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1.Raiders of the Lost Ark
2.Vertigo
3.Raging Bull
4.The Godfather
5.Seven Samurai
6.Pulp Fiction
7.Fargo
8.The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
9.Brazil
10.The Empire Strikes Back
11.The Manchurian Candidate
12.Casablanca
13.Taxi Driver
14.Schindler's List
15.Lawrence of Arabia
16.Citizen Kane
17.Rear Window
18.Branded to Kill
19.E.T. - The Extra Terrestrial
20.Chinatown
21.Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
22.Ikiru
23.It's a Wonderful Life
24.Notorious
25.The Leopard
26.One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest
27.Dr. Strangelove
28.The Wild Bunch
29.8 1/2
30.Rashomon
31.On the Waterfront
32.Jaws
33.Grave of the Fireflies
34.Picnic at Hanging Rock
35.Unforgiven
36.The Road Warrior
37.Dawn of the Dead
38.2001: A Space Odyssey
39.Akira
40.Blow Out
41.Once upon a time in the West
42.Blade Runner
43.North by Northwest
44.A Clockwork Orange
45.Apocalypse Now
46.The Third Man
47.The Shawshank Redemption
48.Out of the Past
49.Chungking Express
50.The Bridge on the River Kwai
51.Goodfellas
52.The Crying Game
53.Star Wars
54.The Killer
55.Close Encounters of the Third Kind
56.Strangers on a Train
57.Ran
58.Saving Private Ryan
59.La Dolce Vita
60.The Godfather, Part II
61.Alien
62.Reservoir Dogs
63.The Ruling Class
64.Princess Mononoke
65.Sunset Boulevard
66.Ed Wood
67.JFK
68.Do the Right Thing
69.The Silence of the Lambs
70.Amadeus
71.L.A. Confidential
72.From Russia with Love
73.Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
74.Suspiria
75.Robocop
76.Dark City
77.Dazed and Confused
78.This is Spinal Tap
79.American Beauty
80.Psycho
81.12 Monkeys
82.The Deer Hunter
83.Dances with Wolves
84.Groundhog Day
85.Blow Up
86.Say Anything
87.Platoon
88.Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
89.Once upon a time in America
90.Sid & Nancy
91.Carrie
92.Doctor Zhivago
93.Knife in the Water
94.Red Beard
95.The Vanishing
96.Fight Club
97.The Unbearable Lightness of Being
98.Goldfinger
99.American Graffiti
100.The Birds
Reviews
Running with Scissors (2006)
The longest two hours of my life
Last night I sat down with a pile of movies I haven't seen yet, one of them being Running with Scissors. I don't know why I chose this one first, I wish I hadn't, but the endurance trial that is this film left me so drained I didn't have the will to put on another movie. In the first five minutes I was bored, but I stuck it out. I know from experience you can't judge a film from the beginning, and after two hours I patiently waited for the credits to start rolling . . . only according to the timer on my DVD player only a half an hour had passed. Yes, that's right, this film is so poorly paced that a minute feels like four, and I had to pause the film twice to take a break. To clarify, the movie is not slow. I love slow, deliberate films that take their time, like Diary of a Country Priest or Andrei Rublev. Those films are slow, but well paced. Running with Scissors is just off, nobody seems to have a sense of comedic timing, and most of the dialogue feels like the characters are talking to a wall. Which is not to say the performances aren't good, as most of them are. Even while I was shifting uncomfortably in my seat waiting for it to end I reflected that Annette Bening can do anything, so can Brian Cox for that matter. The only performance I had difficulty with was Gwyneth Paltrow as the creepy sister Hope. What the hell was she thinking when she took this role? This woman is a major star, a leading woman, someone who can carry a film by herself. And yet here she stares into space, waiting for the film to end. To be as blunt and short as I can, the movie is damn terrible. I might be interested in seeing a different cut of the film, because I feel that there is a half-decent flick somewhere in this mess. I really can't recommend this film, not even to see how bad it is.
