The New AND Improved MoFo Top 100 Films of All-Time

[wintertriangles]

wunderbar

[ash_is_the_gal]

Jim Carey looks so kewt there.

[Miss Vicky]

Eternal Sunshine. Awesome. I absolutely LOVE this movie and I really didn't expect to like it at all. Sad to see it's fallen a few places from its spot on the previous list, though.

Huge, huge mistake.

Frankly, don't bother watching the film. It kind of seems like you are already down on the film a bit, searching for a fast way out when you watch it. I mean, why bother if you have already decided you won't like it before you see the first frame?

Frankly, I haven't decided anything about the movie except that I plan to watch it. As a general rule, I watch theatrical cuts first regardless of whether or not I expect to enjoy the movie. If I like the movie and wish to see more, I'll watch the director's cut later.

[TheUsualSuspect]

LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have seen it so many times.

[Harry Lime]

Miss V, usually I would agree with you and always go with (recommend) the original theatrical release as a first viewing for any film, but this rule is voided when it comes to Blade Runner. I cannot stress enough that you really need to trust Sedai and I when we tell you to watch the director's cut instead.

[Thursday Next]

Am I the only one who doesn't think Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is all that? Perhaps not, I see it has dropped 10 spots since last time...

[The Prestige]

No Thurs, you're not. It's alright and very creative. But it's a bit too kooky for me. Had there been a dark edge to it I would have found it a lot more attractive. Love Blade Runner though. Terrific film, gets better everytime I see.

[Yoda]

To me, the "dark edge" is (obviously spoilers abound) that people keep falling into these destructive relationships even after trying to erase them from their memory. It's not a particularly happy love story; it's more about how we go on loving people even when it's clearly a terrible idea. There's an old quote that "second love is the triumph of hope over experience," that pretty much embodies Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

This might not be the same thing as dark; more like depressing. But they're kind of similar, to me. I think it's a wry observation on how impossible it is to keep people apart when they want to be together: you can even give them irrefutable proof that they're not going to be compatible, and they just can't help themselves.

[Powdered Water]

No, you're not the only one Thursday. I think I've nitpicked enough of the flicks in here though for a while, so, I'll leave this time waster to the professionals.

I mean, what's to say really, about a movie that makes no sense, has no point and goes no where?

Oh, Kate had pretty hair.

[Powdered Water]

I just went back and read that. That seems harsh. Maybe I watched the wrong movie?

[Iroquois]

It made sense enough that I didn't really need another viewing.

[Caitlyn]

I'm not a fan of Eternal Sunshine either... but have been trying to talk myself into giving it another try... so far, I haven't gotten too far persuading myself...

[wintertriangles]

No Thurs, you're not. It's alright and very creative. But it's a bit too kooky for me. Had there been a dark edge to it I would have found it a lot more attractive. Is the thought of someone you love erasing you not dark enough?

[ash_is_the_gal]

people keep falling into these destructive relationships even after trying to erase them from their memory.

those less cynical would probably say "soul mates".

i remember that the ending of Eternal Sunshine left me feeling terribly empty. i think the very sweetest parts of the film were all the memories, even the ones that weren't necessarily sentimental. the end just made me deflate.

[genesis_pig]

I sometimes wish erasing people from your memory could be somehow possible.
I have someone I'd like to erase, even though it would affect my life a lot.

Anyway, the best thing about Kaufman's scripts is that they are based on universal themes yet somehow surreal.

[Brodinski]

I like Eternal Sunshine, but I think Adaptation has the better performances (Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper) and the better script.

[genesis_pig]

For me, BJM & Synecnoche, NY has the best Script & performances.

Eternal Sunshine is just more accessible & something I could relate to.

[Xanatos]

Yeah, I think a major part of ESotSM was if you could relate to it or not. I could, so I really liked it. Someone mentioned early about Blade Runner; given my interests I thought I'd really like it but I didn't really get what was so great about it. It was cool and all, but nothing spectacular.

[WBadger]

18. Chinatown (1974, Polanski)

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2008/01/25/chinatown460.jpg

http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1974/posters/chinatown.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=Chinatown+1974)http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1974/posters/chinatown_ver2.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=Chinatown+1974)

Total Points Earned: 118
Compared to Previous List: http://unassistedsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Down-Arrow.jpg 12 spots

[mark f]

I hope people add to this discussion (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=22450) because it was very good and then pooped out. It would be nice to say something about Chinatown in a MoFo-sponsored thread. :cool:

... not that this isn't a MoFo-sponsored thread. :p

[meatwadsprite]

What's Chinatown again ? Isn't that with leo decapio

[mark f]

Good Timing!

Wait a sec, decapio?

[rauldc14]

this list reminds me that I am oh so far behind in watching great movies. But that's okay, at least I'll always have good ones to look forward to.

[honeykid]

Such a great film. If this was a list of best films ever, it'd have to be a lot higher, less we be mocked by other movie fans.

[The Prestige]

To me, the "dark edge" is (obviously spoilers abound) that people keep falling into these destructive relationships even after trying to erase them from their memory. It's not a particularly happy love story; it's more about how we go on loving people even when it's clearly a terrible idea. There's an old quote that "second love is the triumph of hope over experience," that pretty much embodies Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

This might not be the same thing as dark; more like depressing. But they're kind of similar, to me. I think it's a wry observation on how impossible it is to keep people apart when they want to be together: you can even give them irrefutable proof that they're not going to be compatible, and they just can't help themselves.


You know what, those two paragraphs really made me look at the film from a different perspective, honestly. I think your analysis of the film's themes was more interesting than the film itself! :D But really, I might actually give it another go after that. Hopefully I can get something better out of it this time. If not, then I will alway feel that the concept of ESOTSM is a lot mroe appealing than the film itself.


Is the thought of someone you love erasing you not dark enough


I suppose if I was to put myself in those shoes then yes, it is dark. But I was mainly referring to the tone of the film. The feel of it. Thematic, it's not lovely dovey, but I could have done with an even more cynical edge if it were possible. I dunno, maybe i'm just a sad depressed big bastard.

[ash_is_the_gal]

do you only like dark, cynical films, then?

[The Prestige]

Never said that I only like those type of films, just pointing out that those attract me a lot. What is this, pop ****ing quiz?

[Brodinski]

What is this, pop ****ing quiz?

