So this is the official beginning of my blogging adventure, as I blog from movie to movie, please feel free to comment and share your opinions. I will be blogging about the films I watch from all the '100 greatest films' lists I find, as well as the movies that are recommended to me by anyone who wants to contribute. I will do my best to find all the movies, however if I am unable to locate a movie, and you might know where I can find it, I'd appreciate it if you could point me in the right direction.I will also be rewatching some movies, so I'll add them to my 'Films Watched' list as I blog about them. I am also open to have anyone work through the list of films with me as I go, I will add/ update the films on my 'Films to be Watched' & 'Films Watched' lists as I go so you can follow along with me.
This should be fun, so lets get started!!
Welcome!
Hi, I'm Ava, I have a love for all things film, television, theatre and arts. Recently I set out to find out what the greatest films of all time were, however I have spent months trying findng different websites/ critics/ voters that all say different things. So, I decided to find out for myself. After some inspiration from watching the film Julie & Julia, I have decided to challenge myself by watching every movie on every '100 greatest films' list I can find this year (as well as any other recommended films), and by December 31st 2010, I will create my own 'Ava's Top 100 Greatest Films for 2010'. I will post blogs movie by movie where I will discuss the different film elements such as cast, director, plot, performance, visual effects etc. The reason behind this challenge is to educate myself in the realm of films. Now I am a movie lover through and through, however I have recently become aware that I need to broaden my scope of movies to better understand the history behind the movie industry as well as the adaptation of characters for myself as an actor. From the silent films to the black and white classics of Judy Garland to James Cameron's innovative 3D adventures, I aspire to watch and learn how not only films have grown and developed through time, but the actors as well.
This will be fun, so get involoved!!
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About Me
- Ava
- Australia
- I love films, theatre, music and pretty much anything to do with the arts. I am not a fan of scary films, however I am hoping this challenge will rectify this situation. I love sports - Soccer, Hockey, Tennis, Futsal, just to name a few. and I'm a pretty easy going person, who loves to travel and meet new people :)
Blog Archive
Films Watched
- Alice In Wonderland (2010), dir. Tim Burton
- Dead Poets Society (1989), dir. Peter Weir
- Pillow Talk (1959), dir. Michael Gordon
- Dear John (2010), dir. Lasse Hallstrom
- E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), dir. Steven Spielberg
Films to be Watched
- (500) Days of Summer (2009), dir. Marc Webb
- (Monty Python's) Life of Brian (1979), dir. Terry Jones
- 12 Angry Men (1957), dir. Sidney Lumet
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), dir. Stanley Kubrick
- A Clockwork Orange (1971), dir. Stanley Kubrick
- A Few Good Men (1992), dir. Rob Reiner
- A Hard Day's Night (1964), dir. Richard Lester
- A Room With A View (1986), dir. James Ivory
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), dir. Elia Kazan
- A Time to Kill (1996), dir. Joel Schumacher
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), dir. Tom Shadyac
- Adam's Rib (1949), dir. George Cukor
- Alien (1979), dir. Ridley Scott
- Aliens (1986), dir. James Cameron
- All About Eve (1950), dir. Joseph Mankiewicz
- All That Jazz (1979), dir. Bob Fosse
- Amadeus (1984), dir. Milos Forman
- American Beauty (1999), dir. Sam Mendes
- Annie Hall (1977), dir. Woody Allen
- Apocalypse Now (1979), dir. Francis Ford Coppola
- Apollo 13 (1995), dir. Ron Howard
- Avatar (2009), dir. James Cameron
- Back to the Future (1989), dir. Robert Zemeckis
- Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996), dir. Mike Judge
- Ben-Hur (1959), dir. William Wyler
- Blade Runner (1982), dir. Ridley Scott
- Blue Velvet (1986), dir. David Lynch
- Bonnie And Clyde (1967), dir. Arthur Penn
- Brazil (1985), dir. Terry Gilliam
- Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), dir. Blake Edwards
- Bringing Up Baby (1938), dir. Howard Hawks
- Casablanca (1942), dir. Michael Curtiz
- Chinatown (1974), dir. Roman Polanski
- Citizen Kane (1941), dir. Orson Welles
- City Lights (1931), dir. Charles Chaplin
- Dances With Wolves (1990), dir. Kevin Costner
- Die Hard (1988), dir. John McTiernan
- Do the Right Thing (1989), dir. Spike Lee
- Doctor Zhivago (1965), dir. David Lean
- Double Indemnity (1944), dir. Billy Wilder
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964), dir. Stanley Kubrick
- Duck Soup (1933), dir. Leo McCarey
- Fargo (1996), dir. Joel Coen
- Field of Dreams (1989), dir. Phil Alden Robinson
- Fight Club (1999), dir. David Fincher
- Forrest Gump (1994), dir. Robert Zemeckis
- From Here to Eternity (1953), dir. Fred Zinnemann
- Gone With The Wind (1939), dir. Victor Fleming
- GoodFellas (1990), dir. Martin Scorsese
- Grease (1978), dir. Randal Kleiser
- Gunga Din (1939), dir. George Stevens
