EW's Top 25 from the Last 25
Posted: June 21st, 2008, 1:37 pm
OK, troops, in case I didn't churn up quite enough murky pond silt with my prior spotlighting of the MSN feature "10 Movie Classics in Need of Downgrading", I am hereby catapulting this mutant melon into the tranquil respite of this Summer Saturday:
- -Entertainment Weekly's Top 25 Movies from the Last 25 Years- -
1) Pulp Fiction
2) The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
3) Titanic
4) Blue Velvet
5) Toy Story
6) Saving Private Ryan
7) Hannah and Her Sisters
8) The Silence of the Lambs
9) Die Hard
10) Moulin Rouge (2001)
11) This Is Spinal Tap
12) The Matrix
13) GoodFellas
14) Crumb
15) Edward Scissorhands
16) Boogie Nights
17) Jerry Maguire
18) Do the Right Thing
19) Casino Royale (2006)
20) The Lion King
21) Schindler's List
22) Rushmore
23) Memento
24) A Room With a View
25) Shrek
I've transcribed these entries accurately, but hardly in totem; the magazine article goes on to chronicle another 75 populist choices in descending order, but in my estimation they just serve to reiterate yet more of that pizza/Bud Light/caffeine/text-message aesthetics that currently consumerizes Middle America.
Mind you, I don't necessarily disagree with ALL of the selections in this run-down; just with 90% or so of the logic behind how those choices were arrived at!
- -Entertainment Weekly's Top 25 Movies from the Last 25 Years- -
1) Pulp Fiction
2) The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
3) Titanic
4) Blue Velvet
5) Toy Story
6) Saving Private Ryan
7) Hannah and Her Sisters
8) The Silence of the Lambs
9) Die Hard
10) Moulin Rouge (2001)
11) This Is Spinal Tap
12) The Matrix
13) GoodFellas
14) Crumb
15) Edward Scissorhands
16) Boogie Nights
17) Jerry Maguire
18) Do the Right Thing
19) Casino Royale (2006)
20) The Lion King
21) Schindler's List
22) Rushmore
23) Memento
24) A Room With a View
25) Shrek
I've transcribed these entries accurately, but hardly in totem; the magazine article goes on to chronicle another 75 populist choices in descending order, but in my estimation they just serve to reiterate yet more of that pizza/Bud Light/caffeine/text-message aesthetics that currently consumerizes Middle America.
Mind you, I don't necessarily disagree with ALL of the selections in this run-down; just with 90% or so of the logic behind how those choices were arrived at!