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p29/ForgotsoFatso/k1asl5.jpg

[WBadger]

17. Casablanca (1942, Curtiz)

http://top250movies.net/images/photos/Casablanca/Casablanca-2.jpg

http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1943/posters/397A5ED065-0125.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=Casablanca+1943)http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1943/posters/397A5ED065-553d.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=Casablanca+1943)http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1943/posters/397A5ED065-60c8.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=Casablanca+1943)

Total Points Earned: 120
Compared to Previous List: http://unassistedsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Down-Arrow.jpg 6 spots

[Yoda]

Lower than I'd have thought. I suspect there'll be at least 4 or 5 films higher that'll irk me, but hey, at least it's in the top 20!

[genesis_pig]

I am not familiar with that first poster...
looks really good.

here's a link to a larger size (http://www.moviegoods.com/large_detail.asp?http://www.moviegoods.com//Assets/product_images/1020/418994.1020.A.jpg).

[DexterRiley]

What is this, pop ****ing quiz?


Speed Flashback

http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/ss-100119-dennis-hopper-1994-speed-ss_full-620x416.jpg

[Brodinski]

I too thought this would be a bit higher. So what's left? The first films that come to mind are Goodfellas, The Godfather, The Godfather Part 2, Pulp Fiction, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Apocalypse Now, Taxi Driver, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Wars, The Wizard of Oz, The Shawshank Redemption and The Matrix.

But I've only got 13 and there's 16 left to go. And I'm not even sure if The Wizard of Oz hasn't appeared yet or if it even will. I figure Goodfellas, The Godfather 1 & 2, Pulp Fiction, 2001, Star Wars and Apocalypse Now are locks for the top 10.

One thing's for sure, there's going to be a few surprises ranked way high. That, or I'm just missing a few obvious choices. Like... Charlie's Angels.

[WBadger]

16. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968, Kubrick)

http://www.ohgizmo.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/monolith.jpg

http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1968/posters/two_thousand_and_one_a_space_odyssey.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=2001%3a+A+Space+Odyssey+1968)http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1968/posters/390B369BD5-446d.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=2001%3a+A+Space+Odyssey+1968)http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1968/posters/two_thousand_and_one_a_space_odyssey_ver3.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=2001%3a+A+Space+Odyssey+1968)

Total Points Earned: 124
Compared to Previous List: http://unassistedsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Up-Arrow.jpg 4 spots

[Harry Lime]

It should be higher!!!!

Good job people, 124 points. Enter honeykid: "I hate Kubrick..."

[Yoda]

Enter Yoda: I understand why it's on here but it's too high anyway.

Kubrick makes films that I don't love, but I can see why others do. That's probably the best way I can explain it. I don't feel the long, laborious scenes add to the mood or the pacing; I think they just put absurd amounts of space inbetween the brilliant parts (of which there are certainly several). I find I feel this way about most of his films.

[Harry Lime]

Enter Yoda: I understand why it's on here but it's too high anyway.

Nah, top ten material. Who ranks these things anyway? They got it wrong.

[DexterRiley]

I'd love to see the video of the real-time reaction of Harry Lime when Crash places ahead of 2001 ASO.

would make a great .gif

[Harry Lime]

I'd love to see the video of the real-time reaction of Harry Lime when Crash places ahead of 2001 ASO.

would make a great .gif

It'll be something like this:

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww56/harrylime49/kane-1.gif

and I do remember what I said I'd do if it happens to make the top ten, off to my own private castle I go.

[Yoda]

I'm pretty sure Crash isn't gonna be on the list at all. And I'm pretty sure I'm glad about that.

[DexterRiley]

If this was April, Badger could slip it in for the lol factor.

[genesis_pig]

& what if Hangover or Juno makes an appearance now.

[Yoda]

I think we're safe on both. I don't think we'll have more than one "wow, really, it's that high?" moment from here on out (and I think that'll come whenever The Matrix shows up). But we'll see.

I too thought this would be a bit higher. So what's left? The first films that come to mind are Goodfellas, The Godfather, The Godfather Part 2, Pulp Fiction, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Apocalypse Now, Taxi Driver, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Wars, The Wizard of Oz, The Shawshank Redemption and The Matrix.

But I've only got 13 and there's 16 left to go. And I'm not even sure if The Wizard of Oz hasn't appeared yet or if it even will. I figure Goodfellas, The Godfather 1 & 2, Pulp Fiction, 2001, Star Wars and Apocalypse Now are locks for the top 10.

One thing's for sure, there's going to be a few surprises ranked way high. That, or I'm just missing a few obvious choices. Like... Charlie's Angels.
I've lost track of what's on the list in total, but Fight Club is one that'll almost certainly be on there. I don't think we've seen The Big Lebowski, either, so that gets us awfully close. I don't think we've had City Lights or The General, either.

Here's hoping Badger posts the last two or three in fairly quick succession, because by #2 we'll definitely know what #1 is.

[Caitlyn]

I don't think we've had City Lights or The General, either.


You know, I don't think I even had The General on my list because, at the time, I was the only member with it in their top ten... and I didn't think it'd stand a chance...

[wintertriangles]

I hope City Lights or Gold Rush pops up

[mark f]

I don't remember seeing Dr. Strangelove (93 min.) either. Paths of Glory (86 min.) deserves to be on the list but won't.

[wintertriangles]

Both of them are on here..

[christine]

I don't feel any love at all for 2001 A Space Odyssey.

[mark f]

OK. I can feel my mind going, just like HAL. Strangelove was 27 but what about Paths of Glory?

[wintertriangles]

Hmmm well it's either here or on someone's recent list. I remember seeing it in the past week

[Harry Lime]

It's here (95% sure), but 50+ pages to look through to find it or the updated lists badger posted here and there is a bit much. He'll post another updated list probably right before the top ten, or he'll just tell us when he comes back online.

[Harry Lime]

I don't feel any love at all for 2001 A Space Odyssey.

No love for the greatest film of all-time?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vahx4rAd0N0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou6JNQwPWE0&feature=related

[mark f]

I talked about Paths of Glory myself in here recently because the ending is so emotional.

http://www.posters.ws/images/936920/2001_space_odyssey.jpg

I have a friend who's here right now (actually he's currently running an errand), but he says that 2001 is the best film ever. He's not a member though. :cool: I don't think it's the best, but I've watched it many, many times and am never bored. It's certainly the film which attempts to cover the evolution of humanity in the grandest scope possible which I find easily relatable.

[planet news]

YO MOVIE FORUMS, I'M REALLY HAPPY FOR YOU, IMMA LET YOU FINISH BUT 2001: A Space Odyssey IS THE GREATEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME. THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME!

