Once they released Armageddon, I stopped asking questions where there were no answers.

It's a shame the negative reviews The Devil is getting. Gothic horror has largely been replaced by first slasher and then torture flicks, so not a lot of chances per year come along for a good gothic horror flick. It's a shame to see the opportunity lost.

I have to repeat that while I recognize it is not a great movie (or even a very good one, really), this film is a HELL of a lot more entertaining than anything else with which Mr. Shyamalan has recently been involved.

See, I said "hell," which I think serves as a sort of pun, maybe. Not really a double entendre, because it's the same hell being referenced.

But I didn't really plan it, so it would have been a merely serendipitously good pun, had it been good at all.

What?

By the way I saw Godfather III. It's not just a good movie that suffers in comparison to great ones. It sucks. Even fully prepared, I disliked it much more than I thought I would. And I didn't even hate Sofia Coppola in it, the way everyone seems to, and uses as a main reason the movie sucks. The movie would have sucked with anyone else playing her part. Unless it was maybe Willem Dafoe. Then it would have been awesome.

This one really looked like it was done for the paycheck. Knowing Francis's incredible ability to blow through cash and get into unmanageable amounts of debt, it probably was.

Watched The Untouchables on Netflix Watch Instantly. I actually like Kevin Costner's acting (in just this one role!) It's kind of an oddly structured movie though considering Ness has no real adversary in it. They don't develop Capone's character enough for him to be an equal to Ness as protagonist. The closest they came was the assassin guy who killed the Untouchable accountant and Sean Connery's character. This has to be one of the goriest gangster/crime movies out there. Damn, those Untouchable boys loved their shotguns and the big holes they made in the Chicago gangsters!

And did De Palma just steal that whole baby carriage tripping down the stairs scene sequence/shots from Eisenstein or am I making stuff up in my head again?

The Signal is pretty interesting.

I will go check it out. Sounds like critics just hating on M Night.

I haven't seen Devil, but how the hell do you make a horror movie called devil thats gonna get a PG-13? I know they can get away with a lot more nowadays, and I guess I don't need tits, buckets of blood, and dozens of F bombs, but it sure can't hurt.

F the devil and shamalamadingdong for this PG-13!

As it turned out Carriers wasn't a zombie movie but still along those lines. Do not see, horrible.

Yes, he stole it from the odessa steps sequence of some old movie.

My movie forum just finished voting on the annual best 100 films of all time. About 100 people voted and we ended up with this list. The brackets represent the films position last year if it was on the list.

100. Breathless (76)
99. Almost Famous (71)
98. Paris, Texas (51)
97. F*cking Amal (N/E)
96. Duck Soup (R/E)
95. The Philadelphia Story (N/E)
94. Miller's Crossing (79)
93. The Wizard of Oz (75)
92. Fitzcarraldo (N/E)
91. Memento (R/E)
90. The Night of the Hunter (88)
89. Aguirre, Wrath of God (100)
88. Back to the Future (59)
87. Hoop Dreams (81)
86. Reservoir Dogs (N/E)
85. Ikiru (N/E)
84. American Beauty (N/E)
83. Touch of Evil (92)
82. M (58)
81. The Red Shoes (N/E)
80. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (R/E)
79. Toy Story (R/E)
78. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (R/E)
77. Punch-Drunk Love (53)
76. Chinatown (67)
75. Network (R/E)
74. This Is Spinal Tap (99)
73. Blade Runner (37)
72. The Lives of Others (N/E)
71. Le Samourai (56)
70. Amadeus (N/E)
69. Children of Men (63)
68. In a Lonely Place (N/E)
67. Jaws (38)
66. The Princess Bride (52)
65. The Shawshank Redemption (64)
64. The Double Life of Veronique (N/E)
63. Red (69)
62. Amelie (R/E)
61. The Matrix (N/E)
60. Taxi Driver (23)
59. A Clockwork Orange (44)
58. His Girl Friday (97)
57. City of God (60)
56. My Neighbor Totoro (87)
55. High and Low (N/E)
54. Lost in Translation (49)
53. Fight Club (94)
52. Before Sunset (30)
51. Wall-E (31)
50. Magnolia (52)
49. The Apartment (74)
48. Goodfellas (47)
47. Double Indemnity (72)
46. The Empire Strikes Back (20)
45. Princess Mononoke (43)
44. Before Sunrise (55)
43. In the Mood for Love (50)
42. Yi Yi (36)
41. Die Hard (83)
40. Chungking Express (22)
39. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (42)
38. No Country for Old Men (35)
37. Pan's Labyrinth (39)
36. Apocalypse Now (54)
35. Sunset Boulevard (40)
34. Psycho (29)
33. It's a Wonderful Life (28)
32. The 400 Blows (24)
31. North by Northwest (27)
30. Alien (34)
29. Three Colors: Blue (57)
28. Spirited Away (66)
27. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (25)
26. Inglourious Basterds (N/E)
25. Mulholland Drive (46)
24. Days of Heaven (84)
23. Annie Hall (5)
22. The Passion of Joan of Arc (32)
21. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (7)
20. The Godfather Part II (8 )
19. 8 1/2 (17)
18. 12 Angry Men (26)
17. Raiders of the Lost Ark (14)
16. The Third Man (11)
15. Vertigo (19)
14. There Will Be Blood (33)
13. 2001: A Space Odyssey (6)
12. Rear Window (15)
11. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (18)
10. The Big Lebowski (13)
9. Fargo (16)
8. Seven Samurai (3)
7. Citizen Kane (4)
6. Pulp Fiction (12)
5. Singin' in the Rain (10)
4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (9)
3. Once upon a time in the West (21)
2. Casablanca (2)
1. The Godfather (1)

You need some Bad Santa up in there, yo.

Tarrantino's Inglorious Basterds? Really?

I was happy it made it since it is certainly on my personal top 100.

A lot of those would make my top 100 too. Good list.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152758/

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

Brilliant stuff, easily my favorite documentary ever

As soon as Miller's Crossing and Almost Famous fall off that list (as they assuredly will), the list will be moving in the right direction, so to speak.

I understand the list is what the list is, but really, I don't think you'll find too many people who know who would put either of these in the top 100 of all time.

But again, it's a list. I shouldn't comment.

I enjoyed Almost Famous, but I do not understand putting it in a top 100.

city of god should be higher imho

Miller's Crossing is awesome! Almost Famous meh it's enjoyable, bit too schmaltzy. Pan's Labyrinth is wayyyyyyyyyyyy too high.

The two things I hate from the list is that Before Sunrise is higher then Before Sunset, and that American Beauty is on the list at all since it genuinely sucks imo.

Millers Crossing is awesome btw and I agree Pan's is not on my personal list either.

Albert Finney ought to gun down your ass for that comment Rushmore. I'd be more inclined to boot any of these

Back to the Future
Amadeus
A Clockwork Orange
Children of Men
Magnolia
The Empire Strikes Back
Pan's Labyrinth

Haven't seen these...

Paris, Texas
F*cking Amal
Toy Story
M
Le Samourai
The Double Life of Veronique
My Neighbor Totoro
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

You really should see these two. They are awesome.

what the hell is My Neighbor Totoro?