I've seen Vertigo, Citizen Kane, 2001 and the Searchers. I started to watch 8 1/2 years ago, but didn't get engaged, turned it off and never went back to it.

I didn't particularly care for Vertigo (don't like NXNW either...I do recall enjoying Rear Window), but many, many years have passed since I watched it and I wouldn't swear by my memory of it.

I liked the Searchers a great deal, and very much want to see more Ford films.

I own the CK dvd, but I don't think I've gone back to it since I bought it. I've always kinda thought of it like a high-fibre cereal or something - a movie you watch because it ought to be part of your vocabulary, but I don't really get that much pleasure out of it.

2001 is one of my favourite films, though perhaps not quite top ten, and was the first Bluray I picked up. I often just pop it in while I'm puttering around doing other things just to have it playing in the background. Occasionally I'll just watch the 'dawn of man' segment. You defintely have to be in a certain mindset to sit down and focus on it all the way through, but when I'm in the mood I love it as much as any movie I've seen.

I'm sorry but it's not a Top 10 List unless it has "Animal House", "Caddyshack", "Stripes", "On Any Sunday" and "Spinal Tap" on it.

Now, for the List of 10 Random Films that you posted, I've only seen "2001".

sexton said:

I've only seen Vertigo and 8 1/2.

The blu-ray of Citizen Kane is sitting on my shelf. I really need to make time to watch that.

I've seen clips of La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc which look very cool. I'm hoping the U.K. blu-ray that comes out this fall is region-free so I can watch it in the states.

Only two of them?!?

You could knock me over with a feather. I thought you've seen every movie ever made. You're the most well-viewed person I've ever seen.

Only seen 3 Vertigo, Citizen Kane, and 2001 when it first came out when I was a kid, was bored and didn't understand it and have avoided it every since. Saw a documentary which featured the Joan of Arc one if that counts.

RodeoSchro said:

sexton said:

I've only seen Vertigo and 8 1/2.

The blu-ray of Citizen Kane is sitting on my shelf. I really need to make time to watch that.

I've seen clips of La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc which look very cool. I'm hoping the U.K. blu-ray that comes out this fall is region-free so I can watch it in the states.

Only two of them?!?

You could knock me over with a feather. I thought you've seen every movie ever made. You're the most well-viewed person I've ever seen.

CarrieMpls said:

imago said:

WORST.

POST.

EVER.

Seriously. I think you have to be a contemporary of the 60's or on drugs to appreciate it. It's far too long, slow paced and boring. 10 minute sequences of color flashes? Who wants to sit through that?

The first time I saw 2001 I was about 14, and a HUGE sci-fi fan (still am), but like you I was also bored beyond tears...SOOO slow and wtf was with that ending?? I kept falling asleep!! The 2nd time I saw it was in a cinema study class I took in high school...and our teacher kind of explained things as it was playing, and I totally got it, from then on I have LOVED it. But its a hard sell to others. The list is decent...but how it could not include The Godfather is beyond me...and as much as I love Vertigo, I actually think North by Northwest, Psycho, and Rear Window are better Hitchcock flicks.

The most over-rated flick that I will never understand why its such a big deal is Citizen Kane.

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I own' 2001: A Space Odyssey' which is the only one of the Top Ten I've seen.

I like it. I guess it is better if you are in the mood but it fascinates me still.

I also own

"Seven Samurai'

'The Godfather Trilogy'

'Apocalypse Now (redux)'

'Taxi Driver'

'Unforgiven' may be the best Western ever made, but there are no redeeming characters. I found them all repugnant in varying degrees which leaves me disliking it.

I will be the anti-lammaside. Love Citizen Kane! And never liked 2001 (to slow). But CK maybe to slow for modern viewers. I love CK 'cuz power always corrupts the soul and that is clearly shown.

I am a Hitchcock fan, so I have seen vertigo.

