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urbanamazon) wrote2004-01-07 04:26 pm
urbanamazon) wrote2004-01-07 04:26 pm
And because I haven't updated enough today ...
Movie meme, snitched from Truth.
If they're bolded, that means I've seen 'em. A nd I added my comments to many.
1 Godfather, The (1972)
2 Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)
3 Godfather: Part II, The (1974)
4 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)
5 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002)
6 Schindler's List (1993)
7 Casablanca (1942)
8 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)
9 Shichinin no samurai (1954)
10 Star Wars (1977)
11 Citizen Kane (1941)
12 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
13 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) I need to see this purely to understand the title.
14 Rear Window (1954)
15 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
16 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
17 Memento (2000) But I want to. Badly.
18 Usual Suspects, The (1995) See above.
19 Pulp Fiction (1994) If you ever want to make a movie movie, see it.
20 North by Northwest (1959)
21 Fabuleux destin d'Am?lie Poulain, Le (2001)
22 Psycho (1960)
23 12 Angry Men (1957)
24 Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
25 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)
26 Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) Though I prefer Julianne Moore's Clarice Starling to that of Jodie Foster. Anthony Hopkins, though, is the ruler of that series.
27 It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
28 Goodfellas (1990)
29 American Beauty (1999) See what I said about Pulp Fiction. This is a gorgeous film.
30 Vertigo (1958)
31 Sunset Blvd. (1950)
32 Matrix, The (1999) And I've studied it in context with Plato.
33 Apocalypse Now (1979)
34 Pianist, The (2002)
35 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
36 Some Like It Hot (1959)
37 Taxi Driver (1976)
38 C'era una volta il West (1968)
39 Third Man, The (1949)
40 Paths of Glory (1957)
41 Fight Club (1999) ... I'm tempted to count the Brad Pitt movies that show up. There's more than a few.
42 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi/Spirited Away (2001)
43 Boot, Das (1981)
44 Double Indemnity (1944)
45 L.A. Confidential (1997)
46 Chinatown (1974)
47 Singin' in the Rain (1952)
48 Requiem for a Dream (2000) But I will see it soon. I must.
49 Maltese Falcon, The (1941)
50 M (1931)
51 All About Eve (1950)
52 Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)
53 Se7en (1995) In pieces, over time, adding up to the whole movie. I think.
54 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries! Hah~!
55 Saving Private Ryan (1998)
56 Raging Bull (1980)
57 Cidade de Deus (2002)
58 Rash?mon (1950)
59 Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
60 Sting, The (1973)
61 Alien (1979)
62 American History X (1998)
63 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
64 L?on (1994)
65 Vita ? bella, La/Life is Beautiful (1997) Watched this is class. One of my male classmakes burst into tears at the end.
66 Touch of Evil (1958)
67 Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)
68 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
69 Wo hu cang long (2000)
70 Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)
71 Great Escape, The (1963)
72 Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
73 Reservoir Dogs (1992) Let's get a taco.
74 Amadeus (1984)
75 Annie Hall (1977)
76 Jaws (1975) And regretted it. Never liked Jaws.
77 Ran (1985)
78 Modern Times (1936)
79 On the Waterfront (1954)
80 Braveheart (1995)
81 High Noon (1952)
82 Apartment, The (1960)
83 Sixth Sense, The (1999) I liked this, but preferred Unbreakable.
84 Fargo (1996)
85 Aliens (1986)Favorite movie ever. Hands down. Period. Obsessed over. Memorized. Try me.
86 Shining, The (1980)
87 Strangers on a Train (1951)
88 Blade Runner (1982) And let's count how many Philip K. Dick stories are here ...
89 Metropolis (1927)
90 Duck Soup (1933)
91 Finding Nemo (2003)
92 Donnie Darko (2001) Very good. Weird but very good.
93 General, The (1927)
94 Princess Bride, The (1987) The book, the "Good Parts Version", is fantastic.
95 Toy Story 2 (1999)
96 City Lights (1931)
97 Lola rennt / Run Lola Run (1998) Again, a wonderful movie with a warped concept and a perfect soundtrack.
98 Great Dictator, The (1940)
99 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
100 Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)
101 Notorious (1946)
102 Full Metal Jacket (1987) Creepy.
103 Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989)
104 Rebecca (1940)
105 Mononoke-hime (1997)
106 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Written by the same guy as The Princess Bride, William Goldman.
