Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Movie Lists Are No Fun...
posted @12:44 p.m. by Richard Kelly
... if they run to 250 entries, IMHO. The Internet Movie Database offers a running tally of the Great Movies based on readers' submitted scores, and it's great that they get so much feedback. But then there's something so panoramic about a Top 250 that it sort of defies understanding or coherence. Is Grindhouse (averaging 8.0 from 50,000 ratings) deservedly higher than Klimov's Come and See (7.9 from 5000)? Or is it fair that Seven Samurai and Star Wars are locked together near the top at 8.8. when three times as many voters have expressed an opinion on the Lucas picture? I don't know. You tell me. For the moment we welcome back guest poster RAVI HOLY who offers his list of 10 favourite titles not even placing in that Top 250 - at least not today, anyway...
Sunday, 18 November 2007
Live, from London, it's Sunday night... and 10 Funny 'Saturday Night Live' movies
posted @10:11 p.m. by Richard Kelly
Behold, this week's winner of the popular vote. This is a vast and scholarly subject but I can cut it down to a manageable size for several simple reasons: I’m only allowing two movies per comic (except Chevy Chase, who has some seniority here); I’m not considering the more bittersweet comic-dramatic entries of Bill Murray and Adam Sandler; I’m not a Mike Myers fan; and I’ve seen hardly any of Will Ferrell’s prodigious output (though I do wish that I had space for Old School, even though I only saw the first half-hour – Ferrell’s thirtysomething-falling-off-the-wagon-and-streaking-at-the-keg-party routine was amazing.)
Saturday, 20 October 2007
Demons in the Hard Drive: Ten Dodgy Computers
posted @1:05 p.m. by Richard Kelly
Ten Bad Dates now has its own Facebook group page, and I thought I'd share with you the inaugural hi-tech list I wrote for it - but there are other lists there, trust me, and growing every day...
