My top five movies of all time:
I didn't put a fifth because a fifth movie didn't really stand out in my mind (among the above four). What have I forgotten (or not seen)?
Looking at the IMDb top 250 films, I don't really understand how people rated some of these. I mean, Memento was a good movie, but was it really better than Das Boot? And WTF is The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (in Italian) even doing on the list?! Ah well, there's no accounting for "taste" I guess.
DISCLAIMER: I am not trained to officially like or dislike movies; the above is just my opinion.
Posted by pcg at December 28, 2002 12:02 AMInteresting list. I loved the book "2001," but I have never been able to get all the way through the movie. In fact I have yet to get through the 10+ hours of watching apes hit each other with sticks at the beginning of the film (OK, maybe it's not 10 hours, but it feels like it). Maybe I'll give it another try one of these days.
In fact, I haven't seen a single one of the movies on your list, at least not in recent memory. Methinks I'll have to add them to the rental list. I'm not sure what movies I'd put in my top-five list; I'll have to give that some thought.
Posted by: jrau on December 28, 2002 3:48 PMGreat choices. Can you add a few words about why each one made the list? I've already started pondering my own top five.
Posted by: alan on December 28, 2002 6:21 PMOkay, I got off my butt and created my own movie list to complement yours: http://pokeintheeye.org/archives/2002_12.html#000019
Posted by: alan on December 31, 2002 8:21 AM