Greatest movies of all time?

[virgo]

The American Film Institute released a list of the greatest 100 movies of all times. Here (http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/21/afi.movies.ap/index.html) is the article.

Here are the top 25:

1. "Citizen Kane," 1941.
2. "The Godfather," 1972.
3. "Casablanca," 1942.
4. "Raging Bull," 1980.
5. "Singin' in the Rain," 1952.
6. "Gone With the Wind," 1939.
7. "Lawrence of Arabia," 1962.
8. "Schindler's List," 1993.
9. "Vertigo," 1958.
10. "The Wizard of Oz," 1939.
11. "City Lights," 1931.
12. "The Searchers," 1956.
13. "Star Wars," 1977.
14. "Psycho," 1960.
15. "2001: A Space Odyssey," 1968.
16. "Sunset Blvd.", 1950.
17. "The Graduate," 1967.
18. "The General," 1927.
19. "On the Waterfront," 1954.
20. "It's a Wonderful Life," 1946.
21. "Chinatown," 1974.
22. "Some Like It Hot," 1959.
23. "The Grapes of Wrath," 1940.
24. "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," 1982.
25. "To Kill a Mockingbird," 1962.
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The other 75 can be found at the link I posted.

Thoughts?

[wilebill]

I can't believe Super Troopers didn't make the top 25.

[58ford]

ET? WTF is ET doin' on there?
If "The Outlaw Josie Wales" ain't in the top 10 the list is totally inaccurate.

[ComputerDude]

I'd put the Godfather at the top of that list, but that's just me.

[58ford]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"The Outlaw Josie Wales" didn't even make the top 100!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Hang 'em hang every dang person that voted on this poll!!!!
HANG 'EM ALL!!!!!!

[virgo]

I think the years of these top 25 films tell a story all by itself.

Schindler's List is the "youngest" movie on there and it was released in 1993.

Is this to say that current movies aren't as good as the classics?

[cubby 1]

Personally, Back To The Future is my favorite.

[virgo]

I am drawing a blank here. What was the name of that movie released in the early 80s that starred Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholsen (Sp?) that had MacLaine's character's daughter dying of cancer? I can't think of the name of it!

[aaron]

Forrest Gump is a movie that should seriously be on that list.

[wilebill]

I heard on the news that Citizen Kane barely nudged out The Godfather.

At least the Lord of the Rings came in at number 50.

[aaron]

Here's their old list and what this adds or removes

1997 List


Citizen Kane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane) (1941)
Casablanca (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca_%28film%29) (1942)
The Godfather (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather) (1972)
Gone with the Wind (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind_%28film%29) (1939)
Lawrence of Arabia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_of_Arabia_%28film%29) (1962)
The Wizard of Oz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_%281939_film%29) (1939)
The Graduate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Graduate) (1967)
On the Waterfront (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Waterfront) (1954)
Schindler's List (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schindler%27s_List) (1993)
Singin' in the Rain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singin%27_in_the_Rain_%28film%29) (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Wonderful_Life) (1946)
Sunset Boulevard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Boulevard_%281950_film%29) (1950)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai) (1957)
Some Like It Hot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Like_It_Hot) (1959)
Star Wars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_IV:_A_New_Hope) (1977)
All About Eve (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_About_Eve) (1950)
The African Queen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_African_Queen) (1951)
Psycho (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_%281960_film%29) (1960)
Chinatown (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown_%28film%29) (1974)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Flew_Over_the_Cuckoo%27s_Nest_%28film%29) (1975)
The Grapes of Wrath (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grapes_of_Wrath_%28film%29) (1940)
2001: A Space Odyssey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_%28film%29) (1968)
The Maltese Falcon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maltese_Falcon_%281941_film%29) (1941)
Raging Bull (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raging_Bull) (1980)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T._the_Extra-Terrestrial) (1982)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Strangelove_or:_How_I_Learned_to_Stop_Worrying _and_Love_the_Bomb) (1964)
Bonnie and Clyde (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_and_Clyde_%28film%29) (1967)
Apocalypse Now (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_Now) (1979)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Smith_Goes_to_Washington) (1939)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treasure_of_the_Sierra_Madre_%28film%29) (1948)
Annie Hall (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Hall) (1977)
The Godfather Part II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather_Part_II) (1974)
High Noon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Noon_%281952_film%29) (1952)
To Kill a Mockingbird (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Kill_a_Mockingbird_%28film%29) (1962)
It Happened One Night (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Happened_One_Night) (1934)
Midnight Cowboy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy) (1969)
The Best Years of Our Lives (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_Years_of_Our_Lives) (1946)
Double Indemnity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Indemnity_%28film%29) (1944)
Doctor Zhivago (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Zhivago_%281965_film%29) (1965)
North by Northwest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_by_Northwest) (1959)
West Side Story (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Story_%28film%29) (1961)
Rear Window (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear_Window) (1954)
King Kong (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong_%281933_film%29) (1933)
The Birth of a Nation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_a_Nation) (1915)
A Streetcar Named Desire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Streetcar_Named_Desire_%28film%29) (1951)
A Clockwork Orange (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_%28film%29) (1971)
Taxi Driver (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_Driver) (1976)
Jaws (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaws_%28film%29) (1975)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_%281937_film%29) (1937)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Cassidy_and_the_Sundance_Kid) (1969)
The Philadelphia Story (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Philadelphia_Story) (1940)
From Here to Eternity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Here_to_Eternity) (1953)
Amadeus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeus_%28film%29) (1984)
All Quiet on the Western Front (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front_%281930_film%29) (1930)
The Sound of Music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music_%28film%29) (1965)
M*A*S*H (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MASH_%28film%29) (1970)
The Third Man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_Man) (1949)
Fantasia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasia_%28film%29) (1940)
Rebel Without a Cause (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebel_Without_a_Cause) (1955)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark) (1981)
Vertigo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertigo_%28film%29) (1958)
Tootsie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tootsie) (1982)
Stagecoach (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagecoach_%28film%29) (1939)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_Encounters_of_the_Third_Kind) (1977)
The Silence of the Lambs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silence_of_the_Lambs_%28film%29) (1991)
Network (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_%28film%29) (1976)
The Manchurian Candidate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Manchurian_Candidate_%281962_film%29) (1962)
An American in Paris (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_in_Paris_%28film%29) (1951)
Shane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_%28film%29) (1953)
The French Connection (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_French_Connection_%28film%29) (1971)
Forrest Gump (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Gump) (1994)
Ben-Hur (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben-Hur_%281959_film%29) (1959)
Wuthering Heights (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuthering_Heights_%281939_film%29) (1939)
The Gold Rush (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gold_Rush) (1925)
Dances with Wolves (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dances_with_Wolves) (1990)
City Lights (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Lights) (1931)
American Graffiti (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Graffiti) (1973)
Rocky (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky) (1976)
The Deer Hunter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deer_Hunter) (1978)
The Wild Bunch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wild_Bunch) (1969)
Modern Times (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Times_%28film%29) (1936)
Giant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_%28film%29) (1956)
Platoon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platoon_%28film%29) (1986)
Fargo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo_%28film%29) (1996)
Duck Soup (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_Soup) (1933)
Mutiny on the Bounty (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutiny_on_the_Bounty_%281935_film%29) (1935)
Frankenstein (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein_%281931_film%29) (1931)
Easy Rider (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_Rider) (1969)
Patton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patton_%28film%29) (1970)
The Jazz Singer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jazz_Singer_%281927_film%29) (1927)
My Fair Lady (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Fair_Lady_%28film%29) (1964)
A Place in the Sun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Place_in_the_Sun) (1951)
The Apartment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apartment) (1960)
Goodfellas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodfellas) (1990)
Pulp Fiction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_Fiction_%28film%29) (1994)
The Searchers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Searchers_%28film%29) (1956)
Bringing Up Baby (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bringing_Up_Baby) (1938)
Unforgiven (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unforgiven) (1992)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guess_Who%27s_Coming_to_Dinner) (1967)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_Doodle_Dandy) (1942)
[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AFI%27s_100_Years..._100_Movies&action=edit&section=4)] 2007 List Comparision

