Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have

[E.H. Ruddock]

Should I spend today making an account and rating movies on imdb?

Don't. I just recently started down that rabbit hole. And let me tell you, it is deep.

[LoathedVermin72]

I know the feeling, I've watched many movies I felt were overrated. However, I genuinely had a great time watching these movies, and often more than once. I think they all deserve the praise, success and awards they have achieved. What would your top 50 list look like?

1. The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
2. Suspiria (1977)
3. The Color of Pomegranates (1968)
4. Spring Breakers (2013)
5. The Yearling (1946)
6. Bronson (2009)
7. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
8. Black Narcissus (1947)
9. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
10. Aliens (1986)
11. Lost in Translation (2003)
12. Casualties of War (1989)
13. Dumb and Dumber (1994)
14. The Tenant (1976)
15. The Shining (1980)
16. Man of the West (1958)
17. The Beyond (1981)
18. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
19. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
20. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
21. Mission to Mars (2000)
22. Conan the Barbarian (1982)
23. Gone with the Wind (1939)
24. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
25. Marketa Lazarova (1967)
26. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)
27. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
28. Die Hard (1988)
29. Walker (1987)
30. The Matrix (1999)
31. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
32. Death and the Maiden (1994)
33. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
34. Heat (1995)
35. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
36. The Swimmer (1968)
37. L'avventura (1960)
38. Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
39. Commando (1985)
40. Godzilla (1998)
41. The Crazies (1973)
42. Short Cuts (1993)
43. Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
44. The Room (2003)
45. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
46. The Devil's Rejects (2005)
47. Unforgiven (1992)
48. Entertainment (2015)
49. Fellini Satyricon (1969)
50. Starship Troopers (1997)

[Anders]

Should I spend today making an account and rating movies on imdb?

I enjoy it. You can do it a little by little, and eventually you have a good database.

[LoathedVermin72]

rateyourmusic.com is soooooo much better than IMDb.

[epilogue]

rateyourmusic.com is soooooo much better than IMDb.

But I don't want to rate my music.

[Anders]

And I'm not sure why Mulholland Drive came up in this discussion with Shawshank. But MD is vastly superior in every way.

I said I didn't like Shawshank that much, and Anders remembered I had said I liked Mulholland a lot.

Ah.

Not really. There was a lot of talk fof it lately, and I have some people I know that keep talking about it. I thought it was an interesting comparison.

[LoathedVermin72]

rateyourmusic.com is soooooo much better than IMDb.

But I don't want to rate my music.

It has movies too, Joey.

[epilogue]

LV, I don't remember seeing Death and the Maiden on your list before. Is that a recent addition or did I just miss it previously?

[epilogue]

rateyourmusic.com is soooooo much better than IMDb.

But I don't want to rate my music.

It has movies too, Joey.

Calm down.

[Anders]

rateyourmusic.com is soooooo much better than IMDb.

It's good too, but I feel it is a lot more niche and elitist based. Some genres will always be rated insanely high, and things like Pearl Jam fairly low. IMDB is not like that at all.

[LoathedVermin72]

rateyourmusic.com is soooooo much better than IMDb.

It's good too, but I feel it is a lot more niche and elitist based. Some genres will always be rated insanely high, and things like Pearl Jam fairly low. IMDB is not like that at all.

RYM is definitely annoyingly elitist, but the general taste there is waaaaaaay better than IMDb, which is a Rotten Tomatoes-esque cesspool.

[LoathedVermin72]

LV, I don't remember seeing Death and the Maiden on your list before. Is that a recent addition or did I just miss it previously?

New addition. I reworked my top 50 a couple months ago.

[Anders]

I know the feeling, I've watched many movies I felt were overrated. However, I genuinely had a great time watching these movies, and often more than once. I think they all deserve the praise, success and awards they have achieved. What would your top 50 list look like?

For a hot second I thought Fight Club wasn't gonna make the cut and I was gonna lose my shit!

Still, I didn't see any Lynch on there. Did I miss it? Or do you need to reevaluate a few things?

Not crazy about Lynch, but I do like a fair bit of his work, especially Twin Peaks. But I also highly rate The Elephant Man, Dune, Blue Velvet and The Straight Story.

[run2death]

I think I only have 3 perfect 10 movies.

"The Last Picture Show"
"Taxi Driver"
"Grave of the Fireflies"

"Requiem for a Dream," "Children of Men," "Repulsion" and "Bronson" are probably 9.5s.

[E.H. Ruddock]

I love so much that LV has Mission to Mars in his top 50

[Anders]

I think you've got five movies from my list, and six I considered. Another 20 or so that I like, and some that I don't. A few I probably haven't seen.

While not on my list, movies like Dumb and Dumber, Holy Grail, Die Hard and Starship Troopers are movies I've always highly enjoyed.

[Anders]

I love so much that LV has Mission to Mars in his top 50

I don't even like that movie, and I really enjoy movies about Mars.

[LoathedVermin72]

Here's my breakdown of your list, Anders:

Great:
2. Empire Strikes Back
3. The Godfather
5. Star Wars
6. Lawrence Of Arabia
7. Apocalypse Now
12. Unforgiven
13. LOTR: Fellowship Of The Ring
15. The Deer Hunter
19. Fargo
27. The Matrix
29. LOTR: The Two Towers
30. Goodfellas
35. The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
36. Chinatown
40. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worryng And Love The Bomb
41. North By Northwest
42. Barton Fink

Good:
9. Pulp Fiction
18. Life Of Brian
20. La Vita E Bella
21. Barry Lyndon
22. L.A. Confidential
25. Seven
48. In The Mood For Love (Faa Yeung Nin Wa)

Meh:
1. Casablanca
8. 12 Angry Men
11. The Silence Of The Lambs
14. Forrest Gump
17. Gandhi
23. Platoon
24. The Shawshank Redemption
32. The Maltese Falcon
34. Rear Window
39. Rio Bravo
43. Le Notti Di Cabiria
44. Rebecca
45. T2
50. Fight Club

Bad:
4. The Godfather part 2
26. The Fifth Element
28. Schindler's List
46. In A Lonely Place
49. Wild Strawberries (I want to revisit this since it's been a long time and I love Bergman.)

Haven't seen:
10. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring
31. Harakiri
33. Hable Con Ella
37. The African Queen
38. Some Like It Hot
47. Cinema Paradiso

[Anders]

Casablanca, 12 Angry Men and The Godfather Part 2 are the most surprising to me. Bogart should have gotten an oscar for In A Lonely Place.

[E.H. Ruddock]

I love so much that LV has Mission to Mars in his top 50

I don't even like that movie, and I really enjoy movies about Mars.

It is such a great movie, though.