Bobby, when you're finished with the list, can you post it all from 1-100 (no pictures or quotes or anything, just the full list)? Thank you.

[honeykid]

Jaws at #38? Really?!?! I'll never understand the masses. Never. Never. Never.

On the plus side, this has made me determined to try and come up with, at least, a top 20 for next year (should Bobby be good enough to take the time to do this again) because Jaws being so low just isn't right. :nope:

[christine]

Interesting stuff. Well done on all the hard work compiling and posting it BobbyB :)

[Caitlyn]

Not unless you think it's a good film, no. :p


Do I think it is the greatest movie ever... No... Do I think it is a good movie with some cool twists and turns... that I enjoy... Yes.


:D

[Thursday Next]

Sense and Sensibility got to number 37? I am actually smiling at my computer. That must mean other people voted for it too :D

[Dill-man]

I was plesently surprised with the inclusion of To Kill a Mockingbird. Loved that movie, I hope other "older movies" will make it, especially Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

[BobbyB]

Update coming tomorrow, possibly this morning before I leave work.

It will probably just be 5. So that will leave only 25 remaining.

[meatwadsprite]

Hot Fuzz #1 , it'll happen.

[honeykid]

Do I think it is the greatest movie ever... No... Do I think it is a good movie with some cool twists and turns... that I enjoy... Yes.


:D

Ah, enjoy. No, it's fine for it (and any other film) to be in anyones top 20 films if it's just because they enjoy them. I think that my own top 20 would have more than one or two films that I couldn't possibly defend as 'good'.

For the record, SotL is, to me, a good tv movie with a two good performances from Jodie Foster and Ted Levine and a decent script. How Hopkins got the Oscar though, I'll never know. There are Jews who can't watch that film because his performance is so hammy. :D

[BobbyB]

I actually feel like Hopkins gave a top 3 all time performance. I love him in the first of that series.

After that...not so much.

[BobbyB]

"Well, I'm not used to supposin'. I'm just a workin' man. My boss does all the supposin' - but I'll try one. Supposin' you talk us all out of this and, uh, the kid really did knife his father?"
http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/watchdog/blog/12-angry-men-1.jpg
30) 12 Angry Men (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTDhgR3p12w) (Sidney Lumet, 1957)

"Welcome...to the real World."
http://www.droitvp.org/MATRIX_prison.jpg
29) The Matrix (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX8Y5-BZLaM) (Andy and Larry Wachowski, 1999)

"Seven-six-two millimeter. Full. Metal. Jacket."
http://thefilmstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/full-metal-jacket.jpg
28) Full Metal Jacket (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLmdHNCKCGw) (Stanley Kubrick, 1987)

"It was like a message from God: Honesty don't pay, sucker."
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2008/02/15/cityofgod460.jpg
27) City of God (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WUTlbkIAsw&feature=related) (Fernando Meirelles, 2002)

"No hay banda! It is all...an illusion."
http://www.mulholland-drive.net/pics/silencio/sil01.jpg
26) Mulholland Dr (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLhbf-K10IM) (David Lynch, 2001)

Only 25 films remain.

[TheDOMINATOR]

There's 12 Angry Men. :cool: I was hoping for an even higher ranking, but making the Top 30, I really can't complain. Very nice!

[Swan]

Besides The Matrix, those movies are all some of my favorites. Righteous.

[TheUsualSuspect]

I was hoping City of God would crack top 20.

And you should have used this scene from The Matrix instead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhGrA0KwkVg&feature=related

[BobbyB]

Another 5 coming soon.

[BobbyB]

"Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone."
http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Entertainment/Images/oldboy-2.jpg
25) Oldboy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxZenU-R84U&feature=related) (Chan-wook Park, 2003)

"No...I am your father."
http://www.darkwebonline.com/images/empire%20strikes%20back.gif
24) Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6sj89xgnl4&feature=related) (Irvin Kershner, 1980)

"Will you look at that! Look how she moves! It's like Jell-O on springs. Must have some sort of built-in motor or something. I tell you, it's a whole different sex!"
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReviews23/a%20Billy%20Wilder%20Some%20Like%20It%20Hot%20Marilyn%20Monroe/o%20Billy%20Wilder%20Some%20Like%20It%20Hot%20Marilyn%20Monroe%2011152.jpghttp://www.tvworthwatching.com/werts/some-like-it-hot.jpg
23) Some Like it Hot (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLW5jzHsW7c) (Billy Wilder, 1959)

