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

Ditkaless Wonders said:
This is not about a definitive list, this is about Andy.  We are learning a bit about him, and a bit about the movies he prefers.  I have enjoyed the list.  that it may not be mine is not the point.  Mine would have Great Escape, Bridge over the River Kwai, Network, Tender Mercies, Falling Down, On Golden Pond, American Beauty, Bringing Up Baby, the Exorcist, Little big Man, Josie Wales, Fatal Attraction, the Hustler, Cincinnati Kid, The Gambler (No not the recent remake) Rounders, Atlantic City, The Swimmer, Ordinary People, Cape Fear (two versions), Caine Mutiny, Scarface, Ben Hur, Spartacus, and dozens of others, but that would be about me, not some definitive list of objective excellence nor would Andy agree with it.
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This is a good list.  :thumbup:

 
Ditkaless Wonders said:
This is not about a definitive list, this is about Andy.  We are learning a bit about him, and a bit about the movies he prefers.  I have enjoyed the list.  that it may not be mine is not the point.  Mine would have Great Escape, Bridge over the River Kwai, Network, Tender Mercies, Falling Down, On Golden Pond, American Beauty, Bringing Up Baby, the Exorcist, Little big Man, Josie Wales, Fatal Attraction, the Hustler, Cincinnati Kid, The Gambler (No not the recent remake) Rounders, Atlantic City, The Swimmer, Ordinary People, Cape Fear (two versions), Caine Mutiny,  and dozens of others, but that would be about me, not some definitive list of objective excellence nor would Andy agree with it.
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All good movies. American Beauty made my list.

 
Ditkaless Wonders said:
This is not about a definitive list, this is about Andy.  We are learning a bit about him, and a bit about the movies he prefers.  I have enjoyed the list.  That it may not be mine is not the point.  Mine would have Great Escape, Bridge Over the River Kwai, Network, Tender Mercies, Falling Down, On Golden Pond, American Beauty, Bringing Up Baby, the Exorcist, Little Big Man, Josie Wales, Fatal Attraction, the Hustler, Cincinnati Kid, The Gambler (No not the recent remake) Rounders, Atlantic City, The Swimmer, Ordinary People, Cape Fear (two versions), Caine Mutiny, Scarface, Ben Hur, Spartacus, Oh Brother where art thou, Godfather & part II, Raising Arizona, the Graduate and dozens of others, but that would be about me, not some definitive list of objective excellence nor would Andy agree with it.
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Just for giggles, I've started throwing movies down on list that would make my list.  I've got 20 so far that aren't on Andy's list.  It's been a fun thread.

 
#11 - Aliens

Ellen Ripley is possibly the best action movie hero ever. Sure John McClain had some cool one-liners but who did he fight? A bunch of Germans. Same with Indiana Jones. Again...Germans.

Ripley fought first one, then multiple xenomorphic, face hugging, acid blood dripping, double set of teeth having ALIENS for chrissakes!

The pacing of the first half of this movie would normally be a problem but here it makes you care for Ripley. And the payoff is that much more exciting.

Add in some all time one-liners (many by the ever awesome Bill Paxton) and a score James Horner ripped off from himself from Wrath of Khan and Battle Beyond the Stars and you've got an all-timer.

Trivia:

Sigourney Weaver's Best Actress Academy Award nomination for this movie was the first ever for an actress in a role in an action movie.

Al Matthews, who plays a Marine sergeant in this film, was in real life the first black Marine to be promoted to the rank of sergeant in the field during service in Vietnam.

In a deleted scene, the portrait of Ripley's daughter is of Elizabeth Inglis, Sigourney Weaver's real-life mother.

 
Andy Dufresne said:
#11 - Aliens

Ellen Ripley is possibly the best action movie hero ever. Sure John McClain had some cool one-liners but who did he fight? A bunch of Germans. Same with Indiana Jones. Again...Germans.

Ripley fought first one, then multiple xenomorphic, face hugging, acid blood dripping, double set of teeth having ALIENS for chrissakes!

The pacing of the first half of this movie would normally be a problem but here it makes you care for Ripley. And the payoff is that much more exciting.

Add in some all time one-liners (many by the ever awesome Bill Paxton) and a score James Horner ripped off from himself from Wrath of Khan and Battle Beyond the Stars and you've got an all-timer.

Trivia:

Sigourney Weaver's Best Actress Academy Award nomination for this movie was the first ever for an actress in a role in an action movie.

Al Matthews, who plays a Marine sergeant in this film, was in real life the first black Marine to be promoted to the rank of sergeant in the field during service in Vietnam.

In a deleted scene, the portrait of Ripley's daughter is of Elizabeth Inglis, Sigourney Weaver's real-life mother.
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"Why don't you put her in charge!"

