Archive for the ‘The top 250 films project’ Category

#201 - The Day the Earth Stood Still

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008, 7:50 pm

Michael Rennie was ill
The Day the Earth Stood Still
But he told us where we stand

#64 - L.A. Confidential

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008, 8:29 pm

A classic which was long overdue another viewing.

#165 - Iron Man

Monday, November 3rd, 2008, 9:49 pm

It’s taken me a while to get around to watching this, but it was definitely worth the wait. A fantastic film and a very enjoyable couple of hours.

#103 - Blade Runner

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008, 8:35 pm

An all time classic which I feel should be ranked a lot higher. It was also the first time I’ve watched it on Blu-Ray and it looks superb.

#100 - Batman Begins

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008, 12:29 pm

A solo effort this time, partly because I’d forgotten that it was on our list until I’d already started watching it. I suspect we’ll watch it again around christmas time in a double-bill with The Dark Knight, although I might have to order a copy on Blu-Ray before hand.

#18 - Cidade de Deus

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008, 9:57 pm

City of God is the first foreign-language film we’ve attempted so far, and unusually for me a subtitled film that can keep my attention all the way to the end.

#143 - Life of Brian

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008, 9:43 pm

‘e’s not the Messiah, ‘e’s a very naughty boy!

#11 - 12 Angry Men

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008, 7:21 pm

Somehow I’d got through life without having seen this film, something which I’m glad I rectified last night. All bar a couple of minutes of the film are set in one room, and it’s entirely character-driven. Something of a rarity these days.

Coming next: Life of Brian

#7 - Schindler’s List

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008, 11:16 pm

An early start means we had time for this lengthy masterpiece tonight.

I believe Schindler’s List was about 14o

#5 - Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

Sunday, August 24th, 2008, 5:51 pm

That’s “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” for the uncultured amongst you. A classic movie which I’ve not seen for years. However this special edition version seems to suffer from some slightly bizzare audio mixing where it’s been “upgraded” from mono to 5.1, it’s quite disconcerting at times.