The Movie Tree Top 100

In honor of my 100th post I have decided to list my top 100 movies of all-time. This was no easy task- there were a lot of movies I thought would make the top 100, but there simply wasn't enough room.

100: Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
99: Rear Window (1954)
98: Frankenstein (1931)
97: Dracula (1931)
96: Finding Neverland (2004)
95: The Usual Suspects (1995)
94: Stripes (1981)
93: National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
92: Die Hard (1988)
91: Multiplicity (1996)
90: Casino (1995)
89: Aliens (1986)
88: Fight Club (1999)
87: The Godfather (1972)
86: The Godfather II (1974)
85: Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)
84: 21 Grams (2003)
83: Wall-E (2008)
82: Toy Story 3 (2010)
81: Casino Royale (2006)
80: Ray (2004)
79: Ironman (2008)
78: JFK (1991)
77: Santa Clause (1994)
76: Star Trek (2009)
75: Tommy Boy (1995)
74: Finding Nemo (2003)
73: Saving Private Ryan (1998)
72: Super Troopers (2002)
71: Orange County (2002)
70: The Assassination of Jesse James (2007)
69:  500 Days of Summer (2009)
68: Warrior (2011)
67: Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
66: Return of the Jedi (1983)
65: The Others (2001)
64: Starship Troopers (1997)
63: Batman Begins (2006)
62: Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
61: The Dark Night Rises (2012)
60: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1994)
59: The Incredibles (2004)
58: Monsters, Inc. (2001)
57: A Few Good Men (1997)
56: The Wizard of Oz (1939)
55: Bull Durham (1988)
54: V for Vendetta (2006)
53: Ocean's Eleven (2001)
52: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
51: Inception (2010)
50: Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
49: Forrest Gump (1994)
48: Sandlot (1993)
47: Miracle (2004)
46: Jurassic Park (1993)
45: The Ten Commandments (1956)
44: Titanic (1997)
43: Catch Me if You Can (2002)
42: A Beautiful Mind (2001)
41: Twister (1996)
40: National Treasure (2004)
39: Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
38: Inglorious Basterds (2009)
37: Underworld: Evolution (2006)
36: The Departed (2006)
35: Elf (2003)
34: Apollo 13 (1995)
33: Rudy (1993)
32: Major League II (1994)
31: For the Love of the Game (1999)
30: Almost Famous (2000)
29: Pirates of the Caribbean (2003)
28: The Dark Knight (2008)
27: The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
26: Jaws (1975)
25: Back to the Future Part II (1989)
24: Tin Cup (1996)
23: Toy Story 2 (1999)
22: Christmas Vacation (1989)
21: Back to the Future (1985)
20: When Harry Met Sally (1989)
19: Batman (1989)
18: Star Wars (1977)
17: The Goonies (1985)
16: 61* (2001)
15: Walk the Line (2005)
14: Major League (1989)
13: Troy (2004)
12: Underworld (2003)
11: Cinderella Man (2005)
10: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
9: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
8: Passion of the Christ (2004)
7: The Monster Squad (1987)
6: Goodfellas (1990)
5: Big Fish (2003)
4: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
3: Toy Story (1995)
2: Ghostbusters (1984)
1: Field of Dreams (1989)

Weekly Recap: July 21- July 27, 2013

A recap of the movies I watched for the first time this past week.

Featured:

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)- 6/10

After escaping a witches grasp in a ginger-bread house, Hansel and Gretel decide to track down witches and kill them all. Despite mostly bad reviews, I had a fun time with Hansel and Gretel. The witches weren't the best to look at (perhaps the point) but the action was intense and it was quite funny at times. 

The Rest:

Lincoln (2012)- 7/10- Daniel Day-Lewis was quite impressive portraying Lincoln in his final days as he worked to abolish slavery. 

Sharknado (2013)- 2/10- A movie that gained a lot of attention a few weeks back for being so bad it's good. I felt the same way for about 10 minutes, then realized it was just bad. 

Lost Voyage (2001)- 2/10- Just a bad movie about a recovered ship that went missing in the Bermuda Triangle years earlier.

Movies watched this week: 4

Movies watched in 2013: 108

Source: IMDB

Trailer of the Week: 47 Ronin (2013)

A fictional account of a real-life band of Samurai warriors in Japan who set out to avenge their master's death. We have seem Tom Cruise as a Samurai, so why not Keanu Reeves? It has been a while since Keanu has graced the big screen- or so it seems. I am not quite sure how I feel about 47 Ronin, but there will be some good sword fights, fantastic creautres and a women that turns into a dragon....could be fun. 47 Ronin is set to release on Christmas Day.


Source: YouTube

Branch Out: Silver Bullet (1985)

A movie you may have missed- less than 25,000 reviews on IMDB.

 

Based on a Stephen King novella, it stars Corey Haim as a paraplegic boy who, along with his uncle and his sister, battles a werewolf that has been terrorizing the town.  

My Rating: 8/10

IMDB Ratings: 10,981

 

Super Bat is coming!

It appears Warner Bros. has been planning this for years. We were treated with a fake billboard in I Am Legend (2007) but it appeared it would never come to fruition. But the big announcement at Comic Con this past weekend was that Superman and Batman will indeed be joining each other on the big screen, with Zach Snyder directing. 

Henry Cavill will be back as Superman, but it is almost a certainty that Bale has retired from wearing the bat suit. I wrote last week that Marvel was eying Joseph Gordon-Levitt to play Doctor Strange, but he very well could be the man joining Cavill on screen in 2015.

It doesn't appear this is going to be the Justice League movie that has been rumored for sometime, but it is a giant step in that direction. Who knows, maybe we will see a few more DC characters make an appearance. Either way, this is exciting news. But Snyder definitely has his work cut out for him.


Source: JoBlo

Weekly Recap: July 14- July 20, 2013

A recap of the movies I watched for the first time this past week. 

Featured:

A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)- 5/10

John McClane takes his show to Russia to help his son that he believes to be in trouble. Overall it is a decent action movie but feels nothing like a Die Hard movie. It is chalked full of bad jokes and way too much slow-motion. Two John McClanes do not make for a better movie.

The Rest:

She-Devil (1989)- 3/10- One would think a movie with Roseanne Barr playing a housewife seeking revenge on her cheating husband would be funny; but it is not...at all. 

Movies watched this week: 2

Movies watched in 2013: 104

Source: IMDB

Trailer of the Week: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)

Flint returns to Swallow Falls where the giant food his invention created has now come to life. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was a nice little surprise. I wasn't expecting much from it going in, but I really enjoyed it. The sequel looks like it is going to be just as fun. We will be treated with more food jokes and plenty of food-animals- Shrimpanzees, Tacodiles and Watermeolphants....oh my. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 is set to release September 27 of this year.


Source: YouTube