 
Andy Dufresne said:
I'll agree that Incredibles, Nemo, and Toy Story are the cream of the crop. But as I said before, the idea is that I'm more likely to be in the mood for a Pixar movie and then pick one of them than I am to be in the mood for a specific one. Hence the grouping.
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Fair enough.  I accept your explanation, and am enjoying the countdown too much to argue a minor point of disagreement.  As you were...

 
Good call with Aliens.  Tons of catch phrases still used today, a badass female lead, just a great ride.  

Let's get on with the rest of the list please.  #######s and elbows.  

 
andy's killing it in here.

and by killing it, I mean putting up a bunch of crap movies and doing a great job discussing them.

 
El Floppo said:
andy's killing it in here.

and by killing it, I mean putting up a bunch of crap movies and doing a great job discussing them.
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I get the subjectivity of a personal list, but there are about 10 movies on this list that are just terrible movies. If these are what compromise a list of favorite movies, then your experience is seems limited. And that's totally cool. It's just not my experience, hence my criticism. 

And this is by no means any judgement. I like Andy. I generally like his perspective and agree with his posts. I put him in a similar lane as Ivan Karamizov, another one of my favorite posters. I just like busting Andy's balls over this terrible list. 

 
Tom Skerritt said:
I get the subjectivity of a personal list, but there are about 10 movies on this list that are just terrible movies. If these are what compromise a list of favorite movies, then your experience is seems limited. And that's totally cool. It's just not my experience, hence my criticism. 
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Okay. Ten movies. Out of one hundred.

And since you disagree with 10% (depending on how you view the top 10) you determine that my experience is "limited".

There really is no end to the weirdness one encounters around here.

 
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I haven't replied til now as I wanted to be thoroughly caught up first.

Nutshell- a lot I agree with, some I don't, and a few I haven't seen.  But 1) Whether I agree or not, I really appreciate the summaries; and 2) seeing A Christmas Story in the top 20 made me smile.

Carry on.

 
The thread and write ups are excellent. The movies here are mostly good, the list is ok. The omissions (top ten not withstanding) are an abomination. As you would expect of any list. Looking forward to the wrap up. 

 
Tom Skerritt said:
I get the subjectivity of a personal list, but there are about 10 movies on this list that are just terrible movies. If these are what compromise a list of favorite movies, then your experience is seems limited. And that's totally cool. It's just not my experience, hence my criticism. 

And this is by no means any judgement. I like Andy. I generally like his perspective and agree with his posts. I put him in a similar lane as Ivan Karamizov, another one of my favorite posters. I just like busting Andy's balls over this terrible list. 
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I'm hoping anyone who's criticized will post their top 100 in here when Andy is finished.  Just put the 100 in one post.  No one cares about your analysis.

 
Andy Dufresne said:
Okay. Ten movies. Out of one hundred.

And since you disagree with 10% (depending on how you view the top 10) you determine that my experience is "limited".

There really is no end to the weirdness one encounters around here.
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So we're only allowed to comment if we agree with your list? Got it.

Seriously, what is the fun in posting a personal list if you are not able to get criticized? The very nature of a personal list exposes your vulnerabilities and opens yourself up to judgement and criticism. Otherwise don't post your list. But if you're going to post it, don't be so sensitive. Geez!

If I have time, I'll post a limited list of my favorites (excluding the popular picks like The Godfather and Star Wars and such), and you can feel free to blast away.

 
shuke said:
I'm hoping anyone who's criticized will post their top 100 in here when Andy is finished.  Just put the 100 in one post.  No one cares about your analysis.
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Amadeus

The Bad News Bears

Blazing Saddles

The Blues Brothers

The Breakfast Club

Brubaker

Bull Durham

Caddyshack

A Clockwork Orange

Cool Hand Luke

Dances With Wolves

The Dark Crystal

Dazed and Confused

Dead Poets Society

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

The Doors

Dumb & Dumber

Escape from Alcatraz

Escape From New York

The Outsiders

Fargo

Fight Club

A Fish Called Wanda

Full Metal Jacket

My Bodyguard

Goodfellas

Good Will Hunting

The Graduate

The Great Santini

Hair

Harold & Maude

Hoosiers

The Hunt for Red October

Inglorious Basterds

Into the Wild

Kramer vs. Kramer

Little Big Man

A Little Romance

The Longest Yard

Mad Max

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

Midnight Express

Midnight Run

The Muppet Movie

Office Space

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Pulp Fiction

Raising Arizona

Reservoir Dogs

Risky Business

River’s Edge

Saturday Night Fever

The Shining

Sideways

Silence of the Lambs

A Soldier’s Story

Stand By Me

The Sting

Superbad

The Untouchables

The Warriors

War Games

Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory

 
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Tom Skerritt said:
So we're only allowed to comment if we agree with your list? Got it.

