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My top 100 movies: #1: E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1 Viewer)

El Floppo said:
whoa... Chinatown and 12 Angry Men- all the way down the list, IMO- looking forward to waht you think are better than those.
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Well, since this is just my list, I'm not going to say that some or even most of the films "ranked" higher than these are better films. The ones higher are just the ones that I've grown to love over time or are ones that I'm most excited about recently.

Chinatown is undoubtedly better than The Karate Kid, but I grew up with the latter so it's more of a favorite.

 
timschochet said:
Love Cobb in that film- commanding presence. 
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Cast full of great character actors who held their own with Henry Fonda.

Andy's killing me with the trivia.  I'm not a movie buff, but I watch this whenever it comes on and never consciously noticed the progression of the camera work.

 
I have probably asked before, AD, but what was it that made you start trying and liking more of the classics?  You keep hinting that there aren't many more on the list and that you just recently got over your post-Jaws bias.  Was it something that you had to keep "forcing" yourself to do, was there one that you saw that really clicked?

ETA: asking because I was the same way with classics and foreign movies until several years ago. 

 
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Andy Dufresne said:
#90 - Chinatown

A surprisingly idealistic private detective can't get the straight story from the woman who hired him and it causes him to become dangerously entangled in forces he cannot possibly win against. You can't fight City Hall is one thing, this is another level entirely. Better to forget it, Jake...It's Chinatown.

I can't say much more than that this movie is awesome.

Trivia:

The screenplay is now regarded as being one of the most perfect screenplays and is now a main teaching point in screen writing seminars and classes everywhere.

Although Los Angeles is given its modern pronunciation in the film ("an-je-les"), prior to the mid-1950s residents said the city's name with a hard G ("angle-es").
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Andy Dufresne said:
#89 - 12 Angry Men

The jury's decision in a murder trial seems like a foregone conclusion until one man asks the question "What if it's not?"

I like that the movie doesn't really answer the question as to whether or not the jury got it right. The important thing is that it's a reasonable doubt. And that is definitely better than unreasonable certainty.

Trivia:

At the beginning of the film, the cameras are all positioned above eye level and mounted with wide-angle lenses to give the appearance of greater distance between the subjects. As the film progresses the cameras slip down to eye level. By the end of the film, nearly all of it is shot below eye level, in close-up and with telephoto lenses to increase the encroaching sense of claustrophobia.

When Juror #10 concludes his ethnic-centered rant in which all other jurors leave the table or notably disagree with him, he is told to sit down and not talk again. Indeed, from that moment until the end of the film he utters not a single word more, not even when asked to give his vote (to which he responds by shaking his head).
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Wow Chinatown and 12 Angry Men around position 90....

I hope you have some seriously good movies in higher positions

 
#88 - Metropolis

A member of society's "haves" discovers the realm of the "have nots", falls in love with one of them, and fights against the maintainers of the status quo in an effort to establish harmony between the two castes.

There are films that I like to watch, and then there are films that I just like to look at (like Blade Runner). Silent movies are a bit difficult to watch as the accompanying music can wear on the viewer. But there's so many cool things to SEE in Metropolis. I love Art Deco and it's all over this movie.

Maybe even more importantly, I live the story of this film's journey. It premiered at over 2.5 hours - a length that prohibited the producers making a profit. So they butchered it. It wasn't until 2008 that a nearly compete version was discovered in a private collection in Buenos Aires. It included nearly 25 minutes and entire subplots not seen since 1927. Read more about it here.

Trivia:

The multiple-exposed sequences were not created in a lab but right during the filming on the set. The film was rewound in the camera and then exposed again right away. This was done up to 30 times.

Over 25,000 extras were involved in the making of the film.

 
KarmaPolice said:
I have probably asked before, AD, but what was it that made you start trying and liking more of the classics?  You keep hinting that there aren't many more on the list and that you just recently got over your post-Jaws bias.  Was it something that you had to keep "forcing" yourself to do, was there one that you saw that really clicked?

ETA: asking because I was the same way with classics and foreign movies until several years ago. 
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I guess it was a couple things. I grew tired of re-watching even the movies I loved.

And I still don't really care for too many late-60's/early-70's movies (too "gritty" for me) and didn't leapfrog past them.

