We are finally here. The time has come to reveal what films you all have saved for humanity. Just remember, if a movie isn't here, it's lost forever. So blame yourself. And me. And every other participant.***
I was going to have a bunch of statistics ready for you, but it was taking forever. These stats will be posted later this week. But we do have some diversity here; for the most part, we have good tastes.
Let me take some time to personally thank you for participating. It means a lot, and I hope you have fun with this. You see, this isn't the end of it. I plan on doing a few things with this list, although I will admit at this time I'm just not sure what all that will entail. All I do know is that I do have your next task already.
It seems my architect was wrong with his plans; unfortunately, we do not have room for five movies. So, I need your help: which movies are getting kicked off? You get five weighted votes (see below). However, movies in bold are immune. They are the ones that were picked by two or more people, and this was my only way to reward those who selected movies early on in the process.
So, if you would, over the next few weeks, please be thinking of selecting the five movies you think are expendable. Like the first time around, your selections should be final. Unlike the first time around, please list your selections in relative order of dismissal (e.g., from the one you'd most like to see gone to the least).
This is supposed to be fun, so if it seems burdensome, just know that there is no legal obligation. Yet.
Complete List (Alphabetically)
12 Angry Men
(500) Days of Summer
Aladdin
Almost Famous
Anchorman: The Legend of
Ron Burgundy
Apocalypse Now
Apollo 13
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Avengers
Awakenings
The Awful Truth
Back to the Future
Batman (’89)
Batman Begins
A Beautiful Mind
Beauty and the Beast
Because I Said So
Ben-Hur
Bicycle Thieves
The Bourne Identity
Braveheart
Butch Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid
Calamity Jane
Casablanca
Casino Royale ('06)
Catch Me If You Can
A Christmas Story
Crash (’05)
The Dark Knight
The Departed
The Descendants
The Diving Bell and the
Butterfly
Eternal Sunshine of the
Spotless Mind
Facing the Giants
Fantasia
Finding Nemo
Fist of Fury (or, The
Chinese Connection)
Forgetting Sarah
Marshall
The Fountain
French Kiss
The Fugitive
Gladiator
The Godfather: Part I
The Godfather: Part II
Gone with the Wind
Good Will Hunting
The Great Dictator
Harry Potter & The
Goblet of Fire
The Holiday
Hot Rod
How the Grinch Stole
Christmas! (’66)
Hugo
The Illusionist
Inception
Inglourious Basterds
It’s a Wonderful Life
Jeremiah Johnson
Jurassic Park
Kingdom of Heaven
The Last of the Mohicans
The Last Temptation of
Christ
The Lion King
The Lord of the Rings:
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings:
The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Maltese Falcon
A Man for All Seasons
Man on Fire
The Many Adventures of
Winnie the Pooh (’77)
The Matrix
Melancholia
Monsters, Inc.
Monty Python and the
Holy Grail
Moonraker
The Muppet Christmas
Carol
The Muppets
Ocean’s Eleven ('01)
Open Water
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure
Planet Earth
The Prestige
Pride & Prejudice ('05)
The Producers (’68)
The Professional (or,
Leon)
Psycho
Rear Window ('54)
Red ('10)
Remember the Titans
The Rocky Horror Picture
Show
Rounders (’98)
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler’s List
Seven Samurai
The Shawshank Redemption
Sideways
The Silence of the Lambs
Singin’ in the Rain
A Star is Born (’76)
Star Wars: A New Hope
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Return of the
Jedi
The Sting
Tangled
Taxi Driver
Thirteen Days
Titanic
Tombstone
Tommy Boy
Treasure Planet
The Tree of Life
Twister
Up
The Usual Suspects
V for Vendetta
Watchmen
Wedding Crashers
West Side Story
What’s Eating Gilbert
Grape
While You Were Sleeping
Young Frankenstein
You’ve Got Mail
So there you have it. Try not to be too underwhelmed, distraught, overjoyed, or any other extreme emotion.
*** My original introduction was much more eloquent but is lost forever to the monster that is human memory.
