My Favourite Film On The Abc (1 Viewer)

[something_funny]

did anyone watch it? it was quite good. i liked the panel especially with stuart magill and the quite funny judith lucy.

i was surprised by what made it into the top ten but can understand i guess why they were in there. i had seen every1 except star wars and the princess bride.

happy that my fav amiele was on it - although they were kind of ripping it off!

 

[crazyhomo]

didn't watch. what was the list? i'm going out on a limb here and gonna guess that one of the lotr films won

 

[Lundy]

I watched it

10. Fight Club
9. Gone With the Wind
8. The Princess Bride
7. Pulp Fiction
6. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
5. Donnie Darko
4. The Shawshank Redemption
3. Blade Runner
2. Amelie
1. The Lord of the Rings

 

[Lundy]

Amelie at no 2? wtf?? I hated that whimsical fairy floss piece of garbage. No Man's Land (the film that won the foreign language oscar over Amelie) was so much better. But no one saw it

Donnie Darko was a nice surprise entry.

Australians have short memory spans. The Lord of the Rings? Great but not the best of all time.

p.s. I loved the Hooley Dooley's rendition of Pulp Fiction

 

[euskadi_warrior]

Shawshank Redemption was a great movie, but I was surprised that a lot of people liked it. I'm surprised Roger Rabbit didnt get in, lol. Lord of the Rings is a great movie (love it), but i reckon its only number one due to how recent it has been since the release of the movie.

 

[Benny_]

Don't want to know about any list with Lord of the Rings at no.1 Lousy, unimaginative list. Princess Bride is probably the only (and still rather small) surprise.

 

[ediisjoz]

bleebleeblahblah

i watched it and it was pretty boring.. the panel were good.. stuart macgill was cool.. normally i dislike judith lucy but i agree with the wanting to crush "amelie's" head.. i dislike her face.. haha. number 1 was geh.. i havent seen or read the movie/book and i dont wanna.. where the hell did the princess bride come from?? I HATE that movie.. i love shawshank redemption, starwards 1 and that's about it...

neway thats all i have to say..

 

[Benny_]

Judith Lucy was on the panel? Good that I didn't watch it then. That woman is abysmally unfunny. Thank god Will Anderson took over the Just for Laughs duties.

 

[icecreamdisco]

judith lucy usually sucks, but i have a new found respect for her for mentioning the king of comedy as one of her faves.

here's the top 100... very odd. lots of new releases, and some no-brainers at low placements (goodfellas one place behind look both ways? 90-100 is actually my favorite bracket.

1-10
1. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
2. Amelie
3. Blade Runner
4. The Shawshank Redemption
5. Donnie Darko
6. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
7. Pulp Fiction
8. The Princess Bride
9. Gone With The Wind
10. Fight Club


11-20
11. The Sound of Music
12. To Kill A Mockingbird
13. 2001: A Space Odyssey
14. Casablanca
15. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
16. American Beauty
17. Doctor Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
18. Monty Python's Life of Brian
19. Lawrence Of Arabia
20. Apocalypse Now


21-30
21. Cinema Paradiso
22. Doctor Zhivago
23. The Matrix
24. The Castle
25. Singin' in the Rain
26. A Clockwork Orange
27. The Blues Brothers
28. Withnail and I
29. Life is Beautiful
30. The Godfather


31-40
31. Moulin Rouge
32. Some Like it Hot
33. Lost in Translation
34. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
35. Local Hero
36. The Third Man
37. Brazil
38. Serenity
39. Breakfast at Tiffany's
40. A Room with a View


41-50
41. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
42. Dead Poets Society
43. Harold and Maude
44. The Big Lebowski
45. The Wizard of Oz
46. Out Of Africa
47. Picnic at Hanging Rock
48. The Usual Suspects
49. Cabaret
50. Forrest Gump


51-60
51. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
52. The Piano
53. Pirates of the Carribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl
54. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
55. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
56. The City of Lost Children
57. The African Queen
58. Love Actually
59. Strictly Ballroom
60. Wings of Desire


61-70
61. Raiders of the Lost Ark
62. Babette's Feast
63. The Fifth Element
64. Spirited Away
65. Aliens
66. It's a Wonderful Life
67. Napoleon Dynamite
68. Rear Window
69. Romeo And Juliet
70. Dirty Dancing


71-80
71. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
72. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
73. Trainspotting
74. Muriel's Wedding
75. When Harry Met Sally
76. The Great Escape
77. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
78. Gallipoli
79. Lantana
80. Garden State


81-90
81. Sin City
82. Chariots of Fire
83. The English Patient
84. This is Spinal Tap
85. Chocolat
86. Fargo
87. Look Both Ways
88. Goodfellas
89. Alien
90. Grease


91-100
91. All About Eve
92. Citizen Kane
93. Stand By Me
94. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
95. Mulholland Drive
96. Back to the Future
97. High Fidelity
98. The Thin Red Line
99. Being John Malkovich
100. Dead Man

 

[Lundy]

haha. The Sound of Music was terrifyingly close to making the top 10.

 

[dead cactus]

go serenity!

i can't believe i missed this, im so not impressed, i was looking forward to watching this! i think most of my votes made it into the top 100, dirty dancing, wizard of oz, serenity, ferris bueller - go team!

 

[bscienceboi]

The Princess Bride?

:|

This was an online vote wasn't it?

 

[Benny_]

I can't believe Dead Man made it into the top 100. Worst Jim Jarmusch/Johnny Depp movie ever...

Other than that and one or two others, it's a mind numbingly predictable list. Were David and Margaret on this panel? Were they appalled?

 

[Lundy]

Oh come on, there's no need to be such a pompous highbrow. As a poll voted on by your average movie-going australians, most of whom probably aren't die hard movie aficionados, I say it's a pretty good list.

 

[crazyhomo]

Godfather at 30? Shame on Leichardt for not voting more!

it deserves to be lower than apocolypse now

 

[Benny_]

Oh come on, there's no need to be such a pompous highbrow. As a poll voted on by your average movie-going australians, most of whom probably aren't die hard movie aficionados, I say it's a pretty good list.

Sorry I came off that way. It's just disappointing to see such a predictable list.

 

[Lundy]

There are many fantastic films in there, however a lot of them are in really strange positions IMHO. The Princess Bride at no.7, but Citizen Kane at no.92? Australians are weird.

Margaret was on the panel, David wasn't. IIRC she seemed pretty pleased with the list, albeit a bit surprised at some of the entries. The film that got the best reception was probalbly Pulp Fiction, which got an audible gasp from the audience when it was announced.

 

[bazookajoe]

Sorry I came off that way. It's just disappointing to see such a predictable list.

Yeah, the only one I didn't see coming was The Princess Bride. Hated LOTR at number one though

 

[Ellie-Bee]

10. Fight Club
8. The Princess Bride
5. Donnie Darko
4. The Shawshank Redemption
2. Amelie

Yay! I'm glad Fight Club got in there!

 

[icecreamdisco]

I can't believe Dead Man made it into the top 100. Worst Jim Jarmusch/Johnny Depp movie ever...

Other than that and one or two others, it's a mind numbingly predictable list. Were David and Margaret on this panel? Were they appalled?

boo...

how could you single out dead man in a list that has love actually and dirty dancing? it's not my favorite jarmusch, but it is an excellent film and it's placement is a sign of people who appreciate film as art. (or rabid johnny depp/neil young fans...)