I will respond to the criticisms about pacing at a more appropriate time.

[nebbit]

I like it :yup:

[honeykid]

I've got plenty of love for the greatest film of all time, but what's that got to do with 2001: A Space Odyssey?

[WBadger]

It's here (95% sure), but 50+ pages to look through to find it or the updated lists badger posted here and there is a bit much. He'll post another updated list probably right before the top ten, or he'll just tell us when he comes back online.

Paths of Glory didn't make the list and wasn't close to making the list.

[WBadger]

15. Goodfellas (1990, Scorsese)

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kEfM4vY9QdQ/TCe9xBLiiLI/AAAAAAAAAV0/zuXtmgOKrkI/s1600/goodfellas7.jpg

http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1990/posters/8EC84B6AB6-d770.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=GoodFellas+1990)http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1990/posters/8EC84B6AB6-ddc1.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=GoodFellas+1990)http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1990/posters/goodfellas.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=GoodFellas+1990)

Total Points Earned: 127
Compared to Previous List: http://unassistedsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Down-Arrow.jpg 11 spots

[genesis_pig]

I find this film a bit overrated. I would give it a 7/10.
It's a nice film & well directed, but it isn't all that great like people claim it to be.

I am sure many will disagree.

[Yoda]

I like it more than I did when I first saw it. Regardless, I'm pretty stunned it's 15th. I was pretty sure it'd find its way into the top five.

[planet news]

I can't really get into films about gangsters, but it's basically a flawless film, and one that is packed to the brim with just about every editing or camera technique there is.

I just don't find gangster films that interesting. They're all basically the same thing. Cool guys who doesnt afraid of anything.

[honeykid]

I love Goodfellas. I love any film that grabs you by the throat from the opening scene and doesn't let go until the end. A brilliant film and, with the exception of a couple of places, about where I thought it'd be.

[Miss Vicky]

I think I saw this when I was a kid, but i remember pretty much nothing of it. Gangster movies don't usually interest me, so I haven't exactly made it a priority to see this as an adult.

But I see it's got the HK stamp of approval so there may be hope.

[wintertriangles]

I just don't find gangster films that interesting. They're all basically the same thing. Cool guys who doesnt afraid of anything.Pretty much sums up the whole genre outside of Breathless and Shoot The Piano Player

[ash_is_the_gal]

I've got plenty of love for the greatest film of all time, but what's that got to do with 2001: A Space Odyssey?

well, don't just quote some drew barrymore **** just cause you want to bone her, man.

I can't really get into films about gangsters

this, for some reason, makes me laugh.

[7thson]

well, don't just quote some drew barrymore **** just cause you want to bone her, man.






This is a play on the monkey "boning" scene in 2001 yeah? So witty you are. :)

http://patdollard.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/monkey2001.jpg

[Brodinski]

Wow. 2001 at 16 and Goodfellas at 15. I guess this means Taxi Driver will be the highest ranked Scorsese film. That being said, I would be thrilled if The Big Lebowski still shows up. I love every bit of that film.

[Miss Vicky]

I would be thrilled if The Big Lebowski still shows up. I love every bit of that film.

I'd be shocked if it didn't show up, but I'm pretty certain it will.

[wintertriangles]

I would prefer O Brother to be above The Big Lebowski

[meatwadsprite]

Too bad, it's number one obviously.

[WBadger]

14. Apocalypse Now (1979, Coppola)

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd155/jose9e/TLC10002010/ApocalypseNow.jpg

http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1979/posters/apocalypse_now_ver4.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=Apocalypse+Now+1979)http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1979/posters/apocalypse_now_ver2.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=Apocalypse+Now+1979)http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1979/posters/apocalypse_now_ver6.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=Apocalypse+Now+1979)

Total Points Earned: 128
Compared to Previous List: http://unassistedsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Up-Arrow.jpg 7 spots

[genesis_pig]

:mad:

[WBadger]

Whoops, here let me fix that for you:

:)

[TheUsualSuspect]

Too high.

[mark f]

Do you mean "Too ['Rainy Day Women #12 & 35' (12 x 35= 420)] high"?

[planet news]

This movie rocks, but this time I think it's right where it should be. Maybe even a little too high, yeah.

[Harry Lime]

I get a kick out of the "too high" and "should be higher" comments.

[planet news]

Highest movie there is without blatant, garish psychedelism.

[Caitlyn]

I watched a snail crawl along the edge of a straight razor.


I thought it'd be in the top ten...

[genesis_pig]

I watched a snail crawl along the edge of a straight razor.


I thought it'd be in the top ten...

I thought it would atleast be in the Top Ten.
Thanks to Wbadge for teasing us by including it that poll.. :mad:

If Hangover or Juno is higher than this, I will really be hurt.

But atleast it's higher than Goodfellas. :cool:

[Caitlyn]

I thought it would atleast be in the Top Ten.
Thanks to Wbadge for teasing us by including it that poll.. :mad:

If Hangover or Juno is higher than this, I will really be hurt.

But atleast it's higher than Goodfellas. :cool:



Somehow I don't expect to see Juno or Hangover even making an appearance on this list... and wasn't Yoda the one who made the poll... ;)

[genesis_pig]

Sorry WBadge!...
Damn you Yoda!! :mad:...

Even if Juno or Hangover doesn't make it, I am sure something unpleasant will show up anyway..

I don't think any of my movies will show up anymore..

[ash_is_the_gal]

yeah, i doubt Juno will be on the list. Mofos are smarter than that.

[TheUsualSuspect]

I get a kick out of the "too high" and "should be higher" comments.

What else are people going to say in a thread about ranking films?

[ash_is_the_gal]

they could say.... not too high, not too low, but juuuuust right.

[nebbit]

they could say.... not too high, not too low, but juuuuust right.
Ok :yup:

[Harry Lime]

What else are people going to say in a thread about ranking films?

I still get a kick out of it.

[LuDiNaToR]

bring on the top ten :)

[WBadger]

13. Unforgiven (1992, Eastwood)

http://megafanforum.com/pics/w620.m252894169.jpg

http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1992/posters/unforgiven_ver2.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=Unforgiven+1992)http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1992/posters/unforgiven_ver3.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=Unforgiven+1992)

Total Points Earned: 130
Compared to Previous List: SAME SPOT

[DexterRiley]

Now we getten down to the good stuff.

Has anyone been keeping track insofar as how many times a Director or actor has appeared in the list?

[WBadger]

By the end of the list, I was planning on posting a whole bunch of stats.

[DexterRiley]

cool thanks badg.

didnt mean to steal the thunder.

:D

[Brodinski]

Oh yes. How could I have overlooked this one. It's a collosal achievement; a devestatingly powerful film.

But still no Big Lebowski. I am slowly but surely getting my hopes up at it cracking the top 10.

[nebbit]

But still no Big Lebowski. I am slowly but surely getting my hopes up at it cracking the top 10.
Mine too :(

[Powdered Water]

One of the very best movies I have ever seen. Plain and simple.

Hey Meaty, did you ever come around on this flick, or do you still hate it?

[DexterRiley]

A few years ago Bravo i think it was had an all day Marathon of Clint Eastwood Westerns on a holiday or somethen.

Anyways, besides impulsing me in going out and getting 90 % of them on DVD (hate commercials when watching a movie..specially on bravo. its like they have a handful of Ads to run each day..so its same one over and over)

but also an brand new appreciation for Unforgiven. The progression of eastwoods take on more or less the same archetype is amazing.

Outlaw Josey Wales stands up really well also i must add.

really looking forward to the remaining dozen.

[TheUsualSuspect]

Is this the only one that remained in the same spot so far?

[WBadger]

Yeah.

[Miss Vicky]

Technically I've seen this one. But I was like 12 years old and found it boring at the time. Haven't watched it since.

[Harry Lime]

Too high...

[honeykid]

I really like this film. Easily my favourite Eastwood film. I hope that it's the highest Eastwood film on the list.

[Caitlyn]

Unless I miscounted, 17 off my list are on here now...

[genesis_pig]

I always wished Eastwood would do another western, if not star in one atleast direct one.
But all I can say for sure is that Unforgiven was the best film for him to retire from westerns.

Technically I've seen this one. But I was like 12 years old and found it boring at the time. Haven't watched it since.

I watched it when I was a kid too, didn't like it much but didn't hate it either.

But after watching it recently, I enjoyed it a lot more.
But I am still having difficulty buying the end shootout scene.. It seems a bit silly that one man against all those guys & he still manages to take over everyone... Especially when earlier in the film he had difficulty with his shooting.

Maybe I am looking at the wrong way... But I still love the film & the ending is very delightful.

[WBadger]

12. The Godfather, Part II (1974, Coppola)

http://www.thelifecinematic.com/tlc1000/godfatherii.jpg

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Total Points Earned: 130
Compared to Previous List: http://unassistedsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Up-Arrow.jpg 45 spots

[Yoda]

Wow, lower than I would have guessed. We're going to have a slightly (though not dramatically) atypical top ten, I think.

[TheUsualSuspect]

....never seen it. :eek:

[mark f]

Well, it was in 57th last time.

[Yoda]

....never seen it. :eek:
*record scratching noise*

*spit take*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMUds6D4_a0#t=13

[Thursday Next]

We're going to have a slightly (though not dramatically) atypical top ten, I think.

Well I hope so. I enjoyed the lower end of the list with more of people's personal choices. It would be dull if our top 100 turned out to be a rehash of imdb's top 250 or any other 'typical' list.

[ash_is_the_gal]

i haven't been following this list since the beginning; is the first Godfather already on it? i hope so. neither are top 10 material, but i'm glad to see this one where it is.

[rauldc14]

I didn't know that many people loved Unforgiven, but I absolutely love that it is where it is on this list.

[meatwadsprite]

Godfather 2 what the heck ? Wasn't expecting that one.

[genesis_pig]

Not a big fan of any of the Godfather movies...
I'll rate the first one 7.5/10, but it'll never make my favourite list.

[Miss Vicky]

....never seen it. :eek:

Neither have I.

[planet news]

I just want to say real quick that I'm surprised at all the surprise. I always considered Part II to be the masterpiece. It has everything in the first one AND an origin story. I dunno... I'll have to list my reasons later. I can see why people would consider the first one as a singular work of art with its structure and all, but for me it just sets up the impact of the sequel.

[genesis_pig]

I see them as equal.. I have seen Godfather II only once & that too couple of years ago.
I would rate them the same.

[mark f]

I don't see how anybody can think that Part II is equal to or better than The Godfather after only one viewing. They both need multiple viewings to play off each other, but the original doesn't really need Part II to be damn fine by itself.

[honeykid]

I prefer the first, but then, I've seen the first many more times than the second.

[meatwadsprite]

I really get a kick out of the sequel, but even then I can't honestly compare it to the first.

[Pyro Tramp]

Godfather > Godfather Part 2

[WBadger]

11. The Shawshank Redemption (1994, Darabont)

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Total Points Earned: 139
Compared to Previous List: http://unassistedsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Up-Arrow.jpg 8 spots

[Yoda]

I'm okay with that, particularly given that it's much more popular on average with "regular" folks than critics.

We're to the top ten!

[Brodinski]

It's a great film. Would I have ranked it higher than most films in this top 20? I don't think so, but I can certainly understand why people like it so much. I love a nice feel-good story as well. It's got great performances and it's expertly constructed plotwise. It catches some flack for being too mellow and clichéd, but I for one wasn't bothered by this at all.

And that shot where you see that Morgan Freeman's character carved "So was Red" always brings a smile to my face.

[Yoda]

Likewise. Beautifully scored. I actually don't love Robbins' performance, but everyone else's is sublime.

Read the book this year, and the movie's actually much better, too (insofar as you can compare these things), which I can't imagine is too common.

[WBadger]

Yep, Top 10 time :

100. The Crow
99. Mystic River
98. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
97. Being John Malkovich
96. Double Indemnity
95. Spirited Away
94. Million Dollar Baby
93. Black Hawk Down
92. Moulin Rouge!
91. Leon (The Professional)
90. Good Will Hunting
89. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
88. American Beauty
87. Raging Bull
86. Schindler's List
85. Signs
84. Sonatine
83. Magnolia
82. Requiem for a Dream
81. Titanic
80. The Royal Tenenbaums
79. Cabaret
78. Quills
77. Cool Hand Luke
76. The Breakfast Club
75. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
74. Midnight Cowboy
73. To Kill a Mockingbird
72. Dances with Wolves
71. Lawrence of Arabia
70. Superman: The Movie
69. Dark City
68. Psycho
67. Back to the Future
66. The Princess Bride
65. Naked
64. All About Eve
63. The Wild Bunch
62. In the Mood for Love
61. The Shining
60. Fargo
59. The Blues Brothers
58. The Searchers
57. Withnail & I
56. It's a Wonderful Life
55. Aliens
54. City of God
53. North By Northwest
52. Singin' in the Rain
51. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
50. Silence of the Lambs
49. The Third Man
48. Heat
47. Reservoir Dogs
46. The Dark Knight
45. Seven Samurai
44. Rear Window
43. Lost in Translation
42. The Last of the Mohicans
41. Sense and Sensibility
40. Die Hard
39. 12 Angry Men
38. Once Upon a Time in the West
37. Saving Private Ryan
36. Ghostbusters
35. Memento
34. Amelie
33. Forrest Gump
32. American History X
31. Gladiator
30. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
29. Vertigo
28. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
27. Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
26. A Clockwork Orange
25. The Lord of the Rings
24. Se7en
23. Star Wars: Episode V- The Empire Strikes Back
22. Citizen Kane
21. Braveheart
20. Blade Runner
19. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
18. Chinatown
17. Casablanca
16. 2001: A Space Odyssey
15. Goodfellas
14. Apocalypse Now
13. Unforgiven
12. The Godfather, Part II
11. The Shawshank Redemption
10. ?
9. ?
8. ?
7. ?
6. ?
5. ?
4. ?
3. ?
2. ?
1. ????

[Fiscal]

Exciting. You've done a damn good job with this badge

[WBadger]

Thanks Fiscal. :D

Oh, and I forgot to mention that placing bets on the Top 10 is allowed.

[TheUsualSuspect]

In no particular order.

The Godfather
Fight Club
Pulp Fiction
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Taxi Driver
The Big Lebowski
Dr. Strangelove
Star Wars
Gone With The Wind

Either Old Boy or Clerks (considering clerks was high last time)

[Yoda]

Dr. Strangelove is 27th. I think at least 7 or 8 of the other 9 will be in the top ten, though, for sure.

[mark f]

Strangelove is at 27 I think. Forget about Gone with the Wind. What about Jaws?

[TheUsualSuspect]

Oh, missed Strangelove and Jaws could take a spot. I know you would love it Mark.

[mark f]

If Jaws doesn't make the list I demand a recount. :cool:

[genesis_pig]

I had Jaws on my list...
So hoping it makes the Top 10... I have seen it over a dozen times & it doesn't get old.

What about Planet of the Apes?

[DexterRiley]

Yep, Top 10 time :

100. The Crow
99. Mystic River
98. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
97. Being John Malkovich
96. Double Indemnity
95. Spirited Away
94. Million Dollar Baby
93. Black Hawk Down
92. Moulin Rouge!
91. Leon (The Professional)
90. Good Will Hunting
89. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
88. American Beauty
87. Raging Bull
86. Schindler's List
85. Signs
84. Sonatine
83. Magnolia
82. Requiem for a Dream
81. Titanic
80. The Royal Tenenbaums
79. Cabaret
78. Quills
77. Cool Hand Luke
76. The Breakfast Club
75. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
74. Midnight Cowboy
73. To Kill a Mockingbird
72. Dances with Wolves
71. Lawrence of Arabia
70. Superman: The Movie
69. Dark City
68. Psycho
67. Back to the Future
66. The Princess Bride
65. Naked
64. All About Eve
63. The Wild Bunch
62. In the Mood for Love
61. The Shining
60. Fargo
59. The Blues Brothers
58. The Searchers
57. Withnail & I
56. It's a Wonderful Life
55. Aliens
54. City of God
53. North By Northwest
52. Singin' in the Rain
51. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
50. Silence of the Lambs
49. The Third Man
48. Heat
47. Reservoir Dogs
46. The Dark Knight
45. Seven Samurai
44. Rear Window
43. Lost in Translation
42. The Last of the Mohicans
41. Sense and Sensibility
40. Die Hard
39. 12 Angry Men
38. Once Upon a Time in the West
37. Saving Private Ryan
36. Ghostbusters
35. Memento
34. Amelie
33. Forrest Gump
32. American History X
31. Gladiator
30. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
29. Vertigo
28. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
27. Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
26. A Clockwork Orange
25. The Lord of the Rings
24. Se7en
23. Star Wars: Episode V- The Empire Strikes Back
22. Citizen Kane
21. Braveheart
20. Blade Runner
19. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
18. Chinatown
17. Casablanca
16. 2001: A Space Odyssey
15. Goodfellas
14. Apocalypse Now
13. Unforgiven
12. The Godfather, Part II
11. The Shawshank Redemption

I'll Guess

10. The Big Lebowski
9. Fight Club
8. Butch Cassidy and the Sudance Kid
7. The Departed
6. Do the Right Thing
5. Jaws
4. Pulp Fiction
3. The Godfather
2. Star Wars- A new hope
1. Network



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[Brodinski]

10. Jaws
9. Raiders of the Lost Ark
8. no clue
7. Star Wars
6. The Big Lebowski
5. The Matrix
4. Taxi Driver
3. Fight Club
2. The Godfather
1. Pulp Fiction

[Powdered Water]

Shawshank Redemption is too HIGH. Right Harry?

[Caitlyn]

I'm thinking these might just show up in the top ten...


10. 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?
09. Fight Club
08. Taxi Driver
07. The Big Lebowski
06. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
05. Raiders of the Lost Ark
04. Star Wars
03. The Departed
02. Pulp Fiction
01. The Godfather

[planet news]

Godfather > Godfather Part 2Perhaps on this list, but not to me, my friend. Not to me.

Ohohoho...

[Iroquois]

Pyro's back from the dead?

Also, I give Part II the slightest edge over Part I, but it occasionally varies.

[planet news]

. . . I'll have to put some thought into it, but I might write an essay on this, since The Godfather itself has such a devoted following. I'll have to when The Godfather is #1. I mean... it's gotta be.

[LuDiNaToR]

5. Jaws
4. Taxi Driver
3. The Godfather
2. Pulp Fiction
1. fight club

[Yoda]

Guessing the order strikes me as pretty futile, but guessing most of the remaning ten seems possible. So, with little regard for the order, I'll say:

The Matrix
Jaws
Taxi Driver
The Big Lebowski
Fight Club
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Star Wars
Blade Runner
The Godfather
Pulp Fiction

[mark f]

Blade Runner is #20.

[Yoda]

D'oh. I did it, too!

Gone with the Wind in its place, then, perhaps.

I forgot all about Blade Runner. I don't mind it there, but I'm stunned it wasn't in the top ten given how many people here seem to love it.

