comment #1

Joel says ...

Wait. Did he say Anything Else? He did, didn't he?

comment #2

Admiral82 says ...

Ugh, he had me until he said "Unbreakable." I found it to be laborous to sit through. Don't get me wrong, I have a deep rooted comic book background. I thought that movie was long, prententious, boring, and frankly sucked. No offense to anyone involved and nothing against M. Night.

His list was alright up till that point... Some solid choices, liked the inclusion of "The Insider", and "Boogie Nights." Those both would be on my list.

comment #3

Admiral82 says ...

"Anything Else" surprised the hell out of me too!

I have never seen it, is it worth watching? Anyone? I went though a "lost faith" in Woody Allen after "Hollywood Ending." That one fell victim to this time.

comment #4

Josh Massey says ...

Yeah, even though I didn't love many on that list - Lost in Translation, Supercop - the only true WTF is Anything Else. To me, it's among Woody Allen's worst films, only bested (worsted?) by Melinda and Melinda and Hollywood Ending.

And even though I hold it quite as highly, I love the inclusion of Speed. He's right - it was a helluva fun movie on first watch, destroying all expectations.

And Boogie Nights is definitely my favorite post-1992 film.

comment #5

Richard_Stone says ...

"M. Night Shymala-ding-dong"?

I was wondering if he'd name a Coen Bros. movie. He didn't.

My schadenfreude for QT-the-director is still on, but I'd have enjoyed hearing more details and comments about each movie from QT-the-Aspie-film-lover.

comment #6

TulseLuper says ...

Some interesting choices (I was pleasantly surprised by Dogville), some questionable ones (Anything Else, Lost in Translation). He's absolutely right about Unbreakable though I wouldn't call it one of the masterpieces of our time.

comment #7

CitizenKanedforChewingGum says ...

Pretty interesting list, as always with Quentin. Eclectic.

Battle Royale is really, really great & original He's right about Speed, actually...I remember seeing it opening night, and it really is one of the few true white knuckle thrill rides of our time. I think it's hard to remember how good it was on a first sit because its power has been significantly distilled by all the copycats ("it's like Speed on a bobsled...") over the years. And Supercop does have great stuntwork.

Strongly disagree with Lost in Translation and Friday. Couple of these seem a little bit slight to be included in a list like this. I like Team America and all, but top 20 material?!

Never saw Anything Else, either, but I'll still disagree with that choice on principle alone, lol.

No Chan-wook Park or Brian De Palma? Or Eli Roth?

I'm pretty positive that every Tarantino movie ever made is in Eli Roth's top 10 of all-time.

comment #8

QualityGibberish says ...

You're right, Citizen. Since Speed I always keep my head down when I'm riding on top of a subway car.

comment #9

lipranzer says ...

Glad to see I'm not the only one absolutely dumbfounded by the choice of ANYTHING ELSE. I mean, over HUSBANDS AND WIVES or EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU or MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY or BULLETS OVER BROADWAY?

And TEAM AMERICA over BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT?

Otherwise (excluding DOGVILLE, since I hate Von Trier), an interesting list, and yes, I'll defend LOST IN TRANSLATION and UNBREAKABLE (the latter he places in the right context as well).

comment #10

Bilge says ...

I thought ANYTHING ELSE was great, actually -- a fascinating modern take on Dostoyevsky's THE DOUBLE -- but I do think it's silly to put it above HUSBANDS & WIVES or CRIMES & MISDEMANORS. That said, the real underrated Woody Allen film of the past two decades is the much-reviled SHADOWS & FOG.

UNBREAKABLE rules. So does THE VILLAGE. There, I said it.

comment #11

TulseLuper says ...

The Village does rule. I think the ending is problematic but overall I really liked it. Lady in the Water is where he lost me.

comment #12

Josh Massey says ...

My guilty Shyalaman pleasure is Signs. I think it's far and away his best film, one I can endlessly rewatch. And yes, I realize I'm damn near alone in this.

comment #13

dinovelvet says ...

What? Speed sucked. In the category "Keanu actioners of the 90s", I'll take Point Break for 1000, Alex.

comment #14

Ray says ...

Wow ... do you think Tarantino wafts his hands around like that when he farts, in order to savor the aroma of his every utterance?

Can't believe he picked TEAM AMERICA over SOUTH PARK or FARGO, or UNBREAKABLE over SIXTH SENSE. And many of his other picks had that whiff of his obscure-reference syndrome.

comment #15

Breedlove says ...

Haven't watched the video yet but a couple comments. One, I think UNBREAKABLE is a complete masterpiece and Night's best movie hands down. Easily one of my favorite films of the past 15 years. But, Massey, I have mad love for SIGNS too. Also amazing. And thirdly, am I the only guy on the planet who completely digs the shit out of MATRIX RELOADED? One of my favorite action films ever. I admit that part 3 was a disappointment and sort of hurt part 2 after the fact, but I still love part 2. I actually prefer it to part 1. And part 1 is a great movie.

comment #16

chad_pole says ...

Maybe other third-tier filmmakers will put out lists so fanboys can goo-goo-gah-gah over them, too.

Who cares.

comment #17

DeeZee says ...

So I hear Sherlock sucks enough that Pitt has to be inserted into it at the last minute. http://www.kungfucinema.com/brad-pitt-becomes-sherlock-holmes-nemesis-9824?dsq=14925909#comment-14925909

comment #18

YRG says ...

How about Wong Kar-Wai's In the Mood for Love or 2046? Glad to see Takashi Miike represented and Lars Von Trier's Dogville, but no Breaking the Waves? No Schindler's List? No Soderbergh, no Wong Kar-Wai? Quentin is definitely a wordsmith rather than a cinematographer. I'm surprised he didn't pick David Mamet. And he chose Mann rather than Sidney Lumet? I'm sure he purposely avoided Oliver Stone because of Natural Born Killers.

Re: The Matrix, I read somewhere that the two sequels suffered because Larry Wachowski, the brains behind the first film, got disinterested after getting involved in the LA BDSM subculture. If he continued to focus on the story, the trilogy might have been the Star Wars of our time.

comment #19

DeeZee says ...

I loved Battle Royale, too, but if you're gonna go into Japanese grindhouse flicks, Ichi the Killer kicks its ass. Funny that he brings up Audition, instead, when that's totally overrated. But since he did, Digital Bits just updated with an upcoming BD release from Shout Factory of all places. I did dig Friday, too, but Don't Be a Menace kind of put it in its place. The Host is crap, though, and it's all about Godzilla: Final Wars. I love the irony of him including The Matrix in there, though, since he trashed Keanu and the Wachowskis a while back. As for Jackie, shouldn't it be Drunken Master II? Police Story 3's totally overrated. Though I love the irony of him bringing up that movie, when you can only get it dub-only, because Harvey and/or Bey were too cheap to re-negotiate for the Canto track. Going back to Brit movies, my favorite thus far has been Layer Cake. And no, I didn't see those 28 things.

Tulse: He likes Lost in Translation, because that's what he thinks about Japanese culture, too. =p

lip: TA and SP are both gonna be considered "dated" down the road, but TA gets props for being closer to Thunderbirds than the real Thunderbirds movie.

Kane: PCW directed JSA.

Breed: I enjoyed Reloaded, too. Best fight scenes in years until Danny the Dog/Unleashed.

YRG: Or even Crouching Tiger and/or Lust, Caution.

Anyway, my list would include Memories, Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Paprika, and/or Mind Game.

comment #20

Travis Crabtree says ...

It makes sense that he would be talking about the best films since 1993, since his biggest fans and most ardent supporters probably aren't aware of any movies that came out before that....well, except "Star Wars" and some totally rad, old-school kung fu movies.

Also... I avoided letting the third Matrix sully my feelings towards the first one by not seeing it. Did the trick!

"The Matrix" is a bonafide classic.

comment #21

MovieBob says ...

The Matrix sequels don't work because there's no reason for them to exist.

The first Matrix is a PERFECT one-shot big-idea actioner with one of the all-time great "DONE!" finales: Neo can percieve (and thus alter) The Matrix to the extent that he can rewrite the laws of "reality" to make himself invincible, he can kill Agents with a touch, and as a final action he announces his presence (and invincibility) to the world and then FLIES OFF INTO THE SKY - the oldest and most potent symbol of a mythic-hero's ascension to godhood. It's over. He wins. The Machines lose. DONE.

Going back in after-the-fact and trying to engineer a "trilogy" out of that ultimately lessen's the whole enterprise... though, by way of tragic irony, the "gotcha" used to explain how this retooling all works ends up as a much more interesting philosophical idea than they started with. But the movies are still a total mess.

comment #22

DeeZee says ...

Bob: What do you mean no reason? So how does he "win"? Just cus he's "The One"? And Star Wars should have ended with the first film, too.

comment #23

p.Vice says ...

Pathetic. Quentin debases cinema and everyone plays right along. Fucking sad, sad, sad.

comment #24

Cde. says ...

The disappointments that were the Matrix sequels are just about rectified by how absolutely amazing Speed Racer was. The Wachowskis are alright in my book.

comment #25

DeeZee says ...

Cde: Speed Racer was crap, flashy crap, but crap, nonetheless.

Anyway. More Brewster's Millions. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i51e89b98d08081990919438e1345451e
White Chicks 2....
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i51e89b98d080819909a7554764221501

comment #26

Wiggumx says ...

He lost me, as many of you have said, on a few of these choices. Unbreakable was unbearable. It was a pretentious meditation on an anonymous superhero's backstory. It was heavy and ridiculous.

Anything Else WISHES that it was anywhere near as important or effective as Crimes & Misdemeanors. Landau, Huston, and Gleason in that just mesmerized my young mind.

Boogie Nights is my favorite movie, ever, so he gets a huge pass for naming that.

I really disliked Team America, after loving the South Park movie, so I can't get behind that. Speed is a pretty important action piece for the modern time, but it will never be in my top 20.

This seems poorly thought-out.

comment #27

Wiggumx says ...

OH! And I'm with Massey on "Signs." Why do I like that shit-cicle? It's effective and moody until the end, and then it derails like a motherfucker with the whole God/swing angle, and the whole movie loses all of its steam. Before that, I was really digging that flick.

comment #28

Cde. says ...

DeeZee: Speed Racer was exhilarating and beautiful.
You are the guy who ruins threads with completely unwanted news updates and is wrong about most things.

comment #29

DeeZee says ...

Cde: Um, no it was as slow and lifeless as Sky Captain.

comment #30

arturobandini2 says ...

Was there a single French title on his list? Why do the French love him so much?

Sounds like there's a rift between QT and WKW. When Chungking Express was released here under Tarantino's banner, he couldn't shut up about how brilliant Wong Kar-wai was. Now he doesn't list any of WKW's movies in his top 20? Odd. 'Cause everybody knows Lost in Translation was a pale imitation of WKW's style -- it even stole the whisper gimmick from In the Mood for Love.

comment #31

Aris P says ...

Is he gay? He has that vibe, the older he gets.

comment #32

Cde. says ...

DeeZee: does suck. I agree with you on that.

comment #33

DeeZee says ...

Aris: Depends on how you interpret his break-up w/ Mira.

arturo: He's pissed that WKW became famous w/o that awful Chungking cover.

comment #34

Travis Crabtree says ...

DeeZee might be fake. He may be the actual D.Z., who, as it happens was formerly Daniel Zelter.

DeeZee annoys us with his tendency to turn HE into his own personal Drudge Report by supplying links to all manner of other sites.

DeeZee is lunatic-fringe Left Wing.

DeeZee is pompous and often irritatingly obtuse.

And yet...

This place wouldn't be the same without him. I sometimes enjoy his brand of crazy. And I'll admit that I'm sometimes a tad pained when mine is seemingly the only post uncommented upon by him. (what am I, chopped liver?)

Here's to DeeZee, fake or not!

Now fuck off, you nutty bastard!

Oh what am I saying? I can't stay mad at you!

comment #35

DeeZee says ...

BTW, best WKW movie since '92=Happy Together. Ang Lee owes WKW big-time for using that movie's approach to shoot BBM.

comment #36

Travis Crabtree says ...

I'm down with Q.T.! He rocks. Fuck all the haters, yo!

Shut up with your "The Sweet Hereafter", "The Ice Storm", "L.A. Confidential", "Mulholland Drive", "Fargo", "Memento" or "Adaptation" bullshit!

Those movies didn't have any decapitations, kung-fu, Mexican stand-offs OR crazy-ass asian shit. Not to mention their complete lack of hot, bare-footed, ass-kicking Japanese bitches.

Okay okay okay okay?

(is my nose supposed to bleed like this?.... oh shit)

comment #37

markj says ...

Friday? Team America? Speed? The Matrix?

Speaks volumes about Tarantino's decline as a filmmaker. Good to see The Insider in there though.

comment #38

Cde. says ...

There's another thing I can agree with you on, DeeZee. Happy Together is masterful.

comment #39

drbob says ...

Travis:

Precisely.

Any list that does not include Mulholland Dr. and Fargo has no validity whatsoever.

Frankly, I would give about 5 spots to the Coen brothers. Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink, Fargo, Big Lebowski, No Country for Old Men.

comment #40

Rich S. says ...

I know it's splitting hairs, but he does say at the beginning of the list that these 20 films are his favorites. Unlike a lot of these internet lists, he doesn't try to ascribe an objective label of quality to these films, at least initially.

I don't agree with a lot of his choices, but that's beside the point.

comment #41

jesse says ...

drbob, the timeline Tarantino uses would exclude Miller's Crossing and Barton Fink.

But more importantly, Mulholland Drive is an overrated wankfest, or at least it becomes one as soon as that "silencio!" idiocy is introduced. Please don't tell me it's haunting or something. That's the exact point where the movie becomes a humorless bore.

RE: QT's picks:

--Kinda bummed that he buys into the Matrix trilogy anti-hype. Not that the sequels aren't inferior, but they're both actually pretty interesting and impressive in their admitted inability to live up to the first one.

--Wow. I am a hardcore Woody apologist and I like Anything Else more than a lot of people (it's better than Curse of the Jade Scorpion or Hollywood Ending; high praise indeed, right?), and I'm still shocked to see it on a 20 Best list of anything, even movies that came out that year. As far as underrated recent Woody goes, I say Scoop, or Cassandra's Dream, or, even better, Everyone Says I Love You.

--Like where his head's at with Team America, except that the movie isn't very funny. The puppet stuff is kind of amazing and there are some great gags but man are Stone & Parker full of themselves considering what cheap, reductive nihilists they are. Agreed that the South Park movie would deserve a spot far more, as it's probably their career pinnacle thus far. Although, to be honest, I'd probably rather rewatch the Simpsons movie.

--Unbreakable is an awesome choice. Great movie. Signs is really good, too. M. Night doesn't start to suck until the second half of The Village. Lady and Happening are both pretty shocking in their inability to work, though parts of both are effective.

comment #42

jesse says ...

Rich S, agreed. Also, I think the nitpicking of QT's list (not that I didn't nitpick a bit myself) is based on this weird idea that if you like a critic or a filmmaker, you better agree with him ONE HUNDRED PERCENT of the time or close to it, and that if he likes or dislikes a certain movie THAT'S IT FOR HIM (or her). People still bring up Ebert giving three-star reviews to this or that movie and how he can't be trusted because of Garfield or whatever. You aren't supposed to read or listen to film criticism to find someone who mirrors your taste exactly and conforms to an exact set of like/dislike standards. It's more about the argument. That's what people miss with Armond White. They say oh he liked this and didn't like that, how can anyone read him? I don't care that he's contrarian, though, I care that his ideas are obscured by lazy writing, score-settling, and vague pronouncements. It's not what you like, it's how you like it.

comment #43

drbob says ...

Jesse:

Call it what you will, but to me, Mulholland Dr. is pure genius. To a certain extent, all of Lynch's work is a "wankfest," as you call it. You either go with him, or you don't. I would not call the last third of the film "haunting," but it did grab me on an emotional level. It was a re-intepretation of the same narrative device Lynch used in Lost Highway, but, to me, far more effective.

P.S. If you're referring to Naomi Watts and Laura Elena Harring's scenes during the last third of the film as a "wankfest," I'd have to agree with you there. Those breasts should be carved in stone, like Mount Rushmore.

comment #44

Alboone says ...

FINALLY! A list I can get with. For those who have not seen Battle Royale, please go out and see it. For me I would've chosen City of God as a top favorite, but BR isn't far behind. It is truly one of those seminal movies one cannot easily forget after seeing it. The performances. The story. The way it looks. The action. Top notch. Its a perfect blend of John Hughes meets Paul Verhoeven in a mosh pit. After I watched it I knew my whole molecular structure had changed. I can't stress the importance of that movie enough.

Totally agree with hs view on the Matrix. Loved it the first time I saw it, but the sequels virtually erased the allure of the mythology set by the first one. I was surprised he left out Old Boy. And you know in any top 20 list, I know I'm gonna get flack for stressing this geek fanboy point, but you have to include the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy as a whole. Its too significant of an achievement to disregard. Even if it doesn't work on all levels and it doesn't, but ya gotta admire it.

comment #45

Alboone says ...

Unbreakable is a fantastic movie. A truly original deconstruction of the superhero mythos. The ending is a little lame, yet it doesn't detract from the wonder the story elicits. By far its M. Night's best movie, leaps and bounds better than the 6th "boring" Sense. And I feel it does contain a career best from Willis, and it's by far Sam Jackson's last great performance. Ever since he's just been collecting a paycheck. I fucking love this list. Now I just might actually show up for IB.

comment #46

corey3rd says ...

How dare he ignore POOTIE TANG.

comment #47

OtownRog says ...

His list will be moot once Basterds is available for all to peruse. As will this early Tomatometer heat. Shyte, and so is a lot of his list.

comment #48

AtticusRex says ...

First off, wether I agree with QT's choices or not they are his choices. I for one always have trouble coming up with a list like this because of all the different genres and how films affect me in the long run. There are great movies that I never need to see again and then some middle of the road ones I love watching over and over.

Case in point Fincher's last two movies Zodiac and Button. Both are great feats of filmmaking. Both are Oscar worthy. But will I pop either in my player and watch over and over? No. Perhaps I'll revisit them again but not in the near future.

But for giddy fun and entertainment I put in True Romance, Smokin Aces, Matrix, Almost any of QT's movies, Sin City, 300 etc. That said other titles like L.A. Confidential, Magnolia and the Insider are prestige pics that I would still include on this list. Also as with QT just about all of the output of the Coen Brothers would be on that list as well.

But it's what I like to watch. Others would go another way.

Though how anyone defends Signs and The Village is beyond me. M. Night is one of the most perplexing filmmakers out there today. He's the modern version of John Carpenter for me. His storylines are as Mr. Carpenters, intrigueing. I really want to see the stories each filmmaker wants to make. But then they come out and never live up to the premise. But both are great filmmakers in their own right from the tech side. M. Night's movies are fantastic looking. Well edited and acted. It's usually the payoffs that kill his movies. He promises alot and then 'peter's' out with summation. Yes 6th Sense worked.
Does Unbreakable? Perhaps. But it's like the Shining for me.
I know The Shining is a very well made and constructed film. I am a huge Kubrick fan. I wanted to Love it. Thing is if you are a fan of the book this movie is just plain awful from that standpoint. Now there wasn't a novel for Unbreakable to derail my enjoyment... no it was the trailer. The original trailer for Unbreakable should be enshrined in a Trailer Hall of Fame.
It sold me. It sold me huge. I wanted to see THAT movie. But M. Night failed to deliver on that Trailer's promise for me.
That said the trailer for me is still one of the all time best.

I am glad though that QT did mention The Informer. It's over all the best movie from Mann in my opinion. I was surprised though because of his love for Asian films that a fave of mine didn't make his list, i.e. Old Boy. That was a rocker!

comment #49

Brendan says ...

More disappointing - The Star Wars prequels or those last two Matrix films. Really is a toss-up.

comment #50

chris7crows says ...

"Signs" is right up there with "AI" as one of the worst movies in modern memory. It's completely nonsensical on every level. I mean... God killed a priest's wife so that in her dying moments she could deliver a warning involving an alien invasion that would later prove to be true, thus restoring the faith that the priest lost when his wife was killed? What? Could someone explain the theology behind that for me? Meanwhile, aliens can travel across the galaxy, but need freakin' crop circles to coordinate their landing? And they somehow didn't notice -- from orbit -- that a good 70% of the planet will kill them on contact? But that figures, because they're so stupid they can't even work out how to escape from a closet...

comment #51

econeywaaa says ...

I have not been able to watch a Woody Allen movie since "Anything Else". It was traumatic to me in that that film was from the same man who had me on the theater floor as a kid when he asked if the little robot dog in "Sleeper" left little batteries on the carpet.

comment #52

Josh Tate says ...

Haven't watched a Woody Allen movie since Anything Else? He's actually been resurgent since then! (with the exception of Scoop which wasted Ian McShane.)

comment #53

TulseLuper says ...

Tarantino talk about There Will Be Blood:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rp5NjLRRyw

Okay I forgive him for Death Proof.

comment #54

AtticusRex says ...

I too had kinda given up on Woody as well but I gotta tell ya... Vickie Christina Barcelona was great. For my $ it's also the best looking/filmed of all of Woody's movies. I do though wish he would make at least one more silly joked filled comedy ala Bananas, Sleeper or Take the Money and Run.

I agree about Chris about Signs. It's the Water.

comment #55

Stringer Bell says ...

When did Quentin start looking and sounding like Rex Reed?

comment #56

KC says ...

Isn't QT besties with Sofia? I have little use for LiT but I love Marie Antoinette...as the visual equivalent of background music. Can't actually sit through it but oh that "I Want Candy" sequence.

But I like Signs and LOVE Speed Racer so, you know, not even I value my own opinion

comment #57

JapAdapters says ...

Why are people bashing QT's opinions? Disagree all you want6 (I certainly do) but I mean, shit, he doesn't give us enough to bash?

Really, what he liked stopped meaning anything to me after he named his favorite movies during the Pulp Fiction boom. He's a narcissistic hipster doofus, who I hope (but doubt) can still make good movies.

comment #58

bluefugue says ...

>For my $ it's also the best looking/filmed of all of Woody's movies.

You'd rate it visually above Manhattan? Gosh.

comment #59

Stringer Bell says ...

Anything Else? Maybe he's trying to get in Christina Ricci's pants?

comment #60

Big Black says ...

It's great to see Memories of Murder on there, it's excellent. ZODIAC fans should see it.

comment #61

AtticusRex says ...

@BlueFugue: Not wanting to take anything away from Manhattan. That was as wondrous as some of the great WB flicks from the '40's. But the Blu-Ray version of VCB is truly stunning. It didn't look or feel like a Woody movie.

@KC: Love your final statement in your last post. That could be applied to all of us when we make lists.

@Stringer Bell: First off, love your handle. That show will go down as one of the top 3 or at least top 5 dramas ever broadcast on American TV. Now then my comment to your last post... and there's a problem want to get into those pants?

comment #62

Stringer Bell says ...

Absolutely nothing wrong in wanting to get in Ricci's pants. Ricci's as nutty as Q is, so they'd make a good match.

Though, the way he's looking and talking nowadays, he might want to get in Biggs' pants instead.

comment #63

Hallick says ...

People expecting something else from Tarantino is equivalent to people expecting a modern day zeitgeist crime film a la Michael Mann from Guy Maddin. What? Maddin made another old fashioned movie? No shit - that's what he does, that's what he always did, and that's what he'll always be doing. He's Guy Maddin. But when Quentin Tarantino makes movies like "Kill Bill" or "Inglourious Basterds" or "Death Proof", he keeps getting stick for it as if he wasn't the same guy who made "Reservoir Dogs".

My own theory is that he talked such a good game in his interviews while promoting Dogs and "Pulp Fiction", that critics thought he was going to be Soderburgh on steroids, pumping out 3 or 4 movies a year like Miike, but better, in vast and diverse genres, touching both the high and low art ends of the movie spectrum. So when he decided to kick back and make tribute films instead, people felt jipped and got pissed off about it.

comment #64

mccool says ...

Definitely gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

I like Unbreakable AND Signs. So ...

I never found the water thing with the aliens to be that much of a problem. People really overdo it, I mean, humans constantly put themselves places where they dont belong and would die if exposed to those elements ... the top of Denali, say, or deep below the ocean, or outer fucking space. Lame argument. What derailed the movie was, as others say, actually showing the alien at the end.

Surprised by some of his conventional picks. When was this spot put together? No TWBB? No spanish or latin american love, either? No City of God? And call me a sap, but Shawshank's gotta be on that list.

comment #65

AtticusRex says ...

@McCool: Your no sap! Shawshank upon it's release for my money was an instant American Classic. One of the best movies ever made that had a narration throughout it.

It just worked. Green Mile... not so much.

comment #66

Chicago48 says ...

Is Tarantino's gayness coming out? Is he overdoing it with the botox?

comment #67

Chicago48 says ...

The Matrix was the only one I recognized, and I agree with him on 2 & 3.

comment #68

Bob Violence says ...

This seems almost as if Tarantino made a top 10, realized it was indistinguishable from eight billion similar lists crowding the cult-movie message boards, and started chucking in stuff like Anything Else and Unbreakable to compensate. I'm sure if you asked him today you would get a list that's at least 50% different. Not that there's anything wrong with that, I guess.

comment #69

Floyd Thursby says ...

Can't imagine why he doesn't include Heat or Big Liebowski. Both would seem his kinds of films.

comment #70

free games says ...

I was wondering if he'd name a Coen Bros. movie. He didn't.