Christmas Morning! Another 50 Films List for All of Us to Enjoy!
Bob Monement (Sr.) has just delivered his newly revised list of “50 Films Bob Monement Would Watch Again.”
His revised list was first read aloud and appreciated during the waning minutes of the April gathering of “A.J.’s Movies @ Gayle’s Chocolate” [a.k.a. “The ‘In Bruges’ Film Club.]
Malouin hisself has dipped into this List several times and has found it, without exception, to be hugely rewarding and audiovisually stimulating, Here, then, are
“50 films Bob Monement would gladly watch again…” (P.S. Don’t forget to send us *your* publishable list of 50 films *you* would gladly watch again!)
Apocolypto
— “A great story told with almost no intelligible dialog.”
Avalon
— “Even non-Jews can relate to this family saga.”
Blood Simple
— “The Coen Bros. do Hitchcock, maybe better.”
A Bronx Tale
— “Bob DeNiro’s directorial debut — Chazz Palminteri wrote it.”
The Browning Version [1994]
— “If you liked ‘Goodbye Mr. Chips.’ you’ll…”
Casino
— “DeNiro as casino boss in a true story.”
Cavalcade [1933]
— “Even non-WASPS can relate to this family saga.”
Cold Mountain
— “I don’t like civil-war drama but this is exceptional.”
Cop Land
— “The only time I’ve liked S. Stallone as an actor.”
D.O.A. [1950]
— “Classic noir with a very original plot.”
Dave
— “Just because it feels good — and some great humor scenes.”
Days of Heaven
— “The cinematography — every frame could be a painting!”
The Deer Hunter
— “Overall great film.”
Delores Claiborne
— “Stephen King at his non-horror best.”
Driving Miss Daisy
— “Acting…acting…acting.”
Eye of God
— “Unique structure — you never see the climax!”
Fallen
— “I don’t like demon movies but this is exceptional.”
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
— “Funniest comedy ever, if you were a boy.”
Fried Green Tomatoes
— “Acting, plot, acting.”
Gallipoli
— “Mel Gibson pre-Mad Max…and great history.”
Gattaca
— “Possibly the best pure S.F. film ever made.”
The Gift [2000]
— “Kate Blanchett in yet another unusual persona.”
Goodfellas
— “Scorsese stretches his craft with a 3-min. no-cut sequence.”
Grand Hotel [1932]
— “A structure ahead of its time plus Barrymores, Garbo, etc.”
The Green Mile
— “Stephen King at his semi-horror best.”
House of Games
— “Intricately-contrived and full of surprises.”
The Human Stain
— “You don’t get it until 1/3 into the film.”
Miller’s Crossing
— “Great period crime done tongue-in-cheek by Coen Bros.”
Monster’s Ball
— “Original story plus great acting by all.”
The Naked City [1948]
— “Landmark noir filmed without ‘sets.’”
The Name of the Rose
— “Very original who-done-it set during the Inquisition.”
Once Upon a Time in America
— “If it weren’t for ‘Godfather.’ best mob flick ever.”
Patterns ]1956]
— “Acting, story, acting — screenplay by R. Serling.”
The Prestige
— “Period magicians — even better than ‘The Illusionist.’”
Leon [The Professional]
— “Acting.”
The Remains of the Day
— “Acting — with a fascinating historical background.”
Seven Days in May
— “Best adaptation of a novel ever, by Rod Serling.”
The Shawshank Redemption
— “Stephen King doing it again, plus great acting.”
Ship of Fools
— “Every character presents a new ‘moral center.’”
Silent Running
— “Bruce Dern in an accurate predition of our future.”
The Sixth Sense
— “Best twist ever in a ghost story + only great B. Willis movie.”
Sleepers
— “ Not Woody Allen. A superb, unique crime drama.”
Sling Blade
— “Acting.”
Soylent Green
— “Ed G. Robinson & Moses in another accurate predition.”
Things Change
— “Don Ameche’s last and greatest film — a film to love.”
Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead
— “Forget the title and just enjoy!”
True Romance
— “Written by Quentin Tarantino but, thank God, directed by Tony Scott.”
Wide Sargasso Sea
— “A surprise prequel to…(guess) — a great literary experiment.”
The Year of Living Dangerously
— “Like “The Killing Fields,” only better.”
Z
— “Set the tone for all subsequent political docu-dramas.”