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[kaydeefalls]

This is my 500th post. That frightens me.

In the spirit of filmelder and his pretentious film school opinions, and the fact that I can't resist a [indirect] challenge, kaydee rewrites the AFI's 100 best films list. Except I'm including foreign films, just because I can. (And keep in mind that I haven't seen very many pre-1985 movies, so there are a few Greats that I'm not listing because I haven't seen 'em, not because they aren't Great. Oh, and yes, there are a few children's movies on there, because...still great.)

...On second thought, I'm only doing 60. Because I really haven't seen enough pre-1985 movies, and that makes my list seem a little...unfair. There are a lot of "Classics" that I haven't seen yet but really want to, and something tells me a bunch of them will make it on my list after I see them. And yeah. So.


1. Schindler's List
2. The Godfather
3. The Empire Strikes Back
4. The Sting
5. Lord of the Rings
6. Star Wars
7. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
8. Gallipoli
9. Mister Roberts
10. The Great Escape
11. Borsellino (France)
12. A Fish Called Wanda
13. The Usual Suspects
14. All the President's Men
15. Raiders of the Lost Ark
16. Silence of the Lambs
17. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
18. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
19. West Side Story
20. Il Postino (Italy)
21. The Graduate
22. L.A. Confidential
23. The Pianist
24. The Producers
25. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (China)
26. Amadeus
27. Saving Private Ryan
28. Monsoon Wedding (India)
29. Philadelphia
30. The Lion in Winter
31. Lilies of the Field
32. Back to the Future
33. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
34. The Princess Bride
35. Aladdin
36. Fight Club
37. Memento
38. Cyrano de Bergerac (France)
39. Apollo 13
40. Fantasia
41. The Hunt For Red October
42. Jaws
43. Chicken Run
44. Psycho
45. Igby Goes Down
46. A Hard Day's Night
47. Indochine (France)
48. Moulin Rouge
49. Toy Story
50. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
51. Gangs of New York
52. Wonder Boys
53. The Matrix
54. Life Is Beautiful (Italy)
55. The Lion King
56. 13 Days
57. The Sixth Sense
58. Dogma
59. Apocalypse Now
60. Sneakers

AUGH! THIS JUST IN -- SPOILER PICS MAY CAUSE CARDIAC ARREST. Holy fucking shit. MerryPippinFrodoSamEowynAragornLegolasEEEEEEEE! Is it 12/17 yet? No? WHY THE FUCK NOT?!

Comments

[jimmyrabbitte.livejournal.com]

D'oh. Now I gotta go kick myself for all the ones you have that I forgot. Like I said, 100 is just way the hell too small.

"Your German is very good."

[kaydeefalls.livejournal.com]

Yeah, looking back, I missed a couple myself. And I just rented Becket yesterday, and now I want to stick it in at about #8. Bah. Too many movies, too little time...

[troisroyaumes]

Okay, so I looked at filmelder's list, and I thought, "Okay, so if he's going to leave out international films, then I can't really complain." But...you! Kaydee, I expected better!

How could you not include a single Kurosawa film?! ::wails:: The Seven Samurai and Rashomon are film classics! And what about Raise the Red Lantern, which is by that Chinese director whose name I can never remember? Argh.

Also, I like Mack's list better, simply because it has Dr. Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia. Even if he has an advantage because it's a longer list. But in accord about The Godfather.

...Tari

[kaydeefalls.livejournal.com]

Ahem. I haven't SEEN any Kurosawa films. I can't list films I haven't bloody well seen! My knowledge of foreign cinema is generally limited to movies I've watched in French or Italian class, plus a couple that made it to blockbuster status in the US.

Again, I haven't seen nearly enough "classics." Like Dr. Zhivago, being why I didn't list it. And I hated Lawrence of Arabia with a burning, fiery passion, so neener.

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[troisroyaumes]

Fine. I forgive you.

Wait no, not if you're insulting Peter O' Toole and Omar Sharif. Nyah. (Just kidding.) Anyway, I haven't seen three-quarters of the films on your list, so I suppose we're even.

...Tari

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[kaydeefalls.livejournal.com]

Peter O'Toole rocks in every movie I've seen him in -- except Lawrence. Praise him with great praise in Becket, in The Lion in Winter, in anything else. But Lawrence made me gag.