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Yay, another list!
PopMatters' list of the 50 DVDs every movie fan must own. (Formatted slightly oddly -- the link is to the introductory essay, and then the actual list of 50, divided into 5 categories of 10 films each, is in sidebars on the right.) I've only seen 23, mostly because my intake of foreign films and '70s films has been truly abysmal.
Makes me all warm'n'fuzzy that The Big Lebowski makes the list, though.
I just watched that one Saturday, JZ. Love it. But I like finding it on TV for some reason. Or maybe I'm afraid I'll stop watching new things if I have one, in favor of it.
I just watched that one Saturday, JZ. Love it. But I like finding it on TV for some reason.
It's like a little surprise present from the TV to you. TBL, Raising Arizona, Groundhog Day -- I will never, ever see those pop up and not stop and watch, even if it's down to the last 10 minutes.
It's like a little surprise present from the TV to you. TBL, Raising Arizona, Groundhog Day -- I will never, ever see those pop up and not stop and watch, even if it's down to the last 10 minutes.
Weirdest thing -- that movie for me is Coal Miner's Daughter. I am strangely compelled to watch it *every time*.
That is an intriguing list. It's refreshing to move on from the 100 most famous movies ever made. I don't buy the premise, at all-- it certainly doesn't persuade me to buy a single DVD-- but the 1970s list is partic ridic. Show me someone who has all those movies in a collection that is, according to the list, practically obligatory.
I love '70s movies, but I barely recognized their list. And "Nashville"? whatever. Especially in terms of buying it and bringing it home...I liked The Long Goodbye better, anyway, if one must have '70s Altman. And how intellectual do I feel right now, posting that? Very. Almost enough to debate with Corwood and have him kick my ass, that's how smart I am today.
You're always smart enough to whomp my butt, Erika.
I thought the list was somewhat right and a whole lotta silly crap, myself.
I should amend that: maybe 1/2 and 1/2.
I possess the intuitive understanding of the dirt-worshipper, only. You've got much more rhetorical stamina, I think.
Going through that list, I've only seen 15 of them, and own only 6 (counting the LotR films as one, as they do).