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    Film Log: 2010

    Posted on 03/20/10 07:52 AM | Last edited on 03/21/10 11:55 PM

    Same as the one hosted on listology.com. Only shorts that are 40+ minutes get included along with the feature-length films. Comments, questions and suggestions welcome.





    [LIST=1]
    [*](01 Jan) - Yeelen (Souleymane Cisse, 1987) ... A-
    [*](02 Jan) - Malcolm X (Spike Lee, 1992) ... C+
    [*](02 Jan) - The Final Destination (David R. Ellis, 2009) ... D+
    [*](02 Jan) - Silver Bullet (Daniel Attias, 1985) ... C+
    [*](03 Jan) - Scream Bloody Murder (Marc B. Ray, 1973) ... F
    [*](03 Jan) - Cherry Blossoms (Dorris Dorrie, 2008) ... C
    [*](04 Jan) - Beverly Hills Chihuahua (Raja Gosnell, 2008) ... F
    [*](06 Jan) - Catch Me If You Can (Steven Spielberg, 2002) ... B+
    [*](07 Jan) - Serenity (Joss Whedon, 2005) ... D+
    [*](07 Jan) - Gangs of New York (Martin Scorsese, 2002) ... A
    [*](09 Jan) - Catwoman (Pitof, 2004) ... D
    [*](10 Jan) - Die Hard With a Vengeance (John McTiernan, 1995) ... B-
    [*](10 Jan) - Village of the Damned (Wolf Rilla, 1960) ... C+
    [*](10 Jan) - Rush Hour (Brett Ratner, 1998) ... C+
    [*](15 Jan) - Sunshine Cleaning (Christine Jeffs, 2008) ... B-
    [*](16 Jan) - The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, 1978) ... B-
    [*](17 Jan) - The Da Vinci Code (Ron Howard, 2006) ... D+
    [*](20 Jan) - The Housemaid (Kim Ki-young, 1960) ... B+
    [*](21 Jan) - Funny People (Judd Apatow, 2009) ... C+
    [*](21 Jan) - Angel-A (Luc Besson, 2005) ... D+
    [*](22 Jan) - Krzysztof Kieslowski: I'm So-So... (Krzysztof Wierzbicki, 1995) ... BDoc
    [*](23 Jan) - The Emerald Forest (John Boorman, 1985) ... A
    [*](24 Jan) - Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944) ... B+
    [*](24 Jan) - Lifeboat (Alfred Hitchcock, 1944) ... B+
    [*](24 Jan) - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962) ... A-
    [*](25 Jan) - Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (David Lynch, 1992) ... B-
    [*](25 Jan) - Hellboy (Guillermo Del Toro, 2004) ... C+
    [*](27 Jan) - Bride Wars (Gary Winick, 2009) ... F
    [*](27 Jan) - Walkabout (Nicolas Roeg, 1971) ... A
    [*](28 Jan) - The Real Amityville Horror (Craig Collinson and Nick Freand Jones, 2005) B- Doc TV
    [*](28 Jan) - The Jerk (Carl Reiner, 1979) ... B-
    [*](29 Jan) - Magic (Richard Attenborough, 1978) ... B+
    [*](03 Feb) - Love Exposure (Shion Sono, 2008) ... A-
    [*](03 Feb) - Halloween (Rob Zombie, 2007) ... B+ [rewatch]
    [*](04 Feb) - Halloween II (Rob Zombie, 2009) ... A
    [*](05 Feb) - The Spirit (Frank Miller, 2008) ... C-
    [*](05 Feb) - Mallrats (Kevin Smith, 1995) ... B+ [re]
    [*](06 Feb) - Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976) ... A-
    [*](06 Feb) - The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese, 1982) ... B+
    [*](06 Feb) - Chasing Amy (Kevin Smith, 1997) ... B+ [re]
    [*](06 Feb) - Curly Sue (John Hughes, 1991) ... D+
    [*](07 Feb) - Halloween II (Rob Zombie, 2009) ... A [re]
    [*](07 Feb) - The Man Called Flintstone (William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, 1966) ... D+
    [*](07 Feb) - Shallow Hal (The Farrelly Brothers, 2001) ... B
    [*](08 Feb) - The Uninvited (Charles Guard and Thomas Guard, 2009) ... D+
    [*](08 Feb) - Drag Me to Hell (Sam Raimi, 2009) ... D+
    [*](09 Feb) - Adventureland (Greg Mottola, 2009) ... A-
    [*](10 Feb) - Single White Female (Barbet Schroeder, 1992) ... D
    [*](10 Feb) - Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (Neil Jordan, 1994) ... C+
    [*](11 Feb) - The Bird With the Crystal Plumage (Dario Argento, 1970) ... B-
    [*](11 Feb) - Weird Science (John Hughes, 1985) ... B
