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Guru Al's Top Ten Movies to See or Avoid

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1. The Silence of The Lambs

2. Rear Window

3. Schindler's List

4. Fargo

5. The Exorcist

6. Interview with the Vampire

7. Elizabeth

8. Three Kings

9. Aliens

10. The Empire Strikes Back

1. Santa Claus the Movie

2. Anaconda

3. The Best of the Best

4. Independence Day

5. Godzilla

6. In the Army Now

7. Doctor Doolittle

8. World War 3

9. Xanadu

10. The Glimmer Man

This is by no way a list of the movies I think are the definite best of all time! But it is a list of films I think are very very good and at the very least enjoyable. In it are some of the most thrilling exciting, action-packed, thought-provoking films. I tried to pick a range of films across many genres. If you want to see one of the most memorable opening sequences in cinematic history, catch Elizabeth. The first scene is of three heretics being burned at the stake! It is visually stark and supremely disturbing. Three Kings, Aliens, The Empire Strikes Back, are all great actions. These would deserve a rating of star.jpg (758 bytes) star.jpg (758 bytes) star.jpg (758 bytes) star.jpg (758 bytes) + These movies are, in a word, appauling. Notice that 4. and 5. are made by the same people. Santa Claus is the most nauseating film I can think of, and boasts a cast which includes Dudley Moore as an elf! Xanadu earns the award for the worst musical ever, not that I particularly enjoy musicals, but there are better ones that this. The Glimmer Man has the unfortunate distinction of being at the bottom of the Steven Segal movie pile, below a lot of other appauling movies. No. 6 is the worst Pauly Shore movie, being one the lamest, unfunny comedies of all time. Really this is a represtative of all Pauly Shor movies, which should all be in this list! And the rest of the list is just a sample of the most annoying, vomit-inducing episodes in the history of cinema. These films would get a rating of star.jpg (758 bytes) or even halfstar.jpg (733 bytes) !

A review of each of these films will be on this page . . . one day. I can't guarantee (when)! OK, probably not . . .


23/09/2000 19:21