tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post7725157749212450387..comments2024-03-27T15:16:57.305-05:00Comments on F This Movie!: Too Many Favorite MoviesPatrick Bromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-89346974383897333512018-07-10T00:14:24.586-05:002018-07-10T00:14:24.586-05:00THIS is my Favorite!THIS is my Favorite!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00222675209904536515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-57040579935563501232018-06-30T21:36:54.738-05:002018-06-30T21:36:54.738-05:00I think I wish I wasn't LOOKING for favorites....I think I wish I wasn't LOOKING for favorites. I think that doesn't help. Meredith https://www.blogger.com/profile/11361935408436355904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-80037511898863716242018-06-30T21:35:48.985-05:002018-06-30T21:35:48.985-05:00What interests me is that when I was new to this s...What interests me is that when I was new to this site I didn't really understand what you guys meant when you wrote "I loved it when I saw it, but by the next week I had cooled on it". I was like whaaaat? Now, though, I totally get it. Coming out of the theater I thought I would describe Wonder Woman as one of my favorites, but a week later I was more like "eh, that one scene was really great". I watched Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri almost every night for a month and I still wouldn't say it's one of my favorite-favorites. It just didn't stick in my heart as deeply I think. I watched Buffalo 66 once and instantly I KNEW it was ALWAYS going to be one of my favorites, because it couldn't move, it was too important, I need to keep it really close to me. It's also the only new-ish "favorite-favorite" I've added in like 15 years. <br /><br />Some movies, I need their memories gathered around me in my head all the time.Meredith https://www.blogger.com/profile/11361935408436355904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-13901720117024348862018-06-29T10:51:41.211-05:002018-06-29T10:51:41.211-05:00I like After Hours, but it's not a movie I wou...I like After Hours, but it's not a movie I would consider a 'favorite.' I used the pic in honor of Pure Cinema because they're both huge fans.Patrick Bromleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-56045710029792810802018-06-29T05:43:55.000-05:002018-06-29T05:43:55.000-05:00All I know is that the older I get the less ashame...All I know is that the older I get the less ashamed I am to admit The Lost Boys is not just a guilty pleasure but something I love unironically.James K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12683106504604576537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-90005275431923001822018-06-29T01:50:07.659-05:002018-06-29T01:50:07.659-05:00Seconded. After Hours fascinates me.Seconded. After Hours fascinates me.Charles Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08135869584272794906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-69980742396017032362018-06-29T00:37:17.844-05:002018-06-29T00:37:17.844-05:00I think forcing yourself to come up with something...I think forcing yourself to come up with something like your 5 favorites is a fun exercise that really gets you to dig deep on an emotional level and think about what it is you're responding to that makes you love them so much.<br /><br />That said, yeah, have as many favorites as you want. I know a lot of us here have seen a ton of movies and I don't even want to try to estimate how many movies Patrick has seen in his life. If someone has watched 30,000 movies in their life and they consider 200 of them their favorite movies, that's still a fairly small percent.Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05129602094443434975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-717265534987642142018-06-28T22:12:28.971-05:002018-06-28T22:12:28.971-05:00Interesting article. I do personally have a top 5 ...Interesting article. I do personally have a top 5 that I feel pretty strongly about. Some are movies like Die Hard that I can really throw on any time and enjoy. But in there is also There Will Be Blood, a movie I REALLY need to be in the mood for, but love it because of how challenging I find it. <br /><br />A few years ago, I decided I would try to put together a top 100. Not because I felt it was a useful exercise, but because it was Saturday and a blizzard outside. The first 10 were easy (which obviously includes Robocop, what took you so long?), the next 20 or so also pretty easy, even if I knew the order was rather arbitrary (how does Fargo stack up against Blade Runner really?). It was probably once I started getting into the mid-30s that it started shifting from movies that I would consider an irrevocable part of my personality, like the Terminator, to movies that I just really love, like Mad Max: Fury Road. So....about 35, I guess?Brian Sagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15266020828208581370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-40916184985632765852018-06-28T21:42:58.878-05:002018-06-28T21:42:58.878-05:00Awhile ago someone tweeted out "what are the ...Awhile ago someone tweeted out "what are the five movies that would tell a new person about you" or something like that. Now when someone asks my favorite movie I direct the conversation to that instead. I think it's better as an ice breaker and conversation starter, and then I don't have to actually pick favorites since like everyone else I have too many to list. <br /><br />As far as having too many favorites, art that actually brings joy is such a wonderful thing there's no reason to be previous with favorites. Your favorites are your favorites, whether it's one or one hundred.