Tracking Movies

Stolen Again

Stolen from Noir Bettie

Stolen (including preamble) from the P@, who stole it from someone else. Ahhh, the internet.

The list is from IMDB, and while I’m sure most of us have an opinion on the rankings (or the order of them), the point of this entry is to bold out the movies that you’ve seen. HTML ahoy!!

1 Godfather, The (1972)

2 Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)

3 Godfather: Part II, The (1974)

4 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)

5 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002)

6 Casablanca (1942)

7 Schindler’s List (1993)

8 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)

9 Shichinin no samurai (1954)

10 Star Wars (1977)

11 Citizen Kane (1941)

12 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

13 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

14 Rear Window (1954)

15 Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

16 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

17 Memento (2000)

18 Usual Suspects, The (1995)

19 Pulp Fiction (1994)

20 North by Northwest (1959)

21 12 Angry Men (1957)

22 Amelie (2001)

23 Psycho (1960)

24 Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

25 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)

26 Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)

27 It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

28 Goodfellas (1990)

29 American Beauty (1999)

30 Vertigo (1958)

31 Sunset Blvd. (1950)

32 Matrix, The (1999)

33 Pianist, The (2002)

34 Apocalypse Now (1979)

35 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

36 Some Like It Hot (1959)

37 Taxi Driver (1976)

38 C’era una volta il West (1968)

39 Third Man, The (1949)

40 Paths of Glory (1957)

41 Fight Club (1999)

42 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) (Spirited Away)

43 Boot, Das (1981)

44 L.A. Confidential

45 Double Indemnity (1944)

46 Chinatown (1974)

47 Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

48 Maltese Falcon, The (1941)

49 Requiem for a Dream (2000)

50 M (1931)

51 Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)

52 All About Eve (1950)

53 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

54 Se7en (1995)

55 Saving Private Ryan (1998)

56 Raging Bull (1980)

57 Cidade de Deus (2002)

58 Wizard of Oz, The (1939)

59 Rashômon (1950)

60 Sting, The (1973)

61 Alien (1979)

62 American History X (1998)

63 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

64 Léon (1994)

65 Vita è bella, La (1997)

66 Touch of Evil (1958)

67 Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)

68 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

69 Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)

70 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

71 Great Escape, The (1963)

72 Reservoir Dogs (1992)

73 Clockwork Orange, A (1971)

74 Amadeus (1984)

75 Modern Times (1936)

76 Annie Hall (1977)

77 Jaws (1975)

78 Ran (1985)

79 On the Waterfront (1954)

80 Braveheart (1995)

81 High Noon (1952)

82 Apartment, The (1960)

83 Fargo (1996)

84 Sixth Sense, The (1999)

85 Aliens (1986)

86 Shining, The (1980)

87 Strangers on a Train (1951)

88 Blade Runner (1982)

89 Metropolis (1927)

90 Duck Soup (1933)**

91 Finding Nemo (2003)

92 Donnie Darko (2001)

93 General, The (1927)

94 Toy Story 2 (1999)

95 Princess Bride, The (1987)

96 City Lights (1931)

97 Great Dictator, The (1940)

98 Lola rennt (1998)

99 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

100 Notorious (1946)

For Want of Variety

After truthfully answering the question, “Today is Monday?” for the fourth time in an hour (“Yes, Mom. February 2nd”), one is tempted to start lying. Extravagantly.

“Today is Monday?”

“Nope, it’s Thursday. The second one this week. And it’s your birthday! Yay! Since you’re a hobbit you owe presents! I’ll take that teddy bear of yours and paint him blue!”

Trouble is, while she forgets that she just ate breakfast, she’d probably remember enough of that to complain that I’d tried to paint her bear for the next month.

Boardy Go Boom

If you’re wondering where last week’s update for Sentient 39 is, apparently Boardy, Keenspace’s main server, crashed last Wednesday. Poor Boardy. It tried so hard.

I’ll update when the new server goes up.

Who Are You?

Nizzibet and I were out with friends last night. (Thanks Maya, Terra, Frank and Angela!) One question asked was – did you ever find out who your mystery writer was? To which I had to reply; nope, I haven’t heard from him/her/it.

Just a reminder, Mystery Person, we’ve got a game to play. Have yourself a shot or two and start typing.

Ten Years Late

Finally got a copy of the Millenium Oz Squad Special #1 and yes, it does feature six pages of my art. Until now I wasn’t sure if any of my pages had been used. Nothing to go out of your way to find, it’s not my best work. The author, Steve Ahlquist, has disavowed the entire project.

One of these days I’ll get it together to do a page on Oz Squad. I can’t really provide links to anyone else’s description of the series because I haven’t found any that I think do it justice. It’s hated by some of the hard core Oz fans. Unjustly I think. For all the “dark and gritty” (which was part of the joke), the series had whimsy.

Having this comic means that I’ve now got copies of almost all my published comics work. Somewhere out there, still to find, is Dangerman. I illustrated that entire comic – twenty-seven pages plus the cover back in 1994. If anyone has a copy I’d love to see it.

Updates and Adjustments

Spent some time yesterday doing clean-up at Sentient 39, mostly fixing the link images. Not done. I come to understand one of the reasons why there are so many ugly websites out there. Once the design is set it’s a tedious process to make changes.

I adjusted the How to Rule the World essay to reflect the new reality. Put another entry (for February 5th) into the queue.

Today I’ll work on the last major illustration for The Black Seal #3. Might even get it done. Might walk on water while I’m at it but I’d have to leave the house for that.

(No, wait. I could use the bath tub!)

Jealous Yet?

Sitting here watching the sun come up. Mom is having breakfast. Paliki is doing cat cleaning yoga on the couch. Nizzibet is sleeping. No new messages from the Mystery Person. Not expecting to do much in the way of exciting today. Might manage to get some artwork in. Definitely need to do laundry.

Envy me for my thrill-a-minute life.