[Caitlyn]

I still think The Godfather will be one and Pulp Fiction two... but the others are still up in the air as to the order... Apparently I looked at the 11 - 100 list wrong too because I thought Jaws was already on it... so... it very well could be in the top ten but I'm not sure which film to bump off my list... or if I should bump one at all... :p

[honeykid]

If Jaws isn't in the top 10, I'm taking my ball and going home.

[rauldc14]

I'd be surprised to see The Departed. I didn't know a lot of people loved it. I'm a pretty big fan though.

[mark f]

If Jaws isn't in the top 10, I'm taking my ball and going home.

Your beach ball?

[Xanatos]

Your beach ball?

Haha that made my day :D

[Caitlyn]

Badger has done an excellent job with this... especially the "keeping us in suspense" part... :D

[WBadger]

10. The Matrix (1999, Wachowski Bros.)

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Total Points Earned: 142
Compared to Previous List: http://unassistedsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Up-Arrow.jpg 19 spots

[Yoda]

Well, I'm relieved it didn't make the top five or anything. Still a really good film, though. I'd guess it didn't get too many #1 votes, but probably a whole bunch around the 10-15 range.

[Brodinski]

It's very good, I like it a lot. It would probably make my top 100 as well. But top 10? Not in this lifetime.

[Classicqueen13]

Way to go, Badge! I can't wait to get to the end!

[Thursday Next]

Yay for The Matrix. It's still in my top 5. I'm kind of glad it wasn't higher, though, I couldn't take all the people moaning about how it was too high ;)

[honeykid]

Yay for The Matrix. It's still in my top 5. I'm kind of glad it wasn't higher, though, I couldn't take all the people moaning about how it was too high ;)

It made the list and, therefore, is too high. :p:D

[The Prestige]

Excellent spot for an excellent film. It's more or less in the same spot I put it in my top 10. The effects are still wonderful, even after a decade and Reeves performance is just pretty much perfect given the type of character that Thomas Anderson/Neo is. I think it's an easy film to take for granted these days, but watched this Mofo about 3 times in the cinema and it was always packed and cheered for. Highly influential, thought provoking and entertaining. So happy it got this far.

I will also be surprised if The Departed makes it into the top 10. Good film but that seems a bit f'd up to me that it can even make it that far.

[genesis_pig]

The Matrix is a good film... but I feel it's too high.

It's sad that High Noon hasn't even appeared on this list.

[MadMikeyD]

I'm new, so I had no input on this list, but going through it has been fun. A good mixture of movies I would have picked, movies that made me say "Are you serious?," and movies I haven't seen but probably should. Happy to see Superman, Temple of Doom, Ghostbusters, Empire Strikes Back, The (Complete) Lord of the Rings and It's a Wonderful Life on here.

The Matrix is one of those movies I know everyone loves, but I just can't get into it. Even with it's groundbreaking effects it wouldn't have been near my list.

[Powdered Water]

The Matrix is such a great flick. Already 11 years later and we're still talking about it. What a buzz I had the first night I went to see it.

[wintertriangles]

I think it deserves to be on here. Probably ten spaces lower though. At most.

[Powdered Water]

I think it should be 7 spaces higher.

[planet news]

Let the maths resolve this.

(-10 + 7)/2 < a; where a is a cardinal integer

Solving for a, we get a > -1.5 > -1.

In conclusion, the film "should be" at most 1 space lower.

[mark f]

The Matrix is a good film... but I feel it's too high.

It's sad that High Noon hasn't even appeared on this list.

http://www.labjor.unicamp.br/biotecnologias/calcadao/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/high-noon-2.jpg

High Noon is obviously a classic, although nowadays people seem to find it underwhelming. I'm not sure why, since it's one of the better, faster 85 minute-movies ever made. There are many westerns not on the list. None of the westerns in my personal MoFo mafo Top 100 are on the list, and that includes One-Eyed Jacks, Red River, The Professionals, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Little Big Man.

[planet news]

What do people here think about McCabe & Mrs. Miller?

[mark f]

I think they mostly love it. I give it 3 which is certainly a :up: from me.

[planet news]

From having not seen the first three on your list or Little Big Man or High Noon or The Wild Bunch or (fill in the blank essential western), it's clear I'm not too versed in the genre... -_-

But McCabe was something I really liked, though I'm reading now on Wikipedia that it was meant to subvert the Western genre. Not even sure what that means at this point. Most of the great westerns have been said to subvert or redefine the genre in one way or another.

[Powdered Water]

I don't know what that means either. It was quite good though, I reckon.

[mark f]

You mean most "post-modern" or "revisionist" westerns? That implies that before a genre is subverted it's somehow not true to itself. I'd definitely call that revisionist, but I realize that revisionism/subversion is your bread and your butter. :cool:

[Powdered Water]

Hey, hey, hey! Don't be trying to paint PN into a corner now!

[mark f]

Hell, he can escape from all the corners. Or he can answer the question. :cool:

I recommend watching more westerns. They are pretty much a good vs. evil genre, no matter how often they twist both concepts around.

[planet news]

Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah. That's just what Wikipedia said! :laugh: Like I said, I didn't get the feeling that anything was "out of the ordinary". I mean, there's something distinctive about Altman's camera work, but that would be it.

[Powdered Water]

The bad guys usually wear black, so its easy to figure out too. Which is nice for me, cause I'm not the brightest bulb in the lamp.

[Powdered Water]

Altman just makes really effing good films is what it is.

[mark f]

Altman goes way beyond his camerawork. He often has "important" dialogue in the background and/or offscreen. He also seems to have thought about introducing certain ideas into American Cinema, in a similar way to Peckinpah. He also goes out of his way to edit certain connecting scenes either out of the film or he puts them in some weird place to make them a flash-forward or a flashback. I'm not saying that Altman isn't meticulous or that he just BSs his way through his films, but I'm saying that Altman follows his own muse, and he seems to have a whole lotta muses.

[mark f]

This is off-topic, but PN, are you voting next month? I really hope you (and everybody else) does here in the U.S.

[planet news]

Altman just "thinks" about making films in a totally different way than other directors.

As for voting... I missed the deadline, because I'm an ass, so no.

Yeah, yeah, pile it on, mark. I'm not proud of it.

Ummm... what's your "party"?

[Powdered Water]

C'mooooonnnnnn, politics?

Ewwwwwwww!!!!

[planet news]

I will admit that that was the most random interjection ever, but not completely unwarranted considering the likely sea change that will eventually come to affect us all.

/topic

[Miss Vicky]

The Matrix at #10? Ugh. Gotta echo HK's sentiments on this one.

