I think I like these AFI guys. I'm sure that will go away once I read the list.
I just failed to get Pulp Fiction or Goodfellas.
Really hated PF.
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§ ita § - Jun 21, 2007 7:56:22 am PDT #9382 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Polter-Cow - Jun 21, 2007 7:57:25 am PDT #9383 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Someone else who hasn't seen The Godfather !! Now I'm not so weird. I haven't seen Raging Bull either, but I've seen The Graduate and Chinatown. There are a few movies on the list I have on my DVR waiting to be watched: The General, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and Nashville.
I also have yet to see Goodfellas.
Was The Sixth Sense really THAT good? Maybe I need to watch it again.
DavidS - Jun 21, 2007 7:57:30 am PDT #9384 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The biggest chunk of that list I haven't seen is from the 1960s and '70s--Godfather, Graduate, Raging Bull, Chinatown, and a lot more on my to-be-watched list.
None of those are spinach movies, I think. (Except Raging Bull which I haven't seen.) They're not light movies, but they're very enjoyable film watching experiences.
Hayden - Jun 21, 2007 8:00:11 am PDT #9385 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
As always, AFI's come up with a list full of turds. The comparison is particularly amazing: "We have to make room for Titanic; Stagecoach has gotta go!"
Anyway, of the new list, I've not seen The Best Years of Our Lives, Cabaret, Sunrise, Swing Time, or Yankee Doodle Dandy. Of the bumpees, I've not seen Wuthering Heights.
Polter-Cow - Jun 21, 2007 8:02:01 am PDT #9386 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I've seen a movie Corwood hasn't seen! I feel special. We saw The Best Years of Our Lives in my film class. It was all about deep focus and using a non-actor (with a hook for a hand!).
Hayden - Jun 21, 2007 8:02:39 am PDT #9387 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Sorry, I'm being overly negative.
I can't advise anyone to watch Raging Bull, though. Go watch Taxi Driver again. Or The King of Comedy.
Hayden - Jun 21, 2007 8:03:38 am PDT #9388 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
We saw The Best Years of Our Lives in my film class. It was all about deep focus and using a non-actor (with a hook for a hand!).
A hook for a hand! That's moving up in my Netflix queue right now.
P.M. Marc - Jun 21, 2007 8:04:18 am PDT #9389 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Cabaret is awesome, but the last time I tried to watch it (2002? 2003?), the situation was hitting a little too close to home and I had to turn it off midway through.
Swing Time is fun, if you like Astaire and Rogers. Which I do.
Kathy A - Jun 21, 2007 8:05:26 am PDT #9390 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I think that Harold Russell (the non-actor disabled veteran) was the only person to win two Oscars for the same role--he had been nominated for Best Supporting Actor, and it was generally assumed that he was going to lose, so the Academy decided to give him a Special Oscar, and then he went on to win the BSA award as well!
Kathy A - Jun 21, 2007 8:07:28 am PDT #9391 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'm also a big Astaire/Rogers fan (their films were always being shown on the local ABC affiliate in the early morning hours of New Years Eve/Day for me to watch while babysitting in the pre-VCR-and-cable days).
Actually, I think I've seen just about every musical on that list, except for Nashville.