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    The Race to Finish Someone Else's Arbitrary Best of List

    As Qrazy and I near having seen 700 films off the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die list, we decided to have a friendly competition to help push us through the films we've been putting off. So a race has been declared, and sometime in the first half of 2011 a winner will rise up and thoroughly mock the loser for not shirking his other life obligations enough. We both watch films at a fairly decent clip (not like on fast-forward or anything), so we both feel that factoring in other viewings, just over a year should produce a champion. We have decided that you, Match-Cut poster, shall bear witness in our attempt to climb the cinematic viewing equivalent of Mt. Everest.

    As there is a small difference in what we have viewed thus far, and Qrazy has finals or something, we will spend the next couple of weeks to round off our films seen at an even 700 (I have 9 to see, Qrazy 3). Then the flag will be dropped, and I will finally see Andrei Rublev, La Dolce Vita, and of course Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. Qrazy will know the torture that is Bertolucci's 1900.

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    Quote Quoting soitgoes... (view post)
    As Qrazy and I near having seen 700 films off the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die list, we decided to have a friendly competition to help push us through the films we've been putting off. So a race has been declared, and sometime in the first half of 2011 a winner will rise up and thoroughly mock the loser for not shirking his other life obligations enough. We both watch films at a fairly decent clip (not like on fast-forward or anything), so we both feel that factoring in other viewings, just over a year should produce a champion. We have decided that you, Match-Cut poster, shall bear witness in our attempt to climb the cinematic viewing equivalent of Mt. Everest.

    As there is a small difference in what we have viewed thus far, and Qrazy has finals or something, we will spend the next couple of weeks to round off our films seen at an even 700 (I have 9 to see, Qrazy 3). Then the flag will be dropped, and I will finally see Andrei Rublev, La Dolce Vita, and of course Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. Qrazy will know the torture that is Bertolucci's 1900.
    More like '1900' Hours of My Life Gone Forever... amirite!? So my finals end in 8 days but yeah we'll start when both of us are at 700. This could either be in 8 days or take a little longer. Although given our viewing habits, I'm guessing the former.
    The Princess and the Pilot - B-
    Playtime (rewatch) - A
    The Hobbit - C-
    The Comedy - D+
    Kings of the Road - C+
    The Odd Couple - B
    Red Rock West - C-
    The Hunger Games - D-
    Prometheus - C
    Tangled - C+

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    Love it. So you'll be doing reviews of all 300 left to go?

    I'm still only on 525. Need to get cracking myself.
    The Boat People - 9
    The Power of the Dog - 7.5
    The King of Pigs - 7

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    Cool idea.

    Quote Quoting soitgoes... (view post)
    Andrei Rublev, La Dolce Vita
    I'm surprised by some of the movies you two haven't seen, given that you've both seen vastly more movies than I have. Glancing over Qrazy's icheckmovies list, I see he hasn't seen The Battle of Algiers. Craziness.
    I am impatient of all misery in others that is not mad. Thou should'st go mad, blacksmith; say, why dost thou not go mad? How can'st thou endure without being mad? Do the heavens yet hate thee, that thou can'st not go mad?

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    Quote Quoting Melville (view post)
    Cool idea.


    I'm surprised by some of the movies you two haven't seen, given that you've both seen vastly more movies than I have. Glancing over Qrazy's icheckmovies list, I see he hasn't seen The Battle of Algiers. Craziness.
    I've seen 2/3's of it in a class but I missed the first third so I feel it deserves a rewatch. What I saw I loved though.
    The Princess and the Pilot - B-
    Playtime (rewatch) - A
    The Hobbit - C-
    The Comedy - D+
    Kings of the Road - C+
    The Odd Couple - B
    Red Rock West - C-
    The Hunger Games - D-
    Prometheus - C
    Tangled - C+

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    Quote Quoting MadMan (view post)
    My money's on Qrazy. Why? I donno.
    The Princess and the Pilot - B-
    Playtime (rewatch) - A
    The Hobbit - C-
    The Comedy - D+
    Kings of the Road - C+
    The Odd Couple - B
    Red Rock West - C-
    The Hunger Games - D-
    Prometheus - C
    Tangled - C+

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    Quote Quoting dreamdead (view post)
    Love it. So you'll be doing reviews of all 300 left to go?

