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02-11-2007, 02:28 AM
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Re: 2006 Top Ten Lists - Time to Throw Down!
Added The Queen at #8, bumping Bobby from the top 10.
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02-11-2007, 07:53 AM
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Re: 2006 Top Ten Lists - Time to Throw Down!
Finally saw enough films to make me feel good about my Top Ten (yes, I had seen enough movies; there were plenty of films I liked, but I didn't think were top ten material). So Adam can stop being "teh biast" against me and count my vote 
Here we go:
1) The Fountain
2) Pan's Labyrinth
3) The Departed
4) United 93
5) Children of Men
6) Casino Royale
7) Letters from Iwo Jima
8) The Proposition
9) V for Vendetta
10) Slither (just for fun) |
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02-11-2007, 06:37 PM
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Re: 2006 Top Ten Lists - Time to Throw Down!
Okay, just 2 more to see before I put up my list - Iwo Jima and Pan's. Right now Children of Men tops my list I think.
Chuck, I did like The Fountain quite a bit.
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02-11-2007, 06:42 PM
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Re: 2006 Top Ten Lists - Time to Throw Down!
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I agree that 30 is a good minimum. I think I'll edit the main post to suggest that as well. |
Well, 30 if you've seen at least 5-6 of the films falling into the rough overall top 10.
People bristle at limits and requirements, but the point should be well understood and isn't hostile at all. We are curious what avid movie fans from HTF think about films. If I wanted to know what a person who saw 5 films enjoyed I could ask my mom.
BTW, I'm at 51 so far (50 below my norm at least, ugh). 30 in theaters (Pan and Iwo will add to that) which is much closer to my typical 40. Sorry, but Dukes of Hazzard and Click don't get theatrical bucks from me. They are often lucky just to get rented. 
Last edited by Seth Paxton : 02-11-2007 at 06:48 PM.
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02-12-2007, 11:51 AM
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Re: 2006 Top Ten Lists - Time to Throw Down!
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If I wanted to know what a person who saw 5 films enjoyed I could ask my mom.
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On the other hand if I wanted to know what a person who saw 100+ films last year I'd ask my mom, just about 90% of those would be "not rated-R" she'll watch just about any new movie so long as it isn't R. :p
I'm currently reading, The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many are Smarter than the Few and it's convincing me that polling just the most avid movie fans on HTF wouldn't give us the best list for even avid movie fans. it's fascinating reading material, and incredibly well written.
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02-13-2007, 07:50 AM
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Re: 2006 Top Ten Lists - Time to Throw Down!
I didn't realize that you upped the minimum to 30.
I'll probably break that barrier, but not until later in the year. There just wasn't that many movies worth watching last year (IMHO). I still have over 300 classics in my collection waiting to be watched, so I have to be somewhat judgemental ahead of time. Personally, I'd rather watch any film at random from 1930-1960 over any film at random from today.
"Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award."
Billy Wilder
"This business has come a long way in the last 30 years, but why should I depress you"
I.A.L. Diamond on the Movie Business (1986)
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02-13-2007, 01:02 PM
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Re: 2006 Top Ten Lists - Time to Throw Down!
there never really was a posted minimum, and twenty is fine. It's more healthy for the htf list to have input from those who have seen only a few films as well as those who have seen hundreds.
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02-13-2007, 01:47 PM
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Re: 2006 Top Ten Lists - Time to Throw Down!
Tops on 06
1. INLAND EMPIRE
2. Pan’s Labyrinth
3. The Fountain and Little Children
5. Children of Men
6. The Prestige
7. A Scanner Darkly
8. The Departed
9. V for Vendetta
10. Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest
The rest (in order):
Volver, Rocky Balboa, Little Miss Sunshine, Clerks II, Flushed Away, The Illusionist, Borat, Cars, Casino Royale, Stranger Than Fiction, Brick, A Good Year, Slither, Jackass Number Two, Over the Hedge, Miami Vice, The DaVinci Code, Hard Candy
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