I would like someone on the ORG to watch "The Balcony" (paging Lammaside,sexton)

This movie question's society and it's motivations. And clearly lets us know that we are actors upon a stage that we refer to as our world. Plus, there is a full on lesbian kiss in a 1963 film. It's a slow pace film, but its necessary to get the feel. I also love the twist in the end and I wont spoil it for you.

SUPRMAN said:

I own' 2001: A Space Odyssey' which is the only one of the Top Ten I've seen.

I like it. I guess it is better if you are in the mood but it fascinates me still.

I also own

"Seven Samurai'

'The Godfather Trilogy'

'Apocalypse Now (redux)'

'Taxi Driver'

'Unforgiven' may be the best Western ever made, but there are no redeeming characters. I found them all repugnant in varying degrees which leaves me disliking it.

I love the Seven Samurai. Have you see RAN from Akira Kurosawa? (That's my favorite of his.)

kewlschool said:

SUPRMAN said:

I own' 2001: A Space Odyssey' which is the only one of the Top Ten I've seen.

I like it. I guess it is better if you are in the mood but it fascinates me still.

I also own

"Seven Samurai'

'The Godfather Trilogy'

'Apocalypse Now (redux)'

'Taxi Driver'

'Unforgiven' may be the best Western ever made, but there are no redeeming characters. I found them all repugnant in varying degrees which leaves me disliking it.

I love the Seven Samurai. Have you see RAN from Akira Kurosawa? (That's my favorite of his.)

YES! I love RAN. Own it. I also own 'Kagemusha.'

SUPRMAN said:

kewlschool said:

I love the Seven Samurai. Have you see RAN from Akira Kurosawa? (That's my favorite of his.)

YES! I love RAN. Own it. I also own 'Kagemusha.'

I own 7 Samurai and Ran. But, I don't own Kagemusha.

PurpleJedi said:

Have you all seen any/most of the films on that list?

Vertigo

yes

Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941)

yes, own it on bluray

2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, 1968)

yes, own it on bluray

The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer, 1927)

yes

8 ½ (Fellini, 1963)

yes, own it on bluray

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I thought Cborgman was banned?!! I mean we voted on it ages ago.

kewlschool said:

I would like someone on the ORG to watch "The Balcony" (paging Lammaside,sexton)

Adding it to my to do list.

kewlschool said:

I thought Cborgman was banned?!! I mean we voted on it ages ago.

talking about the "best"/most famous Hitch flicks, am I the only one who thinks that North By Northwest is one of the most ridiculous/implausible movies of all time? featuring that kind of "let's write a script around a bunch of exciting/disconnected scenes" script

I mean, which kind of villians would try to kill a man using a crop duster???? HELLOOOOO??? why didn't they just blow his brains off with a gun? why did the villian have his base next to the Mount Rushmore, of all places? Is North By Northwest the grandaddy of ludicrous/low IQ action/thrillers?? and btw, Cary Grant SUCKS in that movie, I didn't buy his "performance" at all !!

that movie is as bad/campy as a lesser Roger Moore 007 flick...

Rear Window and Psycho, that's the Hitch I love...

damosuzuki said:

I own the CK dvd, but I don't think I've gone back to it since I bought it. I've always kinda thought of it like a high-fibre cereal or something - a movie you watch because it ought to be part of your vocabulary, but I don't really get that much pleasure out of it.

brilliant analogy. CK is an easy movie to admire, but a hard one to LOVE

There is no way on earth these old azz movies are top 10 anything...............

Stymie said:

Just got finished watching Vertigo. I thought it was pretty bad. I have not seen any of the other movies.

I like Vertigo all right...but I don't think it's even Hitchcock's best film - to say nothing of the greatest film of all time.

Actually...you know what movie I like better than Vertigo? Mel Brooks's High Anxiety - which is an absolutely amazing send-up of Hitchcock's work.

Genesia said:

Stymie said:

Just got finished watching Vertigo. I thought it was pretty bad. I have not seen any of the other movies.

