Top Movies 80-82 in Brief
82. “Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” (1971)
A common theme in this range of films is beloved written works. Both adaptations of Dahl’s book have their good points, but this earlier film might transcend the source material, at least in pop culture. Read the book, though.
82. “Blood Simple” (1984)
The Coen Bros are somewhere in the top ten list of my favorite movie makers. This early work of theirs is not as polished as some of the later stuff they will release, but it is brilliant. Derivative of a whole genre of fiction perhaps, but one of my favorite genres. And it is among the best cinematic expressions of this sort of detective fiction.
82. “Sinister” (2012)
I like Derrickson for what he wants to do with his stories. He is trying to inject a spiritual dimension into the main stream conversation. Here he tells a boogie-man demonic story that has a lot of warning in its morality play. If you dare watch this very scary story, be prepared to self-examine that morbid fascination that leads you to watch, and then turn the mirror on our whole violent, morbid culture.
81. “The Trouble with Harry” (1955)
Hitchcock had a deliciously sick sense of macabre humor. This may be the least disguised joke he ever told. Sometimes you can’t run away from consequences; even the unintended—no—even the unsolicited ones.
81. “Pulp Fiction” (1994)
Another macabre comedy. Tarantino is no unfailing genius in my book. But this one is a near perfectly assembled tale.
81. “The Brothers Bloom” (2009)
I like Johnson, but his work has had diminishing returns for me. With this being his second feature, be looking for another film coming. That said, this may be his most entertaining, feel-good film. And that includes the Star Wars entry. I love a good conman tale, and this is a great one.
80. “The Phantom Tollbooth” (1970)
Another book adaptation, but here the book is clearly better. Read it. But I do like this as a place holder for one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Chuck Jones. Revisit his shorts. They are some of the best stories but on film. Then, seriously, read the book!
80. “Hamlet” (1996)
Branagh is at his best adapting Shakespeare, and this is his most ambitious of those efforts.
80. “It Follows” (2015)
One of the more original morality tales to be told in the past twenty years.
A common theme in this range of films is beloved written works. Both adaptations of Dahl’s book have their good points, but this earlier film might transcend the source material, at least in pop culture. Read the book, though.
82. “Blood Simple” (1984)
The Coen Bros are somewhere in the top ten list of my favorite movie makers. This early work of theirs is not as polished as some of the later stuff they will release, but it is brilliant. Derivative of a whole genre of fiction perhaps, but one of my favorite genres. And it is among the best cinematic expressions of this sort of detective fiction.
82. “Sinister” (2012)
I like Derrickson for what he wants to do with his stories. He is trying to inject a spiritual dimension into the main stream conversation. Here he tells a boogie-man demonic story that has a lot of warning in its morality play. If you dare watch this very scary story, be prepared to self-examine that morbid fascination that leads you to watch, and then turn the mirror on our whole violent, morbid culture.
81. “The Trouble with Harry” (1955)
Hitchcock had a deliciously sick sense of macabre humor. This may be the least disguised joke he ever told. Sometimes you can’t run away from consequences; even the unintended—no—even the unsolicited ones.
81. “Pulp Fiction” (1994)
Another macabre comedy. Tarantino is no unfailing genius in my book. But this one is a near perfectly assembled tale.
81. “The Brothers Bloom” (2009)
I like Johnson, but his work has had diminishing returns for me. With this being his second feature, be looking for another film coming. That said, this may be his most entertaining, feel-good film. And that includes the Star Wars entry. I love a good conman tale, and this is a great one.
80. “The Phantom Tollbooth” (1970)
Another book adaptation, but here the book is clearly better. Read it. But I do like this as a place holder for one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Chuck Jones. Revisit his shorts. They are some of the best stories but on film. Then, seriously, read the book!
80. “Hamlet” (1996)
Branagh is at his best adapting Shakespeare, and this is his most ambitious of those efforts.
80. “It Follows” (2015)
One of the more original morality tales to be told in the past twenty years.
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