The IMDb Top 250 - 365 challenge - Page 5

cheets · 05-01-2009, 18:28

Yup, I was on IMDB and remembered they had a my movies and you could make a custom folders.

Still cant believe I thought FC was in the top 250

Creature · 05-01-2009, 19:31

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Originally Posted by NokkonWud

That's shocking. Three people I know of haven't seen it.
I have it on Blu-Ray.

Creature, you want the DVD?

Yea, that'd be good. Cheers

semi-pro waster · 05-01-2009, 19:51

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Originally Posted by NokkonWud

This is an issue and I had been toying with the idea of updating the list every month, so it would mean having to potentially watch more than the 250, but that's starting to border on the ridiculous. Everyone can have complaints about the list as it's personal opinion, personally I think it's shocking that Flight of the Navigator, Truman Show and the first 2 Bourne movies aren't there.

In this list there are 4 noticeable 2008 movies, The Wrestler, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Milk and Gran Torino, and whilst it may be a surprise that they are all there and quite possibly at least 1 will drop from the list, I would be surprised if they weren't all great films and better than some in that list (such as The Sixth Sense).

I've personally already watched The Wrestler and whilst it's new, it's brilliant and I'm sure it will maintiain it's Top 250 status for years to come.

I didn't mean for the list to be updated regularly, I'm just pointing out that films that are fresh in the publics imagination are often voted higher than they otherwise should be. I haven't watched any of those films (The Dark Knight, WALL:E and Let The Right One In are also 2008) so they might be fantastic but I've got a bit of a hard time believing that 7 of the top 250 films were released last year.

However as you say it is personal preference and there are some omissions that annoy me but overall it is a fairly balanced list. I'm not going to take part in the challenge as such but I'm definitely going to try and tick off as many of the 250 that I haven't seen as I can over the next year and I'll stop carping on about the bias towards recent films.

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Originally Posted by cheets

edit wtf french connection is not in the top 250 ? oh well i am sure I saw it listed in the top 250

I'm pretty sure it was, it's currently on 7.9 so chances are it has had a few people (wrongly) voting it down from the heights it should be at, I'd personally give it an 8 or a 9 - most likely depending on the film I'd watched previously as that gives me a rough comparison.

Jhadur · 05-01-2009, 19:57

A quick question does anyone know of a way of searching sky 's movie listings using the top 250 list without typing each film in?

I'm split between keeping sky movies or ditching them for a Lovefilm subscription to try and get these 250 watched.

leowyatt · 05-01-2009, 20:14

Want a 3 month free trial?

Jhadur · 05-01-2009, 20:16

Got one of those here but I can't use it as I've already had one.

Not sure why they sent it to me tbh.

Was thinking of using Sam's name for the signup though

NokkonWud · 05-01-2009, 20:17

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Originally Posted by Jhadur

A quick question does anyone know of a way of searching sky 's movie listings using the top 250 list without typing each film in?

I'm split between keeping sky movies or ditching them for a Lovefilm subscription to try and get these 250 watched.

You will get some of these appear over time on Sky, but you do pay for the service. You also tend to get really good films on Film4, e4 and ITV2 and those are all free, then get a 3 month free Lovefilm trial for 3 discs at a time.

The latter is definitely cheaper being that it's free.

Haly · 05-01-2009, 20:21

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Originally Posted by Jhadur

Got one of those here but I can't use it as I've already had one.

Not sure why they sent it to me tbh.

Was thinking of using Sam's name for the signup though

Try different names, different email addresses and worst case: manually enter your address and put the wrong postcode in.
All have worked for me with no problems and I've had free trials with them for a year now

Feek · 05-01-2009, 22:26

The Incredibles. Wasn't very incredible though, the animation was OK but the story wasn't and it was at least half an hour too long. I got bored.

Flibster · 05-01-2009, 22:44

1 down: Wall-E
Next up: King Kong

2008 film to 1933 film.

Reviews will be written.

05-01-2009, 19:57	#44
Jhadur Peter Pan Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Lost Inside My Head Posts: 1,068	A quick question does anyone know of a way of searching sky 's movie listings using the top 250 list without typing each film in? I'm split between keeping sky movies or ditching them for a Lovefilm subscription to try and get these 250 watched. __________________ "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it."

05-01-2009, 20:14	#45
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	Want a 3 month free trial? __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

05-01-2009, 20:16	#46
Jhadur Peter Pan Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Lost Inside My Head Posts: 1,068	Got one of those here but I can't use it as I've already had one. Not sure why they sent it to me tbh. Was thinking of using Sam's name for the signup though __________________ "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it."

05-01-2009, 22:26	#49
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	The Incredibles. Wasn't very incredible though, the animation was OK but the story wasn't and it was at least half an hour too long. I got bored. __________________

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Flibster Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,388	1 down: Wall-E Next up: King Kong 2008 film to 1933 film. Reviews will be written. __________________ Last edited by Flibster; 05-01-2009 at 23:07.

05-01-2009, 18:28	#41
cheets Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 442	Yup, I was on IMDB and remembered they had a my movies and you could make a custom folders. Still cant believe I thought FC was in the top 250

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