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post #31 of 501
7/2/05 at 9:41am
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Being There -
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07/01/2005

I like to watch

Very funny film with a perfect ending. It's a bit overlong, but that's easy to forgive. Delightful little film, gorgeous Caleb Deschanel photography. The concept is so fun and delightful by the time you start to question just how everyone in the film could be so dense to Chance's simple-mindedness that you get to the ending and that makes you stop questioning it.
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post #32 of 501
7/2/05 at 9:51am
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I'll be keeping track of the films I've seen and newly seen here:
red highlight means a rewatch of a film already seen.
100 Movies
Previously seen:
  1. Citizen Kane ----------------------- ½ - revised to on second theatrical viewing
  2. Casablanca -------------------------
  3. The Godfather ----------------------
  4. Gone With The Wind ----------------- ½
  5. Lawrence of Arabia -----------------
  6. The Wizard of Oz -------------------
  7. Schindler's List -------------------
  8. Singin' In the Rain ----------------
  9. It's a Wonderful Life --------------
  10. Sunset Boulevard -------------------
  11. The Bridge on the River Kwai -------
  12. Some Like it Hot -------------------
  13. Star Wars --------------------------
  14. Psycho -----------------------------
  15. Chinatown --------------------------
  16. The Grapes of Wrath ----------------
  17. 2001: A Space Odyssey -------------- - revisited 08/18/04 -
  18. E.T. -------------------------------
  19. Dr. Strangelove --------------------
  20. Bonnie and Clyde ------------------- ½
  21. Apocalypse Now --------------------- ½
  22. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ------- - revisit
  23. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre ---
  24. Annie Hall ------------------------- ½
  25. The Godfather Part II --------------
  26. High Noon --------------------------
  27. To Kill a Mockingbird --------------
  28. It Hapened One Night --------------- ½
  29. Double Indemnity -------------------
  30. North By Northwest -----------------
  31. Rear Window ------------------------ -revised to on theatrical viewing
  32. King Kong --------------------------
  33. A Clockwork Orange ----------------- ½
  34. Taxi Driver ------------------------
  35. Jaws -------------------------------
  36. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ---- ½
  37. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -
  38. All Quiet on the Western Front -----
  39. The Sound of Music -----------------
  40. Fantasia ---------------------------
  41. Rebel Without a Cause --------------
  42. Raiders of the Lost Ark ------------
  43. Vertigo ---------------------------- ½
  44. Stagecoach -------------------------
  45. Close Encounters of the Third Kind -
  46. The Silence of the Lambs -----------
  47. Shane ------------------------------
  48. Forrest Gump -----------------------
  49. Ben-Hur ----------------------------
    The Gold Rush ---------------------- ½
  50. Dances With Wolves -----------------
  51. City Lights ------------------------
  52. American Grafitti ------------------ ( on 9/10/03)
  53. Rocky ------------------------------
  54. Modern Times -----------------------
  55. Fargo ------------------------------ ½
  56. Duck Soup --------------------------
  57. Frankenstein -----------------------
  58. My Fair Lady -----------------------
  59. The Apartment ----------------------
  60. Goodfellas -------------------------
  61. Pulp Fiction -----------------------
  62. The Searchers ----------------------
  63. Unforgiven -------------------------

    Newly Seen
  64. The Graduate -------------------- ½ -- 06/08/2003
  65. On the Waterfront --------------- - 06/10/2003
  66. Patton -------------------------- --- 06/11/2003
  67. The African Queen --------------- ½ -- 06/13/2003
  68. All About Eve ------------------- - 06/14/2003
  69. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - ½ -- 06/15/2003
  70. Bringing Up Baby ---------------- - 06/18/2003
  71. The Manchurian Canidate --------- ½ ---- 07/09/2003
  72. Giant --------------------------- ½ -- 07/10/2003
  73. Platoon ------------------------- ½ -- 07/12/2003
  74. The Philadelphia Story ---------- - 07/13/2003
  75. Birth of a Nation --------------- 0 -------- 07/16/2003 - - 06/19/2005 on further thought
  76. Amadeus ------------------------- ½ -- 07/17/2003
  77. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? --- - 07/19/2003
  78. The Deer Hunter ----------------- ½ -- 07/20/2003
  79. Midnight Cowboy ----------------- ----- 07/21/2003
  80. The Jazz Singer ----------------- ½ ------ 07/22/2003
  81. The Gold Rush ------------------- ½ -- 07/23/2003
  82. Mutiny on the Bounty ------------ --- 07/27/2003
  83. Doctor Zhivago ------------------ - 07/31/2003
  84. M*A*S*H ------------------------- ½ ---- 08/10/2003
  85. Easy Rider ---------------------- ------- 08/28/2003
  86. Raging Bull --------------------- - 09/08/2003
  87. Wuthering Heights --------------- --- 09/25/2003
  88. Yankee Doodle Dandy ------------- - 11/07/2003
  89. An American in Paris ------------ --- 12/31/2003
  90. Network ------------------------- ½ -- 01/07/2004
  91. The Maltese Falcon -------------- - 01/17/2004
  92. Tootsie ------------------------- ½ -- 01/18/2004
  93. West Side Story ----------------- ½ ---- 01/19/2004
  94. The Wild Bunch ------------------ ½ ---- 01/29/2004
  95. The French Connection ----------- ½ -- 02/01/2004
  96. From Here to Eternity ----------- ½ ---- 02/08/2004
  97. The Third Man ------------------- - 02/21/2004
  98. A Streetcar Named Desire -------- --- 03/04/2004
  99. A Place in the Sun -------------- --- 03/17/2004
  100. The Best Years of Our Lives ----- - 04/13/2004


    HTF Revote Additional Films
    Previously Seen:
  101. Empire Strikes Back ---
  102. Bride of Frankenstein - ½
  103. Touch of Evil ---------
  104. Paths of Glory --------
  105. Pinocchio -------------
  106. His Girl Friday -------
  107. Back to the Future ----
  108. Do the Right Thing ----

    Newly Seen:
  109. Notorious --------------- ½ -- 07/24/2004
  110. Sunrise ----------------- - 03/25/2004
  111. The Night of the Hunter - - 06/06/2004
  112. The General ------------- - 06/08/2004
  113. 12 Angry Men ------------ - 06/18/2004
  114. Rebecca ----------------- - 09/15/2004
  115. Goldfinger -------------- --- 09/21/2004
  116. The Big Sleep ----------- - 12/28/2004
  117. Cool hand Luke ---------- - 12/28/2004
  118. Manhattan --------------- ½ -- 02/21/2005
  119. The Sting --------------- - 02/27/2006
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100 Laughs
Previously Seen
  1. Some Like it Hot ----------------
  2. Dr Strangelove ------------------
  3. Annie Hall ---------------------- ½
  4. Duck Soup -----------------------
  5. Blazing Saddles -----------------
  6. It Happened One Night -----------
  7. Airplane ------------------------ ½
  8. The Producers -------------------
  9. Singin' in the Rain -------------
  10. His Girl Friday -----------------
  11. The Apartment -------------------
    The Gold Rush ------------------- ½
  12. There's Something About Mary ---- ½
  13. Ghostbusters --------------------
  14. Raising Arizona -----------------
  15. The Thin Man --------------------
  16. Modern Times --------------------
  17. Groundhog Day -------------------
  18. National Lampoon's Animal House - ½
  19. City Lights ---------------------
  20. Big ----------------------------- ½
  21. American Grafitti --------------- ( on 9/10/03)
  22. My Man Godfrey ------------------
  23. The Lady Eve --------------------
  24. Sherlock Jr. --------------------
  25. Mrs. Doubtfire ------------------
  26. The Awful Truth ----------------- ½
  27. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ----------
  28. Dinner At Eight -----------------
  29. City Slickers -------------------
  30. Fast Times at Ridgemont High ----
  31. Fargo ---------------------------

