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Diesel · 04-09-2012, 07:35 PM

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He is perfect, eh? Eye brows down, tight fist, clenched jaw, tight grimaced lips, flared nostrils.

Epitomy of graphically displayed anger.

I imagine that is EXACTLY how you looked when you read the post

SquidPuppet · 04-09-2012, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve46

With my 100 movies series now complete, any comments?

What did you like?

Any unworthy inclusions or glaring omissions?

Here's the full list with my rationale:

Below is an ongoing alphabetical list of movies covered in my 100 movies to see before you die. Each title links to the review. For an explanation of how these titles were picked, please scroll down.

1. 12 Angry Men
2. 127 Hours
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey
4. The 400 Blows
5. Alien
6. Amelie
7. American Beauty
8. As Good as It Gets
9. Avatar
10. Babel
11. Bambi
12. Baraka
13. Being There
14. Black Swan
15. Blow Out
16. The Bourne Trilogy
17. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
18. The Bicycle Thief / Bicycle Thieves
19. Cache (Hidden)
20. Cast Away
21. Chungking Express
22. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
23. Closer
24. Control
25. The Dark Knight
26. Dead Poets Society
27. The Departed
28. Die Hard
29. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
30. Dog Day Afternoon
31. The Double Life of Veronique
32. Doubt
33. The Elephant Man
34. El Norte
35. Falling Down
36. Fantastic Mr. Fox
37. Fargo
38. Field of Dreams
39. Fight Club
40. Freedom Writers
41. Frost/Nixon
42. Gran Torino
43. Grave of the Fireflies
44. The Great Escape
45. I Am Legend
46. Jaws
47. Juno
48. Kes
49. Kill Bill Vol. 1
50. The King's Speech
51. Leon: The Professional
52. The Lives of Others
53. Lolita
54. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring55. Love Actually
56. The Matrix
57. Memento
58. Midnight in Paris
59. Million Dollar Baby
60. The Mist
61. Moneyball
62. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
63. Moon
64. Mulholland Dr.
65. My Neighbor Totoro
66. Once
67. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
68. Paris, Texas
69. Pay It Forward
70. Play Time
71. The Prestige
72. Psycho
73. Pulp Fiction
74. The Pursuit of Happyness
75. Rabbit Hole
76. Ratatouille
77. The Reader
78. Revanche
79. Seabiscuit
80. The Shawshank Redemption
81. The Shining
82. The Silence of the Lambs
83. Spirited Away
84. Stop Making Sense
85. Sunshine Cleaning
86. Taken
87. Taxi Driver
88. There Will Be Blood
89. Three Colors Red
90. Up in the Air
91. Vertigo
92. Wall Street
93. The Warriors
94. Wings of Desire
95. The World's Fastest Indian

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I am 70 for 81. I have the desire and intent to see 14 of the 19 that I havent yet seen.

The REDS= didnt like.

Foggy · 04-09-2012, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve46

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That's 44/100 I believe

, out of those, I like 35 of them

I hope to get around 75 of these by the end of the year

I really like the list, a wide variety of genre and qualities

I'll probably conduct a version of my own tomorrow, depending on how I feel

Steve46 · 04-09-2012, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

I am 70 for 81. I have the desire and intent to see 14 of the 19 that I havent yet seen.

The REDS= didnt like.

Not bad, 84.6 %

Steve46 · 04-09-2012, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Foggy

That's 44/100 I believe

, out of those, I like 35 of them

I hope to get around 75 of these by the end of the year

I really like the list, a wide variety of genre and qualities

I'll probably conduct a version of my own tomorrow, depending on how I feel

It took me over three months to write

Foggy · 04-09-2012, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve46

It took me over three months to write

I'll do a condenced list, not a complete run through

I've been trying to get tabs on all the films I've watch on my Letterbox'd account

Diesel · 04-09-2012, 07:57 PM

I did not read every entry in the series...but I applaud you for sticking with it once you started and putting so much time into the list Steve

Steve46 · 04-09-2012, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Diesel

I did not read every entry in the series...but I applaud you for sticking with it once you started and putting so much time into the list Steve

Thanks.

Now I need to look for a real job.

Foggy · 04-09-2012, 08:06 PM

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Thanks.

Now I need to look for a real job.

I was just looking through the 648+ films I'v watched, and it's very hard to choose films that need to be watched, there are a lot of films I liked (and many I really didn't like

) but it's hard to get the right ones

Good work

surfdude12 · 04-09-2012, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve46

With my 100 movies series now complete, any comments?

What did you like?

Saw 69 out of 100. Liked all except American Beauty, Avatar, Closer, Fight Club, Frost/Nixon, I Am Legend, Love Actually

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Any unworthy inclusions or glaring omissions?

I'd probably have excluded the ones above I didn't like.

I'd probably have included:
-Apocalypse Now
-Casablanca
-Citizen Kane
-Gone With The Wind
-Godfather 1&2
-Rear Window
-Seven Samurai
-Wizard of Oz

In general, I loved your list and we love many of the same films (Mulholland, Double Life Veronique). Our lists would be largely similar, except I would have included more pre-1980 films (like those above).

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Have you ever read a list like this before?

yes, but not in blu-ray.com

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Doesn't it seem a little arrogant to believe that if you like something it should be seen by everyone?

no. you're just throwing it out there, not telling us we must see it.

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Think about it logically for a moment. Movies appeal to different people for different reasons. If you detest musicals, do you really want to watch The Sound of Music or The Wizard of Oz? If you don't like violence, will you enjoy Casino or Goodfellas? If you can't bear to watch a subtitled film, will you subject yourself to Das Boot or The Bicycle Thief?

generally, no , unless I want to go out of my comfort zone and see if I want to challenge my boundaries (a good thing sometimes)

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Do you avoid movies with nudity, swearing, or extreme sadness?

depends on context. I hate comedies with penis jokes, yet love a drama with nudity and orgy scenes (Eyes Wide Shut), so I think genre/context is important.