[Powdered Water]

That's just sad. No one should be on an island with HK. He has terrible taste and I have it on good authority that he smells funny.

[Miss Vicky]

I never said HK's taste was impeccable or anything (the fool doesn't like Gladiator or Army of Darkness!), but he's right about this one.

[Powdered Water]

Whatever.

[planet news]

You gotta be honest though---not that I'd ever "ugh" at such richly theoretical film---it's not that good of a film if you really think about it.

A much better film with the same theme is The Truman Show... and of course Dark City.

[Powdered Water]

The Truman Show? Now I know you're a crack smoker. Before I thought maybe you were just weird. Nope. Definitely a crack head.

EDIT: Not that there's anything wrong with being a crack head, it just explains things to me so I can understand them is all.

[genesis_pig]

What do people here think about McCabe & Mrs. Miller?

I like it, but it wont be on my Top 100, Life & Times of Judge Roy Bean surely will.


High Noon is obviously a classic, although nowadays people seem to find it underwhelming. I'm not sure why, since it's one of the better, faster 85 minute-movies ever made. There are many westerns not on the list. None of the westerns in my personal MoFo mafo Top 100 are on the list, and that includes One-Eyed Jacks, Red River, The Professionals, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Little Big Man.

It would have made by Top 25, but sadly I saw the movie much after making my Top 100.

Haven't seen One Eyed Jacks & Red River.
But I hope to catch up with a lot of westerns before this year ends.

Professionals was my favourite as a kid & it still is.. Damnit it should have been on my list.
The worst thing is when I made my list, I borrowed most movies from other People's list... never went around giving it a thought. (I made my list in 30 minutes).

I have started keeping track of my movies now... I just need to put them in an order.

& were you the only one who had High Noon on his list?
I thought most people here would like High Noon, as it's labelled as a western meant for non-western lovers...

[Iroquois]

A much better film with the same theme is They Live

There, I fixed it for you.

[planet news]

A much better film with the same theme is They LiveThere, I fixed it for you.Sure, but the themes are very different.

Though both films deal with a "hidden world", They Live does not make a distinction between reality and the "hidden world". The "hidden world" is embedded into reality itself. The Matrix throws out reality altogether, claiming that there is no reality in itself to be fought for but rather an escape from it. In other words, They Live merely wants to "uncover" certain aspects of reality where The Matrix rejects reality completely.

The Truman Show also rejects reality completely. The idea of emancipation from the Imaginary realm is the subject of both films.

Why it was necessary for The Matrix to incorporate pho-kung fu action on top of this theme, I will never understand.

Not to say that those fight sequences were not omgwtfawesome, but then The Matrix Reloaded clearly outdoes its predecessor in those terms.

[Iroquois]

I see your kung-fu action and raise you an unnecessarily lengthy alleyway brawl.

[planet news]

Um, I was talking about The Truman Show. Bluff called?

[Powdered Water]

Why it was necessary for The Matrix to incorporate pho-kung fu action on top of this theme, I will never understand.




Cos it was fuggin wey kewl duder. I mean, really. :cool:

[planet news]

wHo WuZ

[Powdered Water]

Who's House?

Run's House!

[planet news]

I think The Matrix is a pretty cool guy. eh free minds and doesnt afraid of anything.

[Miss Vicky]

I'm rather inclined to agree with PW on his crackhead assessment.

[Powdered Water]

I know things.

[planet news]

If by crackhead you mean someone who tries to say something reasonable while providing evidence only to be trolled by some kind of idiotic babytalk and only then subsequently digresses into the same kind of sub-intellectual meme-jargon, then I guess I'm a crackhead.

[Miss Vicky]

By crackhead I mean someone who creates posts like these.

wHo WuZ

I think The Matrix is a pretty cool guy. eh free minds and doesnt afraid of anything.

[Harry Lime]

Crackheads don't have time for the internet, they're to busy looking for ways to get more crack.

[Powdered Water]

Dammit Harry...

See, that's what I like about Harry. He's smart.

[planet news]

By crackhead I mean someone who creates posts like these.

I also created a post like this:Sure, but the themes are very different.

Though both films deal with a "hidden world", They Live does not make a distinction between reality and the "hidden world". The "hidden world" is embedded into reality itself. The Matrix throws out reality altogether, claiming that there is no reality in itself to be fought for but rather an escape from it. In other words, They Live merely wants to "uncover" certain aspects of reality where The Matrix rejects reality completely.

The Truman Show also rejects reality completely. The idea of emancipation from the Imaginary realm is the subject of both films.

Why it was necessary for The Matrix to incorporate pho-kung fu action on top of this theme, I will never understand.

Not to say that those fight sequences were not omgwtfawesome, but then The Matrix Reloaded clearly outdoes its predecessor in those terms.

So yeah. You fail.

[wintertriangles]

You should've quoted the one from the ground zero mosque

[Miss Vicky]

I also created a post like this:



Yes, you can be articulate and insightful. I never said otherwise.

But sometimes your posts - like those I quoted - leave me scratching my head and wondering "What is this guy's deal?"

[WBadger]

9. Jaws (1975, Spielberg)

http://www.premiere.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/list/the-100-greatest-movie-lines/41.-you-re-gonna-need-a-bigger-boat./533134-2-eng-US/41.-You-re-gonna-need-a-bigger-boat._imagelarge.jpg

http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1975/posters/15270CBA8C-75d2.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=Jaws+1975)http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1975/posters/15270CBA8C-9bc7.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=Jaws+1975)http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1975/posters/jaws_ver2.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=Jaws+1975)

Total Points Earned: 142
Compared to Previous List: http://unassistedsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Up-Arrow.jpg 29 spots

[Caitlyn]

So far, my guesses are way off base... :p

[MadMikeyD]

Jaws isn't in my personal top 10, but I can definitely see it in an overall compiled top 10 like this. It would be somewhere in my top 50 for sure, though.

[Classicqueen13]

woo!

I can't wait to see where Raiders shows up :)

[nebbit]

Go Jaws http://bestsmileys.com/fish/10.gif

[genesis_pig]

Go Bruce!!

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSZCdtePWVrIF4iwYfu5vat7AxHac73IWN1UwAZbZrGczdflgM&t=1&usg=__SuCHW2ue47dXO_7Zw866cBx2S4s=

[honeykid]

Should've been higher. :D

[mark f]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nrvMNf-HEg&feature=related

[Miss Vicky]

I don't think I've ever actually seen Jaws.

