The latest American Film Institute tv special was on tonight and it was the usual 'list o' movies.' This time it was the top ten movies in ten different movie genres. Kinda wacky. Here's the lists plus some random commentary from me.
Animation
1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2. Pinocchio
3. Bambi
4. The Lion King
5. Fantasia
6. Toy Story
7. Beauty and the Beast
8. Shrek
9. Cinderella
10. Finding Nemo
Nothing too shocking here, but nothing too exciting either (at least to me). It is kind of irritating that they still don't realize animation isn't a genre.
Fantasy
1. The Wizard of Oz
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3. It's a Wonderful Life
4. King Kong
5. Miracle on 34th Street
6. Field of Dreams
7. Harvey
8. Groundhog Day
9. The Thief of Bagdad
10. Big
Kinda wacky list. It would've been nice if there was at least one Ray Harryhausen movie.
Science Fiction
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
3. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
4. A Clockwork Orange
5. The Day the Earth Stood Still
6. Blade Runner
7. Alien
8. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
9. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
10. Back to the Future
Two Kubrick movies? Two Ridley Scott movies? Back to the Future? That's our top ten? I really don't know about this particular list.
I'll post some of the other lists later but feel free to comment on what you've seen so far.
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4 comments:
Wow! That fantasy list is bizarre.
Yeah, it's a little weird. The science fiction list is weird too, at least to me.
I can't say I'm crazy about the animation list, either.
Finding Nemo was just average, not one of the ten best animated movies of all time. Get it out of there and replace it with The Incredibles or The Iron Giant.
I don't really consider "Big" or "Groundhog Day" fantasy, except in the broadest possible sense of the word. Off the list!
I don't really like a lot about the animation list but I'm not surprised by it. The Iron Giant would definitely been on my list.
Yeah, the fantasy list has several movies that really don't seem to fit. Field of Dreams should be on the sports movie list.
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