Special Movie Debate: AFI 100 Years 100 Movies

[Reed Rothchild | 9,549]

How many have you seen?

[Gloves | 11,794]

17.

[The Count | 528]

56, I think all the way through. I'm actually working on this list currently, trying to see them all.

[TDIRunner | 2,744]

35

I'm counting films that I watched with my parents as a child, even if I remember nothing about the movie.  

[TDIRunner | 2,744]

4 minutes ago, The Count said:

 trying to see them all.

This thread, and your post are making me consider the same.  

 

Funny thing is that I tend to go through spurts of playing lots of video games, or watching lots of movies.  I've been playing tons of video games recently and I'm almost ready for a break.  So I might try to start making my way through this list.  

[wongojack | 217]

8 hours ago, TDIRunner said:

35

I'm counting films that I watched with my parents as a child, even if I remember nothing about the movie.  

I wondered about this.  I probably have seen more than I voted for.

Edited February 27 by wongojack

[Brickman | 3,995]

68. Quite a few westerns on the list which really isn’t a genre I’m huge into. I’ll get to them all at some point.

It’s a solid list but I think it needs a bit of an update to bring some more modern movies into it.

It also doesn’t include foreign movies which is a joke because something like Three Colors trilogy, seven samurai or The Seventh Seal would beat out a lot of these movies.

[Reed Rothchild | 9,549]

80/100

It's possible I saw The Searchers or Wild Bunch as a kid since my dad likes Westerns a lot.

Never heard of Swing Time, Sunrise, or Intolerance.

[The Count | 528]

Just now, Brickman said:

68. Quite a few westerns on the list which really isn’t a genre I’m huge into. I’ll get to them all at some point.

It’s a solid list but I think it needs a bit of an update to bring some more modern movies into it.

It also doesn’t include foreign movies which is a joke because something like Three Colors trilogy, seven samurai or The Seventh Seal would beat out a lot of these movies.

It is the American Film Institute, afterall. Though I agree it could use another update. Is there something similar in Australia?

[Reed Rothchild | 9,549]

3 minutes ago, Brickman said:

68. Quite a few westerns on the list which really isn’t a genre I’m huge into. I’ll get to them all at some point.

It’s a solid list but I think it needs a bit of an update to bring some more modern movies into it.

It also doesn’t include foreign movies which is a joke because something like Three Colors trilogy, seven samurai or The Seventh Seal would beat out a lot of these movies.

In the future I could do the IMDb top 100 or something

[JamesRobot | 5,807]

1 hour ago, Reed Rothchild said:

I'm having an idea...

Well that didn't take long.

[Reed Rothchild | 9,549]

1 minute ago, JamesRobot said:

Well that didn't take long.

My boss is out sick 

[Brickman | 3,995]

3 minutes ago, The Count said:

It is the American Film Institute, afterall. Though I agree it could use another update. Is there something similar in Australia?

Ahhh that makes sense now  

Not that I’m aware of. I think after 30 - 40 you’d be getting to some really average Australian movies then it would just dive.

6 minutes ago, Reed Rothchild said:

In the future I could do the IMDb top 100 or something

Yeah that would be really interesting to see the contrast.

[Reed Rothchild | 9,549]

1 minute ago, Brickman said:

Ahhh that makes sense now  

Not that I’m aware of. I think after 30 - 40 you’d be getting to some really average Australian movies then it would just dive

[JamesRobot | 5,807]

44.  Which is exactly how old I am at the moment. 

[Tabonga | 2,324]

2 hours ago, Gloves said:

17.

1.7

Fixed!

I have seen 88 of the 100.  

Edited February 26 by Tabonga

[Tabonga | 2,324]

1 hour ago, Reed Rothchild said:

80/100

It's possible I saw The Searchers or Wild Bunch as a kid since my dad likes Westerns a lot.

The Searchers is loosely based on the true (and very sad) story of Cynthia Ann Parker who was the mother of Quanah Parker.

[nrslam | 476]

78 for me, though for some it's been so long I couldn't tell you much about them.  There's a couple on there I've never heard of.

[Kguillemette | 1,545]

26

[G-type | 2,483]

66

[doner24 | 1,197]

100- I started going after the list in the fall of 1999 after watching 12 Angry Men in my dorm room. Finished the original 1998 list, the 10th anniversary list, 100 Laughs, 100 Thrills and 100 Passions as well over the years from AFI. Currently working on world wide lists like the Time 100 and 1001 Movies to see before you die. A lot of incredible movies I would’ve never given a chance without the lists. 

[fox | 1,668]

43

[doner24 | 1,197]

It pains me that only 2 others have seen The Philadelphia Story!!!!

[RH | 4,923]

@Reed Rothchild If this is a hidden attempt to find out which movies we should rate based off of viewership counts, it looks like next up should be The Wizard of Oz, Titanic or Toy Story, which are all tied with 17 people having seen them (as of right now.)

I find that interesting because I find WoZ to be moderately enjoyable but primarily worth watching for the history, Titanic is just a spectacle to behold and not much more but Toy Story kind of captures all important factors for a timeless classic.  It has historical importance, but also an excellent and creative story.  It maintains being an excellent film worth watching even if it's over 30 years old and the graphics are considerably dated.

[Tabonga | 2,324]

1 hour ago, RH said:

 

........ Titanic is just a spectacle to behold and not much more ...........

If you haven't seen it you might want to check this out:

Obviously much more modestly funded it delivers quite a punch with more storylines to invest in than just the one main one in Titanic.