:: January 12, 2008
Film Literacy 2008
Defective Yeti's New Year's Resolution is to see all of the AFI's 100 Greatest Movies of All Time that he hasn't yet seen. I'm stealing his idea, only I'm not making a resolution of it because I can't commit to anything lately. I'm only using it to stock my Netflix queue, and as fodder for National Delurking Week (and the last day even, so go nuts!).
Which of the haven't-seen movies below should I see immediately because if I don't we can't be friends anymore? Which ones should I not bother with? I have seen exactly half of them -- can you beat that? (Probably.)
legend:
black=seen
red = never seen
orange = seen but need/want to see again
1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. Casablanca (1942)
4. Raging Bull (1980)
5. Singin' In The Rain (1952)
6. Gone With The Wind (1939)
7. Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
8. Schindler's List (1993)
9. Vertigo (1958)
10. The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
11. City Lights (1931)
12. The Searchers (1956)
13. Star Wars (1977)
14. Psycho (1960)
15. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
16. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
17. The Graduate (1967)
18. The General (1927)
19. On The Waterfront (1954)
20. It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
21. Chinatown (1974)
22. Some Like It Hot (1959)
23. The Grapes Of Wrath (1940)
24. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
25. To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
26. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)
27. High Noon (1952)
28. All About Eve (1950)
29. Double Indemnity (1944)
30. Apocalypse Now (1979)
31. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
32. The Godfather Part II (1974)
33. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
34. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (1937)
35. Annie Hall (1977)
36. The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
37. The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946)
38. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (1948)
39. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
40. The Sound Of Music (1965)
41. King Kong (1933)
42. Bonnie And Clyde (1967)
43. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
44. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
45. Shane (1953)
46. It Happened One Night (1934)
47. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
48. Rear Window (1954)
49. Intolerance (1916)
50. The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (2001)
51. West Side Story (1961)
52. Taxi Driver (1976)
53. The Deer Hunter (1978)
54. M*A*S*H (1970)
55. North By Northwest (1959)
56. Jaws (1975)
57. Rocky (1976)
58. The Gold Rush (1925)
59. Nashville (1975)
60. Duck Soup (1933)
61. Sullivan's Travels (1941)
62. American Graffiti (1973)
63. Cabaret (1972)
64. Network (1976)
65. The African Queen (1951)
66. Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)
67. Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
68. Unforgiven (1992)
69. Tootsie (1982)
70. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
71. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
72. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
73. Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969)
74. The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
75. In The Heat Of The Night (1967)
76. Forrest Gump (1994)
77. All The President's Men (1976)
78. Modern Times (1936)
79. The Wild Bunch (1969)
80. The Apartment (1960)
81. Spartacus (1960)
82. Sunrise (1927)
83. Titanic (1997)
84. Easy Rider (1969)
85. A Night At The Opera (1935)
86. Platoon (1986)
87. 12 Angry Men (1957)
88. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
89. The Sixth Sense (1999)
90. Swing Time (1936)
91. Sophie's Choice (1982)
92. Goodfellas (1990)
93. The French Connection (1971)
94. Pulp Fiction (1994)
95. The Last Picture Show (1971)
96. Do The Right Thing (1989)
97. Blade Runner (1982)
98. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
99. Toy Story (1995)
100. Ben-Hur (1959)
Or, to boil it down, I haven't seen these 50 films:
Raging Bull (1980)
Gone With The Wind (1939)
Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
City Lights (1931)
The Searchers (1956)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
The General (1927)
Chinatown (1974)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Grapes Of Wrath (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)
High Noon (1952)
All About Eve (1950)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946)
The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (1948)
Bonnie And Clyde (1967)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Shane (1953)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Intolerance (1916)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
M*A*S*H (1970)
Rocky (1976)
The Gold Rush (1925)
Duck Soup (1933)
American Graffiti (1973)
Cabaret (1972)
Network (1976)
Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Unforgiven (1992)
Tootsie (1982)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
In The Heat Of The Night (1967)
Modern Times (1936)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
The Apartment (1960)
Spartacus (1960)
Sunrise (1927)
Easy Rider (1969)
A Night At The Opera (1935)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Swing Time (1936)
Sophie's Choice (1982)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Ben-Hur (1959)
posted by in Memey
::
Comments (39) ::
link
:: August 10, 2005
Idiosyncracies
Like Kelly who tagged me, I've never gotten hit up for one of these meme things. She was all apologetic but really, I'm not going to pretend to be too cool for school. It's not like I have to sign up for mail-order pet meds in order to score someone a free iPod.
So, five idiosyncracies:
1. I can't smell, never could smell. (So if the fabric I sent to my recent swap-ees smelled like ass, I'm so sorry! I forgot to have my husband do a sniff-check!) Yes, I can taste, but I can't taste herbs, garlic, can't tell good from bad wine.
2. I am a compulsive lock-er of car doors (e.g. I'll lock the doors when I'm just running back into the house for something.) It comes off as paranoid, but really it's just reflexive. It bugs Bryan because I often trip the auto-locks before he gets out.
3. I am entertained by AM talk radio call-in advice shows whose target demographics I am so very much not in: Christian advice and Christian financial planning, consumer empowerment, and (cringe) Dr. Laura. Please find comfort in the fact that I'd rather eat a heapin' helpin' of asshole pie than listen to Rush Limbaugh, though.
4. I, along with three straight male pals, was on a bowling team (named after my other site) that by accident joined a gay bowling league. It was awesome and we came in eighth.
5. I still don't have a cell phone, don't want one, and am bummed I pretty much have to get one for my new job.
Tagging: Greg (fellow Excitement Machine member), brand spanking new mom Melanie, my new neighbor who I still haven't hung out with Caro, and web-friends Stacey and Lisa.
posted by in Memey
::
Comments (2) ::
link
|
