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And thanks for inspiring this exercise, verm. It was a really difficult AND a ton of fun. I'm sure I missed one or two that I'll add/amend later.

I don't think I've watched 25 movies.

Well maybe

but no

at least sort of ranked:

Fargo
A Woman Under the Influence
Darjeeling Limited
Pierrot le fou
Taxi Driver
Ikiru
Punch-Drunk Love
Dead Man
Hara-kiri
Badlands
Blue Velvet
The Exterminating Angel
Vengeance is Mine
Point Blank
Lacombe Lucien
Grey Gardens
Fitzcarraldo
Psycho
Pulp Fiction
Shotgun Stories
Make Way for Tomorrow
Synecdoche, New York
Killing Them Softly
Simon of the Desert
Shock Corridor

The Argonaut wrote:Darjeeling Limited
Pierrot le fou
Hara-kiri
The Exterminating Angel
Fitzcarraldo
Psycho
Killing Them Softly

These are movies I really want to see.

durdencommatyler wrote:

The Argonaut wrote:Darjeeling Limited
Pierrot le fou
Hara-kiri
The Exterminating Angel
Fitzcarraldo
Psycho
Killing Them Softly

These are movies I really want to see.

You've never seen Psycho? Color me jealous. I've only done it a couple times, but one of my favorite things to do is to watch that movie with someone who's never seen it before.
And I think you/everyone will love Hara-kiri. (Kobayashi, 1962).

Psycho really is not a very good movie. By the end, anyway.

The Argonaut wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

The Argonaut wrote:Darjeeling Limited
Pierrot le fou
Hara-kiri
The Exterminating Angel
Fitzcarraldo
Psycho
Killing Them Softly

These are movies I really want to see.

You've never seen Psycho? Color me jealous. I've only done it a couple times, but one of my favorite things to do is to watch that movie with someone who's never seen it before.
And I think you/everyone will love Hara-kiri. (Kobayashi, 1962).

Op. Shit. No, I've seen Psycho. It's on my list. I just didn't delete it when I quoted your list. I adore it.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Psycho really is not a very good movie. By the end, anyway.

Oh, you.

*flips 'Days Since LV Has Posted Something Wrong and Bad' back to 0*

theplatypus wrote:*flips 'Days Since LV Has Posted Something Wrong and Bad' back to 0*

Yeah, I genuinely believe Psycho is a masterpiece. I try not to use that word too lightly. But fuck that movie earns the word.

It's pretty good up until the final scene in the police station, at which I point I think it completely cannibalizes itself.

His face, his eyes, in that scene. *Shivers* Fucking haunts my nights.

durdencommatyler wrote:His face, his eyes, in that scene. *Shivers* Fucking haunts my nights.

Oh, Perkins is great. But so many people just seem to ignore that the scene right before that final moment is a clinical, expository, uninteresting dissection of the film's preceding events that systematically explains away all nuance and subtlety in order to cater to dullards.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:His face, his eyes, in that scene. *Shivers* Fucking haunts my nights.

Oh, Perkins is great. But so many people just seem to ignore that the scene right before that final moment is a clinical, expository, uninteresting dissection of the film's preceding events that systematically explains away all nuance and subtlety in order to cater to dullards.

I suppose I can see what you're getting at. It certainly isn't enough to taint an otherwise extraordinary film, for me.

durdencommatyler wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:His face, his eyes, in that scene. *Shivers* Fucking haunts my nights.

Oh, Perkins is great. But so many people just seem to ignore that the scene right before that final moment is a clinical, expository, uninteresting dissection of the film's preceding events that systematically explains away all nuance and subtlety in order to cater to dullards.

I suppose I can see what you're getting at. It certainly isn't enough to taint an otherwise extraordinary film, for me.

Yeah, if I were more passionate about the rest of the film, I'd probably agree (Bigger Than Life has a similar ending problem, but I still adore that film despite it). But while there are many elements of it I like (the falling-down-the-stairs sequence), I never felt very strongly about any of it. My relationship with Hitchcock is often a little bumpy.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:His face, his eyes, in that scene. *Shivers* Fucking haunts my nights.

