Baumer's/Tele's/Chas' 25 films that have brainwashed people into mindless adulation (Tele pg 26)

[Jake Gittes]

If I did a similar list, though, The Birds would be a serious contender for my #1.

[Sam]

Other than just telling me I'm wrong.... why am I wrong? (in terms of PSYCHO, at least).

You wasn't wrong. Not on that one at least.

[DAR]

See I enjoy the Birds. Tippi Hedren hubba hubba.

[Plain Old Tele]

The full list:

 

1. Psycho

2. Inglourious Basterds

3. Forrest Gump

4. Million Dollar Baby

5. It's a Wonderful Life

6. Babel

7. The Shining

8. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

9. Transformers

10. Woody Allen movies

11. The first two "Man with No Name" movies

12. All Disney animated movies

13. Magnolia and Boogie Nights

14. All Rambo movies after the first

15. All Rocky movies after the first

16. Mrs. Doubtfire

17. The Graduate

18. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

19. The Dark Knight

20. Judd Apatow movies

21. Austin Powers sequels

22. Scarface (1983)

23. The Goonies

24. Inception

25. Superman I and II

[DAR]

I might put Vertigo up there too

[Fancyarcher]

So basically this turned into the, Hitchcock Is Overrated thread.

Edited January 23, 2015 by Fancyarcher

[DAR]

No he's very good.

[TalismanRing]

Those aren't great either. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE is basically the movie equivalent of a Hallmark card.

 

Which even if were true (and it's not) would not make it a "message movie" unless that term applies to any movie that's about something.    Hell, The Dark Knight & The Dark Knight Rises are far more message movies if that's the criteria.

[Fancyarcher]

No he's very good.

 

He's one of my favorite directors of all time, and Vertigo and Psycho are among my favorite movies of all time, so to say that I despise Tele's choice of #1 would be an understatement. 

Edited January 23, 2015 by Fancyarcher

[DAR]

I'm more of a Rear Window/ North by Northwest guy

[Plain Old Tele]

Which even if were true (and it's not) would not make it a "message movie" unless that term applies to any movie that's about something.    Hell, The Dark Knight & The Dark Knight Rises are far more message movies if that's the criteria.

 

I don't agree, but that's fine.

[Fancyarcher]

I'm more of a Rear Window/ North by Northwest guy

 

Both superb films as well. 

[TalismanRing]

Other than just telling me I'm wrong.... why am I wrong? (in terms of PSYCHO, at least).

 

I'd rather discuss how wrong you are...

 

Morally, ethically

Spiritually, physically

Positively, absolutely

Undeniably and reliably wrong!

Not only merely wrong

Really most sincerely wrong

 

Now if you'd picked Vertigo... but that would be on my list.

[Sam]

I'm more of a Rear Window/ North by Northwest guy

Rear Window is my personal favorite.

[Ethan Hunt]

I've seen 6 of the films on this list. I disagree with 5 of them. The one that I do agree with I still love but it's overrated.

[TalismanRing]

Rear Window is my personal favorite.

 

Notorious and Rear Window top my Hitchcock list but the list of his films I love is a rather lengthy one.

[rukaio101]

I've seen 6 of the films on this list. I disagree with 5 of them. The one that I do agree with I still love but it's overrated.

Ethan, stop legitimizing Tele's list.

[luna]

So basically this turned into the, Hitchcock Is Overrated thread.

 

because he is. according to TSPDT's compilation of critic's top 250 directors, he's the best all-time. hardly. he's a studio director who made a couple of really good films a shitton of awful ones.

[Jake Gittes]

Vertigo and Shadow of a Doubt are my favorite Hitchcocks. The former is easily his most personal and artful movie, and the latter is like a proto-Blue Velvet which I frankly enjoy more than Blue Velvet. 

 

Rear Window is great too. I still have like a dozen of his films I want to see. 

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Tele you know you're on the wrong side when your biggest defender is lisa