    [*](12 Feb) - Halloween II (Rob Zombie, 2009) ... A [re]
    [*](13 Feb) - It's a Boy Girl Thing (Nick Hurran, 2006) ... D
    [*](13 Feb) - A Guy Thing (Chris Koch, 2003) ... C+
    [*](14 Feb) - Serial Mom (John Waters, 1994) ... A-
    [*](14 Feb) - Spider-Man 3 (Sam Raimi, 2007) ... C+ [re]
    [*](14 Feb) - Ivan's Childhood (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1962) ... A
    [*](14 Feb) - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Steven Spielberg, 1984) ... B+ [re]
    [*](15 Feb) - Mission to Mars (Brian De Palma, 2000) ... A- [re]
    [*](18 Feb) - She's Having a Baby (John Hughes, 1988) ... A-
    [*](19 Feb) - The Weather Man (Gore Verbinski, 2005) ... C+
    [*](19 Feb) - The Ringer (Barry W. Blaustein, 2005) ... C+ [re]
    [*](19 Feb) - RoboCop (Paul Verhoeven, 1987) ... B+
    [*](20 Feb) - Urban Legend (Jamie Blanks, 1998) ... B- [re]
    [*](20 Feb) - The Night Listener (Patrick Stettner, 2006) ... B+ [re]
    [*](20 Feb) - RoboCop 2 (Irvin Kershner, 1990) ... D+
    [*](21 Feb) - Road Trip (Todd Phillips, 2000) ... B [re]
    [*](21 Feb) - The Simpsons Movie (David Silverman, 2007) ... B [re]
    [*](21 Feb) - I Hate Valentine's Day (Nia Vardalos, 2009) ... C
    [*](21 Feb) - American Pie (Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz, 1999) ... B+ [re]
    [*](23 Feb) - Quarantine (John Erick Dowdle, 2008) ... B-
    [*](23 Feb) - Someday My Prince Will Come (Mark Isaacs, 2005) ... F Doc
    [*](24 Feb) - A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984) ... B+ [re]
    [*](25 Feb) - Bedtime Stories (Adam Shankman, 2008) ... B-
    [*](26 Feb) - Miracle on 34th Street (Les Mayfield, 1994) ... B-
    [*](26 Feb) - Observe and Report (Jody Hill, 2009) ... B
    [*](26 Feb) - Fracture (Gregory Hoblit, 2007) ... B [re]
    [*](03 Mar) - This Is It (Kenny Ortega, 2009) ... B
    [*](04 Mar) - Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009) ... B+
    [*](05 Mar) - Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (Carl Reiner, 1982) ... C+
    [*](05 Mar) - The Wolf Man (George Waggner, 1941) ... B-
    [*](06 Mar) - Escape from New York (John Carpenter, 1981) ... B+
    [*](07 Mar) - RoboCop 3 (Fred Dekker, 1993) ... D
    [*](07 Mar) - The Kite Runner (Marc Forster, 2007) ... D+
    [*](08 Mar) - The Mist (Frank Darabont, 2007) ... B [re]
    [*](08 Mar) - The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (Rob Zombie, 2009) ... D
    [*](11 Mar) - You've Got Mail (Nora Ephron, 1998) ... C+
    [*](11 Mar) - The Cove (Louie Psihoyos, 2009) ... A-
    [*](12 Mar) - Chaos (Tony Giglio, 2005) ... B-
    [*](12 Mar) - The Whales of August (Lindsay Anderson, 1987) ... B-
    [*](12 Mar) - Frankenstein (James Whale, 1931) ... A-
    [*](13 Mar) - The Life Before Her Eyes (Vadim Perelman, 2007) ... C [re]
    [*](13 Mar) - The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973) ... B-
    [*](14 Mar) - Land of the Dead (George A. Romero, 2005) ... B [re]
    [*](15 Mar) - Kes (Ken Loach, 1969) ... A-
    [*](15 Mar) - Offside (Jafar Panahi, 2006) ... A [re]
    [*](17 Mar) - The Strangers (Bryan Bertino, 2008) ... B+ [re]
    [*](17 Mar) - The Changeling (Peter Medak, 1980) ... A-
    [*](18 Mar) - The Fourth Kind (Olatunde Osunsanmi, 2009) ... C
    [*](18 Mar) - A Serious Man (The Coens, 2009) ... B
    [*](18 Mar) - The Unborn (David S. Goyer, 2009) ... F
    [*](19 Mar) - The Butcher Boy (Neil Jordan, 1997) ... A-
    [*](19 Mar) - The Woods (Lucky McKee, 2006) ... B+
    [*](20 Mar) - An Officer and a Gentleman (Taylor Hackford, 1982) ... C-
    [*](21 Mar) - Nobody Knows (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2004) ... B+
    [*](22 Mar) - Bound (The Wachowskis, 1996) ... B [re]
    [/LIST]