"Now you listen to me, I'm an advertising man, not a red herring. I've got a job, a secretary, a mother, two ex-wives and several bartenders that depend upon me, and I don't intend to disappoint them all by getting myself "slightly" killed."
http://www.cinemahype.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/north-by-northwest-hitchcock-cary-grant-pic-2.jpg
22) North by Northwest (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VqBQeL2cWI) (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)

"The horror...the horror..."
http://www.hfg-karlsruhe.de/%7Ejtolk/art-writing/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/apocalypse-now_01.jpg
21) Apocalypse Now (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPXVGQnJm0w) (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979)

[Harry Lime]

Nice, all great films. Surprised to see Oldboy so high, you Mofo's are twisted...right on!

You may want to check on the image for Some Like it Hot, Bobby. It's just the red x for me.

[BobbyB]

Oh damn...it went away. I'll get a new one. Thanks.

[Thursday Next]

Hmm, I like all of 30-21 with the exception of the two war films...although Full Metal Jacket is excepted because I haven't seen it, not because I dislike it.

[Harry Lime]

Five of the last ten are in my 100.

[Caitlyn]

I think about 22 of them have been in my top 100 so far... but I'm sleepy/tired so may have miscounted...

anyway, great job Bobby B!

[Pyro Tramp]

Enjoying the list so far, my top three- Evil Dead 2, Oldboy and Blue Velvet- made it so all good :) Gonna presume Chinatown and Blade Runner will be up soon making top 5

[rufnek]

Don't know how many have been listed so far, but I've seen only 39 all the way through (bits and parts of a few others), including 14 that I consider exceptionally interesting and 3 that I strongly disliked--Breakfast at Tiffnany's (nice tune, however, made Andy Williams' career); Vertigo (Kim Novak always looked good but wasn't much of an actress); and Apocalypse Now (a giant mess of a film; they shudda stuck with Heart of Darkness).

[honeykid]

Y'know, one day I'd like to sit down with someone who really knows what they're talking about and watch North By Northwest. I. Just. Don't. Get. It.

Also, I hope that's the highest ranking Star Wars film. It's easily the best (and my favourite) and it'd be a pity if it was pipped by one of the others.

[Dill-man]

Don't know how many have been listed so far, but I've seen only 39 all the way through (bits and parts of a few others), including 14 that I consider exceptionally interesting and 3 that I strongly disliked--Breakfast at Tiffnany's (nice tune, however, made Andy Williams' career); Vertigo (Kim Novak always looked good but wasn't much of an actress); and Apocalypse Now (a giant mess of a film; they shudda stuck with Heart of Darkness).

I never understand people who say Apocalypse Now is a "mess of a film". If anything, I thought the organization of it was one of the best parts of the movie. Can you explain that to me?

[Iroquois]

I like Apocalypse Now (and even voted for it), but I can understand people calling it a mess of a film. One-dimensional plot, gratuitous war sequences, half-baked philosophy...the list goes on.

[nebbit]

So Glad to see Some Like it Hot and North by Northwest :yup:

[Harry Lime]

I never understand people who say Apocalypse Now is a "mess of a film". If anything, I thought the organization of it was one of the best parts of the movie. Can you explain that to me?

I'd like to hear it too.

Also honeykid, I am not surprised that You. Just. Don't. Get. It.

[MovieMan8877445]

We should totally make this into one of the lists, just a thought. I liked Apocalypse Now, but I did feel it was a little overly long, IMO. It's a good movie definitely, but I got sort of bored while watching it.

[rice1245]

I may be sort of biased about Apocalypse Now because i loved Heart of Darkness and for me the philosophy in Apocalypse Now was not half baked at all most likely since i had to read and analize Heart of Darkness in my AP Literature class and i thought it was a good adaptation and i liked the idea of changing it to Vietnam instead of the Congo, it made it more relatable to the time and i didn't think it took away from the story.

[meatwadsprite]

Wait people are challenging the quality of Apocalypse Now ? I'm not sure I've heard of this phenomenon. I agree it's a mess , but that's the whole point - a hypnotizing descent into symbolic hell , I can easily see how it's unenjoyable but I can't see how it's not effective.

[Harry Lime]

If I hear the word "mess" one more time I swear I'm a gonna...

[christine]

Apocalypse Now, one of my favourite films of all time, but I believe my friend who has fallen asleep and never seen the end of it several times. It's hypnotic, and quite surreal towards the end, trippy even, just such an amazing film.

