Top 25 Movies: #1-5

The list is complete. And it will stand here like a statue for several days. Months even. You will slowly learn what the 10 greatest movies are, and you will learn why. A great journy it was, but alas the ocean was only so deep, and the bow's of the ship only so stern.


1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)139 min. "My God, it's full of stars..." Simply masterful. Nothing comes close to this. Movies 2 through 25 are all located in our solar system while 2001: A Space Odyssey is in the Andromeda galaxy. Star Wars was made 9 years after 2001, yet the special effects of 2001 are much higher in quality. The journey begins with the great eclipse. We travel in time through glorious ages, monkeys and what-not, until we reach the outskirts of life. Amidst the journey Man encounters Machine. The greatest machine of all. The human-like HAL9000. The two powers fight, and the Man prevails. Oh glory! Sweet joyous glory. Greatness of gay glory. And the man resumes his quest. Traveling into and beyond the elements of comprehension. Alas the epic journey ends, only to reveal a new creation: a Star Child.

The future is hear my friends. Watch this great tale... now. It leaves you speechless and passionate for love every time.

2. The Godfather (1972)175 min. Al Pacino got an Oscar for Scent of a Woman but not for The Godfather. A travesty is what it is. You see him blast a hole in the police Captain's head? Exactly. Packed with so much action, yet it doesn’t seem like an "action" movie at all. A passionate love story, littered with great moments such as Michael living in Italy, and the Hospital scene. I may have seen this movie more than Apocalypse Now. That’s how good it is. The final 10 seconds of the movie just make you think: "Holy Moses. Now that was something special". And the Consiglieri shuts the door.

3. A Clockwork Orange (1971)136 min. Lead it off with the Red background, soaked of blood probably from the old britva. Vintage Kubrick, pulling the camra back, back, back. There they are: Georgie, Pete, Dim, and Alex. Sitting in the Korova Milk Bar, getting ready for some ultra-violence. Getting ready for some of the old in-out-in-out. Baffling. A sick journy into the future through the life of a friendly young brother. The sheer madness will cause your gulliver to spin. And in the end, after all the rape, killing and comedy, you realize; they fixed him alright!

4. Chinatown (1974)131 min. "Hey man.. uh.. you ever see L.A. Confidential?" Oh, my young apprentice, I have seen the father and mother of L.A. Confidential. You generally dislike child molesters, but then once in a while a child-rapist makes a great movie and all is forgiven. And so it is. A subtle ode to the great Noirs (like Double Indemnity) of the 40's-50's. A suspense mystery set in So. Cal. Jack Nicholson and his injured nose seek justice in the corrupt land, and in the process he reveales some vary dark secrets.

5. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)130 min. It is my duty to watch this annually. In December, as a human being, it is your duty to watch this movie. You will learn great things. You will learn why James Stewart is cool. You will learn how angels get their wings. And most importantly you will say: "Shit man, this IS a wonderful life". And indeed it is my friends. Sit back, drink some spiced wine, and cry like a babe for 130 minutes. "Oh... wa, wa, it is so beautiful..." You may think I’m joking, but I’m not.