man, i love making lists.
top 15 (personal enjoyability):
15)Deconstructing Harry - woody allen's gotta make my list, and this is as good a choice as any.
14)Leon - The Professional (French Cut) - because secretly i've always wanted to be leon.
13)Brazil - made me question my contrived reality.
12)The Sting - had me wishing i was paul newman.
11)Fight Club - the movie and concept was profound to me. my generation's definition movie. one of the funniest films in years.
10)Lolita (Jeremy Irons, Dominique Swain Version) - i prefered it to kubrick's version, and it was closer to nabokov's vision in my opinion.
9)Clockwork Orange - deeply disturbing, i can't watch it more than once a year, but frighteningly brilliant.
8)The Ice Storm - had me in a funk for days (weeks, months...)
7)Trois Colours: Bleu, Rouge, Blanc - the trilogy, greatest ever in my mind, considering part three of...
6)The Godfather - family. life. wisdom. profound influence on how i watch movies.
5)The Graduate - got me. defined a part of me. maybe the funniest and most poignant film i've ever seen.
4)Taxi Driver - i relate to the lonliness/psychotic male roles (also see #2 and #1 on the list). freaks me out really. de niro, kietel, and foster's most brilliant work by far.
3)The Godfather, Part II - took me a few viewings to like it, now i love it.
2)One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - ken kesey may be my favorite author, and while the film strays from the book's perspective, brilliant nonetheless. the supporting actors never got the credit they deserved - christopher lloyd is fantastic, as was devito, billy (forget his real name) and hardy (same).
1)Ordinary People - unlike cuckoo's nest, was very close to judith guest's book, which was a wise move. poignant, brilliant, the movie my friends relate me to.
looking forward to reading other's lists and their reasons...
