ash_is_the_gal's Top 100, 2nd edition [Archive]

ash_is_the_gal

05-30-11, 10:46 PM

i've spent far too much time working on this today.

it has been nearly 3 years (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=17549) since i did my first Top 100 list. like i was saying in the Shoutbox earlier, this isn't an exact science, but for the time being, it's close enough.

#100
Time Bandits (1981)

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"Lads! Here's to stinking rich!"

#99
My Left Foot (1989)

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"If you work with me, I'll help you say f*ck off more clearly."

#98
Airplane! (1980)

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"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue."

#97
Gidget (1959)

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"Honest to goodness it's the absolute ultimate!"

#96
Freaks (1932)

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"They're going to make you one of them, my peacock!"

#95
Dawn of the Dead (1978)

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"When the dead walk, señores, we must stop the killing... or lose the war."

#94
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

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"Hold fast to the human inside of you, and you'll survive."

#93
The Blue Bird (1940)

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"Nobody here is kind. Not really kind. Not like Mommy and Daddy. I wouldn't trade them for all the Mr. and Mrs. Luxuries in the world!"

#92
Brazil (1985)

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"This is your receipt for your husband... and this is your receipt for your receipt."

#91
Cruel Intentions (1999)

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"You spend all your time preaching about waiting for love. Well here it is. Right in front of you, and you're going to turn your back on it. So I guess we're just f*ucked. I'll move on. But you are going to have to live the rest of your life knowing that you've turned your back on love. And that makes you a hypocrite. Have a nice life."

honeykid

05-30-11, 11:11 PM

Airplane, Dawn Of The Dead and Cruel Intentions (in which SMG never looked better) :up:

HollyG

05-30-11, 11:23 PM

Great list so far,I cannot wait to see the rest of it :yup:

ash_is_the_gal

05-31-11, 09:22 PM

#90
Stand By Me (1986)

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"I was 12 going on 13 the first time I saw a dead human being. It happened in the summer of 1959-a long time ago, but only if you measure in terms of years. I was living in a small town in Oregon called Castle Rock. There were only twelve hundred and eighty-one people. But to me, it was the whole world."

#89
The Letter (1940)

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"With all my heart, I still love the man I killed."

#88
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

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"I like you to be exactly the way that you are, because in all my experience, I have never known anyone like you."

#87
Y Tu Mamá También (2001)

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"Truth is cool but unattainable... the truth is totally amazing, but you can't ever reach it."

#86
The Lover (1992)

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"Very early in my life, it was too late. At eighteen it was already too late. At eighteen I aged. This aging was brutal. This aging, I saw it spread over my features, one by one. Instead of being frightened by it, I saw this aging of my face with the same sort of interest I might have taken for example in the reading of a book. That new face I kept it. It's kept the same contours, but its matter is destroyed. I have a destroyed face."

#85
Mulholland Dr. (2001)

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"Hey, pretty girl, time to wake up."

#84
Finding Nemo (2003)

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"I can't read human."

#83
Newsies (1992)

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"Your honor, I object."
"On what grounds?"
"On the grounds of Brooklyn."

#82
Thelma and Louise (1991)

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"I'm in deep sh*t; Deep Sh*t, Arkansas."

#81
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)

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"You gotta fight for every breath and tell death to go to hell."

Plainview

06-01-11, 12:03 AM

Great list so far!

mark f

06-01-11, 05:05 AM

So ash, without spoiling it for those who haven't watched it, what did you think of the ending of The Letter? Was it perfect or would you have preferred something else?

I also think that Newsies is criticized far too often, but what about it makes it one of your faves?

Oh, and since I didn't comment the first time, what's your fave part of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly?

happycyclist

06-01-11, 10:27 AM

This is the most eclectic list of all time.

ash_is_the_gal

06-01-11, 10:32 AM

... is that bad?

mark, i'll respond to your post tonight when i get home!

