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Am I the only one who doesn't want Meryl Streep to get a 4th? I'd rather Oprah win since she hasn't won and she gave a great performance. I think Streep's a wee bit overrated but I'm probably alone on that one
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To each his own I guess, I also find it very hard to compare movies of different genres...I.E. Anchorman and Trainspotting.
I just thought there should have been another comedy on the list and Anchorman would have fit the bill. I'm just not a fan of Trainspotting and I can think of worse films that could have made the top 100
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Team America being voted means we have some very stupid movie goers in here...
Well it is ranked 92 so it's not like it was in the top 30 or something
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I saw Being John Malkovich last night... it has to be the most twisted, absurd, and imaginative comedy I've ever seen
John Malkovich going into his mind alone makes it worth watching-
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Yeah, movie critics are failed directors that didn't contribute to the art of filmmaking. Go tell that to François Truffaut, Claude Chabrol, Jacques Rivette, Olivier Assayas among others a.k.a. movie critics of Les Cahiers Du Cinéma whether you like their movies or not, that's not the debate. If we're talking about the notion of auteur in movie-making nowadays, that's due to those movie critics turned directors because that notion didn't exist beforehand. Basically without movie critics, no one would talk about "auteur theory" or say "this director is an auteur". It's so familiar among movie buffs discussions today, we now make a distinction between "auteur" and "yes-man/hack".
Hitchcock, Lang and Hawks were not considered "auteur" before those movie critics analyzed their filmography at the time and drew some familiar pattern in their respective filmography acknowledging and explaining in columns common resurgences of themes/obsessions and items fused with a peculiar style. That's what good movie critics do.
So much fail in that aforementioned post.
So much pretentious fail in this aforementioned post
Do you think 99.9% of people even care about "auteur theory"? When unemployment is actually above 10% (don't listen to media stats), people have bills to pay, kids to raise, jobs to go to? Do people want to watch a "deep" movie simply because critics say you have to? Real life is hard enough and it just makes sense that an Adam Sandler comedy would make a better remedy than say... Amour.
Frankly I don't think people should get paid solely to watch movies and give an opinion on them. Now I don't have a problem with user reviews on IMDB, or people who just review films for fun but when you're getting paid quite a bit of dough to simply say whether you liked something or not sounds terrible to me. I also think actors, star athletes, and politicians are all grossly overpaid (the famous ones) so I don't neccessarily think critics are scum. I just think it should be a hobby rather than a profession - they should write novels, poems, essays, as well as get a day job because if all you know is film criticism, you won't be able to properly comment on the themes or ideas in films because you've never experienced them. Either way, I think it should be done for fun rather than a career.
Look no further than the 1001 Movies List - a lot of little-seen "important" films made the list while I can list 100 that would be more enjoyable films to see before you die:
