“Some movies flirt with absurdity. “Taken” takes it to bed, and then out for waffles in the morning.”

“Some movies flirt with absurdity. “Taken” takes it to bed, and then out for waffles in the morning.”

Thanks. Edited.

Children of Men has one of the best car chases ever filmed, one of the best shootouts ever filmed. It's a movie about a cynical, jaded everyman finding something worth living for, and ultimately, worth dying for. The scene where he knows he is going to simply walk into a battle (in flip flops), and then does, is so…

Paint and Notepad are two of the greatest engineering programs, today, tomorrow, ever.

That's how multiple characters will die in Vol.3.

I'm not surprised my opinion is unpopular in the comments. Because I'd go as far as cutting some GREAT scenes to make a better movie. Example: I would have Elle Driver spring the snake on Budd, immediately call Bill with crocodile tears, and then walk straight into my favorite fight of the series. Don't get me wrong,…

I still think Kill Bill would be better as a shorter, tighter movie. My opinion of both was improved by a recent rewatch, but midway through Vol.1 and all the way through Vol.2, I was imagining it edited down in real time. Cut here, leave all this out, ok back to the story. It's great raw material, but Tarantino and…

I saw one of my favorite works of art at SXSW Gaming this year. I was helping exhibit a game that wondered how much can be stripped away and still tell a great story. Which wound up being the answer to itself: when you strip away everything but a great writing and presentation, you have a great story. But then across…

I just saw Exit Through The Gift Shop for the first time and really enjoyed those dynamics. First, the street artists feel a lack of respect from the 'High' art community. But the public responds to their work, and some become very popular and sell for a lot of money. Then, a guy who has followed them around for years…

Upvoted for sentiment as well as topic-avatar synergy.

And for that matter, so is Payback.
Three important concepts:
1. What do you think I'll do? Worry about me.
2. If you don't understand something, get rid of it.
3. One guy. You go high enough, there's always one guy.

"The whole idea that you’re actually a special person, one who’s been
oppressed by a world that doesn’t understand your brilliance."
- The A.V. Club

Office Space is much more philosophically important to me than The Matrix.

Action movie rules:
- Things that don't really explode… explode.
- People pay way more attention to some unseen ice skater than one of the most fantastic femme fatales of my lifetime.

Why didn't you just shoot her?

Everything I know about negotiating, I learned from Ronin.

In a glaring oversight, your comment is the first mention.
Amateur hour.

As others have said, the various movie rating sites are a good place to work on the unabridged list. Criticker, MovieLens will even spit out a .csv for you. And I'll have to check out Flickchart. I have another sheet for my permanent collection, and another for previews that also filters into my current watch list.

2006 was a tough choice for me: Casino Royale, Children of Men, Idiocracy, Wristcutters, The Lives Of Others