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The Thousand Greatest Films
« on: September 03, 2018, 09:16:26 AM »
I thought the criteria they use for this list (updated every year) is pretty good. I've already found a bunch of older films and foreign films that I want to watch. They are a bit farther down the list, but I wouldn't have even heard of them if I hadn't seen this list. Others I'd heard of but forgotten about.

http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000.htm
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Re: The Thousand Greatest Films
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2018, 09:20:57 AM »
Blazing Saddles went from #829 last year to dropping off the list.

Lunacy.
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Re: The Thousand Greatest Films
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2018, 09:37:50 AM »
Quote from: Hawkmoon on September 03, 2018, 09:20:57 AM
Blazing Saddles went from #829 last year to dropping off the list.

Lunacy.

Well, any of these list will not satisfy the "But my favorite movie!" category. We all have different tastes in that regard. I liked Blazing Saddles and thought it was a fun movie, but don't care that it didn't make the "best 1000". On the other hand,  I could complain that The Big Trail is not on the list. Instead though, I'm going to use the list as a reference for films that I'd likely be interested in, but would otherwise not have heard of. :)
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Re: The Thousand Greatest Films
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2018, 09:40:35 AM »
Quick look and I only agree that two of the top ten ought to be in the top ten.

<starts perusing the list>


...and Avatar made the list. It's dead to me now.

Singing in the Rain looks nearly appropriate.

Has Snow White AND Bambi, but no Sleeping Beauty. Again, they've got it wrong. (As a father of 3 girls, I'm INTIMATELY familiar with Disney movies and Sleeping Beauty is the best Disney cartoon.)
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Re: The Thousand Greatest Films
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2018, 10:50:35 AM »
At least Ben Hur (1959) and The Day ythe Earth Stood Still (1951) made the list.

But The Pink Panther didn't.  ???
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Re: The Thousand Greatest Films
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2018, 10:44:24 PM »
Quote from: Hawkmoon on September 03, 2018, 10:50:35 AM
At least Ben Hur (1959) and The Day ythe Earth Stood Still (1951) made the list.

But The Pink Panther didn't.  ???
I am surprised they didn't pick the new versions.  =D
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Re: The Thousand Greatest Films
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2018, 10:57:32 PM »
More perusal:

No Lord of the Rings.

Ten Commandments is 938?!?

These people have no taste.
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Re: The Thousand Greatest Films
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2018, 11:20:13 PM »
Quote from: makattak on September 03, 2018, 10:57:32 PM
More perusal:

No Lord of the Rings.

Ten Commandments is 938?!?

These people have no taste.

Yeeeeup.  PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE  wasn't on the list! [tinfoil]
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Re: The Thousand Greatest Films
« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2018, 07:03:37 AM »
Some great movies in the top 100...

Metropolis is that low?

Nice to see Blade Runner at 39.

The Shining is in the top 100? Hum... No. I don't agree with that.

Seventh Seal. Nice.

Godfather II was on last night. I watched part of it.

Man who Shot Liberty Valence is in the top 100!

Wow. The Searchers is 9th.

Number 1 isn't really a surprise. I don't agree with it, but whatever.
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Re: The Thousand Greatest Films
« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2018, 07:24:21 AM »
the folks that make up lists like this just don't think like I do.  Therefore, the list is pretty much meaningless.    =D
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Re: The Thousand Greatest Films
« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2018, 07:59:11 AM »
Quote from: Mannlicher on September 04, 2018, 07:24:21 AM
the folks that make up lists like this just don't think like I do.  Therefore, the list is pretty much meaningless.    =D


That should be a really easy list for you to go through...

1000 -- HATE IT.

999 -- HATE IT.

998 -- HATE IT

997 -- HATE IT

 and so forth and so on down to number 1...

1 -- ABSOLUTELY *expletive deleted*ing EAT HOT FLAMING DEATH FROM HELL HATE IT!!!


 :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Re: The Thousand Greatest Films
« Reply #11 on: September 04, 2018, 08:54:11 AM »
Wow.  El Dorado AND Rio Bravo made the list.   :lol:
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