107 Big Sleep, The (1946)
108 Graduate, The (1967)
109 It Happened One Night (1934)
110 Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)
111 Manhattan (1979)
112 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Haunting classic. Long live JC.
113 Patton (1970)
114 Searchers, The (1956)
115 Deer Hunter, The (1978)
116 Glory (1989) I used to call this "Gory" when I was a kid. Now that I understand it and appreciate it, it's a very emotional movie, especially with my views on war.
117 Ladri di biciclette (1948)
118 Philadelphia Story, The (1940)
119 Yojimbo (1961)
120 African Queen, The (1951)
121 Bringing Up Baby (1938)
122 Forrest Gump (1994)
123 Ben-Hur (1959)
124 Cool Hand Luke (1967)
125 Green Mile, The (1999)
126 Shrek (2001)
127 Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
128 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
129 Hable con ella (2002)
130 Unforgiven (1992)
131 Stalag 17 (1953)
132 Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
133 Grapes of Wrath, The (1940)
134 Gone with the Wind (1939)
135 Night of the Hunter, The (1955)
136 Wild Bunch, The (1969)
137 Straight Story, The (1999)
138 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
139 Christmas Story, A (1983)
140 Elephant Man, The (1980)
141 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
142 Platoon (1986)
143 Hustler, The (1961)
144 Young Frankenstein (1974)
145 Back to the Future (1985) The whole thing, too. One of the best trilogies ever.
146 His Girl Friday (1940)
147 Die Hard (1988) I'm surprised that this is here ... but not complaining.
148 Grande illusion, La (1937)
149 Monsters, Inc. (2001)
150 Amores perros (2000)
151 Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938)
152 Gold Rush, The (1925)
153 Almost Famous (2000)
154 Spartacus (1960)
155 Conversation, The (1974)
156 Charade (1963)
157 Life of Brian (1979)
158 Gladiator (2000) Most beautiful soundtrack ever. I loved this one.
159 Festen (1998)
160 Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962)
161 Smultronst?llet (1957)
162 Being John Malkovich (1999)
163 Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925)
164 Sling Blade (1996)
165 Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
166 Magnolia (1999)
167 Toy Story (1995)
168 Insider, The (1999)
169 Roman Holiday (1953)
170 Mulholland Dr. (2001)
171 Night at the Opera, A (1935)
172 Brazil (1985) .... I never understood, nor liked, this movie. To bizarre.
173 Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951)
174 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)
175 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
176 All the President's Men (1976)
177 Quatre cents coups, Les (1959)
178 Exorcist, The (1973)
179 Lost in Translation (2003)
180 Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
181 Killing, The (1956)
182 To Be or Not to Be (1942)
183 Mystic River (2003)
184 Ed Wood (1994)
185 Terminator, The (1984) Another favorite movie, right behind Aliens. Gave me my first childhood crush on Michael Biehn.
186 Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994)
187 Stand by Me (1986)
188 Adaptation. (2002)
189 Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
190 Twelve Monkeys (1995)
191 Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
192 Harvey (1950)
193 This Is Spinal Tap (1984) Saw parts. The Stonehenge part. Funny.
194 Right Stuff, The (1983)
195 Gandhi (1982)
196 Trainspotting (1996)
197 Midnight Cowboy (1969)
198 Network (1976)
199 Lion in Winter, The (1968)
200 Miller's Crossing (1990)
201 Ying xiong (2002)
202 Minority Report (2002) Another Philip K. Dick.
203 Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
204 Others, The (2001) Why is this one here?
205 Groundhog Day (1993) I will always witch this movie when it's one endless rounds of Superstation. Because it is hilarious.