    Newly Seen
  32. Horse Feathers ----------------------- ----- 06/08/2003
  33. Sullivan's Travels ------------------- ½ -- 06/08/2003
  34. The Graduate ------------------------- ½ -- 06/08/2003
  35. Bringing Up Baby --------------------- - 06/18/2003
  36. The Philadelphia Story --------------- - 07/13/2003
  37. Topper ------------------------------- ----- 07/15/2003
  38. It's a Gift -------------------------- ½ ------ 07/22/2003
  39. The Gold Rush ------------------------ ½ -- 07/23/2003
  40. Monkey Business ---------------------- ----- 07/24/2003
  41. A Night at the Opera ----------------- --- 07/29/2003
  42. Ninotchka ---------------------------- - 07/29/2003
  43. M*A*S*H ------------------------------ ½ ---- 08/10/2003
  44. Sons of the Desert ------------------- ----- 09/08/2003
  45. A Day at the Races ------------------- --- 09/22/2003
  46. Sleeper ------------------------------ ½ ---- 01/01/2003
  47. Arsenic and Old Lace ----------------- --- 01/06/2003
  48. Tootsie ------------------------------ ½ -- 01/18/2004
  49. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ------ - 01/25/2004
  50. She Done him Wrong ------------------- --- 02/26/2004
  51. Harvey ------------------------------- - 03/22/2004
  52. The General -------------------------- - 06/08/2004
  53. The Great Dictator ------------------- ½ ---- 06/29/2004
  54. A Fish Called Wanda ------------------ - 07/03/2004
  55. Young Frankenstein ------------------- --- 07/05/2004
  56. The Navigator ------------------------ --- 08/26/2004
  57. The Odd Couple ----------------------- --- 12/16/2004
  58. The Palm Beach Story ----------------- - 12/17/2004
  59. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek -------- - 12/21/2004
  60. To Be or Not to Be ------------------- ½ ---- 12/27/2004
  61. The Jerk ----------------------------- ----- 12/28/2004
  62. Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein - --- 12/31/2004
  63. Caddyshack --------------------------- --- 01/03/2005
  64. Broadcast News ----------------------- - 01/03/2005
  65. Harold and Maude --------------------- - 01/14/2005
  66. Manhattan ---------------------------- ½ -- 02/21/2005
  67. This is Spinal Tap ------------------- --- 03/21/2005
  68. Adam's Rib --------------------------- - 05/03/2005
  69. Silver Streak ------------------------ --- 05/05/2005
  70. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House - ----- 05/05/2005
  71. When Harry Met Sally ----------------- - 05/06/2005
  72. Father the Bride --------------------- --- 05/07/2005
  73. Born Yesterday ----------------------- ½ -- 05/08/2005
  74. Moonstruck --------------------------- --- 05/21/2005
  75. Shampoo ------------------------------ ------- 05/21/2005
  76. The Seven Year Itch ------------------ --- 05/22/2005
  77. Cat Ballou --------------------------- - 05/22/2005
  78. Diner -------------------------------- --- 05/28/2005
  79. Beverly Hills Cop -------------------- --- 05/31/2005
  80. Bananas ------------------------------ ----- 06/04/2005
  81. 9 to 5 ------------------------------- - 06/05/2005
  82. Victor/Victoria ---------------------- - 06/06/2005
  83. Road to Morocco ---------------------- --- 06/11/2005
  84. Beetlejuice -------------------------- --- 06/12/2005
  85. Woman of the Year -------------------- ½ ---- 06/18/2005
  86. Bull Durham -------------------------- - 06/18/2005
  87. Auntie Mame -------------------------- ----- 06/19/2005
  88. Ball of Fire ------------------------- ½ ---- 06/25/2005
  89. The Nutty Professor ------------------ ----- 06/25/2005
  90. Being There -------------------------- - 07/01/2005
  91. A Shot in the Dark ------------------- ----- 07/07/2005
  92. What's Up Doc? ----------------------- - 07/08/2005
  93. The Heartbreak Kid ------------------- 0 -------- 07/15/2005
  94. Take the Money and Run --------------- ½ ---- 07/17/2005
  95. The Court Jester --------------------- ½ ---- 07/18/2005
  96. The Freshman ------------------------- ----- 11/--/2005
  97. Good Morning Vietnam ----------------- - 5/15/2006
  98. Lost in America ---------------------- --- 12/13/2006
  99. Arthur ------------------------------- --- 01/02/2007
  100. Private Benjamin --------------------- ½ ---- 01/09/2007
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100 Thrills
Previously Seen
  1. Psycho -----------------------------
  2. Jaws -------------------------------
  3. North By Northwest -----------------
  4. The Silence of the Lambs -----------
  5. Alien ------------------------------
  6. Raiders of the Lost Ark ------------
  7. The Godfather ----------------------
  8. King Kong --------------------------
  9. Bonnie and Clyde ------------------- ½
  10. Rear Window ------------------------
  11. Chinatown --------------------------
  12. Vertigo ---------------------------- ½
  13. The Great Escape -------------------
  14. High Noon --------------------------
  15. A Clockwork Orange ----------------- ½
  16. Taxi Driver ------------------------
  17. Lawrence of Arabia -----------------
  18. Double Indemnity -------------------
  19. Star Wars --------------------------
  20. Close Encounters of the Third Kind -
  21. The Fugitive -----------------------
  22. Jurassic Park ----------------------
  23. Casablanca -------------------------
  24. Die Hard --------------------------- ½
  25. 2001: A Space Odyssey -------------- ½ - rerank 08/18/2004 -
  26. The Terminator ---------------------
  27. The Wizard of Oz -------------------
  28. E.T. -------------------------------
  29. Saving Private Ryan ---------------- ½
  30. Ben-Hur ----------------------------
  31. Rocky ------------------------------
  32. Pulp Fiction -----------------------
  33. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -
  34. Frankenstein -----------------------
  35. The Bridge on the River Kwai -------
  36. The Sixth Sense --------------------
  37. Spartacus --------------------------
  38. Touch of Evil ----------------------
  39. The Matrix -------------------------
  40. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre ---
  41. Blade Runner ----------------------- ½
  42. Terminator 2: Judgement Day --------
  43. Dracula ---------------------------- ½
  44. Braveheart -------------------------
  45. Full Metal Jacket ------------------ ½
  46. Speed ------------------------------
  47. The Adventures of Robin Hood -------

    Newly Seen
  48. The Exorcist --------------------- - 06/18/2003
  49. The Manchurian Canidate ---------- ½ ---- 07/09/2003
  50. Platoon -------------------------- ½ -- 07/12/2003
  51. The Deer Hunter ------------------ ½ -- 07/20/2003
  52. Notorious ------------------------ ½ -- 07/24/2003
  53. All the President's Men ---------- --- 07/28/2003
  54. The Shining ---------------------- ½ ---- 08/24/2003
  55. Raging Bull ---------------------- - 09/08/2003
  56. The Maltese Falcon --------------- - 01/17/2004
  57. The Wild Bunch ------------------- ½ ---- 01/29/2004
  58. The French Connection ------------ ½ -- 02/01/2004
  59. The Third Man -------------------- - 02/21/2004
  60. Safety Last! --------------------- --- 05/11/2004
  61. Poltergeist ---------------------- --- 05/29/2004
  62. Gaslight ------------------------- --- 06/01/2004
  63. The Night of the Hunter ---------- - 06/06/2004
  64. Invasion of the Body Snatchers --- ----- 06/12/2004
  65. 12 Angry Men --------------------- - 06/18/2004
  66. The Magnificent Seven ------------ --- 06/22/2004
  67. The Picture of Dorian Gray ------- --- 06/26/2004
  68. The Guns of Navarone ------------- - 06/26/2004
  69. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? - ------- 06/30/2004
  70. The Dirty Dozen ------------------ ½ -- 07/04/2004
  71. Bullitt -------------------------- --- 07/05/2004
  72. Planet of the Apes --------------- - 07/09/2004
  73. The Day the Earth Stood Still ---- --- 07/22/2004
  74. Rosemary's Baby ------------------ - 07/23/2004
  75. Dirty Harry ---------------------- ½ ---- 07/25/2004
  76. Cape Fear ------------------------ - 07/25/2004
  77. Deliverance ---------------------- - 07/30/2004
  78. Wait Until Dark ------------------ ½ -- 08/03/2004
  79. Dog Day Afternoon ---------------- - 08/04/2004
  80. Carrie --------------------------- --- 08/10/2004
  81. Body Heat ------------------------ ½ ------ 08/11/2004
  82. The Poseidon Adventure ----------- --- 08/13/2004
  83. Night of the Living Dead --------- --- 08/14/2004
  84. Blue Velvet ---------------------- - 08/15/2004
  85. Fatal Attraction ----------------- ½ ---- 08/21/2004
  86. Thelma and Louise ---------------- ----- 09/05/2004
  87. The Birds ------------------------ ½ -- 09/09/2004
  88. Rebecca -------------------------- - 09/15/2004
  89. Laura ---------------------------- - 09/18/2004
  90. The Thing From Another World ----- --- 09/19/2004
  91. Goldfinger ----------------------- --- 09/21/2004
  92. Strangers on a Train ------------- - 10/06/2004
  93. The China Syndrome --------------- ½ -- 10/09/2004
  94. Dial M For Murder ---------------- ½ ---- 10/13/2004
  95. Titanic -------------------------- --- 10/17/2004
  96. Halloween ------------------------ --- 10/21/2004
  97. The Omen ------------------------- ½ ---- 12/05/2004
  98. The Phantom of the Opera --------- --- 12/07/2004
  99. Marathon Man --------------------- ----- 12/13/2004
  100. Blood Simple --------------------- ½ -- 12/19/2004
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100 Passions
Previously Seen
  1. Casablanca -----------------
  2. Gone With The Wind --------- ½
  3. It's a Wonderful Life ------
  4. City Lights ----------------
  5. Annie Hall ----------------- ½
  6. My Fair Lady ---------------
  7. Singin' in the Rain --------
  8. Vertigo -------------------- ½
  9. Ghost ----------------------
  10. King Kong ------------------
  11. The Lady Eve ---------------
  12. The Sound of Music ---------
  13. The Shop around the Corner -
  14. Beauty and the Beast -------
  15. It Happened One Night ------
  16. Breakfast at Tiffany's -----
  17. The Apartment --------------
  18. Bonnie and Clyde ----------- ½
  19. The Awful Truth ------------ ½
  20. Double Indemnity -----------
  21. The Princess Bride ---------
  22. Lady and the Tramp ---------
  23. Grease --------------------- ½

