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Wow, I clicked on the link just to argue with you, but I can't. That's a pretty crappy list (although to be fair, I don't know a bunch of those near the top).
I still haven't seen Citizen Kane but I've seen most of the other ones on that top 100 list. Or a lot of them atleast. I've always liked it as a top 100 list.
Anybody seen CK and liked it? People who see it for the first time today seem to have mixed reviews on it. I know that a lot of what makes it #1 is that fact of how groundbreaking it was from a story telling and cinematographic standpoint but I'm not sure how well it holds up.
Anybody seen CK and liked it? People who see it for the first time today seem to have mixed reviews on it. I know that a lot of what makes it #1 is that fact of how groundbreaking it was from a story telling and cinematographic standpoint but I'm not sure how well it holds up.
You can definitely tell the difference. One is dominated by movies 1980 or so and later and the other has very few recent movies.
For it’s time 1933 King Kong may have been better than the new King Kong but I’d much rather watch the new one (which wasn’t great). Hard to rank with the that in mind.
You're nuts! This death scene might be my favorite scene in the history of the world!
I seriously watched the 1933 version everyday when I was around 5 years old. I love that movie so much. Caught it on AMC last year and watched the whole thing. Still holds up.
You're nuts! This death scene might be my favorite scene in the history of the world!
I seriously watched the 1933 version everyday when I was around 5 years old. I love that movie so much. Caught it on AMC last year and watched the whole thing. Still holds up.
Bruh
Absolutely terrible. Lol. The new King Kong isn't an iconic movie by any means, but it's one of my favorite movies and I'm a sucker for Peter Jackson flicks.
I had a part time job at a video store back in '99 when everyone was putting out their "Best of" lists and I worked my way through every movie on AFI's list from that year. It looks like it's been updated to include a handful of new entries from the late '90s and this century. I've seen all of those, too.
It's a pretty solid list. There are some I really don't like and some where I disagree vehemently with where they are on the list, but I understand the case for inclusion w/ every one of them.
It's still good, but if we really want to talk about how influential it has been, it's kind of hard to say nothing has surpassed it by standing on CK's shoulders, so to speak.
To this day family video is the only place that I’ve interviewed at and not been hired. Not sure I’ll ever get over it.
I've seen close to half of those and most are great.
But....is Departed seriously not on that list? How anyone could consider a turd like Her better than Departed is unfathomable.
Yeah, I don't like Gump at all but kind of get it I guess.
Bale sucked as Batman IMO. He was great in The Machinist though. Overall I don't care for him but in certain roles I think he excels.
I thought Citizen Kane was terrible.
I've seen all but a handful in that list. I'd say you'd be hard-pressed to find a better one.
But every list is either a little too "safe" or has too much recency/generational bias for my taste.
Isn’t the ending super far fetched? Something didn’t jive for me. Watched it forever ago, or so it seems. Maybe I’ll try it again sometime.
Bale sucked as Batman IMO. He was great in The Machinist though. Overall I don't care for him but in certain roles I think he excels.
Only thing he ever did that was good was slaughter a guy while listening to Huey Lewis And The News.
Only thing he ever did that was good was slaughter a guy while listening to Huey Lewis And The News.
I hated the sequel. The first one was more drama and action with a few jokes. They turned the second one into a comedy. The female detective sucked so bad and the turned they made the three local cops way too much like the 3 stooges.
They shoot a guy in a court room in front of police officers and stuff. It’s far fetched to think they’d get away with it, but the scene itself is pretty badass. It’s one of those movie scenes that I’ll YouTube from time to time along with “my name is Maximus Decimus Merrideus” and other sweet scenes.
You might be talking about the scene where they fall from the ceiling dangling from a rope and take out a room of 8 guys while hanging upside down. Pretty unrealistic but still cool.
I haven't read all the way through but I'm surprised to not see Ridley Scott, Sidney Lumet, John Huston or John Ford.
My personal faves are Scott, Eastwood, Nolan, Ritchie (yeah, I know...eff it, his movies are fun) and Spielberg.
My personal faves are Scott, Eastwood, Nolan, Ritchie (yeah, I know...eff it, his movies are fun) and Spielberg.
Citizen Kane is a classic...love that movie. I like offbeat so it might not appeal to a lot of people.