But I always liked Hitchcock and since they were at the library, there were other classics nearby that I checked out at the same time thinking "okay, I'll give it a try".

 
That (mostly) ends the list of classic movies I'd consider in my top 100. As I watch them again, they're sure to rise rapidly in the rankings. For now, it just made sense to lump them all together just to kick things off.

Next will be a set of newer shows that get the benefit of recency bias. I estimate they have equal chance of remaining or leaving the top 100 in the next couple years.

 
Andy Dufresne said:
I just mean that he's not the typical hard boiled noir detective. The untold  backstory seems to me to be saying that he's made a nice living out of easy cases and therefore he takes the dame at her word - WAY past when he shouldn't - and it nearly costs him everything.
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Totally understand, & that's what his character is supposed to convey & represent...I just meant I personally had a difficult time accepting it, b/c Jack seems to affect  latent cynicism in the character of Jake, if that makes any sense. :2cents:

eta: excellent thread  :thumbup:

 
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Kafka said:
Totally understand, & that's what his character is supposed to convey & represent...I just meant I personally had a difficult time accepting it, b/c Jack seems to affect  latent cynicism in the character of Jake, if that makes any sense. :2cents:
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It does. But if you view it in the context of this being an early Nicholson work, then the snarkiness he developed later in his career doesn't pollute this character, IMO, and its then more believable.

 
#87 - Edge Of Tomorrow a.k.a. Live/Die/Repeat

Thrown into a battle against invading aliens for which he is ill prepared, a military man acquires the ability, through his own death, to reset the day. This gives him (and a fellow soldier serving as his mentor who also once had the same ability but has since lost it) the method to devise a strategy to defeat their time traveling enemy.

I love good science fiction movies. Unfortunately the genre has WAY more bad than good (a trait shared with the horror genre). But this movie is clever, funny, and exciting. And I like Tom Cruise movies. 

And Emily Blunt kills it in her role.

Trivia:

When Emily Blunt's character is introduced, she is doing a "planche" hold. Although she needed a wire for help on long takes, she is actually capable of doing that maneuver without assistance. In fact, when discussing the introduction, a cast member said, "Em, show that yoga move," and she casually demonstrated it.

When Hiroshi Sakurazaka wrote the novel, he got the idea from video-gaming and resetting it over and over until finding the winning strategy.

 
Andy Dufresne said:
#87 - Edge Of Tomorrow a.k.a. Live/Die/Repeat

Thrown into a battle against invading aliens for which he is ill prepared, a military man acquires the ability, through his own death, to reset the day. This gives him (and a fellow soldier serving as his mentor who also once had the same ability but has since lost it) the method to devise a strategy to defeat their time traveling enemy.

I love good science fiction movies. Unfortunately the genre has WAY more bad than good (a trait shared with the horror genre). But this movie is clever, funny, and exciting. And I like Tom Cruise movies. 

And Emily Blunt kills it in her role.

Trivia:

When Emily Blunt's character is introduced, she is doing a "planche" hold. Although she needed a wire for help on long takes, she is actually capable of doing that maneuver without assistance. In fact, when discussing the introduction, a cast member said, "Em, show that yoga move," and she casually demonstrated it.

When Hiroshi Sakurazaka wrote the novel, he got the idea from video-gaming and resetting it over and over until finding the winning strategy.
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Now we're talking.  

 
Andy Dufresne said:
#87 - Edge Of Tomorrow a.k.a. Live/Die/Repeat

Thrown into a battle against invading aliens for which he is ill prepared, a military man acquires the ability, through his own death, to reset the day. This gives him (and a fellow soldier serving as his mentor who also once had the same ability but has since lost it) the method to devise a strategy to defeat their time traveling enemy.

I love good science fiction movies. Unfortunately the genre has WAY more bad than good (a trait shared with the horror genre). But this movie is clever, funny, and exciting. And I like Tom Cruise movies. 

And Emily Blunt kills it in her role.

Trivia:

When Emily Blunt's character is introduced, she is doing a "planche" hold. Although she needed a wire for help on long takes, she is actually capable of doing that maneuver without assistance. In fact, when discussing the introduction, a cast member said, "Em, show that yoga move," and she casually demonstrated it.

