My Favorite Movies

A profound movie, revolutionary in its time and still as powerful as a film can be (especially if screened at the Imax).

One of the best Herzog films in a long time-- glad he finally got it made.

One of the best period pieces-- probably ever. P.T. Anderson paces and frames the film with almost Kubrickian consideration.

A great step for Lynch, it almost didn't feel like a movie. I was extremely excited that he used The Rabbits.

My favorite Jan Svankmajer movie is every new Jan Svankmajer movie.

A wonderful culmination of Keaton's independent style combined with the bigger budget of a studio. Don't miss the chance to see it with an audience and live pianist if possible.

Great Herzog movie about a guy with no money who drives a boat over a mountain, during which a guy with no money drives a boat over a mountain.

Incredible as Fellini's first color film, and I believe that LSD inspired Fellini to use color, however one shouldn't confuse Fellini's brilliance with pure psychedelics.

This IS Frankenstein; Mary Shelly's novel was valuable as far as it contributed to this film.

Actually my favorite of the Orphic trilogoy; definately one of Cocteau's most unpretentious and casually introspective films.

Miyazaki is the only director to rival the precedent of stop motion craftsmanship and poignant storytelling set by this film.

The remake was enjoyable as an homage, but for me this is a far more emotional and profound experience.

Name a scarier/better horror movie than this and the Exorcist. If you do, you're wrong.

More powerful than the original (and probably the new remake).

Very difficult to rate; a poor movie on every count, but somehow full of wonderful scenes and ideas. It has an unwholesome aura about it (also, I believe a cat was actually de-eyed in front of the camera).

I considered this the best superhero movie yet until a few days ago (ahem), but it's very strong on a number of fronts. Great action, visuals, character design-- but there are also some brains in there with interesting characterization, political commentary,

Great science fiction, eons beyond the original, and surprisingly realistic for Speilberg (also, Cruise did a great job, who cares what his religion is?).

Very pleased, I honestly didn't know how this thing would work on film, and I was very surprised at the translation; I think Snyder did it as well as it could be done. For the uninitiated, it will be a creepy, weird epic-- and hopefully a cue to filmmakers that audiences can handle things that are complicated, controversial, and not explained to death. For fans Snyder really got everything in there that we needed him to, and it rarely felt rushed. I also loved the use of familiar music to remind us that these fantastical things were happening in the 'real' world (made explicit in the comic), and the dark cinematography reminded me of great 80s noir like Jacob's Ladder, Angel Heart, and of course Blade Runner (which I assume was intentional). Good effort!