The AFI Top 100 Movie List Project

12:15 PM Elisabeth


http://www.afi.com/100years/movies10.aspx

The list...the best of what Hollywood has to offer from a long and historical line of movie making for 100+ years.

The plan...to watch every single movie from the list in order from 100-1.

I was contemplating upping some of my classic movie watching when an idea struck me. There are so many movies out there, wouldn't it be easier to go off of some kind of list? Make my life a little bit easier? Then I thought about the AFI Top 100 List. So why not watch everything on the list? Sure, I have seen probably more than half of them, but let's see if they truly stand the test of time as the greatest movies ever made.

This will be a project. We will have to watch approximately 14 movies a month off of the list which is really no big deal since we watch 40-70 movies a month as it is. Jenny said she wants to be involved as well, so this should be really interesting because she will end up having to watch some movies she really doesn't want to watch and me as well.

NOTE: After much research and perusing, I have decided not to do these in order since watching 3+ hour movies during the week is not my idea of fun, and I really want to watch these movies. We will be skipping around based on availability of movies as well. You wouldn't even believe how hard it is to find some of these movies.

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February 2011 Movie Summary

7:02 AM Anonymous

Since we are not gonna watch a movie tonight due to lack of sleep from last night... I decided tally our movies for the month of February.

Elisabeth
New Watches: 26
Rewatches: 12
TOTAL: 38

Jenny
New Watches: 34
Rewatches: 4
TOTAL: 38

YEAR TO DATE SUMMARY

Elisabeth
February: 38
January: 43
Total To Date: 81

Jenny
February: 38
January: 65
Total To Date: 103

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The Dead Girl (2006)

6:11 PM Anonymous

Jenny - RATING: 2/5
This really has no purpose in being a movie... there was no point to this movie what so ever. Honestly it never really even connected and you never felt anything for anyone, no purpose, no closure... I love Brittany, but come on... this could have been way better.


Elisabeth RATING 3.5/5
I liked the movie. The little vignettes didn't make any sense as a whole, but they told the story. It would have been better if they snipped back and forth and in between all of them at once instead. The Brittany Murphy section was by far the best and unfortunately, it was the beginning of the end for her...but damn she was good.

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Abandoned (2010)

5:59 PM Anonymous

Jenny - RATING: 3.5/5
The last movie of Brittany Murphy was pretty darn good. I was glad that she actually left on a high note even though it was not highly publicized. The movie kept me guessing what was going on and was feeling a lot like she was... very confused. But it turned out good... Nice job and RIP Brittany Murphy.


Elisabeth RATING: 3/5
No one plays crazy like Brittany Murphy. So much talent wasted and she was the only highlight of this movie, but you could tell she just wasn't the same as she was anymore. Movie was okay...but nothing amazing.

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Case 39 (2009)

12:56 PM Anonymous

Jenny - RATING: 4/5

Sometimes a movie comes along that has everything a good thriller needs... A creepy kid, supernatural evil, a frightened blonde and non-believing cop... and the rest falls into place. This movie had it all for me. At first you think the parents are on crack but then the movie would have been over, this is when it all turns bad, but good... and the whole time you are saying WTF and how are they gonna stop this devil child. Thought it was pretty darn good film making in my book.

Elisabeth RATING: 3/5
I thought this movie was just okay. Predictable, but had enough of a story to make it interesting. This kid was way creepier than the kid in Orphan, which was cool. I hope she does well in the future, because I would like to see more of her. She was the highlight of the movie for me.

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Gattaca (1997)

10:01 PM Anonymous

Jenny - RATING: 4/5
Honestly, I thought that this would be a movie that would be just okay. I remember it coming out when I worked at Blockbuster Video, but since I was never and Uma Thurman fan I always skipped it. But Elisabeth said it was really good and she bought it on blu-ray, so I might as well give it a shot and I was really impressed with it. Impressive story, good characters, and interesting look into our future.


Elisabeth - RATING: 4/5
This has to be one my more favorite sci-fi/futuristic movies, and probably the one I find most realistic. I love the way it was filmed, the cinemaphotography is one I truly enjoy. Even after seeing this a few times, it still holds up well, and I will definitely look forward to another watch later to see how well it holds up.

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Donnie Darko (2001)

7:51 PM Anonymous

Jenny - RATING: 4/5

This is a movie for me that gets better with time. The first time I watched it, I was like WHAT? HUH? THIS IS STUPID? But as time goes on I understand and catch things that I never noticed before, like Ashley Tisdale. LOL. We watched this with my nephew and his wife who were Donnie Darko virgins and they really liked it but it had their brains swirling afterward. They mentioned it was almost like Inception with things not being what they appeared to be. Ok, I get that. Over all, this is an awesome movie that needs more watches cos I am sure there was more I missed.

Elisabeth: 4/5
I have always loved this movie from the first time I saw it. And each and every time I see it, I see something different, which is awesome. This is one of the very first movies which made me see things in a different way as well. I love the surrealistic aspect of it and even though I HATE movies about time travel, this one works for me because it wasn't really a movie about time travel...or was it? That is what I love about this movie. Depending on who you talk to...they got something completely different out of it.

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