UPDATES:
4/13/07 - This will have Dayle rolling in her grave! Well, a couple weeks back I added #66 The Departed to my collection, and followed that up this past week with another of last year's best, #152 Children of Men. That boosts me to 46/100 and 73 overall. But here's the Dayle-killer... I then added Hard Candy, even though it'll never have any chance at the Top 250! But what a film. I next added the Film of 2005 to my movie wall: Munich. How this has fallen out of the 250 is beyond me! And for Easter this past Sunday, EB brought in two new flicks: Capote and Flags of our Fathers. Whooo hooooo!
1/9/07 - Merry Christmas to... me? In 2006, that answer was a resounding yes! #16 The Usual Suspects was one gift, #19 Twelve Angry Men was another! Another goes by the name of #24 Goodfellas, a fourth is called #43 Seven! #58 Million Dollar Baby was under the tree as well, and we certainly can't forget #146 Finding Neverland, #170 Big Fish, or #206 King Kong (1933)! Last but not least, there was #234 Scarface! All told this Xmas generosity has moved me up to a very merry 45 of the Top 100, and 72/250 overall. What solid progress!
10/1/06 - Talk about your modern classics! #129
V For Vendetta has just been added to the Ngamer Collection! 63/250 is the latest tally. Also, I have added all of my DVDs to my account at IMDB. You can browse through them and view my ratings for each at
imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=2735991I'm also tracking my TV On DVD list, which can be viewed at
imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=21982423 if you're interested. EDIT - Speaking of which, I purchased Season Three of Arrested Development two weeks back, which (unfortunately) completes that series.
5/25/06 - Hoo boy! Awarded with a gift certificate to Best Buy as a graduation present, so of course I put it to use by providing for my life post-College... by buying DVDs! Say hello to #11
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, #41
The Pianist, #95
Donnie Darko, #97
Forrest Gump, #127
Life of Brian, and #131
The Graduate (how appropriate!). This boosts me to 40/100 and 62/250. Huzz!
4/28/06 - What's this? A surprise visit from the Easter Darren? Why, don't mind if I do! Seven new DVDs arrived in the mail today: #9
Pulp Fiction, #32
Fight Club, #44
Chinatown, #66
Saving Private Ryan, #100
Fargo, #102
Terminator 2, and #175
Magnolia. Talk about reaping the whirlwind! This boosts me to 36/100 and 56/250; getting there!
4/16/06 - Happy Easter indeed! Boy oh boy, the Easter bunny was good to me this year! Along with my chocolate rabbit, he brought me the special edition of #6
Schindler's List, a special 2 disk edition of #7
Casablanca, and the Hitchcock classic, #14
Rear Window!
3/31/06 - Purchased the Director's Cut of
Requiem for a Dream, #52. Also, to show Dayle up, purchased
Traffic, one of my favorite films, even though it is just off the Top 250 currently.
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Greetings.
I have two goals in life.
* To see every film on the IMDB Top 250.
* To own every DVD on the IMDB Top 250.
This topic will be the chronicle of my lifetime quest. The full 250 can be seen here:
imdb.com/chart/top It's constantly evolving, which makes the task doubly hard. But mayhaps I can do it after all.
Top 250 Seen Statistics99 of the Top 100 (missing
imdb.com/title/tt0363163/ )
216 of the Top 250
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Top 250 Owned Statistics46 of the Top 100
73 of the Top 250
My DVDs:
1. The Godfather
2. The Shawshank Redemption
3. The Godfather Part Two
4. Return of the King
6. Schindler's List
7. Casablanca
8. The Empire Strikes Back
9. Pulp Fiction
10. Star Wars
11. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
12. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
13. The Fellowship of the Ring
14. Rear Window
15. City of God
16. The Usual Suspects
17. The Two Towers
18. Raiders of the Lost Ark
19. Twelve Angry Men
22. Memento
24. Goodfellas
30. It's a Wonderful Life
32. Fight Club
33. American Beauty
34. The Matrix
36. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
41. The Pianist
43. Se7en
44. Chinatown
47. Hotel Rwanda
48. American History X
50. Montey Python and the Holy Grail
52. Requiem for a Dream
58. Million Dollar Baby
61. Sin City
65. Reservoir Dogs
66. Saving Private Ryan
67. The Departed
74. Life is Beautiful
75. The Incredibles
82. Crash
84. Kill Bill Vol 1
92. The Wizard of Oz
95. Donnie Darko
96. Batman Begins
97. Forrest Gump
100. Fargo
102. Terminator 2
103. Finding Nemo
104. Princess Mononoke
109. Kill Bill Vol 2
111. Return of the Jedi
125. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
127. Life of Brian
128. V For Vendetta
129. Back to the Future
131. The Graduate
135. Toy Story 2
144. Hero
146. Finding Neverland
152. Children of Men
166. Shrek
170. Big Fish
175. Magnolia
181. Toy Story
195. Monsters Inc
196. Young Frankenstein
206. King Kong
208. Snatch
213. Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
221. Almost Famous
234. Scarface
237. Pirates of the Caribbean
242. Mulholland Dr.
249. This is Spinal Tap
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