Recap

Everybody love statistics right!?

Anyway, a recap of my top 20:

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. The Prestige
3. Léon (The Professional)
4. Fight Club
5. Full Metal Jacket
6. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
7. Batoru rowaiaru (Battle Royale)
8. The Matrix
9. The Truman Show
10. Scott Pilgrim vs The World

11. Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amelie)
12. The Fox and the Hound
13. SLC Punk!
14. The Nightmare Before Christmas
15. About Schmidt
16. The Big Lebowski
17. Toy Story
18. American Beauty
19.Groundhog Day
20. Catch Me If You Can


The average year for my top 20 films is: 1996.5
Not a lot of older movie there. But I believe we shouldn't hold on to the classics in the way that people do. Like Citizen Kane: Yes, it may have been revolutionary in technique and the changed the way movies are made, but that doesn't mean it holds up to today standards; technology has advanced since then. I can appreciate it, but it isn't that enjoyable to watch and does not belong on my favorite list.

Also, my taste isn't really that bad. Taking the average of their ratings on IMDB and RT we get:
8.115 and 85.9%

And since we all like statistics, I also took an adjusted average or w.e. It's like they do in figure skating, where they discount to the highest and lowest score, so it's more average I guess. Well instead of 6 judges I have 20 movies, so I removed the top  and bottom 3 and got: 8.18 and 87.1%
The consensus is in: I have a good taste in movies.

And finally, I would like to shout out to other movies that got a 10 from me (there is 59 movies with that rating at the moment)

I have a couple Estonian movies. I may be a bit lenient in giving them 10s, but nonetheless, they are great:
29. Viimne reliikvia (The Last Relic) (1971)
37. Kohtumine tundmatuga (2005)
42. Sügisball (Autumn Ball) (2007)
56. Jan Uuspõld läheb Tartusse (186 Kilometers) (2007)

Also some movies that aren't considered so great that I love:

30. Underworld (2003)- I think I've mentioned this movie enough as to why it is so awesome
(31% on RT)

35. Dumb and Dumber (1994)- I don't understand why this movie was critically disliked; it is hilarious. It does have some dumb humor, but so many great quotable lines:

Oh, and also Jim Carrey.
(63% on RT, which isn;t tii bad, but this movie deserves so much more)

50. Cheats (2002)- A low budget high school comedy that is wonderful. It is pretty unknown. The leads haven't accomplished much after, though I have noticed them in one or two other great movies. It doesn't have a rating on RT though it does have only 4 reviews all rotten. And only has 5.9 on IMDB.

57. Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus (2009)- Just as the title explains, this is a movie that defines the genre "so bad it's good". Not a big fan of that genre, but this movie is hilarious. The over acting, the cheesey special effects, the ludicrous plot and inconsistencies, and this:
(RT: 16%)

SO there. That's done with.

Oh, before I forget

So Jim Carrey is the king of comedy. He hasn't done too much great comedy since Yes Man which was three years ago...also not his greatest work. However, he proved that he's still got it on SNL some weeks ago:

And there was the Black Swan parody, but I prefer the last one. The Black Swan one is a better showcase of Carrey, but this sketch is funnier overall. Plus his (and the others') face is sooo hilarious, plus the robotic motions are spot on.

But, as I probably previously mentioned, Jim Carrey is actually a great drama actor, as proved as well as my favorite movie of all time

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)-

Jim Carrey plays Joel Barish, who finds out his girlfriend, Clementine (Kate Winslet) has gotten him erased from her memory, so he decides he might as well do the same to her. Then we take a journey, where Joel travels through his subconscious on a backwards sorta timeline. It also features a "present" reality timeline with Mark Ruffalo, Kirsten Dunst, Elijah Wood. (Fun fact: It seems, to me at least, that Mark Ruffalo became popular after this film. It was after this that he started being in more mainstream movies: Collateral, Zodiac (eventually The Kids Are All Right and Shutter Island) though he was in a bunch of stuff before)
So the plot is somewhat complex. If you don't pay attention at the beginning you can get a bit lost. It's not a dream within a dream within a dream type of deal, but it still has the subconscious involved. It has some warping things going on (visuals, special effects n junk)

It is a romance movie with comedic elements (not a romantic comedy; the drama dominates). This movie asks the age old qestion: is it  better to have loved and lost than never have loved at all? It also provides a sorta answer at the end.

Jim Carrey is great
He goes from this

to this

This movie really does fill out the entire range.

throughout the film. Of course Kate Winslet is also fantastic and was even nominated for an Oscar.


Why is it my favorite? Features one of my favorite actors, is a beautiful love story with a unique of presenting the plot (via sci-fi-ish elements), has parallel stories, and also has some comedy. *The funniest line/moment  actually doesn't belong to Carrey, rather a very minor character, though Carrey does have a very funny scene later in the movie, but I don't want to spoil theses two scenes. ESotSM also has some great lines like
"Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating. Plus the ending....well sort of ending. It is actually 20 min before the end. Anyway, there is one scene which I think is the most beautifully sad thing in cinema ever.
Also, it takes place in the greatest place on Earth: New Jersey. w00t!

And for those of you wondering about where the title comes from:

IMDB: 8.5
RT: 93%

Spongebob!

So here is the promised new weekly segment.
It is to honor one of the greatest shows ever made:
Spongebob Squarepants
For those of you who don't know him........You had no childhood.

I'll go through an episode week by week (clarification: a 30 min show consist of two episodes technically, so I'll to two per week I guess), showing clips n stuff. And at the end of the season I'll have compilations n stuff. Hopefully this will be enjoyable.

Season 1:
Episode 1a: Help Wanted
The series starts off strong. Introduced to Spongebob, Patrick, Squidward and Mr. Krabs. Spongebob goes to get a job at the Krusty Krab. However, the best line in the movie is uttered by an unusual source, his stingy boss. This is one of his few non-money related lines:

Upon watching these older episodes again, I have gotten an appreciation for Squidwards humor. Before I didn't really like him. He isn't my favorite character all of a sudden, but he went up the ranks. I mean with lines like these:

Has a solid story for a pilot episode.

Episode 2b: Reef Blower
Series started off strong, but then there is episode. There are literally no lines. It is just Spongebob trying to clear his front yard with a reef blower (like a leaf blower, but underwater). Some gags are great, but you can only go so far without dialogue.

Episode 2c Tea at the Treedome:

Introduction of Sandy and her dome full of air. Another decent episode, but not one with some great gags to highlight. Though I love this bit of voice acting, and it shows Spongebob's ability for sarcasm:

Ahhhhhhhh, Spongebob! you can have 3 consequtive ass jokes, followed by slapstick, but then you also have such great random humor and word play.