I like Vertigo all right...but I don't think it's even Hitchcock's best film - to say nothing of the greatest film of all time.

yeah, i agree. rebecca, rope, and psycho are all better than vertigo.

NDRU said:

PurpleJedi said:

Vertigo (Hitchcock, 1958)

Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941)

2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, 1968)

8 ½ (Fellini, 1963)

I've seen these. Liked them all.

This list is not the same as the AFI list, right? That one had more American films in the top ten--casablanca, Godfather...

The Godfather and The Godfather Part II are #s 21 and 31 on the list respectively.

edit: Interesting that Casablanca did not make the top 50 at all.

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cborgman said:

Genesia said:

I like Vertigo all right...but I don't think it's even Hitchcock's best film - to say nothing of the greatest film of all time.

yeah, i agree. rebecca, rope, and psycho are all better than vertigo.

Rebecca is probably my favorite on any given day - but Notorious is right up there, too. And Rear Window - which would make the list even if the movie, itself sucked (it doesn't) - just for Grace Kelly's amazing wardrobe.

RodeoSchro said:

sexton said:

I've only seen Vertigo and 8 1/2.

The blu-ray of Citizen Kane is sitting on my shelf. I really need to make time to watch that.

I've seen clips of La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc which look very cool. I'm hoping the U.K. blu-ray that comes out this fall is region-free so I can watch it in the states.

Only two of them?!?

You could knock me over with a feather. I thought you've seen every movie ever made. You're the most well-viewed person I've ever seen.

Hah, thanks. Clearly I'm no film historian. From the rest of the top 50, I've seen:

sexton said:

50. (tie) La Jetée - Chris Marker, 1962

Isn't that a short film?

You can't add short films to this list! Were there other short films on that list? That's opening up a whole can of worms because the amount of astounding short films is not easy tomeaure because they don't get seen by many.

ufoclub said:

sexton said:

50. (tie) La Jetée - Chris Marker, 1962

Isn't that a short film?

You can't add short films to this list! Were there other short films on that list?

Histoire(s) du cinéma (#48) are a series of short films. I don't know about any of the others.

Surprised that Easy Rider didn't make the list.

Lammastide said:

kewlschool said:

I would like someone on the ORG to watch "The Balcony" (paging Lammaside,sexton)

Adding it to my to do list.

I'll check it out as well.

PurpleJedi said:

So apparently Hitchcock's "Vertigo" finally topped "Citizen Kane" as the greatest film of all time.

LONDON – Orson Welles' Citizen Kane no longer enjoys the moniker of greatest film of all time, a plaudit it has held for 50 years.

The movie has occupied top billing in the British Film Institute published magazine Sight & Sound's once-a-decade international critics’ film poll since 1962.

The Critics’ Top 10 Greatest Films of All Time

Vertigo (Hitchcock, 1958)

Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941)

Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953)

La Règle du jeu (Renoir, 1939)

Sunrise: A Song for Two Humans (Murnau, 1927)

2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, 1968)

The Searchers (Ford, 1956)

Man With a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, 1929)

The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer, 1927)

8 ½ (Fellini, 1963)

full story HERE

So as I'm reading this, I realize that out of all those films, the only one I've seen is "2001: A Space Odyssey"

I've always wanted to see Citizen Kane, and I may have seen bits of Vertigo once but I can't recall.

Have you all seen any/most of the films on that list?

Is there a single brother in ANY of these films?

sexton said:

Lammastide said:

Adding it to my to do list.

I'll check it out as well.

Great. Just let me know what you think of it.

I've seen the bolded ones:

Vertigo (Hitchcock, 1958)

Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941)

Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953)

La Règle du jeu (Renoir, 1939)

Sunrise: A Song for Two Humans (Murnau, 1927)

2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, 1968)

The Searchers (Ford, 1956)

Man With a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, 1929)

The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer, 1927)

8 ½ (Fellini, 1963)

I agree with the others who feel that Vertigo is not Hitchcock's best, and would add that I don't think it's better than Citizen Kane.