Movie Meme
According to this article the following are the 100 movies to see before you die, how do you fare?
12 Angry Men
2001 A Space Odyssey
The 400 Blows
8 ½
The African Queen
Alien - Yes.
All About Eve
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now
The Battle of Algiers
The Bicycle Thief
Blade Runner
Blazing Saddles
Blow Up
Blue Velvet
Bonnie and Clyde
Breathless
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Bringing Up Baby
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Casablanca - Yes
Chinatown
Citizen Kane
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Yes
Die Hard - Yes. I almost forgot, Bruce Willis use to have HAIR!
Do the Right Thing
Double Indemnity
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Duck Soup
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Yes
Enter the Dragon - Yes.
The Exorcist - Yes.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High - Yes. ARE YOU KIDDING??? this made the list?
The French Connection
The Godfather
The Godfather, Part II
Goldfinger
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - YES
Goodfellas - YES
The Graduate - YES.
Grand Illusions
Groundhog Day - YES. Certainly not good enough on a 100 film list.
A Hard Day’s Night
In the Mood For Love - Yes. Can't believe only 1 War Kar-Wai film made it on the list... really, it's a disgrace..
It Happened One Night
It’s a Wonderful Life
Jaws - YES. Dm dm dm dm....
King Kong (1993)
The Lady Eve
Lawrence of Arabia
The Lord of the Rings
M
M*A*S*H
The Maltese Falcon
The Matrix - Yes.
Modern Times
Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Yes, ah british humor
National Lampoon’s Animal House (seriously are they nuts or just have no taste?)
Network
Nosferatu
On the Waterfront
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Paths of Glory
Princess Mononoke (1999) - YES. Can't believe only 1 Studio Gibli movie made the list
Psycho (1960) - YES. Norman bates is still freaky many years later
Pulp Fiction - YES
Raging Bull
Raiders of the Lost Ark - YES
Raise the Red Lantern - YES. Talk about depressing, but amazing
Rashomon
Rear Window (1954) - (unfortunately, only saw the remake)
Rebel Without a Cause
Rocky (1976)
Roman Holiday
Saving Private Ryan - Yes. that scene with the severed limb haunted me
Schindler’s List - Yes. again with the depressing
The Searchers
Seven Samurai (1954)
The Shawshank Redemption - YES
The Silence of the Lambs - YES. Oh HOW u rob me of sleep in my youth..
Singin’ In the Rain
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - YES. Perpetration of female stereotypes not withstanding....
Some Like It Hot
The Sound of Music - YES. "Doe a deer, a female deer...
Star Wars - YES. oh the horror, i don't think I ever sat through the entire thing once
Sunset Blvd. - (gah.. seriously who would want to)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day - YES. classic violence
The Third Man (1949)
This is Spinal Tap
Titanic - YES.
To Kill a Mockingbird - (isn't it enough i read the damn book?)
Toy Story - YES. again and again
The Usual Suspects - YES. Kelvin Spacey. Brilliant
Vertigo
When Harry Met Sally - Yes.
Wild Strawberries
Wings of Desire
The Wizard of Oz - YES. Serious, what kind of drugs was the dude smoking?
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
The World of Apu
I've watched about 37 in total. I find the list very American-centric (as usual) missed quite a number of excellent movies and a number of cult classics and threw in just a token few "foreign" films. There were definitely a few ridiculous films in there but who am I to argue?
What do you think should be on the list?
My suggestions:
The fifth Element (its like explaining the matrix)
Men in Black (cult classic!, culture & humor all in one!)
Spaceballs (mel brooks! mocking star wars! classic!)
Fantasia (Disney animation plus classical music? hello?)
Gladiator (do I really need to explain this?, the music, the story, the scenery, the half naked men fighting to death)