Ok, bear with me here.Rol has asked me to lay down my life in movies. The concept is straight forward enough, take what you consider to be your favourite film from each year of your life and compile the list. The only problem with this particular meme is that it requires a fair bit of research on your part. Wikipedia, you are my God.
In the interests of saving time (both yours and mine), I'll just list the films themselves without an explanation as to why I picked it.
Here goes:
1970 - Kelly's Heroes
What's not to like?
1971 - THX 1138
Groundbreaking.
1972 - Silent Running
As relevant now as it was then.
1973 - Dark Star
Doesn't get much stranger than this.
1974 - The Towering Inferno
Paul Newman AND Steve McQueen!
1975 - Doc Savage: The Man Of Bronze
The template for Indiana Jones.
1976 - Logan's Run
"Carousel! Carousel!"
1977 - Star Wars
"Punch It Chewie!"
1978 - The Wild Geese
Burton, Moore, Harris, Granger.
1979 - Alien
The best sci-fi movie ever made.
1980 - The Blues Brothers
This film is a member of the comedy elite.
1981 - An American Werewolf In London
"Don't stray off the path, lads!"
1982 - Tron
"Put him on the game grid"
1983 - Risky Business
Rebecca De Mornay and a Porsche 928. All is good in the world.
1984 - The Killing Fields
As moving as war movies get.
1985 - The Breakfast Club
Great cast, great writing, great music. The best teen flick.
1986 - Aliens
Vietnam in space. "I say we take off, nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
1987 - Full Metal Jacket
Arguably the best war movie ever made.
1988 - Stormy Monday
Sting, Tommy lee Jones, and James Cosmo . . . in Newcastle.
1989 - Dead Poets Society
'Coming of age' films rarely interest me, but this one does.
1990 - Goodfellas
No question, the ultimate gangster flick.
1991 - New Jack City
Black is back.
1992 - Unforgiven
Clint's finest hour.
1993 - Dazed And Confused
An amazing ensemble cast, outstanding music, and lots of drugs. Perfection.
1994 - Shallow Grave
THE BEST surprise ending.
1995 - Powder
Really hard to describe this film, just watch it.
1996 - From Dusk Till Dawn
Put your brain in neutral, have a beer & a pizza, and enjoy.
1997 - Donnie Brasco
Pacino & Depp raise the bar.
1998 - The Acid House
Read the book first, it's amazing (it helps to be Scottish though).
1999 - 200 Cigarettes
A little known diamond.
2000 - Love, Honour and Obey
"Fix bayonets!"
2001 - Shrek
As good as animation gets.
2002 - Narc
Ray Liotta as you've never seen him before.
2003 - 21 Grams
It's got Sean Penn in it!
2004 - The Butterfly Effect
Not exactly Oscar material, but fresh and original.
2005 - The Constant Gardener
Ralph Fiennes acts his tits off.
2006 - The Good Shepherd
More Timothy Hutton please.
2007 - No Country For Old Men
Deserved the Oscar.
Some of these films were selected because they were very good, others because they were very bad, and some because they just make me feel good. Some are predictable pulp fiction, and others may just be off the beaten track for some people, but if I had to pick one film from all of those above to have with me on my desert island it'd be 1993's 'Dazed And Confused', I never tire of it.
I won't tag anyone else to do this meme as it's taken me two and a half hours! I suffer for my art.
I won't tag anyone else to do this meme as it's taken me two and a half hours! I suffer for my art.
