Movie Diary 2023 (4/6-5/31): Let’s Just Get Through May to Start
Two sentences per movie. The last time I did a retro movie diary, I had three weeks to catch up on. Now I have…more than that. No sweat!
Tag: No Country for Old Men
Top 100 American Movie Quotes of the 21st Century: #6
The actor: Javier Bardem The character: Anton Chigurh The film: No Country for Old Men The line: “If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?” You’re counting right. Three quotes from No Country for Old Men, which makes it, by this measure, the “most quotable” American movie of… Read More Top 100 American Movie Quotes of the 21st Century: #6
Top 100 American Movie Quotes of the 21st Century: #12
The actor: Tommy Lee Jones The character: Ed Tom Bell The film: No Country for Old Men The line: “But I don’t want to push my chips forward and go out and meet something I don’t understand. A man would have to put his soul at hazard.” Theoden, at the end of his rope and… Read More Top 100 American Movie Quotes of the 21st Century: #12
Top 100 American Movie Quotes of the 21st Century: #19
The actor: Javier Bardem The character: Anton Chigurh The film: No Country for Old Men The line: “What’s the most you ever lost on a coin toss?” I maintain that No Country for Old Men is significantly less bleak than people want to believe it is. What matters in this movie, much more than Anton… Read More Top 100 American Movie Quotes of the 21st Century: #19
Top 250 American Movies: 41-50
For each movie in the top 100, I’ve written a question to answer. (It would get very, very boring for me to have to write some variation on “boy howdy, you’ll never believe how good this movie is” one hundred more times.) There’s no exact sentence or word count I’m holding myself to here, but… Read More Top 250 American Movies: 41-50
Better than the Oscars: 10-6
The following is from my series of Oscar Best Picture rankings, as well as my strongly worded suggestions for what should have won from among the nominees. For an introduction to the project, click here. For a way to vote on some Oscar-related ideas, click here. If I’ve written a review on any of the… Read More Better than the Oscars: 10-6
Better than AFI’s Top 100: 50-46
The following is part of an overview of the top 100 American narrative fiction feature films, from my perspective. For an introduction to the project and an index of other entries in the series, click here. For a list of more than 800 films which I considered for the top 450 and my eligibility qualifications, click here.… Read More Better than AFI’s Top 100: 50-46
Baumann and Burch, Episode 30: The Podcast Is Older Than Us (And So Are the Movies)
Welcome back to Grandiose Matt & Tim, where we work out the great American movies of all time. (Click on this link to see not just our top combined scorers, but our perspectives on other films as well.) Not only do we give our perspective on our top scoring films and make some basic tiers,… Read More Baumann and Burch, Episode 30: The Podcast Is Older Than Us (And So Are the Movies)
Seeing Things Secondhand 