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    Films of 2009 - Graded

    Posted on 03/20/10 07:48 AM | Last edited on 03/20/10 07:48 AM

    [LIST]
    [*]Adventureland A-
    [*]B-Girl D-
    [*]Bride Wars F
    [*]Bruno B-
    [*]Confessions of a Shopaholic D
    [*]Coraline B+
    [*]The Cove A-
    [*]The Damned United B
    [*]Drag Me to Hell D+
    [*]Fantastic Mr. Fox B+
    [*]The Fattest Man in Britain B
    [*]The Final Destination D+
    [*]The Fourth Kind C
    [*]Friday the 13th D+
    [*]Funny People C+
    [*]Halloween II A
    [*]Hannah Montana: The Movie C
    [*]The Haunted World of El Superbeasto D-
    [*]I Hate Valentine's Day C
    [*]Inglourious Basterds B+
    [*]In the Loop B+
    [*]Land of the Lost B+
    [*]The Last House on the Left B
    [*]Moon A-
    [*]My Bloody Valentine B-
    [*]My Sister's Keeper C
    [*]Observe and Report B
    [*]Orphan B
    [*]Rage A-
    [*]S. Darko D+
    [*]A Serious Man B
    [*]17 Again D+
    [*]Staunton Hill B-
    [*]Taken C+
    [*]This Is It B
    [*]The Unborn F
    [*]The Uninvited D+
    [*]Up C
    [*]Watchmen D+
    [/LIST]Comments and questions and suggestions welcome.

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    A Top 50; or, the Groundwork for One

    Posted on 01/23/10 11:16 AM | Last edited on 04/29/10 01:14 PM

    Rather than rank films in order of preference, I've opted to simply order my list chronologically since I've seen enough great films that I'd consider it superfluous to split differences between them. Yet, my favorite film is boldified. This list is pretty much subject to change whenever I see a masterpiece and any changes shall be notes.