When Hiroshi Sakurazaka wrote the novel, he got the idea from video-gaming and resetting it over and over until finding the winning strategy.
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great pick.

 
Andy Dufresne said:
#87 - Edge Of Tomorrow a.k.a. Live/Die/Repeat

Thrown into a battle against invading aliens for which he is ill prepared, a military man acquires the ability, through his own death, to reset the day. This gives him (and a fellow soldier serving as his mentor who also once had the same ability but has since lost it) the method to devise a strategy to defeat their time traveling enemy.

I love good science fiction movies. Unfortunately the genre has WAY more bad than good (a trait shared with the horror genre). But this movie is clever, funny, and exciting. And I like Tom Cruise movies. 

And Emily Blunt kills it in her role.

Trivia:

When Emily Blunt's character is introduced, she is doing a "planche" hold. Although she needed a wire for help on long takes, she is actually capable of doing that maneuver without assistance. In fact, when discussing the introduction, a cast member said, "Em, show that yoga move," and she casually demonstrated it.

When Hiroshi Sakurazaka wrote the novel, he got the idea from video-gaming and resetting it over and over until finding the winning strategy.
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Now. We're. Talking. Great flick. I'd say one of the more underrated sci-fi films in recent memory. TC's gone off the deep end recently and the MI series went off the rails after the first two, but this is a triumph in my opinion. Can't give this one enough love. 

 
#86 - X-Men: First Class/Days of Futures Past

First Class resurrects and then DoFP improves on the X-Men universe that was burnt to the ground in 2006's disastrous Last Stand.

McCoy and Fassbender are great casting choices. The look and feel of this new iteration is terrific.

Showing Magneto's back story in First Class makes the audience sympathize with his character. I wish someone other than Bacon had played the villain but so be it.

The opening sequence of DoFP with the Sentinels is amazing. As is Quicksilver's main scene.

Viewed together, these make a terrific one two punch of superhero goodness.

Trivia: 

The yellow parts of the X-Men suits was made from a rare Chinese silk of which only a few yards were produced. This increased the value of the suits drastically.

Hugh Jackman improvised the line, "Go #### yourself," after using 7 other takes to say, "#### off". The reaction from James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender to the different line was authentic.

The script for DoFP called for Logan to wake up in 1973 in boxer shorts. Hugh Jackman vetoed this in favour of waking nude, saying, "In Australia, if you're next to a really good-looking girl, you're not getting out with boxer shorts on or briefs or anything!"

Quicksilver's slow-motion sequence was filmed with mostly practical VFX (high-speed photography and stunt rigs), with CGI used only for the objects in mid-air.

 
And yeah, this will be more than 100 movies because I'm going to mush some series and like movies together in one spot in the rankings.

 
Andy Dufresne said:
#86 - X-Men: First Class/Days of Futures Past

First Class resurrects and then DoFP improves on the X-Men universe that was burnt to the ground in 2006's disastrous Last Stand.

McCoy and Fassbender are great casting choices. The look and feel of this new iteration is terrific.

Showing Magneto's back story in First Class makes the audience sympathize with his character. I wish someone other than Bacon had played the villain but so be it.

The opening sequence of DoFP with the Sentinels is amazing. As is Quicksilver's main scene.

Viewed together, these make a terrific one two punch of superhero goodness.

Trivia: 

The yellow parts of the X-Men suits was made from a rare Chinese silk of which only a few yards were produced. This increased the value of the suits drastically.

Hugh Jackman improvised the line, "Go #### yourself," after using 7 other takes to say, "#### off". The reaction from James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender to the different line was authentic.

The script for DoFP called for Logan to wake up in 1973 in boxer shorts. Hugh Jackman vetoed this in favour of waking nude, saying, "In Australia, if you're next to a really good-looking girl, you're not getting out with boxer shorts on or briefs or anything!"

Quicksilver's slow-motion sequence was filmed with mostly practical VFX (high-speed photography and stunt rigs), with CGI used only for the objects in mid-air.
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You're on a roll.  If you drop something like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind or Oh Brother Where, Art Thou? next I'm going to be disappointed. 