On June 20, 2007, a new list was released by AFI to update for the new generation of films. Twenty-three films were removed from the original list:
39. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
44. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
52. From Here to Eternity (1953)
53. Amadeus (1984)
54. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
57. The Third Man (1949)
58. Fantasia (1940)
59. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
63. Stagecoach (1939)
64. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
67. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
68. An American in Paris (1951)
73. Wuthering Heights (1939)
75. Dances With Wolves (1990)
82. Giant (1956)
84. Fargo (1996)
86. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
87. Frankenstein (1931)
89. Patton (1970)
90. The Jazz Singer (1927)
91. My Fair Lady (1964)
92. A Place in the Sun (1951)
99. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Four films released between 1997-2006 were added:
50. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring_ %28film%29) (2001)
71. Saving Private Ryan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_Private_Ryan) (1998)
83. Titanic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_%281997_film%29) (1997)
89. The Sixth Sense (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sixth_Sense) (1999)
Nineteen films made between 1916-1995 were also added:
18. The General (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_General_%281927_film%29) (1927)
49. Intolerance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intolerance_%28film%29) (1916)
59. Nashville (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville_%281975_film%29) (1975)
61. Sullivan's Travels (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sullivan%27s_Travels) (1941)
63. Cabaret (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabaret_%28film%29) (1972)
67. Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf%3F_%28film%29) (1966)
72. The Shawshank Redemption (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shawshank_Redemption) (1994)
75. In The Heat Of The Night (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Heat_of_the_Night_%28film%29) (1967)
77. All The President's Men (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_President%27s_Men_%28film%29) (1976)
81. Spartacus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus_%28film%29) (1960)
82. Sunrise (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunrise_%28film%29) (1927)
85. A Night At The Opera (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Night_at_the_Opera_%28film%29) (1935)
87. 12 Angry Men (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Angry_Men) (1957)
90. Swing Time (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_Time) (1936)
91. Sophie's Choice (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie%27s_Choice_%28film%29) (1982)
95. The Last Picture Show (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Picture_Show) (1971)
96. Do The Right Thing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_The_Right_Thing) (1989)
97. Blade Runner (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner) (1982)
99. Toy Story (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story) (1995)

[ComputerDude]

I am drawing a blank here. What was the name of that movie released in the early 80s that starred Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholsen (Sp?) that had MacLaine's character's daughter dying of cancer? I can't think of the name of it!Terms of Endearment.

[virgo]

Forrest Gump is a movie that should seriously be on that list.


Forrest Gump is #76, isn't it?

[virgo]

Terms of Endearment.

Thank you! That is it. I love that movie. Can't believe that is not on the list! I may have to go and watch it tonight when I get home from work!

[aaron]

Forrest Gump is #76, isn't it?

Yeah, but I was talking about top 25

[ComputerDude]

Yeah, but I was talking about top 25Agreed. That was an incredible movie.

[virgo]

Yeah, I also think Forrest Gump should be in the top 25.

[58ford]

Terms of Endearment.
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT!!!!
do you not feel outraged that "The Outlaw Josie Wales" was snubbed by these cretins???

[virgo]

TERMS OF ENDEARMENT!!!!
do you not feel outraged that "The Outlaw Josie Wales" was snubbed by these cretins???

You didn't like Terms of Endearment?

I never heard of "The Outlaw Josie Wales." I will have to google it :)

[fuzzis]

You didn't like Terms of Endearment?

I never heard of "The Outlaw Josie Wales." I will have to google it :)

Whaaaaaaaat? Clint Eastwood? Never heard of it?

:faintthud:

[aaron]

Which one was that? I get them all confused because I just watch them as they come on TV.

[kevin]

These experts SUCK!!!!

[virgo]

Whaaaaaaaat? Clint Eastwood? Never heard of it?


I don't think so. But maybe, if he was in it, I did see it. The title doesn't ring a bell. I'll have to check out the story line and see if I remember it.

[58ford]

You didn't like Terms of Endearment?

I never heard of "The Outlaw Josie Wales." I will have to google it :)
Terms was a fine move I didn't say it wasn't, it's just not in the same class as "The Outlaw Josie Wales".

[virgo]

OK. It looks like I will now be watching some movies this weekend. You guys have me very curious on "The Outlaw Josie Wales."

[58ford]

Whaaaaaaaat? Clint Eastwood? Never heard of it?

:faintthud:

I don't think so. But maybe, if he was in it, I did see it. The title doesn't ring a bell. I'll have to check out the story line and see if I remember it.

OMG

I am speechless.

Go here and ask forgiveness for forgetting the greatest cowboy movie of all time. (with the possible exceptions of "The Searchers" & "High Plains Drifter") http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075029/
Clint was great in this one, but Lone Watie got all the best lines.

[big john]

Is old yeller and walking tall on that list?

[58ford]

Even the trailer is better than some of the movies on their list
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075029/trailers-screenplay-E11961-10-2
ET? for the love of all that's holy.

[fuzzis]

Ummmmm...*I've* seen it. I was expressing my disbelief that virgo had not.

[Conveyor Belt]

I don't get Lawrence of Arabia... I watched it... I was bored out of my skull... a BORING, BORING movie with no point...

[dollfus46]

Easy Rider? What a joke! Starring Peter Fonda, a two bit actor, and Joe Namath a no actor. What crap that was.

