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Post by spideyfan914 on Jun 1, 2011 12:30:16 GMT -6
NUMBER 6:![](http://andrewsidea.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/rashomon41.jpg) ![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a-k63ybkU9s/TeCO9QQt1SI/AAAAAAAABGA/4dA2b5vM-mI/s1600/Rashomon-2.JPG) ![](http://www.crumbscraper.com/tinygrab/db84fc22bb2a93a1323a747ea6beb3ef.jpg) www.imdb.com/title/tt0042876/RASHOMON (1950) "No one tells a lie after he's said he's going to tell one." A man has been murdered. To figure out what has happened, three witnesses have been summoned: a thief, the man's lover, and the man himself speaking through a psychic. Each one tells the story of what happened, except each story is so radically different that they are completely incompatible. Rashomon is not just a murder mystery, though. It is the unanswerable question of the nature of man. Why do we lie? Are we good or evil? It is, in short, extremely philosophical. We get to hear the story four different times in total, each time stretching the truth even thinner. Just to make matters more complicated, a woodcutter present at the hearing is relaying the stories to a priest and a commoner. There are so many layers and complexities that it's impossible to say with certainty exactly what happens in the movie. This is Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece for sure. And yes, I looked up the spelling.
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Post by spideyfan914 on Jun 2, 2011 13:54:01 GMT -6
NUMBER 5:![](http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh192/adamrector/Dinner.jpg?t=1242025123) ![](http://media.sbs.com.au/films/upload_media/site_28_rand_884258294_american_beauty_maxed.jpg) ![](http://movie2s.com/images/AmericanBeauty1999.jpg) www.imdb.com/title/tt0169547/AMERICAN BEAUTY (1999) "Good. I'm looking for the least possible amount of responsibility." Lester Burnham, ordinary suburban father, falls in love with his daughter's best friend. Mix in some stuff about all the hidden beauty in the world yada-yada and, boom, you have four Oscars. And guess what? They deserved it. American Beauty is something of a wonder. You have Kevin Spacey suddenly finding joy in his life while basically ruining everyone else's, Mena Suvari proving to be the A-grade b**** we all know and hate, Chris Cooper going on some sort of homophobic rampage, and Thora Birch and Wes Bentley kind of just being there in the middle of it. And those last two keep talking about all the beauty in the world smack in the face of these crazy people. And they're also WEIRD! The plot moves forward with the pace of an [insert-really-fast-thing-for-cheesy-metaphor-here], but it's never difficult to keep up. Instead, you kind of just become enveloped by the movie and roll with it, falling into the momentum of it all. And you can also never quite predict exactly what's coming next, even though the movie begins by telling you how it ends. "In less than a year, I will be dead." It's a wild and crazy plot, with plenty of equally wild and crazy sub-plots to match, each one intertwining and mingling in just the right amount. It's a brilliant movie which, I am surprised to say, is not overrated at all.
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Post by spideyfan914 on Jun 3, 2011 18:15:10 GMT -6
NUMBER 4:![](http://rankatron.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/city_lights_.jpg) ![](http://media-3.web.britannica.com/eb-media/50/90550-004-9D375BAF.jpg) ![](http://www.imaginaryyear.com/raccoon/images/filmclub/2008/city_lights-10.jpg) www.imdb.com/title/tt0021749/CITY LIGHTS (1931) "-------------------------------------" Yeah, there aren't any words in a silent film.... Which, in fact, only makes blindness that much bigger a deal. And, of course, in City Lights, the Tramp falls in love with a blind girl! Trick is, she doesn't know he's a tramp at all, and has in fact mistaken him for a millionaire. Luckily, the Tramp has made a great new friend - a REAL millionaire! Unluckily, the millionaire only remembers the Tramp when he's drunk. Let the slapstick commence! You all should've known I'd be throwing one more Chaplin film at you - it's been a real long while since I've had one on here, you know. City Lights is a beautiful and amazing film, and a perfect example of why Charlie Chaplin is indeed a God. It has some of his funniest moments, such as that unforgettable boxing scene. It is slapstick comedy at its finest and craziest! But it's also full of heart. It's about a man who does everything in the name of love. With some money, the girl can cure her blindness, and Chaplin is determined to get her that money - even though he really isn't much better off himself, and even though once she's cured she'll see him for what he truly is. If you can only see one of Chaplin's many masterpieces, make it this one!
