So, I says to Mable, I says.

Some serious Netflix dickery caused #15 2001 to only arrive this weekend. I had to skip it and skip it and such. There'll be more on it specifically next post.

13. Star Wars* (1977) - Whiny main character, bad effects, plot holes (but that's the series, which the fans hate.) *sigh* what's not to love. I can't wait to sit the fiancee in front of it to watch it for real so she can see the Five Star entertainment.

12. The Searchers (1956) - I don't know what I feel about this movie. It's a western, so I was expecting to get bored and be done with it before it finished, but it actually held my attention the whole way through. On the other hand, a big part of the reason for that was that it was so incredibly racist and I wanted to see where it went next. Not to mention, according to every article in the world about kids kidnapped by Indians, inaccurate about how she would respond to an attempted rescue. The whole movie is like one long excuse to hate Natives and justify it. I can't rate it.

11. City Lights (1931) - I'm not sure what to think of this either. Right after t started I nearly switched it off because a bunch of characters were "talking" like adults in Peanuts cartoons. (silent movie with music, instruments were used to approximate voice sounds with no words) I powered through, though, and that cut out and an actual movie happened. Funny, funny gags, but I really don't get how it's #1 in Romantic-Comedies. There's very little of the romance and it's spread thin. In fact, the romance could easily be replaced with The Tramp's affection with another kid he sees between getting trashed with the millionaire. Three Stars on principle, I guess, but there's so many other Chaplin flicks I'd rather watch,

10. The Wizard of Oz (1939) - The sister's favourite movie. Loves it, she does. So I've seen it 10 bazillion times and purchased her approximately 90 copies for various gift giving occasions. I have to say, I truly enjoy it, though. The transition from sepia to colour hooked me as a kid, and having read the book (some of the books) now I have to say they captured most of the spirit of the thing, if not the entire plot. (Also good, the recent Marvel comic series). Five Stars, and not even only for sentimental reasons.

9. Vertigo (1958) - Wow. One of my favourite Hitch-flicks knocks me on my ass every time. When Scottie reveals that he figured everything out after seeing the necklace is such an awesome Explanation-Scene that they should have been renamed in Vertigo's honor. Five Stars is not enough for this movie.


*This is how it's titles on the list. As we all know its truly Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope