1. The Philadelphia Story 2. Working Girl 3. Ninotchka 4. My Man Godfrey 5. Moonstruck 6. Bull Durham 7. Groundhog Day 8. Roman Holiday 9. Roxanne 10. Some Like It Hot 11. Harold And Maude 12. Tootsie 13. It Happened One Night 14. Pat And Mike 15. Murphy’s Romance 16. Scott Pilgrim Vs The World 17. The Princess Bride 18. The Thin Man 19. When Harry Met Sally... 20. The 40-Year-Old Virgin 21. Sleepless In Seattle
― Malibu Stasi (WilliamC), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 12:16 (ten years ago) link
Trouble in Paradise 1932The Shop Around The Corner 1940Annie Hall 1977The Lady Eve 1941His Girl Friday 1940Roman Holiday 1953The Palm Beach Story 1942Love in the Afternoon (Wilder) 1957Ninotchka 1939City Lights 1931The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 1944Forgetting Sarah Marshall 2008Bringing Up Baby 1938Desk Set 1957Say Anything... 1989L.A. Story 1991
30s 440s 550s 360s 070s 180s 190s 100s 1
― alanbatman (abanana), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:02 (ten years ago) link
annie hall? really?
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:05 (ten years ago) link
Would have easily been my #1 if I'd voted.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:14 (ten years ago) link
it was a foregone conclusion that it would win imo
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:21 (ten years ago) link
bcz both people who do and don't gen watch films before 1987 have seen it
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:22 (ten years ago) link
Maybe the issue is that it doesn't seem like a very typical romcom?
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:24 (ten years ago) link
i mean, i like the movie, but it's so... earthbound compared to so many other films that made the list.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:26 (ten years ago) link
^^^ding ding ding
ballots reflect this p clearly
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:28 (ten years ago) link
it's so... earthbound compared to so many other films
idk what you mean by this really. it's departures from reality are frequent and numerous
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:29 (ten years ago) link
we're dealing with a poll where 9 people voted for the #1 pick and 7 voted for #10 so I wouldn't bother reading too deeply into the tea leaves re: a big comedy director's best picture winner taking the top spot
― da croupier, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:30 (ten years ago) link
not looking for a flight to the moon on gossamer wings
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:30 (ten years ago) link
Morbs is still waiting for his Wiener King.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:32 (ten years ago) link
you'd think morbz would be thrilled ilx voted a woody allen #1 even after the earlier hullabaloo
― Mordy, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:39 (ten years ago) link
we're dealing with a poll where 9 people voted for the #1 pick and 7 voted for #10 so I wouldn't bother reading too deeply into the tea leaves re: a big comedy director's best picture winner taking the top spot― da croupier, Wednesday, September 3, 2014 3:30 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― da croupier, Wednesday, September 3, 2014 3:30 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
good point.
by earthbound i guess i just mean... it's an amusing character study. sometimes very amusing. but compared to a lot of other films on the list it seems very conventional, complacent even.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:40 (ten years ago) link
but you know taste etc.
but i think it'd be hard for me to understand someone who would put it in the league of something like "his girl friday" which on the level of performance and pacing is such a miracle.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:41 (ten years ago) link
but what da croupier said, really
but compared to a lot of other films on the list it seems very conventional
This seems like a surprising thing to say about Annie Hall but I'll admit that there's a lot I haven't seen on the list.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:44 (ten years ago) link
not conventional compared to motherfucking When Harry Met Sally
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:48 (ten years ago) link
yeah I don't really get calling it conventional - its structure and pacing is p unusual
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:48 (ten years ago) link
but compared to a lot of other films on the list it seems very conventional, complacent even.
http://585579096.r.lightningbase-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/0749852143.gif
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:51 (ten years ago) link
comfort yourself that Groundhog Day didn't win, a great comedy THAT IS NOT A ROMANTIC COMEDY
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:52 (ten years ago) link
And fwiw (not much) I don't put Annie Hall in the same league as His Girl Friday.
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:52 (ten years ago) link
the fact that it's about a couple that split and move on to plausibly more momentous relationships also seems less than conventional for a rom-com
― da croupier, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:54 (ten years ago) link
it's an anti-romcom bc the misanthrope doesn't get the girl at the end, he just gets to be miserable, desperately trying to figure out how to recreate magic that is permanently gone from his life
― Mordy, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:55 (ten years ago) link
When I saw Annie Hall on release, it definitely felt like no film I'd ever seen before. I was 16, mind you, and everything seemed new, but Annie Hall still feels unique 37 years later.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 21:00 (ten years ago) link
yeah i guess you're right. it just feels kind of uninspired compared to some of the other films on the list, but looking at the full list i suppose it doesn't qualify as 'conventional'
sry
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 21:04 (ten years ago) link
and then came India Song xp
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 21:04 (ten years ago) link
To reiterate, "uninspired" in a list that includes When Harry Met Sally ...
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 21:06 (ten years ago) link
india song is kind of funny if you approach it a certain way
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 21:06 (ten years ago) link
xpost
sure fine
I'd have no objections to calling Annie Hall mundane in practically any other context. But this list ... I mean, girls, Lisa, boys kiss girls!
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 21:10 (ten years ago) link
I would have liked India Song a lot better if there'd been two or three scenes involving lobsters and/or this guy.
http://media.cinemasquid.com/screenshots/1ad421b6-c0b1-49dc-ba96-2c302d6d001b/annie-hall-blu-ray-screenshot-0004929-I-824.jpg
― clemenza, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 21:13 (ten years ago) link
http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/y2glIlm0rGs/hqdefault.jpg
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 21:45 (ten years ago) link
Le Camion has the real yuks.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 21:46 (ten years ago) link
point morbs for namedropping even more obscure duras film
― I dunno. (amateurist), Thursday, 4 September 2014 00:12 (ten years ago) link
i saw a screening featuring post-analysis by John Waters!
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 September 2014 00:51 (ten years ago) link
that's right, i remember reading his praise the budget-saving minimalism of le camion and bresson's lancelot du lac
― I dunno. (amateurist), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:13 (ten years ago) link
there's a Marguerite Duras doublebill marquee shot in one of his '80s films
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:19 (ten years ago) link
http://www.thecinetourist.net/uploads/7/0/9/9/7099213/8568482_orig.jpg
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:26 (ten years ago) link
:)
― I dunno. (amateurist), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:30 (ten years ago) link
i wish i liked john waters's films more :(
Stick to your guns. I'm f'n glad Howard Hawks bores me.
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:40 (ten years ago) link
why would you be glad to be bored that seems sort of strange
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:45 (ten years ago) link
he doesn't even hate what he hates
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:47 (ten years ago) link
Glad that I didn't have to sit through 60+ Hawks films after the 5 or 6 (most of them acclaimed as being among his best) I watched did nothing for me.
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:50 (ten years ago) link
you mean you don't like Hatari!
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:52 (ten years ago) link
Fell asleep.
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:55 (ten years ago) link
Everything I love about Gentlemen Prefer Blondes apparently has very little to do with Hawks (tho even the most recent re-watch didn't light my fire as the movie had in the past).
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:56 (ten years ago) link
(Still voted for it in this poll tho I think.)
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:57 (ten years ago) link