    Recent Additions:
    Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927)



    [LIST=1]
    [*]Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (F.W. Murnau, 1922)
    [*]Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927)
    [*]Un Chien Andalou (Luis Bunuel, 1929)
    [*]The Bride of Frankenstein (James Whale, 1935)
    [*]Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
    [*]Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
    [*]Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
    [*]The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
    [*]The Red Balloon (Albert Lamorisse, 1956)
    [*]Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
    [*]Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960)
    [*]Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
    [*]Viridiana (Luis Bunuel, 1961)
    [*]Ivan's Childhood (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1962)
    [*]Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)
    [*]Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965)
    [*]2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
    [*]Zabriskie Point (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1970)
    [*]Walkabout (Nicolas Roeg, 1971)
    [*]Deliverance (John Boorman, 1972)
    [*]Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972)
    [*]The Godfather: Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
    [*]Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977)
    [*]Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978)
    [*]Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978)
    [*]Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979)
    [*]Phantasm (Don Coscarelli, 1979)
    [*]The Elephant Man (David Lynch, 1980)
    [*]Scarface (Brian De Palma, 1983)
    [*]Day of the Dead (George A. Romero, 1985)
    [*]The Emerald Forest (John Boorman, 1985)
    [*]The Fly (David Cronenberg, 1986)
    [*]Stand By Me (Rob Reiner, 1986)
    [*]Empire of the Sun (Steven Spielberg, 1987)
    [*]Opera (Dario Argento, 1987)
    [*]Tetsuo: The Iron Man (Shinya Tsukamoto, 1989)
    [*]The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994)
    [*]Casino (Martin Scorsese, 1995)
    [*]American History X (Tony Kaye, 1998)
    [*]Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer, 1998)
    [*]The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick, 1998)
    [*]The Green Mile (Frank Darabont, 1999)
    [*]George Washington (David Gordon Green, 2000)
    [*]A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001)
    [*]Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly, 2001)
    [*]Femme Fatale (Brian De Palma, 2002)
    [*]Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2002)
    [*]Twentynine Palms (Bruno Dumont, 2003)
    [*]Mean Creek (Jacob Aaron Estes, 2004)
    [*]Offside (Jafar Panahi, 2006)

    Comments welcome, as are suggestions on what to watch in view of adding to the list.
    [/LIST]

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    JT Vincent

    JT Vincent on 1/23/10 at 11:26 AM

    Good list-wish I could say I've seen more of them because it looks very intelligent.

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    JT Vincent on 1/23/10 at 11:26 AM

    Good list-wish I could say I've seen more of them because it looks very intelligent.

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    Agent Orange

    Agent Orange on 1/23/10 at 11:31 AM

    This is a great list! I think I have a bit of a prejudice against newer films, but I love some of the old picks you have here. Personally I always have loved the Conversation more than Godfather 1 and 2, but you have some great silent film choices and some Bunuel. Excellent taste!

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    Agent Orange

    Agent Orange on 1/23/10 at 11:31 AM

    I still haven't seen The Conversation so I'll take that as a suggestion and try to see it soon. Thanks for the compliment.

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    Agent Orange

    Agent Orange on 1/23/10 at 11:31 AM

    This is a great list! I think I have a bit of a prejudice against newer films, but I love some of the old picks you have here. Personally I always have loved the Conversation more than Godfather 1 and 2, but you have some great silent film choices and some Bunuel. Excellent taste!

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    tomelce

    tomelce on 1/23/10 at 11:31 AM

    I still haven't seen The Conversation so I'll take that as a suggestion and try to see it soon. Thanks for the compliment.

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    dn_smith86

    dn_smith86 on 1/23/10 at 12:05 PM

    I'm pleased to see that this is definitely one of the more sophisticated lists I've come across.Not that they don't deserve their spots but I tend to prefer "Touch of Evil" to "Citizen Kane", and "Exterminating Angel" to "Viridiana".A few I'm disappointed to not see: Barry Lyndon, Ikiru, High and Low, Any Herzog, Bergman, Melville, or Wilder.Props for The Red Ballon and Godfather Part II (I prefer this to part I as well)It's usually hard for me to make these lists because it seems impossible to narrow it down...