Iroquois

06-01-11, 10:34 AM

In this context, "eclectic" means that there's a very unusual mixture of films on the list so far - whether or not that's bad is up to you. I don't think this is the most eclectic favourites list I've seen on this site - that honour should probably go to Linespalsy.

ash_is_the_gal

06-01-11, 10:47 AM

the one thing they all have in common is that the they're good. that's well enough for me! :D

Tyler1

06-01-11, 10:51 AM

Ooh... Interesting list... Mulholland Drive is my favourite of the lot. :)

ash_is_the_gal

06-01-11, 10:29 PM

So ash, without spoiling it for those who haven't watched it, what did you think of the ending of The Letter? Was it perfect or would you have preferred something else?

the first time i watched this movie, i didn't like the ending at all. but then i watched it again and decided i had completely misjudged the entire movie.

afterall, the entire film build up (for example, Davis's constant nervous knitting "web of lies) is a fantastic climax; the entire outside scene leading up to the stabbing was brilliantly done.

I also think that Newsies is criticized far too often, but what about it makes it one of your faves?

um... probably the fact that Mom took me to the theater to see it on opening day when i was only 8-years-old? :laugh:

no, honestly, i think Newsies is one of those movies that made a wonderful transition from my childhood to adulthood; it's a pretty fabulous musical for a non-animated Disney film based really terribly on historical events. i still love just as much - if not more - all the dancing and singing numbers.

not that long ago i found out that the music from this film was written by the same crew who did High School Musical, another popular Disney musical. i can't vouch for that one, though.

plus, Newsies is definitely one of my favorite movies to quote. it's just filled with amazingly bad dialogue. :)

Oh, and since I didn't comment the first time, what's your fave part of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly?

it's been a few years since i've seen it now. it's not my favorite scene but off the top of my head, the most vivid is the one where Bauby has the stroke in his car. it was so terrifying.

i also really liked the opening scene, too, though. it starts out straight from the point of view of a person who is basically being held prisoner in his own body. we see his frustration at not being able to communicate with those around him, and not only do we understand his frustration, but we also immediately see his charm and wit through the voice-over monologue that's going on inside of his head.

ash_is_the_gal

06-01-11, 11:09 PM

#80
The Big Lebowski (1998)

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"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man."

#79
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)

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"Is that what love is? Using people? And maybe that's what hate is - not being able to use people."

#78
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

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"Shut your eyes, Marion. Don't look at it, no matter what happens!"

#77
A Christmas Story (1983)

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"My kid brother looked like a tick about to pop."

#76
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

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"Do not seek the treasure!"

#75
The Reader (2008)

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"It doesn't matter what I feel. It doesn't matter what I think. The dead are still dead."

#74
Caged (1950)

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"For that forty bucks I heisted I sure got myself an education."

#73
Don't Look Now (1973)

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"This one who's blind. She's the one who can see."

#72
Let the Right One In (2008)

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"How old are you?"
"Twelve... more or less."

#71
Mildred Pierce (1945)

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"There's something about the sound of my own voice that fascinates me."

ash_is_the_gal

06-04-11, 05:47 PM

#70
Persepolis (2007)

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"Bullsh*t! Life isn't absurd! Some people give their lives for freedom. You think my uncle died for fun? Egotistical prick."

#69
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

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"I'll tell you one thing, Fred darling... I'd marry you for your minute in a minute. Would you marry me for my money?"

#68
Some Like It Hot (1959)

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"I don't care how rich he is, as long as he has a yacht, his own private railroad car, and his own toothpaste."

#67
Heavenly Creatures (1994)

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"All the best people have bad chests and bone diseases. It's all frightfully romantic."

#66
Jaws (1975)

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"This shark, swallow you whole."

#65
Boogie Nights (1997)

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"I am a star. I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a star. I am a big, bright, shining star. That's right."

#64
An American Werewolf in London (1981)

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"Beware the moon, lads."

