29 May 2005

Top 250

What do I do when I'm bored? Or when I'm procrastinating? Well, here's something. I went and looked at the Internet Movie Database's Bottom 100 and Top 250 lists, figured out which films I had and hadn't seen. Here's what I came up with, and what I thought.

From the Top 250
2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - Excellent
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Way too long
7. Casablanca (1942) - Excellent
8. Star Wars (1977) - Excellent
9. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - Excellent
10. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - Best Star Wars film ever
13. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) - Best Lord of the Rings film ever
17. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) - Excellent
18. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - Excellent
28. Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) - Excellent
32. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - Not top 250 material
33. American Beauty (1999) - Amazing
35. The Matrix (1999) - Amazing, ahead of its time
36. Apocalypse Now (1979) - Excellent
45. Boot, Das (1981) - Excellent
48. Se7en (1995) - Not top 250 material
51. Rashômon (1950) - I'll never get that part of my life back
55. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) - Excellent
62. Alien (1979) - Excellent
63. Saving Private Ryan (1998) - Excellent
78. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - Amazing, still underrated
86. Aliens (1986) - Excellent
91. Braveheart (1995) - Excellent
95. The Incredibles (2004) - Excellent
107. Full Metal Jacket (1987) - Excellent
108. Forrest Gump (1994) - Excellent
113. The Princess Bride (1987) - Overrated
115. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) - Not top 250 material
129. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi - Weakest of the Star Wars films
134. Back to the Future (1985) - Outstanding
135. Ben-Hur (1959) - Amazing
140. The Green Mile (1999) - Good
144. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) - Excellent
146. Platoon (1986) - Overrated
158. Life of Brian (1979) - Excellent
160. Shrek (2001) - Excellent
162. Die Hard (1988) - Outstanding
168. Young Frankenstein (1974) - Excellent
173. Gladiator (2000) - Best film ever
183. Spartacus (1960) - "I love you, Spartacus!"
186. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) - Excellent
193. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) - Excellent
200. Toy Story (1995) - Good
202. Twelve Monkeys (1995) - Excellent
212. The Lion in Winter (1968) - Good
217. The Terminator (1984) - Not top 250 material
222. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - Outstanding
233. Being John Malkovich (1999) - Good
245. King Kong (1933) - Who hasn't seen King Kong?

From the Bottom 100
35. The Giant Spider Invasion (1975) - Best MST3k ever!
40. Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000) - Highly underrated
45. It's Pat (1994) - Ehhhh
46. 2001: A Space Travesty (2000) - Ehhhh
55. Teen Wolf Too (1987) - Not that bad
71. Problem Child 2 (1991) - Pretty entertaining, really
78. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995) - Yeah, okay, but it was for kids!
79. Street Fighter (1994) - Oh, come on
86. Cop & 1/2 (1993) - Yeah, terrible
95. Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) - Yeah, terrible

You know what to do, fellow bloggers. Make me proud, and post a link in the comments so that I can see your results.

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