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    dn_smith86 on 1/23/10 at 12:05 PM

    Herzog wasn't far out, Aguirre: The Wrath of God is probably about 51. I'm shamefully ignorant of Wilder, though.

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    dn_smith86 on 1/23/10 at 12:17 PM

    I put off "Sunset Boulevard" for far too long, but it was "Ace in the Hole" that eventually won me over. Kirk Douglas was one of a kind...

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    dn_smith86

    dn_smith86 on 1/23/10 at 12:05 PM

    I'm pleased to see that this is definitely one of the more sophisticated lists I've come across.Not that they don't deserve their spots but I tend to prefer "Touch of Evil" to "Citizen Kane", and "Exterminating Angel" to "Viridiana".A few I'm disappointed to not see: Barry Lyndon, Ikiru, High and Low, Any Herzog, Bergman, Melville, or Wilder.Props for The Red Ballon and Godfather Part II (I prefer this to part I as well)It's usually hard for me to make these lists because it seems impossible to narrow it down...

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    tomelce

    tomelce on 1/23/10 at 12:05 PM

    Herzog wasn't far out, Aguirre: The Wrath of God is probably about 51. I'm shamefully ignorant of Wilder, though.

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    dn_smith86

    dn_smith86 on 1/23/10 at 12:17 PM

    I put off "Sunset Boulevard" for far too long, but it was "Ace in the Hole" that eventually won me over. Kirk Douglas was one of a kind...

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    jeremy w.

    jeremy w. on 1/23/10 at 12:42 PM

    great list so many I need to check out

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    jeremy w.

    jeremy w. on 1/23/10 at 12:42 PM

    great list so many I need to check out

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    Danetto

    Danetto on 1/23/10 at 07:01 PM

    "two inclusions would be 95 out of 100, the other 48 the full 100"what?

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    Danetto

    Danetto on 1/23/10 at 07:01 PM

    ah, yes. great listi dont know about vertigo and scarface. didnt like them very muchlooks like u are the classic/retro guy. nice taste

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    Danetto

    Danetto on 1/23/10 at 07:03 PM

    Thanks. I think I actually read a negative review of Vertigo by a critic somewhere, but I can't remember their website.

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    Danetto

    Danetto on 1/23/10 at 07:01 PM

    "two inclusions would be 95 out of 100, the other 48 the full 100"By which I mean, 48 of the films on this list would get maximum points if I were rating on a scale of 0-100 and two wouldn't, meaning there's always a possibility that they could drop off the list.

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    Danetto

    Danetto on 1/24/10 at 01:35 AM

    ah i cwhich 2 are them?

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    Danetto

    Danetto on 1/24/10 at 01:54 AM

    Once Upon a Time in America and Leon.

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    Danetto

    Danetto on 1/23/10 at 07:01 PM

    "two inclusions would be 95 out of 100, the other 48 the full 100"what?

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    Danetto

    Danetto on 1/23/10 at 07:01 PM

    ah, yes. great listi dont know about vertigo and scarface. didnt like them very muchlooks like u are the classic/retro guy. nice taste

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    tomelce

    tomelce on 1/23/10 at 07:03 PM

    Thanks. I think I actually read a negative review of Vertigo by a critic somewhere, but I can't remember their website.

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    tomelce

    tomelce on 1/23/10 at 07:01 PM

    "two inclusions would be 95 out of 100, the other 48 the full 100"By which I mean, 48 of the films on this list would get maximum points if I were rating on a scale of 0-100 and two wouldn't, meaning there's always a possibility that they could drop off the list.

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    Danetto

    Danetto on 1/24/10 at 01:35 AM

    ah i cwhich 2 are them?

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    tomelce

    tomelce on 1/24/10 at 01:54 AM

    Once Upon a Time in America and Leon.

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