    Newly Seen
  24. The Graduate ---------------------- ½ -- 06/08/2003
  25. The Hunchback of Notre Dame ------- --- 06/09/2003
  26. The African Queen ----------------- ½ -- 06/13/2003
  27. Bringing Up Baby ------------------ - 06/18/2003
  28. The Philadelphia Story ------------ - 07/13/2003
  29. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? ----- - 07/19/2003
  30. Notorious ------------------------- ½ -- 07/24/2003
  31. Ninotchka ------------------------- - 07/29/2003
  32. Doctor Zhivago -------------------- - 07/31/2003
  33. Swing Time ------------------------ ½ ---- 08/12/2003
  34. Wuthering Heights ----------------- --- 09/25/2003
  35. An American in Paris -------------- --- 12/31/2003
  36. Sleepless in Seattle -------------- - 01/04/2003
  37. An Affair to Remember ------------- --- 01/07/2003
  38. West Side Story ------------------- ½ ---- 01/19/2004
  39. From Here to Eternity ------------- ½ ---- 02/08/2004
  40. A Streetcar Named Desire ---------- --- 03/04/2004
  41. Dark Victory ---------------------- ½ ------ 03/08/2004
  42. A Place in the Sun ---------------- --- 03/17/2004
  43. Sunrise --------------------------- - 03/25/2004
  44. Jezebel --------------------------- --- 03/29/2004
  45. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir ----------- - 06/06/2004
  46. Love is a Many Splendored Thing --- ½ ---- 06/11/2004
  47. To Have and Have Not -------------- --- 06/27/2004
  48. The Unbearable Lightness of Being - - 07/09/2004
  49. Body Heat ------------------------- ½ ------ 08/11/2004
  50. Titanic --------------------------- --- 10/17/2004
  51. To Be or Not to Be ---------------- ½ ---- 12/26/2004
  52. Harold and Maude ------------------ - 01/14/2005
  53. Manhattan ------------------------- ½ -- 02/21/2005
  54. When Harry Met Sally -------------- - 05/06/2005
  55. Moonstruck ------------------------ --- 05/21/2005
  56. Morocco --------------------------- ½ ---- 05/22/2005
  57. Woman of the Year ----------------- ½ ---- 06/18/2005
  58. Jerry Maguire --------------------- - 06/26/2005
  59. Pillow Talk ----------------------- ----- 07/09/2005
  60. What's Up Doc? -------------------- - 07/10/2005
  61. The King and I -------------------- ½ ---- 07/09/2005
  62. Two For the Road ------------------ --- 07/10/2005
  63. A Star is Born -------------------- --- 08/09/2005
  64. Roman Holiday --------------------- - 04/14/2006
  65. The Quiet Man --------------------- - 05/31/2006
  66. On Golden Pond -------------------- - 09/09/2006
  67. Who's Afraid of Viginia Woolf? ---- - 09/17/2006
  68. Porgy and Bess -------------------- ½ ---- 10/06/2006
  69. Funny Girl ------------------------ - 01/22/07
  70. Now Voyager ----------------------- - 02/11/07
  71. Love Story ------------------------ - 02/18/07
  72. Dirty Dancing --------------------- --- 03/05/07
  73. The English Patient --------------- - 03/23/07
  74. Sabrina --------------------------- - 05/13/07
  75. Gigi ------------------------------ - 07/02/07
  76. Marty ----------------------------- - 07/15/07
  77. Shakespeare in Love --------------- - 07/17/07
  78. Last Tango in Paris --------------- - 08/03/07
  79. Barefoot in the Park -------------- - 08/10/07
  80. The Goodbye Girl ------------------ ½ -- 08/12/07
  81. The American President ------------ ½ -- 08/12/07
  82. Working Girl ---------------------- ½ -- 08/30/07
  83. The Way We Were ------------------- ½ ---- 08/30/07
  84. The Sheik ------------------------- --- 08/31/07
  85. Sense and Sensibility ------------- - 09/07/07
  86. Out of Africa --------------------- ½ ---- 09/15/07
  87. Reds ------------------------------ ----- 09/22/07
  88. Pretty Woman ---------------------- - 09/23/07
  89. Anna Karinina --------------------- - 09/24/07
  90. Picnic ---------------------------- - 09/25/07
  91. Coming Home ----------------------- - 09/26/07
  92. An Officer and a Gentleman -------- - 09/29/07
  93. Witness --------------------------- - 09/29/07
  94. Random Harvest -------------------- - 10/01/07
  95. Camille --------------------------- - 10/04/07
  96. Splendor in the Grass ------------- - 10/08/07
  97. Roxanne --------------------------- - 10/10/07
  98. Way Down East --------------------- --- 10/11/07
  99. Bridges of Madison County --------- - 10/12/07
  100. The Postman Always Rings Twice ---- - 10/13/07
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100 Heroes and Villians
Previously Seen:

Heroes
  1. To Kill a Mockingbird ---------
  2. Raiders of the Lost Ark -------
  3. Casablanca --------------------
  4. High Noon ---------------------
  5. Silence of the Lambs ----------
  6. Rocky -------------------------
  7. Aliens ------------------------ ½
  8. It's a Wonderful Life ---------
  9. Lawrence of Arabia ------------
  10. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- - revisit
  11. The Grapes of Wrath -----------
  12. Schindler's List --------------
  13. Star Wars ---------------------
  14. Shane ------------------------- ½
  15. The Adventures of Robin Hood --
  16. Butch Cassidy of Sundance Kid -
  17. Spartacus ---------------------
  18. The Pride of the Yankees ------ ½
  19. Superman ---------------------- revisit 07/10/2004 -
  20. Erin Brockavich ---------------
  21. Fargo -------------------------
  22. Sergeant York ----------------- ½
  23. Star Wars ---------------------
  24. City Lights -------------------
  25. Boys Town ---------------------
  26. The Ten Commandments ----------
  27. Batman ------------------------
  28. Terminator 2: Judgement Day ---
  29. Gladiator --------------------- ½

    Newly Seen
    Heroes:
  30. On the Waterfront -------- - 06/10/2003
  31. Goodbye Mr. Chips -------- ½ ---- 06/10/2003
  32. Patton ------------------- --- 06/13/2003
  33. All the President's Men -- --- 07/28/2003
  34. The French Connection ---- ½ -- 02/01/2004
  35. 12 Angry Men ------------- - 06/18/2004
  36. Dirty Harry -------------- ½ ---- 07/25/2004
  37. Thelma and Louise -------- ----- 09/05/2004
  38. Tarzan, the Ape Man ------ ----- 12/11/2004
  39. Silkwood ----------------- ----- 12/14/2004
  40. Dr. No ------------------- ½ ---- 12/17/2004
  41. The Big Sleep ------------ - 12/28/2004
  42. Cool Hand Luke ----------- - 12/28/2004
  43. Gandhi ------------------- - 01/02/2005
  44. Norma Rae ---------------- --- 01/02/2005
  45. Serpico ------------------ --- 01/04/2005
  46. In the Heat of the Night - --- 02/06/2005
  47. Lassie Come Home --------- --- 03/07/2005
  48. Philadelphia ------------- ----- 03/20/2005
  49. The Mark of Zorro -------- --- 03/28/2005
  50. True Grit ---------------- ½ ---- 07/17/2005

    Villians:
  51. The Silence of the Lambs --------
  52. Psycho --------------------------
  53. The Empire Strikes Back ---------
  54. The Wizard of Oz ----------------
  55. It's a Wonderful Life -----------
  56. Double Indemnity ----------------
  57. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - ½
  58. The Godfather Part II -----------
  59. Clockwork Orange ---------------- ½
  60. 2001: A space Odyssey ----------- ½ - rerank 08/18/2004 -
  61. Alien ---------------------------
  62. Schindler's List ----------------
  63. Chinatown -----------------------
  64. Jaws ----------------------------
  65. Bambi --------------------------- ½
  66. The Terminator ------------------
  67. Taxi Driver ---------------------
  68. Bonnie and Clyde ---------------- ½
  69. Dracula ------------------------- ½
  70. Little Caesar ------------------- ½
  71. One Hundred and One Dalmations --
  72. The Public Enemy ----------------
  73. Batman --------------------------
  74. Die Hard ------------------------ ½
  75. Scarface ------------------------ ½
  76. The Usual Suspects --------------
  77. Training Day -------------------- ½
    -----

    Newly Seen
    Villians:
  78. All About Eve -------------------- - 06/14/2003
  79. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -- ½ -- 06/15/2003
  80. The Exorcist --------------------- - 06/18/2003
  81. The Manchurian Canidate ---------- ½ ---- 07/09/2003
  82. Mutiny on the Bounty ------------- --- 07/27/2003
  83. The Shining ---------------------- ½ ---- 08/24/2003
  84. The Third Man -------------------- - 02/21/2004
  85. The Night of the Hunter----------- - 06/06/2004
  86. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? - ------- 06/30/2004
  87. Cape Fear ------------------------ - 07/25/2004
  88. Blue Velvet ---------------------- - 08/15/2004
  89. Fatal Attraction ----------------- ½ ---- 08/21/2004
  90. Rebecca -------------------------- - 09/15/2004
  91. Goldfinger ----------------------- --- 09/21/2004
  92. Marathon Man --------------------- ----- 12/13/2004
  93. A Nightmare on Elm Street -------- ½ ---- 12/16/2004
  94. White Heat ----------------------- - 01/05/2005
  95. Misery --------------------------- - 01/05/2005
  96. Wall Street ---------------------- ----- 01/08/2005
  97. Mommie Dearest ------------------- ----- 01/17/2005
  98. The Sweet Smell of Success ------- --- 01/27/2005
  99. The Little Foxes ----------------- --- 02/13/2005
  100. War of the Worlds ---------------- --- 02/20/2005
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7/2/05 at 9:59am
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Part two of my list with Songs, Quotes, Cheers and Stars:
100 YEARS, 100 SONGS (beginning June 22, 2004)
Previously Seen
  1. "Over the Rainbow," The Wizard of Oz ------------------------------------ ½
  2. "As Time Goes By," Casablanca -------------------------------------------
  3. "Singin' in the Rain," Singin' in the Rain ------------------------------
  4. "Moon River," Breakfast at Tiffany's ------------------------------------
  5. "When You Wish Upon A Star," Pinocchio ----------------------------------
  6. "The Sound of Music," The Sound of Music --------------------------------
  7. "I Could Have Danced All Night," My Fair Lady ---------------------------
  8. "Some Day My Prince Will Come," Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs --------- ½
  9. "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -
  10. "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin)," High Noon ----------------
  11. "The Trolley Song," Meet Me in St. Louis --------------------------------
  12. "Unchained Melody," Ghost -----------------------------------------------
  13. "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious," Mary Poppins ----------------------
  14. "Fight the Power," Do The Right Thing -----------------------------------
  15. "Make 'Em Laugh," Singin' in the Rain -----------------------------------
  16. "Gonna Fly Now," Rocky --------------------------------------------------
  17. "Beauty and the Beast," Beauty and the Beast ----------------------------
  18. "My Favorite Things," The Sound of Music --------------------------------
  19. "Summer Nights," Grease -------------------------------------------------
  20. "Good Morning," Singin' in the Rain -------------------------------------
  21. "Rainbow Connection," The Muppet Movie ----------------------------------
  22. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," Meet Me in St. Louis ----------
  23. "Springtime for Hitler," The Producers ----------------------------------
  24. "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead," The Wizard of Oz ------------------------- ½
  25. "Come What May," Moulin Rouge -------------------------------------------
  26. "Do Re Mi," The Sound of Music ------------------------------------------
  27. "Seems Like Old Times," Annie Hall -------------------------------------- ½
  28. "Ain't Too Proud to Beg," The Big Chill ---------------------------------
  29. "42nd Street," 42nd Street ---------------------------------------------- ½
  30. "All That Jazz," Chicago ------------------------------------------------ ½
  31. "Hakuna Matata," The Lion King ------------------------------------------