1. The Kid (1921) - Chaplin's first classic
2. Wings (1927) - first Best Picture winner
3. Animal Crackers (1930) - first major Marx Bros film
4. The Mummy (1932) - a Boris Karloff classic
5. Little Miss Marker (1934) - no Shirley Temple?!? She's only the first breakout child star... no biggie
6. Curly Top (1935) - it brought us the classic song "Animal Crackers in My Soup" and it's her most iconic film
7. The Lady Vanishes (1938) - how did they miss this Hitchcock gem?
8. The Great Dictator (1940) - how this didn't make the list I'll never know... one of Chaplin's best
9. Meet John Doe (1941) - nice little Frank Capra film
10. Bambi (1942) - there's no excuse for not having one of Walt's masterpieces on here when The Jungle Book has a spot!!
11. The Pride of the Yankees (1942) - one of the best baseball films ever made
12. Road to Morocco (1942) - a Bob Hope/Bing Crosby classic that should be on here
13. National Velvet (1944) - a beloved family film with Elizabeth Taylor's first starring role
14. Anchors Aweigh (1945) - nice, groundbreaking musical with Gene Kelly (he danced with Jerry the Mouse)
15. Song of the South (1946) - only so that Disney will finally release this on DVD so we can see what the fuss is about
16. The Yearling (1946) - classic family film with Gregory Peck and a good tearjerker
17. Miracle on 34th Street (1947) - way to include the quinessential Christmas film...
18. Father of the Bride (1950) - one of Spencer Tracy's best
19. Peter Pan (1953) - I definitely think this ought to have a spot on the list
20. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) - Disney's first truly classic live-action film
21. Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954) - a great B-movie and return to Classic Monster form for Universal
22. Lady and the Tramp (1955) - the best animated romance movie ever made
23. The Seven Year Itch (1955) - the dress lifting up is ingrained in pop culture imagery
24. Old Yeller (1957) - it's a great family film and one that makes everyone cry
25. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) - Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman together? This classic should be on there
26. Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) - Ed Wood's best-known B-movie should be here
27. 101 Dalmatians (1961) - the last true Walt Disney classic since Jungle Book was underwhelming IMO
28. Blue Hawaii (1961) - Elvis' famous fixation on Hawaii begins here
29. Bye Bye Birdie (1963) - one of those classic teeny-bopper musicals deserves mention and this would be it
30. Jason and the Argonauts (1963) - Ray Harryhausen's SFX work should have been recognized somewhere on the list
31. A Fistful of Dollars (1964) - Clint Eastwood's first classic
32. For a Few Dollars More (1965) - all three of the "Man With No Name" films should be on the list
33. Cat Ballou (1965) - a well-made Western musical
34. Fantastic Voyage (1966) - a great sci-fi adventure featuring Raquel Welch in one of her first roles
35. The Fortune Cookie (1966) - Billy Wilder's last iconic film
36. Barefoot in the Park (1967) - a nice enough romantic comedy and featuring an early Robert Redford
37. The Odd Couple (1968) - another great pairing of Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau
38. Bullitt (1968) - Steve McQueen doing what he did best with a killer car chase to boot
39. Romeo and Juliet (1968) - the film adaption of Shakespeare's play most widely watched in schools across America
40. Fritz the Cat (1972) - the first adult orientated animated movie
41. Paper Moon (1973) - a great, underrated road film
42. Soylent Green (1973) - "SOYLENT. GREEN. IS. PEOPLE!!!" just for that it should be on here!!
great sci-fi film43. The Towering Inferno (1974) - one of the best disaster films of all-time with a stellar cast
44. The Longest Yard (1974) - Burt Reynolds shines in this superb football comedy
45. Death Wish (1974) - the first in the series of Charles Bronson vigilante thrillers is down-to-earth and gritty
46. The Great Gatsby (1974) - Robert Redford was great as Jay Gatsby and it's based on one of the best-known American novels
47. Shampoo (1975) - a great romantic comedy and one of Goldie Hawn's best films
48. The Omen (1976) - Richard Donner's phenonemal with this and Gregory Peck gives it a high pedigree
49. Silent Movie (1976) - Mel Brooks was at his best doing absurd spoofs on life's folly
50. Marathon Man (1976) - Laurence Olivier in his later years plus Dustin Hoffman at the top of his game
51. Smokey and the Bandit (1977) - a fun Burt Reynolds/Sally Field road comedy with Jackie Gleason thrown in for good measure
52. Animal House (1978) - the template/inspiration for all college films of the last 35 years isn't on the list? wow...
53. Superman (1978) - again, the template/inspiration for all superhero films of the last 35 years isn't on the list? Tim Burton's Batman somehow got on
54. The Amityville Horror (1979) - along with Texas Chainsaw, it inspired pretty much every "based on a true story" horror film for the last 30 years
55. The Black Stallion (1979) - an overlooked family classic with Mickey Rooney in one of his later roles
56. The China Syndrome (1979) - Jack Lemmon shines in this political drama
57. The Blues Brothers (1980) - a terrific musical comedy with plenty of great performances by Belushi, Akyroid, and the musical guest stars
58. Private Benjamin (1980) - Goldie Hawn's top-tier comedy and one that should definitely have a spot on here
59. Arthur (1981) - a solid romantic comedy and the inspiration for most "spoiled slacker" comedies of the last 30 years
60. The Great Muppet Caper (1981) - a irreverent, fun adventure with the Muppets that always keeps its tongue in cheek
61. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) - probably considered the best Star Trek film to date (even more than JJ Abrams' reboot/re imagining)
62. Trading Places (1983) - Eddie Murphy and Dan Akyroid hit it out of the park with this comedy classic
63. Flashdance (1983) - the inspiration for many a dance film
64. Gremlins (1984) - a great homage to creature features' past
65. The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) - a simple Muppet musical that just works wonderfully
66. The Karate Kid (1984) - a great entry in the "underdog" category of films
67. The Goonies (1985) - a heartfelt "Indiana Jones with kids" film that's endearing and quotable
68. An American Tail (1986) - Don Bluth deserves a mention on the list and why not for this heartwarming animated classic?