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Post by spideyfan914 on Jun 4, 2011 14:52:29 GMT -6
NUMBER 3:![](http://screencrave.frsucrave.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/toy-story-3-cast-photo-11-12-09-kc1.jpg) ![](http://www.latinoreview.com/images/stories/blu-ray_dvd-screencaps_2/toy-story-3-picture-8-lotso_and_gang.jpg) ![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dzzf2zpK8oU/Ta-czFoXdEI/AAAAAAAAD7o/T17P648MBm4/s1600/toystory3.jpg) www.imdb.com/title/tt0435761/TOY STORY 3 (2010) "Now Woody, he's been my pal for as long as I can remember. He's brave, like a cowboy should be. And kind, and smart. But the thing that makes Woody special, is he'll never give up on you... ever. He'll be there for you, no matter what." Aww.... Well, hey, Andy graduated high school the same year I did! It's the like they made the movie specifically for my grade! A huge nostalgia trip, but also just a downright awesome movie. What? You want a summary? Are you flippin' serious? Okay, so Andy's off to college and the toys wind up at Sunnyside Daycare. But something's rotten in the daycare of Sunnyside, as it's run by an evil teddy bear named Lotso! And so, it's up to the toys to break out of Sunnyside and free the toys beneath Lotso's reign, while dealing with their own feelings of desertion from Andy. It's a story about getting older and the fear of being forgotten. It's an extremely moving picture, and here's a potentially inaccurate fun fact for you: 87% of people who saw this movie in theaters admitted to crying! That's a really high number! So how did this movie NOT win Best Picture???
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Post by spideyfan914 on Jun 5, 2011 19:04:14 GMT -6
NUMBER 2:![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Y9m0lhoacSw/S6uCwN5sKxI/AAAAAAAAAAM/jC9j4-qg54M/S640/125_harold_and_maude.jpg) ![](http://blstb.msn.com/i/5E/841A2E9673848A3E902D7DE1EEFB8.jpg) ![](http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/3500000/Discussing-Daisies-harold-and-maude-3548903-891-520.jpg) www.imdb.com/title/tt0067185/HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971) "A lot of people enjoy being dead. But they are not dead, really." Harold is a 20-ish year old rich boy who likes the fake his own death. Maude is an 80-ish year old woman who likes to live life on the edge. They meet at the funeral of someone neither knew, and fall in love. I mean, come on, how epic is that? You see romances all the time between an older man and a younger woman (Limelight, Manhattan, uh Scott Pilgrim, just to name a few), but now it's the reverse. And what's more? It's actually believable! It's a romantic comedy at its finest. It's utterly hilarious, and also rather tearjerking. Plus, it's absurdist! You KNOW I'm gonna like that! There's really nothing more to be said - this is a movie which must be experienced. And damn, it is one heck of an experience!