<br /><br />Loved the article!hibachijusticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16581218409662933401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-49938904339612315682018-06-28T20:32:55.277-05:002018-06-28T20:32:55.277-05:00I could never compile a top 10 even when I would d...I could never compile a top 10 even when I would do it by genre. There are just too many movies that I love for so many different reasons. I think you are in good company Patrick in having a plethora of favorites.Quackhellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04864928886854031448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-46342370598224988042018-06-28T18:55:06.946-05:002018-06-28T18:55:06.946-05:00Also, Patrick, is After Hours one of your favorite...Also, Patrick, is After Hours one of your favorites? I'd love to hear a show on that, or maybe a Scorsese show in general! benpetersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02680256171903996080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-35755460563392172292018-06-28T18:52:04.956-05:002018-06-28T18:52:04.956-05:00I also have 3 favorites and then it gets tricky. L...I also have 3 favorites and then it gets tricky. Like, Blow Out is usually one I'll say is in my top five, but here's the thing, I like Body Double, Sisters, Phantom of the Paradise, Femme Fatale and Dressed to Kill just as much, so are they also in to 5? I can't just say every De Palma movie is my fourth favorite movie. benpetersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02680256171903996080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-44266843549991428192018-06-28T18:33:15.114-05:002018-06-28T18:33:15.114-05:00I consider my favorite movie to be the movie that ...I consider my favorite movie to be the movie that changed my perception of movies. The movie that made me realize movies weren't just a beginning, conflict and resolution. That a movie could have style. That a movie could play with expectations. A movie that you could find little nuggets upon multiple viewings. And finally a movie that made me want to make movies. Of course I speak of Pulp Fiction. Now I have many favorites like Oldboy, Eternal Sunshine, and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kidd, but I'll always have my absolute favorite.Cole Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03641844595029240609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-88452799604362292622018-06-28T18:05:41.386-05:002018-06-28T18:05:41.386-05:00Great piece, Patrick. It's something I've ...Great piece, Patrick. It's something I've wondered about in the past as well. Some time last year I thought it'd be fun to make a Letterboxd list of my favorite movies, thinking I'd be able to weed out the *absolute* favorites. I had to stop myself once I hit 100 and to this day I think, "Man I've gotta add *this* movie to that list..." <br /><br />I love that you bring up that everyone wants to ask what your favorite is. At work the other day my boss and I got to talking about Star Wars. Before I could start answering some of his questions he said, "But first you need to tell me what your favorite Star Wars movie is," as a way to justify or contextualize anything I said after that point. I'm guilty of doing this as well, but I do find it fascinating that we feel the need to know someone's favorites in order to understand where they're coming from. <br /><br />Also, I literally died laughing at your "literally" joke buried in this piece. Great job, sir.James Garciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886897835838954751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-10447084011649572812018-06-28T16:42:23.394-05:002018-06-28T16:42:23.394-05:00Who are we if we do not let what we love change us...Who are we if we do not let what we love change us? The alternatives are either to remain static, or to let what we despise change us. Sadly, both of those alternatives are really easy and both suck.