Bluemoon's Official Top 100 Films

[OB1]

I haven't read as many of his books as I should - when I mentioned the other day that I only saw "The Shining" last Christmas, I read the book and then watched the film a month later. Thought they were both good.

I need to read "The Stand", but it seems such an undertaking at 1400+ pages. A lot of books I read are large, but that is something else. By the way, have you read Justin Cronin's "The Passage" trilogy? Often compared to "The Stand" and I enjoyed it immensely. The first 250 pages of the first book is some of the best writing I have ever read.

Got my eye on watching "The Outsider", it looks an interesting premise.

The Stand is quite a read. I don't now if the original shorter version is still in print. I read the two about 40 years apart - man that makes me feel old - but didn't think it needed all the additional material although it was wasn't unwelcome. The impact reading it a second time was never going to be like the first time.

I've not read The Passage but might check that out. Thanks for the recommendation. I had a long spell where I didn't read many novels, I blame having kids for that, so I have a pile of unread books to get through plus ones by a small number of favoured authors that I've not bought yet but it's useful to have a steer things I might enjoy.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

... ask your Sister

He is.

 

[penguins4kompany]

17. Monty Python's Life Of Brian 7/94

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Monty Python's Life of Brian, also known as Life of Brian, is a 1979 British comedy film starring and written by the comedy group Monty Python (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin). It was also directed by Jones. The film tells the story of Brian Cohen (played by Chapman), a young Jewish man who is born on the same day as—and next door to—Jesus Christ, and is subsequently mistaken for the Messiah.

Following the withdrawal of funding by EMI Films just days before production was scheduled to begin, long-time Monty Python fan and former member of the Beatles, George Harrison, arranged financing for Life of Brian through the formation of his company HandMade Films.

The film's themes of religious satire were controversial at the time of its release, drawing accusations of blasphemy and protests from some religious groups. Thirty-nine local authorities in the United Kingdom either imposed an outright ban, or imposed an X (18 years) certificate. Some countries, including Ireland and Norway, banned its showing, with a few of these bans lasting decades. The filmmakers used such notoriety to benefit their marketing campaign, with posters in Sweden reading, "So funny, it was banned in Norway!"

The film was a box office success, the fourth-highest-grossing film in the United Kingdom in 1979, and highest grossing of any British film in the United States that year. It has remained popular and was named "greatest comedy film of all time" by several magazines and television networks

Good to see a bit of levity, most of mine were doom and gloom bar a couple.

 

[BimboBob]

 

[BlueHammer85]

16. Aliens 8/94




Aliens is a 1986 American science fiction action film written and directed by James Cameron, produced by Gale Anne Hurd and starring Sigourney Weaver. The second installment in the Alien franchise, it follows Ellen Ripley (Weaver) as she returns to the moon where her crew encountered the hostile Alien creature, this time accompanied by a unit of space marines. Additional roles are played by Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, William Hope, Al Matthews, and Bill Paxton.

Gordon Carroll, David Giler, and Walter Hill of Brandywine Productions, who produced the first Alien (1979) and its later sequels, served as executive producers. They were immediately interested in a sequel to Alien, but the new management at 20th Century Fox postponed plans until 1983. Brandywine picked Cameron to write after reading his script for The Terminator (1984); when that film became a hit, Fox greenlit Aliens with Cameron as director and a budget of $18 million. It was filmed in England at Pinewood Studios and a decommissioned power plant in Acton, London.

Aliens was released on July 18, 1986, and grossed $180 million worldwide. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including a Best Actress nomination for Sigourney Weaver, winning Sound Effects Editing and Visual Effects. It won eight Saturn Awards (Best Science Fiction Film, Best Actress for Weaver, Best Supporting Actor for Paxton, Best Supporting Actress for Goldstein, and Best Direction and Best Writing for Cameron), and a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. Empire magazine voted it the "Greatest Film Sequel of All Time". Aliens was the seventh-highest-grossing film of 1986 in North America. Alien 3 was released in 1992, with Weaver reprising her role as Ripley and Henriksen as Bishop.

 

[RobMCFC]

"Game over, man!" Superb film and again, one that's surprisingly low. Would have had this down as a definite top 10.

 

[BimboBob]

Not in my top 20 or 100. It's a good film but leaves me cold.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

My number three.

With the possible exception of Die Hard, it’s the best action film ever made.

 

[Double R]

Quality film. But prefer the more intense and claustrophobic Alien. Some of the characters are too expendable in comparison to The Thing and Alien.

 

[Gray]

Aliens was in my 20, I have a few more to come yet. My No.1 didn’t even win an Oscar but it will definitely be in there.