[dream member]

I think Deja Vu is going to make this list one day!! I just watched it...2 thumbs up from me! :)

[big john]

THE BEST MOVIE EVER!!!!!!!

http://www.canmag.com/images/front/moviesetc/barbarella.jpg

[dream member]

THE BEST MOVIE EVER!!!!!!!

http://www.canmag.com/images/front/moviesetc/barbarella.jpg

I must have missed that one! :smt118 Before my time! :)

[Guru]

I am drawing a blank here. What was the name of that movie released in the early 80s that starred Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholsen (Sp?) that had MacLaine's character's daughter dying of cancer? I can't think of the name of it!

* The Way We Were?

[EricStratton]

No Roadhouse or Red Dawn......Swayze snubbed again...

[ComputerDude]

No Roadhouse or Red Dawn......Swayze snubbed again...
I still contend to this day that Roadhouse has something for both guys and gals.
Guys love the fights, music and the naked chicks.
Gals love the music and Patrick Swayze's naked ass.
It's the one DVD I can pop in and not have to argue with my wife about.

[dollfus46]

You didn't like Terms of Endearment?

I never heard of "The Outlaw Josie Wales." I will have to google it :)
Get cable tv. It's on about once every two weeks. Or buy it on the special sale rack at Walmart for 4.95. Spaghetti Western.

[dollfus46]

Is old yeller and walking tall on that list?
I loved the original, Walking Tall.

[Hermione]

Loved the Lord of the Rings movies, but I loved the books much, much, much more. Much more. If you liked the movies and haven't read the books, you are missing huge sections of the story.

Gone with the Wind is the greatest movie ever made, even though I can no longer sit through it. If nothing else, the casting and the design were perfection.

The Green Mile was the most emotionally wrenching movie I've ever seen, and I could not watch it again for anything.

[58ford]

Get cable tv. It's on about once every two weeks. Or buy it on the special sale rack at Walmart for 4.95. Spaghetti Western.
Josie Wales was NOT a spaghetti western.

[dollfus46]

Thank you! That is it. I love that movie. Can't believe that is not on the list! I may have to go and watch it tonight when I get home from work!

I'm not sure what the criteria is for the ratings but it's clear our tastes vary. Heh heh heh. Frankly one movie that I cannot forget, yet it isn't even one of Robin Williams' bottom 5 is Patch Adams. I've never had a movie take me through every human emotion practically in one movie and left me exhausted and exhilarated at the end. Actually Bull Durham is the greatest movie of all times.:-D There are a lot of great movies left off and some pretty sleezy ones included. JMO.

[dollfus46]

I don't get Lawrence of Arabia... I watched it... I was bored out of my skull... a BORING, BORING movie with no point...

I'm with you. I couldn't get through it. Snooz snooz.

[dollfus46]

Josie Wales was NOT a spaghetti western.

heh heh heh. I know. Just wanted to see who bounced. :-D

[cubby 1]

One that I still haven't seen mentioned is A Few Good Men. Not much for Tom Cruise anymore, but GREAT movie. All-star cast!

[big john]

LITTLE BIG MAN was great,I love dan george.

[SueScribe]

Easy Rider? What a joke! Starring Peter Fonda, a two bit actor, and Joe Namath a no actor. What crap that was.

df, Broadway Joe wasn't in "Easy Rider." Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Jack Nicholson were in that film. Nor, do I think, was Peter Fonda in "C. C. Rider," which Broadway Joe was in.

Now, unless there is an "Easy C. C. Rider" out there in bootlegged DVD-dom, ah . .

You're confused. Ah-gen. :)

[SueScribe]

I'm STRICKEN that Amadeus fell from AFI's filmdom grace. For shame. Perhaps it was just . . "Too many notes."

Sue

[SexyChocolate]

All movies that has all-star casts doesn't mean that the movie going to be good, for example The Good Shepard( what was they thinking when making that movie)

[SexyChocolate]

OOOHH!! I believe the "The way we were" was unfairly left out

[cubby 1]

All movies that has all-star casts doesn't mean that the movie going to be good

Granted... but A Few Good Men was still a great movie. Very well shot... story-line twists... Very entertaining.

[dollfus46]

One that I still haven't seen mentioned is A Few Good Men. Not much for Tom Cruise anymore, but GREAT movie. All-star cast!
Yeah. Just about anything with Jack Nicholson is good. Except the scary stuff. I hate to wet myself at my age.:smt118

[dollfus46]

df, Broadway Joe wasn't in "Easy Rider." Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Jack Nicholson were in that film. Nor, do I think, was Peter Fonda in "C. C. Rider," which Broadway Joe was in.

Now, unless there is an "Easy C. C. Rider" out there in bootlegged DVD-dom, ah . .

You're confused. Ah-gen. :)

Old age is hell. You are correct. Hey, C.C., Easy what's the difference? I was close.........ah-gin.:oops: On second thought, there is a great deal of difference in being C.C. and being......you know. What am I thinking?!

