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I've put this off for a while for various reasons. There are still many, many important films I have yet to see, but I thought you guys might appreciate a list of my current Top 50. As has been mentioned in innumerable other threads, this is a list of my favorite films, not those I consider to be the "best". So expect some guilty pleasures scattered in.
Some of you will probably dislike this one, but I do consider my taste to be eclectic, and somewhat unusual, so hopefully it will be entertaining even if you don't necessarily like the films. I hope to promote some healthy debate at the very least!
Ok, without further ado... I hope you enjoy my list. Eek.
#50: Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer, 1998)
A delightful little frenzy of a movie, starring Franka Potente as the title character, a woman who has twenty minutes to find and deliver 100,000 lost Deutschmarks to her boyfriend before he does something drastic in an attempt to fix his problem. Told within three shorter segments, each depicting a different course that Lola takes with drastically different conclusions, it leaves me breathless every time.
#49: Man on the Moon (Milos Forman, 1999)
In my mind easily one of Jim Carrey's best performances - his likeness to the late comedian Andy Kaufman is astonishing whether it be in his voice, body language, or even physical appearance. This whole movie is hilarious as well as being a riveting biography of a performer who was truly ahead of his time.
#48: Black Dynamite (Scott Sanders, 2009)
Easily up there with the very best comedies of the decade. Literally laugh-a-minute and in such varied ways, from intentional in-shot boom mics to subtle references. Michael Jai White and the rest of the cast are brilliant in both parodying and paying a loving homage to the "Blaxsploitation" films of the 70's.
Some of you will probably dislike this one, but I do consider my taste to be eclectic, and somewhat unusual, so hopefully it will be entertaining even if you don't necessarily like the films. I hope to promote some healthy debate at the very least!
Ok, without further ado... I hope you enjoy my list. Eek.
#50: Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer, 1998)
A delightful little frenzy of a movie, starring Franka Potente as the title character, a woman who has twenty minutes to find and deliver 100,000 lost Deutschmarks to her boyfriend before he does something drastic in an attempt to fix his problem. Told within three shorter segments, each depicting a different course that Lola takes with drastically different conclusions, it leaves me breathless every time.
#49: Man on the Moon (Milos Forman, 1999)
In my mind easily one of Jim Carrey's best performances - his likeness to the late comedian Andy Kaufman is astonishing whether it be in his voice, body language, or even physical appearance. This whole movie is hilarious as well as being a riveting biography of a performer who was truly ahead of his time.
#48: Black Dynamite (Scott Sanders, 2009)
Easily up there with the very best comedies of the decade. Literally laugh-a-minute and in such varied ways, from intentional in-shot boom mics to subtle references. Michael Jai White and the rest of the cast are brilliant in both parodying and paying a loving homage to the "Blaxsploitation" films of the 70's.
Last edited by Skepsis93; 09-24-11 at 11:05 AM.
