The Inconsistent Writer

30 Day Movie Challenge Part III: The Quest for the Final List

  • Day 80: Most Intense Movie Scene

    FIRECRACKERS and a DRUG DEAL in Boogie Nights (1997) While several other movies come to mind, once I started narrowing my list down, this kept making its way to the top. Boogie Nights, Paul Thomas Anderson’s ode to the Porn… Continue reading

  • Day 79: A Movie That Spoke to a Generation

    TOY STORY TRILOGY (1995, 1999, 2010) Toy Story and its sequels, spoke to me in three, very precise ways. The first film spoke to my inner child;  my active imagination playing for hours on end with Star Wars figures, Transformers,… Continue reading

  • Day 78: A Movie that Needs to be Required Viewing in a High School Classroom

    REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (2000) Yes, I am rule breaker. For the second time, no doubt. But this was the film that originally inspired me to come up with this category in the first place. So, I’ll justify my own… Continue reading

  • Day 77: Favorite Character Actor/Actress

    STEVE BUSCEMI in Fargo For close to twenty years I’ve watched Steve Buscemi played second, third or even forth fiddle to the main protagonist/antagonist in dozens of independent and Hollywood films. And I’ve pretty much loved him in all of… Continue reading

  • Day 76: Favorite Remake or Re-envisioning

    THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960) This category was much more difficult a choice than I first thought it would be for me. While I’ve seen dozens upon dozens of remakes, I wanted my choice to be one where I was completely… Continue reading

  • Day 75: Favorite Love Story in a Movie

    CARL & ELLIE in Up With Up, Pixar was able to accomplish what a majority of Hollywood films are incapable of doing: creating an honest and beautiful love story between Carl & Ellie (with no dialog) in less than ten… Continue reading

  • Day 74: Favorite Movie Epic/Historical Drama

    BEN-HUR (1959) It doesn’t get any better than a Charlton Heston playing a Jew… again (see Moses in: The Ten Commandments). I think he did it a third time when he portrayed John the Baptist in The Greatest Story Ever Told.… Continue reading

  • Day 73: Favorite Gangster Movie

    ROAD TO PERDITION (2002) While the easier choice for me could have been Goodfellas, The Godfather or The Untouchables, Road to Perdition just oozes 1930s gangster coolness. It’s the terribly tragic story following Michael Sullivan (Tom Hanks), a mob enforcer and his… Continue reading

  • Day 72: Favorite Crime Drama Movie

    HEAT (1995) Widely considered the apex of Michael Mann’s filmmaking résumé, Heat is a slow-burning crime drama, peppered with fantastic action sequences, including one of the best bank heist scenes ever put on film. It also successfully combined the enormous talents… Continue reading

  • Day 71: Favorite Western Movie

    TOMBSTONE (1993) A few years back I put together a list of my favorite westerns. I even put them in order from 10 to 1. Since the creation of that list — while I believe none of them have been… Continue reading