#115 Up (2009)

I saw about 85% of this movie at FHS after FCAT, but then we ran out of time and couldn't finish it. I remember this movie being nominated for best picture, and I thought that was odd because it was an animated film. This film deserves it! This is such a good movie! It is funny, clever, and original. This is up there with Toy Story, Finding Nemo and others. This one may be the best Pixar movie of them all!

"Squirrel!" -Dug

Have you seen this movie? What did you think?

What movie should I watch next?

Follow +Andrew Gaudet's blog as we both watch our way to the top 250.

Back to the current list.

#48 The Pianist (2002)

I had no idea what this movie was about. I assumed it would be boring, and one of the last movies I would watch. Then I happened across a blurb about it, and realized it was about Warsaw during WWII. One would think by now that Nazi genre movies would be a little over done, and maybe that is true, but there is something about that era that is so intriguing, So many stories to tell. Apparently this story is based off of a true story. It is a story of a Jew trying to survive the Holocaust. This movie is well done and has a great pace. Obviously it is a sad movie, but I don't think it was as more sad than Schindler's List if you want some sort of comparison.
And why is Adrien Brody someone who I always hear his name, but never see him? Is there an explanation for this?

"They all want to be better Nazis than Hitler." -Szpilman

Have you seen this movie? What did you think?

What movie should I watch next?

Follow +Andrew Gaudet's blog as we both watch our way to the top 250.

Back to the current list.

#58 Aliens (1986)

This movie is more like what I expected the first Alien movie to be like. I don't know why this is ranked so high on the list. This movie is just backed with action and a terribly unbelievable story. Like I can't believe it. This movie did everything the first movie did, but of course just eight years later, and contributed nothing original. They just threw in more aliens and more shooting, and that's it. This movie is not worth your time. If you watched Alien, you saw everything you need to see. What kind of name is Sigourney? "What should we name our new daughter?" "Sigourney." "Done."
Oh, and this is a James Cameron film, and that is not why I do not like it.

"With guns like these, who needs scripts?" -Daniel wanting his two hours back

Have you seen this movie? What did you think?

What movie should I watch next?

Follow +Andrew Gaudet's blog as we both watch our way to the top 250.

Back to the current list.

#40 Alien (1979)

I must say that I was surprised when I saw this movie was on the top 250. I always figured it was a mindless movie filled with action and some horror. I still don't claim the story is good, but I have a newfound respect for this movie. It was suspenseful, well done, and not the kind of horror I was expecting. It is hard to explain, but the pace of the movie feels very interesting. It is nothing like I thought it was going to be. The other thing about this movie is considering the time period. This is only two years after Star Wars so I think it is fair to compare the visual effects to it, and I must say that Alien is done very well. I bet this movie was groundbreaking when it came out. I would suggest this movie.

"It's got a great defense mechanism... you don't dare kill it..." -Parker

Have you seen this movie? What did you think?

What movie should I watch next?

Follow +Andrew Gaudet's blog as we both watch our way to the top 250.

Back to the current list.

#63 The Green Mile (1999)

I try to watch movies all at one time so I can appreciate them as the filmmaker intended, but with this film, +Leslie Roskovich woke up halfway through it, and when I told her what I was watching she said, "I wish you hadn't told me what you are watching because now I might have a nightmare." After hearing that, I was not going to play it any more while she was awake, and I also questioned what I was watching.
This really is an incredible movie. It explores areas with a realism that is sadly authentic. I knew nothing about it before I watched it except that it is sad, and it is. Definitely worth a watch, but be prepared to be sad. The movie is not what you think it is, and I will just leave it at that. I think this is now the saddest movie I have ever seen with Forrest Gump in second. That Tom Hanks guy gets me. Go see it and be sad.

"On the day of my judgment, when I stand before God, and He asks me why did I kill one of his true miracles, what am I gonna say? That it was my job? My job?" -Paul 

Have you seen this movie? What did you think?

What movie should I watch next?

Follow +Andrew Gaudet's blog as we both watch our way to the top 250.

Back to the current list.

#70 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

This was an excellent movie! This goes to show that a movie with a great story can completely carry a movie. This movie was so good, they should make a book out of it, and make all high schoolers read it. Before I watched this movie, I never read the book or even heard the story so this was a movie with complete first impressions! Obviously there are valuable lessons to be learned from this movie, but just everything about it was so good. This movie definitely deserves to be higher on the list. Maybe I am partial because the hero in the movie is a lawyer. There are a lot of movies that I feel you have to have lived through that era to fully appreciate it, but this is not one of them. Classic. Sorry for the long quote, but so much of his closing argments were so good! Watch it!

"I have nothing but pity in my heart for [her]. She is the victim of cruel poverty and ignorance. But my pity does not extend so far as to her putting a man's life at stake, which she has done in an effort to get rid of her own guilt... in this country, our courts are the great levelers. In our courts, all men are created equal. I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and of our jury system - that's no ideal to me. That is a living, working reality!" -Atticus

Have you seen this movie? What did you think?

What movie should I watch next?

Follow +Andrew Gaudet's blog as we both watch our way to the top 250.

Back to the current list.

#131 The Big Lebowski (1998)

I have seen parts of this movie a lot, but never the whole thing all the way through. It was very good. The story got better as the movie went on, and the characters were unique and likeable. I think the woman Lebowski was a little over the top, but besides that, very good. It is worth your time. I would define this movie as a plot driven with subtle comedy.

"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback." -The Dude

Just discovered that I failed to cross out a movie that I have seen: Finding Nemo. The list is corrected.

Have you seen this movie? What did you think?

What movie should I watch next?

Follow +Andrew Gaudet's blog as we both watch our way to the top 250.

Back to the current list.