The AFI's Top 100 Films
Another top 100 films list, but this time American films.
Anyone care to post their top 10 or something that the judges egregiously overlooked?
The list is HERE
posted by gooner71 @ 8:25 PM
Lakenheath Old Boys
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
Friday, June 22, 2007
Lakenheath Old Boys
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
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2 Comments:
Thanks for posting this one, Gooner. As usual, the fun is in arguing with the judges about these choices:
I recently watched "The Godfather" again and it didn't hold up for me. Maybe it's "Sopranos" fatigue. I'd take that one off. Probably "Gone with the Wind" too.
No arguments with "Kane," "Lawrence" or "Vertigo" though. They're pure class.
If you were to put a Scorcese in the Top Ten, I'd have "Taxi Driver" in there instead of "Raging Bull" and probably "Jaws" over "Schindler's List" for Spielberg.
As usual with these lists, they give short shrift to comedies. I'd probably have "Some Like it Hot" on that Top Ten.
The first Godfather would always make my top 10. It's a movie that you can watch over and over and get something new out of Pacino's or Brando's or Duval's performance, every time. My criticism is that Diane Keaton's role is so limp that it really should have been beefed up or written out.
I'd also have To Catch A Thief. Fun story and Grace Kelly was never sexier...
...unless it was in Rear Window. And Jimmy Stewart never played a role better than the counter-punch that was his commitment fearful war correspondent with a banged up leg.
I liked North by Northwest's inclusion in this list. For me, this was Cary Grant's moment.
I don't know of any comedy that really stacks up to the Marx brother's movies, except possibly It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World. I've always had a hard time giving Some Like It Hot a higher grade than cute. What about The Sunshine Boys? That was funnier and moving too.
With the possible exception of American Graffiti, I wouldn't have any of Spielberg's or Lucas's movies in a list of best. Sure they changed the landscape of American pictures, but they've never achieved anything great.
I'd take out any of Chaplin's films too. Again, they are tremendous jumps forward in movie-making, but don't stand up in my view as enjoyable viewing.
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