I had a leisure walk to IMDb's site later this day and examined the top 250 films list appeared on the site (http://www.imdb.com/chart/top). Now this list was constructed based on the visitors' votes. And only those who deemed as a regular voters whose votes are considered. Well, since the website was a widely known sites for movie geek, i thought that the top 250 films were almost accurate. Now, how many of the movies appeared in the list have you seen?.
1. The Godfather (1972)
Classic. No doubt that Francis Ford Coppola's trilogy of Corleone family had become a standard reference (by words or by shots) to many movies about gangsters that follows. Though i loved the second more than the first, i loved the series. And that shot where Marlon Brando got shot and killed while he was walking to his car after bought some fruits was my favourite shot of the series (it later appeared as a spoof on Robert DeNiro's "Analyze This").
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
I dont know about this. I found the third installment was rather boring. I loved the second way more than the third. Well, i guess since this third was a conclusion (that Samwise Gamgee is the real hero and Frodo Baggins is a whiner useless c*nt) to the series, people would chose it more since it provides a satisfication ending to the series.
3. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
I knew it!. I have written a review on this movie, and i remember i gave it a full mark and "a best adaptation" entitled to it. This movie is loaded with emotion. Of how that a man, -- slowly devastated mentally and physically by the damp life in a prison and at the same time had to stay alert every time with his back toward the unknowing peril of his inmates and the prison warden who would love to beat the shit out of him until an inch of his life -- able to back and wiggling himself toward a simple dream that he hold tight inside his cell patiently for as long as fifteen years. A simple dream that lies beneath the Rita Hayworth's poster of beach and a life beyond the caged bar of a prison.
4. The Godfather Part. II (1974)
My favourite of the serie. I loved Robert DeNiro -- who speaks Italian in the entire movie -- when he played the young Vito Corleone, and the juxtaposition between him and Al Pacino's character.
5. Shichinin no Samurai (1954)
Nuff said. Probably Kurosawa's widely known movie. I loved the idea, the emotions it offers, the chemistry between the characters, and Toshiro Mifune. Even though that i've seen Kurosawa's that slightly better than this, this movie was more known and has been re-told by Hollywood ("The Seven Magnificent") hence, more popular than others.
6. Schindler's List (1993)
???. I had to see it again. I mean, yeah ??? i didn't quite grasp the quality of this movie and why does it made to the top ten list let alone #6.
7. Casablanca (1942)
Again, a romantic classic that sets the stone for romantic movies that follows. Many scenes had reproduced and referenced in modern cinemas. My affection toward it was actually around a mediocre level. I loved the final scene and dialogue at the Morocco's airport though.
8. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
No comment.
9. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Simply the best of the serie and proved the capacity of Peter Jackson as a director who brought forth the classic literature to life. And even larger than the original. I was really really astounded by Battle of Helm's Deep. In the book, it only had a 5-6 pages but in the movie, it swallows two third of the movie's length. Superb.
10. Star Wars (1977)
Or Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. The original two series of Star Wars trilogy were far exceeded the latter two series of Star Wars trilogy (Ep. I and Ep. II) in terms of quality. R2D2 and C3PO were funny couple, yet George Lucas had ruined it in Ep. I and Ep. II by adding not one, but two additional jokers -- annoying jokers if i may add -- Jar Jar Binks and Anakin Skywalker. I'm not a Star Wars fan though, but compared to the others (except with its sequel Empire Strikes Back) this episode is stood aloft among the rest.
To be continued...