Sunday, June 22, 2008

EW TOP 100 OF LAST 25 YEARS

We've been talking about movie lists all week thanks to AFI's annual special, but AFI is not alone. Entertainment Weekly has introduced another one into the discussion—"The 100 Best Films of the Past 25 Years"—which is causing a big uproar on the net, and deservedly so: this is the worst selected, most inexplicably ordered "greatest" list I have ever seen from a supposedly-credible outlet, and whoever was involved with this at EW should be embarassed. Casino Royale (2006) ahead of Schindler's List (1993)? South Park (1999) but no The Shawshank Redemption (1994)? And that's just the tip of the iceberg. To be fair, I'll post my own top choices in a few hours, but in the meantime click below to see the EW abomination for yourself...

1. Pulp Fiction
2. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
3. Titanic
4. Blue Velvet
5. Toy Story
6. Saving Private Ryan
7. Hannah and Her Sisters
8. The Silence of the Lambs
9. Die Hard
10. Moulin Rouge
11. This Is Spinal Tap
12. The Matrix
13. Goodfellas
14. Crumb
15. Edward Scissorhands
16. Boogie Nights
17. Jerry Maguire
18. Do The Right Thing
19. Casino Royale
20. The Lion King
21. Schindler's List
22. Rushmore
23. Memento
24. A Room With a View
25. Shrek
26. Hoop Dreams
27. Aliens
28. Wings of Desire
29. The Bourne Supremacy
30. When Harry Met Sally...
31. Brokeback Mountain
32. Fight Club
33. The Breakfast Club
34. Fargo
35. The Incredibles
36. Spider-Man 2
37. Pretty Woman
38. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
39. The Sixth Sense
40. Speed
41. Dazed and Confused
42. Clueless
43. Gladiator
44. The Player
45. Rain Man
46. Children of Men
47. Men in Black
48. Scarface
49. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
50. The Piano
51. There Will Be Blood
52. The Naked Gun: From The Files of the Police Squad!
53. The Truman Show
54. Fatal Attraction
55. Risky Business
56. The Lives of Others
57. There's Something About Mary
58. Ghostbusters
59. L.A. Confidential
60. Scream
61. Beverly Hills Cop
62. sex, lies and videotape
63. Big
64. No Country For Old Men
65. Dirty Dancing
66. Natural Born Killers
67. Donnie Brasco
68. Witness
69. All About My Mother
70. Broadcast News
71. Unforgiven
72. Thelma & Louise
73. Office Space
74. Drugstore Cowboy
75. Out of Africa
76. The Departed
77. Sid & Nancy
78. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
79. Waiting For Guffman
80. Michael Clayton
81. Moonstruck
82. Lost In Translation
83. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn
84. Sideways
85. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
86. Y Tu Mama Tambien
87. Swingers
88. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
89. Breaking The Waves
90. Napoleon Dynamite
91. Back to the Future
92. Meance II Society
93. Ed Wood
94. Full Metal Jacket
95. In the Mood for Love
96. Far From Heaven
97. Glory
98. The Talented Mr. Ripley
99. The Blair Witch Project
100. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut

Posted by Editor at 08:40:58 | Permanent Link | Comments (2) |
Comments
1 - Wow, you weren't kidding. This is a horrible list. The Naked Gun ahead of No Country for Old Men and Unforgiven? The 40-Year-Old Virgin ahead of Far from Heaven and The Talented Mr. Ripley? The Bourne Supremacy ahead of Fargo? Natural Born Killers and Napoleon Dynamite making the list at all?

This was probably written in fifteen mintutes. EW should be firing some people right now. (Comment this)

Written by: Robert Hamer at 2008/06/25 - 02:35:12
2 - Where´s Magnolia for god´s sake?

And Schindler´s List mmust be number one for sure. (Comment this)

Written by: Micael at 2008/06/25 - 20:08:06
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