[EricStratton]

I got to thinking about this list tonight, as I watched Animal House for the 100th time.....I'm disturbed by the lack of comedy in the list of greatest films....I say this every year at Oscar time too....Does a movie's ability to make one laugh not fit into the criteria for "greatest movie"?

Here's the Stratton Academy's List of Greatest Comedies (although some may contain some serious subject matter as well) (NO PARTICULAR ORDER)

1) Bull Durham ("Women don't get wooly...they get weary!")
2) Blazing Saddles ("Mongo! Santa Maria!")
3) Animal House ("Finish it....Flounder!")
4) Smokey and the Bandit ("Hush puppies, daddy!")
5) Full Metal Jacket (first 30-45 minutes) ("Did your parents have any children that lived? I'll bet they regret that!")
6) Major League ("You sayin' Jesus Christ can't hit a curve ball?")
7) Airplane ("Ever seen a grown man naked?")
8) Tommy Boy ("Tommy like wingy!")
9) Holy Grail
10) Life of Brian
11) History of the World Part I
12) Spinal Tap
13) Best in Show
14) Dazed and Confused ("I get older....they stay the same age...")
15) Summer School (Chainsaw and Dave)
16) Sure Thing ("Gary....I'll sing show tunes...")
17) Steel Magnolias ("People are only nice to me cause I got more money than God")
18) Old School (You my boy, Blue!)
19) Happy Gilmore ("The price is wrong.....b--ch!)
20) Borat (Verrrry Niiiiceee!)
21) Texasville (Sequel to The Last Picture Show)
22) American Pie
23) Friday ("What up Big Perm?")
24) Naked Gun
25) A Christmas Story ("Frahgeelay.....must be Italian.")
26) Christmas Vacation ("That it is, Edward...that it is indeed.")
27) Vacation ("I'm on a pilgrimage to see a moose! Praise Marty Moose!")
28) Swingers
29) Meet the Parents
30) Something About Mary ("I love the little retards!")
31) Waterboy (Madula Oblongata)
32) Austin Powers:The Spy Who Shagged Me
33) What About Bob? ("I'm Sailing!")
34) Stripes ("Flaming?")
35) Caddyshack ("So I got that goin' for me....which is nice...")
36) Talladega Nights ("That...just...happened!")
37) Zoolander
38) Joe Dirt
39) Hollywood Nights
40) Fast Times at Ridgemont High
41) Best of Times
42) Meatballs
43) Fletch
44) Spies Like Us
45) North Dallas Forty
46) Billy Madison
47) Tin Cup
48) Spaceballs
49) Pink Panther
50) Anchorman ("I'm Ron Burgundy?")

I'm sure I missed a few...

[firefly]

What???! What is wrong with these morons???! Don't they know that the greatest actor who ever graced the silver screen is CHARLTON HESTON?????! Ben Hur at #72???! Ben Hur should have been in a tie for NUMBER ONE with THE TEN COMMANDMENTS!!!:smt103:smt103:smt103:smt103:smt103

[kevin]

YO! I didn't see the GODFATHER!!!!!

[big john]

I watched the godfather tonight and couldn't help to wonder,would the godfather had lived if that kid didn't pump all that bug poison in his face?

[virgo]

ERICSTRATTON:

I meant to give you +5 points for your post and I accidentally neg repped you. I tried to fix it by giving you all the points I have to give, but it says I have to spread it around first. I am SO SORRY. I will give you as many points as I can give as soon as it lets me.

Sorry :(

[dollfus46]

I got to thinking about this list tonight, as I watched Animal House for the 100th time.....I'm disturbed by the lack of comedy in the list of greatest films....I say this every year at Oscar time too....Does a movie's ability to make one laugh not fit into the criteria for "greatest movie"?

Here's the Stratton Academy's List of Greatest Comedies (although some may contain some serious subject matter as well) (NO PARTICULAR ORDER)