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Post by spideyfan914 on Jun 5, 2011 20:16:32 GMT -6
Put your guesses in now - WHO WILL WIN THE ALMIGHTY FIRST PLACE SPOT? ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png)
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Post by spideyfan914 on Jun 7, 2011 14:08:48 GMT -6
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Post by spideyfan914 on Jun 7, 2011 14:45:02 GMT -6
So, I'm just gonna do a quick little summary. In other words, how many of my Top 50 movies came out in this decade:
1895-1928: 2 1928-1939: 2 1940-1949: 4 1950-1959: 6 1960-1969: 8 1970-1979: 5 1980-1989: 3 1990-1999: 6 2000-2011: 13
Silent: 3.5 (Modern Times is sort of silent) English Talkie: 42.5 Foreign Language: 4
B&W: 17.5 (Wizard of Oz is the .5) Color: 32.5
Favorite Actor: Charlie Chaplin (3) Favorite Actress: uh.... Kirsten Dunst.... is that bad....? (3)
PIXAR: 5 Directed by Alfred Hitchcock: 4 Charlie Chaplin: 3 The Coen Brothers: 3 Akira Kurosawa: 2 Sidney Lumet: 2 Roman Polanski: 2 Sam Raimi: 2 Steven Spielberg: 2 Billy Wilder: 2 Woody Allen: 1 Hal Ashby: 1 Michael Curtiz: 1 Jules Dassin: 1 Disney Animation: 1 Victor Fleming: 1 Bob Gale: 1 Michel Gondrey: 1 Terry Gilliam: 1 George Roy Hill: 1 Spike Jonze: 1 Buster Keaton: 1 Sergio Leone: 1 David Lynch: 1 Sam Mendes: 1 Hayao Miyazaki: 1 F. W. Murnau: 1 Mike Nichols: 1 Chris Nolan: 1 Martin Scorcese: 1 Kevin Smith: 1 Orson Welles: 1 Robert Wise: 1
Written by Charlie Kaufman: 2
Most shocking snubs: Darren Aronofsky, Mel Brooks, Stanley Kubrick, Robert Zemeckis
And finally, here's the full list of movies I considered for the Top Fifty:
Spider-Man Spider-Man 2 Raiders of the Lost Ark Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Jaws Jurassic Park Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World City Lights The Circus The Great Dictator Modern Times Raging Bull Taxi Driver Goodfellas Psycho Strangers on a Train Rear Window North by Northwest Rebecca Notorious Dial "M" for Murder Shadow of a Doubt Vertigo The Apartment Double Indemnity Some Like It Hot Stalag 17 Witness for the Prosecution Sunset Blvd. Chinatown Rosemary's Baby The Pianist Burn After Reading A Serious Man The Big Lebowski Blood Simple No Country for Old Men Adaptation Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Synecdoche New York Rashamon Ikiru Dog Day Afternoon Fail-Safe Network 12 Angry Men Young Frankenstein High Anxiety Silent Movie The Producers Blazing Saddles Dr. Strangelove A Clockwork Orange The Elephant Man Blue Velvet Back to the Future Forrest Gump Interstate 60 The Dark Knight The Prestige Memento Black Swan The Wrestler Sherlock, Jr. The General Our Hospitality Lord of the Rings Iron Man Rififi Day for Night Triplets of Belleville Princess Mononoke Lilo & Stitch The Lion King Toy Story Toy Story 3 Finding Nemo The Incredibles Up Monsters, Inc. Ratatouille Citizen Kane Casablanca The Godfather Annie Hall American Beauty West Side Story Harold and Maude The Graduate Clerks Chasing Amy Sunrise: A Song of Two Lovers The Truman Show Fearless Monty Python and the Holy Grail Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Persona The Seventh Seal The Matrix Home Alone Shawshank Redemption The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly For a Few Dollars More The Third Man The Wizard of Oz Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Bonnie and Clyde Little Big Man Ed Wood Edward Scissorhands The Bank Dick School of Rock Shrek
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Post by jukenami on Jun 16, 2011 18:14:24 GMT -6
I didnt expect Raiders of The Lost Ark to be #1 to be honest.
Not sure why.
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Post by Frostbite200 on Jun 17, 2011 5:00:47 GMT -6
Haven't actually seen Raiders in sometime, should get on to that.
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Post by cradleman on Jun 17, 2011 6:03:22 GMT -6
I expected Raiders a lot lower in the top 10, around 6 or 7. i think it's a great film, but with it being only my 2nd fav Jones Film (cause Last Crusade is the best) i don't think of it as best film ever material. but that's just my opinion. btw, look for my top 50 films, possibly in similar countdown mode, starting sometime next week. i don't have time to make the list yet, but as soon as I do, you'll see it posted (and if i do a countdown it'll be in it's own thread)
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Post by spideyfan914 on Jun 17, 2011 14:04:30 GMT -6
Well, Last Crusade was in the Top 50 as well, but it did not have the killer opening of Raiders, it did not have Indy shooting the swordsman in classic comedic fashion, and God did not come down to smite the villains. Granted, Sean Connery was great. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by spideyfan914 on Jun 17, 2011 14:06:38 GMT -6
By the way, I'd like to do another Top 50 countdown next year, since my opinions tend to fluctuate quite a lot. It is very likely that another movie will find its way to the top, and thus, the suspense continues! (PS: Just pointing out, the last time I did a Top 10 was on tv.com, and Raiders was only behind the Spider-Man movies in that.)
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