206 Laura (1944)
207 Rain Man (1988)
208 Stagecoach (1939)
209 8? (1963)
210 King Kong (1933)
211 Snatch. (2000)
212 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) Yay for British humour.
213 39 Steps, The (1935)
214 Traffic (2000)
215 Strada, La (1954)
216 Untouchables, The (1987)
217 Hotaru no haka (1988)
218 Whale Rider (2002)
219 Rio Bravo (1959)
220 Henry V (1989)
221 Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La (1928)
222 Big Lebowski, The (1998) The part with the ashes. I nearly asphyxiated.
223 Beauty and the Beast (1991)
224 Todo sobre mi madre (1999)
225 In the Heat of the Night (1967)
226 Thin Man, The (1934)
227 Die xue shuang xiong (1989)
228 Planet of the Apes (1968)
229 Good Will Hunting (1997)
230 Fantasia (1940)
231 Being There (1979)
232 Red River (1948)
233 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
234 Clerks. (1994) Will see. It's Kevin Smith. Will see.
235 Beautiful Mind, A (2001)
236 Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
237 MASH (1970)
238 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
239 Road to Perdition (2002) Hardly anyone knows that this is a comic-book movie. It is. And a very good one.
240 Man Who Would Be King, The (1975)
241 Quiet Man, The (1952)
242 Sleuth (1972)
243 X2 (2003)
244 JFK (1991)
245 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
246 O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
247 Heat (1995) Beautiful movie. Absolutely masterpiece quality. Wrote one of the best college essays I've ever done on it, and I still love it.
248 Sweet Hereafter, The (1997)
249 Birds, The (1963)
250 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
*blinks* What about Dances With Wolves? Tombstone? What about Akira, Hard Core Logo, and Edward Scissorhands? The Boondock Saints? American Psycho? Jurassic Park?
This list is severely lacking.
And my writing_list responsibilites will resume tomorrow. Today was just ... volatile.
If they're bolded, that means I've seen 'em. A nd I added my comments to many.
1 Godfather, The (1972)
2 Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)
3 Godfather: Part II, The (1974)
4 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)
5 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002)
6 Schindler's List (1993)
7 Casablanca (1942)
8 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)
9 Shichinin no samurai (1954)
10 Star Wars (1977)
11 Citizen Kane (1941)
12 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
13 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) I need to see this purely to understand the title.
14 Rear Window (1954)
15 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
16 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
17 Memento (2000) But I want to. Badly.
18 Usual Suspects, The (1995) See above.
19 Pulp Fiction (1994) If you ever want to make a movie movie, see it.
20 North by Northwest (1959)
21 Fabuleux destin d'Am?lie Poulain, Le (2001)
22 Psycho (1960)
23 12 Angry Men (1957)
24 Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
25 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)
26 Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) Though I prefer Julianne Moore's Clarice Starling to that of Jodie Foster. Anthony Hopkins, though, is the ruler of that series.
27 It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
28 Goodfellas (1990)
29 American Beauty (1999) See what I said about Pulp Fiction. This is a gorgeous film.
30 Vertigo (1958)
31 Sunset Blvd. (1950)
32 Matrix, The (1999) And I've studied it in context with Plato.
33 Apocalypse Now (1979)
34 Pianist, The (2002)
35 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
36 Some Like It Hot (1959)
37 Taxi Driver (1976)
38 C'era una volta il West (1968)
39 Third Man, The (1949)
40 Paths of Glory (1957)
41 Fight Club (1999) ... I'm tempted to count the Brad Pitt movies that show up. There's more than a few.
42 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi/Spirited Away (2001)
43 Boot, Das (1981)
44 Double Indemnity (1944)
45 L.A. Confidential (1997)
46 Chinatown (1974)
47 Singin' in the Rain (1952)
48 Requiem for a Dream (2000) But I will see it soon. I must.
49 Maltese Falcon, The (1941)
50 M (1931)
51 All About Eve (1950)
52 Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)
53 Se7en (1995) In pieces, over time, adding up to the whole movie. I think.
54 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries! Hah~!