    I'm still only on 525. Need to get cracking myself.
    Brief thoughts more so than reviews probably unless we're feeling inspired... 3-4 sentences per film, otherwise we'll get too bogged down.
    The Princess and the Pilot - B-
    Playtime (rewatch) - A
    The Hobbit - C-
    The Comedy - D+
    Kings of the Road - C+
    The Odd Couple - B
    Red Rock West - C-
    The Hunger Games - D-
    Prometheus - C
    Tangled - C+

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    Damn, 452. Bringing up the rear.


    Good luck finally seeing Braveheart and finally your first Jerry Lewis movie.
    The Act of Killing (Oppenheimer 13) - A
    Stranger by the Lake (Giraudie 12) - B
    American Hustle (Russell 13) - C+
    The Wolf of Wall Street (Scorsese 13) - C+
    Passion (De Palma 12) - B

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    http://www.icheckmovies.com/profile/qrazy/

    Here's my link if anyone wants to peruse what I have left to see.
    The Princess and the Pilot - B-
    Playtime (rewatch) - A
    The Hobbit - C-
    The Comedy - D+
    Kings of the Road - C+
    The Odd Couple - B
    Red Rock West - C-
    The Hunger Games - D-
    Prometheus - C
    Tangled - C+

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    Quote Quoting Melville (view post)
    Cool idea.


    I'm surprised by some of the movies you two haven't seen, given that you've both seen vastly more movies than I have. Glancing over Qrazy's icheckmovies list, I see he hasn't seen The Battle of Algiers. Craziness.
    Just like Qrazy, I've seen the first half of both those movies, and then something came up where I couldn't finish them right away.

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    For shits and giggles, from what I've seen of your misses, my top five recs for each of you... though you'll get around to them all anyway!

    Qrazy
    Make Way for Tomorrow
    Stella Dallas
    Odd Man Out
    Deadly is the Female
    Meet Me in St. Louis

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    The Bitter Tea of General Yen
    Meet me in St. Louis
    Deadly is Female
    La Dolce Vita
    Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
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    My favorites:

    Qrazy
    Diary of a Country Priest
    The Battle of Algiers
    Crumb
    Masculine-Feminine
    Deadly is the Female/Gun Crazy
    A Passage to India
    My Night at Maud's
    Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080...
    The Blue Angel
    The Butcher Boy

    soitgoes... (all 10 are in my top 100)
    Andrei Rublev
    The Mirror
    Eraserhead
    Diary of a Country Priest
    A Woman Under the Influence
    Au hasard Balthazar
    Crumb
    Scorpio Rising
    Bigger Than Life
    Masculine-Feminine
    I am impatient of all misery in others that is not mad. Thou should'st go mad, blacksmith; say, why dost thou not go mad? How can'st thou endure without being mad? Do the heavens yet hate thee, that thou can'st not go mad?

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    Quote Quoting Melville (view post)
    Crumb
    My Night at Maud's
    The Blue Angel
    The Butcher Boy
    Eraserhead
    A Woman Under the Influence
    Au hasard Balthazar
    Bigger Than Life
    Stunning movies.

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    Ahh my bad, I've seen Gun Crazy. Didn't realize it had that title also. Thanks for the recs guys although I"m not sure if I should see them first or space them out... probably the latter.
    The Princess and the Pilot - B-
    Playtime (rewatch) - A
    The Hobbit - C-
    The Comedy - D+
    Kings of the Road - C+
    The Odd Couple - B
    Red Rock West - C-
    The Hunger Games - D-
    Prometheus - C
    Tangled - C+

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    Quote Quoting Qrazy (view post)
    Ahh my bad, I've seen Gun Crazy. Didn't realize it had that title also. Thanks for the recs guys although I"m not sure if I should see them first or space them out... probably the latter.
    Obviously you should watch the Godard immediately.
    I am impatient of all misery in others that is not mad. Thou should'st go mad, blacksmith; say, why dost thou not go mad? How can'st thou endure without being mad? Do the heavens yet hate thee, that thou can'st not go mad?

