MOVIE POLLS : YOU'VE GOTTA LOV'UM

At CMG we love polls, especially movie polls.  Valid or not they arouse because you want to know
how 'others' view the same or differ from your take. I came across two recent polls about movies that I thought would be fun to share.

The first is a poll on what people thought were the top 26 (one for each letter of the alphabet) cult-films of all time.  Now we all have our favorite cults but see how they match up to what others think.

A Clockwork Orange - 1971

Blue Velvet - 1986
Caligula - 1979
Dirty Dancing - 1987
El Topo - 1970
Friday the 13th - 1980
Godzilla - 1954
Harold and Maude - 1971
Indecent Proposal - 1993
Jacob's Ladder - 1990
Koyaanisqatsi - 1982
Life of Brian - 1979
Mad Max - 1979
Night of the Living Dead - 1968
One Million Years B.C. - 1966
Pee-wee;s Big Adventure - 1985
Quadrophenia - 1979
Raising Arizona - 1987
Scarface - 1983
The Rocky Horror Picture Show - 1975
Universal Soldier - 1992
Valley of the Dolls - 1967
Withnail & I - 1987
Xanadu - 1980
Yellow Submarine - 1968
Zero Effect - 1998

Some of these I've never heard of, others I wouldn't have guessed made 'cult status', like 'Universal Soldier'.  Many others, I feel were left out. For example, I would have chosen 'Blade Runner' over 'Blue Velvet', or 'Caddyshack' over 'Caligula'.

The next poll was compiled by the American Film Institute and it lists the 100 greatest movie "quotes". I will only list the top 25 here:

1. Stars Wars - 1977  "May the Force be with you."
2. Gone With the Wind - 1939 "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
3. Forrest Gump - 1984 "Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get next."
4. The Shining - 1980 "Here's Johnny."
5. Apocalypse Now - 1979 "I love the smell of napalm in the morning."
6. Terminator 2 - 1991 "Hasta la vista, baby."
7. Dr. Strangelove - 1964 "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the war room!."
8. The Sixth Sense - 1999 "I see dead people."
9. Jerry Maquire - 1996 "There's the Money?"

'stinking badges'

10. Sunset Blvd. - 1950 "I am big. It's the picture that got small."
11. Casablanca - 1942 "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
12. Some Like It Hot - 1959 " Well, nobody's perfect."
13. Casablanca - 1942 "Play it Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By'."
14. Titanic - 1997 "I'm the king of the world."
15. Caddyshack - 1980 "Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now about to become the Masters Champion. It looks like a mirac... It's in the hole. It's in the hole. It's in the hole."
16. Rocky - 1976 "Yo, Adrian."
17. King Kong - 1933 "Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast."
18. Casablanca - 1942 "Round up the usual suspects."
19. Sons of the Desert - 1933 "Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!"
20. Psycho - 1960 "A boy's best friend is his mother."
21. In the Heat of the Night - 1967 "They call me, Mr. Tibbs!"
22. Moonstruck - 1987 "Snap out of it."
23. Mommie Dearest - 1981 "No wire hangers, ever."
24. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - 1948 "Badges. We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges."
25. On Golden Pond - 1981 "Listen to me, mister. You're my knight in shining armor. Don't you forget it. You're going to get back on that horse, and I'm going to be right behind you, holding on tight, and away we're gonna..."

Best,
Jim