The List
Numbers 14-1
14. The Breakfast Club-The best movie ever to watch over brunch on a Sunday. A film hadn’t captured the angst and idealism of youth since the early 1970’s, and this film put a supreme 1980’s stamp on the matter.
13. Schindler’s List-Great filmmaker, compelling story, difficult to watch.
12. Glengarry/Glenn Ross-Coffee is for Closers….Pacino, Harris, Lemon, Arkin, Spacey, and Baldwin. Written and Directed by David Mamet…Epic.
11. Rushmore-From the combined genius of Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson. Brilliant in every way.
10. Fight Club-A grandiose opus of modern cynicism and anarchy with two of the finest actors of any generation. It probably should be higher.
9. The Matrix-Every great Sci Fi concept smashed into one film.
8. Apollo 13-Made NASA relevant again. Hanks at his best since Big.
7. Platoon-Stone at his best…on shrooms and in the jungle….
6. Glory-Zwick’s best ever. One of the great casts ever, and awesome score as well.
5. Reservoir Dogs-Tarantino has his most cool. This film is a turning point in the history of filmmaking. Now, all those irreverent indie flicks get attention because of this movie. It changed how fans looked at film festivals, and how writers sought to create characters in their scripts. Pretty good for a film where 75 percent of it is shot in a warehouse.
4. Braveheart-No CGI, but the themes are still awesome. That said, Mel Gibson still sucks.
3. Gladiator-Ridley Scott takes the best of Braveheart and adds cooler names and Russell Crowe. Strength and Honor…..
2, The Shawshank Redemption-A tale of enduring friendship and hope in the face of tyrannical 1950’s Maine prison style oppression.
1. Pulp Fiction-A major human triumph in the history of the world….
Now I have to go see about a girl....
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2 comments:
Very well done, with a rock solid top 3 and a top 8 identical to mine (in names, not in order). Gladiator should be at the top as the greatest story ever told, but we can't agree on everything.
Culture King--an interesting list. I'm a bit disappointed not to see Blade Runner. But I'm glad to see Pulp Fiction at the top; the Bonnie situation, after all, could be explosive.
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