Saturday, July 28, 2012

Letter E


I probably mentioned in the past how I am watching movies that I've never seen by alphabet. I am relying on multiple lists to generate my list of movies to see --- list of Roger Ebert's favorite movies, Oscar winners, IMDB top movies, AFI's top 100/top 400/top 10 in different categories, top documentaries and so on.  I finally finished watching all of the movies that start with "E".  There are still some movies that I haven't seen in this category because they weren't available from Netflix or I added them after I finished the letter. 

What I loved:
I honestly can't say that I loved any of these movies.  In fact, this was probably the weakest of the letters so far.

What I really liked:
East of Eden - partly because it was the first movie I've ever seen James Dean in.

What I hated:
Enigma of Kaspar Hauser: What in the hell was this?

Others:
Easy Rider: I built this one up too much in my mind.
Ed Wood: Every scene with Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi was absolutely brilliant
Elmer Gantry: Burt Lancaster was plain scary in this role
Enron
Exit through the Gift Shop
Exterminating Angel

So, what had I already seen (people kept asking me this)
E.T.
Empire Strikes Back
English Patient
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Exorcist
Eyes of Tammy Faye

Movies that appeared on the most lists:
E.T.
Easy Rider