Top 5 films

[Angrboda]

If by "It" you are referring to the Steven King mini-series, I would agree that it's much better than people give it credit for in the reviews. I debated whether to include any of Grail, Life of Brian, and Blazing Saddles. They're all excellent films, but it's hard to compare dramas with comedies side by side. Of the three, Brian is the best for depth and replay value, imho, but it's a hard call. I've already posted a bunch, primarily based on what I could see around me, which led to my missing one of my all-time favorites, Midnight Cowboy.

If you want me to limit it to the five absolute best, I'm afraid I'd have to beg off that I can't do that without creating a list so fluid and ever-changing that to call it a list of the top 5 would be erroneous. However, in the spirit of the challenge, let me go back and pick a provisional "Top 5."


Again, in no particular order:

1. The Seventh Seal
2. No Country For Old Men
3. Jane Eyre (2011)
4. Midnight Cowboy
5. Aguirre: Wrath Of God


I'd also like to make a shout out to Serenity, which, while not in my top 5, is also up there near the top. Rhythm mentions staying up to watch them, and for some reason, when something is on television being broadcast, it makes the experience somehow more immediate and engaging than it would otherwise be. I would likely stay up to watch many movies on the television that I wouldn't ordinarily go out of my way to watch. Of my top films, I have two of them on blu-ray (Jane Eyre and NCFOM), and the rest on DVD, so watching them on television is something of a non-starter. Even as I'm typing this addition to this comment, I realize I once again have shorted Rashomon which I just ordered on blu-ray. It would have to knock either Aguirre or Jane Eyre out of the top 5 in order to make room, neither of which I would willingly do, except by being dragged kicking and screaming or some such. So make mine a "Top 6."

This isn't the subject of this thread, but most of our favorite films are ones that have been out many years. It would be an interesting addition to state what the best movie you've seen in the past year is, excluding repeats, whether said movie is originally older than a year or not.

I probably suggest this for no other reason than that I want to mention the 2010 movie Aftershock (Tangshan Dadizhen) which I just recently watched, and thought was awesome. The premise sounds ho-hum melodramatic, but it pays rich dividends.