[BobbyB]

Apocalypse Now is chaotic, not a mess. There is a distinct difference between the two, most notably a quality difference. There's nothing messy about Apocalypse Now at all.

Anyway, I'll try and post another 5 tonight.

[BobbyB]

"I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do."
http://images.thetruthaboutcars.com/2008/04/2001_space_odyssey_fg2b.jpg
20) 2001: A Space Odyssey (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWnmCu3U09w) (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)

"Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane."
http://www.reellifewisdom.com/files/images/shawshank.jpg
19) The Shawshank Redemption (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtwXlIwozog) (Frank Darbont, 1994)

"I'm not even supposed to be here today!"
http://www.westga.edu/%7Ebbrickma/s4109/clerks.jpg
18) Clerks. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6lzEhoXads) (Kevin Smith, 1994)

"That rug really tied the room together."
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b130/beauxbeezy31/BigLebowski.jpg
17) The Big Lebowski (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IONyLZn0pLI&feature=related) (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1998)

"Help Obi-Wan Kenobi...you're my only hope."
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Film/Pix/pictures/2007/05/14/starwars460.jpg
16) Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjCyZ2P9bCA) (George Lucas, 1977)

And as a bonus...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFNwBA4x7ek

[TheUsualSuspect]

Still think 2001 is too high, can't argue with the rest.


Oh wait, Clerks? Yeah, way too high.

[Harry Lime]

2001 isn't high enough! The film goes to infinity and beyond.

You can almost predict which films will come next.

[MovieMan8877445]

What? Clerks and The Big Lebowski in front of The Shawshank Redemption? I think not.

[Iroquois]

Clerks and The Big Lebowski in front of The Shawshank Redemption?

F*cking-A.

[Thursday Next]

I should probably get round to watching Clerks. 2001 and Shawshank are too high for me, but they were always going to be.

[rice1245]

I watched Clerks once a looong time ago and wasn't that impressed but i was also cinematically stupid at the time =\ so i should probably give that another watch.

And i support The Big Lebowski being in front of Shawshank :yup: i love the Dude

[linespalsy]

It's Clerks that was cinematically stupid, not you.

[Iroquois]

Yeah, it probably needed more dwarfs and kung-fu for you to like it. But yeah, I agree, in the context of cinema as a whole, Clerks is pretty terrible, but there are still far worse films (it's far from the worst film Smith has ever made).

[nebbit]

I am finding all this very interesting :yup: I love The Dude nice to see him our 100 :yup:

[honeykid]

I'd like to hear it too.

Also honeykid, I am not surprised that You. Just. Don't. Get. It.

Oh, why's that? :D

Also, bloody Star Wars being above Empire. :(

[Dill-man]

Oh, why's that? :D

Also, bloody Star Wars being above Empire. :(

This is probably becaues people just put Star Wars in their favorite list to talk about the whole series instead of naming their favorite movies of the series.

But I agree Empire Strikes Back is the best.

[Harry Lime]

The original is the only one that can stand on its own.

[mark f]

Fu**in' A, Bubba!

[BobbyB]

I'll knock out another 5 in the next few hours. That will get us down to the top 10.

[MovieMan8877445]

Looking foward to seeing it.

[BobbyB]

"FREEEEEDOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!"
http://www.kiltmen.com/braveheart.jpg
15) Braveheart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLrrBs8JBQo) (Mel Gibson, 1995)

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room."
http://filmforno.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/normal_dr_strangelove01.jpg
14) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWP_rEWG2xk) (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)

"It's a hell of a thing, killin' a man. Take away all he's got, and all he's ever gonna have."
http://www.libertyfilmfestival.com/libertas/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/unforgiven5.jpg
13) Unforgiven (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wGiJcq95Ug) (Clint Eastwood, 1992)

"There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar trying to make up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening. The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence."
http://www.filmreference.com/images/sjff_01_img0111.jpg
12) A Clockwork Orange (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-zRtT5jPLA) (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)

"Here's lookin at you, kid."
http://www.sheilaomalley.com/casablanca02_2.jpghttps://www.msu.edu/course/ams/280/casa7.jpg
11) Casablanca (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vThuwa5RZU) (Michael Curtiz, 1942)

[Thursday Next]

Am I the only person who thinks Braveheart is silly, inaccurate, offensive, unbelievable tosh?? And I don't mind silly, but it takes itself way too seriously.

