| Completely
useless lists: Best movies
May
1, 2004
Best
movie lists are stupid. How many Oscar winning movies
or movies recommended by friends have we seen where we
walked out muttering, “I just wasted $18 bucks!”
Woody
Allen always believed that all film is art – and
art shouldn’t be generalized or awarded. “Art”
is a subjective medium and has a different affect on each
person.
Yet,
we still all have our favorites. Therefore, we’d
like to offer up some of our best movie lists. We still
think best movie lists are stupid, but rather than just
ignore their existence, we tried to spice them up a bit.
These may not be our all-time, favorite movies –
they're just a snapshot of some we really like (or had
a wise ass comment about). Hope you'll consider renting
one or two of these that you may not be familiar with.
Enjoy.
 Picks
by Craig
Curtice
The
Wall (1982) – Best movie to watch
at 3:52 AM with drunk buddies after a wild night of partying
Better Off Dead (1985) – Best cheeseburger
claymation scene
Over The Edge (1979) – Best
use of a Van Halen song in a movie ("You Really Got
Me Now")
Beautiful
Girls (1996) – Best chick flick that
men should watch
The
Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979) –
Best soul soundtrack
 Picks
by Michael Walls
Army
of Darkness (1993) – Best use of a
’73 oldsmobile in medieval times
Bull
Durham (1988) – Best baseball movie
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1967)
– Best 3 ½ hour cowboy movie about three guys
trying to kill each while looking for gold, with very little
dialogue and a kicking soundtrack
Kelly’s
Heros (1970) – Best Don Rickles war
movie
The
Commitments (1991) – Best
attempt by a make-believe band to make it as a real band
since The Monkees
 Picks
by Mike Spinney
Monty
Python and the Holy Grail (1975) –
Best sword fight: King Arthur vs. the Black Knight
Repo
Man (1984) – Finest Ride in Cinematic
History: The Rodriguez Brothers' black Ford Falcon convertible
The Longest Day (1962) – Best
war movie ever
Braveheart
(1995) – Best movie I'm not ashamed
to admit I weeped a bit (not cried)
The
Shootist (1976) – Movie role
I wish I could have played as a kid: Gillom Rogers (Ronnie
Howard) in The Shootist (Hey, I loved the Duke)
 Picks
by Brandon Copple
Die
Hard (1988) – Best movie to see for
the 75th time while eating pizza
Titanic
(1997) – Best movie I thank god I
never saw
Wild Things (1998) – Best
movie I lie about never having seen
The
Big Lebowski (1998) – Best performance
by John Goodman in a Coen brothers movie
Barton
Fink (1991) – Best performance
by John Turturro in a Coen brothers movie
 Picks
by Chelan David
Butch
Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) –
Cheesiest moment in a classic movie: "Singing in the
Rain" interlude
Rope
(1948) – Best
movie shot in one room
Wall Street (1987) – Best
quote which caught the spirit of a decade: "Greed is
good"
Airplane
(1980) – Best cameo by an athlete
with no discernible acting skills: Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Something
About Mary (1998) – Worst
cameo by an athlete with no discernible acting skills: Brett
Favre
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