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Post by Strobe on Jul 9, 2020 9:33:32 GMT
5 of those films PB just posted are on my ever-expanding to watch list. I am hoping to get at least some of them seen before lists are due. I've watched more films than pretty much everyone I know, yet I feel like I've probably seen at most about one fifth of the critically acclaimed/culturally significant films that I feel would make me feel reasonably content with presenting a top films list.
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Post by Strobe on Jul 9, 2020 9:52:01 GMT
And of the 5 I have seen, 2 will be very high for me, another might make the bottom of my list and the other 2 I would expect to finish in my top 200. Very strong shouts.
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Post by PB on Jul 9, 2020 10:33:52 GMT
I think as soon as we get obsessed with trying to see everything that's worth seeing we stop enjoying film for what it is and more for what kudos it can give us. I've only seen a handful of your recommendations and want to see the rest. If I do, great, if I don't, I won't beat myself. It's liberating to remember that we can only see what we've seen and trying to keep up with everyone else will never be complete. Unless you're a full-time film critic there's no point feeling guilty about what you have or haven't seen. Sure, it's good to challenge yourself to see a broader range of films - but it's not a competition.
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Post by Strobe on Jul 9, 2020 11:05:35 GMT
but it's not a competition. I WILL COMPLETE FILM!
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Post by 🤯 on Jul 9, 2020 12:01:23 GMT
I'll second PB's Chinatown rec. I hadn't seen it before UT's urging finally worked. So glad I checked it out. Think I watched it twice in a row. That good. It'll be on my 100.
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Post by Ness on Jul 9, 2020 23:34:55 GMT
Wizard of Oz and Clerks will likely be the sole black and white films.
And I'm probably gonna cut Oz by the end of it.
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Post by UT on Jul 9, 2020 23:59:44 GMT
Wizard of Oz and Clerks will likely be the sole black and white films. And I'm probably gonna cut Oz by the end of it. It’s a stretch calling WoZ a black and white film. Though it makes me sound smarter for having it on my list so I’ll count it.
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Post by Shootist on Jul 12, 2020 3:44:43 GMT
Well, I'm up to 60 ranked and am feeling more satisfied with my tweaks, made pretty good progress today.
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Post by Strobe on Jul 14, 2020 21:47:32 GMT
The funny thing with lists of this size is that there is this limited localised mobility.
If I am thinking a certain way, or the wind is blowing a different direction, could my #100 be my #90. Sure. Or my #110? Sure. Could my #90 be my #80 or my #100? Sure. But that doesn't carry on. I can't use that thinking to get my #100 to #1.
It feels almost paradoxical. I could see myself putting A above B and B above C, but never A above C.
I find that the band that each film could sit in contracts as you get closer to the top. I have two contenders for #1 and I can't see my #20 at #10.
I've got my working top 100 ordered. Only newly watched films will enter from now on. I've actually now got an ordered list with over 500 films, which I will add to from now on (I still have hundreds of films that I've seen to add to it, but none that I think would broach the top 100), so I've always got a list to pluck from moving forwards.
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Post by Strobe on Jul 14, 2020 22:38:12 GMT
1920s: 2 1930s: 2 1940s: 3 1950s: 13 1960s: 11 1970s: 12 1980s: 15 1990s: 18 2000s: 18 2010s: 6
Current Top 100 breakdown by decade. Makes sense given the relative lack of films I've seen pre-1950. I've also decided to forget what I said earlier about film documentaries (I have seen so few of the most pimped) and include them. I have 1 in my top 100.
4 of my 6 from the 2010s are from 2010 and 2011. Gives me some confidence in my "feeling" that the last decade has been weak overall for film (and definitely for music). While I really like the MCU overall, and those films are all over my current 250-500 range, you have others attempting cinematic universes or even just films by committee. And so many remakes and long-delayed sequels or prequels. The Magnificent Seven remake was eh, Prometheus was god awful (I've not even watched Covenant), I don't want The Matrix 4 (2 and especially 3 were bad enough). I don't want Indiana Jones 5 (4 was terrible). I don't want Beverly Hills Cop 4. Just fuck off. And this is everyone's fault but mine. I don't go to the cinemas to watch these, but YOU fucks clearly do.
Saying that, I do have a fair amount of blind spots from the last 10 years and it may also be that I haven't even heard of films that no one is talking about but will become revered. Plenty of canonical classics did not become so until decades after their release.
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Post by UT on Jul 18, 2020 13:51:55 GMT
Let's get some of those lists in! Unless y'all are going to bombard me at the last minute and send me to an institution.
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Post by The Dazz on Jul 19, 2020 17:37:09 GMT
My top 100 is practically done. Been watching some new movies I haven’t seen, so haven’t sent my list just in case I make any changes.