1) Bull Durham ("Women don't get wooly...they get weary!")
2) Blazing Saddles ("Mongo! Santa Maria!")
3) Animal House ("Finish it....Flounder!")
4) Smokey and the Bandit ("Hush puppies, daddy!")
5) Full Metal Jacket (first 30-45 minutes) ("Did your parents have any children that lived? I'll bet they regret that!")
6) Major League ("You sayin' Jesus Christ can't hit a curve ball?")
7) Airplane ("Ever seen a grown man naked?")
8) Tommy Boy ("Tommy like wingy!")
9) Holy Grail
10) Life of Brian
11) History of the World Part I
12) Spinal Tap
13) Best in Show
14) Dazed and Confused ("I get older....they stay the same age...")
15) Summer School (Chainsaw and Dave)
16) Sure Thing ("Gary....I'll sing show tunes...")
17) Steel Magnolias ("People are only nice to me cause I got more money than God")
18) Old School (You my boy, Blue!)
19) Happy Gilmore ("The price is wrong.....b--ch!)
20) Borat (Verrrry Niiiiceee!)
21) Texasville (Sequel to The Last Picture Show)
22) American Pie
23) Friday ("What up Big Perm?")
24) Naked Gun
25) A Christmas Story ("Frahgeelay.....must be Italian.")
26) Christmas Vacation ("That it is, Edward...that it is indeed.")
27) Vacation ("I'm on a pilgrimage to see a moose! Praise Marty Moose!")
28) Swingers
29) Meet the Parents
30) Something About Mary ("I love the little retards!")
31) Waterboy (Madula Oblongata)
32) Austin Powers:The Spy Who Shagged Me
33) What About Bob? ("I'm Sailing!")
34) Stripes ("Flaming?")
35) Caddyshack ("So I got that goin' for me....which is nice...")
36) Talladega Nights ("That...just...happened!")
37) Zoolander
38) Joe Dirt
39) Hollywood Nights
40) Fast Times at Ridgemont High
41) Best of Times
42) Meatballs
43) Fletch
44) Spies Like Us
45) North Dallas Forty
46) Billy Madison
47) Tin Cup
48) Spaceballs
49) Pink Panther
50) Anchorman ("I'm Ron Burgundy?")

I'm sure I missed a few...

You missed 257 to be exact. But you got most of 'um. Seriously there are some Laurel and Hardy movies that are classics. Young Frankenstein, Silver Streak, "We bad, yeah, we bad." I'll think of some more.

[Ted]

What is wrong with these morons???! . . . . . CHARLTON HESTON?????! . . . . . . . :smt103:smt103:smt103:smt103:smt103Oh! Oh!
I know the answer to that!!

Charlton Heston is a staunch supporter of the NRA,
a former president of the NRA,
not gay,
and not a drug addict,
honerably discharged Army veteran,
and not pussified.

So - naturally, they hate him.

[EricStratton]

A couple more criticisms:

1) I didn't notice ANY John Wayne films on the list....maybe I missed one....

2) Cool Hand Luke not on the list.....

3) I'm sorry....I know this will offend some people....but.....Harry Potter?? Come on! I just don't get that whole phenomenon.

[dollfus46]

What???! What is wrong with these morons???! Don't they know that the greatest actor who ever graced the silver screen is CHARLTON HESTON?????! Ben Hur at #72???! Ben Hur should have been in a tie for NUMBER ONE with THE TEN COMMANDMENTS!!!:smt103:smt103:smt103:smt103:smt103

I saw that a few years ago. I just remember the chariot race

[dollfus46]

YO! I didn't see the GODFATHER!!!!!

Really? Well, I never saw Gone With the Wind. Too long for my ADD self. Of course The Godfather is long too but I've only seen it once. Can't sit through it again and never saw any of the sequels.

[dollfus46]

ERICSTRATTON:

I meant to give you +5 points for your post and I accidentally neg repped you. I tried to fix it by giving you all the points I have to give, but it says I have to spread it around first. I am SO SORRY. I will give you as many points as I can give as soon as it lets me.

Sorry :(
Not to worry, Virgo. I've had good people come to my aid when I've done something like that. I'll pitch in the 5 for you. Eric'll know they came from you.

[dollfus46]

A couple more criticisms:

1) I didn't notice ANY John Wayne films on the list....maybe I missed one....

2) Cool Hand Luke not on the list.....

3) I'm sorry....I know this will offend some people....but.....Harry Potter?? Come on! I just don't get that whole phenomenon.

Hombre - Paul Newman stars. Several Newman films were good enough to beat out some of those on the original list.

[EricStratton]

Hombre - Paul Newman stars. Several Newman films were good enough to beat out some of those on the original list.

Yeah....I really like Paul Newman....I guess since he's got the salad dressing to fall back on, the academy didn't see the need to give him any props for his acting...

[dollfus46]

It'll never make the top 200 but next to Bull Durham, I love Bagger Vance. Have the DVD. Watch it often.

[dollfus46]

A couple more criticisms:

1) I didn't notice ANY John Wayne films on the list....maybe I missed one....

2) Cool Hand Luke not on the list.....

3) I'm sorry....I know this will offend some people....but.....Harry Potter?? Come on! I just don't get that whole phenomenon.