#63
Pans Labyrinth (2006)

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"You're getting older, and you'll see that life isn't like your fairy tales. The world is a cruel place. And you'll learn that, even if it hurts."

#62
Chinatown (1974)

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"What happened to your nose, Gittes? Somebody slammed a bedroom window on it?"
"Nope. Your wife got excited. She crossed her legs a little too quick. You understand what I mean, pal?"

#61
Adaptation (2002)

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"The script I'm starting, it's about flowers. Nobody's ever done a movie about flowers before. So, so there are no guidelines..."

TylerDurden99

06-04-11, 07:32 PM

I LOVE Boogie Nights and The Big Lebowski.

honeykid

06-04-11, 08:45 PM

That last lot's the best yet. Some brilliant films there, Ash.

Sexy Celebrity

06-04-11, 08:46 PM

I like Werewolf in London and obviously Adaptation as it's my #1.

ash_is_the_gal

06-10-11, 07:32 PM

#60
Tideland (2005)

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"Squirrel butts don't glow."

#59
The Shining (1980)

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"I feel you will have to deal with this matter in the harshest way possible, Mr. Torrance."

#58
Citizen Kane (1941)

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"I am not a gentleman. I don't even know what a gentleman is."

#57
Talk to Her (2002)

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"Love is the saddest thing when it goes away, as a song by Jobim goes."

#56
Memento (2000)

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"I always thought the joy of reading a book is not knowing what happens next."

#55
The Philadelphia Story (1940)

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"This is one of those days that the pages of history teach us are best spent lying in bed."

#54
Mary Poppins (1964)

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"Mary poppins - practically perfect in every way."

#53
Gone With the Wind (1939)

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"With enough courage, you can do without a reputation."

#52
The Petrified Forest (1936)

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"The trouble with me, Gabrielle, is I, I belong to a vanishing race. I'm one of the intellectuals."
"That means that you've got brains!"
"Hmmm. Yes. Brains without purpose. Noise without sound, shape without substance."

#51
Network (1976)

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"I would like at this moment to announce that I will be retiring from this program in two weeks' time because of poor ratings. Since this show is the only thing I had going for me in my life, I've decided to kill myself. I'm going to blow my brains out right on this program a week from today. So tune in next Tuesday. That should give the public relations people a week to promote the show. You ought to get a hell of a rating out of that. 50 share, easy."

ash_is_the_gal

06-12-11, 06:18 PM

#50
District 9 (2009)

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"He was an honest man, and he didn't deserve any of what happened to him."

#49
All About Eve (1950)

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"Funny business, a woman's career - the things you drop on your way up the ladder so you can move faster. You forget you'll need them again when you get back to being a woman. That's one career all females have in common, whether we like it or not: being a woman. Sooner or later, we've got to work at it, no matter how many other careers we've had or wanted. And in the last analysis, nothing's any good unless you can look up just before dinner or turn around in bed, and there he is. Without that, you're not a woman. You're something with a French provincial office or a book full of clippings, but you're not a woman. Slow curtain, the end."

#48
Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)

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"I like to look at things no one else catches. I hate the ways drivers never look at the road in old American movies."

#47
The Fisher King (1991)

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"You ever read any Nietzsche? Nietzsche says there's two kinds of people in the world: people who are destined for greatness like Walt Disney... and Hitler. Then there's the rest of us, he called us "the bungled and the botched." We get teased. We sometimes get close to greatness, but we never get there. We're the expendable masses. We get pushed in front of trains, take poison aspirin... get gunned down in Dairy Queens."

#46
Magnolia (1999)

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"The book says, 'We might be through the past, but the past ain't through with us.'"

#45
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

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"What?"
"Even if you were my brother I'd still want to f*ck you."

#44
Of Human Bondage (1934)

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"You cad, you dirty swine! I never cared for you, not once! I was always makin' a fool of ya! Ya bored me stiff; I hated ya! It made me SICK when I had to let ya kiss me. I only did it because ya begged me, ya hounded me and drove me crazy! And after ya kissed me, I always used to wipe my mouth! WIPE MY MOUTH!"

