Welcome to my new movie blog! Basically, this blog is going to be a journal of my trek through motion pictures. In other words, a review blog. My main goal for this blog is to document the titles from IMDb.com's infamous Top 250 list; a smorgasbord of movies from the 1920's until now.
There are some issues in taking up such a courageous task as tackling the 250, however. One of these is which list to use. After all, the top movies change week to week all year round; recent releases storm the list (i.e. Slumdog Millionaire), and older films slip into the 240's of the list (i.e. Planet of the Apes). The majority of the list stays put, however, with a little shifting around. The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, and The Shawshank Redemption have all stayed strong in the top 3 spots, with a minor knock coming last year with the arrival of The Dark Knight, and before it with the Lord of the Rings movies.
So, I've decided that I will stick with the most recent Top 250 list, 3/29/09. The reason behind this decision is that the vast majority of films, at least in the few years I've observed it, have stayed put. The list doesn't change much. Slumdog Millionaire may not be on it at this time next year, but by that point something else will have made the jump. In short, it just doesn't matter which version I pick.
Some trivia...
Of this list, there are 11 films directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 5 by Steven Spielberg, 9 by Stanley Kubrick, and 5 by Martin Scorsese.
Along the way through this extensive list, I will be making some detours; sometimes for movies I am curious in, other times for movies reccommended to me (if you have a reccommendation, let me know!). But I will try to stay on course, for my goal is to see all of the Top 250.
