Hi everyone and welcome to Black Ink's Top 20 movies of all time! At first I planned on doing this list visually, uploading my write-ups, or "talk-ups" I guess, to YouTube and posting links here. But I changed my mind and I'm doing it here, but I am still thinking about doing that for the top 3 or 5 or something.
I am also pretty young, meaning two things:
1 - I haven't seen as many movies as a lot of other people has (in total 400-500 in my life probably)
2 - Well I guess you'll have to notice that later
There are also a lot of classics I have so far missed out on that may have made my list had I seen them.
But let's get going with some honorable mentions:
24 - Minority Report (2002) - Great sci-fi that didn't quite make my list
23 - The Game (1997) - Incredible thriller that realy makes your head spin
22 - Sunshine (2007) - Another great sci-fi that truly demonstrates the power of the sun
21 - The Prestige (2006) - One of Nolan's best, a movie that still often crosses my mind
I WILL SPOILER THE SHIT OUT OF A MOVIE IF I FEEL I CAN DO A BETTER WRITE-UP BY DOING SO_________________________________________________________________________
20 - King Kong (2005)Peter Jackson proving himself as a great fantasy director outside the Lord of the Rings universe. I am a huge fan of fantasy movies and a huge fan of long movies since those tend to be the best ones, so this movie just fits in great on my list. Everyone is perfectly cast, Adrian Brody is awesome. Jack Black is really great too, I'm not used to seeing him in serious roles like this but he does it really well and I hope he gets to do more of that in the future.
A classic story combined with new awesome visual effects not only there to make it look fancy but to actually enhance the story. And all that combined with that sweet Peter Jackson-cinematography.
One final thing I have to mention here also is Naomi Watts as Ann Darrow: That girl is just the cutest thing I have ever seen in a movie. It's like every time her face comes on screen my heart just breaks into pieces. I don't know if she always looks this good in movies but in King Kong she the definition of beauty.
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19 - War of the Worlds (2005)Another 2005 movie. I have always liked Tom Cruise as an actor, say what you will about his life outside the screen but the dude's a good actor. Also I really like this take on an alien invasion story. That along with that seriously gritty and real imegary this movie has makes for a real enjoyable watch. I also like Dakota Fanning who probably is (or were) one the best child actors out there.
While this movie isn't particularly scary there are some seriously intense moments. Anyone who have seen this movie will probably understand that I'm thining about the basement scenes with the alien camera and then the aliens sneaking around while the main characters tries to hide from it. The first time watching that is some intense shit. Tim Robbins character's finale is also really haunting with Dakota Fanning singing that lullaby with her eyes closed with you hear the silent struggle between Cruise and Robbins in the background.
I have seen some complaints about the ending being rather random and abrupt, and while I understand those complaints I do not share the opinion of that dragging the movie down at all. I think it's a great ending and it gives the movie some class to have the aliens not surviving our atmosphere rather than having a giant battle between men and aliens as the climax.
Also; Morgan Freeman narrating. Boom, win.
8.9/10 - Great_____________________________________
Hope you will enjoy my list, next update tomorrow!