The Top 100 English Language Films of All Time (With Commentary)

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sir i direct you to reconsider your ommission of HALF BAKED!

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 17 April 2003 18:51 (twenty-one years ago) link

That's why it's gone too far, jess.

― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 17 April 2003 18:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

If you're not being ironic, I have to assume you've only seen 50 movies.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 17 April 2003 18:53 (twenty-one years ago) link

Best list evah.

― Nicole (Nicole), Thursday, 17 April 2003 18:53 (twenty-one years ago) link

give jess some credit, at least he didn't list Star Wars #1, like so many feebs of our generation.

― hstencil, Thursday, 17 April 2003 18:54 (twenty-one years ago) link

amateurist we can't all appreciate art made by our grandparents more than that made by our peers

― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 17 April 2003 18:54 (twenty-one years ago) link

best mood ever!!

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 17 April 2003 18:55 (twenty-one years ago) link

Jess Tears Down Canon, Western Civilization with Daring Trash-Oriented List of His Favorite Movies
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39027000/jpg/_39027407_abfab-bbc-203index.jpg

― Amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 17 April 2003 18:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

is this thing ON? the discussion seems to be moving further from Half Baked every minute.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 17 April 2003 18:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

I have to admit though, I had never heard of MVP 2 and just thinking about it frightens me.

― Nicole (Nicole), Thursday, 17 April 2003 18:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

People who like the Bizkit and Good Charlotte are making fun of Back to School?!

― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 17 April 2003 18:59 (twenty-one years ago) link

OFFICE SPACE RULES U ALL!!!!!

― SplendidMullet (iamamonkey), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:05 (twenty-one years ago) link

movies that I know I like on that list:

Back To School (it's GREAT! I know, Ally! I'm a big fan of the dude that played his son. In Dressed To Kill he had my haircut, and NOBODY has my haircut)
the flashback to Freshman year scene in PSU
John "Clamp" Glover in Gremlins 2
Clueless
a scene or two in Tommy Boy
Robocop

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:05 (twenty-one years ago) link

PCU not, PSU. And hair, not haircut.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:07 (twenty-one years ago) link

The wittle alien in Enemy Mine is so cute! Best use of Louis Gossett Jr. in a movie yet.

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:07 (twenty-one years ago) link

fine.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

and Hot To Trot SUCKS. I rented that on an ironic whim a couple years ago. It's hell. It even has "Shooting Dirty Pool" by the Replacements in it, reaffirming its assyness.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

I've just called Blockbuster and had them reserve me a copy of MVP 2 which I'll pick up on the way home. I bet they're laughing right now..."DUDE! Somebody just called to reserve MVP 2!!! Muahaha!"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:12 (twenty-one years ago) link

jess's lame film school-y "acceptable" top 20 for amateurist:

20. Empire Strikes Back
19. Ladri di bicicelette (you get extra points if you use the original language titles...take note all you collegiate types)
18. Terminal USA
17. Glengarry Glenn Ross
16. Do The Right Thing
15. Casablanca
14. The Conversation
13. Silence of the Lambs
12. Meet John Doe
11. Goodfellas
10. The Apu Trilogy
9. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?
8. Goldfinger
7. Blade Runner
6. Touch of Evil
5. 8 1/2 (or La Dolce Vita...i can't decide)
4. Raging Bull
3. Pinocchio
2. Ikiru
1. The Rules of the Game

see, boring!! yes, yes, i can say that most of these films are better "made" and more "valuable" to humanity than my other list, but i don't want to WATCH them as often, so how is my first list any less "true"?

― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

what no regle du jeu?

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:18 (twenty-one years ago) link

The Five Movies I Watch Most Often:

1. Rounders
2. Dave
3. All the President's Men
4. Raising Arizona
5. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:18 (twenty-one years ago) link

The Apu Trilogy is not boring! And some of those movies would definitely be laughed out of any "serious film school" discussion.

― hstencil, Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:19 (twenty-one years ago) link

sorry mark, i wussed out of going to imdb and looking up the french

anyway, i really hate movies and it's an effort to even get me to watch most of them

― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:19 (twenty-one years ago) link

Your list just reminded me of someone shooting their dad in the eye with a squirt gun to get attention.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:20 (twenty-one years ago) link

anyway, i really hate movies and it's an effort to even get me to watch most of them

this, more than any other reason you may bring up, is why spending $80K on film school was a bad idea.