Miami Vice (2006)
Aesthetically pleasing crime drama
I usually don't leave comments here, due to the high troll population, but I feel so strongly about this film that I'll chance it. Michael Mann has crafted a beautiful, subtle, and poignant crime drama that is superior to your average action flick. Colin Farrell is wonderful as an undercover cop who falls for the opposition, and Jamie Foxx is rock solid as his partner. This film has been criticized for having shallow characters, mostly from people who are used to typical character development arcs in movies. The characters in Miami Vice don't develop in the traditional sense, that luxury is not afforded to them. These are men who do not live their own lives, but as undercover police officers they are like poker players, hiding their cards and waiting. Like his previous work, Michael Mann's film is gorgeous. More than any other director, he knows how to film a city to make it feel alive. Even the ocean looks more impressive than usual. Whether he is showing us a nightclub or a shipyard, the visuals are stunning. The film is not for everyone, not by a long shot. It upsets me to read posts like 'this film sucks', but it upsets me more to see the movies fans retort with 'you are just too retarded to appreciate it' or some such nonsense. This is not your typical action flick, and the fact that something like this was made with big stars and received a wide release is impressive, and I can understand why people are so divided on this movie. I will say it again, THIS FILM IS NOT FOR EVERYONE. And if you don't see what I see that doesn't mean you're stupid, it just means its not your cup of tea. I do, however, strongly encourage everyone who has not seen this film to give it a chance, even if everyone you know has panned it. Who knows? You may love it as much as I do. And for all you haters out there, I think you should give it a second viewing, maybe you'll appreciate it more this time around.
Constantine (2005)
My God, it's not bad.
I walked into Constantine with rock bottom expectations. It's a February release, which usually hints that the studio is not confident in the film. It's a comic book movie, and unlike the good ones of the last few years, it strays from the source material. And of course it stars the old oak bloke himself, Keanus Reeves.
That said, the movie is actually pretty good. Despite it's R rating, one should not expect a serious horror movie in the traditional sense. This is a comic book movie, with overblown cgi and slo-mo battle sequences. I say overblown cgi, but I was actually impressed with the restraint the director showed in this sense. The movie is propelled mostly through dialogue, and it helps that most of the characters are well cast.
Tilda Swinton was the perfect choice to play the ambiguous angel, and Peter Stormare as Satan was an inspired decision. However, Keanu Reeves as the chain smoking cancer stricken Exorcist is the key performance, and the best. It is truly a revelation to Reeves fit so snugly into this role, for the first time I could not imagine him saying 'Whoa'. I've heard his performance likened to a modern day Shatner or Heston, and I think that's accurate. I am please to see that Reeves has finally found his calling as an actor, after being wasted over the years on romantic comedies and the Matrix sequels (He was pretty good as a man discovering the truth about the world and his role in saving it in the original Matrix, but I don't think he pulled off the part of the messiah in action in the latter two.) and here he really shines.
The script is above average at best, but the moody sets, pacing, and Reeves' performance keep it from burning in the same fires as 'Elektra'.
Sasori: Korosu tenshi (1998)
Just not as funny
I found the first Scorpion to be the perfect mst3k movie. That is, its great to make fun of. But Scorpion 2 almost feels like its trying to be a good movie, and instead becomes a below average boring movie that isn't worth watching or possible to laugh at. I liked the ridiculously fake prison beatings of the first film, but here the fighting looks real, which would be great if this was a GOOD film. There is still plenty of prison nudity, but the convoluted plot makes you not even care. There is one big laugh, and that is the final scene on the bridge. I honestly can't recommend this, unless you are a hardcore fan of the first movie (I doubt there are any) and absolutely must know how it ends.
Sasori: Joshuu 701-gô (1998)
So bad it's. . . well it's still bad but in a good way
A friend of mine rented this in hopes that it would be a lesbian kung fu exploitation piece. We were not disappointed! (Except for the kung fu part) Nami witnessed her younger sister Yumi kidnapped as a child, something that would haunt her for the rest of her life, until as fate would have it, her murderer turns up as a patient at the hospital she works. She kills him with a scalpel and is shipped off to a woman's prison to do ten years hard labor. What follows is an unintentionally hilarious film that is constantly entertaining due to some bad fight sequences, gratuitous nudity, and some really funny lines. Take for example, what Nami says to her sister's murderer at the beginning of the film.
Nami: You killed her!
Murderer: So what? What you gonna do?
Nami: I'll call the police!
Murderer: Unfortunately, the statute of limitations on that case ran
out yesterday.
That had me laughing for about five minutes straight. The film is bloody, poorly scored, and absolutely hilarious. There is also a sequel but it's convoluted and boring and just has none of the things that make Scorpion so much fun to make fun of. If