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***** average (decent, good for one viewing) *****
8. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
verdict: good only to see nicholson's performance and hardly anything else
9. The Dark Knight (2008)
pro's: relatively decent action, psychotic joker (not as good as nicholson i'm afraid)
con's: lame batman (keaton & kilmer ftw), believability, departure from a quirky fantasy into a dark serious crime-thriller area
verdict: watch it once and then re-watch the early, better batman movies
10. Inception (2010)
pro's: multi-layered story, cgi, decent di caprio performance
con's: believability, self-indulgent, tries too hard, pointless/laughable action/shooting/locations/opponents
verdict: so much potential, yet such a faceless/lifeless outcome, matrix prevails...easily
28. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
verdict: family-friendly feel-good old-school movie with a significant dosage of naivete
32. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
verdict: not bad, could have been better if they focused more on believability
38. Citizen Kane (1941)
pro's: cinematography
con's: sloppy character development, dry/empty storytelling, utopian change-the-world aspirations
verdict: young rosebud fails to excite or keep attention, he just drools over media power/influence
39. North by Northwest (1959)
pro's: cinematography, suspense
con's: spy-game lite, believability
verdict: a movie that manages to sink further and further into nonsensical solutions as its duration progresses
42. Taxi Driver (1976)
pro's: gritty, raw, atmosphere
con's: believability, very shallow characters
verdict: good only for a few scenes - everything in between is so sloppy/redundant/pointless, it hurts
47. Amélie (2001)
verdict: unusual & colorful movie, yet somewhat annoying too
49. City Lights (1931)
verdict: classic chaplin, light & feel-good, though dated & naive
52. WALL·E (2008)
verdict: decent animation, forgettable story
55. The Lives of Others (2006)
pro's: the story, the main actor/character
con's: propaganda, believability
verdict: they try too hard regarding their messages/bias and manage to nullify the original movie potential
57. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
pro's: scenery, production
con's: very slow, self-indulgent, propaganda
verdict: an example of 'grand', where it doesn't really work
59. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
pro's: good start, decent gregory peck
con's: preachy, pretending to be serious
verdict: tries too hard and ends up having silly scenes & situations, shooting itself in the leg
61. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
pro's: cinematography, atmosphere
con's: its empty, mechanical, voyeuristic, without significant character development
verdict: again much potential that got wasted upon the altar of the visual
64. Modern Times (1936)
verdict: classic chaplin, light & feel-good, though dated & naive
71. The Prestige (2006)
verdict: somewhat enjoyable, good visuals & start, terrible ending idea
72. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
pro's: convincing bogart
con's: believability
verdict: too exaggerated, conveniently arranged story with some good acting
76. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
pro's: gore, uncompromising
con's: slow, propaganda, believability, last hour is useless
verdict: epic aspirations, too many problems & sloppiness
86. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
verdict: rather self-indulgent story with some good camera work, though largely unsatisfactory
93. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
verdict: tarantino selling-out for the cause, tries too hard and fails miserably, has however its moments
98. Gran Torino (2008)
verdict: had a potential to be very good, however it was virtually ruined by a shallow, exploitative and way too predictable story
109. The Great Escape (1963)
verdict: can be fun if you suspend belief and just let it be a silly adventure
112. The Seventh Seal (1957)
pro's: atmosphere, scenery, decent acting
con's: lacking in substance, simplistic philosophy, lame finale
verdict: should have been much better/intriguing
116. Yojimbo (1961)
verdict: too self-indulgent, lost among banalities, with a few good scenes but thats just about it
122. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
verdict: not too bad, but not really believable, feels kinda cheap in the end
123. Jaws (1975)
pro's: jaws
con's: lame story not involving jaws
verdict: dated, but fairly enjoyable horror
126. Ran (1985)
pro's: hilarious over-the top old hidetora character, plentiful blood-spills, cinematography
con's: slow, especially the beginning, strange characters
verdict: a movie unsure of what it wants, though it probably wouldn't get anywhere even if it knew
127. No Country for Old Men (2007)
verdict: daniel-day lewis one-man show, but way too slow to be more interesting
129. The Lion King (1994)
verdict: decent, though too melodramatic
133. The Big Lebowski (1998)
pro's: weird characters & situations
con's: doesn't have anything to say, irritating dialogue devoid of anything captivating
verdict: the dude is simply not that interesting, especially not in the long run
135. The Sixth Sense (1999)
verdict: fairly decent but very slow ghost story
137. Toy Story (1995)
verdict: it was somewhat entertaining, though not more than just decent
144. High Noon (1952)
pro's: solid performances
con's: believability, character behavior & decisions
verdict: it can be done better than that...much better
148. The Gold Rush (1925)
verdict: classic chaplin, light & feel-good, though dated & naive
157. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
pro's: fonda's performance
con's: slow, exaggerated, believability
verdict: good idea, lazy adaptation, almost a road movie lol
163. Amores Perros (2000)
pro's: raw, dirty
con's: unnecessary stories, shallow characters, unbelievable situations/behavior
verdict: too many dogs s(p)oil the carpet, or something, eh?
166. The Big Sleep (1946)
pro's: the atmosphere, the dialogue
con's: repetitive, artificial, playing it safe all the time
verdict: a decent thriller with solid acting but too lengthy & tending to resort to cheap solutions
169. Finding Nemo (2003)
verdict: decent animation, forgettable story
172. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
pro's: feel-good family-oriented post-war movie
con's: a lot of sweetener used, propaganda
verdict: guess it was too much to ask from such a premise anyways
184. Gandhi (1982)
verdict: good for one viewing, otherwise at times quite dull and generic
197. The Hustler (1961)
verdict: can be fun if you suspend belief and just let them have their silly plot
198. Star Trek (2009)
pro's: cgi
con's: lame young kirk & spock in need of some crumbs of charisma, believability
verdict: the old movies had more in them than this cgi-fest
199. Dial M for Murder (1954)
verdict: decent beginning getting worse as the twists keep coming and coming, dial E for enough is enough
204. The Exorcist (1973)
verdict: not too bad, but not too scary either, passable
207. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
pro's: acting (leigh, brando)
con's: exaggeration every step of the way (including the acting), lack of realism
verdict: if they had played it a bit more down-to-earth it would have been much better
209. The Social Network (2010)
pro's: decent acting
con's: cardboard characters, without depth
verdict: see it once, then turn down the volume on the mainstream hype-churning media machine
217. The Truman Show (1998)
pro's: decent carrey (less comedic)
con's: artificial setting, too fake acting
verdict: too theatrical for its own good, doesn't manage to impress, seems half-done
219. Mystic River (2003)
verdict: solid eastwood effort, but it somehow falls flat, leaving a taste of mediocrity
234. Rope (1948)
verdict: silly idea, not that good in execution, hitchcock manages to make it float...barely
241. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
verdict: decent animation, forgettable story
242. Rain Man (1988)
verdict: passable hoffman & cruise interaction, not too convincing outcome
243. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)
verdict: solid cinematography, a contrived idea of spirituality - what the young character needed was simple meditation yet somehow his mentor doesn't teach him that basic practice in 20+ years? nuff said
244. Stalker (1979)
verdict: solid cinematography, extremely slow, partially satisfactory
248. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
verdict: russel crowe keeps the movie from falling apart, which is the only reason to consider watching it
250. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
verdict: decent slow war drama with its own share of propaganda and unlikely situations
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