Director: Steven Spielberg (Raiders of the Lost Ark, War of the Worlds)
Stars: Henry Thomas (Gangs of New York, Suicide Kings [which was pretty good, but I haven't seen anything else he's been in. Although I can only assume Pycho 4: The Beginning was terrible)
Drew Barrymore (Donnie Darko, Fever Pitch)
YesNoSoso: 2
My parents always say I was the only kid in the country that didn't like E.T. Combine that fact with my anger at Speilberg for essentially inventing the summer blockbuster and I had little incentive to re-watch this. I'm upset I stalled. E.T. is, for lack (or laziness) of a better word, a really fun movie. The bike racing scenes were exciting and inspired a boyish nostalgia, I can only imagine how enjoyable they are for boys (and some girls) of bike-riding age. Regardless of my disdain for money-above-all-else culture Spielberg has inspired in Hollywood, I would be remiss not to mention/realize that he accomplished it with extraordinarily good movies. My only beef is the obvious CGI he added in the remastered version. Luckily I was able to look past that and appreciate E.T. for the lovable animatronic Muppet he undoubtedly was in my childhood.
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Showing posts with label AFI 100. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AFI 100. Show all posts
1/15/09
The Jazz Singer (1927)
Director: Al Crosland (Some old shit you've never heard of)
Stars: Al Jolson (More of a singer than an actor, And some old shit you've never heard of)
YesNoSoso: 0
Technically the first movie with sound, because there's some terrible mumbling sounds while Al sings, but the whole thing is more or less silent. It sucks, it sucks as bad as any movie I've ever seen. Its long as a Catholic church service and even more boring. Why do we insist on putting these movies on Top 100 lists? When people are compiling the 100 best paintings of all time, do they include Ugg's blood drawing of a stick figure on the cave wall? Then why include this archaic piece of shit?
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Stars: Al Jolson (More of a singer than an actor, And some old shit you've never heard of)
YesNoSoso: 0
Technically the first movie with sound, because there's some terrible mumbling sounds while Al sings, but the whole thing is more or less silent. It sucks, it sucks as bad as any movie I've ever seen. Its long as a Catholic church service and even more boring. Why do we insist on putting these movies on Top 100 lists? When people are compiling the 100 best paintings of all time, do they include Ugg's blood drawing of a stick figure on the cave wall? Then why include this archaic piece of shit?
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1/2/09
12 Angry Men (1957)
Director: Sidney Lumet (Network, Gloria)
Stars: Henry Fonda (Once Upon a Time in the West, Midway)
Lee J Cobb (The Exorcist, The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (never seen it, but man, what a title])
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I rewatched this movie on a flight back to Chicago and it was as enthralling and entertaining as it was the first time I saw it. This movie has sparked me to start an emphatic 2 tag (To compliment the already established emphatic 0). It will at some point be joined by the likes of Pulp Fiction, Requiem for a Dream and Godfather. The star studded cast spends all but 1 scene in a cramped jury room discussing and arguing the innocence of a young boy accused of murder. The viewer feels like he is stuck in that room as well. It maintains an astonishingly amount of applicability and and even greater amount of entertainment value.
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Stars: Henry Fonda (Once Upon a Time in the West, Midway)
Lee J Cobb (The Exorcist, The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (never seen it, but man, what a title])
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I rewatched this movie on a flight back to Chicago and it was as enthralling and entertaining as it was the first time I saw it. This movie has sparked me to start an emphatic 2 tag (To compliment the already established emphatic 0). It will at some point be joined by the likes of Pulp Fiction, Requiem for a Dream and Godfather. The star studded cast spends all but 1 scene in a cramped jury room discussing and arguing the innocence of a young boy accused of murder. The viewer feels like he is stuck in that room as well. It maintains an astonishingly amount of applicability and and even greater amount of entertainment value.
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11/19/08
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Director: George Stevens (Shane, Giant)
Stars: Montgomery Clift (From Here to Eternity, never seen anything else)
Elizabeth Taylor (Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Flinstones)
YesNoSoso: 2
An awesome movie. This was one of the AFI 100 that I thought I would hate, but ended up really enjoying. Not just for the sentimentality of it being considered one of the greatest movies of all time, for its honest to God entertainment value. I find a lot of these movies were perhaps original at the time of its making, but lose its luster over the years. A Place in the Sun maintains a stark amount of inventive orginanality.