69. Dirty Dancing (1987) - a rite of passages for most teenage girls is to watch this movie plus it's got the Swazye
70. RoboCop (1987) - a subversive and prophetic sci-fi thriller with Red Foreman chewing scenery
71. Beetlejuice (1988) - one of Tim Burton's best and it's not on the list?
72. My Neighbor Totoro (1988) - Studio Ghibli's best-known film not on here? Blasphemy!
73. Indiana Jones and Last Crusade (1989) - Sean Connery helps elevate this to iconic status
74. Dead Poets Society (1989) - Sublime teen drama with Robin Williams in a mostly subdued role. Kudos to Peter Weir!
75. The Little Mermaid (1989) - the movie that sparked the Disney Renaissance needs to be on here - this is just a low blow!
76. Home Alone (1990) - John Hughes' last iconic production and it just has enough heart that it somehow works
77. Beauty and the Beast (1991) - nominated for Best Picture and one of the best Disney animated films... why omission?
78. A Few Good Men (1992) - Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise, Demi Moore and Rob Reiner all made this courtroom drama pitch perfect
79. Scent of a Woman (1992) - I'm surprised it doesn't have a spot
80. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) - the film that basically popularized stop motion movies and it's still got massive appeal today
80. Sleepless in Seattle (1993) - Nora Ephron just shows her knack for romance in this Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan comedy
81. Ed Wood (1994) - Tim Burton's last truly great film aside from Frankenweenie
82. Apollo 13 (1995) - Why isn't this on the list exactly?
83. Jerry Maguire (1996) - Cameron Crowe's most widely seen film... no mention?
84. As Good As It Gets (1997) - this was a great dramedy and ought to be on the list
85. Good Will Hunting (1997) - how'd this miss the list? It's a drama up the film critics' alley
86. The Truman Show (1998) - Jim Carrey at the top of his game and once again Peter Weir shows he can keep manic antics under control
87. Toy Story 2 (1999) - Pixar showed they could tell a great story even if it was a sequel
88. Cast Away (2000) - Tom Hanks was amazing in this film
89. Shrek (2001) - inspired pretty much all of the irreverent animated movies of the last 10 years
90, My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) - the sleeper hit of the 2000s IMO and definitely a solid romantic comedy
91. Finding Nemo (2003) - one of Pixar's most enduring films and is a must for a list containing 1001 movies
92. Elf (2003) - The best Christmas film of the 2000s and Will Ferrell's great as Buddy the Elf
93. Anchorman (2004) - the most quotable comedy of the 21st century isn't on here but Borat and Bridesmaids are?
94. The Incredibles (2004) - Pixar showed everyone how to make a phenonemal superhero film 4 years before TDK
95. Juno (2007) - I was actually baffled this isn't on the list at some point...
96. Gran Torino (2008) - Clint Eastwood should have left this as his last acting role because it's a great way to end an acting career
97. Up (2009) - if District 9 and The Hangover made the list, this touching animated adventure should be on here
98. Toy Story 3 (2010) - This is the perfect cap-off to Pixar's only trilogy at the moment99. How to Train Your Dragon (2010) - DreamWorks finally made a classic animated film without pop culture references or potty humor
100. The Help (2011) - a great throwback to the well-made weepies of the late 80s/early 90s with a lot of heart. Great performances put this over the top
101. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 (2011) - while I'd include Prisoner of Azkaban too, I figured this was more fitting since it got near-universal acclaim and was a great finish to the Harry Potter series. Alan Rickman should have at least been nominated for Supporting Actor.
The point is that all of these great commercial films aren't on the list while plenty of little-known or small films that critics and snobs find "important". Trainspotting is a prime example - I thought it was terrible, but it's on the 1001 movies list. Why?! Jerry Maguire would have been a much better pick and one regular moviegoers might warm up to a little better. The answer is that it's little-seen so critics automatically think it's "well made" or "signficant".