Oh, Perkins is great. But so many people just seem to ignore that the scene right before that final moment is a clinical, expository, uninteresting dissection of the film's preceding events that systematically explains away all nuance and subtlety in order to cater to dullards.

I suppose I can see what you're getting at. It certainly isn't enough to taint an otherwise extraordinary film, for me.

Yeah, if I were more passionate about the rest of the film, I'd probably agree (Bigger Than Life has a similar ending problem, but I still adore that film despite it). But while there are many elements of it I like (the falling-down-the-stairs sequence), I never felt very strongly about any of it. My relationship with Hitchcock is often a little bumpy.

Have you officially ranked Hitchcock films around here yet? I'd be interested in the list.

durdencommatyler wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:His face, his eyes, in that scene. *Shivers* Fucking haunts my nights.

Oh, Perkins is great. But so many people just seem to ignore that the scene right before that final moment is a clinical, expository, uninteresting dissection of the film's preceding events that systematically explains away all nuance and subtlety in order to cater to dullards.

I suppose I can see what you're getting at. It certainly isn't enough to taint an otherwise extraordinary film, for me.

Yeah, if I were more passionate about the rest of the film, I'd probably agree (Bigger Than Life has a similar ending problem, but I still adore that film despite it). But while there are many elements of it I like (the falling-down-the-stairs sequence), I never felt very strongly about any of it. My relationship with Hitchcock is often a little bumpy.

Have you officially ranked Hitchcock films around here yet? I'd be interested in the list.

I don't think I have. I still have a lot left to see.

North by Northwest
The Trouble with Harry
To Catch a Thief
Vertigo
Saboteur
Strangers on a Train
Rebecca
Foreign Correspondent
Rope
Rear Window
Psycho
Spellbound
The Birds
The Lady Vanishes

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:His face, his eyes, in that scene. *Shivers* Fucking haunts my nights.

Oh, Perkins is great. But so many people just seem to ignore that the scene right before that final moment is a clinical, expository, uninteresting dissection of the film's preceding events that systematically explains away all nuance and subtlety in order to cater to dullards.

I suppose I can see what you're getting at. It certainly isn't enough to taint an otherwise extraordinary film, for me.

Yeah, if I were more passionate about the rest of the film, I'd probably agree (Bigger Than Life has a similar ending problem, but I still adore that film despite it). But while there are many elements of it I like (the falling-down-the-stairs sequence), I never felt very strongly about any of it. My relationship with Hitchcock is often a little bumpy.

Have you officially ranked Hitchcock films around here yet? I'd be interested in the list.

I don't think I have. I still have a lot left to see.

North by Northwest
The Trouble with Harry
To Catch a Thief
Vertigo
Saboteur
Strangers on a Train
Rebecca
Foreign Correspondent
Rope
Rear Window
Psycho
Spellbound
The Birds
The Lady Vanishes

I'm surprised Vertigo isn't higher. What's your deal with that one?

durdencommatyler wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:His face, his eyes, in that scene. *Shivers* Fucking haunts my nights.

Oh, Perkins is great. But so many people just seem to ignore that the scene right before that final moment is a clinical, expository, uninteresting dissection of the film's preceding events that systematically explains away all nuance and subtlety in order to cater to dullards.

I suppose I can see what you're getting at. It certainly isn't enough to taint an otherwise extraordinary film, for me.

Yeah, if I were more passionate about the rest of the film, I'd probably agree (Bigger Than Life has a similar ending problem, but I still adore that film despite it). But while there are many elements of it I like (the falling-down-the-stairs sequence), I never felt very strongly about any of it. My relationship with Hitchcock is often a little bumpy.

Have you officially ranked Hitchcock films around here yet? I'd be interested in the list.

I don't think I have. I still have a lot left to see.

North by Northwest
The Trouble with Harry
To Catch a Thief
Vertigo
Saboteur
Strangers on a Train
Rebecca
Foreign Correspondent
Rope
Rear Window
Psycho
Spellbound
The Birds
The Lady Vanishes

I'm surprised Vertigo isn't higher. What's your deal with that one?

It's #4! That's pretty high. I like Vertigo a lot. I just really love the top three.