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Post by lexvandenberghe on May 10, 2015 22:45:01 GMT
23. Terms of Endearment - another Lifetime starter kit, but with Jack Nicholson.
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Post by Host Brian on May 11, 2015 1:26:14 GMT
22. Unforgiven: Standard Western, still pretty kickass.
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Post by lexvandenberghe on May 11, 2015 23:01:32 GMT
Kelly Kel, make a cut before I skip you.
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Post by Kelly Goldsmith on May 12, 2015 0:58:37 GMT
whooops I totally thought I posted before
21. Gandhi: Once again, cutting the movies of my people. Ben Kingsley is really really good in this. Like really really good. Possibly one of my favorite male performances ever (so, naturally, still not in my top 30 overall). I don't know exactly why I'm cutting this though? I find this movie a little boring, and I could say that it's because it's a really heavy and long biopic that no sane person would ever watch more than once but then I think of Lawrence of Arabia which I feel the exact opposite about so that's probably why I think this is a good spot for Gandhi
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Post by lexvandenberghe on May 12, 2015 1:18:13 GMT
20. The English Patient - it made top 20. Congrats.
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Post by Kelly Goldsmith on May 12, 2015 1:19:58 GMT
SO DID ANNIE HALL
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Post by lexvandenberghe on May 12, 2015 10:42:46 GMT
Don't worry. Annie's time is rapidly approaching.
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Post by Host Brian on May 12, 2015 16:42:56 GMT
19. No Country For Old Men: Great fllm, and while it isn't my favorite Coen Bros. movie, it is their best. Great acting, but it's outlasted every other 21st century movie and we're swiftly approaching the "Timeless Classics" realm.
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Post by Kelly Goldsmith on May 12, 2015 17:57:40 GMT
18. The Bridge on the River Kwai: I just think this one is the least interesting/dynamic out of the ones remaining, except for a certain movie that rhymes with Fanny Mall.
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Post by lexvandenberghe on May 13, 2015 22:46:53 GMT
17. Annie Hall - here you go. Kelly, I know you hate this movie, but just try something. Sit down and watch it one more time. Take note of how many tropes that are commonplace in today's movies appear in Annie Hall. That's because Woody Allen invented them.
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Post by Kelly Goldsmith on May 13, 2015 23:16:39 GMT
17. Annie Hall - here you go. Kelly, I know you hate this movie, but just try something. Sit down and watch it one more time. Take note of how many tropes that are commonplace in today's movies appear in Annie Hall. That's because Woody Allen invented them. Okay I will just for you. It's been a while since I've seen it. Honestly though, I can totally recognize Woody Allen as a fantastic writer but it's just the movies that he puts himself in that I find completely insufferable. His self-congratulatory neuroticism and insecurity that we're supposed to ooh and aah over just rub me the wrong way. Annie Hall is a complete misnomer; it's not a movie about Annie Hall, it's a movie about why Woody Allen thinks women are mysterious creatures of the night that he just can't quite figure out! Women are crazy, amirite Woody? /overit |
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Post by Host Brian on May 14, 2015 17:42:13 GMT
16. Kramer vs. Kramer: Some of the best acting in any Best Picture winning movie, ever. Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman are easily two of the best actors of all time, so it makes sense why it's such a good film. Calling it a lifetime movie is a tad off, because the husband is more or less the good guy.
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Post by Kelly Goldsmith on May 14, 2015 20:25:17 GMT
15. Gone With The Wind: I was scanning the list trying to figure out what to eliminate because all of the movies left are really great, but this one popped out at me. In fact, I'm surprised I didn't cut it earlier. I feel like I'm conditioned to pretend that this movie is phenomenal and amazing and one of the best movies of all time (which, don't get me wrong, is probably all true). But honestly for me it was a very cluttered and somewhat uncomfortable viewing experience. Honestly could have been 2 hours shorter and feel just as powerful. But yeah, I realize that's a completely stupid perspective and that this movie is groundbreaking and extremely influential but I'm straight up just ranking these based on now much I enjoyed watching them. Casablanca is the romance film done right.
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Post by lexvandenberghe on May 15, 2015 0:34:44 GMT
14. Rain Man - An all-time great performance from Dustin Hoffman, plus a criminally underrated Tom Cruise, combines to get this movie to the top 15.
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Post by Host Brian on May 15, 2015 4:47:00 GMT
13. Schindler's List: I've always found Schindler's List to be a very overrated film, but saying so gets you stoned to death. We have a villain who is absolutely evil vs. a hero who has an epiphany and becomes a paragon of righteousness. It's a heavy movie, and like 12 Years A Slave, the message is "The Holocaust is bad". When Spielberg once said that the film was an accurate representation of the Holocaust, Stanley Kubrick retorted with the fact the film is about saving 600 Jews, while the Holocaust was the persecution of 6 million Jews. (There were 11 million people total, but the point stands). Liam Neeson is overrated and gives an above-average performance that is enhanced due to the subject matter and Ralph Fiennes' awfulness (He's fucking fantastic). It isn't a bad movie, but it isn't this masterpiece some people paint it out to be.
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