#43
The Wizard of Oz (1939)

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"Oh please, Professor, why can't we go with you and see all the Crowned Heads of Europe?"
"Do you know any? Oh, you mean the... thing. Yes."

#42
Harold and Maude (1971)

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"I should like to change into a sunflower most of all. They're so tall and simple."

#41
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

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"A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Closing. Always be closing, always be closing."

honeykid

06-12-11, 07:34 PM

Love All About Eve and Amelie. :up:

JayDee

06-12-11, 08:40 PM

Great list so far Ash. Made me interested in checking out so many films. Amazing how different it is to your previous list

From your latest batch I really like District 9 (love the ending) and love Amelie. Also quite a few I've been wanting to watch for a while - Fisher King, Fish Called Wanda, Harold and Maude and Glengarry Glen Ross

rauldc14

06-12-11, 08:48 PM

Harold and Maude was nothing to me. But my favorites on your list are Citizen Kane, Wizard of Oz, and Some Like it Hot. Good job with the list thus far.

planet news

06-13-11, 02:18 AM

#43
The Wizard of Oz (1939)

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"Oh please, Professor, why can't we go with you and see all the Crowned Heads of Europe?"
"Do you know any? Oh, you mean the... thing. Yes."What made you drop this over 50 places?

nebbit

06-13-11, 03:08 AM

:love: your list so far Ash :yup:

happycyclist

06-13-11, 06:24 AM

GOOD LIST. A fewe things I don't really care for, but nothing I dislike.

ash_is_the_gal

06-13-11, 08:55 AM

and just what don't you care for, happycyclist? it better not be anything we watched together, boy. :skeptical: (The Petrified Forest, Heavenly Creatures, and Suddenly, Last Summer?)

@planet- call me weird, but many times i have inconsistent reactions to movies when i re-watch them. it probably has more to do with me and my moods then it does with the actual movie. i still love The Wizard of Oz a lot. i'll probably put it on my Top 10 again soon.

Deadite

06-13-11, 09:38 AM

Heavenly Creatures was superb.

honeykid

06-13-11, 10:00 AM

i'll probably put it on my Top 10 again soon.
That's a shame, ash. You finally had it going in the right direction. :D

happycyclist

06-14-11, 11:50 AM

and just what don't you care for, happycyclist? it better not be anything we watched together, boy. :skeptical: (The Petrified Forest, Heavenly Creatures, and Suddenly, Last Summer?)

I don't really like Tideland, actually. I thought it was good initially, and then it went down in my estimation when I watched it with you. The weakest Gilliam I've seen (though I haven't seen Brothers Grimm).

ash_is_the_gal

06-14-11, 12:12 PM

I don't really like Tideland, actually. I thought it was good initially, and then it went down in my estimation when I watched it with you. The weakest Gilliam I've seen (though I haven't seen Brothers Grimm).

ah. so what about the ones i listed?

honeykid

06-14-11, 12:35 PM

The weakest Gilliam I've seen (though I haven't seen Brothers Grimm).
Oh, don't do that to yourself, HC. :nope:

I watched that with a friend and, in hindsight, I think I'd have rather taken a bullet for her.

HollyG

06-14-11, 12:38 PM

Great choices Ash I love The Wizard of Oz , your got some great films here and I'm sure that there will be more Bette Davis to come.:yup:

ash_is_the_gal

06-14-11, 12:40 PM

hey, i just noticed this.

I don't really like Tideland, actually. I thought it was good initially, and then it went down in my estimation when I watched it with you. The weakest Gilliam I've seen (though I haven't seen Brothers Grimm).