    Newly Seen:
  32. "Mrs. Robinson," The Graduate ------------------------------------------- --- 06/08/2003
  33. "Cheek to Cheek," Top Hat ----------------------------------------------- ½ -- 10/23/2003
  34. "Everybody's Talkin'," Midnight Cowboy ---------------------------------- ----- 07/21/2003
  35. "Suicide is Painless," M*A*S*H ------------------------------------------ ½ ---- 08/10/2004
  36. "The Way You Look Tonight," Swing Time ---------------------------------- ½ ---- 08/12/2004
  37. "Born To Be Wild," Easy Rider ------------------------------------------- ------- 08/28/2003
  38. "The Yankee Doodle Boy," Yankee Doodle Dandy ---------------------------- --- 11/07/2003
  39. "I Got Rhythm," An American in Paris ------------------------------------ ½ ---- 12/31/2004
  40. "Somewhere," West Side Story -------------------------------------------- ½ ---- 01/19/2004
  41. "America," West Side Story ---------------------------------------------- ½ ---- 01/19/2004
  42. "Tonight," West Side Story ---------------------------------------------- ½ ---- 01/19/2004
  43. "Lose Yourself," 8 Mile ------------------------------------------------- ----- 04/08/2004
  44. "Puttin' on the Ritz," Young Frankenstein ------------------------------- --- 07/05/2004
  45. "Old Man River," Show Boat ---------------------------------------------- ½ -- 08/08/2004
  46. "Isn't it Romantic?," Love me Tonight ----------------------------------- --- 08/11/2004
  47. "Goldfinger," Goldfinger ------------------------------------------------ --- 09/21/2004
  48. "My Heart Will Go On," Titanic ------------------------------------------ --- 10/17/2004
  49. "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)," The Man Who Knew Too Much - - 10/27/2004
  50. "Streets of Philadelphia," Philadelphia --------------------------------- ½ ---- 03/20/2005
  51. "It Had to Be You," When Harry Met Sally -------------------------------- - 05/05/2005
  52. "9 to 5," 9 to 5 -------------------------------------------------------- - 06/05/2005
  53. "(We're on the) Road to Morocco," Road to Morocco ----------------------- --- 06/11/2005
  54. "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," Shall we Dance? ----------------------- ½ -- 06/11/2005
  55. "Shall We Dance," The King and I ---------------------------------------- ½ ---- 07/09/2005
  56. "Old Time Rock and Roll," Risky Business -------------------------------- ----- 07/10/2005
  57. "The Man that Got Away," A Star is Born --------------------------------- --- 08/09/2005
  58. "I'm Easy," Nashville --------------------------------------------------- ½ ------ 08/14/2005
  59. "White Christmas," Holiday Inn ------------------------------------------ --- 11/29/2005
  60. "Swinging on a Star," Going My Way -------------------------------------- --- 4/22/2006
  61. "Some Enchanted Evening," South Pacific --------------------------------- ------ 5/07/2006
  62. "Stayin' Alive," Saturday Night Fever ----------------------------------- - 9/5/2006
  63. "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Da," Song of the South ----------------------------------- ----- 9/24/2006
  64. "Summertime," Porgy and Bess -------------------------------------------- ½ ---- 10/06/2006
  65. "Arthur's Theme (the Best You can Do)," Arthur -------------------------- --- 01/02/2007
  66. "People" Funny Girl ----------------------------------------------------- - 01/22/07
  67. "Don't Rain on My Parade" Funny Girl ------------------------------------ - 01/22/2007
  68. "I've Had the Time of My Life" Dirty Dancing ---------------------------- --- 03/05/3007
  69. "That's Entertainment" The Band Wagon ----------------------------------- ----- 04/29/07
  70. "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" Gigi ------------------------------------ - 07/02/2007
  71. "Cabaret" Cabaret ------------------------------------------------------- --- 08/10/07
  72. "Let the River Run" Working Girl ---------------------------------------- ½ - 08/30/07
  73. "The Way We Were" The Way We Were --------------------------------------- ½ ---- 08/30/07
  74. "New York, New York" On the Town ---------------------------------------- - 09/26/07
  75. "Up Where We Belong" An Officer and a Gentleman ------------------------- - 09/29/07
  76. "Fame" Fame ------------------------------------------------------------- ½ -- 10/20/07
  77. "Stormy Weather" Stormy Weather ----------------------------------------- --- 11/05/07
  78. "Theme from New York, New York" New York, New York ---------------------- ½ ------ 11/14/07
  79. "The Shadow of Your Smile" The Sandpiper -------------------------------- ½ ---- 11/18/07
  80. "Shaft" Shaft ----------------------------------------------------------- - 11/27/07
  81. "Nobody Does it Better" The Spy Who Loved Me ---------------------------- - 11/28/07
  82. "Luck Be a Lady" Guys and Dolls ----------------------------------------- --- 11/30/07
  83. "Evergreen (Theme from a Star is Born) A Star is Born ------------------- --- 12/01/07
  84. "Days of Wine and Roses" Days of Wine and Roses ------------------------- - 12/04/07
  85. "Put the Blame on Mame" Gilda ------------------------------------------- - 12/05/07
  86. "Thanks for the Memory" The Big Broadcast of 1938 ----------------------- --- 12/17/07
  87. "You're the Wind Beneath My Wings" Beaches ------------------------------ ---- 12/18/07
  88. "The Windmills of Your Mind" The Thomas Crowne Affair ------------------- - 12/18/07
  89. "Footloose" Footloose --------------------------------------------------- ---- 12/18/07
  90. "Buttons and Bows" Paleface --------------------------------------------- --- 12/18/07
  91. "On the Good Ship Lollypop" Bright Eyes --------------------------------- ½ --- 12/19/07
  92. "Jailhouse Rock" Jailhouse Rock ----------------------------------------- --- 12/19/07
  93. "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ------------ - 12/19/07
  94. "Aquarius" Hair --------------------------------------------------------- ---- 12/20/07
  95. "I Will Always Love You" The Bodyguard ---------------------------------- ------ 12/21/07
  96. "Rock Around the Clock" The Blackboard Jungle --------------------------- --- 12/21/07
  97. "Get Happy" Summer Stock ------------------------------------------------ - 12/29/07
  98. "Flashdance...What a Feeling!" Flashdance ------------------------------- - 01/10/08
  99. "Long Ago and Far Away" Cover Girl -------------------------------------- ---- 01/11/08
  100. "The Rose" The Rose ----------------------------------------------------- -- 01/19/08
    71
100 QUOTES
starting July 02, 2005
  1. GONE WITH THE WIND ----------------- ½
  2. GODFATHER, The ---------------------
  3. ON THE WATERFRONT ------------------
  4. WIZARD OF OZ, The ------------------ ½
  5. CASABLANCA -------------------------
  6. SUNSET BOULEVARD -------------------
  7. STAR WARS --------------------------
  8. ALL ABOUT EVE ----------------------
  9. TAXI DRIVER ------------------------
  10. COOL HAND LUKE ---------------------
  11. APOCALYPSE NOW ---------------------
  12. MALTESE FALCON, The ----------------
  13. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL ---------
  14. IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT -----------
  15. CITIZEN KANE -----------------------
  16. WHITE HEAT -------------------------
  17. NETWORK ----------------------------
  18. CASABLANCA -------------------------
  19. SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, The ----------
  20. DR. NO -----------------------------
  21. WIZARD OF OZ, The ------------------ ½
  22. SUNSET BOULEVARD -------------------
  23. JERRY MAGUIRE ----------------------
  24. SHE DONE HIM WRONG -----------------
  25. MIDNIGHT COWBOY -------------------- ½
  26. CASABLANCA -------------------------
  27. GRAND HOTEL ------------------------ ½
  28. GONE WITH THE WIND ----------------- ½
  29. CASABLANCA -------------------------
  30. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY ---------------
  31. TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT --------------- ½
  32. JAWS -------------------------------
  33. TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE, The --
  34. TERMINATOR, The -------------------- ½
  35. PRIDE OF THE YANKEES, The ----------
  36. FIELD OF DREAMS --------------------
  37. FORREST GUMP -----------------------
  38. BONNIE AND CLYDE ------------------- ½
  39. GRADUATE, The ---------------------- ½
  40. CASABLANCA -------------------------
  41. SIXTH SENSE, The -------------------
  42. STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A ----------
  43. SHANE ------------------------------
  44. SOME LIKE IT HOT -------------------
  45. FRANKENSTEIN -----------------------
  46. DIRTY HARRY ------------------------
  47. JERRY MAGUIRE ----------------------
  48. ANIMAL CRACKERS --------------------
  49. ANNIE HALL -------------------------
  50. PSYCHO -----------------------------
  51. WALL STREET ------------------------ ½
  52. GODFATHER PART II, The -------------
  53. GONE WITH THE WIND ----------------- ½
  54. SONS OF THE DESERT ----------------- ½
  55. GRADUATE, The ---------------------- ½
  56. DR. STRANGELOVE --------------------
  57. PLANET OF THE APES -----------------
  58. CASABLANCA -------------------------
  59. SHINING, The ----------------------- ½
  60. POLTERGEIST ------------------------
  61. MARATHON MAN ----------------------- ½
  62. JAZZ SINGER, The ------------------- ½
  63. MOMMIE DEAREST ---------------------
  64. LITTLE CAESAR ---------------------- ½
  65. CHINATOWN --------------------------
  66. STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A ----------
  67. TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY --------
  68. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY --------------
  69. AIRPLANE! --------------------------
  70. ROCKY ------------------------------
  71. ANIMAL HOUSE -----------------------
  72. DRACULA ---------------------------- ½
  73. KING KONG --------------------------
  74. LORD OF THE RINGS, The: TWO TOWERS -
  75. DOG DAY AFTERNOON ------------------
  76. 42ND STREET ------------------------ ½
  77. GOLDFINGER ------------------------- ½
  78. CADDYSHACK -------------------------
  79. AUNITE MAME ------------------------
  80. DEAD POETS SOCIETY -----------------
  81. MOONSTRUCK ------------------------- ½
  82. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY ----------------
  83. WIZARD OF OZ, The ------------------ ½
  84. TITANIC ---------------------------- ½

    NEWLY SEEN
  85. A League of Their Own --------- ½ ---- 07/02/2005
  86. A Few Good Men ---------------- --- 07/05/2005
  87. Sudden Impact ----------------- --- 07/10/2005
  88. Naughty Nineties -------------- ½ ---- 07/23/2005
  89. Scarface ---------------------- ½ -- 07/24/2005
  90. Top Gun ----------------------- ½ -- 07/24/2005
  91. Knute Rockne, All American ---- ---- 07/27/2005
  92. Apollo 13 --------------------- - 08/16/2005
  93. Soylent Green ----------------- - 06/03/2006
  94. On Golden Pond ---------------- - 09/09/2006
  95. Funny Girl -------------------- - 01/22/2007
  96. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - ---- 01/29/2007
  97. Now Voyager ------------------- - 02/11/2007
  98. Love Story -------------------- - 02/18/2007
  99. Dirty Dancing ----------------- --- 03/05/2007
  100. Beyond the Forest ------------- --- 09/04/07