 
James Daulton said:
You're on a roll.  If you drop something like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind or Oh Brother Where, Art Thou? next I'm going to be disappointed. 
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Those will not be on the list. I liked Eternal Sunshine but thought Oh Brother was crap. And I have a couple Cohen Bros movies ranked very high.

 
#85 - Tron: Legacy

The plot, what there is of it, is thin and bordering on Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within nonsense. But I'm not in it for the plot.

I'm it because the visuals and sounds make love to my senses. 

Like Blade Runner and Metropolis, I just like to experience this movie. Throw in Daft Punk's (or whoever actually composed it) super awesome score and it takes me back to the Pirate's Den Arcade in the West Acres shopping mall in Fargo, ND all those years ago - a spot where I would give a pretty penny to be able to return to and play Burgertime or Star Wars or Gyruss and hear, see, and smell the place once again. And for that, I love this movie.

Trivia:

The wardrobe budget for this film was $13 million. One custom suit alone for the racers cost $60,000.

Throughout most of the movie, Rinzler can be heard making a purring or clicking sound. This is due to his corrupted/changed data. Towards the end of the movie, when Rinzler sinks down into the water, his illuminations turn from red to white, and his purring ceases. It's at this point that Rinzler's corruption is gone and he's become TRON again.

 
#84 - Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Producer Kevin Feige described the film as "a 1970s political thriller masquerading as a big superhero movie." And boy does it deliver. Take the paranoid mood of something like Three Days of The Condor or Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and mix it with both giant spectacle as well as one-one-one donnybrooking and you've really got something.

I think Spiderman 2 is the best superhero movie of all time (more on that later) but this one grows on me more and more and I think this will likely move much higher up in my rankings as time goes by.

Trivia:

Nick Fury relates a story of his grandfather being an elevator operator. In real life, Samuel L. Jackson's grandfather was an elevator operator.

The Russos cited the 70's spy movies Klute (1971), The Parallax View (1974), Three Days of the Condor (1975) and All the President's Men (1976), The French Connection (1971) and To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) as inspiration for making this film.

 
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Andy Dufresne said:
Those will not be on the list. I liked Eternal Sunshine but thought Oh Brother was crap. And I have a couple Cohen Bros movies ranked very high.
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Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

 
Andy Dufresne said:
#85 - Tron: Legacy

The plot, what there is of it, is thin and bordering on Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within nonsense. But I'm not in it for the plot.

I'm it because the visuals and sounds make love to my senses. 

Like Blade Runner and Metropolis, I just like to experience this movie. Throw in Daft Punk's (or whoever actually composed it) super awesome score and it takes me back to the Pirate's Den Arcade in the West Acres shopping mall in Fargo, ND all those years ago - a spot where I would give a pretty penny to be able to return to and play Burgertime or Star Wars or Gyruss and hear, see, and smell the place once again. And for that, I love this movie.

Trivia:

The wardrobe budget for this film was $13 million. One custom suit alone for the racers cost $60,000.

Throughout most of the movie, Rinzler can be heard making a purring or clicking sound. This is due to his corrupted/changed data. Towards the end of the movie, when Rinzler sinks down into the water, his illuminations turn from red to white, and his purring ceases. It's at this point that Rinzler's corruption is gone and he's become TRON again.
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If I recall this moive got roasted pretty hard but I'm with you here, I liked it too.

 
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You guys watch too many movies. Pick up a book on reading comprehension. <_<

Or, I guess you could watch a movie about it.

 
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I would be so much happier if all summer blockbusters had the look and feel of Capt. America 2 and Edge of Tomorrow.   Loved those two movies so much. 

 
#83 - Man of Steel

Another movie I like mostly for the visual spectacle. Contrary to fight scenes like are in Transformers, for example, these are actually coherent.

It's not a great movie overall but it has the right tone and look that makes me watch it every so often just for the heck of it.

Trivia:

Gal Godot was the original choice for Faora (dropped out when she got pregnant) and Julia Ormand for Lara Lor-Van.

The majority of the action scenes use a CGI cape for Superman and a CGI armor for the other Kryptonians.

The trivia section in IMDB details many allusions to storylines, costume designs, and character references from Superman's comic book history.

 
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