55 Saving Private Ryan (1998)
56 Raging Bull (1980)
57 Cidade de Deus (2002)
58 Rash?mon (1950)
59 Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
60 Sting, The (1973)
61 Alien (1979)
62 American History X (1998)
63 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
64 L?on (1994)
65 Vita ? bella, La/Life is Beautiful (1997) Watched this is class. One of my male classmakes burst into tears at the end.
66 Touch of Evil (1958)
67 Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)
68 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
69 Wo hu cang long (2000)
70 Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)
71 Great Escape, The (1963)
72 Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
73 Reservoir Dogs (1992) Let's get a taco.
74 Amadeus (1984)
75 Annie Hall (1977)
76 Jaws (1975) And regretted it. Never liked Jaws.
77 Ran (1985)
78 Modern Times (1936)
79 On the Waterfront (1954)
80 Braveheart (1995)
81 High Noon (1952)
82 Apartment, The (1960)
83 Sixth Sense, The (1999) I liked this, but preferred Unbreakable.
84 Fargo (1996)
85 Aliens (1986)Favorite movie ever. Hands down. Period. Obsessed over. Memorized. Try me.
86 Shining, The (1980)
87 Strangers on a Train (1951)
88 Blade Runner (1982) And let's count how many Philip K. Dick stories are here ...
89 Metropolis (1927)
90 Duck Soup (1933)
91 Finding Nemo (2003)
92 Donnie Darko (2001) Very good. Weird but very good.
93 General, The (1927)
94 Princess Bride, The (1987) The book, the "Good Parts Version", is fantastic.
95 Toy Story 2 (1999)
96 City Lights (1931)
97 Lola rennt / Run Lola Run (1998) Again, a wonderful movie with a warped concept and a perfect soundtrack.
98 Great Dictator, The (1940)
99 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
100 Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)
101 Notorious (1946)
102 Full Metal Jacket (1987) Creepy.
103 Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989)
104 Rebecca (1940)
105 Mononoke-hime (1997)
106 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Written by the same guy as The Princess Bride, William Goldman.
107 Big Sleep, The (1946)
108 Graduate, The (1967)
109 It Happened One Night (1934)
110 Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)
111 Manhattan (1979)
112 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Haunting classic. Long live JC.
113 Patton (1970)
114 Searchers, The (1956)
115 Deer Hunter, The (1978)
116 Glory (1989) I used to call this "Gory" when I was a kid. Now that I understand it and appreciate it, it's a very emotional movie, especially with my views on war.
117 Ladri di biciclette (1948)
118 Philadelphia Story, The (1940)
119 Yojimbo (1961)
120 African Queen, The (1951)
121 Bringing Up Baby (1938)
122 Forrest Gump (1994)
123 Ben-Hur (1959)
124 Cool Hand Luke (1967)
125 Green Mile, The (1999)
126 Shrek (2001)
127 Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
128 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
129 Hable con ella (2002)
130 Unforgiven (1992)
131 Stalag 17 (1953)
132 Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
133 Grapes of Wrath, The (1940)
134 Gone with the Wind (1939)
135 Night of the Hunter, The (1955)
136 Wild Bunch, The (1969)
137 Straight Story, The (1999)
138 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
139 Christmas Story, A (1983)
140 Elephant Man, The (1980)
141 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
142 Platoon (1986)
143 Hustler, The (1961)
144 Young Frankenstein (1974)
145 Back to the Future (1985) The whole thing, too. One of the best trilogies ever.
146 His Girl Friday (1940)
147 Die Hard (1988) I'm surprised that this is here ... but not complaining.
148 Grande illusion, La (1937)
149 Monsters, Inc. (2001)
150 Amores perros (2000)
151 Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938)
