Since joining this site, I've been meaning to add my contribution to this subject, but since I didn't begin to express myself in any written form until only about a year & half or so ago ( I mean, y'know.... expressing myself more creatively that just filling out forms or signing checks & stuff....), to take on what appeared to be such a monumental undertaking for a beginner such as muhself, I couldn't seem to find the motivation to put the time aside to create one.
Also, there were several movies on my "must-see" list that I always felt I should see before I began concocting such a list.
However, just when I think that I've finally seen those films that are generally considered as necessary viewing for movie aficionados, a new title then comes into my awareness or sense of radar. Even right now, at the time of this writing, I'm 30 minutes into Memoirs Of A Geisha (these days, I watch DVDs in half hour installments, since the only space of time I can find to fit 'em into is during the treadmill part of my workouts) and I currently have Fear(s) In The Dark on my waiting list. Two films that seem like they might have a possibilty of making it in my top 100, & therefore may disturb the order that I've come up with so far.
But, I figure that that's a situation that always gonna be there, no matter when I decide to do this. So, since my list of faves is always gonna be in flux, now seems like as good a time as any to put one up.
Therefore, without further ado......
100. Glory
"And what are you? So full of hate you just wanna go out and fight everybody. 'Cause you been whipped and chased by hounds. Well, that may not be livin', but it sure as hell ain't dyin'. And dyin's what these white boys been doin' for goin' on three years now. Dyin' by the thousands, dyin' for you, fool. I know 'cause I dug they graves. . . .
The time's comin' when we gonna have to anti-up. Anti-up and kick in like men.... LIKE MEN!"
Simply one of my favorite civil war films of all time.
99. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
A bad-ass lead character, a feral wolf-boy and his boomerang, a "junk-yard" fortress, an ayatollah of rock-n-rolla, a kick-ass car-chase, Australian accents, & more S&M costumes than a German hardcore porn video (or so I heard...).
In otha woidsm The Road Warriah is everything you need to make a solid thrill-ride of a post-apocalyptic action movie, "mite".
98. His Girl Friday
The genre of the romantic comedy comes to an early peak with this story about two reporters, once divorced from each other, but still carrying a shared torch as fiery as their shared passion for their jobs. Old skool movie dialogue so quick & full of wit, that despite any dated slants in the material, comes off sounding contemporarily sharp & filled with as much energy as if it were written for today.
97. The Blair Witch Project
First of all, I couldn't care less how over-hyped this movie was. Anyone's whose opinion of this movie was as an adverse effect from this, it's their fault for giving it any attention in the first place. No hype, no matter how well-founded, should ever be believed.
Secondly, as kid, sure, but as an adult, I really can't get scared from movies anymore. Especially, if there's a monster or a Jason/Freddy/Michael Myers involved. The minute I see any of these guys on the screen wearing some kind of fright-enhancing mask or wielding a sharp object with a screaming Abercrombie & Fitch-looking teenager's name all over it, I am instantly reminded that I'm watching a movie, & thereby negating any chance of suspending my belief enough to being frightened anymore. However, Blair Witch tried to bring the horror of cinema as close to the real world as any fright flick could since Night Of The Living Dead (IOM, that is), thus making it seem like this situation could actually happen in this frame of reality. Plus, a major part of the fear-factor for this story's premise is that the lead characters, or even the viewers themselves, never actually get to see the witch in question. And as it has been stated many times over centuries, "The unknown is one the greatest fears to the human mindset".
So while it still didn't scare me, TBWP probably came as close as it possibly can come to at this point in my life. As far as I can remember, I've never had any real inclination to go out on a camping trip of any sort.
But now, because of this film, sleeping under a tent overnight in the middle of the woods, is a situation that I can definitely say that I will never expect to try & initiate.
Ever.
And for me, The Blair Witch Project earns a couple of extra points just for that.
Not only is Deep Throat a codename for a central figure in All The President's Men, it's also the name of one of the first x-rated flix I ever watched, back when puberty was knocking at my adolescence.
Now here I am, years later, wasting my life away in front of the computer, if not spending vast amounts of time downloading onion booty porn,
then I'm either posting up classless ghetto girlfight videos on youtube
or I'm here on this site, aimlessly commiseratin' with all of my fellow MoFos.
So, yeah....
I know exactly where that particular "left turn" was that led me down the empty road of existence that is currently my life.
Which I know has almost next to nothing to do with this movie, but I guess that term "Deep Throat" sparked off a nerve or something.
Anyways,
back to the list.....