Seriously, what is the fun in posting a personal list if you are not able to get criticized? The very nature of a personal list exposes your vulnerabilities and opens yourself up to judgement and criticism. Otherwise don't post your list. But if you're going to post it, don't be so sensitive. Geez!
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Because that's not what you're doing.

It'd be one thing to bust balls over guilty pleasure movies. THAT would be expected and acceptable.

What you're doing is drawing ridiculous conclusions (asserting that I have limited experience or that the remaining list is guilty by association) based on them.

I've seen over 1500 movies. I like way more than 100. I liked a lot of your list. There's not many I'd want to see multiple times. 

But, dude...My Bodyguard?

 
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Andy Dufresne said:
Because that's not what you're doing.

It'd be one thing to bust balls over guilty pleasure movies. THAT would be expected and acceptable.

What you're doing is drawing ridiculous conclusions (asserting that I have limited experience or that the remaining list is guilty by association) based on them.

I've seen over 1500 movies. I like way more than 100. I liked a lot of your list. There's not many I'd want to see multiple times. 

But, dude...My Bodyguard?
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Glad you mention this one, because I was waiting for it... it's definitely one that I am aware is not a cinematic masterpiece, but what do you want me to say? I saw it, and it struck a chord with me, and I've loved it ever since. I put it in there specifically for you to make fun of me. You're welcome.

Other one on the list that is definitely open for criticism is A Little Romance, and like My Bodyguard, it is a guilty pleasure. I'm a big Diane Lane fan, and it's a cute love story. #### off!  ;)

 
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#10 - Die Hard

Yippee ki ya, Mr Falcon!

Just think about the perfect Americanism of that line. The juxtaposition of the Old West law dog with the gritty east coast New York cop standing in defiance of the seemingly erudite European who turns out to be nothing but a thief. Simply awesome.

Too many one-liners to name.

Of course it's tongue in cheek to call this the best Christmas Movie. It's still true.

And I always found Bedelia quite attractive. :shrug:

Trivia:

The Nakatomi tower is actually the headquarters of 20th Century Fox. The company charged itself rent for the use of the then-unfinished building.

Hart Bochner's line "Hans... Bubby!" was ad-libbed. Alan Rickman's quizzical reaction was genuine.

The scene which McClane embraces Holly, when Hans Gruber is killed had to be re-shot 4 times because Bruce Willis kept making Bonnie Bedelia crack up with laughter. The first take he made his co-star unintentionally laugh when he says "Didn't want to do this" and said "Ye!" in a funny voice. In the 2nd take, Willis made Bedelia laugh again when he did an impression of a monkey and in the 3rd take, he broke into song by singing "Paris in Spring" by Mary Ellis, which the whole crew laughed.

 
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Tom Skerritt said:
Glad you mention this one, because I was waiting for it... it's definitely one that I am aware is not a cinematic masterpiece, but what do you want me to say? I saw it, and it struck a chord with me, and I've loved it ever since. I put it in there specifically for you to make fun of me. You're welcome.

Other one on the list that is definitely open for criticism is A Little Romance, and like My Bodyguard, it is a guilty pleasure. I'm a big Diane Lane fan, and it's a cute love story. #### off!  ;)
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Hair?

 
Andy Dufresne said:
#10 - Die Hard

Yippee ki ya, Mr Falcon!

Just think about the perfect Americanism of that line. The juxtaposition of the Old West law dog with the gritty east coast New York cop standing in defiance of the seemingly erudite European who turns out to be nothing but a thief. Simply awesome.

Too many one-liners to name.

Of course it's tongue in cheek to call this the best Christmas Movie. It's still true.

And I always found Bedelia quite attractive. :shrug:

Trivia:

The Nakatomi tower is actually the headquarters of 20th Century Fox. The company charged itself rent for the use of the then-unfinished building.

Hart Bochner's line "Hans... Bubby!" was ad-libbed. Alan Rickman's quizzical reaction was genuine.

The scene which McClane embraces Holly, when Hans Gruber is killed had to be re-shot 4 times because Bruce Willis kept making Bonnie Bedelia crack up with laughter. The first take he made his co-star unintentionally laugh when he says "Didn't want to do this" and said "Ye!" in a funny voice. In the 2nd take, Willis made Bedelia laugh again when he did an impression of a monkey and in the 3rd take, he broke into song by singing "Paris in Spring" by Mary Ellis, which the whole crew laughed.
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Great movie, but I don't love it as much as most (and apparently you).  Now that my kids are old enough, will have to watch this one again.

It made me feel old to see Bonnie Bedelia in the grandmother role in parenthood.

 
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