― hstencil, Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:21 (twenty-one years ago) link

Fletch and Fletch 2. I watch them constantly.

― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:21 (twenty-one years ago) link

jess, I think there's a fertile middle ground between your list and 'amateurist's' list. Such as, Raising Arizona, Airplane, Trading Places, Mr. Mom, etc.

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:22 (twenty-one years ago) link

it wuz film school whut did this to me!!

― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:22 (twenty-one years ago) link

and REAL GENIUS!

― hstencil, Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:22 (twenty-one years ago) link

And how the hell could you leave off Airborne? Studly surfer comes to Ohio and teaches the bullies to love through rollerblading. C'mon now.

(Yes, hstencil, YES)

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

naw, jess, it's not film school's fault. Hell, I know people who work in the film industry who still love movies, and the industry's like a bazillion times more exasperating/depressing than film school.

― hstencil, Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

(hoops, are you about to show your o face?)

― hstencil, Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:25 (twenty-one years ago) link

Right so my squirt gun scenario is about accurate.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:25 (twenty-one years ago) link

except that that is a funny and interesting list of films (the first one) (the second one is so-so)

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

YES HSTENCIL YESSS!

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

(I really have no excuse for posting this, but, well...)

http://www.virtualurth.com/pages/cez/lebowski2.gif

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

I think I'm gonna add a letter to my name ea week until CAN'T THINK/ NICK'S POST PUT ME IN A TRANCE

― hoops (Oops), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:30 (twenty-one years ago) link

anyway i am off to watch peewee and xu: warriors (#3 and #2 in a sane world)

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

I didn't debate that, Mark. (It being funny that is.)

― Amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

hoops, I just now had this funny idea: what if ILXors had sex, then called out each other's ILX handles during orgasm?

mebbe that's more appropriate for the orgasm thread.

― hstencil, Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:32 (twenty-one years ago) link

hstencil: WORST. IDEA. EVER.

― rosemary (rosemary), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:38 (twenty-one years ago) link

It's rude to call someone out on having love handles during intercourse.

― hoops (Oops), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:40 (twenty-one years ago) link

fin du cinema

― s woods, Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:43 (twenty-one years ago) link

rosemary, I wasn't thinking of any ILXors in particular.

― hstencil, Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:50 (twenty-one years ago) link

i am most pleased with this thread

― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

has a deaf person ever played a person that can hear in a movie?

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:55 (twenty-one years ago) link

I'm still waiting to find out where "Barb Wire" places on Jess's list.

― Chris P (Chris P), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:58 (twenty-one years ago) link

except that that is a funny and interesting list of films (the first one) (the second one is so-so)

especially the "English language" part

― felicity (felicity), Thursday, 17 April 2003 20:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

jess can we add to the list, cause i've got some.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 17 April 2003 20:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

especially the "English language" part

Felicity Ikiru was a placeholder--Jess is awaiting the remake with Tom Hanks.*

*I am not making this up.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 17 April 2003 20:10 (twenty-one years ago) link

Skipping 84 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

Sorry I'm so testy today.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 18 April 2003 15:59 (twenty-one years ago) link

The smileys are like, the straw men, agreeing with Ned.

― felicity (felicity), Friday, 18 April 2003 15:59 (twenty-one years ago) link

No worries, Amateurist. We all have those days!

The smileys are like, the straw men, agreeing with Ned.

Yay! My army of pixels!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 18 April 2003 16:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

THIS IS MY STRAW MAN SHOW ME YOURS :)

― felicity (felicity), Friday, 18 April 2003 16:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

http://www.illlogic.net/images/japan2002/a-big-big-straw-man-6-18.jpg

― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 18 April 2003 16:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

― felicity (felicity), Friday, 18 April 2003 16:03 (twenty-one years ago) link

I'm HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE!

Felicity in Bevan-avatar shockah! ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 18 April 2003 16:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

maybe all you knucklebrains who are actually trying to "argue" my list should get your own thread to be boring in

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 18 April 2003 18:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

I own 0 movies, but If I could only own one it would be Kingpin. Or maybe Cannonball Run. Or Dazed and Confused. Donnie Darko is my other favorite movie, but I wouldn't really need to see it again.

― Kris (aqueduct), Friday, 18 April 2003 18:20 (twenty-one years ago) link

i'm sorry for interrupting the self-satisfaction [/self-satisfaction]

― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 18 April 2003 18:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

Who is this bitch likes 13 Ghosts?! Eh?!