<br /><br />So I say: have as many favorites as you can stuff into your favorites hole. Love the daylights out of what you love -- lean into loving it. As you change, your favorites may change, and new favorites may muscle their way in and change you some more. Then that changed person can pick some more new favorites! <br /><br />I have a MOST favorite movie (BLADE RUNNER) that I love so much I'm writing a book of poems about it. It's been fantastic fun just favoriting the shit out of it, and I haven't grown tired of it one bit, and it keeps changing me, keeps bringing me joy. To paraphrase Ally Sheedy and Molly Ringwald in The Breakfast Club... why is that movie being so nice to me? Because I'm letting it. <br /><br />To me it doesn't cheapen things to have more than one favorite. Art doesn't care that you love other art. Movies don't care that I love poems and I lots of favorites of both. RoboCop is great, and knowing that it's one of Patrick's favorites makes me appreciate it even more. (Side note: I once wrote a poem about RoboCop! It was the 2014 RoboCop, though, which is not good -- but I still like the poem.)janbottighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00126929026388305201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-13328909916220822902018-06-28T15:36:40.938-05:002018-06-28T15:36:40.938-05:00I have one movie Ill always pick as my absolute fa...I have one movie Ill always pick as my absolute favorite and the best movie in the world, Once Upon a Time in the West. <br />But after that one it all depend on my mood. I really like Anchorman, and its definitely one of my favorites, the same goes for Zoolander. <br />Thor Fejerskov Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11536258081859819164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-53471977174031286352018-06-28T15:33:50.495-05:002018-06-28T15:33:50.495-05:00I am 100% sure of my top 3 favorite movies, and at...I am 100% sure of my top 3 favorite movies, and at the very least confident about what are my top twenty. I feel like they are the definition of who I am. My favorite movies are a roadmap to who I am as a person, and it's <i>EXTREMELY</i> important that I know what they are. I consider my list of my favorite movies as being 10,000 times more important than remembering my social security number. According to my icheckmovies tally, I've seen 7,295 movies, and I've marked 437 of those as being my favorites. I <i>do</i> keep a physical list, and by my qualifiers, those movies included on it have been chosen because they either speak to my own personal set of values, or because they exemplify what I objectively think is great about movies. I don't have kids, I don't go to church, and if I didn't have my list of favorite movies, I wouldn't exist.E.S.A.D.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18214282257870634349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-9325550206909019072018-06-28T13:57:54.111-05:002018-06-28T13:57:54.111-05:00I enjoy having favorite movies, honestly. I would ...I enjoy having favorite movies, honestly. I would say that Do the Right Thing, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Hoop Dreams, The Empire Strikes Back, Ghostbusters, Toy Story, and probably Animal House are my favorites. Some of those sound pretty lame and predictable as favorite films, but I happen to love all of them. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02873059998487371947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-25064092135670877492018-06-28T13:47:23.295-05:002018-06-28T13:47:23.295-05:00i do have a 3 or 4 favorite movies that have staye...i do have a 3 or 4 favorite movies that have stayed there a for a long time. i could never pick one over the other though. but i also have a thousand movies that would fit in my top 10. luckily my friends sucks about movies and i'm never asked what are my choices.Kuniderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05872530831159876322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-57167887445090817132018-06-28T13:37:29.801-05:002018-06-28T13:37:29.801-05:00I could never label one movie as my true favorite....I could never label one movie as my true favorite. I'd have at least a handful of films that would be in that area. When I joined Letterboxd I was happy to see that they have 4 slots for your favorite movies rather than just picking one. I can do 4, but I guess I can't pick one favorite.<br /><br />Its not very often that I call any movie a masterpiece. I wouldn't give many films a 5/5 or a 10/10 and the ones I do aren't always the films that are considered all time greats, but I would say that I could label about 50 films as "one of my favorites" or maybe more.Villainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01353115716489078717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-16582541365555576342018-06-28T13:26:20.932-05:002018-06-28T13:26:20.932-05:00I've made a favorites list or two in my time, ...I've made a favorites list or two in my time, and titles such as 2001: A Space Odyssey and Pulp Fiction have usually been the top contenders. And while I love those movies, lately I've come to realize that it's ok to include movies like Major League, Halloween III and The Golden Child on the list too. The first ones I mentioned are undoubtedly the better movies, but the latter ones are higher on my list of favorites, and I don't care who knows it.<br /><br />Sorry, that was a bit of a tangent from the column, but it just came out.Mikko Viinikkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16045016331246302112noreply@blogger.com