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Top 75 Films bucket list #44-40

#44: Saving Private Ryan: One of the greatest WW2 films in recent years. What a cast of soldiers. The story is amazing, full of action, humor, sadness, and conflicted. The Normandy invasion was incredible to see and the final battle was great and sad in the end.

#43: M*A*S*H: A very funny film about the trials and horror of being a medical camp behind the front lines of Vietnam. Donald Sutherland and Elliot Gould are a great pair of medical doctors that use humor to survive the war till they can get home. The football game is hilarious to watch and really helps make the film add some action because you never see anyone fight in the war.

#42: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: One of Jack Nicholson's best performances. Danny Devito's first big film performance. Nurse Ratched was horrifying in her treatment of the patients. The story is incredible and the ending is sadly wonderful. The Simpson's did a parody of it in on episode.

#41: Office Space: Gray Cole and Stephen Root steal the film. Gray is great as the boss the doesn't do anything and still has a job, and Stephen is a great character actor that does great job as Milton that his red stapler is made by Swingline. The film is one laugh after another and the music adds humor in the songs being played. A great cast and a funny film that made people feel better about their jobs.


#40: Moulin Rouge: One of the best recentish musicals I have seen and fell in love with. The story is amazing to watch and listen to unfold. The songs performed are great for David Bowie to U2. The cast are wonderful and work great off each other. The set design is right up there with a Las Veges Show. An all around great musical that should not be missed.

Top 75 Films bucket list #49-45

#49: Amélie: A small french film that is warm hearted and very funny. Audrey Tautou is great in a story that is full of bizarre moments. It also is the film that gave the travelocity the idea for their gnome.

#48: The Sting: A great buddy film starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Robert Shaw does a great job as the mark in the film. A few years before he stared in Jaws. A great film that is like watching Ocean's Eleven just set in a different time.

#47: All The President's Men: A film that shows how the Watergate investigation/cover up was brought to light. Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman are great as the two reporters on the story to figure it all out. It starts off with the break in and ends with a typewriter.

#46: Serenity: What a a script. The writing of the lines was what got me hooked. The casted was amazing, each one at a different story that made them seem so real. Nathan Fillion was great as Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds and Alan Tudyk was hilarious as Ship Pilot Hoban "Wash" Washburne. It got me hooked some much I had to get the series on dvd, which I enjoy just as much as the film.

#45: Close Encounters of the Third Kind: A great sci-fi film. The longer the film version the more you get to see and understand. All of the times they discover something from the past the more you get taken in. All the alien ships are different. The small red ship adds some humor. Richard Dreyfuss is get as a person who at an encounter with the aliens on night. Made Devil's Tower a big landmark.

Top 75 Films bucket list #54-50 getting down there

#54: The Fugitive: Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones were great going head to head. The story was well writen and gave just enough away at the right times to make you get the clear picture. The dame scene is one that sticks in your mind after the film is over.

#53: Fargo: Another Coen film. What a film it is. The hero is not in the film till 30 mins. into it and its a female police cheif. The story is confusing at times, what with all the double crossing and all, but it is so well acted that you get caught up in the acting that you don't care if your confused or not. William H. Macy was amazing as the weak husband/car sales men. Peter Stormare and Steve Buscemi were a great pair of killers for hire. Frances McDormand was stole the film till the end were I just laughted at the way the body was disposed of.

#52: Platoon: A great Oliver Stone film. The whole cast was great, a little hard to understand when I first watched it, but the effect was still of a great film. The music stuck with me most out of the film.

#51: Let The Right One In: I know alot of you have seen Let Me In, but if you want to see the story in a new way, watch the original. I got to see it while I was in college in 2009. What a film, what a story, what scenery. The setting of Finland was amazing. It helped set up the dark side of the film. Even when the sun was out you never really felt safe. You made need to read, but that doesn't take anything away from the film.


#50: Goodfellas: Three great performances in these film. Joey Preshe, Ray Lelota and Robert De Niro were great as gangsters in the 70s and 80s. The dvd I have splits the film on to two disks, but it was amazing to see the film. The whole story was well writen and I was amazed that it was based on a true life.

Top 75 Films bucket list #59-55

#59: The Boondock Saints: Say what you will this movie is a fresh take on vigilantes. What if the good guys where not skilled in anything and just got lucky with killing people. Then what if the people they killed where all criminals? How would you react to the news. A cast that I only knew the name of two people, but have seen most of the cast in other things. A cult film that got popular by word of mouth.

#58: The Untouchables: Action packed, bloody, sad, humorous. A great performance by Robert De Niro as Al Capone, and Sean Connery was great as the mentor to Kevin Costner. Not sure how accurate the film really is, but it is still great to watch.

#57: Mystic River: What a film! The cast was well assembled and the story was amazing. Tim Robbins, Sean Penn, and Kevin Bacon where great as long time friends that where coming from different views on the same tragic event. Clint Eastwood did a great job as a director here.

#56: Bullitt: The greatest car chase scene ever. Beats the French Connection(even thou Bullitt is older) the film made Mustangs legendary for males. Steve McQueen was just beyond cool in this cop thriller mystery. The action was good not too much and well spaced.


#55: Blood Simple: "But what I know about is Texas, an' down here... you're on your own." after that is spoken at the beginning of the film it sets the tone of the film. The first Coen film is full of wonder, twists, blood, and suspense. The camera work is wonderfully done. The cast is great and you should recognize many of them. You'll try to get your head around it, but when the film ends you'll start to ask question and once you work it out you'll get it. Just remember that in Texas you're on your own.

Top 75 Films bucket list #64-60.

#64: Persepolis: a great French animation film. Beautiful to look at and not hard to read with subtitles. A great story that spans the life of a women as she comes into her 20s. Also a great book series I have been told.

#63: Apocalypse Now: This film could have been higher on the list if it wasn't for the different versions all of which add more then 30 mins to the film. I have heard of a 9hr version not sure about it. But it is a great story with an amazing cast and beautiful sets that are completely creepy.

#62: Lock, Stock and 2 Smokin' Barrels: The opening to this film is great with the song Hundred Mile High City. The multi story line works great and gives off tons of humorous moments. A great film debut for Guy Richie and the cast(first time I have seen most of them).

#61: Pan's Labyrinth: What a story and what imagination with sets and costums. The setting for the story is great and the acting is incredible. I never though I would like a foreign film about a fantasy world so much.


#60: Star Trek 2/4: Both have incredible stories and amazing acting. Both hit on different culture points in creative ways. I saw the forth movie first then the second film later. Both have great moments that make each film great.

Top 75 Films bucket list #69-65.

#69: Singin' in the Rain: A very funny musical. Great songs, great camera work, and get staging. The humor was great, of the time, but not funny because of it being old.

#68: Double Indemnity: Another great film noir. You'll think it's going one way, then it goes a different way. Great story and writing.

#67: Miller's Crossing: An amazing gangster film from the Coen brothers. john Turturro gives a great performance and was retold in Ocean's 12. A little confusing in the middle of who is with who, but it gets worked out great.

#66: Predator: I know this could be higher up on the list, but it was Jesse Vantura that hurt the film. Not his acting but his wrestling and him later becoming Governor. An excellent alien vs human squade film there is.

#65: Ocean's 11: Not as great as the original film with the Rat Pack, but it did take out all the singing and added in humor and more confussion. A great cast that worked so well together that you couldn't but hope of a better sequal. 12 and 13 were good but not as great.

Top 75 films (I think) you should see before you kick the bucket #75-70

So this is just a list of films I think everyone should look at and try to see these films. I have seen every one on this list when its all donw

75: Touch of Evil: A great Orson Wells film noir. I was taken back by Charleton Hesston. He was younger then Planet of the Apes and didn't look the same to me. Great story, nice pacing and good camera work. Black and White, but still good to watch.

74: The Big Lewbowski: Coen brothers made a rug seem important and got bowling into the main stream. Jeff Bridges and John Goodman were great paired together. Steve Buscemi was amazing as Donny. The story may have gotten alittle muddled but that is easily overlooked by the humor.

73: Kiss My Deadly: Another film nior. Great story, a great twist of fate and an ending that leaves you wondering. Again shot in black and white, but still worth the time.

72: M: A silent greman film from 1931. Staring Peter Lorre who was in Casablanca and is almost always inpersonated. If you've seen The Brave Little Toaster think of the light from the guy that drives the monster truck and the line "He's so spontanious."

71: The Grapes of Wrath: Not only a great book, but a great film. Hits the points of the story and fills in the best it can. The ending is kind of hard to watch, but so is reading it in the book.

70: The Battleship Potemkin: Is getting a limited release or is finally coming to dvd. Anyway see it. A silent film, but great music added and amazing shots. The fames step scene is in here and was later made famous by The Untouchables with the train station scene.

How many times can you?

How many times can you play a game before you get over it? 2 maybe 3 or is that number in the range of 8 - 10 times. I think I will never know what my number is. "How could you know that?" you ask. Will I just hope I never find out. Here is why I think I can say that statement.

I never play a game back to back play through. I give the first play through so much needed time depending on the game. Like Modern Warfare 2 I gave at least 3 months before I it the pit course again and went through the pain and sacrifice again. Some go longer then 6 months before I pick them up again. If its on an older system then it could be years. But I never trade in games or sell them. I just can't do it. I want my kids(when I start having kids) to play them.

Anyway, I just like to relive the story line or the action or the puzzles of the game. If the story is amazing I could go a long time and still remember it. If there is a great action sequence I will look for it in other media forms and compare the two. If the music sticks with me and I can find out some information on it then I get it on my iPod. I just love to relive the moments, its like watching a great film for the first time. You never forget it ever.

Some of the great moments that I could relive over and over are:

The Suicide Mission in Mass Effect 2: what a way to end a great middle story. Its a downer with a hint of hope at the end of a long, dark, horrifying tunnel. That you must face in Mass Effect 3.

The Floor attack video in Halo: Combat Evolved: It was a great moment to witness. It was like seeing a shot from Aliens from the helmet of one of the marines(hopefully not Bill Paxton). Still it was an incredible moment in a great story line.

The Shoot out with the Feds and John Marston in Red Dead Redemption: Very western, very epic and made reference to many classic western films(The Wild Bunch, Butch Cassidy and the Sundace Kid, and more). Hard to go out there knowing that you could not live it. Trying all you could to get as many as you could before they got you. Still a moment that was worth it.

The Killing of Andrew Ryan in Bioshock: Would you kindly...? Holy hell that was a shock to find out in the game. I was taken back, because I didn't notice it being said in the game and i didn't make the connection. I loved how that game made you feel like you were making the choice on very thing you did and then you find out your being used. I felt like a complete tool for not seeing it, but I loved that I didn't get it and that I got to experience it being naive to the fact that Would you Kindly was being used so many times.

The second world in Zelda: Yea the NES game. I was like 5 when I finished the fight against Ganon. I was so proud that I killed him that when I was in the second world I though that I was just at the beginning of the game and the world was the same. Way to go Nintendo trick a poor little kid by taking all that pride for finishing a game by making them go through the world again and very thing moved to a different spot on the map.

So how many time could you relive a game before you get so bored of it you sell it or trade it in? Could you do it? Could you give it up or away just to have the feeling of I want to play that game again later on and not having the game. The price for keeping the game is nothing compared to the price of looking for the game again and paying for it.

Movie hype-ish blog

Here are some films that have gotten my eye for the year 2011 and 2012.

First off is a film writen in part by Joss Whedon. Who helped write Toy Story, Twister, and other films. Plus Hugo Weaving is going to play Red Skull and he looks the part.

Captian America

Next is another marvel hero and part of the Avengers team. It is kind of set like Superman in that he comes to earth, just not as a baby.

Thor

To follow that is Hanna a film with the girl from The Lovely Bones, City of Ember and she played so small roles.

Next up in the Hangover 2(no poster) which is hopefully going to be as good as the first film.

Movies that are coming out without a poster:

The Avengers(directed by Joss Whedon)

Super 8 done by JJ Abrams and Executive produced by Steven Spielberg

The Hobbit:Part 1. Loved the book hope the film is just as good

Indiana Jones 5. I don't think it could be any worst the the last film. Thou Indiana may die in the end, Shia LaBeouf said that he does not want to pick up the hat and replace Indy. So if they make it, take him off the cast list or set the film before Kingdom but years after Last Crusade.

Top Jobs #3-1

#3

Assassin: They are silent, come in many forms, and are giving different names like Agent, Hitmen, Mechanics, Specialist, and Professional. They all do the same thing. Taking people out with no one seeing, hearing, or every wondering till it's too late. They are the best killing machines only passed by a real killing machine. They have brotherhoods, agencies or what have you, the only thing you need to know is they will get you.

#2

Father: I know it's not a real job, but there are two big fathers in games so far. John Marston andEthan Mars. John teaches his son how to hunt, skin, and stand for what he believes in. His son even seeks vengeance for his father. Ethan Mars is on the search for his missing son. Ethan stops at nothing to find him. He goes so far as to cut off a finger in front of a laptop camera so the killer can see it happen. Call it whatever you want, I think he just loves his son that much.

#1

Guinea Pig: From being told "Would you kindly...." to taking down a mad computer in a science facility, there is always someone that will do or be forced to do just about anything. They may not realize what is going on right away or they know right from the beginning, whatever it be they have on tough job. They have no way of gaining knowledge of what is ahead. Why would they, their the first person to go through it. If you have to be a guinea pig try to get out of it at any cost.