― Ally (mlescaut), Friday, 18 April 2003 18:36 (twenty-one years ago) link

I am that bitch.

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 18 April 2003 18:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

Yanc3y, I love your friend from Galaxy Quest! He's so cute.

I liked Python a lot. Point Break was pretty good despite the prescence of Lori Petty and Anthony Keidis. Love Times Square, obviously. Foxes and Starstruck, too.

Lori Metcalf was so great in Making Mr. Right. Why'd she have to go and waste 10 years on Roseanne? That is all.

― Arthur (Arthur), Friday, 18 April 2003 20:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

Center Stage woooooooooooooooo! I actually rented this dvd with a friend while in San Fran (and I watched the director's commentary). We tried to play a drinking game where we would drink when an eating disorder is mentioned, drink when Peter Gallagher's eyebrows do something weird, drink when someone says "dream". Oddly enough the word "dream" is only said 1-2 times near the end. And we absolutely chugged during the ballet porn-lite.

― Carey (Carey), Friday, 18 April 2003 20:10 (twenty-one years ago) link

this thread makes me wanna dig my nails in to my face and pull downward. only because none of yers are in reach. arrrggh!!!!

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 18 April 2003 20:13 (twenty-one years ago) link

Oh wait, that is not all. I forgot to mention that my friend Victor worked on Stargate and he told me that Jaye Davidson's character (the alternate reality Egyptian hermaphrodite deity) was originally supposed to speak English but Jaye kept nodding out so they dubbed in some alternate reality Egyptian hermaphrodite diety lingo. I really, really miss Jaye Davidson. Even though he was horrible to me when I was a bartender.

― Arthur (Arthur), Friday, 18 April 2003 20:17 (twenty-one years ago) link

eight months pass...

The top 5 worste movies between 2000-2003 :
1.freddy vs jason it was a dissapointment
2.daredevil it was not like the old comixs
3.the matrix reloaded compared to the matrix it sucked
4.the hulk it was so dumb
5.jason x it made no sense

― Ryan Skinner, Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:59 (twenty years ago) link

I agree with Anthony's comment three up... but fwiw, at least I didn't have to get through another list thread that had, y'know, lists in it.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 January 2004 05:50 (twenty years ago) link

i can't understand how Ghostbusters 2 can be considered better than Ghostbusters

― ryan (ryan), Thursday, 15 January 2004 05:59 (twenty years ago) link

I agree, that is preposterous.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 15 January 2004 06:01 (twenty years ago) link

um, hello...vibrating gelatin that reacts to emotions!

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 15 January 2004 06:03 (twenty years ago) link

“Vhy em I dreeping vit goo?”

"Janusz," Ghostbusters 2

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 15 January 2004 06:06 (twenty years ago) link

"On Our Own" = better than anything on the GB1 sdtk. (... except "Magic").

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 January 2004 06:59 (twenty years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Coming back to this one (God help me). I don't care if this list is ironic (which it is, and I need to see you make a list of Top 100 Non-English Language Films before I'll think otherwise), genuine, anti-amateurist or what-evah. All I can say with total and utter honesty is:

Anyone who thinks Poltergeist II is better than Poltergeist = one dumb fucking bitch.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Saturday, 31 January 2004 01:52 (twenty years ago) link

this thread just keeps on giving.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 31 January 2004 01:59 (twenty years ago) link

two weeks pass...

this thread is classic.

yanc3y, who does yr friend play in 'ed'? they show tht during half-term here, ch4, I remember enjoying it.

― cozen (Cozen), Friday, 20 February 2004 03:23 (twenty years ago) link

one year passes...

enemy mine is a wierd, heavy movie.

― f--gg (gcannon), Tuesday, 8 March 2005 10:23 (nineteen years ago) link

one month passes...

Henry & June

― miccio (miccio), Friday, 29 April 2005 02:55 (nineteen years ago) link

“Vhy em I dreeping vit goo?”

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 29 April 2005 04:06 (nineteen years ago) link

"oh, pussywillow..."

― miccio (miccio), Friday, 29 April 2005 06:17 (nineteen years ago) link

My anger over Poltergeist II has surprisingly not muted one bit in the interim.

― Eric von H. (Eric H.), Friday, 29 April 2005 09:13 (nineteen years ago) link

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