The 100 Movie Challenge (2012)

[daniellat]

The Artist was surprisingly good...the firs 10 mins of the movie I was like...is the sound ok? Is the whole movie going to be like this?..but then I really got into the movie.

 

[MulletProof]

So is it completely silent? or do you get some music?

I've been procrastinating so much on The Artist but I feel like after watching The Turin Horse, I can endure anything!

 

[modelista]

020. Red Riding: 1974 (2009)
021. Red Riding: 1980 (2009)
022. Red Riding: 1983 (2009)
023. High Anxiety (1977) - I though I wasn't gonna like this cuz it spoofs my fave director, Hitchcock, but I was quite funny
024. The Help - looooved this movie people say that it left out, made light of, or skated over a lot of racism but I thought it was prefect
025. Super 8 - finally JJ Abrams gets it right.. Those kids were badass

026. Sin (2003) - waste of time, but Gary Oldman still rocked
027. The Education of Charlie Banks (2007)
028. Wall-E (2008) - I just love me an animation film. I don't know if there are others who think this way but I'd go see a disney pixar/dreamworks animation film waaaaay before I'd see a film by almost any actor.. Animation has far more credibility
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[blueorchid]

So is it completely silent? or do you get some music?

Yeah, it has a score.

 

[adorefaith]

^....i think this interaction may have made my day.

 

[Not Plain Jane]

I tried that last year with Magic Hour Films, and failed , particularly for what you mention, the lack of availability.. it's just too contemporary, undistributed.. it takes an extensive quest to find each documentary they've produced, so I gave up.

It is much easier with classic filmmakers I assume.. or hope!.. but then I rely a lot on free (admittedly pirate) sites.

What about Woody Allen? You'll have some really good ones, some stinkers, some funny, some dramatic. He always has excellent ensemble casts. He has tried lots of different things: fantasy, darker dramas, realism, even a musical. You don't have to go in order either. But anyhow, he has a huge oeuvre!

 

[mint condish]

6. Failure to Launch (4.5) Zooey Deschanel has one of my favourite movie performances ever in this film.
7. The Big Lebowski (5) on the big screen! (an all-time favourite)
8. Jurassic Park (5) on the big screen!
9. Back to the Future 2 (5) on the big screen! (an all-time favourite)

10. Tower Heist (2.5) It's watchable. I expected it to be the worst thing ever, and it wasn't at least that.
11. In Time (3) Fantastic sci-fi premise, terrible execution. Sasha Pivavarova (sp?) makes a 1 second cameo with no lines, so better to YouTube that. The dialogue was atrocious. Good-looking cast, because in this "dystopia", everyone has to look 25 years old . Justin Timberlake is not a good actor and that doesn't make for a good leading man. Even Amanda Seyfried, who I recognize is talented enough, couldn't carry off the bad script.

 

[sobriquet87]

01. Letters to Juliet
02. Scary Movie 2
03. The Heartbreak Kid
04. Yes Man
05. Meet the Fockers
06. The Woman in Black
07. A Few Good Men
08. Meet the Parents
09. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
10. My Cousin Vinny
11. E.T.
12. Memoirs of a Geisha
13. Good Will Hunting
14. It's Complicated
15. The Big Lebowski
16. The Lion King
17. The Bodyguard (It's a classic! Love this movie.)

 

[AgrenateD]

11. The Help (2011)
12. Drive (2011)
13. Our Idiot Brother (2011)
14. The Artist (2011)
15. Contagion (2011)

16. Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain (2001)
17. Project Nim (2011)
18. I Love You Man (2009)
19. The Girl Who Played With Fire (2009)
20. A Better Life (2011)

i can't believe how deceiving in all its simplicity A Better Life was. the plot was simple and straightforward enough, then next thing i know i was weeping like a baby what a moving film, i hope Demian Bichir wins Best Actor, if not Jean Dujardin.

 

[kokobombon]

26-Alice in Wonderland (2010) -Rewatch-
What can I say? I´m a big Burton fan, he can do no wrong in my eyes
Great customs by Colleen Atwood, I´m looking forward to see more of her work in Dark Shadows and Snow White and the Huntsman.



27-The Artist (2011)
I had reservations with this movie because all the hype but from the very beginning to the very end I was pleased with it, not a dull moment. The actors walked the fine line between overacting and doing just the right amount of acting to express emotions without the help the spoken word brings, I think it´s hard to emote without the help of tone. And in this day and age I think it´s even harder to make something so enjoyable without the help and distractions of FXs and 3D, the movie bares down to cinema basics and it works beautifully.
I think this might become one of my favorite movies, I love the dressing room scene with Berenice (who steals the movie!)



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[Bezimienna]

1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |USA (2011)
2. Big Love |Poland (2012)
3. La Princesse de Montpensier |France (2010)
4. Róża |Poland (2012)
5. Somewhere |USA (2010)

 

[ChrissyM]

I've been so terrible about watching movies!
I just watched the entire first season of Downton Abbey though, so that took up some of my time

And, I have a confession to make... I don't think I've ever seen an Audrey Hepburn film
I may have to remedy that this year.

 

[sobriquet87]

^I've only seen two Audrey Hepburn films and I didn't like one of them. I won't say which one it was, because people always get upset when I say it.


18. Hellboy 2
19. Pan's Labyrinth

 

[daniellat]

i can't believe how deceiving in all its simplicity A Better Life was. the plot was simple and straightforward enough, then next thing i know i was weeping like a baby what a moving film, i hope Demian Bichir wins Best Actor, if not Jean Dujardin.

That's why I've been reluctant to watch it..I'm on an Oscar's challenge of my own so this year at least I know what they'll be talking about at the ceremony instead of just watching the red carpet, but I'm afraid I'll cry my eyes out with that movie...

 

[fee de foret]

is it too late in the year to join this wonderful group? i love movies, and i love challenges so this seems perfect!

 

[kokobombon]

^not at all, welcome

 

[sobriquet87]

20. Die Hard 3...it was my first time seeing this one. It's not as great as the first two, but it's also not as bad as I was expecting it to be.

 

[models_vlada]

1. Le fabuleux destin d'amelie Poulain l France (2001)
2. The devil wears Prada l USA (2006)
3. Les Roseaux sauvages l France (1994)
4. Titanic - USA (1997)
5. Boys don't cry l USA (1999)
6. Paranormal Activity l USA (2007)
7. A single Man l USA (2009)
8. Rebel without a Cause l USA (1955)
9. Into the Wild l USA (2007)
10. 12 Angry Men l USA (1957)

 

[blueorchid]

^I've only seen two Audrey Hepburn films and I didn't like one of them. I won't say which one it was, because people always get upset when I say it.

Breakfast at Tiffany's? This should be a safe place for all unpopular movie opinions!

 

[YoninahAliza]

^Completely agree. We should be able to rant about whatever movies we loathed or movies that we loved on this thread. And Sobriquet87, if it was Breakfast at Tiffany's that you disliked, that's totally fine. Personally, I love the movie but I can see why it might not be everyone's cup of tea.