The Searchers was a John Wayne film. I think John Wayne's The Quiet Man should be in there. And for a wonderful Comedy/Character analysis type, Wayne was never better than with Katherine Hepburn in Rooster Cogburn.

[selmore]

nothing since 1982? The AFI mustn't like 3rd rate remakes of films that were not that good to begin with.

I read that they are doing a new Sunset Strip , that'd be intresting.

[Guru]

I read an article today on one of my favorite films of all time, Blade Runner. I thought it was a great movie, way ahead of it's time with the special effects for when it came out but I had no idea how exceptionally groundbreaking this movie was as to the way movies made since then have been influenced by it.

[EricStratton]

Just watched Fatal Attraction.....again.....noticed it wasn't on the list.....That was a great movie....Glen Close is HOT!

Would still like for someone to explain the Harry Potter fascination.....I'm not a sci-fi fan, so maybe I just don't see what makes it so special.....I've seen the movie, but I liked Goonies better.....

[Guru]

Glen Close is one perky girl ...

[EricStratton]

Glen Close is one perky girl ...

Yeah...just don't piss her off....especially if u wuv your wittle wabbit....

[Ted]

. . . . . Would still like for someone to explain the Harry Potter fascination.....I'm not a sci-fi fan, so maybe I just don't see what makes it so special.....I've seen the movie, but I liked Goonies better.....Well, ES, strictly speaking the Harry Potter stuff isn't Sci-fi; it's fantasy, a faerie story much like the tales of King Arthur and Merlin.
Entertaining and imaginative? Yes, indeed, but it requires some suspension of belief and common sense.
But, sadly, there's no such thing as Magic. It'd be really neat if there were; but magic just doesn't exist. Sometimes I wish it did.:)

[XC9]

Madame X is a great classic. I believe the original was made in maybe 1957 and redone in the later 60s. Oh, lord, you will need a box of kleenex to watch it. That should have been on the list.

[dream member]

Just watched Fatal Attraction.....again.....noticed it wasn't on the list.....That was a great movie....Glen Close is HOT!

Would still like for someone to explain the Harry Potter fascination.....I'm not a sci-fi fan, so maybe I just don't see what makes it so special.....I've seen the movie, but I liked Goonies better.....

I liked the first Harry Potter...only one I've seen. Other than that, the fantasy/sci fi movies- Lord of the Rings, etc....not a fan either. I don't understand the hype on them. My friend watches them over and over again!

[Astra]

nothing since 1982? The AFI mustn't like 3rd rate remakes of films that were not that good to begin with.

I read that they are doing a new Sunset Strip , that'd be intresting.
The most recent Top 100 that aired last week included some newer movies. The most recent release on that list was one of the "Lord of the Rings" films - I think "The Fellowship of the Ring." One of the Indiana Jones movies was on there too.

[Ted]

. . . . . Wayne was never better than with Katherine Hepburn in Rooster Cogburn.Oh yeah.:)
And in McLintock with Maureen O'Hara.

[Hermione]

Would still like for someone to explain the Harry Potter fascination.....I'm not a sci-fi fan, so maybe I just don't see what makes it so special.....I've seen the movie, but I liked Goonies better.....

The books are very literate, multi-layered and intelligent. Proof that kids will read given something engaging to read. They're also intelligent enough for adults, like the best children's books always are. Like Lord of the Rings, the movie can't possibly capture the essence of the book.
(Although Maggie Smith and Emma Thompson are absolutely perfect in their roles.)

However, some people just don't like fantasy and sci-fi. Just like I don't like westerns, horror or romance. It's just a matter of personal taste -- certain genres either attract you or they don't.

PS I don't think the movies belong on a greatest movies list either. And John Wayne -- gotta be The Quiet Man.

[firefly]

Oh! Oh!
I know the answer to that!!

Charlton Heston is a staunch supporter of the NRA,
a former president of the NRA,
not gay,
and not a drug addict,
honerably discharged Army veteran,
and not pussified.

So - naturally, they hate him. Yeah, you are right about that! He has NEVER been in any scandal & has been married to one woman for over 60 years!!! He stands up for his beliefs & he is a good Christian man!:):clap:

[Hermione]

Other than that, the fantasy/sci fi movies- Lord of the Rings, etc....not a fan either. I don't understand the hype on them. My friend watches them over and over again!

There's only one reason to watch LOTR over and over and his name is Aragorn.

(PS to rub it in to fellow LOTR fans -- I own the three-volume boxed hardcover set with the fold-out red & black maps. It was a present from an old boyfriend many years ago. Nahhnny-nahhnny boo-boo!)