>implying that watching films with me make for lesser experiences. :mad:

ash_is_the_gal

06-14-11, 12:41 PM

and I'm sure that there will be more Bette Davis to come.:yup:

oh yes! count on it!

honeykid

06-14-11, 12:59 PM

>implying that watching films with me make for lesser experiences. :mad:
I'm guessing that he's paying less attention when watching films with you. :randy:

happycyclist

06-15-11, 06:47 AM

Everything stated on this page is true.

In reality, though, I saw Tideland in a special screening followed by a Q&A session with Gilliam himself. And the guy is so charming maybe my opinion was skewed a little.

ash_is_the_gal

06-15-11, 07:56 PM

#40
Sunset Boulevard (1950)

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"We didn't need dialogue. We had faces!"

#39
Being John Malkovich (1999)

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"Do you know what a metaphysical can of worms this portal is?"

#38
Mean Creek (2004)

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"My name is George... and this... is the inside of my mind."

#37
Before Sunset (2004)

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"I feel like if someone were to touch me, I'd dissolve into molecules."

#36
This Is England (2006)

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"Honestly mate, you look sterling."

#35
Shallow Grave (1994)

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"They went up there alive and came back down dead! Did you notice that? The difference, I mean: alive, dead, dead, alive, that sort of thing?"

#34
Wall-e (2008)

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#33
United 93 (2006)

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"Of the four aircraft hijacked that day, United 93 was the only one that did not reach its target. It crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania at 10:03am. No one survived."

#32
A Room For Romeo Brass (1999)

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"What if a man came up to you in the street and says to you 'I'd like to spend the rest of my life with you', would you think it was weird?"

#31
Pride & Prejudice (2005)

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"Not all of us can afford to be romantic, Lizzie."

JayDee

06-15-11, 08:09 PM

Nice batch Ash. :up: I've got huge love for Sunset Boulevard, Being John Malkovich and Wall-e.

Pyro Tramp

06-15-11, 08:28 PM

Props for the Brit film picks!

nebbit

06-16-11, 08:22 AM

#36
This Is England (2006)

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"Honestly mate, you look sterling."

#35
Shallow Grave (1994)

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"They went up there alive and came back down dead! Did you notice that? The difference, I mean: alive, dead, dead, alive, that sort of thing?"

A great inclusion :yup:

Tyler1

06-16-11, 10:16 PM

Sunset Boulevard.... Wall E.... +1 rep for yah mate.

rauldc14

06-16-11, 10:32 PM

I'm with Tyler.....Wall E and Sunset Boulevard are two great choices!

ash_is_the_gal

06-18-11, 03:08 PM

#30
12 Angry Men (1957)

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"It's always difficult to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this. And wherever you run into it, prejudice always obscures the truth."

#29
Wolf Creek (2005)

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"I'm going to do something now they used to do in Vietnam. It's called making a head on a stick."

#28
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

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"Look what your brother did to the door! Ain't he got no pride in his home?"

#27
A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)

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"There was a girl under the kitchen sink."

#26
Sophie's Choice (1982)

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"Don't you see? We are dying. I longed desperately to escape, to pack my bags and free, but I did not."

#25
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

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"What is it you want, Mary? What do you want? You want the moon? Just say the word and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down. Hey. That's a pretty good idea. I'll give you the moon, Mary."

#24
The Wrestler (2008)

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"When you live hard and you play hard and burn the candle at both ends... in this life, you can lose everything you love, everything that loves you. Alot of people told me that I'd never wrestle again, they said "he's washed up", "he's finished" , "he's a loser", "he's all through". You know what? The only ones gonna tell me when I'm through doing my thing, is you people here. You people here... you people here. You're my family."

#23
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)

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"I don't sing with my ass!"

#22
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

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"I swear, if you existed, I'd divorce you."