But I don’t think I will. Maybe one day some of the movies I’ve recently watched will replace a movie in my top 100, but at this point I’m just using this list as the official rank of the first (nearly) 23 years of my life.
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Post by UT on Jul 20, 2020 2:25:59 GMT
My top 100 is practically done. Been watching some new movies I haven’t seen, so haven’t sent my list just in case I make any changes. But I don’t think I will. Maybe one day some of the movies I’ve recently watched will replace a movie in my top 100, but at this point I’m just using this list as the official rank of the first (nearly) 23 years of my life. Recent movies were the hardest for me , even the ones I loved and assume I’ll watch a ton moving forward ... I just don’t have the same connection as movies I’ve watched for decades and still am happy to watch again. There are 2 or 3 movies that came out 2018 or after on my list I think. With like 4 or 5 late cuts that most out to guaranteed rewatch ability and nostalgia.
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Post by Strobe on Jul 22, 2020 8:25:15 GMT
Let's get some of those lists in! Unless y'all are going to bombard me at the last minute and send me to an institution. What do we think the deadline is going to be? So I can start to prioritise the films I want to watch in time.
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Post by UT on Jul 22, 2020 12:56:43 GMT
Well assuming one a day from here on out , 36 days , but that’s doesn’t account for me skipping days or posting two at once. I’d say a month to be safe.
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Post by Emperor on Jul 22, 2020 15:52:46 GMT
UT should take like a week break between Countdown 99 and the big one. We don't need constant countdowns. Or do we?
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Post by UT on Jul 22, 2020 16:33:08 GMT
UT should take like a week break between Countdown 99 and the big one. We don't need constant countdowns. Or do we? 97 lists in , why change it now? 60 days to get lists in was also plenty of heads up.
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Post by 🤯 on Jul 22, 2020 19:48:39 GMT
Would love if the FINAL COUNTDOWN ends up being the lowest turnout ever, and the reveal is just UT's Top 100 favorite movies.
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Post by UT on Jul 22, 2020 21:50:45 GMT
Would love if the FINAL COUNTDOWN ends up being the lowest turnout ever, and the reveal is just UT's Top 100 favorite movies. Already got 4 butthead.
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Post by Strobe on Jul 22, 2020 22:05:16 GMT
Would love if the FINAL COUNTDOWN ends up being the lowest turnout ever, and the reveal is just UT 's Top 100 favorite movies. Already got 4 butthead. I'm going to assume this means Beavis and Butt-Head Do America is currently in the top spot.
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Post by Ness on Jul 22, 2020 22:47:06 GMT
I'm going to assume this means Beavis and Butt-Head Do America is currently in the top spot. Holy crap what a missed opportunity for the road trip!
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Post by 🤯 on Jul 23, 2020 3:57:35 GMT
Wife helped me whittle my "short list" down to 150 tonight by asking such straight-to-the-point questions as "What parts of Ratatouille did you not like?" and eliciting illuminating answers from me like "The parts with rats."
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Post by Big Pete on Jul 23, 2020 4:16:24 GMT
:lol: pi.
Get your female directed lists in. You'll be shocked and amazed at what qualifies.
Also watch Meshes of the Afternoon and get some culture into you.
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Post by 🤯 on Jul 23, 2020 4:27:52 GMT
:lol: pi. Get your female directed lists in. You'll be shocked and amazed at what qualifies. Also watch Meshes of the Afternoon and get some culture into you.
Already done. Pretty much just my Top 10 Favorite Nancy Myers Movies.
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Post by mikec on Jul 27, 2020 4:53:21 GMT
I am started on a list. With limited time I’m basically just going over prior lists sent to UT and ranking them, but I like my top ten pretty well. I’m a little over 50 movies in.
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Post by KJ on Jul 28, 2020 20:27:07 GMT
So it's send in Top-100 films ever. Right?
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Post by UT on Jul 28, 2020 20:54:20 GMT
Yes sir KJ. Top 100. You can send anywhere from 30 - 100. Just got one more list in making it up to 5. 325 different movies listed so far. Which is actually way less than I thought it would be. A ton of overlap which is awesome.
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Post by Emperor on Jul 28, 2020 21:55:10 GMT
You won't be saying that once my list hits your inbox :lol:
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Post by UT on Jul 28, 2020 21:58:34 GMT
You won't be saying that once my list hits your inbox :lol: Don’t worry there’s already been a vote for Spice World. So there.
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Post by KJ on Jul 29, 2020 3:06:16 GMT
Yes sir KJ. Top 100. You can send anywhere from 30 - 100. Just got one more list in making it up to 5. 325 different movies listed so far. Which is actually way less than I thought it would be. A ton of overlap which is awesome. Awesome. I’m over 90, but now I have to organize.
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