At the Movies!
Well, the less said about Epic Movie the better. It was a morning matinee. Mistakes were made. I'm better now. Really.
Rather than belabor that, instead I'll queue off the movie checklist Mark Gibson linked to as a measure of one's movie buffdom, branching eventually off to the American Film Institute's 100 Greatest Movies list, which I'd seen before but hadn't run through.
Me? I was a little surprised to find that I'd seen so many of them over the years. I've marked them as follows:
1. CITIZEN KANE (1941) *
2. CASABLANCA (1942) * !
3. THE GODFATHER (1972) * !
4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) * X
5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) * !
6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) * !
7. THE GRADUATE (1967) * !
8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954) *
9. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993) *
10. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
11. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) * !
12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) *
13. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957) * !
14. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) * X
15. STAR WARS (1977) * M !
16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
17. THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951) * !
18. PSYCHO (1960) * !
19. CHINATOWN (1974) *
20. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975) * !
21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940) * !
22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) * M !
23. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941) * !
24. RAGING BULL (1980) *
25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982) * M
26. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964) * !
27. BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967) *
28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979) * M !
29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939) *
30. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948) * !
31. ANNIE HALL (1977) *
32. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974) * !
33. HIGH NOON (1952) *
34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962) *
35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969) * !
37. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
38. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) *
39. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965) *
40. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) * !
41. WEST SIDE STORY (1961) * !
42. REAR WINDOW (1954) * !
43. KING KONG (1933) * !
44. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
45. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951) *
46. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971) * !
47. TAXI DRIVER (1976) * !
48. JAWS (1975) *
49. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937) * X M (early '90s re-release)
50. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969) * !
51. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940) *
52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
53. AMADEUS (1984)
54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930) *
55. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965) * X
56. M*A*S*H (1970) * !
57. THE THIRD MAN (1949) *
58. FANTASIA (1940) * M (some re-release... I don't recall when)
59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955) * X
60. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) * M !
61. VERTIGO (1958) * !
62. TOOTSIE (1982) * M !
63. STAGECOACH (1939)
64. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977) * X M
65. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991) * !
66. NETWORK (1976) * !
67. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962) * !
68. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
69. SHANE (1953)
70. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971) * M !
71. FORREST GUMP (1994) *
72. BEN-HUR (1959) * !
73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
74. THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
75. DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990) * X
76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)
77. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973) * M
78. ROCKY (1976) *
79. THE DEER HUNTER (1978) * M !
80. THE WILD BUNCH (1969) *
81. MODERN TIMES (1936)
82. GIANT (1956)
83. PLATOON (1986) * M
84. FARGO (1996) *
85. DUCK SOUP (1933) * !
86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935) *
87. FRANKENSTEIN (1931) * !
88. EASY RIDER (1969) * !
89. PATTON (1970) * !
90. THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
91. MY FAIR LADY (1964) *
92. A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
93. THE APARTMENT (1960) * X
94. GOODFELLAS (1990) * !
95. PULP FICTION (1994) * !
96. THE SEARCHERS (1956)
97. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
98. UNFORGIVEN (1992) * !
99. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967) *
100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942) X
So... how about you?
Tags: movies
Well, the less said about Epic Movie the better. It was a morning matinee. Mistakes were made. I'm better now. Really.
Rather than belabor that, instead I'll queue off the movie checklist Mark Gibson linked to as a measure of one's movie buffdom, branching eventually off to the American Film Institute's 100 Greatest Movies list, which I'd seen before but hadn't run through.
Me? I was a little surprised to find that I'd seen so many of them over the years. I've marked them as follows:
* = Those I've seen
X = Those I'm unlikely to ever watch, including ones I've already seen and have no desire to watch again.
M = The few I actually saw in a theater.
! = Those I've watched more than once for various reasons.
1. CITIZEN KANE (1941) *
2. CASABLANCA (1942) * !
3. THE GODFATHER (1972) * !
4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) * X
5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) * !
6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) * !
7. THE GRADUATE (1967) * !
8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954) *
9. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993) *
10. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
11. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) * !
12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) *
13. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957) * !
14. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) * X
15. STAR WARS (1977) * M !
16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
17. THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951) * !
18. PSYCHO (1960) * !
19. CHINATOWN (1974) *
20. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975) * !
21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940) * !
22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) * M !
23. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941) * !
24. RAGING BULL (1980) *
25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982) * M
26. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964) * !
27. BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967) *
28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979) * M !
29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939) *
30. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948) * !
31. ANNIE HALL (1977) *
32. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974) * !
33. HIGH NOON (1952) *
34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962) *
35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969) * !
37. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
38. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) *
39. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965) *
40. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) * !
41. WEST SIDE STORY (1961) * !
42. REAR WINDOW (1954) * !
43. KING KONG (1933) * !
44. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
45. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951) *
46. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971) * !
47. TAXI DRIVER (1976) * !
48. JAWS (1975) *
49. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937) * X M (early '90s re-release)
50. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969) * !
51. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940) *
52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
53. AMADEUS (1984)
54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930) *
55. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965) * X
56. M*A*S*H (1970) * !
57. THE THIRD MAN (1949) *
58. FANTASIA (1940) * M (some re-release... I don't recall when)
59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955) * X
60. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) * M !
61. VERTIGO (1958) * !
62. TOOTSIE (1982) * M !
63. STAGECOACH (1939)
64. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977) * X M
65. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991) * !
66. NETWORK (1976) * !
67. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962) * !
68. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
69. SHANE (1953)
70. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971) * M !
71. FORREST GUMP (1994) *
72. BEN-HUR (1959) * !
73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
74. THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
75. DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990) * X
76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)
77. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973) * M
78. ROCKY (1976) *
79. THE DEER HUNTER (1978) * M !
80. THE WILD BUNCH (1969) *
81. MODERN TIMES (1936)
82. GIANT (1956)
83. PLATOON (1986) * M
84. FARGO (1996) *
85. DUCK SOUP (1933) * !
86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935) *
87. FRANKENSTEIN (1931) * !
88. EASY RIDER (1969) * !
89. PATTON (1970) * !
90. THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
91. MY FAIR LADY (1964) *
92. A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
93. THE APARTMENT (1960) * X
94. GOODFELLAS (1990) * !
95. PULP FICTION (1994) * !
96. THE SEARCHERS (1956)
97. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
98. UNFORGIVEN (1992) * !
99. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967) *
100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942) X
So... how about you?
Tags: movies
Comments
I may have to play this game sometime. I'm suprised it hasn't popped up as a meme somewhere. Or perhaps it has and I missed it.
Sorry I've been out of touch for a while, Mike, but I'm back. At least in lurker mode.
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