Title |
Year |
Rating |
Rank |
Review |
Aliens | 1986 | 100 | 1 | - Personally, I think this one is better than the original. James Cameron knows how to pace an action film, the cast is perfect, and the special effects still hold up today. |
Ghostbusters | 1984 | 100 | 1 | - Hands-down, my favorite movie ever. |
Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy (2004) | 2004 | 90 | 3 | - Every time I rant on Will Ferrell for being unfunny for the majority of his career or want to point out that most of his movies are fucking terrible, the one caveat is Anchorman, which I'd easily put in the upper-tier of comedies alongside Caddyshack, Slap Shot, and Airplane. |
Star Wars V: Empire Strikes Back | 1980 | 90 | 3 | |
A Clockwork Orange | 1971 | 85 | 5 | - I think it's an excellent display of violence and the themes of youthful rebellion gone too far and how some people can't truly be "cured" of their ill will and government fuckery, but, with all of Kubrick's works, there are parts that, while beautiful (even in a grotesque form), are sometimes boring as sin. |
Blade Runner | 1982 | 85 | 5 | - The theatrical cut is awful for various reasons, but the Director's Cut and the recent Final Cut are phenomenal. It's a bit slow at times, I'll admit, but it's a sci-fi film noir and should be treated as such. Film noir isn't a style known for a brisk pace. |
Fight Club | 1999 | 85 | 5 | - The movie gets a lot of flack nowadays due to the massive cult fanbase that arose around it, mostly with people pointing out that its message of anti-consumerism is shallow, but I feel they completely miss the point. Fincher's adaptation of the book is ABOUT being shallow and lacking depth leading to the mass consumerism and quick rejection of it after one random stranger (in this case, a man with legitimate mental issues) tells you otherwise. Look at it from the perspective of how simple it is for angry people to be fooled into madness and the movie works even better than it did prior. |
Inception | 2010 | 85 | 5 | - The movie's damn fun and knows how to mask itself as being much deeper than it actually is. Everybody is great in their roles, the Cillian Murphy/Pete Postlethwait scenes are heart-wrenching, both Tom Hardy and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are fucking BOSS in it, Michael Caine is his usual awesome self, and Leonardo DiCaprio continues to prove why he fully deserves to maintain a career post-heartthrob years. |
Oldboy (Oldeuboi - Korea) | 2003 | 85 | 5 | - I never want to see this movie again. |
Raiders of the Lost Ark | 1981 | 85 | 5 | |
Clerks | 1994 | 80 | 11 | - What this movie did for independent cinema, and comedies especially, in the 90's may have been overstated at points, but there's an earnestness to it all, beyond the constant barrage of monologues and Star Wars banter, that makes this always worth watching |
Django Unchained | 2012 | 80 | 11 | - Solid, solid movie. Much better than Inglorious Basterds. MUCH better. Once again, Christoph Waltz absolutely steals the show. I thought Jamie Foxx was solid, too, but DiCaprio is way overrated in this. He's good, but he's not great like people have said he was. |
Scream | 1996 | 80 | 11 | - I cannot think of a better satire of slasher movies that didn't go into the realm of over-the-top comedy. The performances were solid enough for the movie and some of the wordplay and kills was inventive as hell. I also think that the second one being slightly worse than the first and the third being awful with the "reboot" sequel almost being on par with the original works in such a perfect way that is described in the series itself. |
Superbad | 2007 | 80 | 11 | - I still laugh at certain scenes just as hard as I did when I first saw the movie, and the tale of friendship throughout meaning more than anything is a solid one. Crude, raunchy, and a heart of gold: just like a good Apatow flick should be. |
Sixth Sense, The | 1999 | 75 | 15 | |
Avatar | 2009 | 70 | 16 | |
Donnie Darko | 2001 | 70 | 16 | - Extremely quotable and filled with solid performances all throughout (and Gary Jules' "Mad World" at the end still makes me legit choke up), but overrated by its fanboys. It's not as smart as it thinks it is, but it's still a solid movie. |
Temple of Doom | 1984 | 70 | 16 | |
Interview with the Vampire | 1994 | 60 | 19 | |
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King | 2003 | 60 | 19 | |
Mallrats | 1995 | 60 | 19 | |
Kung Fu Hustle | 2004 | 40 | 22 | |
300 | 2006 | 35 | 23 | - Overrated, one of the worst from Zack Snyder. |