Movies

[bigrun]

MSN Entertainment's Top 100 movies..
http://movies.msn.com/100-favorite-f...llery/feature/


Pulled these from the list with my comments..


2. North By Northwest — Richard T. Jameson -when i got netflix bout 5 years ago this was the first movie i ordered...Hitchcock thriller with Cary Grant..saw it when it first came out in theaters.

4. It's a Wonderful Life — Richard T. Jameson - all time family fav, watch it every Christmas.

6. The Shawshank Redemption — Martha Brockenbrough - Great movie..

15. To Kill a Mockingbird — William Goss - another all time fav, watched it 2-3 times since i got netflix..

31. The Princess Bride — Martha Brockenbrough - Neat movie. Cary Elwes the star reminds me of one of my high school friends...

40. Blazing Saddles —Corwin Neuse - Everyone's favorite comedy

45. The Godfather — Don Kaye - The best..

56. Miller's Crossing — Jeff Michael Vice - Offbeat movie, one of my son's fav..good one..

58. Silence of the Lambs — Corwin Neuse - Loved it

60. Blue Velvet — Mary Pols - really off-beat, David Lynch movie..Dennis Hopper at his best.

68. Psycho — Glenn Kenny - all time thriller..shower scene awesome..

75. A Clockwork Orange — Bryan Reesman - kooky off beat whacko movie

81. Schindler's List — James Rocchi - great movie

91. Goodfellas — Don Kaye - very good gangster movie..

100. Young Frankenstein — David Walker - have this one on VCR tape, watched many times.

"Casablanca" #37? You've got to be shitting me! I've got it no. 1.

Also, no foreign films on that list. "Cinema Paradiso" in my top ten for sure.

"North by Northwest" - Love when the train goes in the tunnel; that old perv Hitchcock teasing us with images of Eva Marie and Cary sharing that berth.

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by Ocala Mike

"Casablanca" #37? You've got to be shitting me! I've got it no. 1.

Also, no foreign films on that list. "Cinema Paradiso" in my top ten for sure.

Or no lower that no.3...

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by Ocala Mike

"North by Northwest" - Love when the train goes in the tunnel; that old perv Hitchcock teasing us with images of Eva Marie and Cary sharing that berth.

Now he would be banging her on the dining room table...

[keithting]

Of course, we will all find fault with this list...

IMO "Jaws" is #1 of all time

No luv for Paul Newman?...what about "The Hustler", "The Sting" - great films about gambling

Also, "Hunt for Red October (Tom Clancy)" should be on the list

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by keithting

Of course, we will all find fault with this list...

IMO "Jaws" is #1 of all time

No luv for Paul Newman?...what about "The Hustler", "The Sting" - great films about gambling

Also, "Hunt for Red October (Tom Clancy)" should be on the list

agree, loved all above and read all books...Read all Clancy books...my kind of stuff...

[Sightseek]

I watched Vertigo and Suspicion (which didn't make the list) this winter. The scream towards the end of both movies cracks me up.

I've seen almost all of those movies, but these are probably my favorites:


17. Jaws — James Rocchi

28. Love, Actually — Kate Erbland

31. The Princess Bride — Martha Brockenbrough

34. When Harry Met Sally — William Goss

37. Casablanca — David Walker

38. Citizen Kane — Kim Morgan

43. Sunset Boulevard — David Walker - probably my favorite of this list

45. The Godfather — Don Kaye

58. Silence of the Lambs — Corwin Neuse

66. Pulp Fiction — James Rocchi - preference to the soundtrack

72. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest — David Walker

79. Some Like it Hot — Richard T. Jameson

92. Gladiator — Corwin Neuse

93. All About Eve — Danny Miller

Anyone familiar with "The Wrong Man" (1956), an Alfred Hitchcock "film noir" that I am very close to? I was a youngster, but I somewhat knew the Henry Fonda character portrayed, Manny Balestrero, as he was a co-worker of my dad's at the Stork Club.

[geeker2]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

I watched Vertigo and Suspicion (which didn't make the list) this winter. The scream towards the end of both movies cracks me up.

I've seen almost all of those movies, but these are probably my favorites:


17. Jaws — James Rocchi

28. Love, Actually — Kate Erbland

31. The Princess Bride — Martha Brockenbrough

34. When Harry Met Sally — William Goss

37. Casablanca — David Walker

38. Citizen Kane — Kim Morgan

43. Sunset Boulevard — David Walker - probably my favorite of this list

45. The Godfather — Don Kaye

58. Silence of the Lambs — Corwin Neuse

66. Pulp Fiction — James Rocchi - preference to the soundtrack

72. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest — David Walker

79. Some Like it Hot — Richard T. Jameson

92. Gladiator — Corwin Neuse

93. All About Eve — Danny Miller

Sightypoo where does this one fit in your rankings ?