100 YEARS 100 CHEERS
  1. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE --------------
  2. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD --------------
  3. SCHINDLER'S LIST -------------------
  4. ROCKY ------------------------------
  5. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON -------
  6. E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL ---------
  7. GRAPES OF WRATH, THE ---------------
  8. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN ----------------
  9. BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE -------
  10. APOLLO 13 --------------------------
  11. BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE ------
  12. NORMA RAE --------------------------
  13. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST ----
  14. PHILADELPHIA -----------------------
  15. IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT -----------
  16. PRIDE OF THE YANKEES, THE ----------
  17. SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, THE ----------
  18. SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS -----------------
  19. WIZARD OF OZ, THE ------------------
  20. HIGH NOON --------------------------
  21. FIELD OF DREAMS --------------------
  22. GANDHI -----------------------------
  23. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA -----------------
  24. GLORY ------------------------------
  25. CASABLANCA -------------------------
  26. CITY LIGHTS ------------------------
  27. ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN ------------
  28. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER? ------
  29. ON THE WATERFRONT ------------------
  30. FORREST GUMP -----------------------
  31. PINOCCHIO --------------------------
  32. STAR WARS --------------------------
  33. SOUND OF MUSIC, THE ----------------
  34. TWELVE ANGRY MEN -------------------
  35. GONE WITH THE WIND -----------------
  36. SPARTACUS --------------------------
  37. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY --------------
  38. AFRICAN QUEEN, THE -----------------
  39. SEABISCUIT -------------------------
  40. COLOR PURPLE, THE ------------------
  41. DEAD POET'S SOCIETY ----------------
  42. SHANE ------------------------------
  43. BEN-HUR ----------------------------
  44. SERGEANT YORK ----------------------
  45. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND -
  46. DANCES WITH WOLVES -----------------
  47. BRAVEHEART -------------------------
  48. RAIN MAN ---------------------------
  49. SILKWOOD ---------------------------
  50. DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, THE -----
  51. COOL HAND LUKE ---------------------
  52. DARK VICTORY -----------------------
  53. ERIN BROCKAVICH --------------------
  54. GUNGA DIN --------------------------
  55. THELMA AND LOUISE ------------------
  56. TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE --------------
  57. BABE -------------------------------
  58. BOYS TOWN --------------------------
  59. MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN -------------
  60. SERPICO ----------------------------
  61. STAND AND DELIVER ------------------
  62. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY ----------------
  63. HAROLD AND MAUDE -------------------
  64. BEAUTIFUL MIND, A ------------------
  65. CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS ----------------
  66. SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER --------
  67. KARATE KID, THE --------------------
  68. RAY --------------------------------
  69. CHARIOTS OF FIRE -------------------

    Newly Seen
  70. Hoosiers ---------------------------
  71. On Golden Pond ---------------------
  72. Miracle on 34th St -----------------
  73. Breaking Away ----------------------
  74. The Defiant ones -------------------
  75. Fiddler on the Roof ---------------- ½
  76. Mrs. Miniver -----------------------
  77. Meet John Doe ----------------------
  78. Driving Miss Daisy -----------------
  79. Working Girl ----------------------- ½
  80. An Officer and a Gentleman ---------
  81. Lilies of the Field ----------------
  82. The Miracle Worker ----------------- ½
  83. Coal Miner's Daughter --------------
  84. The Diary of Anne Frank ------------
  85. A Raisen in the Sun ----------------
  86. The Killing Fields -----------------
  87. Rudy -------------------------------
  88. Fame ------------------------------- ½
  89. The Black Stallion -----------------
  90. The Paper Chase --------------------
  91. Madame Curie -----------------------
  92. What's Love Got to Do With It? ----- ½
  93. National Velvet --------------------
  94. The Birdman of Alcatraz ------------
  95. Places in the Heart ----------------
  96. The Right Stuff --------------------
  97. The Verdict ------------------------ ½
  98. Hotel Rwanda -----------------------
  99. The Spirit of St. Louis ------------
  100. Sounder ----------------------------
STARS:
  1. Humphrey Bogart
  2. Casablanca -----------------------
  3. Maltese Falcon, The --------------
  4. Treasure of the Sierra Madre -----
  5. Big Sleep, The -------------------
  6. African Queen, The --------------- ½

    Cary Grant
  7. North by Northwest ---------------
  8. Notorious ------------------------
  9. Arsenic and Old Lace ------------- ½
  10. Bringing Up Baby -----------------
  11. Philadelphia Story, The ----------

    James Stewart
  12. Rear Window ----------------------
  13. It's a Wonderful Life ------------
  14. Vertigo --------------------------
  15. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -----
  16. Philadelphia Story, The ----------

    Marlon Brando
  17. Godfather, The -------------------
  18. Apocalypse Now -------------------
  19. On the Waterfront ----------------
  20. Streetcar Named Desire, A --------
  21. Julius Caesar --------------------

    Fred Astaire
  22. Top Hat -------------------------- ½
  23. Swing Time -----------------------
  24. On the Beach ---------------------
  25. Band Wagon, The ------------------
  26. Easter Parade -------------------- ½

    Henry Fonda
  27. 12 Angry Men ---------------------
  28. Grapes of Wrath, The -------------
  29. Ox-Bow Incident, The -------------
  30. My Darling Clementine ------------
  31. Lady Eve, The --------------------

    Clark Gable
  32. It Happened One Night ------------
  33. Gone with the Wind --------------- ½
  34. Mutiny on the Bounty -------------
  35. Red Dust -------------------------
  36. San Francisco --------------------

    James Cagney
  37. White Heat -----------------------
  38. Mister Roberts -------------------
  39. One, Two, Three ------------------
  40. Angels with Dirty Faces ---------- ½
  41. Yankee Doodle Dandy --------------

    Spencer Tracy
  42. Judgment at Nuremberg ------------
  43. Inherit the Wind -----------------
  44. Bad Day at Black Rock ------------
  45. Captains Courageous -------------- ½
  46. Adam's Rib -----------------------

    Charlie Chaplin
  47. City Lights ----------------------
  48. Modern Times --------------------- ½
  49. Great Dictator, The -------------- ½
  50. Gold Rush, The ------------------- ½
  51. Kid, The -------------------------

    Gary Cooper
  52. High Noon ------------------------
  53. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town -----------
  54. Sergeant York --------------------
  55. Meet John Doe --------------------
  56. Ball of Fire --------------------- ½

    Gregory Peck
  57. To Kill a Mockingbird ------------
  58. Roman Holiday --------------------
  59. Cape Fear ------------------------
  60. Twelve O'Clock High --------------
  61. Guns of Navarone, The ------------

    John Wayne
  62. Searchers, The -------------------
  63. Red River ------------------------
  64. Man Who Shot Liberty Valance -----
  65. Stagecoach -----------------------
  66. Rio Bravo ------------------------ ½

    Laurence Olivier
  67. Rebecca --------------------------
  68. Sleuth ---------------------------
  69. Spartacus ------------------------
  70. Hamlet ---------------------------
  71. Wuthering Heights ----------------

    Gene Kelly
  72. Singin' in the Rain --------------
  73. Inherit the Wind -----------------
  74. On the Town ----------------------
  75. American in Paris, An ------------ ½
  76. Three Musketeers, The ------------

    Orson Welles
  77. Citizen Kane ---------------------
  78. Third Man, The -------------------
  79. Touch of Evil --------------------
  80. Lady From Shanghai ---------------
  81. Othello: Moor of Venice ----------

    Kirk Douglas
  82. Paths of Glory -------------------
  83. Spartacus ------------------------
  84. Out of the Past ------------------
  85. Big Carnival, The ----------------
  86. Seven Days in May ----------------

    James Dean
  87. Rebel Without a Cause ------------
  88. East of Eden ---------------------
  89. Giant ---------------------------- ½

    Burt Lancaster
  90. Judgment at Nuremberg ------------
  91. Sweet Smell of Success -----------
  92. From Here to Eternity ------------ ½
  93. Elmer Gantry ---------------------
  94. Killers, The ---------------------

    The Marx Brothers
  95. Duck Soup ------------------------
  96. Night at the Opera, A ------------ ½
  97. Horse Feathers -------------------
  98. Animal Crackers ------------------
  99. Monkey Business ------------------

    Buster Keaton
  100. General, The ---------------------
  101. Cameraman, The -------------------
  102. Navigator, The -------------------
  103. Seven Chances --------------------
  104. Steamboat Bill, Jr. --------------

    Sidney Poitier
  105. In the Heat of the Night ---------
  106. Lilies of the Field --------------
  107. Patch of Blue, A -----------------
  108. Porgy and Bess ------------------- ½
  109. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner -----

    Robert Mitchum
  110. Night of the Hunter, The ---------
  111. Out of the Past ------------------
  112. Longest Day, The -----------------
  113. Cape Fear ------------------------
  114. Crossfire ------------------------

    Edward G. Robinson
  115. Double Indemnity -----------------
  116. Key Largo ------------------------
  117. Sea Wolf, The --------------------
  118. Ten Commandments, The ------------
  119. Woman in the Window, The --------- ½

    William Holden
  120. Sunset Blvd. ---------------------
  121. Bridge on the River Kwai, The ----
  122. Stalag 17 ------------------------
  123. Wild Bunch, The ------------------
  124. Network --------------------------

    ------------------------------------------------------------

    Katharine Hepburn
  125. Philadelphia Story, The ----------
  126. African Queen, The ---------------
  127. Bringing Up Baby -----------------
  128. Lion in Winter, The --------------
  129. Long Day's Journey Into Night ----

    Bette Davis
  130. All About Eve --------------------
  131. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? - ½
  132. Now, Voyager ---------------------
  133. Little Foxes, The ----------------
  134. Man Who Came to Dinner, The ------

