Total Films Best Action Movies

This is actually a list of 50 films (50 Best Action Movies) but I've only listed some of the films I have seen and still need to see.

50. Face/Off (1997)
49. Fast 5 (2011)
48. Bad Boys (1995)
43. Air Force One (1997)
42. Con Air (1997)
41. Dredd (2012)
40. Taken (2008)
38. The Avengers (2012) I love all of the films on this list! I actually watched Dredd this year but I forgot to add it to my list! I really enjoyed it. I'm not sure why but I remember thinking the reviews were bad so I decided not to watch it. Turns out I was wrong.

37. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
36. Inception (2010)
31. Kill Bill Vol.1 (2003)
29. Robocop (1987) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes was amazing! I've only recently watched Kill Bill and I have yet to see Inception (gasp) or the original Robocop. I've seen the remake and yeah I think that's enough said.

24. The Raid (2011)
23. Iron Man (2008)
22. The Italian Job (1969)
20. Looper (2012)
17. Source Code (2011)
16. The Raid 2 (2014)
12. The Dark Knight (2008)
11. John Wick (2014) I've heard quite a few people say that John Wick is a really good film, so I went out and bought the DVD a couple of months ago but I still haven't got round to watching it just yet.

10. The Matrix (1999)
9. Gladiator (2000)
7. Aliens (1986)
1. Die Hard (1988)

Weird CGI Moments

 Another artcile I found on Total Film's website which was right up my alley. The list is made up of 50 weird CGI moments from a variety of films including the face of Tom Hanks in The Polar Express and Jim Carey in A Christmas Carol, the baby from Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2 and a young Jeff Bridges in Tron Legacy.

I was particularly pleased to find Twilight on there as when I wrote my review (which you can find here) I wrote about how weird the baby's face looked. I haven't seen a lot of the films on this list but now I feel like I absolutely have to.

Have you seen any weird CGI moments in film?
Don't forget to read the full article here.

 

Best Films of Total Films Life: Part 2

Original article can be found here.

25. City of God (2002)
24. The Lives of Others (2006)
23. L.A. Confidential (1997)
22. Donnie Darko (2001)
I haven't seen any of these. I say that a lot in these posts, I think some people would be pretty disgraceful to know that I haven't seen Donnie Darko.

21. Rushmore (1998)
20.WALL.E (2008)
19. Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind (2004)
18. Kill Bill Vol 1/2 (2003-2004)
Again not seen any of these. Rushmore was one the films we had to watch one week at UNI, but I missed the screening as I was away essay writing. I do have Kill Bill on DVD so hopefully I'll get to watch it at some point. EDIT (2016): I finally got round to watching both parts of Kill Bill and they were pretty good.

17. Caché (Hidden, 2005)
16. No Country For Old Men (2007)
15. Thin Red Line (1998)
14. The Matrix (1999)
Finally some films I've seen. Caché was a film we were required to watch on my Holocaust and French Colonialism course which I thought was really interesting, as when I've learnt about the holocaust in the past it's only been from a Jewish or German point of view. Caché is a brilliant film but it's one you have to watch very carefully as it is quite confusing at times.

The Matrix needs no discussion, its amazingness speaks for itself.

13. Zodiac (2007)
12. Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
11. The White Ribbon (2009)
10. Oldboy (2003)
I have seen both Dead Man's Shoes and Oldboy a few years ago as part of my Film course at Sixth Form. I didn't know anything about Dead Man's Shoes but I was pleasantly surprised, all the twists and turns and the BIG reveal left me speechless. Talking of speechlessness, Oldboy..... wow, just wow. Hands down one of the best films I have ever seen. Read my Oldboy review!

9. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
8. Lost In Translation (2003)
7. Fight Club (1999)
6. The Dark Knight (2008)
I've actually seen all of these films (for once). Pan's Labyrinth and Fight Club were again watched in my Film class at Sixth Form. I remember watching Pan's Labyrinth and sitting next to one of my best friends and being nervous because I thought it was a horror film. It does have some horror-like elements but at the end of the film I was just heartbroken. It's a fantastic film that you NEED to watch. (Pan's Labyrinth review)

Fight Club, Fight Club what can I say. Well I'm not actually allowed to talk about Fight Club but I will say that I do have a crush on Mr Ed Norton :)

Funnily enough as awesome as I think the Batman films are I've only seen each of them once. (The Dark Knight review)

5. Mulholland Drive (2001)
4. Magnolia (1999)
3. There Will Be Blood (2007)
2. Memento (2000)
I started watching Mulholland Drive in Sixth Form (again), I actually started watching it by myself as I was the first one to get my coursework finished but I never actually finished watching it. Fast forward 3/4 years and it popped up again at Uni as required watching, but once again I never finished watching it I didn't even get up to where I left off the first time.

I think I've talked about Memento here before, it's one of my favourite films that you have to watch twice for it to make some sort of sense. (Memento review)

1. The Lord of The Rings Trilogy
I'm sorry to admit I'm not the biggest Lord of The Rings fan. I've seen all the films the first one is amazing of course, but I've never liked the final one. My absolute favourite is The Two Towers mostly for the final fight sequecnce which I've watched way too many times to count.

I certainly have no interest in seeing The Hobbit.

Best Films of Total Films Life: Part 1

Original article can be found here.

50. The Departed (2006)
49. Children of Men (2006)
48. Good Will Hunting (1997)
47. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
I saw The Departed a couple of years ago, I don't remember much of what happened but I do remember thinking it was good. Admittedly I only watched it because I knew Mark Wahlberg was in it. (The Departed review)
Children of Men is one of my favourite films, love the plot and the characters. I've only seen it three times but it's definitely a film I won't tire of seeing.

46. Blue Valentine (2010)
45. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
44. Drive (2011)
43. Y Tu Mamá Tabién (2001)
I haven't seen any of these but a few people I know are obsessed with Ryan Gosling so I've heard a lot about Blue Valentine and Drive.

42. Up (2009)
41. The New World (2005)
40. The Truman Show (1998)
39. Casino Royale (2006)
I really loved UP, I thought it was so heart-warming but I definitely don't think it's much of a children's film. I've only seen the Truman Show once and it was quite a while ago, I think I liked it I just remember feeling so sorry for him not knowing that his whole life was a lie.

I'm not sure if I've said this before but I've not seen a James Bond film with Daniel Craig (please don't hate me).

38.American Beauty (1999)
37. Before Sunset (2004)
36. Side Ways (2004)
35. Let The Right One In (2009)
I watched American Beauty as part of my course in sixth form, and I absolutely loved it, I've only seen it once though so I must watch it again. This is the film that got me crushing on Kevin Spacey.

Let the Right One in is another one of my all time favourite films, it was an impulse buy on one of my many HMV trips. I've read the book as well, I can't remember which one I did first but like most adaptations the book is a lot better and more ambiguous.

34. Out of Sight (1998)
33. The Social Network (2010)
32. Spirited Away (2001)
31. In The Mood For Love (2000)
Spirited Away is and will forever be in my top 10.

30. Shaun of The Dead (2004)
29. Gladiator (2000)
28. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
27. Boogie Nights (1997)
I've seen Shaun of the Dead way too many times for my liking (and Hot Fuzz). I've only seen Gladiator a 3 or 4 times, I like it but it always makes me feel so sad and for some reason I always manage to catch the final scene when it shows on TV.

As you know I love Mark Wahlberg so the fact that I have never actually seen Boogie Nights is a disgrace. Must watch it asap!!

26. The Big Lebowski
Nope not seen this. Don't even know what it's about.

Total Film's Greatest 2012 Movie Posters

This is just a list of random entries from Total Film's list of 50 that Empire didn't include in their list, (you can see the whole list here 50 Greatest 2012 Movie Posters

Savages | The Words | Troll Hunter | Only God Forgives (2013) | Man on A Ledge | Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter | Chronicle | John Dies At The End (2013) | Project X | Piranha 3DD | Moonrise Kingdom | The Paperboy (2013) | The Raven | Snow White & the Huntsman | The Woman In Black | This is 40 (2013) | Sinister | Wrath of the Titans
I'm not overly impressed by this collection but there are a few favourites like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Troll Hunter and I quite like the Savages one, but my absolute favourite is the Avengers one with all the characters.

Do you have any favourites?