When you have 1001 slots on a list, there's no reason all 101 of the ones I just listed should be snubbed.
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No. You didn't read any of my post on the first page, so why did you 'like' it?
I liked SOME of what you said... I generally think depending on another person to tell whether you'll like something or not doesn't make sense.
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Film critics are the same as book and food critics. There job is to review a film. If there are errors, weak acting they are suppose to critique the film. I do not get why people get so upset with critics. All of dislike film. Just like all of dislike the food you get a restaurant.
Personally I dislike critics in general because they don't truly contribute anything. People aren't stupid - they can figure out if a movie or a restaurant or a song is bad or not for themselves
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I don't agree with this at all.
But they are. Movie critics don't create anything or do anything except criticize what others are doing. Aside from gossip columnists, I'd say film critics are pretty useless. I trust the average moviegoer over what an Anton Ego wanna-be has to say IMO.
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How do you join this?
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It's probably more that school just started and now about 50-60% of kids are in school. Despicable Me 2 and Grown Ups 2 have adult appeal so they held a little better while Smurfs 2 is just stabilizing. I'm expecting a 30-35% drop for Planes!
We're the Millers is going to end up being the highest grossing film of August
who thought that was possible? Despicable Me 2 and Conjuring are stablizing nicely! Average to mediocre holds for the rest.
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Lucky! I remember when I was 14 watched Pulp Fiction for the first time, It blew my little mind!
Goodfellas is a most also, those two were my favorites for years.
Watched Pulp Fiction this morning... I'm still not sure what I just saw but it was an amazing interwined story if I've ever seen one. I can tell Reservoir Dogs was a testing ground for this. Samuel L Jackson should have gotten the Best Actor Oscar just for the last scene!
John Travolta wasn't laughably bad, Bruce Willis was great, Christopher Walken is always nice to see, and the various smaller actors were great (Tim Roth, Harvey Keitel, Steve Buscemi, Julia Sweeney, etc). Uma Thurman was perfect as Mia Wallace - and QT snuck in his foot fetish for the first time in this one haha! great soundtrack and phenomenal dialogueI give it an very high A/borderline A+ - it would make my top 25 for sure at the moment but I'd need to watch it a couple more times to solidify my opinion of it.
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And I think after HTTYD2 takes some screens, The Good Dinosaur will be able to hold decently until mid-July when Planes 2 finishes it off
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I don't listen to critics on anything Adam Sandler or kids movies (except when the RT rating is below 25%) because critics seem to go in thinking "this'll be awful". I don't care what any critic says - I find Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison and Tommy Boy to all be hilarious while I only chuckled a couple times in the 2 Woody Allen movies I've seen (Annie Hall and Manhattan) yet so many film buffs and critics seem to think he's hilarious.
I've come to the conclusion critics don't know what's funny but they know their dramas, thrillers, action, sci-fi and horror
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You must see The Sting. Maybe your opinion about 1973 would change. It is an amazing and extremely entertaining film. Just unforgettable.
Yeah I haven't seen that, Sleeper or Enter the Dragon so I can't accurately say what's the absolute best. But The Exorcist made you forget it was a horror movie and Linda Blair should have gotten a Supporting Actress Oscar.
I do want to see The Sting but it's never on TV and they took it off instant Netflix a few months ago
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Despicable Me 2 made more money than estimated!
I'm betting it'll have miniscule drops for the rest of August and most of September since there's no kid/family competition -
The release date argument is pointless. Lots of movies share the same dates, that doesnt mean the same amount of people will show up. If theres no competiton thats a plus, but Dragon 2 comes out 3 weeks later and some movies still dont do their max potential even with no competition. And no dinosuars are not in the same league as cars and heroes. Wrestling figures and Lebron James are even more popular.
Boys under the age of 5 love Lebron James more than dinos, Spider-Man, and Lighting McQueen? Dinos are universally popular with kids in general but boys love them a little more obviously like how girls love the Disney princesses and Hello Kitty more - just the way things are. The Good Dinosaur might steal Dragon 2's thunder and it does have 3.5 weeks until it comes out. That's enough time to earn plenty of cash. It's an original property and none of the summer 2014 movies except ASM2 and HTTYD2 look remotely like bonafide sure-fire blockbusters. That's why an original movie has the chance to step in and win the year IMO
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I need to update mine since I've seen quite a few since then.
