PopGap #21: Voters' Choice - Completed!
Written by dorrk |
You can pick your friends, and you can pick your movies, but your friends will make you watch anime.
September delivered a couple of great movies and a handful of solid entertainments. I ran out of time to review all of them, with Octoblur 2016 ready to spring on me tomorrow with its daily onslaught of horror, so this minimalist ordered recap of my preferences will have to suffice, for now:
SEPTEMBER'S RANKINGS
Ordinary People (1980)
Ranked: #426 (88%)
"We would have been all right if there hadn't been any mess."
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
Ranked: #430 (88%)
"Every time we go out, you ruin things."
The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
Ranked: #586 (84%)
"I felt that I was alone. All of a sudden. Yet nothing had changed."
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
Ranked: #648 (82%)
"God's holy trousers, what is that?"
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962)
Ranked: #685 (81%)
"Oh Blanche, you know we've got rats in the cellar?"
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Ranked: #790 (78%)
"What we see and what we seem are but a dream. A dream within a dream."
Certified Copy (2010)
Ranked: #1120 (69%)
"What you're saying makes me hate everything."
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Ranked: #1170 (67%)
"Has it occurred to you that there are too many clues in this room?"
Akira (1988)
Ranked: #1893 (47%)
"This happened because you took my bike for a joy ride."
Ordinary People (1980)
Ranked: #426 (88%)
"We would have been all right if there hadn't been any mess."
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
Ranked: #430 (88%)
"Every time we go out, you ruin things."
The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
Ranked: #586 (84%)
"I felt that I was alone. All of a sudden. Yet nothing had changed."
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
Ranked: #648 (82%)
"God's holy trousers, what is that?"
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962)
Ranked: #685 (81%)
"Oh Blanche, you know we've got rats in the cellar?"
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Ranked: #790 (78%)
"What we see and what we seem are but a dream. A dream within a dream."
Certified Copy (2010)
Ranked: #1120 (69%)
"What you're saying makes me hate everything."
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Ranked: #1170 (67%)
"Has it occurred to you that there are too many clues in this room?"
Akira (1988)
Ranked: #1893 (47%)
"This happened because you took my bike for a joy ride."
THE BEST MOVIES I HAVEN'T SEEN... YET!
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https://letterboxd.com/dorrk/list/popgap-2016-09-voters-choice/
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