He describes his top 20 list here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz4K-Rxx2Bk&eurl


I only saw 11 of the 20. I'm going to download Battle Royale solely because it's his number 1 and I've never heard of it.

here is the list:

#1: Battle Royale
Anything Else
Audition
The Blade
Boogie Nights
Dazed & Confused
Dogville
Fight Club
Fridays
The Host
The Insider
Joint Security Area
Lost In Translation
The Matrix
Memories of Murder
Police Story 3
Shaun of the Dead
Speed
Team America
Unbreakable

Fucking SPEED!? I can't tell if that's awesome or terrible.

"Fuck, me!"

Has he not seen 'No Country For Old Men' and 'There Will Be Blood'? 'Gangs of New York'? 'The Pianist'?

Adaptation, The Usual Suspects, American Beauty, Amelie..it's a long list of things he didn't include, but it's just his personal favorites, so I don't think it's strange to omit a lot of great ones. But, Speed?? The Matrix? I guess they have a lot of 'kitsch' value, so maybe it's that.

Sounds to me that he, unlike most snobby "film buffs", can appreciate certain movies for what they are, instead of what critics would like them to be.

how is point break not on that list?

I love that he has Unbreakable on this list.



Because it came out in 1991?

dude - point break is timeless.

I'm not sure if you've ever seen QT's movies, but you should have gotten that hint far before now.






My too. By far M Night's best movie, AINEC.

Battle Royal is such an amazing movie. So, so very disturbing.

I totally agree. I would describe it as insane, terrifying, mesmerizing, and ridiculous.

Battle Royale is pretty awesome too. Shame the sequel sucked massively in comparison.

Tarantino loves his cheese and he's not afraid to admit it.

Also, Lost in Translation is an extremely underrated movie. It's beautiful, hilarious, and fantastic.

Agreed. As bad as Sofia was at acting, she makes up for it with her direction for this fil alone.

I love that Anything Else is on his list. It's one of my favorite Woody Allen flicks.

Anyone who has ever dated a fucked in the head chick (and that is to say, anyway who has ever dated a chick) should watch this.

Ever notice how everyone and their grandma wants to tell you how underated Lost in Translation is? Here's a hint: that means it isn't underrated.

p.s. I personally think it's overrated. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, movie snobs.

The concepts of being "underrated" or "overrated" are relative ones and only have meaning when the group who is doing the rating is specified. For instance, I could easily say that "Lost in Translation" is underrated by Lady Grey, and I would be correct. I could say it is overrated by movie snobs who live in the East Village of Manhattan and I would also be correct. Something can be underrated by some and overrated by others.

I would argue that LIT is underrated by the general public, but those who like it the most are quite loud in proclaiming that it is underrated, making the impression that it is overrated.

Also, I don't own a pipe, and I rarely smoke things, let alone statements posted on an internet board!

Blah, double post.

I am assured by women that this "isn't that big of a deal" and "happens to all guys," but it still makes me feel pretty lousy and unsatisfying when it happens.

It happened to me once, like 2 years ago. If it keeps happening you should see a doctor.

Who gives a shit what the general public rates something. Transformers 2 grossed 400 million this year

Two words: Shia LaBeouf.

I agree. I mean, it was good, but I thought there were significant stretches that were a little forced.



Meh...when people use those terms they're always referring to the general public unless they specify otherwise.



I would, and will, argue that it can't be considered underrated by the general public. Most people that have seen it rate it fairly high(ly)...you can't count people who haven't seen it as rating it low(ly).



Amen.



Again, how many people see a movie doesn't necessarily translate to rating. For example, most of my friends saw that movie, adding to the total gross, but they freely admit that it was horrible (even though they'd do it all over again).

And yet, people keep seeing this movie, and movies like it, again and again and again and again.


Or, lets get to something at least in the general ball park of LIT.... THe hangover grossed 300 million this year. I t's a completely boring and unimaginative comedy, and can't hold LIT's jock, in my opinion, but obviously mine is the minority opinion. The average movie goer doesn't like subtly and nuance. They like explosions and head trauma.

Man, don't pick on The Hangover.... Mike Tyson's scene alone made it worth watching... and that doesn't even include ANDY being a main character. That dude rules.

I guess we just view movies differently. I haven't seen The Hangover, so let's take Forgetting Sarah Marshall. I really liked that movie, and enjoyed watching it more than I enjoyed watching LIT. But I think that LIT is a better movie. So while I like FSM more, I rate it lower than I rate LIT...which was my point in the "underrated" vs "overrated" discussion.

Am I making any sense (even if you disagree with how I view movies)?

No you aren't making sense.


For the record, FSM is 10 times the movie the hangover is also.

I'd be offended, but I hear this about 10 times a day. You get used to it.



Yeah, that could have been a bad example because it really is a decent flick, but you get the idea.

you wanna know why? because it was fucking awesome thats why.

I hope that in the name of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ, who died for the sins of ALL people, that you are joking.

I bet my left nut he is not joking.

Anyone else think that our new friend here is a little odd?

Very much

Yarrrrrrr!