One of the movies I have been waiting for patiently to come out is The Prestige. It is the new flick written and directed by Christopher Nolan. I've loved his previous work like Memento especially (btw his first movie, The Following is pretty much unheard of but brilliant), and this one has a great cast. Well, it finally came out and what did Lacey and I do? Went to see Marie Antoinette. Don't get me wrong, we will be going to see the Prestige, and we really liked Marie Antoinette (although it was nowhere near as good as Lost in Translation) so I'm not bitter. But now I've visited Mr. Gibbs' blog (thecedarroom.org) and seen the discussion on how great the Prestige is, and I can't wait to see it. The point has been brought up over there in the comments that it is a movie with a twist at the end that really "gets" you and is fair to the viewer (which I LOVE!), but what that means is that you can never get back the experience of seeing it for the first time. And so it was suggested that a list could be made of the top movies that you would pay money to be able to watch again for the first time. So I wanted to put my two cents in. Beware, it's going to be a pretty vanilla list, with a lot of crowd favorites (which is my cup of tea so get over it). Anway, here goes:
1.The Sixth Sense - super obvious, but still gives me goosebumps
2.The Usual Suspects - ditto
3.The Game - incredible twist, maybe the best
4.Braveheart - only because it's the only movie that I can remember crying at besides Hoosiers (hey, gimme a break, I was like 18!)
5.The Matrix - totally mind-blowing when it first came out
6.Fight Club - wait, who is Tyler Durden?
7.Primal Fear - another Norton classic
8.A.I. - didn't really appreciate it the "first" first time
9.The Others - was derivative at the time, but a really enjoyable twist
10.Gangs of New York - morbid, I know, but it was Lacey and I's first official "date"
I'm probably missing a few, so help me out with ones that should have made the list. This was all I could think of spur of the moment.
Posted by jmmelton at October 23, 2006 12:56 PM | TrackBackI'm really glad you mentioned Primal Fear. Not very many people I know have seen it (and they usually don't want to when I mention its largely a courtroom drama and it has Richard Gere) but that move singlehandedly improved my appreciation of Ed Norton acting abilities.
Oh, and I second the mention of The Others.
Posted by: Hooser at October 23, 2006 07:35 PM