96. All The Presidents Men
Anyways,
back to the list.....
Also, there were several movies on my "must-see" list that I always felt I should see before I began concocting such a list.
However, just when I think that I've finally seen those films that are generally considered as necessary viewing for movie aficionados, a new title then comes into my awareness or sense of radar. Even right now, at the time of this writing, I'm 30 minutes into Memoirs Of A Geisha (these days, I watch DVDs in half hour installments, since the only space of time I can find to fit 'em into is during the treadmill part of my workouts) and I currently have Fear(s) In The Dark on my waiting list. Two films that seem like they might have a possibilty of making it in my top 100, & therefore may disturb the order that I've come up with so far.
But, I figure that that's a situation that always gonna be there, no matter when I decide to do this. So, since my list of faves is always gonna be in flux, now seems like as good a time as any to put one up.
Therefore, without further ado......
100. Glory
"And what are you? So full of hate you just wanna go out and fight everybody. 'Cause you been whipped and chased by hounds. Well, that may not be livin', but it sure as hell ain't dyin'. And dyin's what these white boys been doin' for goin' on three years now. Dyin' by the thousands, dyin' for you, fool. I know 'cause I dug they graves. . . .
The time's comin' when we gonna have to anti-up. Anti-up and kick in like men.... LIKE MEN!"
Simply one of my favorite civil war films of all time.
99. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
A bad-ass lead character, a feral wolf-boy and his boomerang, a "junk-yard" fortress, an ayatollah of rock-n-rolla, a kick-ass car-chase, Australian accents, & more S&M costumes than a German hardcore porn video (or so I heard...).
In otha woidsm The Road Warriah is everything you need to make a solid thrill-ride of a post-apocalyptic action movie, "mite".
98. His Girl Friday
The genre of the romantic comedy comes to an early peak with this story about two reporters, once divorced from each other, but still carrying a shared torch as fiery as their shared passion for their jobs. Old skool movie dialogue so quick & full of wit, that despite any dated slants in the material, comes off sounding contemporarily sharp & filled with as much energy as if it were written for today.
97. The Blair Witch Project
First of all, I couldn't care less how over-hyped this movie was. Anyone's whose opinion of this movie was as an adverse effect from this, it's their fault for giving it any attention in the first place. No hype, no matter how well-founded, should ever be believed.
Secondly, as kid, sure, but as an adult, I really can't get scared from movies anymore. Especially, if there's a monster or a Jason/Freddy/Michael Myers involved. The minute I see any of these guys on the screen wearing some kind of fright-enhancing mask or wielding a sharp object with a screaming Abercrombie & Fitch-looking teenager's name all over it, I am instantly reminded that I'm watching a movie, & thereby negating any chance of suspending my belief enough to being frightened anymore. However, Blair Witch tried to bring the horror of cinema as close to the real world as any fright flick could since Night Of The Living Dead (IOM, that is), thus making it seem like this situation could actually happen in this frame of reality. Plus, a major part of the fear-factor for this story's premise is that the lead characters, or even the viewers themselves, never actually get to see the witch in question. And as it has been stated many times over centuries, "The unknown is one the greatest fears to the human mindset".
So while it still didn't scare me, TBWP probably came as close as it possibly can come to at this point in my life. As far as I can remember, I've never had any real inclination to go out on a camping trip of any sort.
But now, because of this film, sleeping under a tent overnight in the middle of the woods, is a situation that I can definitely say that I will never expect to try & initiate.
Ever.
And for me, The Blair Witch Project earns a couple of extra points just for that.
Not only is Deep Throat a codename for a central figure in All The President's Men, it's also the name of one of the first x-rated flix I ever watched, back when puberty was knocking at my adolescence.
Now here I am, years later, wasting my life away in front of the computer, if not spending vast amounts of time downloading onion booty porn,
then I'm either posting up classless ghetto girlfight videos on youtube
or I'm here on this site, aimlessly commiseratin' with all of my fellow MoFos.
So, yeah....
I know exactly where that particular "left turn" was that led me down the empty road of existence that is currently my life.
Which I know has almost next to nothing to do with this movie, but I guess that term "Deep Throat" sparked off a nerve or something.
Anyways,
back to the list.....
96. All The Presidents Men
Anyways,
back to the list.....
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Right now, all I'm wearing is a mustard-stained wife-beater T-shirt, no pants & a massive sombrero.
Right now, all I'm wearing is a mustard-stained wife-beater T-shirt, no pants & a massive sombrero.
Last edited by TheMightyCelestial; 09-07-14 at 06:47 PM.