[dollfus46]

I watched Costner's For the Love of the Game last night. I didn't care for it. I might watch it one more time. I think Costner's The Untouchables should be on the list. Saw it for the third time yesterday. Costner's Wyatt Earp and Kurt Russell's Wyatt Earp should be on the 100 list.
Can you tell I like cowboy movies?

[timforjesus]

and where is Monty Python and the Holy Grail or did someone post it and i missed it...

[58ford]

How about "The Greatest Story Ever Told"?
I think it has more stars in the cast than any other movie.
Plus a blue eyed Jesus. (Max von Sydow)

[SexyChocolate]

There's only one reason to watch LOTR over and over and his name is Aragorn.

(PS to rub it in to fellow LOTR fans -- I own the three-volume boxed hardcover set with the fold-out red & black maps. It was a present from an old boyfriend many years ago. Nahhnny-nahhnny boo-boo!)

Legoius(I hope I spell that right) is the one I scream for ( Orlando Bloom):-D

[missmoselle]

Whatever happened to baby Jane should have been on that list. Bette Davis was freaky in that.

[Hermione]

Legoius(I hope I spell that right) is the one I scream for ( Orlando Bloom):-D


Legolas. Umm-hmmm. ;)

[dollfus46]

Dollfus, I watched For the Love of the Game last night. I thought it moved too slowly - but the ending made me cry - I'm a sop for a good love story.

Oh, you'd never make it through Costner's Time in a Bottle. Most all of his movies are love stories if you think about it. Bull Durham, Dances With Wolves, Tin Cup, I can't think of them all. Water World was awful, so I don't remember if it was. The Body Guard was. On and on.

[dollfus46]

Whatever happened to baby Jane should have been on that list. Bette Davis was freaky in that.
I remember that one. Another bed wetter. Scary

[firefly]

How about "The Greatest Story Ever Told"?
I think it has more stars in the cast than any other movie.
Plus a blue eyed Jesus. (Max von Sydow) Charlton Heston played John the Baptist in that movie!:)

[kevin]

Dances with wolves and Bull Durham great movies!!! What About Forrest Gump?????

[ComputerDude]

How about "The Greatest Story Ever Told"?
I think it has more stars in the cast than any other movie.
Plus a blue eyed Jesus. (Max von Sydow)
Well that's not much stranger then the image we've been using for hundreds of years to represent the man. If we can accept that a man from the middle east/north Africa has light skin and long hair, why not throw blue eyes in there as well???:laugh::laugh:

[dreamhippy]

*Sergeant York*
with Gary Cooper

The Outlaw Josey Wales
with Clint Eastwood

[No-Halo]

*Sergeant York*
with Gary Cooper

The Outlaw Josey Wales
with Clint Eastwood
2 of my favorites!! :clap:

[Engelbert Humperdinck]

Ok, I can understand how some people might overlook some to these films, but come on, to not be in the top 100:

Airplane
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Animal House
1941
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Groundhog Day
The Blues Brothers
Meatballs
Caddyshack


PLEASE
:smt022

[Engelbert Humperdinck]

Hey, are you running for MS Secretary of State?

Yeah! You like my girlfriend in my commercial? The things she'll do in the sack would blow your mind. I like it when she calls me Hoseman...get it ...Hoseman???

:smt103

[EricStratton]

Ok, I can understand how some people might overlook some to these films, but come on, to not be in the top 100:

Airplane
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Animal House
1941
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Groundhog Day
The Blues Brothers
Meatballs
Caddyshack


PLEASE
:smt022

Quote per movie:

1) Airplane: "Ever seen a grown man naked?"
2) Anchorman: "Buenos Noches, beetches..."
3) Animal House: "Mr. Blutarski......zero point zero...."
4) 1941: stumped
5) Talladega Nights: "Abra cadabra, homes!"
6) Groundhog Day: "Ned?!"
7) Blues Brothers: stumped
8) Meatballs: "It just doesn't matter!"
9) Caddyshack: "I smell varmit poontang! And the only good varmit poontang is dead varmit poontang!"

[Guru]

How did this thread get in the news section? We got a movie section DON'T WEEEEEEE!!!???!!!???!!! :-)
Where is that guy? I know he's coming here to say it.

[dollfus46]

Dances with wolves and Bull Durham great movies!!! What About Forrest Gump?????

I liked Forrest Gump okay. I'm not sure what the slam was on the U. of Alabama though. I'm sure Johnny Vaught offered him a scholarship too.:smt118

[kevin]

I think it was cause him being from Bama. I doubt poor Forrest could have said Mississippi. I heard Jerry Rice say the other day that his love for running was kinda like forrest gumps.One day he says he just started running and never stopped.