Movies: Synecdoche NY, Magnolia, Lord of the Rings
Albums: something by Bob Dylan, In Rainbows, To Pimp a Butterfly, For Emma Forever Ago, Astral Weeks, My Name is Bear, generally jazz and classical
Musical artists: Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Kendrick Lamar, Bon Iver, generally jazz and classical
Writers: Dylan Thomas, Tolkien, Shakespeare
Synecdoche, New York
MagnoliaEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Lord of the Rings
The Place Beyond the Pines
Peter Pan
Casino Royale
The Departed
Birdman
There Will Be Blood
Anomalisa
No Country for Old Men
Dancer in the Dark
Solaris
Stalker
Andrei Rublev
The Shining
Persona
The Master
The Tree of Life
Knight of Cups
The Godfather
Babel
Apocalypse Now
The Hunt
Interstellar
Blue Valentine
Boogie Nights
The Dark Knight
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
The Hobbit
Lars and the Real Girl
Mulholland Drive
Half Nelson
Dont Look Back
No Direction Home
The Other Side of the Mirror
I'm Not There
Punch-Drunk Love
A Clockwork Orange
Dr. Strangelove
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Where the Wild Things Are
WALL-E
Blue is the Warmest Color
Full Metal Jacket
Eyes Wide Shut
American Hustle
Donnie Darko
Under the Skin
Quantum of Solace
A lifetime of movies I have at some point considered favorites (and may have later scorned) (in progress):
Die Hard
Casino Royale
Peter Pan
Synecdoche, New York
Hercules
The Departed
The Godfather
Magnolia
Andrei Rublev
The Tree of Life
Interstellar
Anomalisa
Wild Hogs
Blades of Glory
Talladega Nights
Cool Runnings
Snow Dogs
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Cool Runnings
Snow Dogs
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
The Little Rascals
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
Birdman
Hitch
Persona
Babel
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
The Place Beyond the Pines
Blue Valentine
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
There are 2 separate lists with some overlap whose difference is not articulated!
ReplyDeleteIt's wonderful to see Hitch on this list. I saw this film for the first time last year and it's a near-perfect comedy--apart from the standard contrivances of the screenplay that are present in nearly every 00s Hollywood Rom-com. Maybe those aren't even a problem here, just a requirement of the milieu.
The other one I can't make sense of is Wild Hogs.
Glad to see all the Dylan stuff.
At one point I remember saying my favorite movies were Die Hard, Casino Royale, Blades of Glory, and Wild Hogs, which is baffling to recall. I should probably add Blades of Glory to the list. Hitch was more sustainable -- that was my #1 for a time.
DeleteI don't entirely know the distinction between lists. I have cared about every movie in the top list in my more mature years (since 16). A few in the bottom list (Wild Hogs) I cringe to remember, but canonized at the time.
Actually a couple in the bottom I care more about now than some of the top, e.g. Hitch and Die Hard > WALL-E from a personal perspective.