1964: Movies Sorted By Tier
Submitted by jim on Mon, 05/08/2006 - 04:55
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Loved
Dr. Strangelove
... One of my favorite black comedies, this is worth watching for any number of reasons - the script, the direction, the laughs. But most of all, Peter Sellers and George C. Scott.Mary Poppins
... Our four-year-old has a hitting problem. She hits us, and that's a problem (fortunately she doesn't hit anybody else). So we've taken away all her movies that have even a shred of violence in them (which seems to be working wonders). Do you have any idea how hard it is to find kids movies with NO violence whatsoever? Thank goodness for Mary Poppins, perhaps the greatest kids movie of all time, and utterly violence-free. I rediscovered this as an adult, and I'm so grateful for it. (written in 2002)Really Liked
The Train
... If I recall correctly, an excellent movie on whether it's better to do the right thing for the wrong reasons or the wrong thing for the right reasons, but I really need to see this again before commenting more.Glad I Saw
Hard Day's Night
... The standouts in this movie are the dialog (mostly due to the great script rather than ad-libbing, I understand) and great black-and-white cinematography. The Beatles themselves come across as mediocre actors, but charming nonetheless. Like Richard Lester's Musketeers movies, this one stands up remarkably well decades later.Guilty Pleasures
- None Yet
Could Have Missed
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
... Despite my best efforts, and much to my chagrin, I am still susceptible to the recency effect. How else to explain loving Moulin Rouge but not really getting into this? I'd like to blame the positively dizzying array of garish wallpapers featured in the movie, but I don't think that's it. Maybe it's the difference between opera and Broadway musicals. I haven't yet acquired a taste for the former.Should Have Missed
- None Yet
El Sucko Grande
- None Yet
Unranked
A Fistful of Dollars
Goldfinger
A Shot in the Dark
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