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[*]Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
[*]The Battleship Potemkin (1925)
[*]The Gold Rush (1925)
[*]Seven Chances (1925)
[*]The General (1926)
[*]Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
[*]City Lights (1931)
[*]Dracula (1931)
[*]Frankenstein (1931)
[*]The Public Enemy (1931)
[*]Duck Soup (1933)
[*]King Kong (1933)
[*]It Happened One Night (1934)
[*]The Thin Man (1934)
[*]The 39 Steps (1935)
[*]Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
[*]Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
[*]Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
[*]The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
[*]Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
[*]The Wizard of Oz (1939)
[*]His Girl Friday (1940)
[*]The Philadelphia Story (1940)
[*]Pinocchio (1940)
[*]Dumbo (1941)
[*]The Lady Eve (1941)
[*]The Maltese Falcon (1941)
[*]Sergeant York (1941)
[*]Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
[*]The Wolf-Man (1941)
[*]To Be or Not to Be (1942)
[*]Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
[*]Casablanca (1943)
[*]Double Indemnity (1944)
[*]To Have and Have Not (1944)
[*]Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
[*]The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
[*]The Big Sleep (1946)
[*]Gilda (1946)
[*]It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
[*]Great Expectations (1947)
[*]The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
[*]The Bicycle Thief (1949)
[*]A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
[*]The African Queen (1951)
[*]The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
[*]High Noon (1952)
[*]Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
[*]Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
[*]Roman Holiday (1953)
[*]On the Waterfront (1954)
[*]Rear Window (1954)
[*]Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
[*]Marty (1955)
[*]The Night of the Hunter (1955)
[*]Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
[*]Forbidden Planet (1956)
[*]Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
[*]The Ten Commandments (1956)
[*]12 Angry Men (1957)
[*]Paths of Glory (1957)
[*]Ben-Hur (1959)
[*]North by Northwest (1959)
[*]Some Like it Hot (1959)
[*]Psycho (1960)
[*]Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
[*]To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
[*]The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
[*]The Birds (1963)
[*]The Nutty Professor (1963)
[*]The Haunting (1963)
[*]Dr. Strangelove (1964)
[*]Goldfinger (1964)
[*]A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
[*]The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
[*]The Sound of Music (1965)
[*]The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
[*]Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
[*]The Graduate (1967)
[*]The Jungle Book (1967)
[*]Night of the Living Dead (1968)
[*]Planet of the Apes (1968)
[*]Rosemary's Baby (1968)
[*]Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
[*]Patton (1970)
[*]Dirty Harry (1971)
[*]Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
[*]Deliverance (1972)
[*]High Plains Drifter (1972)
[*]The Godfather (1972)
[*]American Graffiti (1973)
[*]Badlands (1973)
[*]The Exorcist (1973)
[*]Serpico (1973)
[*]Blazing Saddles (1974)
[*]The Conversation (1974)
[*]Chinatown (1974)
[*]Young Frankenstein (1974)
[*]Jaws (1975)
[*]One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
[*]All the President’s Men (1976)
[*]Carrie (1976)
[*]Network (1976)
[*]The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
[*]Rocky (1976)
[*]Annie Hall (1977)
[*]Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
[*]Star Wars (1977)
[*]Grease (1978)
[*]Up in Smoke (1978)
[*]Alien (1979)
[*]Being There (1979)
[*]Breaking Away (1979)
[*]The Jerk (1979)
[*]Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
[*]Mad Max (1979)
[*]Manhattan (1979)
[*]The Muppet Movie (1979)
[*]Airplane! (1980)
[*]The Elephant Man (1980)
[*]The Shining (1980)
[*]Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
[*]An American Werewolf in London (1981)
[*]On Golden Pond (1981)
[*]Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
[*]E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