[Iroquois]

I do agree with the first part a bit, although I admit it was slightly better than I expected it to be. Plus, I fail to see how a movie where one army moons the other can be seen as "taking itself too seriously".

[Harry Lime]

As far as inaccuracies go, this is a film, not a historical document.

Oh, and nice to see Dr. Strangelove and A Clockwork Orange so high.

[MovieMan8877445]

Those are all some great choices, except Braveheart, but I can't even remember that because it's been so long since I've last watched it.

[Dill-man]

Great choices all around. Your Casablanca picture is broken though.

So I guess we can try to predict the top 10 now. Hmmmmm....

Fight Club
Blade Runner
Pulp Fiction
The Godfather
Psycho
Lord of the Rings?
Raiders of the Lost Ark?
Goodfellas?
Citizen Kane?
Gone With the Wind?
Boondock Saints?
Edward Scissorhands?
I don't know people on this sight well enough to really predict it, but the ones without question marks are in the top 10 for sure, if not the top 5.

[Swan]

A Clockwork Orange cracked the top 15, and that makes me happy.

[Golgot]

Boondock Saints?

I'd rather see this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCbuRA_D3KU) up there

[honeykid]

Two Kubricks and Braveheart?!?! Man, that's a bad selection. :(

[Powdered Water]

So where's your selections?

Oh, wait, you can't seem to put any together...

[Dill-man]

I'd rather see this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCbuRA_D3KU) up there

So would I. I don't understand why people like that movie... it's derivative, ridiculous, and just plain stupid.

[Iroquois]

True, but it's entertaining, and with a lot of people that's all that really matters about a movie. Besides, there are far worse films out there than Boondock Saints, but that's my opinion.

[honeykid]

So where's your selections?

Oh, wait, you can't seem to put any together...

That's right. But it doesn't make me like any of those films any more or less than I did before. :nope:

[rice1245]

I was incredibly disappointed when i watched Boondock Saints, i thought it was stupid. Trying to be badass but came off stupid to me.

[Swan]

Boondock Saints bored me.

[Iroquois]

Judging by the last few posts, I'm willing to bet Boondock Saints does not crack the list at all.

[Harry Lime]

I didn't vote for it.

[Dill-man]

Yeah I guess not, it just always seems to be on every 16-25 year old guys favorite movie list.

[Iroquois]

Check me if I'm wrong, Dill-man, but aren't you a guy aged 16-25?

[Dill-man]

:p Maybe...

That doesn't mean I'm not aloud to make fun of my own demographic.

Plus, don't I know them better than anyone?

[Iroquois]

Only about as much as anyone else in the 16-25 range does, and most of the ones that posted have said they don't like it.

However, Caitlyn likes it. Anomaly? You be the judge.

[rice1245]

no we're all just outliers, most 16-25 year olds i've come accross love it

[meatwadsprite]

If Fight Club is on here (which it most likely will be) , who is exactly voted for it - because I don't see it more than 2 peoples favorite movie's lists.

[Harry Lime]

I didn't vote for it Meat. And as for Boondock Saints, I've noticed that the people aged 16-25, especially the teens on this site, have a much more sophisticated taste in films than their contemporaries.

[rice1245]

I didn't vote for it Meat. And as for Boondock Saints, I've noticed that the people aged 16-25, especially the teens on this site, have a much more sophisticated taste in films than their contemporaries.


thankfully

[Dill-man]

If I'm not mistaken, Fight Club was number 1 last year.

Unless movie tastes have gained considerably since last year I doubt Fight Club is anywhere but in the top 5, at least.

[rice1245]

i would be very upset it Fight Club was number 1 =\

[Swan]

I remember when Fight Club was my #1 fave film. I thought it was common knowledge that it was the greatest film ever created.

So blissfully ignorant I was.

[Thursday Next]

Well I voted for Fight Club last time round. Not particularly high, but in my top 30. Don't think it made my top 20 this time around, though. I still like it, I'm not jumping on the backlash bandwagon any time soon, but I've seen quite a few better films since then.

[nebbit]

Oh, and nice to see Dr. Strangelove and A Clockwork Orange so high.
http://bestsmileys.com/signs1/17.gif

[BobbyB]

5 more coming tomorrow afternoon and then the last 5 will be revealed 1 by 1.

