Top Ten All-Time
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Because there's about to be a new edition of the Sight & Sound poll for the Greatest Films of All-Time, we decided to tell you what our top ten lists are. Probably not a lot of surprises. But there could be spoilers!  (Also, Bob's uncertain if he numbered Mark's movies correctly since he did go out of order and didn't mention the rank consistently each time.) 00:10 We've got jokes in the intro 02:04 How Bob ranks movies (spoiler: he's a big dork) 03:59 Baseball-Reference.com! 04:53 How Mark ranks movies (spoiler: it's quite different because Mark has a social life) 07:33 How events in our lives affect how we rank movies at different points in time 08:45 A note on the BFI Sight & Sound polls and how we'll approach the topic 11:27 Bob #10 spot - The Hidden Blade 15:05 How are things ranked when they're still new and fresh in your mind? 15:56 Mark #10 - Prisoners 18:44 How many of Mark's choices will star Jake Gyllenhaal 19:16 Is the suspense as done by Hitchcock? 20:45 Bob #9 - In the Mood for Love 23:53 Mark #9 - Princess Mononoke 26:21 Bob didn't like it, but hasn't seen it in a long time 27:33 Miyazaki's environmental themes 29:14 Bob's wrong about the timeline 29:31 Bob #8 - Das leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) 34:00 Mark #7 - The Pursuit of Happyness 36:39 Bob is a Grinch 37:35 Will Smith playing Will Smith? 38:47 Is Bob crazy? 39:32 Bob's #7 - The Apostle 40:39 Mark #6 - The Empire Strikes Back 43:00 Star Wars :: The Matrix 45:04 Bob's #6 - A Night at the Opera 47:29 The Stateroom scene 49:04 Mark #5 - There Will Be Blood 51:28 Bob's #5 - Singin' in the Rain 53:41 Mark's #1 - 2001: A Space Odyssey 55:42 Sight & Sound polls 58:21 Did the poll change with the changing demographics of the critics polled? 1:00:48 Mark's observations on the list 1:02:05 Older movies benefit by lack contemporary mediocrity 1:04:28 How objective can one be when rating movies? 1:08:07 Does it matter if the movie is in color or black-and-white? 1:11:55 What's next for the poll(s)? 1:14:49 Bob's #4 - Seven Samurai 1:16:10 Mark #4 - The Prestige 1:17:13 Bob's #3 - Casablanca 1:18:24 Mark's #3 - Blade Runner 1:19:15 Bob's #2 - Hamlet (1996) 1:21:01 Mark's #2 - Nightcrawler 1:22:19 Bob's #1 - Tokyo Story 1:23:13 Mark's #8 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 1:25:08 Wrapping up 1:25:45 Tom Hanks? No, we're done. Note: Oscar® and Academy Awards® are the trademarks and service marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This podcast is neither endorsed by nor affiliated with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Music: Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
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