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Stars: Montgomery Clift (From Here to Eternity, never seen anything else)
Elizabeth Taylor (Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Flinstones)
YesNoSoso: 2
An awesome movie. This was one of the AFI 100 that I thought I would hate, but ended up really enjoying. Not just for the sentimentality of it being considered one of the greatest movies of all time, for its honest to God entertainment value. I find a lot of these movies were perhaps original at the time of its making, but lose its luster over the years. A Place in the Sun maintains a stark amount of inventive orginanality.
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Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Director: Michael Curtiz (Casablanca, never heard of anything else)
Stars: James Cagney (haven't really heard of anything else, I suppose he was famous cause I know his name)
I'm not even gonna attempt a second star
YesNoSoso: 0
I'm sure George C Cohan was an amazing patriot deserving of our respect, but unfortunately for him and his legacy his movie sucks. Although teetering on the AFI 100 @ 100, there's no way this should be on it while Requiem for a Dream is not.
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Stars: James Cagney (haven't really heard of anything else, I suppose he was famous cause I know his name)
I'm not even gonna attempt a second star
YesNoSoso: 0
I'm sure George C Cohan was an amazing patriot deserving of our respect, but unfortunately for him and his legacy his movie sucks. Although teetering on the AFI 100 @ 100, there's no way this should be on it while Requiem for a Dream is not.
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Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Director: Stanley Donan and Gene Kelly (I'll pass on examples since it was a joint effort)
Stars: Gene Kelly (An American in Paris, The Magic Lamp)
Debbie Reynolds (How the West was Won, too many to pick one)
YesNoSoso: 1
As stated on numerous occasions, I fucking hate musicals. If you like musicals, this movie would probably fall into an emphatic YesNoSoso 2, but you not me so shut up. There were impressive moments and was somewhat entertaining, but it was still roughly 2.5 hours of a dude singing and dancing.
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Stars: Gene Kelly (An American in Paris, The Magic Lamp)
Debbie Reynolds (How the West was Won, too many to pick one)
YesNoSoso: 1
As stated on numerous occasions, I fucking hate musicals. If you like musicals, this movie would probably fall into an emphatic YesNoSoso 2, but you not me so shut up. There were impressive moments and was somewhat entertaining, but it was still roughly 2.5 hours of a dude singing and dancing.
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10/30/08
The Philidelphia Story (1940)
Director: George Cukor (My Fair Lady, Zaza)
Stars: Cary Grant (Bringing up Baby, An Affair to Remember)
Katharine Hepburn (The African Queen, Olly Olly Oxen Free)
James Stewart (Vertigo, Rear Window [Both movies are on my top 10])
YesNoSoso: 2
Yeah I know, i broke convention with 3 stars in the header, but its legitimately a starting 3 and they are all incredible. Fantastic acting and a truly entertaining movie. A truly original and well-paced plot about a love square (There are 3 guys and one girl), end unpredictably.
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Stars: Cary Grant (Bringing up Baby, An Affair to Remember)
Katharine Hepburn (The African Queen, Olly Olly Oxen Free)
James Stewart (Vertigo, Rear Window [Both movies are on my top 10])
YesNoSoso: 2
Yeah I know, i broke convention with 3 stars in the header, but its legitimately a starting 3 and they are all incredible. Fantastic acting and a truly entertaining movie. A truly original and well-paced plot about a love square (There are 3 guys and one girl), end unpredictably.
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My Fair Lady (1964)
Director: George Cukor (The Philidelphia Story, Heller in Pink Tights)
Stars: Audrey Hepburn (Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Nun's Story)
Rex Harrison (Cleopatra, Dr. Dolittle)
YesNoSoso: 1
As explicitly stated earlier: I hate musicals. This movie achieved a YesNoSoso rating of 1 merely because of the exorbitant amount of famous songs that have come out of this movie. Seems like every annoying kitschy song that comes out of a >55 year old woman is from this movie. I know, not a ringing endorsment worthy of a 1 rating. I don't really care, see it or don't, your pathetic life does not interest me.
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Stars: Audrey Hepburn (Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Nun's Story)
Rex Harrison (Cleopatra, Dr. Dolittle)
YesNoSoso: 1
As explicitly stated earlier: I hate musicals. This movie achieved a YesNoSoso rating of 1 merely because of the exorbitant amount of famous songs that have come out of this movie. Seems like every annoying kitschy song that comes out of a >55 year old woman is from this movie. I know, not a ringing endorsment worthy of a 1 rating. I don't really care, see it or don't, your pathetic life does not interest me.