#21
Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)

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"Dawn, you do not leave this table until you tell your sister that you love her!"

nebbit

06-19-11, 01:26 AM

Great choices Ash :yup: my only disappointment is Wolf Creek, not a big fan :nope:

Sexy Celebrity

06-19-11, 01:28 AM

I didn't like Wolf Creek either... but I love The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

JayDee

06-21-11, 08:16 PM

honeykid

06-21-11, 10:23 PM

I managed to stop (most) of this by making two rules for my list. Firstly, there isn't a film on my list that I saw for the first time within the last year. Secondly, there isn't a film on my list that I've not seen at least five times.

I felt this meant that the films I had on my list were films that I truly loved, rather than one I was just impressed with or one that I didn't feel held up to repeat viewings.

ash_is_the_gal

06-22-11, 01:07 AM

Just out of interest Ash, with such a large turnover of films do you really think all these films are better than those from your previous list? Or do you think a lot has to do with the freshness of them in your mind?

Just I struggled at times trying to work out if I wanted to put a film on the list either because it deserved it, or did I just feel it should go on because I've seen it recently and it's nice and fresh. If you know what I mean

to answer your question, no, i don't feel that all the movies from this list are better than those that were bumped off the other one; but i do think some of them are. :) there are various reasons for this. it could be like you said, the "freshness" of having just seen it. sometimes you change your mind on things on repeat viewings.

it also is because i've watched a lot of movies in the past 3 years that i'd never seen, and there's still so many visionary films i've not seen. it's so daunting thinking about it, but i try to watch as much as i can. this is why it'd be hard for me to judge things based on how honeykid does it - for one thing, i rarely watch movies more than once in a short period of time. sometimes i'll rewatch things a couple years later, but the only things that get repeated viewings from me are movies i've loved a very long time.

maybe i should make a list after this is over of all the films that were bumped off, explaining why.

nah, forget it. sounds tedious as hell.

Iroquois

06-22-11, 01:27 AM

JayDee

06-22-11, 09:01 AM

Thanks for taking the time to give me an answer Ash. :up: I was just wondering both with the large turnover, and also looking at my list now there are some I've seen or re-seen recently where I either wonder if it should be that high, or even be there at all.

I managed to stop (most) of this by making two rules for my list. Firstly, there isn't a film on my list that I saw for the first time within the last year. Secondly, there isn't a film on my list that I've not seen at least five times.

Five times?!!! :eek: Wow there are some films I absolutely adore and are definite stick-ons on my list that I've maybe not seen that many times. I seem a lot more like Ash in terms of how often I watch and rewatch films. I just don't like to watch films or TV shows over and over in case I get bored with them, or at the very least my love for them dips.

ash_is_the_gal

06-22-11, 09:03 AM

i don't mind that there is a large turn over. i like having lists of things i loved during certain time periods to look back on.

ash_is_the_gal

06-24-11, 08:43 PM

#20
The Sound of Music (1965)

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"Oh, there's nothing wrong with the children. Only the governesses."

#19
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

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"My crotch is still here, just as you remembered it."
"Yuck!"

#18
The Princess Bride (1987)

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"Tyrone, you know how much I love watching you work, but I've got my country's 500th anniversary to plan, my wedding to arrange, my wife to murder and Guilder to frame for it; I'm swamped."

#17
The Big Chill (1983)

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"The last time I spoke with Alex, we had a fight. I yelled at him."
"That's probably why he killed himself... What was the argument about?"
"I told him he was wasting his life."

#16
The Descent (2005)

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"What about you Holly, got a man?"
"Oh I'm a sports **** like Juno."

#15
The Iron Giant (1999)

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"Superman."

#14
Kikujiro (1999)

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"You're a farmer, huh?"
"No, no. I'm a banker."
"You're kidding. With a face like that?"

#13
The Ice Storm (1997)

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"On the self-abuse front - and this is important - I don't think it's advisable to do it in the shower. It wastes water and electricity and because we all expect you to be doing it there in any case."

#12
Dark Victory (1939)

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"I think I'll have a large order of prognosis negative!"

#11
King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)

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"I don't drink, I don't smoke, I don't do drugs. I play video games, which I think is a far superior addiction to any of those other ones."