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Can you sit down and watch something that runs for three or four hours, or will you only watch shorter movies?

I actually prefer longer films to shorter ones. Don't know why.

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Do you avoid certain genres or find yourself only watching comedy or action movies?

Yes, I generally avoid action-superhero films and most comedies (except old school Monty Python, Bill Murray, Steve Martin)

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How do you even judge which 100 should be on your list? Should you include movies that introduced ideas or techniques which changed the way movies were made? What about just listing your 100 favorites? Could you even determine your 100 favorites, or would your list have changed by the time you finished compiling it?

yes and no. all of the above, and none of the above.

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What is the purpose of such a list anyway? Are you trying to show people that you have a vast amount of film knowledge? Or are you brave enough to list personal favorites that you know will be ridiculed by some of your audience?

all of the above, and none of the above.

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Is the list for you, or is it for your audience?

see above

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One of the aims of this exercise is to introduce you to new movies. The best way I can think of to do that is to suggest other titles you may like if you like one of the 100 on my list. So, for each movie, I will include suggestions for similar films.

nice idea.

great list overall . i'm looking forward to watching those I haven't seen

Steve46 · 04-09-2012, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Foggy

I was just looking through the 648+ films I'v watched, and it's very hard to choose films that need to be watched, there are a lot of films I liked (and many I really didn't like

) but it's hard to get the right ones

Good work

My list changed while I was writing. I switched five titles.

Make it alphabetical so you don't have to rank them

jvince · 04-09-2012, 08:26 PM

I've only seen 64 out of the 100, and I love 29 of them. Didn't like Caché, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Grave of the Fireflies, Juno, and The Lives of Others.

I gotta say that's one heck of an incredible job though, Steve.

SquidPuppet · 04-09-2012, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by surfdude12

Saw 69 out of 100. Liked all except American Beauty, Love Actually

Really? Why didnt you like those two?

SquidPuppet · 04-09-2012, 08:31 PM

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Didn't like, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,

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Grave of the Fireflies

NSE

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The Lives of Others.

surfdude12 · 04-09-2012, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

Really? Why didnt you like those two?

"didn't like" might be too strong. just "not top 100 worthy". I gave American Beauty 3.5/5 stars. Here is an exchange I had with Higgy:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=9901

As far as Love Actually, I guess it was ok, but to be honest I think I'm biased because it was my ex's favorite film and admitting it was good is too hard for my ego

Honestly, if I watched it tonight, I might give it 3.5 or 4 stars.

surfdude12 · 04-09-2012, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

Steve46 · 04-09-2012, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by surfdude12

Saw 69 out of 100. Liked all except American Beauty, Avatar, Closer, Fight Club, Frost/Nixon, I Am Legend, Love Actually

I'd probably have excluded the ones above I didn't like.

I'd probably have included:
-Apocalypse Now
-Casablanca
-Citizen Kane
-Gone With The Wind
-Godfather 1&2
-Rear Window
-Seven Samurai
-Wizard of Oz

In general, I loved your list and we love many of the same films (Mulholland, Double Life Veronique). Our lists would be largely similar, except I would have included more pre-1980 films (like those above).

yes, but not in blu-ray.com

no. you're just throwing it out there, not telling us we must see it.

generally, no , unless I want to go out of my comfort zone and see if I want to challenge my boundaries (a good thing sometimes)

depends on context. I hate comedies with penis jokes, yet love a drama with nudity and orgy scenes (Eyes Wide Shut), so I think genre/context is important.

I actually prefer longer films to shorter ones. Don't know why.

Yes, I generally avoid action-superhero films and most comedies (except old school Monty Python, Bill Murray, Steve Martin)

yes and no. all of the above, and none of the above.

all of the above, and none of the above.

see above

nice idea.

great list overall . i'm looking forward to watching those I haven't seen

Yep, we do have a lot of favorites in common. We both like layers to analyze.

Steve46 · 04-09-2012, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by jvince

I've only seen 64 out of the 100, and I love 29 of them. Didn't like Caché, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Grave of the Fireflies, Juno, and The Lives of Others.

I gotta say that's one heck of an incredible job though, Steve.

Thanks. That's a pretty good level of agreement.

Steve46 · 04-09-2012, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by surfdude12

Saw 69 out of 100. Liked all except American Beauty, Avatar, Closer, Fight Club, Frost/Nixon, I Am Legend, Love Actually

great list overall . i'm looking forward to watching those I haven't seen

31 potential gems waiting to be discovered

jvince · 04-09-2012, 09:14 PM

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Boring and emotionally detached.

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NSE

Lol, NSE? I'm very SE.

It's overrated and manipulative. I can't care for stupid characters.

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Corny and ordinary. Pan's Labyrinth got robbed of an Oscar.

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04-09-2012, 07:57 PM	#27607
Diesel Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Jan 2009 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Digital collection:- Blu-ray reviews: 31 Trading Score:10	I did not read every entry in the series...but I applaud you for sticking with it once you started and putting so much time into the list Steve

04-09-2012, 08:26 PM	#27612
jvince Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Jan 2011 4K collection:17 Blu-ray collection:239 Blu-ray reviews: 15 Trading Score:15	I've only seen 64 out of the 100, and I love 29 of them. Didn't like Caché, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Grave of the Fireflies, Juno, and The Lives of Others. I gotta say that's one heck of an incredible job though, Steve.

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