tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post116325568445078408..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: Personal Canon: A Top 100NATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1163517360246689472006-11-14T10:16:00.000-05:002006-11-14T10:16:00.000-05:00sounds like this will make for some good reading a...sounds like this will make for some good reading and even better viewing!<BR/><BR/>and no matter how "objective" people claim they are (with "greatest" lists), there's no getting away from one's subjective subconcious when it comes to choosing one movie (or book or song etc) over another. SOme times you can fight it, others it just slips in unnoticed.<BR/><BR/>SO good for you for coming straight out and saying this is what YOU like! :o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1163428458486761112006-11-13T09:34:00.000-05:002006-11-13T09:34:00.000-05:00Can't wait! You are the king of listmaking.Can't wait! You are the king of listmaking.Derekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04338057799844765711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1163297731013309142006-11-11T21:15:00.000-05:002006-11-11T21:15:00.000-05:00"Use it for rental ideas." - exactly. THat's what ..."Use it for rental ideas." - exactly. THat's what I use all these lists for.<BR/><BR/>I must say, I agree with the whole "personal" take on it. The list I keep is also personal. I mean, I don't think stuff like <I>The Blair Witch Project</I> or <I>Gentlemen Prefer Blondes</I> or <I>Jurassic Park</I> are the greatest movies ever made, but I really just <B>love</B> them and when I think of them I think of them fondly so in MY mind they sorta are the greatest.Glenn Dunkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1163286814948083192006-11-11T18:13:00.000-05:002006-11-11T18:13:00.000-05:00It'll just be hard to see a list without Dancer in...It'll just be hard to see a list without Dancer in the Dark, Moulin Rouge!, Far From Heaven, LOTR, Mulholland Dr., Eternal Sunshine, Brokeback Mountain, etc.<BR/><BR/>But fun to see all your old favorites that I don't already know.<BR/><BR/>And I believe the top 5 need not change at all over the new rules ; )adam k.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13485604493059621307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1163284906318559332006-11-11T17:41:00.000-05:002006-11-11T17:41:00.000-05:00Looking forward to the list. I think the greatest/...Looking forward to the list. I think the greatest/favorites is an important distinction to make. <BR/><BR/>Like Citizen Kane, a GREAT film, but not one I have a personal attachment to. I don't have a real personal attachment to The Godfather either, but definitely recognize its greatness. Actually, I find Godfather II gets to me more, even though it feels a bit long.<BR/><BR/>The 10 years idea is a good one -- makes me want to rethink the last favorite's list I did (which was really more top-of-my-mind versus well thought out).SusanPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09247068663993460537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1163284132290538242006-11-11T17:28:00.000-05:002006-11-11T17:28:00.000-05:00Nathaniel: ♥ ♥ ♥ on this idea.And a...Nathaniel: ♥ ♥ ♥ on this idea.<BR/><BR/>And also: I am absolutely with you on <I>The Godfather</I>. I think I've seen it three times, and every time, I go, "This movie is great! Why don't I ever remember how much I love this movie?" And then I forget the whole plot and the whole movie again. Plus, I think Brando is kind of overrated in it. [Ducks] But I <I>am</I> all about Pacino in it.<BR/><BR/>Anyway: can't wait for the list.NicksFlickPickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607501848596529493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1163280562581325892006-11-11T16:29:00.000-05:002006-11-11T16:29:00.000-05:00the old canon is scrapped (it had short films, doc...the old canon is scrapped (it had short films, docs, tv series, etc... plus i made it long ago and it had recent films on it) I wanted to try a slightly different approach.<BR/><BR/>BUT a lot of the titles remain. EVENTUALLY I will probably split it into two lists (like Nick does: Greatest and Favorites) but until I see more old films this is how i'm doing it...<BR/><BR/>as for crime films --- ;) . There are a couple on the list I just don't have personal attachments to <EM>the Godfather</EM> And by personal attachments I don't mean whether or not I found the film moving (I certainly did find The Godfather stirring) --just that it didn't become something I thought about constantly or became obsessed with against my better judgment. Etc...NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1163280157647497432006-11-11T16:22:00.001-05:002006-11-11T16:22:00.001-05:00Don't you know Nathaniel has a thing about crime f...Don't you know Nathaniel has a thing about crime films? He doesn't love them. It's a quirk, but it's why we love him so :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1163280136921443482006-11-11T16:22:00.000-05:002006-11-11T16:22:00.000-05:00So are you scrapping the old personal canon? That...So are you scrapping the old personal canon? That definitely had movies from the last ten years (ten years is a LONG time).adam k.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13485604493059621307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1163265260243935022006-11-11T12:14:00.000-05:002006-11-11T12:14:00.000-05:00I am absolutely looking forward to ripping this of...I am absolutely looking forward to ripping this off, er, um... <I>reading</I> it. This is a great, fun idea.SamuraiFroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18313259493587442589noreply@blogger.com