Reference: check out the AFI 100 years...100 movies, 10th anniversary edition, for yourself.
I'll just add that, based on a skim, I've only seen 14 of these movies. (Todd? 61!) I basically do not make it a priority to watch movies that were produced before I was born. The exceptions on the list are Jaws, The Sound of Music, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and The Wizard of Oz.
...which reminds me, a great impetus for finally starting up this cinematic journey is the fact that we have an awesome neighborhood movie theater that plays one new release and one classic each week or two. We missed The Wizard of Oz when it played a couple of months ago, but we won't miss Citizen Kane.
I won't comment on Todd's prediction for falling asleep and crying because... he's right on both counts.
Now on with the show!
Joy
We're just going to be those gadflies on your blog. My # is 23; Steve's is 60. He's so ticked that he was just 1 shy of Todd's. I too fall into the same category as Joy w/r/t earlier films, except I think I wound up seeing some through some film class in college or something... And I totally couldn't be bothered with #12 (The Searchers) when we were in Monument Valley recently, which Steve just made fun of me for. Okay, good luck, look forward to the reviews!
ReplyDeleteI hope you'll stick with us! I didn't do so well with the BFI's #1, so this experiment could be quite amusing. I'm now looking forward to The Searchers!
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