Hey Folks,
So, we are 1/5 of the way through the list. I think that calls for a little recap. Here are the movies that make up the first 25:
125. Toy Story (1995)
124. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)
123. Blade Runner (1982)
122. Do the Right Thing (1989)
121. The Last Picture Show (1971)
120. A Place in the Sun (1951)
119. My Fair Lady (1964)
118. Sophie’s Choice (1982)
117. The Jazz Singer (1927)
116. Swing Time (1936)
115. Patton (1970)
114. Frankenstein (1931)
113. 12 Angry Men (1957)
112. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
111. A Night at the Opera (1935)
110. The Sixth Sense (1999)
109. Fargo (1996)
108. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
107. Giant (1956)
106. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
105. Spartacus (1960)
104. All the President’s Men (1976)
103. Pulp Fiction (1994)
102. Dances with Wolves (1990)
101. Titanic (1997)
Plus we had two “Bonus Movies” that got added to the list:
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
El Dorado (1967)
Making for a grand total of 27 movies screened so far. One thing for certain, those 27 movies do represent a nice cross section of flim history. We have 2 movies from the 1920’s, 5 movies from the 1930’s, 1 movie from the 1940’s, 3 movies from the 1950’s, 4 movies from the 1960’s, 3 movies from the 1970’s, 3 movies from the 1980’s, and 6 movies from the 1990’s. So, the 1990’s are the most well represented decade for movies so far.
Keeping in mind that our Ranking Scale (which we borrowed from Netflix) is: 1 Star - Hated It, 2 Stars - Didn't Like It, 3 Stars - Liked It, 4 Stars - Really Liked It, 5 Stars - Loved It; from a Ranking standpoint, the films break down like this:
1. Pulp Fiction (5 Stars)
2. Toy Story (5 Stars)
3. A Night at the Opera (5 Stars)
4. 12 Angry Men (4 ½ Stars)
5. Patton (4 ½ Stars)
6. Dances with Wolves (4 ½ Stars)
7. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (4 ½ Stars)
8. My Fair Lady (4 ½ Stars)
9. The Sixth Sense (4 ¼ Stars)
10. Do the Right Thing (4 Stars)
11. Fargo (4 Stars)
12. Blade Runner (4 Stars)
13. Spartacus (4 Stars)
14. Swing Time (4 Stars)
15. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (4 Stars)
16. Sophie’s Choice (3 ½ Stars)
17. El Dorado (3 ¼ Stars)**
18. Titanic (3 Stars)
19. Giant (3 Stars)
20. Bride of Frankenstein (3 Stars)
21. The Jazz Singer (3 Stars)
22. The Last Picture Show (3 Stars)
23. Frankenstein (3 Stars)
24. Mutiny on the Bounty (3 Stars)
So, we are 1/5 of the way through the list. I think that calls for a little recap. Here are the movies that make up the first 25:
125. Toy Story (1995)
124. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)
123. Blade Runner (1982)
122. Do the Right Thing (1989)
121. The Last Picture Show (1971)
120. A Place in the Sun (1951)
119. My Fair Lady (1964)
118. Sophie’s Choice (1982)
117. The Jazz Singer (1927)
116. Swing Time (1936)
115. Patton (1970)
114. Frankenstein (1931)
113. 12 Angry Men (1957)
112. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
111. A Night at the Opera (1935)
110. The Sixth Sense (1999)
109. Fargo (1996)
108. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
107. Giant (1956)
106. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
105. Spartacus (1960)
104. All the President’s Men (1976)
103. Pulp Fiction (1994)
102. Dances with Wolves (1990)
101. Titanic (1997)
Plus we had two “Bonus Movies” that got added to the list:
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
El Dorado (1967)
Making for a grand total of 27 movies screened so far. One thing for certain, those 27 movies do represent a nice cross section of flim history. We have 2 movies from the 1920’s, 5 movies from the 1930’s, 1 movie from the 1940’s, 3 movies from the 1950’s, 4 movies from the 1960’s, 3 movies from the 1970’s, 3 movies from the 1980’s, and 6 movies from the 1990’s. So, the 1990’s are the most well represented decade for movies so far.
Keeping in mind that our Ranking Scale (which we borrowed from Netflix) is: 1 Star - Hated It, 2 Stars - Didn't Like It, 3 Stars - Liked It, 4 Stars - Really Liked It, 5 Stars - Loved It; from a Ranking standpoint, the films break down like this:
1. Pulp Fiction (5 Stars)
2. Toy Story (5 Stars)
3. A Night at the Opera (5 Stars)
4. 12 Angry Men (4 ½ Stars)
5. Patton (4 ½ Stars)
6. Dances with Wolves (4 ½ Stars)
7. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (4 ½ Stars)
8. My Fair Lady (4 ½ Stars)
9. The Sixth Sense (4 ¼ Stars)
10. Do the Right Thing (4 Stars)
11. Fargo (4 Stars)
12. Blade Runner (4 Stars)
13. Spartacus (4 Stars)
14. Swing Time (4 Stars)
15. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (4 Stars)
16. Sophie’s Choice (3 ½ Stars)
17. El Dorado (3 ¼ Stars)**
18. Titanic (3 Stars)
19. Giant (3 Stars)
20. Bride of Frankenstein (3 Stars)
21. The Jazz Singer (3 Stars)
22. The Last Picture Show (3 Stars)
23. Frankenstein (3 Stars)
24. Mutiny on the Bounty (3 Stars)
25. Yankee Doodle Dandy (3 Stars)
26. All the President’s Men (2 ½ Stars)
27. A Place in the Sun (1 ½ Stars)
Pulp Fiction, Toy Story, and A Night at the Opera are the only movies so far with perfect scores, while Yankee Doodle Dandy, All the President’s Men and the pathetically bad A Place in the Sun round out the bottom of the list.
We will revisit this again after the next 25 movies, but at the moment, that is how everything has shaken out. So, I guess all that is left to do at this point is to plow on ahead into the next 25 films – the next on the list being Number 100, the 1967 Sidney Poitier classic, In the Heat of the Night.
John
** What can I say, Official Friends of Beth and John’s Movie Odyssey – TJ and Jeff – both really like this movie., so we have a bit of a statistical aberration on our hands.
Pulp Fiction, Toy Story, and A Night at the Opera are the only movies so far with perfect scores, while Yankee Doodle Dandy, All the President’s Men and the pathetically bad A Place in the Sun round out the bottom of the list.
We will revisit this again after the next 25 movies, but at the moment, that is how everything has shaken out. So, I guess all that is left to do at this point is to plow on ahead into the next 25 films – the next on the list being Number 100, the 1967 Sidney Poitier classic, In the Heat of the Night.
John
** What can I say, Official Friends of Beth and John’s Movie Odyssey – TJ and Jeff – both really like this movie., so we have a bit of a statistical aberration on our hands.
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