    Audrey Hepburn
  135. Roman Holiday --------------------
  136. Charade --------------------------
  137. My Fair Lady ---------------------
  138. Wait Until Dark ------------------
  139. Breakfast at Tiffany's -----------

    Ingrid Bergman
  140. Casablanca -----------------------
  141. Notorious ------------------------
  142. Spellbound -----------------------
  143. Gaslight -------------------------
  144. Anastasia ------------------------

    Greta Garbo
  145. Ninotchka ------------------------
  146. Queen Christina ------------------
  147. Grand Hotel ----------------------
  148. Camille -------------------------- ½
  149. Flesh and the Devil --------------

    Marilyn Monroe
  150. Some Like It Hot -----------------
  151. All About Eve --------------------
  152. Asphalt Jungle, The --------------
  153. Misfits, The ---------------------
  154. Seven Year Itch, The -------------

    Elizabeth Taylor
  155. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? --
  156. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ------------
  157. Place in the Sun, A --------------
  158. Giant ---------------------------- ½
  159. Jane Eyre ------------------------

    Judy Garland
  160. Wizard of Oz, The ---------------- ½
  161. Judgment at Nuremberg ------------
  162. Meet Me in St. Louis -------------
  163. Star Is Born, A ------------------
  164. Easter Parade -------------------- ½

    Marlene Dietrich
  165. Touch of Evil --------------------
  166. Witness for the Prosecution ------
  167. Judgment at Nuremberg ------------
  168. Shanghai Express -----------------
  169. Destry Rides Again ---------------

    Joan Crawford
  170. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? - ½
  171. Mildred Pierce -------------------
  172. Women, The -----------------------
  173. Unknown, The --------------------- ½
  174. Sudden Fear ----------------------

    Barbara Stanwyck
  175. Double Indemnity -----------------
  176. Lady Eve, The --------------------
  177. Meet John Doe --------------------
  178. Ball of Fire --------------------- ½
  179. Sorry, Wrong Number --------------

    Claudette Colbert
  180. It Happened One Night ------------
  181. Palm Beach Story, The ------------
  182. Midnight -------------------------
  183. Imitation of Life ----------------
  184. Drums Along the Mohawk ----------- ½

    Grace Kelly
  185. Rear Window ----------------------
  186. High Noon ------------------------
  187. Dial M for Murder ---------------- ½
  188. To Catch a Thief -----------------
  189. Country Girl, The ----------------

    Ginger Rogers
  190. Top Hat -------------------------- ½
  191. Gold Diggers of 1933 -------------
  192. Swing Time -----------------------
  193. Stage Door -----------------------
  194. 42nd Street ---------------------- ½

    Mae West
  195. My Little Chickadee --------------
  196. I'm No Angel ---------------------
  197. She Done Him Wrong ---------------
  198. Klondike Annie ------------------- ½
  199. Go West Young Man ----------------

    Vivien Leigh
  200. Streetcar Named Desire, A --------
  201. Gone with the Wind --------------- ½
  202. Waterloo Bridge ------------------
  203. Ship of Fools --------------------
  204. That Hamilton Woman --------------

    Lillian Gish
  205. Wind, The ------------------------
  206. Night of the Hunter, The ---------
  207. Way Down East --------------------
  208. Scarlet Letter, The --------------
  209. Orphans of the Storm -------------

    Shirley Temple
  210. Fort Apache ----------------------
  211. Since You Went Away --------------
  212. Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer -----
  213. Heidi ----------------------------
  214. Stowaway -------------------------

    Rita Hayworth
  215. Gilda ----------------------------
  216. Lady from Shanghai, The ----------
  217. Only Angels Have Wings -----------
  218. Separate Tables ------------------
  219. Tales of Manhattan ---------------

    Lauren Bacall
  220. Big Sleep, The -------------------
  221. To Have and Have Not -------------
  222. Key Largo ------------------------
  223. Misery ---------------------------
  224. Shootist, The --------------------

    Sophia Loren
  225. El Cid ---------------------------
  226. Operation Crowssbow --------------
  227. Houseboat ------------------------
  228. Arabesque ------------------------ 1/2
  229. Fall of the Roman Empire, The ----

    Jean Harlow
  230. Libeled Lady ---------------------
  231. Dinner at Eight ------------------
  232. Public Enemy, The ----------------
  233. Bombshell ------------------------
  234. Red Dust -------------------------

    Carole Lombard
  235. To Be or Not to Be --------------- ½
  236. My Man Godfrey -------------------
  237. Twentieth Century ----------------
  238. Hands Across the Table -----------
  239. Nothing Sacred ------------------- ½

    Mary Pickford
  240. My Best Girl ---------------------
  241. Tess of the Storm Country --------
  242. Daddy-Long-Legs ------------------
  243. Sparrows -------------------------
  244. New York Hat ---------------------

    Ava Gardner
  245. Killers, The ---------------------
  246. Seven Days in May ----------------
  247. On the Beach ---------------------
  248. Barefoot Contessa, The -----------
  249. Night of the Iguana, The ---------
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post #34 of 501
7/2/05 at 2:03pm
Boys Town

Boys Town is listed in the Heroes list for the Spencer Tracy character of Father Edward Flanagan. We are told at the start of the story that this is a true story, that Father Flanagan actually existed, and that there really was a Boys Town, which really appealed to me. I think there is an incredible story in there, about a priest who starts up an entire functioning community for homeless boys.

But this film is not that film. The first 30 minutes or so set up the story of Father Flanagan - why he decides to establish the Boys Town, etc - but it does so in broad unconvincing tones. The way the film presents it, it seems like the place was financed by the one guy, who didn't even want to help. And I couldn't believe that. There were a couple of references to the idea that they were in financial trouble, but the building of Boys Town never really seemed in danger. I would like to see a story about a guy determined to help these boys, his struggles, his problems funding the town, the risks that he may fail, before finally succeeding. That could be a really great film. But that is not the focus of the story.

Instead, the film is focused on telling a much less interesting story. Whitey Marsh - played very one-dimensionally by a young Mickey Rooney - is a kid with a bank robber for a brother. He comes unwillingly to Boys Town, walks around trying unconvincingly to be the tough guy that owns the place, and somehow manages acquire a group of followers. And then there's this awful plot with a bank robbery and he ends up with the respect of everyone else, and it was just so damned awful that I hated it. It was a movie story, and frankly I wouldn't be suprised if Whitey Marsh never existed.

So there we are. Specer Tracy gave an excellent and appealing performance that won the Oscar, and I enjoyed that aspect of the film. But ultimately, somewhere in this film is a potentially good story about the priest and the building of the town. But as it stands, I did not enjoy this film.
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post #35 of 501
7/3/05 at 7:18pm
Thread Starter 
I feel the same way about Boys Town, Matthew.

A League of Their Own -
Quotes list - "There's no cryin in Baseball!"
OARDVD
07/02/2005

A lightweight and very fun film from Penny Marshall. It's fun how many of the tropes of male baseball films they repeat to great (and funny) effect with women. If there's one major flaw with the film its the pathetic attempts at humor involving the little boy who is just so over the top that it seems like a completely different film from the rest of the movie.

Tom Hanks is hysterical though, "let's go out there, Dozens of people are going to watch you" And Geena Davis is marvelous. However the story of the rival sisters is a bit hackneyed and hollywood. This is a good entertaining effort.

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Wizard of OZ -
TCM
rewatch 07/03/2005

first time rewatching this in years. Wonderful film. Great songs great visualization. but some of the dialogue and acting is simply apallingly bad. However we all overlook it because the rest of the film is so damn charming and magical and iconic. Wonderful wonderful film. Over the Rainbow is probably the best single moment of the whole film.
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post #36 of 501
7/4/05 at 10:56am
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I feel the same way about Boys Town, Matthew.
As do I--you articulated my view on this movie better than I could--though I did not find tracy's performance quite as appealing as did you.
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post #37 of 501
7/5/05 at 9:30pm
Thread Starter 
A Few Good Men -
Quotes list - You can't handle the Truth!
07/05/2005
OARDVD

Very solid film from Rob Reiner, enjoyable to watch from start to finish. Cruise, as dependable as Cary Grant, delivers a wonderful performance and is easy and enjoyable to watch throughout the film. Demi Moore is good in a standard role, Nicholson relishes the oppurtunity to chew the scenary. Clever and thoughtful screenplay adroitly approaches the issues but walks a fine line between dictating morality and allowing unchecked militarism.

The real accomplishment of the film (for me at least) is its exceptionally well crafted editing. crisp, clean, and drives the story forward with military precision and pace, outstanding work, because it made the film seem like it was only 2 hours long instead of 140 min.
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post #38 of 501
7/6/05 at 9:12am
All of you "Boys Town Haters" can go sit in the corner.
I can see some of the complaints, but it's one of those films that I loved as a child, and for some reason it hasn't lost any of it's lustre for me as an adult.

I'm also disappointed that you didn't like "Ball of Fire" more. It's one of my very favorite Hawks' films and an incredible Wilder script. There is no such thing as "Too Clever", at least not in my book. I would put this film almost on an even par with "Bringing Up Baby", but to each his own.
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post #39 of 501
7/7/05 at 11:17pm
Thread Starter 
A Shot in the Dark -
Laughs list
07/07/2005
OARDVD

I've not seen The Pink Panther so this is my first introduction to Sellers as Clouseau.

Overall I liked the film, but it's the sort of thing that should be seen with an audience. It had me laughing many times, mostly at silly (but effective) pratfalls. However the film seemed to drag and go on for a rather long time, even though its quite short and somewhat frenetic. For the most part, not up to the caliber of the Thin Man films I've seen.
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post #40 of 501
7/8/05 at 9:49pm
Thinking about movie quotes, the interesting thing is that there are very few pure great quotes - quotes that make you think "What a great line", even if you haven't seen the film. One example of what I would regard as a pure great quote would be the "cuckoo clock" speech from The Third Man. Looking over the Quotes nominee list, it did have a few really excellent "pure" quotes - the "Tannhauser gate" speech from Blade Runner, or "I don't like your manners" from The Big Sleep, or the "greatest trick the Devil ever pulled" from The Usual Suspects. But the final quotes list contains very few great quotes that stand by themselves as great lines outside of the original movie.