[Harry Lime]

5 more coming tomorrow afternoon and then the last 5 will be revealed 1 by 1.

Sweet, that means we should see #1 sometime in mid June.

[nebbit]

Sweet, that means we should see #1 sometime in mid June.
http://bestsmileys.com/nono/6.gif

[Harry Lime]

Is that smiley (angry) face giving me the finger?

[meatwadsprite]

I think it's wagging the index finger at you ...

[Dill-man]

It certainly looks like a middle finger. I'm going to go ahead and guess it's an index finger though :D

[Harry Lime]

It probably is the index (especially considering it was Nebbit who posted it), but I prefer assuming it's the middle finger, wagging back and forth, taunting me.

[nebbit]

It is saying Naughty, naughty http://bestsmileys.com/nono/6.gif

[BobbyB]

Sweet, that means we should see #1 sometime in mid June.
More like early July...2010.

"I know this, because Tyler knows this."
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/defytheseeyes/Fight_Club_05a.jpg?t=1239593033
10) Fight Club (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7fLWmqcxWc) (David Fincher, 1999)

"I still thought you were gonna save my life...even after that."
http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/080220/Oscars/Jim-Carrey-Eternal_l.jpg
9) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKN0VFCZB9w) (Michel Gondry, 2004)

"So, my little Amélie, you don't have bones of glass. You can take life's knocks. If you let this chance pass, eventually, your heart will become as dry and brittle as my skeleton."
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m182/viramunaf/amelie1.jpg?t=1239593256
8) Amelie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T9dUBO4pv0) (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)

"You Americans, you're all the same. Always overdressing for the wrong occasions."
http://subbooks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/raiders.jpg
7) Raiders of the Lost Ark (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbmfv_Y9WIc) (Steven Spielberg, 1981)

"Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown."
http://www.fathom.com/course/21701762/21701762_chinatown_s3.jpg
6) Chinatown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuAZGFYW6DE) (Roman Polanski, 1974)

[Harry Lime]

I hope you have the master list saved Bobby and are planning to post it afterwards, this would be appreciated so we don't have to look through all these pages to see the whole list. We got too many irrelevant (or relevant) discussions on here, so we're pushing 12 pages. Thanks in advance.

[MovieMan8877445]

Call me crazy, but I didn't see anything too special about Chinatown.

[Swan]

Amelie is one of my faves, Eternal Sunshine and Raiders are great, Fight Club is good, haven't seen Chinatown.

[TheDOMINATOR]

Can't wait for the Top 5. :cool: This is not a bash, but a few months ago I watched Eternal Sunshine and I did not see the appeal; I came close to shutting it off about 45 minutes in. :/ Guess it's just one of those highly-regarded films I couldn't get into.

[mark f]

Call me crazy, but I didn't see anything too special about Chinatown.

http://www.beingjongraves.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/beerhelmet.jpg

[Lennon]

Call me crazy, but I didn't see anything too special about Chinatown.
Okay crazy.

[mark f]

I could post that picture I used above for me when it comes to Eternal Sunshine. I've watched it three times, and while I can appreciate what it's trying to do, I don't like it very much.

[Swan]

I've seen Eternal Sunshine three times too and each time was better than the last. I don't think it's one of the greatest love stories ever told, but I like it.

[MovieMan8877445]

I love how people answer rhetorical questions. It actually makes me laugh.

[Swan]

You didn't ask a rhetorical question, you gave a command.

[TheDOMINATOR]

I could post that picture I used above for me when it comes to Eternal Sunshine. I've watched it three times, and while I can appreciate what it's trying to do, I don't like it very much.

I didn't even know what it was trying to do, and I didn't really care.

[Dill-man]

I'll tell you what I'm happy about: Fight Club not at number 1.

[BobbyB]

I hope you have the master list saved Bobby and are planning to post it afterwards, this would be appreciated so we don't have to look through all these pages to see the whole list. We got too many irrelevant (or relevant) discussions on here, so we're pushing 12 pages. Thanks in advance.
Yes, I have the whole list.

Call me crazy, but I didn't see anything too special about Chinatown.
Crazy. I think Chinatown is a top 5 screenplay of all time.

I could post that picture I used above for me when it comes to Eternal Sunshine. I've watched it three times, and while I can appreciate what it's trying to do, I don't like it very much.
Crazy. Eternal Sunshine paints the hopelessness and hopefulness and all the other contradictory emotions that encompass love and it does it while maintaining and dark and lighthearted tone all at the same time. Eternal Sunshine truly is a marvelous balancing act.