[*]The Evil Dead (1982)
[*]Poltergeist (1982)
[*]Tootsie (1982)
[*]A Christmas Story (1983)
[*]Scarface (1983)
[*]Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)
[*]Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
[*]Ghostbusters (1984)
[*]The Natural (1984)
[*]The Terminator (1984)
[*]Back to the Future (1985)
[*]The Breakfast Club (1985)
[*]The Color Purple (1985)
[*]Aliens (1986)
[*]The Fly (1986)
[*]Platoon (1986)
[*]Stand by Me (1986)
[*]Top Gun (1986)
[*]Fatal Attraction (1987)
[*]Moonstruck (1987)
[*]The Princess Bride (1987)
[*]The Untouchables (1987)
[*]Big (1988)
[*]Bull Durham (1988)
[*]Die Hard (1988)
[*]The Naked Gun (1988)
[*]Rain Man (1988)
[*]Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
[*]Batman (1989)
[*]Do the Right Thing (1989)
[*]Glory (1989)
[*]My Left Foot (1989)
[*]Say Anything (1989)
[*]When Harry Met Sally (1989)
[*]Edward Scissorhands (1990)
[*]Pretty Woman (1990)
[*]Boyz in the Hood (1991)
[*]The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
[*]Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
[*]Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
[*]Reservoir Dogs (1992)
[*]Groundhog Day (1993)
[*]Jurassic Park (1993)
[*]Schindler’s List (1993)
[*]Forrest Gump (1994)
[*]The Lion King (1994)
[*]The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
[*]Babe (1995)
[*]Braveheart (1995)
[*]Clueless (1995)
[*]Toy Story (1995)
[*]The Usual Suspects (1995)
[*]Independence Day (1996)
[*]Scream (1996)
[*]Trainspotting (1996)
[*]Titanic (1997)
[*]Saving Private Ryan (1998)
[*]Run Lola Run (1998)
[*]Rushmore (1998)
[*]There’s Something About Mary (1998)
[*]The Blair Witch Project (1999)
[*]The Matrix (1999)
[*]The Sixth Sense (1999)
[*]Gladiator (2000)
[*]Meet the Parents (2000)
[*]The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
[*]Chicago (2002)
[*]The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
[*]The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
[*]The Aviator (2004)
[*]Collateral (2004)
[*]Crash (2004)
[*]The Passion of the Christ (2004)
[*]The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
[*]Paranormal Activity (2007)
[*]The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
[*]The Dark Knight (2008)
[*]Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
[*]WALL-E (2008)
[*]Avatar (2009)
[*]District 9 (2009)
[*]The Hurt Locker (2009)
[*]Inglorious Basterds (2009)
[*]Inception (2010)
[*]The King’s Speech (2010)
[*]The Social Network (2010)
[*]True Grit (2010)
[*]The Artist (2011)
[*]The Descendants (2011)
[*]Drive (2011)
[*]Hugo (2011)
[*]War Horse (2011)
New additions
1. Drive (2011) - B+
2. Crash (2004) - C-
3. The Blair Witch Project (1999) - F
4. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) - D+
5. Reservoir Dogs (1992) - B+
6. Boyz in the Hood (1991) - A+
7. My Left Foot (1989) - A-
8. Do the Right Thing (1989) - C
9. Trainspotting (1996) - D-
10. Tootsie (1982) - A
11. The Evil Dead (1982) - C-
12. An American Werewolf in London (1981) - B+
13. Rushmore (1998) - B
14. The Elephant Man (1980) - A
15. Manhattan (1979) - B-
16. Up in Smoke (1978) - B
17. Rosemary's Baby (1968) - A+
18. The Haunting (1963) - A
19. North by Northwest (1959) - A
20. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) - A+
21. Paths of Glory (1957) - A-
22. Roman Holiday (1953) - A+
23. The Big Sleep (1946) - B-
24. The Lady Eve (1941) - B
25. Scarface - Shame of a Nation (1932) - A-
26. Seven Chances (1925) - A
27. The Battleship Potempkin (1925) - A-
I've gone from 191 to 218
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rather than trying to pick between no country for old men and there will be blood, i'll just post whether i agree or disagree with the academy's designation of these films as great
1927 sunrise: a song of two humans
1930 all quiet on the western front
1942 casablanca
1957 the bridge on the river kwai
1965 the sound of music (polanski's repulsion)
1973 the sting (if foreign language films are allowed, la nuit americaine. haven't seen anything else from this year)
1994 forrest gump (seen nothing great from this year)
1997 titanic (nor from this year, in fact titanic is the best i've seen)
1999 american beauty
2000 gladiator (dancer in the dark)
2001 a beautiful mind (moulin rouge!)