Instead, the final Quotes list is made up of lines thathave very little significance outside of the direct context of the film. "Well, nobody's perfect" is a very funny line, but only because it's the punchline to an entire movie. Read by itself, by someone that doesn't know Some Like It Hot, it's not that impressive. Nor is "Who's on first?". Or "Show Me The Money!" (which I didn't understand, even while watching the film). Or most of the quotes in the list. They rely on the context of the movie itself to become great lines, rather than being a line that impresses in and of itself.

I make this comment, because today I watched my first Quotes film since the list was released.

Beyond the Forest

The quote for the film is "What a dump", delivered by Rosa Maline (Bette Davis) as she surveys the house owned by her husband, a struggling country GP. The house isn't a dump, it seemed pretty nice to me. But Rosa is a woman that wants more, she wants to live in a big city like Chicago, not a small country town like Loyalton. She wants a millionaire for a husband, not a poor doctor who delivers his services for free to those that can't pay. And so the house begins to represent the life that she despises.

But the thing about this quote is that it's not very memorable. I was listening out for the line, so I recognised it as "the quote", but if I had watched the film before, I wouldn't remember her saying the line. It certainly wouldn't have meant anything to me if, a week later, I had heard someone else say "What a dump". As a quote, it definitely isn't a line that stands out as a great quote outside of the films context, but nor is it especially memorable in context, either. I don't really know why it is listed.

I enjoyed the film - or most of it, anyway. It falls apart completely in the last 15 minutes. But the first 75 minutes were most enjoyable. Bette Davis gives a wonderful performance as a woman stifled by her lifestyle, moved to extremes of jealousy whenever thinks her dream life with her millionaire lover is threatened. Joseph Cotton as her husband, completely unaware of her infidelities, was appealing as the man who became a doctor because he really wanted to help people. It all culminates in a death (not a spoiler - the film opens on the day of the inquest).

But the last 15 minutes suddenly become awful. The opening scrolled text talks about how the film examines evil in all its naked ugliness, so that we may understand how people that deliver themselves over to it can become like the scorpion, stinging themselves into eternal oblivion (or something like that). And the ending is just as awful as that text sounded. Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)
1. After the inquest, she all of a sudden decides to tell her husband about the affair? Why? OK, I can accept that her lover wanted her to wait, and would therefore find out about the baby, but what would telling the husband achieve?
2. What happened to her then? Did she suddenly go insane? Or was she sane, but just suicidal at losing her last chance at the life that she wanted? Or was she sane, calculating, and trying to induce a miscarriage so she can lose the baby? Or was she just vaguely sick in some way? I think it's supposed to be the first, but who really knows.
3. The idea of the death scene probably sounded poetic, dying by the train to Chicago that carried all her dreams, but really, it was just silly. It came across as a moralistic "See what-happens-to-bad-people ending (and the opening scrolled text reveals that as the intention), and was completely inconsistent with the tone of the rest of the film. Just awful.


I enjoyed watching the film, and feel reasonably positive about it, but the last 15 minutes came so close to losing me. Over in my list of films watched in 2005, I think I'll post it as a , but it's a very marginal decision.
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post #41 of 501
7/8/05 at 10:30pm
Thread Starter 
What's Up Doc? -
Laughs list
Passions list
OARDVD
07/08/2005

This is the first Bogdanovich film I've seen, and I must say I look forward to eventually watching his other films. Damn good and very funny film. I don't think I've ever actually heard Barbara Streisand sing something before (at least not when I understood who she was, except that only men who are gay [and according to "In and Out" even if you're not gay and you listen to Streisand that makes you gay] actually enjoy her) so when she belts out that incredible rendition of "You're the Top" over the opening credits I sat is as a singer (chalk up one more reason while In and Out is such a crappy movie).

Anyway Whats up Doc is deliriously funny, hurt only a little bit by Ryan O'Neal's failure to channel Cary Grant. But when he actually takes off the glasses for the courtroom and following scenes he becomes much better because hes no longer an imitation of an image and is actually acting. The script was outstanding. I loved how "Time Goes By" was used amongst the many other movie references. The whole baggage lunacy was utterly inspired, blowing Woody Allen's attempts at silent comedy out of the proverbial water. The big chase scene was incredibly brilliant every moment, step and progression. Marvelous marvelous work.

The only thing it is missing is a leopard. Pity.

Adam
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post #42 of 501
7/9/05 at 2:39pm
Thread Starter 
Pillow Talk -
Passions list
07/09/2005
OARLD

Funny film with a cracking script and nice style, but not crazy on the chemistry or just the overall story. The satirical remake down with love was at about the same level but funnier because it satirizes all the 'so horrifying they're funny' in this film.

Kind of sad how Doris Day turns into an imbecilic and pathetic high school freshman girl when she hears a Texas accent.
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post #43 of 501
7/9/05 at 8:49pm
Thread Starter 
The King and I -
Passions list
Songs list "shall we dance"
07/09/2005
OARLD

et cetera et cetera et cetera


Darn good musical that's overlong with mostly okay songs, one standout, one very good and a bunch of really bad acting by the son of Anna. It was an amusing and interesting film, had me laughing in many places. I'd rather see it on the big screen, especially since it's so wide. A bit overwrought, but mostly very good. Yul Brynner is damn good at anchoring the film while Deberah Kerr is delightful to watch (much more so than Doris Day in Pillow Talk watched just before this). some of the stereotypes are annoying but its overall relatively low key for a film about interracial unrequited affection and love (which of course is prevented by an idiotic ending because it is otherwise too scandalous--the ending might work in a straight adaptation of the story, but the musical has a tone that the ending does not match).

My favorite song was not "Shall we Dance" which was a wonderful number, btw, but the song that Anna sings to the children, "Getting to Know You" which was memorable, catchy, singable and perfectly matched to the movie (rather than 'oh its time for a musical number' most of the songs seem to get, like Brynner's solo). Another highlight was the presentation of the children, which was marvelous to watch.

Still I was hoping for this to be much better, it's certainly no Sound of Music
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post #44 of 501
7/9/05 at 9:07pm
Thread Starter 
Regarding the Beyond the Forest quote, "What a dump" during the actual special that moment went by so incredibly quickly I didn't even realize until the next day that it was on the list. I thought "What a dump" was on for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? because the special flashed the three second moment of Bette Davis saying the original line and then talked about the line and showed the 45 second clip from Woolf that apparently makes the quote famous.
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post #45 of 501
7/10/05 at 2:28pm
Thread Starter 
Risky Buisness -
Songs list - "Old Time Rock and Roll"
07/10/2005
OARDVD

Okay film, funny, but not great.
The use of the song is wonderful, but the song itself is better than the movie.
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post #46 of 501
7/10/05 at 6:30pm
Thread Starter 
Two for the Road -
Passions list
OARLD
07/10/2005

Damn good film that's pretty hard to watch. Albert Finney plays a blustering hound dog ass of a man and Audrey Hepburn is his long suffering companion. What Donen does though is intercuts their many experiences together on the roads of Europe over the years of their relationships. Adultury migh follow when they first met followed by their trip with their child, or followed by a trip with their crass friends. It's quite effective and brilliant but more often it is a very painful film to watch with an especially poigant ending between the two as they make up following adultury.

All there really is, is a lost passport to what it is they are to each other, dependency.
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post #47 of 501
7/10/05 at 11:09pm
Thread Starter 
Sudden Impact -
Quotes list - "Make my Day"
OARDVD
07/10/2005

Nice film by Clint Eastwood with wonderful directing and a story that's much more interesting than the first Dirty Harry. Nice to watch a film that's mainly about blowing things up after some of the other films I watched today.

Outstanding editing and cinematography, not so crazy about some of the Harry score cues, but they are quite fun and a good way of identifying the hero if he's not seen clearly in a close up when he enters. Great iconic moment at the end with Calahan in silohuette.

Adam
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post #48 of 501
7/11/05 at 3:40am
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Regarding the Beyond the Forest quote, "What a dump" during the actual special that moment went by so incredibly quickly I didn't even realize until the next day that it was on the list. I thought "What a dump" was on for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? because the special flashed the three second moment of Bette Davis saying the original line and then talked about the line and showed the 45 second clip from Woolf that apparently makes the quote famous.
Haven't seen Virginia Woolf. If it was that film that made the line famous, you would think that would be the film for which the line was nominated - much like Singin' In The Rain was listed for its songs, rather than the original films that the songs were sourced from.


Bananas

A film completely unlike anything you would expect from a Woody Allen film, it's basically a bizarre abusurdist comedy, right from the opening where Howard Cosell commentates on the assassination of a South American president. Allen stars as a rather pathetic guy who falls in love, is dumped, and goes to a small South American country and joins the rebellion against the military dictatorship. It's the type of film where Allen goes to say goodbye to his doctor/nurse parents while they're in the middle of an operation, and he ends up being pressured by his father into taking over. It's the type of film where a diner owner doesn't flinch wen asked to provide coleslaw for 900 people. Most of the comic set pieces are very funny, but bear little connection to the rest of the film. The plot is threadbare, and serves simply as an excuse to pretend that it's not just a glorified collection of sketches. Ultimately, comedy is a very personal thing, and so your reaction to the film will depend on your own personal enjoyment of this absurdist style of comedy. I loved it. Very funny, and a delight to watch.
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post #49 of 501
7/12/05 at 1:02pm
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Two weeks ago I got to see a brand new print of Sunset Boulevard, and it was even better than the first time. Incredible film to watch, so wonderful on the big screen--which, by the way, is the only way I've seen the film.

It was preceded by a deleted song written for the film never before seen publically, "The Paramount don't want me Blues" which was absolutely delightful, but they eventually decided to go with the song that's in the movie (from Paleface) instead.

Last Night I caught Streetcar Named Desire. My feelings about it haven't changed much, I find the film somewhat hard to watch because I either can't stand Blanche or can't stand Vivien Leigh's performance, I'm not sure which--but everything I find repulsive in a woman is epitomized by Blanche's personality long before we find out her low and sad past. On the other hand, Brando is incredible to watch in every scene as is Kim Hunter and one of my all time favorite character actors Karl Malden.

speaking of, the 93 year old Malden was there last night and spoke just a few words after, "I've only one thing to say. I'm the only one left. Everyone else is dead. But I got to meet them again tonight. Thank you."

Next week when they show High Noon I'll have seen 30 of the 100 movies list on 35mm or 70mm prints.