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    Quote Quoting Melville (view post)
    Obviously you should watch the Godard immediately.
    Probably true because a) I'll like it or b) I won't like it and can get it out of the way sooner.
    The Princess and the Pilot - B-
    Playtime (rewatch) - A
    The Hobbit - C-
    The Comedy - D+
    Kings of the Road - C+
    The Odd Couple - B
    Red Rock West - C-
    The Hunger Games - D-
    Prometheus - C
    Tangled - C+

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    If you don't like Masculin feminin, you're just wrong.
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    Night Across the Street (Raoul Ruiz | 2012 | Chile/France)*
    Pain & Gain (Michael Bay | 2013 | USA)*
    You're Next (Adam Wingard | 2011 | USA)
    Little Odessa (James Gray | 1994 | USA)*

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    #691 The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (Fred Schepisi 1978)



    Jimmie Blacksmith is a persecuted half-Aborigine fighting to earn what's his. The white man, as usual in these films, doesn't want to give him anything but grief. Jimmie gets pushed into a corner, and then Jimmie lashes back. Based on a true story, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith is at times a pretty good film (the above scene being an example), and though what Jimmie does when he hits his breaking point is shocking, the overall film comes off as over-the-top, at times almost laughably so, and predictable. I had never heard of this film before a couple of weeks ago. It interested me that a director I usually associated with mediocrity would have something included on this list. After seeing it, I'm pretty sure Schepisi's film is taking the place of someone's better film.


    EDIT: I figured that even though the race hasn't begun, I might as well still post the films as I watch them.

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    Quote Quoting Melville (view post)
    My favorites:

    soitgoes... (all 10 are in my top 100)
    Andrei Rublev -
    The Mirror
    Eraserhead
    Diary of a Country Priest
    A Woman Under the Influence
    Au hasard Balthazar
    Crumb
    Scorpio Rising
    Bigger Than Life
    Masculine-Feminine
    I have Andrei Rublev, Diary of a Country Priest and Bigger Than Life, so I should be seeing those fairly soon.

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    Quote Quoting Brightside (view post)
    If you don't like Masculin feminin, you're just wrong.
    Godard is very hit or miss with me. To the point where I'm anxious when I start one his films. I will either love it or hate it.

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    Masculine-Feminine
    My Night at Maud's
    Andrei Rublev
    The Mirror
    Eraserhead
    A Woman Under the Influence


    You guys are in for a real treat with these.
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    Night Across the Street (Raoul Ruiz | 2012 | Chile/France)*
    Pain & Gain (Michael Bay | 2013 | USA)*
    You're Next (Adam Wingard | 2011 | USA)
    Little Odessa (James Gray | 1994 | USA)*

    *recommended *highly recommended

    “It isn't easy to accept that suffering can also be beautiful... it's difficult. It's something you can only understand if you dig deeply into yourself.” -- Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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    Quote Quoting soitgoes... (view post)
    Godard is very hit or miss with me. To the point where I'm anxious when I start one his films. I will either love it or hate it.
    Interesting. I haven't disliked anything I've seen from him. Then again, I haven't seen some of his widely panned stuff.
    Last 5 Viewed
    Riddick (David Twohy | 2013 | USA/UK)
    Night Across the Street (Raoul Ruiz | 2012 | Chile/France)*
    Pain & Gain (Michael Bay | 2013 | USA)*
    You're Next (Adam Wingard | 2011 | USA)
    Little Odessa (James Gray | 1994 | USA)*

    *recommended *highly recommended

    “It isn't easy to accept that suffering can also be beautiful... it's difficult. It's something you can only understand if you dig deeply into yourself.” -- Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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