- Hamlet (1948), dir. Laurence Olivier
- Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), dir. Woody Allen
- Heat (1995), dir. Michael Mann
- Hud (1963), dir. Martin Ritt
- Independence Day (1996), dir. Roland Emmerich
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), dir. Steven Spielberg
- It Happened One Night (1934), dir. Frank Capra
- It's A Wonderful Life (1946), dir. Frank Capra
- Jerry Maguire (1996), dir. Cameron Crowe
- Jurassic Park (1993), dir. Steven Spielberg
- Last Tango in Paris (1972), dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962), dir. David Lean
- Manhattan (1979), dir. Woody Allen
- Midnight Cowboy (1969), dir. John Schlesinger
- Million Dollar Baby (2004), dir. Clint Eastwood
- Modern Times (1936), dir. Charles Chaplin
- Moonstruck (1987), dir. Norman Jewison
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), dir. Frank Capra
- Nashville (1975), dir. Robert Altman
- North By Northwest (1959), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- Notorious (1946), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- Ntwork (1976), dir. Sidney Lumet
- On The Waterfront (1954), dir. Elia Kazan
- One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975), dir. Milos Forman
- Out Of The Past (1947), dir. Jacques Tournier
- Patton (1970), dir. Franklin Schaffner
- Platoon (1986), dir. Oliver Stone
- Psycho (1960), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- Pulp Fiction (1994), dir. Quentin Tarantino
- Raging Bull (1980), dir. Martin Scorsese
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), dir. Steven Spielberg
- Rain Man (1988), dir. Barry Levinson
- Raising Arizona (1987), dir. Joel Coen
- Rear Window (1954), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- Rebel Without a Cause (1955), dir. Nicholas Ray
- Red River (1948), dir. Howard Hawks
- Reds (1981), dir. Warren Beatty
- Reservoir Dogs (1992), dir. Quentin Tarantino
- Return of the Jedi (1983), dir. Richard Marquand
- Rocky (1976), dir. John G. Avildsen
- Schindler's List (1993), dir. Steven Spielberg
- Seven (1995), dir. David Fincher
- Short Cuts (1993), dir. Robert Altman
- Singin' In The Rain (1952), dir. Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly
- Some Like It Hot (1959), dir. Billy Wilder
- Speed (1994), dir. Jan De Bont
- Stagecoach (1939), dir. John Ford
- Star Wars (1977), dir. George Lucas
- Sunset Boulevard (1950), dir. Billy Wilder
- Sweet Smell of Success (1957), dir. Alexander Mackendrick
- Taxi Driver (1976), dir. Martin Scorsese
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), dir. James Cameron
- The Apartment (1960), dir. Billy Wilder
- The Big Sleep (1946), dir. Howard Hawks
- The Breakfast Club (1985), dir. John Hughes
- The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957), dir. David Lean
- The Deer Hunter (1978), dir. Michael Cimino
- The Departed (2006), dir. Martin Scorsese
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980), dir. Irvin Kershner
- The English Patient (1996), dir. Anthony Minghella
- The Fugitive (1993), dir. Andrew Davis
- The Godfather (1972) dir. Preston Sturges
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966), dir. Sergio Leone
- The Graduate (1967), dir. Mike Nichols
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940), dir. John Ford
- The Hustler (1961), dir. Robert Rossen
- The Last Picture Show (1971), dir. Peter Bogdanovich
- The Lion King (1994), dir. Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
- The Maltese Falcon (1941), dir. John Huston
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), dir. John Ford
- The Manchurian Candidate (1962), dir. John Frankenheimer
- The Misfits (1961), dir. John Huston
- The Palm Beach Story (1942), dir. Preston Sturges
- The Philadelphia Story (1940), dir. George Cukor
- The Pianist (2002), dir. Roman Polanski
- The Piano (1993), dir. Jane Campion
- The Princess Bride (1987), dir. Rob Reiner
- The Quiet Man (1952), dir. John Ford
- The Rock (1996), dir. Michael Bay
- The Searchers (1956), dir. John Ford
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991), dir. Jonathan Demme
- The Sixth Sense (1999), dir. M. Night Shyamalan
- The Sound of Music (1965), dir. Robert Wise
- The Terminator (1984), dir. James Cameron
- The Thin Man (1934), dir. W.S. Van Dyke
- The Third Man (1949), dir. Carol Reed
- The Usual Suspects (1995), dir. Bryan Singer
- The Wild Bunch (1969), dir. Sam Peckinpah
- This Is Spinal Tap (1984), dir. Rob Reiner
- To Have and Have Not (1944), dir. Howard Hawks
- To Kill a Mockingbird (1964), dir. Robert Mulligan
- Tootsie (1982), dir. Sydney Pollack
- Top Gun (1986), dir. Tony Scott
- Top Hat (1935), dir. Mark Sandrich
- Touch Of Evil (1958), dir. Orson Welles
- Trainspotting (1996), dir. Danny Boyle
- Twister (1996), dir. Jan De Bont
- Unforgiven (1992), dir. Clint Eastwood
- Vertigo (1958), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- West Side Story (1961), dir. Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins
- When Harry Met Sally...(1989), dir. Rob Reiner
The Shawshank Redemption
Director: Frank Darabont
E.T - The Extra-Terrestrial
Director: Steven Spielberg
I think you should defs add American History X to your list =)
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