Thursday, March 20, 2008

When You Care Enough to Click "Publish Post"

OK, a movie meme. Stolen from TX Poppet.

And frankly, this is sort of long and boring. TX Poppet had the good sense to eke hers out over two days, but I'm not that accommodating. I waited to blog until after my long and stress-filled day was over. Until after I'd had several glasses of wine. And killed what was left of my brain cells.

So here you have it; the IMDB meme. Or something.


What you will learn about me:

1. I hate horror movies.
2. If a movie came out in the 90s, I didn't see it. Unless it starred Mike Myers.
3. I only like drivel. Honestly, people. Where's The Thin Man? Where's Wayne's World? Where's The Man Who Knew Too Little? What's with all the serious shit? What a downer, man.
4. I've probably seen more of these, but frankly, I can't remember. Drugs, alcohol, and the aging process will do that to a girl.
5. I'd have seen many more of the movies if they included more silent films. Or really early talkies. Or, if I haven't made my point forcefully enough--COMEDIES.
6. Or if there were more musicals.
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Bold the ones you've seen; italicize the ones you've seen part of.

1. The Godfather (1972)

2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) This one sounded depressing as hell.
3. The Godfather: Part II (1974) (I'm not sure I haven't seen this. But I might have just seen a lot of clips.)
4. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
6. Schindler’s List (1993) I don't do Nazis.
7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
8.The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
9. Casablanca (1942)

10. Seven Samurai (1954) "Give us the white rice balls!"
11. Star Wars (1977)
12. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) I saw one of these--the last one, I think. Was this it? I was bored.
13. 12 Angry Men (1957) I never understood all the noise about Henry Fonda.
14. Rear Window (1954)
15. Goodfellas (1990)

16. Cidade de Deus (2002)
17. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
18. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
19. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
20. The Usual Suspects (1995)
21. Psycho (1960) I may have seen the whole movie. I know I've seen clips. I also know I've read the book. I know--weird. But I was in Spain and it was the only English book I could find.
22. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
23. Fight Club (1999)
24. Citizen Kane (1941) You have to take the opportunity to see Orson Welles before he became Jabba the Auteur.
25. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) No gruesome. No Jodie Foster.
26. North by Northwest (1959) It's Cary Grant! It's Hitchcock! It's Chicago!
27. Memento (2000)
28. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
29. Sunset Blvd. (1950) The "I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille" scene scared the piss out of me when I was a kid.
30. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
31. The Matrix (1999)
32. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
33. There Will Be Blood (2007)
34. Se7en (1995)
35. Apocalypse Now (1979) I saw the Wagner/helocopter footage and Martin Sheen rolling around a hotel room when I was studying film. I was the only person in the class that didn't recognize the footage.
36. Taxi Driver (1976) Just say no to child prostitution. And Jodie Foster.
37. American Beauty (1999) It sounded creepy.
38. Léon (1994)
39. Vertigo (1958) My least favorite mid-century Hitchcock, but still good.
40. Amelie (2001) The movie that started the traveling gnome thing.
41. American History X (1998)
42. No Country for Old Men (2007)
43. The Departed (2006)
44. Paths of Glory (1957) My usual approach is to avoid movies with the word "glory" in the title.
45. M (1931)
46. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
47. Chinatown (1974)
48. The Third Man (1949)
49. Leben der Anderen, Das (2006) The Lives of Others
50. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
51. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
52. Alien (1979) Scifi is fine; scifi horror is not.
53. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
54. Laberinto del fauno, El (2006)

55. The Shining (1980) No horror.
56. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) Spirited Away
57. The Pianist (2002) Eh ... sounded like a chick picture.
58. Double Indemnity (1944) I've never been quite sure I could handle the dad from My Three Sons as a murderer.
59. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
60. Forrest Gump (1994) To tell you the truth, I'm not all that crazy about Tom Hanks.
61. Saving Private Ryan (1998) So I didn't see this one either. Also, I only like war movies with Lee Marvin or James Cagney.
62. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
63. L.A. Confidential (1997)
64. Boot, Das (1981)
65. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
66. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
67. Untergang, Der (2004)
68. Aliens (1986) Sheesh, again with the horror.
69. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
70. Raging Bull (1980) This is amazing, but a bit painful. If I hadn't been studying film, I wouldn't have seen it.
71. Metropolis (1927) I've never been able to sit through this, mostly because of the terrible soundtrack. But I've seen the Madonna "Express Yourself" video, so I don't have to.
72. Rashômon (1950)
73. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
74. Modern Times (1936)
75. Hotel Rwanda (2004) This one sounded so cheery I'm amazed I missed it.
76. Singin’ in the Rain (1952) Can I just say right now that I loathe and despise MGM musicals--except for The Wizard of Oz.
77. Sin City (2005)
78. Rebecca (1940)
79. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
80. Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)
81. All About Eve (1950)
82. Some Like It Hot (1959)

83. City Lights (1931)
84. Amadeus (1984)
85. Vita è bella, La (1997)

86. On the Waterfront (1954)
87. The Great Escape (1963)
88. Touch of Evil (1958)
89. The Prestige (2006)
90. The Elephant Man (1980)
91. Jaws (1975)
92. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
93. The Sting (1973) Actually I may have seen this. Who knows?
94. Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)

95. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
96. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
97. The Apartment (1960) I found the whole premise deeply icky.
98. Braveheart (1995)
99. Blade Runner (1982)
I saw it, but I had my eyes closed during the last battles with the replicants.
100. The Great Dictator (1940)
101. Strangers on a Train (1951)
102. Batman Begins (2005)
103. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

104. Ladri di biciclette (1948) Bicycle Thieves
105. Salaire de la peur, Le (1953) Wages of Fear
106. High Noon (1952)
107. Ran (1985)
108. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
109. The Big Sleep (1946)
110. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

111. Notorious (1946)
112. Back to the Future (1985)

113. Fargo (1996)
114. Oldboy (2003)
115. Unforgiven (1992)
116. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
117. Donnie Darko (2001)
118. Ratatouille (2007)
119. Mononoke-hime (1997)
120. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
121. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
122. Yojimbo (1961)
123. Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)
124. The Green Mile (1999)
125. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
126. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
127. Notti di Cabiria, Le (1957)
128. Gladiator (2000)
129. Battaglia di Algeri, La (1966) The Battle of Algiers. Wonderful. In our post 9/11 world, this is a must-see.
130. Annie Hall (1977) Never understood what all the noise was about. But then, I don't like Woody Allen. Or Diane Keaton.
131. Die Hard (1988)
132. Into the Wild (2007)
133. Ben-Hur (1959)
134. The Deer Hunter (1978)

135. The Sixth Sense (1999)
136. It Happened One Night (1934)
137. The General (1927)
138. Platoon (1986)

139. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
140. Life of Brian (1979)
141. The Killing (1956)
142. Smultronstället (1957) Wild Strawberries
143. Amores perros (2000) Love's a B'tch
144. Finding Nemo (2003)
145. Diaboliques, Les (1955)
146. The Incredibles (2004)
147. V for Vendetta (2005)
148. The Wild Bunch (1969)
149. Heat (1995)
150. Children of Men (2006)
151. Brief Encounter (1945)
152. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
153. Juno (2007)
154. The Princess Bride (1987)
155. 8½ (1963)
156. The Graduate (1967)
157. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
158. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
159. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
160. The Big Lebowski (1998)
161. Crash (2004/I)

162. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
163. Stand by Me (1986)
164. Gandhi (1982)
165. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
166. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) I love this one! The gorgeous technicolor! The insanely high budget Hollywood studio sheen! The chemestry between Flynn and de Havilland!
167. Snatch. (2000)
168. Harvey (1950)
169. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
170. The African Queen (1951)
171. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
172. The Thing (1982)
173. Trainspotting (1996) I heard a baby dies. Bzzt! Next!
174. Gone with the Wind (1939) A dream cast in an annoying film.
175. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
176. Wo hu cang long (2000) Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
177. Belle et la bête, La (1946)
178. The Gold Rush (1925)
179. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
180. Groundhog Day (1993) When this came out, I saw it once with a group. Then I dragged my husband. Then we went again. Now it's an annual event.
181. The Conversation (1974)
182. American Gangster (2007)
183. Scarface (1983)
184. Patton (1970)
185. Duck Soup (1933)
186. Toy Story (1995)
187. Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)

188. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
189. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
190. The Terminator (1984)
191. Cabinet des Dr. Caligari., Das (1920)
192. Sleuth (1972)
193. The Hustler (1961)

194. Umberto D. (1952)
195. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
196. Stalker (1979)
197. Glory (1989)
198. Ed Wood (1994)
199. King Kong (1933)
200. Grindhouse (2007)
201. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
202. The Exorcist (1973)
203. The Lion King (1994)
204. Hotaru no haka (1988)
205. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
206. Spartacus (1960)
207. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
208. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
209. The Lost Weekend (1945)
210. Stalag 17 (1953)
211. Magnolia (1999)

212. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
213. Lola rennt (1998) Run Lola Run
214. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
215. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
216. Frankenstein (1931)
217. Out of the Past (1947)
218. Big Fish (2003)
219. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
220. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
221. Casino (1995)
222. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
223. Toy Story 2 (1999)
224. Mystic River (2003)
225. Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)
226. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
227. 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
228. Hot Fuzz (2007)
229. A Christmas Story (1983) I thought this kind of sucked. When did watching it become a big annual event?
230. Ikiru (1952)
231. Mou gaan dou (2002)
232. Manhattan (1979) OK, Woody really creeps me out in this one.
233. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
234. Young Frankenstein (1974)
235. Dial M for Murder (1954)
236. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
237. Rope (1948)

238. Once (2006)
239. Roman Holiday (1953)
240. Quatre cents coups, Les (1959) The 400 Blows
241. The Searchers (1956)
242. In Cold Blood (1967)
243. Ying xiong (2002)
244. His Girl Friday (1940)
245. Shaun of the Dead (2004)

246. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
247. Samouraï, Le (1967)
248. Strada, La (1954)
249. Harold and Maude (1971)
250. Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972) Aguire, The Wrath of God

1 comment:

  1. check out "The Saddest Music in the World" with Isabella Rossellini as Lady helen Port--Huntley

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