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Time Picks Top 100 Films
gollum123 writes "Time magazine on Monday published its list of 100 all-time favorite movies ranging from Charlie Chaplin's "City Lights" (1931) to Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List" (1993) and 2003 computer-animated hit "Finding Nemo." But critics Richard Schickel and Richard Corliss snubbed several classics such as 1939's "Gone with the Wind". Almost half of the films were made outside the United States. Here is the full list."
For anyone that hasn't see it, this is the film where the dude says, "I love the smell of napalm in the morning. It smells like victory!"
YA.. bet you didn't know that.. so go rent the video now.
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Methinks Joe used "objective" when he meant to use "subjective".
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In general, they're way too film-arty. That's no surprise, but still.
Hits:
Blade Runner
Dr. Strangelove
The Fly (1986)
LOTR
Unforgiven
Schindler's List
Star Wars
Misses (not present):
Men in Black
The Quiet Man (John Wayne)
The Ring
The Passion of the Christ
The Matrix (yeah, but I liked it)
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The Time's list is by far incomplete. The Criterion Collection is a good place to start for excellent films of high caliber (plus most have excellent transfers...making gems like Kurosawa's Rashomon look like it was made just yesterday).
There are a huge number of yeast infections in this county. Probably because we're downriver from the bread factory.
What a waste of time. No pun intended.
I think Time summed up the waste of time based on the fact that 2 guys thought that a few classics "didnt do it for them" - this isnt a "top 100" then.
For a more reliable list of top movies based on the average medium of voters, goto IMDB Top 250
For anyone that hasn't see it, this is the film where the dude says, "I love the smell of napalm in the morning. It smells like victory!"
... the *dude* says?
... That gasoline smell? That's the smell of victory! I *love* the smell of napalm in the morning!"
Where
"You smell that?
You've probably heard the misquoted version from somewhere else and want to look cool. Just like all those people who say, "We don't need no stinking badges," when the correct quote is "Badges? What stinkin' badges? We don't need no badges!"
Sure, the misquoted, shortened form is somewhat the same, but then a raisin is somewhat the same as a grape.
Er... Terry and Alfred were Brits. Sorry mate.
Well, according to the original post, almost half the films were NON-American. It does stand to reason that America would have the largest share, though. We spend FAR more money on making movies than any other country...
It wouldn't surprise me if we spent more money than every other country combined (though, really, I have no idea, I'm just saying I certainly wouldn't be surprised if that were the case).
I'm sure Peter Weir will be surprised to find he's been co-opted as an American - he's an Australian. Peter Weir @ www.imdb.com
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Other than being available at your local video rental outlet, I believe that you can find most of this list in TFA.
Yes, sure, there may be too many Speilberg movies. And there were earlier holocaust movies. But none were nearly as powerful as Schindler's List. That movie is one that definitely deserves placement on the list. It's just too good to be left out.
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You are correct about Hitchcock, my bad, but Terry Gilliam is from my home state of Minnesota.
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I think we all know the best power ranger was Kimberly (Amy Jo Johnson).
For purely asthetic reasons, mind you.