Catching up here:
Ed Wood, I agree is Tim Burton's best film. I felt Johnny Depp did just as fine a job as Martin Landau. I cracked up every time Depp as Wood would be watching the film or the filming and just grinning and saying how brilliant the scene or the film was. Martin Landau totally deserved the Oscar but I had a little bit of a problem with the script making Lugosi such a jerk at times (yes, I know he had a drug problem) and complaining and cussing. Even though he was an addict, I've read and heard too many stories about what a gentleman he was even with the addiction. So, I take Landau's look and feel of Lugosi as spot-on, but not the temperament. But all-in-all, I loved the movie and am very glad to see it make the list.
Mean Girls Really fun stuff, with all four Mean Girls played by talented actresses and future stars. Rachel McAdams is incredibly beautiful and incredibly convincingly mean in this role. But still, damn! Amanda Seyfried, another beautiful gal, and playing dumb as a post very convincingly. Of the three though, I think I love Lacey Chabert the best. Like the video that @
MovieFan1988 posted, where she keeps saying "that's so fetch" and McAdams going off on her, resulting in Chabert reading her very thinly veiled take on Julius Caesar/Regina. Her acting was so fine there and I laugh every time I see that scene. I also think special mention should go to then-future star Lizzy Caplan as Janis Ian. My single favorite exchange is when some jock goes by Janis and this exchange takes place:
Student: "Nice wig, Janis. What's it made of?"
Janis: "Your mom's chest hair!"
That kills me every time.
I'm not a huge fan of Tina Fey in general, but I thought she did a brilliant job writing this movie.
Kung Fu Hustle is a totally wheels-off Looney Tunes type of Kung Fu movie that's in my DVD collection. I love this movie so much, especially the landlady. Hysterical.
Black Dynamite I have yet to see this but I want to. I love the 70s "Blaxploitation" films and have seen quite a few of them, so I know I'm going to like this movie.
None of the newest four made my list.
Status quo: #8.
Stripes #90 on the official list.