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re: Discussion: Top 200 Movies We Agree Don't Suck - 2.0
Posted on 3/5/13 at 11:14 am to H-Town Tiger
Posted on 3/5/13 at 11:14 am to H-Town Tiger
How are you guys coming up with your lists? Going through IMDb's top 250 (or a similar list) and picking out the ones you like? Basically, what I did was go through all the movies I own - I only buy movies I like, obviously - and added a few on my wish list. [Yes, I keep a wish list of movies I want to buy.] Most of my list comes from the '90s and 2000s because I just haven't seen many old movies.
ETA: One thing that stood out to me while making my list was how stacked 1995 was. Se7en, Braveheart, Apollo 13, The Usual Suspects, and Heat. Plus some others, I'm sure.
ETA: One thing that stood out to me while making my list was how stacked 1995 was. Se7en, Braveheart, Apollo 13, The Usual Suspects, and Heat. Plus some others, I'm sure.
This post was edited on 3/5/13 at 11:18 am
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Posted on 3/5/13 at 11:23 am to Patrick_Bateman
Where do we do write-up for films?
Posted on 3/5/13 at 11:31 am to Patrick_Bateman
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How are you guys coming up with your lists?
Honestly, I just "know" what my favorite movies are, if that makes sense. I don't need to consult a list.
Now, I did consult three lists (Netflix Ratings - 3900 movies, flickchart 2700 movies, and a personal excel spread sheet) to make sure I didn't miss anything.
This post was edited on 3/5/13 at 11:33 am
Posted on 3/5/13 at 12:27 pm to Patrick_Bateman
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How are you guys coming up with your lists? Going through IMDb's top 250 (or a similar list) and picking out the ones you like? Basically, what I did was go through all the movies I own - I only buy movies I like, obviously - and added a few on my wish list. [Yes, I keep a wish list of movies I want to buy.] Most of my list comes from the '90s and 2000s because I just haven't seen many old movies.
I went through AFI top 100 10 years, then the nominations. Then went through best picture nominations and winners, then finally went through all the movies I rated on Netflix. got well over 100 films by doing it this way.
Posted on 3/5/13 at 3:59 pm to Patrick_Bateman
I just picked out the movies that stood out to me as having the greatest emotional and intellectual impact. So I picked things that were both subjectively powerful and had objectively good artistic merits. For that reason, I privileged more recent movies that have gotten to me over old favorites (like Ghostbusters, Raiders, Star Wars, etc. I love those movies and think they are great fun, my love for them has more to do with a history of affection than their deep impact). I'm assuming that the older and more experienced I get the more my taste gets honed.
I also tried not to let "influence on movie history" affect my judgment as much as possible. That said, some of the movies are more representative of what I like (sort of similar to Baloo's rule) than anything wholly definitive of that movie in particular.
I also tried not to let "influence on movie history" affect my judgment as much as possible. That said, some of the movies are more representative of what I like (sort of similar to Baloo's rule) than anything wholly definitive of that movie in particular.
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