2003 lord of the rings: return of the king (dogville)
2007 no country for old men
2008 slumdog millionaire (yep, the dark knight is better than this)
2010 the king's speech (black swan or social network would've been acceptable)
The Exorcist is the best from 1973 but I've never seen The Sting.
Disagree on Dogville though - no matter how good it was, LOTR deserved BP for one of the films.
1994 has Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption, and The Lion King - a near perfect quartet (haven't seen Pulp Fiction but people say it's amazing) I definitely consider 1994 one of my favorite film years because of these.
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Seriously where are all these $300M predicts coming from? I mean are people pulling these from stats or their ass?
Or maybe it's because Up and Finding Nemo shared the same release date as Good Dinosaur (last weekend of May, right after Memorial Day) and both became HUGE hits. Not to mention dinosaurs are as popular with little boys as cars and superheroes
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Not sure what film I will see next.
Same here
I saw Monsters U for the 1st time a week ago, and I'm debating between Conjuring, Elysium, Wolverine and The Butler . I heard Elysium was bad, Conjuring is amazing but doesn't live up to the scare buzz, Wolverine is good but nothing special, while Oprah's performance in The Butler is supposedly Oscar worthy.
I'm debating between Conjuring and Butler at the moment since I'm not a big X-Men fan to begin with
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I think November-December 2014 sound better than next summer lol (with the bolded as the ones I want to see most)
Big Hero 6 (Disney animation + Japanese Marvel= yay!!)
Interstellar (Christopher Nolan)
The Secret Service (Michael Caine and Samuel L Jackson in the same movie? WHOA)
Mockingjay Part One (Hunger Games)
Exodus (Ridley Scott's next)
Tomorrowland (Brad Bird + original sci-fi adventure=YES!)
The Hobbit: There and Back Again (I could see it having an outside chance at +$350 million since it's the finale)
The Minions Spinoff (this could be the highest grossing movie of 2014 if it's any good)
Into the Woods (this and Transcendence might be Johnny Depp's first good live action films since Sweeney Todd)
Unbroken (Jolie + the Coen Brothers)
Late 2014 seems a lot more intriguing than summer 2014. Actually spring 2014 looks solid too!
The Lego Movie (looks gleefully tongue in cheek for a kids movie)
Mr. Peabody and Sherman (love Ty Burell and it looks like tons of fun)
Divergent (I have to read the book but Kate Winslet's involvement is interesting)
Muppets Most Wanted (at the moment, my most anticipated of 2014 being a die-hard Muppet fan lol
)Noah (Russell Crowe and Emma Watson are pretty good but I've never seen any of Darren's films)
Captain America - The Winter Soldier (Robert Redford? A political thriller with superheroes? Sounds good to me!)
Heaven is for Real (a great story that will probably go well with those in the heartland/Bible belt)
Transcendence (Depp + Freeman + original sci-fi idea + cinematographer from TDK trilogy= YES! YES! YES!)
Summer has The Good Dinosaur, Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, HTTYD2, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and Guardians of the Galaxy. Unless other films I haven't listed get amazing reviews, next summer is gonna be awful for movies haha
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Holy crap dude, watch the ones I bold first.
As for me, I still need to see Children of Men.
Good thing Pulp Fiction and Apocalypse Now are on instant Netflix! Gonna watch them first
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Underrated (by fans) - Star Trek Into Darkness (my favorite movie of the summer)
Overrated - This is the End
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The GodfathersTerminator 1 and 2GoodfellasPulp FictionForrest GumpSuperman 1 and 2Beverly Hills CopThe ExorcistAnd every film on your list besides Indy and Halloween!
I'd say Forrest Gump, Superman 1, Terminator 2, and The Exorcist are all ones you see first!
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John Malkovich going into his mind alone makes it worth watching
John Travolta wasn't laughably bad, Bruce Willis was great, Christopher Walken is always nice to see, and the various smaller actors were great (Tim Roth, Harvey Keitel, Steve Buscemi, Julia Sweeney, etc). Uma Thurman was perfect as Mia Wallace - and QT snuck in his foot fetish for the first time in this one haha! 
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Well Brave was Pixar's worst while I think Wreck it Ralph is Disney's best of the 21st century