Only four flicks in this one because my copy of (81) Spartacus arrived broken. However (80) The Apartment did not so I'm going to watch the two of them out of order and graft Spartacus onto the next 5 list. Master List
85. A Night at the Opera (1935) - Five Stars easy. The Marx Brothers were comedic gods, this is simply a fact. If you can watch the worst Marx movie (for me I think that's Cocoanuts) and not spend a good half the running time laughing until you hurt then your humor has run down and possibly broken off.
84. Easy Rider (1969) - I hated this movie the first time I saw it and hated it this time. After years of hearing that it's so amazing I can't help but think maybe it's simply aged badly and in 1969 there was an audience for this and it was actually counter culture and subversive. These days it's just boring. Two Stars for good performances from Fonda and Hopper and the countless parodies and references it has made possible (not the least of which is the holy shit moment at the end of the first season of The Venture Bros and one of my favourite episodes of Duckman.
83. Titanic (1997) - Eugh. This is how dedicated I am to this project, I will watch the things I know to be crap from bell to bell. This movie, as I'm sure everyone knows, is equal parts lame and cheesy with a hint of eyerolling stupidity thrown in. Yet, again, a decent performance (Kate Winslet). If you're into this kind of chicky flick it's probably worth more, but for me it's One Star, one and a half tops.
82. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) - It's really not fair for me to give a review of this movie. The second oldest thing on the list (58. Gold Rush is two years earlier) it's silent. I have a problem with most silent movies (can watch Chaplin or Keaton silents, but only so many) in that I can not passively sit and watch anything. I have to be reading or frakking around on the laptop or cleaning or something. ANYTHING but just sit and watch. So I watched it, but only about half paying attention.
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