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« on: April 17, 2009, 10:03:PM »
Here's a link to Yahoo's List of 100 Movies You Should See Before You Dies. My first impression: Boy they love Steven Spielberg. On the list there is E.T., Jaws, Raiders of The Los Ark, Saving Private Ryan, and Schindler's List. 5% is a big chunk for 1 director. Hitchcock, Coppola, Kurosawa, and Kubrick got only 3, and Scorsese got only 2.
I know these lists are totally arbitrary, but they are interesting to look at nevertheless.

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/100-movies-to-see-before-you-die.html

Anyway I thought I wanna take your opinion.
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« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2009, 10:15:PM »
i'm sick and tired of all these cliched lists where they have to include The Godfather and Pulp Fiction.great movies yeah but there's more to movies than these 2...
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« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2009, 10:26:PM »
Quote from: animatedude on April 17, 2009, 10:15:PM
i'm sick and tired of all these cliched lists where they have to include The Godfather and Pulp Fiction.great movies yeah but there's more to movies than these 2...

Care to offer your alternative list?
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« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2009, 11:22:PM »
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Quote from: animatedude on April 17, 2009, 10:15:PM
i'm sick and tired of all these cliched lists where they have to include The Godfather and Pulp Fiction.great movies yeah but there's more to movies than these 2...

Care to offer your alternative list?

no it's not about my list or your list.i'm saying it's time to stop all these cliches lists where they include overrated movies from the 60's or the 70's and consider more modern films too.i wouldn't recommend "Groundhog Day" or "Star Wars"  to anyone before he dies and i can assure many moviegoers won't too.
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"There's this whole school of thought that movies are always so great when you're 10 or 12 years old, and the reality of it is, when you're 10 or 12 years old, you've only seen 100 stories. By the time you get to be 25, you've seen 3,000. You've seen every permutation of every dramatic arc. And when somebody takes that and stands it on its head, that can be exciting." David Fincher
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« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2009, 02:44:AM »
Quote from: animatedude on April 17, 2009, 11:22:PM
no it's not about my list or your list.i'm saying it's time to stop all these cliches lists where they include overrated movies from the 60's or the 70's and consider more modern films too.i wouldn't recommend "Groundhog Day" or "Star Wars"  to anyone before he dies and i can assure many moviegoers won't too.

I didn't ask you to list your choices from a specific time, I just asked you for your own personal list, as simple as that. You can put High School Musical for all what I care.
Those lists for me are good for two things:
1. stirring a conversation and giving people a chance to present their cases for the movie mentioned and whether they think they are masterpieces or overrated. Also they give a chance to the reader to put his/her own counter list.
2. Discovering unknown gems from whatever era, genre, or language.
That is my take on the matter.
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« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2009, 04:36:PM »
http://www.empireonline.com/features/frank-darabonts-favourite-movies/

how boring...i dunno why when you ask ppl their favorite movies,they right away go for the mainstream predicable cliched lists and mention The Godfather,Jaws and Pulp Fiction or whatever,when i ask you your favorite movies i expect you to mention YOUR favorite movies not some generic boring list of movies that everyone likes,i dunno..maybe i expect more from ppl,especially from a filmmaker like Frank Darabont.
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« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2009, 11:37:AM »
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« Reply #7 on: May 31, 2009, 01:19:PM »
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Care to offer your alternative list?

it's not "alternative",it's just MY list,not just some cliched list you see everywhere,it's not complete but i made this file a few weeks and whenever i remember a movie i would just add it to the list,i'm sure there are loads i've missed but here you go:

The Butterfly Effect
Zodiac
american beauty
lives of others
the diving bell and the butterfly
you can count on me
mysterious skin
velevt goldmine
c.r.a.z.y
Dogma
Good Bye Lenin!
Oldboy
The Hours
Angels In America
Magnolia
25th hour
The Namesake
Trainspotting
perseopolis
House of Sand and Fog
Before Night Falls
Angel-A
East Is East
shallow grave
Bug
Sideways
about a boy
big fish
Donnie Darko
Eternal Sunshine of spotless mind
The Chumscrubber
match point
Lawrence of Arabia
natural born killers
quills
True Romance
Downfall
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
gross point blank
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« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2009, 01:29:PM »
Except for a couple of films - thats a pretty solid list  Thumbs Up .

May I add, you seem to have a soft spot for these quirky, independent films about dysfunctional families or characters - Chumscrubber, You can count on me, East is East (and other films you've liked and spoken about elsewhere on the forum).
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« Reply #9 on: May 31, 2009, 01:43:PM »
yeah i do...i'll add "Running with Scissors" too,i think i'm the only one on the planet who loves it.
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« Reply #10 on: May 31, 2009, 11:44:PM »
You have my respect for including Mysterious Skin, You Can Count on Me and Grosse Point Blank in your favorites lists.
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« Reply #11 on: August 17, 2009, 12:58:PM »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wz4K-Rxx2Bk&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/Wz4K-Rxx2Bk&rel=1</a>

watch it...a few surprises in there..
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« Reply #12 on: August 17, 2009, 03:18:PM »
Have to agree with him on Dazed & Confused and Unbreakable.
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« Reply #13 on: April 28, 2010, 09:54:PM »
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/100-movies-to-see-before-you-die.html

I've watched only 23 of these Sad
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« Reply #14 on: April 28, 2010, 10:36:PM »
Quote from: ozzylogic on April 28, 2010, 09:54:PM
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/100-movies-to-see-before-you-die.html

I've watched only 23 of these Sad


I watched 28, and I realized that I really need to watch Good Fellas
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