Yeah my subscription is on life support but I have resisted pulling the plug specifically because of stuff like, say, Bojack.
I like Keanu Reeves, but, cāmon man.
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I am sure every single person on that list is an excellent actor, but I was grinning for much of the time I was reading it. Solid troll imo NYT.
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Melissa McCarthy too low
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I donāt think its a countdown to #1, its just a list of 25.
Apocalypse Now ā Francis Ford Coppola, 1979.
The Bad News Bears ā Michael Ritchie, 1976.
Carrie ā Brian de Palma, 1976.
Dazed and Confused ā Richard Linklater, 1993.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly ā Sergio Leone, 1966.
The Great Escape ā John Sturges, 1963.
His Girl Friday ā Howard Hawks, 1939.
Jaws ā Steven Spielberg, 1975.
Pretty Maids All in a Row ā Roger Vadim, 1971.
Rolling Thunder ā John Flynn, 1977.
Sorcerer ā William Friedkin, 1977.
Taxi Driver ā Martin Scorsese, 1976.
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6 of āthe 12 greatest films of all timeā were made between 1975 and 1977?
And 10 between 1963 and 1979?
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Nor a single film by a woman. But fine if seen as his favorite films and nothing more.
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Films made by women make up only a tiny proportion of the total number of international films, so I donāt see why that would be worth mentioning in a list of only 12 films.
The 70s are often referred to as the second golden age of Hollywood. Disappointed thereās no Altman in that list though.
Also, no Hitchcock or Kubrick.
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Its a fine list. QT does watch an insane amount of foreign films as well.
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Critiquing someone best film list is so odd. They are idiosyncratic by design. If QT didnāt have 80% films from the 70s Iād be shocked.
Mine would be heavily early 90s.
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Honestly surprised Lady Snowblood isnāt on QTās list. He got two moviesā worth of material from that film!
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Despite previously stating that Kinji Fukasakuās super violent film Battle Royale was his favourite film released since he became a director in 1992, Tarantino has chosen not to include it in the list he compiled for the Sight & Sound poll a few years ago, instead, voting for a range of titles but all with one common themeā big payoffs
I donāt understand that paragraph, so I went to read it in context and I still donāt understand that paragraph.
That whole article reads like AI to me. The second half of every sentence fails to logically follow from the first half.
He wrote a list with a theme: The Greatest Movies of All Time (Great Payoff Edition)
But I donāt see the theme, and I donāt understand how not including Battle Royale relates to the assertion. That movie had an amazing payoff. The Great Escape, meanwhile, had a horrible one. Almost every character we care about gets executed! I donāt even remember how Dazed & Confused ended.
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Iām sure it will make sense if you look at the rest of his lists
https://wiki.tarantino.info/index.php/Tarantino's_favorite_films
Maybe, idk. Anyway, sheās one of like 10 on that list that Iāve actually seen a movie theyāve done in this century.
edit: actually 15. Although five of those actors I have no idea who they are but I guess theyāve been in movies Iāve seen.
I love Battle Royale but idk if Iād say the payoff is what makes it great.