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An American in Paris (1951)
Director: Vincente Minnelli (Gigi, The Pirate [I've never hear of it either])
Stars: Gene Kelly (Singin' in the Rain, "The Love Boat")
Leslie Caron (Gigi, The Reef)
YesNoSoso: 1
I hate Musicals. Let that be known. But if you're going to watch a musical, you could do worse than this or Kelly's Singin' in the Rain. Some of the dance numbers are actually pretty impressive. And that's all my fragile virility will allow me to write positively about a musical.
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Stars: Gene Kelly (Singin' in the Rain, "The Love Boat")
Leslie Caron (Gigi, The Reef)
YesNoSoso: 1
I hate Musicals. Let that be known. But if you're going to watch a musical, you could do worse than this or Kelly's Singin' in the Rain. Some of the dance numbers are actually pretty impressive. And that's all my fragile virility will allow me to write positively about a musical.
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9/30/08
Modern Times (1936)
Director: Charles Chaplin (City Lights, The Gold Rush)
Stars: Charles Chaplin (City Lights, The Gold Rush)
Paulette Goddard (The Great Dictator, Sins of Jezebel)
YesNoSoso: 1
The 1 YesNoSoso rating is generous. In my opinion, this is Charlie Chaplin's best film, but thats not saying much. You will not be enthralled, you will probably not even be mildly entertained, but everyone should see a Chaplin film and if you're limiting yourself to one, this should be it. Chaplin made this one after the development of "talkies" but chose to stay silent because he felt it was a more refined movie experience. Judging by other movies I've seen from this time period he may have been right. The only talking happens when someone is speaking through a machine or by actual machines. A nice touch and you know my hard-on for gimmicks. Also there are times when it actually made me laugh, albeit briefly and softly. But overall, its just boring. I appreciate it for the leaps it made in the artform, but its incomplete and antiquated.
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Stars: Charles Chaplin (City Lights, The Gold Rush)
Paulette Goddard (The Great Dictator, Sins of Jezebel)
YesNoSoso: 1
The 1 YesNoSoso rating is generous. In my opinion, this is Charlie Chaplin's best film, but thats not saying much. You will not be enthralled, you will probably not even be mildly entertained, but everyone should see a Chaplin film and if you're limiting yourself to one, this should be it. Chaplin made this one after the development of "talkies" but chose to stay silent because he felt it was a more refined movie experience. Judging by other movies I've seen from this time period he may have been right. The only talking happens when someone is speaking through a machine or by actual machines. A nice touch and you know my hard-on for gimmicks. Also there are times when it actually made me laugh, albeit briefly and softly. But overall, its just boring. I appreciate it for the leaps it made in the artform, but its incomplete and antiquated.
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9/19/08
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Director: D.W. Griffith (A bunch of old crap that sucks)
Stars: Lillian Gish (A bunch of old crap that sucks)
Mae Marsh (A bunch of old crap that sucks)
YesNoSoso: 0
This movie sucks so bad and is so long, it literally took me 3 weeks to watch it. I would watch 15 minutes, notice my hand slowly moving sharp objects towards my eyes, and have to turn it off. I don't care if its the first color movie of all time. I don't care if I should appreciate it for the time in which it was made. I don't care if its on the original AFI 100. The "color" is just feces tinted celluloid for three hours and the excrement color is an appropriate representation of the films actual content. Its racist, silent and is unequivocally the most boring thing I've ever seen. Fuck D.W. Griffith. I'm glad he's dead.
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Stars: Lillian Gish (A bunch of old crap that sucks)
Mae Marsh (A bunch of old crap that sucks)
YesNoSoso: 0
This movie sucks so bad and is so long, it literally took me 3 weeks to watch it. I would watch 15 minutes, notice my hand slowly moving sharp objects towards my eyes, and have to turn it off. I don't care if its the first color movie of all time. I don't care if I should appreciate it for the time in which it was made. I don't care if its on the original AFI 100. The "color" is just feces tinted celluloid for three hours and the excrement color is an appropriate representation of the films actual content. Its racist, silent and is unequivocally the most boring thing I've ever seen. Fuck D.W. Griffith. I'm glad he's dead.
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