[TheUsualSuspect]

Those films are great, glad to see Eternal Sunshine so high.

[BobbyB]

"My...precious..."
http://static.rbytes.net/full_screenshots/t/h/the-lord-of-the-rings:-the-one-ring-3d-screensaver.jpg
5) The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr_i2w0W-ZM) (Peter Jackson, 2001, 2002, 2003)

And, before anyone starts asking, there were one or two stray votes for the individual movie over the trilogy, but I went executive decision and called it a trilogy vote.

It was like (Not exact numbers, just an example)

Person 1: 10 pts for LOTR
Person 2: 14 pts for LOTR
Person 3: 20 pts for LOTR
Person 4: 2 pts for Two Towers
Person 5: 2 pts for Fellowship
Person 6: 20 pts for LOTR

[mark f]

Crazy. Eternal Sunshine paints the hopelessness and hopefulness and all the other contradictory emotions that encompass love and it does it while maintaining and dark and lighthearted tone all at the same time. Eternal Sunshine truly is a marvelous balancing act.

It marvelously balances the pretensions of the critics with those of some of its target audience. And if anybody wants to tell me I don't know anything about the contradictory emotions of love, I'll put my wife of 21 years and my daughter of 17 years on here to "correct" you. I won't tell you that what I say makes me right, so please don't tell me that "votes" make me wrong. These are opinions, not facts. I don't really want to get into this, and if you paid any attention to my 8,000+ posts, you'd find that I rarely say anything "bad" about any film, but you are not going to "correct" me the one time I decide to express a contrary opinion. I'm happy for all those who feel that Eternal Sunshine somehow relates to their personal lives. Holden has already explained his thoughts about it, and quite eloquently, but they just don't make me change mine in saying that it's a mess masquerading as significance. And the more Charlie Kaufman I see and rewatch, the more I think he's emotionally shallow and covers up for it by being overly-intellectual.

[BobbyB]

SSSSSSSSSLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWW down, buddy.

I won't tell you that what I say makes me right, so please don't tell me that "votes" make me wrong.
I didn't.

These are opinions, not facts.Right you are.

I don't really want to get into this, and if you paid any attention to my 8,000+ posts, you'd find that I rarely say anything "bad" about any film,Correct as usual, King Friday.

but you are not going to "correct" me the one time I decide to express a contrary opinion.You put correct in quotations as if I used the word at some point. I did nothing of the sort.

I'm actually quite befuddled by your post. Someone said "Call me crazy" and so I posted "Crazy" to say that I disagreed and then said why.

Then you said that the same picture could be used for you since you weren't a fan of ESotSM, so following the theme of my previous point, I started it off by saying "Crazy"

I really don't know what to say. It seems you completely misunderstood what I was going for and that I somehow said that you were factually incorrect and were out of touch with love and emotion. Which...I just don't get how you read it that way. :confused:

My post was lighthearted and was meant to say that I liked the two films. So...again...I'm just kind of confused.

[mark f]

Then my post worked. :cool:

[meatwadsprite]

I love Eternal Sunshine but it's a very personal film and it's easy to see how it won't resonate with some.

[Thursday Next]

I like Fight Club and I quite like Raiders but none of the 10-5 excite me. I really hate to use the overused word 'overrated', but Amelie? Eternal Sunshine? These are top ten movies??

[Harry Lime]

I really hate to use the overused word 'overrated', but Amelie? Eternal Sunshine? These are top ten movies??

Is your top ten list worthy of the same statement?

[BobbyB]

Then my post worked. :cool:
I'm still greatly confused.

[Dill-man]

I think where people get mixed up is whether this list represents "best" or "favorite". There is a large difference. Personally, I think Raging Bull is the best movie Ive ever seen in terms of it's technical, artistic, and cinematic achievements. But it's not my favorite movie. There is where movies like Master and Commander come in. Is it anywhere near Raging Bull in it's achievements? No. But my love of the time period and the excellent music make it a personal favorite.

I guess this list represents favorite which is why a movie like Clerks can be 50 or so above a movie like Raging Bull.

[rice1245]

When is 1-5 coming up?

[Iroquois]

1-4, actually.

[TheUsualSuspect]

I love both Eternal and Amelie, both deserve top spots in my opinion.

[meatwadsprite]

I'm still greatly confused.

Than his post worked :cool: