Daily Archives: November 3, 2010

15 FILMS

i got sent this challenge and i found it to be rather interesting so i thought i put it out here. who knows? u might have a pretty wicked list of films that i might wanna check out.

THE RULES:

1. list the first 15 films you’ve seen that comes to mind and that you love.
2. don’t take too long to think about it. complete it in no more than 15 minutes.
3. post your list of 15 films under “comments”.

DAS EXPERIMENT

in German. directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel.

FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS

based on the book by Hunter S Thompson. directed by Terry Gilliam.

OLD BOY

in Korean. second installment of The Vengeance Trilogy. (the best of the three, in my opinion). directed by Park Chan-wook.

TITANIC

directed by James Cameron. won 11 oscars. (dont judge me, ive watched this over 30 times.)

2 DAYS IN PARIS

in English/French. directed by Julie Delpy. a gritty real-life story about love. no sugar coated nonsense here.

HOSTEL

original script by Quentin Tarantino. directed by Eli Roth. the concept of killing presented in this film got me thinking for weeks.

THE PIANIST

directed by Roman Polanski - one of the most powerful films, about the resilience of the human spirit, that ive ever seen.

INGLORIOUS BASTERDS

a Tarantino masterpiece. Christoph Waltz's performance was stunning.

BIG FISH

directed by Tim Burton. this is my happy film. i watch it whenever i need to renew my faith in the magical things in life.

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (LA VITA E BELLA)

in Italian. directed by Roberto Benigni (who also won an oscar for best actor in this film)

THE BOY IN STRIPED PYJAMAS

directed by Mark Herman. one of the most disturbing, yet beautiful, film endings ive ever seen.

ZEITGEIST, THE MOVIE

documentary by Peter Joseph (watch it for free by clickin on the link above the poster)

FIGHT CLUB

based on novel by Chuck Palahniuk. directed by David Fincher. this film is quotes galore. class A.

THE READER

based on a German novel of the same name by Bernhard Schlink. written by David Hare and directed by Stephen Daldry. very intrigueing story of love and discovery.

THE BUCKET LIST

directed by Rob Reiner. i turn to watching this whenever life gets me down.

those were my top 15 at top-of-mind recall. what’s yours… i wonder :)