Adam
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post #50 of 501
7/15/05 at 4:31pm
Grease

Let me start by saying that I know the film is based on a stage show. I am unfamiliar with the original show, so in this post, when I comment on what the show may or may not have been like, I am not speaking out of any knowledge, but rather am speculating based on I suspect the show probably looked like on stage given how it turned out on screen.

I had a number of problems with Grease. For a start, it does not work. At all. It's a mess, with barely enough plot for a half-hour sitcom, let alone a two hour movie. The plot serves solely as a framework for the songs. None of the characters ever even pretended to be real, they were just one-note people. I swear, half an hour after watching the movie, there are two T-Birds and two Pink Ladies that I already can't remember a thing about. The film centres around the "love" between Danny, the car-loving bad boy, and Sandy, the good virginal girl. Will they get together? Who really cares?

Part of the problem was that they kept throwing in these little sub-plots, but never took time to actually develop them. Frenchie's beauty school? Rizzo's pregnancy? Why were these in the film? I know the film was based on a stage play, and I have a sneaking suspicion that the show is probably a lot longer than the film - maybe up to three hours long, perhaps. I can definitely see that these were plots that probably had time to be developed on stage, but had to be pared down to the barest essentials for the film, and as a result, they didn't work. They should hae been omitted - but they weren't, probably because each plotline had its own little song that couldn't be lost. As for the drag race plotline, that really felt like a plot that was added to the film. Why exactly were they even racing again?

Basically, the film did not work for me as a story. As a musical, it worked a bit better. The lot of the big songs from Grease have really entered our collective conciousness. While I've never really been a fan of the songs when heard just as songs, I felt they really worked as moments in the movie. On the other hand, some of the smaller numbers that we've never heard (Beauty School Dropout, Rizzo's song, the drive-in song) were pretty awful, so it may just be me reacting to their familiarity. I will say that, of the big well-known numbers, I really did not like "Summer Nights", which is unfortunate as it was the song on the list. On the other hand, "Hopelessly Devoted To You", which I have always hated, I found myself enjoying in the film. STrange how that works.

The other thing I really did not like about the film was the ending. In fact, this is my major problem with the film. Here we have a girl who likes a guy, the guy is clearly only interested in advancing the relationship physically, and he wants to push beyond a level that she is comfortable with, and at the end of the film she decides that she has to change who she is if she is to get the guy? Really pissed me off. Most offensive to me was the drive-in scene, where he starts to makes advances, she resists, he starts to try and force himself on her, she leaves - and we have to endure an awful tedious film about how badly he feels about being left by the girl. Tough. Shut the hell up. It's his fault. But then the girl decides to abandon who she is in order to get the guy. And we're supposed to accept that as a happy ending? OK, they made a half-hearted effort to have Danny try to change as well to get the girl, but since that amounted only to wearing a "jock" jacket, which he took off immediately on seeing Sandy, please forgive me if I don't think Danny's change was terribly permanent. I don't know, it just felt like the ending was validating the "If you'l love me, you do it" view, which I found absolutely offensive.

I'm just glad I've seen the film, I can cross it off, and never watch it again.
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post #51 of 501
7/15/05 at 6:39pm
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I love Grease and while the ending in one respect does pretty much declare what you're talking about, it's also meant to be really outrageously funny to have it happen. It's also not the classic reformist "everyone repents and makes up" happy ending, it's very much a seventies ending in the vein of Animal House--balls to the walls crazy that doesn't back down. :p

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The Heartbreak Kid - (0) Zero
Laughs list
07/15/2005
OARDVD

Definitely the worst film I've seen on any of the AFI's list (after another watching and some thought I acknowledge the merits of Birth of a Nation, even if the second half is mostly repulsive). Unfunny, pathetic, vile film. This made me want to go watch "Beethoven's 2nd" to wash the taste of bad movie out of my mouth (and that one isn't much of a good movie either). I found just about everything about this movie after the first five minutes to be offensive and infuriating. I kept hoping that his initial wife would show up and shoot him, but it never did.

Really, really, really dislike this film, more than just about any other film I can think of.

Adam
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post #52 of 501
7/15/05 at 9:15pm
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I love Grease and while the ending in one respect does pretty much declare what you're talking about, it's also meant to be really outrageously funny to have it happen. It's also not the classic reformist "everyone repents and makes up" happy ending, it's very much a seventies ending in the vein of Animal House--balls to the walls crazy that doesn't back down. :p
You know, I hadn't thought of that. I can see what you mean. I would certainly have been pissed off had Travolta gone good to win Sandy - simply because that would have been horribly preachy and completely unconvincing. So I'll accept it in the way you describe.

I still don't like the film, though.
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post #53 of 501
7/17/05 at 5:19pm
Thread Starter 
Take the Money and Run -
Laughs list
07/17/2005
OARDVD

Woody Allen's first film is a pretty funny mix of documentary and fiction wit a bunch of movie references thrown in. The running gag of stomping on the glasses was pretty funny. The soap gun was nice, the cello as well, but the highlight was 'gub' 'gun' and 'abt' 'act'.

Adam
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post #54 of 501
7/17/05 at 5:55pm
Thread Starter 
Just a heads up that _Private Benjamin_, which is on the Laughs list, but only on DVD in pan and scan will premiere on TCM on September 8th in widescreen.
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post #55 of 501
7/17/05 at 9:28pm
Thread Starter 
True Grit -
Heroes List - Rooster Cogburn
OARDVD
07/17/2005



True Grit is a film I've seen many times when I was a kid, but I've forgotten most of it except for the John Wayne charge at the end. Actually that still is the best part of the movie. And thank goodness for Wayne saving a movie that was just painful to watch until he showed up. The lead actress just wasn't much of one. Duvall was excellent in his short turn as the other villain. But for the most part this is worth watching just because Wayne has so many outstanding lines and deliveries.
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post #56 of 501
7/18/05 at 5:54am
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There were at least two glaring omissions, one of which was already mentioned "I am your father!"

The AFI dissed The Empire Strikes Back yet again - what else is new?

(I personally think that, with the exception of the two Best Picture Oscar winning sequels The Godfather Part II and LOTR: Return of the King, the AFI is completely biased against sequels, no matter how good the movies actually are.)
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post #57 of 501
7/18/05 at 10:52pm
Thread Starter 
The quotes list is in a most odd place. As many have pointed out, there are many films that are much more quotable that simply aren't represented, on the other hand, a few VERY quotable films like Casablanca and Wizard of Oz are represented in spades. I think the problem is that so few films really reach the major cultural zeitgeist to the point where they're incorporated in most everyones lives. On the other hand "No, I am your father" is just such a quote, and it's exclusion is just kind of mind boggling.

Outside of the zeitgeist, quotes, and quotable films are entirely generational--thus you won't see AFI voters nominating current college-gen favorites like Tommy Boy (single most quoted film in my entire generation, everyone knows at least five or six of the best exchanges in it), Clerks, Tombstone, Mallrats, Big Lebowski, Happy Gilmore, Braveheart, Billy Madison, Spaceballs, The Waterboy, The Princess Bride, & Chasing Amy for example. I don't think the second most quoted line of the eighties, "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die" was even nominated, and it's the sort of quote that could have been.

Then beyond the simple generation-gap, there is the fuzzy distinction between famous quotes and famous movie lines. Many of the quotes on the list are famous as lines, as moments (I'll never go hungry again, tomorrow is another day) than for their quotableness, imo.

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The Court Jester -
Laughs list
OARDVD
07/18/2005

The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle, the chalice with the palace holds the brew that is true

Quite funny farcical and lighthearted musical spoof of movies like Adventures of Robin Hood, and, well, Adventures of Robin Hood. Quite funny, with a nice script and a lot of very humorous mugging by star Danny Kaye. Good light way to spend an evening.

Adam
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post #58 of 501
7/23/05 at 11:33am
Thread Starter 
Go West Young Man -
Stars list - Mae West
OARVHS
07/23/2005

Mae West stars as a Hollywood starlet whose contract forbid her from marrying, Warren William plays her press agent who trys to keep the preying mantis from capturing a mate.

Unfortunately their car breaks down after a big screening in Washington. They're stuck at a podunk boarding house/gas station. The gas station owner is a hunk, the boarding house owner doesn't like the shame of having to depend on the gas station in the depression and her daughter is in love with the station owner. Throw in a cast of colorful and nincompoop characters and hilarity is supposed to ensue. It never really does. It's an okay little film.

The most astonishing thing about the film is how well Mae West turns just about any line into a piece of innuendo. The rest of the film is pretty predictable and tame, which is a shame.

Adam
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post #59 of 501
7/23/05 at 1:01pm
Thread Starter 
Stowaway -
Stars list - Shirley Temple
OARVHS
07/23/2005

Shirley Temple is the orphan ward of a couple of missionaries, since "god did not send us here to run," the missionaries are apparently condemning her to death, but her Chinese friend stows her away to the safety of Shanghai where her money is promptly stolen and she only has her dog for company.

Not to fear though, because when this six year old wanders the streets of Shanghai alone she just naturally happens to encounter a millionaire in need of translation. She becomes friends and then accidently stows away onto his cruise ship where she becomes friends with a woman engaged to another man. Naturally her benefactor and this woman fall for each other and the rest of the plot is muddied up with machinations to get them together somehow or another.

At about 86 minutes, this film is about twenty too long, but it's still sweet and relatively well made. The excuses for Temple to sing are appallingly thin, at best, including an entirely pointless closing number that's only there because it's a closing number. Temple is a pretty good performer, but overall this isn't much of a film.
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post #60 of 501
7/23/05 at 2:12pm
Thread Starter 
Naughty Nineties -
Quotes list - Who's on First?
Taped off TV VHS
07/23/2005

Yes the whole thing is worth watching for the Who's on First Routine, which is still one of the funniest things ever thought up. The movie's pretty dull up to that point, but afterwards most of the sketches really work, especially the Cat Dinner, the fishing/spying, sleepwalking, and big final chase routines.

The plot is pretty then, Bud and Lou work on a showboat, the showboat's in debt to crooked New Orleans gamblers who trade on the good reputation of the boat to set up fixed gambling games and make a bundle. It's up to Bud and Lou to figure a way out of this mess and save the day while making a funny as well.
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