152 Gold Rush, The (1925)
153 Almost Famous (2000)
154 Spartacus (1960)
155 Conversation, The (1974)
156 Charade (1963)
157 Life of Brian (1979)
158 Gladiator (2000) Most beautiful soundtrack ever. I loved this one.
159 Festen (1998)
160 Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962)
161 Smultronst?llet (1957)
162 Being John Malkovich (1999)
163 Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925)
164 Sling Blade (1996)
165 Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
166 Magnolia (1999)
167 Toy Story (1995)
168 Insider, The (1999)
169 Roman Holiday (1953)
170 Mulholland Dr. (2001)
171 Night at the Opera, A (1935)
172 Brazil (1985) .... I never understood, nor liked, this movie. To bizarre.
173 Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951)
174 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)
175 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
176 All the President's Men (1976)
177 Quatre cents coups, Les (1959)
178 Exorcist, The (1973)
179 Lost in Translation (2003)
180 Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
181 Killing, The (1956)
182 To Be or Not to Be (1942)
183 Mystic River (2003)
184 Ed Wood (1994)
185 Terminator, The (1984) Another favorite movie, right behind Aliens. Gave me my first childhood crush on Michael Biehn.
186 Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994)
187 Stand by Me (1986)
188 Adaptation. (2002)
189 Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
190 Twelve Monkeys (1995)
191 Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
192 Harvey (1950)
193 This Is Spinal Tap (1984) Saw parts. The Stonehenge part. Funny.
194 Right Stuff, The (1983)
195 Gandhi (1982)
196 Trainspotting (1996)
197 Midnight Cowboy (1969)
198 Network (1976)
199 Lion in Winter, The (1968)
200 Miller's Crossing (1990)
201 Ying xiong (2002)
202 Minority Report (2002) Another Philip K. Dick.
203 Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
204 Others, The (2001) Why is this one here?
205 Groundhog Day (1993) I will always witch this movie when it's one endless rounds of Superstation. Because it is hilarious.
206 Laura (1944)
207 Rain Man (1988)
208 Stagecoach (1939)
209 8? (1963)
210 King Kong (1933)
211 Snatch. (2000)
212 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) Yay for British humour.
213 39 Steps, The (1935)
214 Traffic (2000)
215 Strada, La (1954)
216 Untouchables, The (1987)
217 Hotaru no haka (1988)
218 Whale Rider (2002)
219 Rio Bravo (1959)
220 Henry V (1989)
221 Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La (1928)
222 Big Lebowski, The (1998) The part with the ashes. I nearly asphyxiated.
223 Beauty and the Beast (1991)
224 Todo sobre mi madre (1999)
225 In the Heat of the Night (1967)
226 Thin Man, The (1934)
227 Die xue shuang xiong (1989)
228 Planet of the Apes (1968)
229 Good Will Hunting (1997)
230 Fantasia (1940)
231 Being There (1979)
232 Red River (1948)
233 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
234 Clerks. (1994) Will see. It's Kevin Smith. Will see.
235 Beautiful Mind, A (2001)
236 Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
237 MASH (1970)
238 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
239 Road to Perdition (2002) Hardly anyone knows that this is a comic-book movie. It is. And a very good one.
240 Man Who Would Be King, The (1975)
241 Quiet Man, The (1952)
242 Sleuth (1972)
243 X2 (2003)
244 JFK (1991)
245 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
246 O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
247 Heat (1995) Beautiful movie. Absolutely masterpiece quality. Wrote one of the best college essays I've ever done on it, and I still love it.
248 Sweet Hereafter, The (1997)
249 Birds, The (1963)
250 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
*blinks* What about Dances With Wolves? Tombstone? What about Akira, Hard Core Logo, and Edward Scissorhands? The Boondock Saints? American Psycho? Jurassic Park?
This list is severely lacking.
And my writing_list responsibilites will resume tomorrow. Today was just ... volatile.
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Movies, good!
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Hell only Tim Burton movie on there is Ed Wood (The only one I haven't seen!).
Btw if I ever find myself down in Calgary I'll have to show you his book, "The Melencholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories". It's Evil Dr. Seuss!
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That's MY favorite movie.
STOP IT! :)
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