Deadite

06-24-11, 08:58 PM

Shallow Grave...I haven't seen it in forever. Nice pick.

Skepsis93

06-24-11, 09:30 PM

You know, my mom often recommends The Big Chill, but I've not got around to seeing it. That good huh?

nebbit

06-25-11, 12:12 AM

Not a big Fan of The Sound Of Music :nope: other choices :up:

JayDee

06-25-11, 11:18 AM

Couple of great films there but I won't go into detail as they may soon appear on my list as well. ;)

ash_is_the_gal

06-30-11, 09:21 PM

#10
Baby Face (1933)

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"Yeah, I'm a tramp, and who's to blame? My Father. A swell start you gave me. Ever since I was fourteen, what's it been? Nothing but men! Dirty rotten men! And you're lower than any of them. I'll hate you as long as I live!"

#9
Paper Moon (1973)

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"You already got bone structure. When I was your age I didn't have no bone structure. Took me years to get bone structure. And don't think bone structure's not important. People didn't decide to call me "Mademoiselle" until I was seventeen and getting a little bone structure."

#8
Sideways (2004)

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"Betcha that chick's two tons of fun."

#7
The Secret Garden (1993)

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"You've got tigers and elephants in India, but have you not got skipping ropes?"

#6
Little Women (1994)

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"Well, of course Aunt March prefers Amy over me. Why shouldn't she? I'm ugly and awkward and I always say the wrong things. I fly around throwing away perfectly good marriage proposals. I love our home, but I'm just so fitful and I can't stand being here! I'm sorry, I'm sorry Marmee. There's just something really wrong with me. I want to change, but I - I can't. And I just know I'll never fit in anywhere."

#5
Aladdin (1992)

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"Do not be fooled by its commonplace appearance. Like so many things, it is not what outside, but what is inside that counts. This is no ordinary lamp. It once changed the course of a young man's life. A young man, who, like this lamp, was more than what he seemed. A diamond in the rough."

#4
Jezebel (1938)

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"This is 1852 dumplin', 1852, not the Dark Ages. Girls don't have to simper around in white just because they're not married."

#3
Muriel's Wedding (1994)

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"I could see your wheels."

#2
Spirited Away (2001)

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"You don't remember your name?"
"No, but for some reason I remember yours."

#1
Pretty in Pink (1986)

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"Love's a bitch, Duck. Love's a bitch."

Deadite

06-30-11, 09:50 PM

Spirited Away... Just magical. :)

I also really liked Muriel's Wedding, but haven't seen it in forever.

ash_is_the_gal

06-30-11, 09:51 PM

You know, the mother often recommends The Big Chill, but I've not got around to seeing it. That good huh?

sorry, i must have missed this before.

anyway, The Big Chill is one of those nostalgia/quintessential 80's films. it's kind of impossible not to like, really.

ash_is_the_gal

06-30-11, 09:52 PM

Spirited Away... Just magical. :)

I also really liked Muriel's Wedding, but haven't seen it in forever.

both of these films blew me away. well, pretty much everything in my Top 10 blew me away at some time or another, but Spirited Away might win an award for my... blown-away-ness.

honeykid

06-30-11, 10:28 PM

Love seeing Little Women on the list. I love that film as well.

JayDee

07-01-11, 03:35 PM

Congrats on finishing your list Ash. http://images.paraorkut.com/img/pics/glitters/b/bravo-7466.gif

Of your top 10 I loved Paper Moon (could get into my top 100 with repeat viewings), think I enjoyed Sideways (but it's been so long I'm not sure) and Spirited Away was so close to making my list. My favourite of those 10 however is Aladdin. No idea what happened with that one as it was on my list, round about the 60/70 mark, but obviously when I've been re-writing and fiddling with my list it's got lost along the way

Oh yeah and the two that I loved from your previous group but didn't mention as they were about to appear on mine were Eternal Sunshine and The Princess Bride.