[honeykid]

^^:eek:^^

[Classicqueen13]

I don't think I've ever actually seen Jaws.

You really should :)

[WBadger]

8. The Big Lebowski (1998, Coen)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KQzlLEISR_8/S6wUvg75lmI/AAAAAAAAA7U/wBoycMKDqUw/s1600/big-lebowski.jpg

http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1998/posters/A60242B39E-0323.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=The+Big+Lebowski+1998)http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1998/posters/A60242B39E-afb1.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=The+Big+Lebowski+1998)http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1998/posters/big_lebowski_ver1.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=The+Big+Lebowski+1998)

Total Points Earned: 143
Compared to Previous List: http://unassistedsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Up-Arrow.jpg 9 spots

[mark f]

One flippin' point above Jaws? "Somebody tell 'em." :cool:

[Miss Vicky]

Should've been higher.

[TheUsualSuspect]

Dig it dude.

[Iroquois]

"Mark it eight, Dude."

[kaizerdufrane]

"were gonna cut your dick off larry" haha so brilliant.

[Miss Vicky]

"Look, I've had a rough night and I hate the ****ing Eagles!"

[ash_is_the_gal]

*insert Dude quote here*

[7thson]

Not sure about quotes, but I sure as hell could use a white russian.

[planet news]

oh just go ahead and say the damn thing already...

TEH DOOD ABYDZ

[The Prestige]

I don't mind Jaws being this high, it is the original summer blockbuster afterall and a paradigm of suspense. Never been too hyped about The Big Liebowski. Jeff Bridges is cool and John Goodman is always a joy to watch but I don't remember thinking it was all that. I perfer it when the Brother Coens do stuff like Blood Simple. Maybe I ought to watch it again and really pay attention, but I don't see my opinion changing much with this one.

EDIT

Sod it, I will be a good sport and join in. "Dude"

[wintertriangles]

Don't conform!

[kaizerdufrane]

Maude: "you can guess where it goes from here"
Dude: "he fixes the cable"

im sorry i couldn't resist. hahaha

[mark f]

Jaws doesn't need Web-speak or any other kind of help to BLOW YOUR MIND. I still love all movies but c'mon, you think I'm going to say that Jaws isn't the greatest film ever? Maybe next time, we Sharkfi/ans will take over, not that there is such a silly underground "name" for people with good taste.

[Iroquois]

Jaws bites.

[ash_is_the_gal]

i just noticed Harold and Maude is not on this list, and it's highly unlikely it will be in the Top 10.

:bawling:

[Iroquois]

Harold and Maude used to be in my top 10. Not sure where I'd rank it now.

Might've been in the list I submitted. I don't know right now.

EDIT: No, it wasn't. Pity, good film.

[Caitlyn]

Drats... I was hoping Badger had posted number seven... :p


I don't think Harold and Maude is going to make it either...

[rauldc14]

I can't believe that I just saw Jaws for the first time fully 2 days ago...as for Harold and Maude...I'm watching it now and it's not doing anything for me.

[Iroquois]

It's definitely not for everyone, I'll give it that much. Though the last person I showed it to added it to their favourite movies, so yeah.

[Caitlyn]

I really liked Harold and Maude but would have to watch it again to decide if it went into my top 100... which I'm going to revise soon (I think)...

[ash_is_the_gal]

to be fair, the first time i watched Harold and Maude i was utterly disappointed, but then, i was really young, too (like 16). it wasn't til the second view that i realized it was amazin' as anyfin'.

[sarah f]

I watched it for the first time when I was 14 or 15 and then subsequently watched it at least once a day for like the next week.

[ash_is_the_gal]

i was a pretty vapid 16-year-old.

[WBadger]

7. The Departed (2006, Scorsese)

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/10/06/arts/06depa.3.650.jpg

http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/2006/posters/departed_ver3.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=The+Departed+2006)http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/2006/posters/departed_ver4.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=The+Departed+2006)http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/2006/posters/departed_ver2.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=The+Departed+2006)

Total Points Earned: 153
Compared to Previous List: http://unassistedsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Up-Arrow.jpg 73 spots

[Miss Vicky]

Awesome.

[Harry Lime]

7. The Departed

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

[TheUsualSuspect]

That is actually a big surprise to me. Did not expect that at all. Beating Goodfellas? Come on.

I love the film to death, but top ten???

[Yoda]

Wow. Wow wow wow.

I'm with TUS on both points: love this film, but #7 is crazy nutso. Still, glad it's on here and high in a general sense. Definitely one of the biggest shockers so far. Either Gone With the Wind or Wizard of Oz is getting shut out completely, then, I think.

[TheUsualSuspect]

First the Oscars, now Mofos.

Rewarding the lesser film with greater recognition.

[mark f]

Wow. Wow wow wow.

I'm with TUS on both points: love this film, but #7 is crazy nutso. Still, glad it's on here and high in a general sense. Definitely one of the biggest shockers so far. Either Gone With the Wind or Wizard of Oz is getting shut out completely, then, I think.

I have to agree with you guys, although I wouldn't call it "crazy nutso", just insane. Big difference, huh?

GWTW and TWOOz have already been shut out. Neither of them are making a surprise appearance either.

[ash_is_the_gal]

i dunno... it some ways, it's really nice not to see "every single film regarded the Most Classic and Popular Ever" on this list. i've noticed a lot of really great films on here that usually just get overlooked; many of which i haven't seen myself and i'm sure as **** a lot of other Mofos may have not even thought of much before now. it's also what i like about personal Top 100 lists.

TWOOz and GWTW are great, great films (both made my top 100, with the latter in my top 10), but i still think there shouldn't be any shoe-ins just because of their status. if that makes any sense.

except for Harold and Maude, god damnit.

[Powdered Water]

I don't know what to say. Frankly I'm shocked its even on this list at all. Oh well, when we do this again a year or two from now this thing will change again. I guess it really doesn't matter that much.

Is The Departed the new Shawshank? I'd vote yes.

[Miss Vicky]

I don't think I've ever actually seen Gone With the Wind and I HATE The Wizard of Oz. So it wouldn't bother me one bit if they didn't make an appearance.

[ash_is_the_gal]

what i mean to say is, i love GWTW and TWOOz but i don't think they are actually amongst the Top 100 Films Ever, which is how i feel about a LOT of my own Top 100. i love my favorite movies for a lot of different reasons, but i'm not too close-minded to realize that not all of my thoughts on this subject is exactly rational.

[Powdered Water]

How can anyone hate The Wizard of Oz? Are you some kind of weird-o?