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[keithting]

A couple of other movies featuring Robert Redford (Acting/Directing) that always go under the radar for Best Movies...

The Natural
Havana
A River Runs Through It

[alysheba4]

Dr. Strangelove. the late great peter sellers and Goerge C. Scott.

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by keithting

A couple of other movies featuring Robert Redford (Acting/Directing) that always go under the radar for Best Movies...

The Natural
Havana (Raul Julia in that movie, good actor died too young.
A River Runs Through It

Another very good Redford movie was Spy Game with Brad Pitt...Redford at his best..
Raul Julia was outstanding in the movie Presumed Innocent with Harrison Ford..

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by alysheba4

Dr. Strangelove. the late great peter sellers and Goerge C. Scott.

Yes, very good..
Loved Sellers in the pink panther movies, my all time favorite movie character Inspector Jacques Clouseau..

George C Scott of course as Patton and many other great roles.
One off beat movie of his i really liked was The Hospital..One line i remember was 'Where to you train your nurses, Dachau?'

[rpncaine]

Here's another one - Hardcore. "I'm Big Dick Black..."

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by Ocala Mike

Anyone familiar with "The Wrong Man" (1956), an Alfred Hitchcock "film noir" that I am very close to? I was a youngster, but I somewhat knew the Henry Fonda character portrayed, Manny Balestrero, as he was a co-worker of my dad's at the Stork Club.

Interesting Mike, you saw the real character...I remember watching the movie and once on late nite movies on tv...Was Manny connected?

[mclem0822]

A couple Scorsese pictures on the list "Goodfellas" and "Mean Streets" are exellent. But Raging Bull would be in my top 10, it's certainly more than just a boxing film it's an incredible character study IMO. I rank Godfather II even a better film than The Godfather, which is no slouch of course lol. The Coen Brother's Miller's Crossing is a fine film, but Fargo (which should have been BEST PICTURE, not The English Patient which it lost too)is superior from Joel and Ethan, and would also rank high on my list. Featuring one of the greatest character's ever written in my opinion, in pregnant Police Chief Marge Gunderson on the trail of 2 kidnapping killers. It's a classic film, if anyone hasn't seen it i cannot recommend it highly enough. Another film i will toss out that i rank very high, that is not on many people's radar screens is Carl Franklin's "One False Move". Co-written by and co-starring Billy Bob Thorton. Bill Paxton plays a small town sheriff on a collision course with killers, following a violent drug rip-off in L.A. One, a character called Pluto played in a quiet and terrifc performance by Michael Beach. It's a great film, 1992's Best in my opinion very violent, extremely well written and acted.

Originally Posted by bigrun

Interesting Mike, you saw the real character...I remember watching the movie and once on late nite movies on tv...Was Manny connected?

Not at all, big; a middle-class Italian-American guy living in Jackson Heights, NY (we lived two towns over) who played the bass in the Stork Club rhumba band in the early 50's. My dad played sax and clarinet and was friends with Manny. When I was about 10 years old, my father and I went to the Polo Grounds with Manny and his son to see a Giants baseball game (1952?); I was a Dodger fan but my dad and Manny were Giant fans. I remember Monte Irvin hit a long home run.

Anyway, the movie "The Wrong Man" would have been my father's one and only appearance on the big screen except that Hitchcock changed his mind about using the real Stork Club band in the film at the last minute. I remember seeing the release from Warner Bros. which my father had to sign to give permission for him to be referred to tangentially in the movie as Henry Fonda's (Manny's) "pal that I go a buck apiece with sometimes on the horses." I think my father got paid $25 for the release.

[hi_im_god]

#90 my neighbor tortoro: animation is woefully underrepresented on this list with just two films. and while i have no problem with them choosing a miyazaki film, why not one of his two acknowleged materpieces, spirited away or howl's moving castle?

i know any list is idiosyncratic but it's as if they listed just one scorsese film to represent his career and came up with "the color of money".

[mclem0822]

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

#90 my neighbor tortoro: animation is woefully underrepresented on this list with just two films. and while i have no problem with them choosing a miyazaki film, why not one of his two acknowleged materpieces, spirited away or howl's moving castle?

i know any list is idiosyncratic but it's as if they listed just one scorsese film to represent his career and came up with "the color of money".

I recall the late Roger Ebert giving that film a very positive review. Will have to look for it.