Movie Meme (in which my snobbish side rears its ugly head)

[anogete]

In the last week, I've read books at an alarming rate. It's bittersweet because once I book is finished, I'll never have that "first time" experience with it again, but that also means I get to move on and read other wonderful books.

I put off the weekly visit to the grocery store in favor of a lazy day at home. I'm not working tomorrow, so I guess purchasing food will have to wait until then.

Stolen from sunshade:

This is Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 movies of the last 25 years list. EDIT: I thought the list looked rather odd, so I researched. This is NOT EW's list of movies. I'm not sure where it originated.

Bold the ones you have seen
Put an asterisk after the movie title* if you really liked it.
Cross it out if you saw a film and really disliked it
Underline the ones you own

I've seen a crapload of movies and most of my favorite probably weren't even considered for this list because they are foreign and/or obscure. Where is the Tarkovsky love? The Lars von Trier love? At least Blue Velvet is representing for David Lynch. Sheesh. And the South Park movie made it over something like Stalker or Dogville? For serious?

1. Pulp Fiction (1994)
2. The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-03)*
3. Titanic (1997)
4. Blue Velvet (1986)
5. Toy Story (1995)
6. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
7. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
8. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)*
9. Die Hard (1988)
10. Moulin Rouge (2001)*
11. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
12. The Matrix (1999)
13. GoodFellas (1990)*
14. Crumb (1995)
15. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
16. Boogie Nights (1997)
17. Jerry Maguire (1996)
18. Do the Right Thing (1989)
19. Casino Royale (2006) (Note: Don't kill me, flist. I just can't sit through any Bond movie. I like the idea of James Bond. I love the eye candy of Mr. Craig. I just get super bored. I did try, though. I ended up watching dishes after thirty minutes, and then I fast-forwarded through the rest of the movie.)
20. Lion King
21. Schindler's List (1993)
22. Rushmore (1998)
23. Memento* (2001)
24. A Room With a View (1986)
25. Shrek (2001)
26. Hoop Dreams (1994)
27. Aliens (1986)
28. Wings of Desire (1988)
29. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
30. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
31. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
32. Fight Club (1999) (Note: The first half was fantastic, but the second half was shit.)
33. The Breakfast Club (1985)*
34. Fargo (1996)*
35. The Incredibles (2004)
36. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
37. Pretty Woman (1990)
38. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind* (2004)
39. The Sixth Sense (1999)
40. Speed (1994)
41. Dazed and Confused (1993)
42. Clueless (1995)
43. Gladiator (2000)
44. The Player (1992)
45. Rain Man (1988)
47. Men in Black (1997)
48. Scarface (1983)
49. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
50. The Piano (1993)
51. There Will Be Blood (2007)
52. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988)
53. The Truman Show (1998)
54. Fatal Attraction (1987)
55. Risky Business (1983)
56. The Lives of Others (2006)
57. There’s Something About Mary (1998)
58. Ghostbusters (1984)
59. L.A. Confidential (1997)
60. Scream (1996)
61. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
62. sex, lies and videotape (1989)
63. Big (1988)
64. No Country For Old Men (2007)
65. Dirty Dancing (1987)
66. Natural Born Killers (1994)
67. Donnie Brasco (1997)
68. Witness (1985)
69. All About My Mother (1999)
70. Broadcast News (1987)
71. Unforgiven (1992)
72. Thelma & Louise (1991)
73. Office Space (1999) (Note: Again - first half=awesome. Second half=shit.)
74. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
75. Out of Africa (1985)
76. The Departed (2006)
77. Sid and Nancy (1986)
78. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
79. Waiting for Guffman (1996)
80. Michael Clayton (2007)
81. Moonstruck (1987)
82. Lost in Translation (2003)
83. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
84. Sideways (2004)
85. The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)
86. Y Tu Mamá También (2002)
87. Swingers (1996)
88. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
89. Breaking the Waves (1996)
90. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
91. Back to the Future (1985)
92. Menace II Society (1993)
93. Ed Wood (1994)
94. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
95. In the Mood for Love (2001)
96. Far From Heaven (2002)
97. Glory (1989)
98. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
99. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
100. South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)

Rushdie's The Satanic Verses is eating my life. I can't stop thinking about it.

Comments

[bleedtoblue.livejournal.com]

That's a truly odd list of movies. I wonder how they came up with that. I don't remember being charmed by The Satanic Verses but it's been a while.

[anogete.livejournal.com]

I thought it was an odd list, too. I Googled EW's top 100 movies of all time and came back with a completely different list, which seems to be much more believable. So, I'm not sure where this list came from.

The first chapter or two of The Satanic verses threw me off, and I wasn't sure that I'd be able to enjoy it because it just seemed so obtuse. However, I'm a couple hundred pages into it now, and I really like it. There is so much going on, and so much to think about.