tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post1383203365667054025..comments2024-01-24T15:33:58.720-05:00Comments on A<br> Mythical<br> Monkey<br> writes<br> about<br> the<br> movies: Let's Add Two More And Call It An Even Twenty-Five: If I Had A Sight & Sound Top Ten Film Ballot (Take Three)Mythical Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-38843642115735013972012-08-09T23:10:27.805-04:002012-08-09T23:10:27.805-04:00I'm with thingy. Outside of Ms. Who & thin...I'm with thingy. Outside of Ms. Who & thingy & me, i don't know anyone else who <i>hasn't</i> seen Schindler's List & been in awe of it. All 3 of my kids have seen it and separately lobbied for me to see it at different times.<br /><br />And some day I will see it, I swear -- and I swear i have tried.<br /><br />But I've rented Schindler's List many a time while watching it nary once. I start out with good intentions.<br /><br />I say, "Ms. Who! What a brutal week this has been! What say we pop some corn, pop some brews, kick back & fire up a great Holocaust movie?" But then i say, nah. <br /><br />Some day though. This might be a Saturday afternoon movie or something like that, so that afterward I can go out for drinks or a run with the dog or something.Who Am Us Anyway?https://www.blogger.com/profile/08260586634760800759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-64441936500531944432012-08-09T12:39:15.644-04:002012-08-09T12:39:15.644-04:00Thanks, Thingy! So glad you're back.
I will ...Thanks, Thingy! So glad you're back.<br /><br />I will say this about <i>Schindler's List</i> -- while it is at times unbelievably painful, this is not one of those movies that you watch like you're taking your medicine. When I say it's mesmerizing, I mean that literally. I remember Katie-Bar-The-Door and I saw it in the theater, then it came on television a couple of years later, and we were both like "I can't go through that again," but as soon as our eyes caught a glimpse of it, we couldn't turn it off. We watched rapt for three-plus hours.<br /><br />I include it on the list not because I feel like I have to or should but because it's just one of those unforgettable movie experiences.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-3935196017533629462012-08-09T11:41:35.777-04:002012-08-09T11:41:35.777-04:00What a great list. Some day I will be brave and wa...What a great list. Some day I will be brave and watch Schindler's List, but all the others I have seen. Now I want to go watch The Searchers. : )Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00903678715925613725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-46657402895168219072012-08-09T10:21:40.592-04:002012-08-09T10:21:40.592-04:00So what wound up on this impromptu Top 25 list, wh...So what wound up on this impromptu Top 25 list, which is a mix of consensus picks and personal favorites:<br /><br /><i>The Gold Rush</i> (1925)<br /><i>The General</i> (1926)<br /><i>Duck Soup</i> (1933)<br /><i>The Adventures of Robin Hood</i> (1938)<br /><i>Holiday</i> (1938)<br /><i>Gone With The Wind</i> (1939)<br /><i>Citizen Kane</i> (1941)<br /><i>Casablanca</i> (1942)<br /><i>It's A Wonderful Life</i> (1946)<br /><i>Out of the Past</i> (1947)<br /><i>The Treasure of the Sierra Madre</i> (1948)<br /><i>Singin' in the Rain</i> (1952)<br /><i>Tokyo Story</i> (1953)<br /><i>Rear Window</i> (1954)<br /><i>Seven Samurai </i>(1954)<br /><i>The Searchers</i> (1956)<br /><i>North by Northwest</i> (1959)<br /><i>Rio Bravo</i> (1959)<br /><i>The Apartment</i> (1960)<br /><i>Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb</i> (1964)<br /><i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i> (1968)<br /><i>Chinatown</i> (1974)<br /><i>Manhattan</i> (1979)<br /><i>Groundhog Day</i> (1993)<br /><i>Schindler's List</i> (1993)<br /><br />Maybe not the twenty-five "best" films ever, but twenty-five I'd show you if we were locked in a room together for three days. Not only are they examples of supremely good filmmaking, they are also very entertaining. Have at it.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.com