Top Shelf: Afi Top 100 (ghost-hat Network)

We review film #34: “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”…the 1937 animated film that proved you could deal with envy, murder, necrophilia, slavery, psychological disorders, and little people all in a single animated film.  It’s true.  Watch the movie.

We review film #35: “Annie Hall”…the 1977 film that shows Woodie Allen is not that bad at making funny films.

We review film #36: “The Bridge on the River Kwai”…the 1957 film where Obi Wan helps a bunch of prisoners of war build a bridge.

We review film #37: “The Best Years of Our Lives”…the 1946 film that’s the WWII equivalent of “THE DEER HUNTER” and that’s not a bad thing.

We review film #38: “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre”…the 1948 film where the truth of gold rush miners is finally told!  And it’s not the same outcome as Charlie Chaplin’s “THE GOLD RUSH”.

We review film #39: “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb”…the 1964 film that proves you can have a crazy long title and still be a good film.

We review film #40: “The Sound of Music”…the 1965 musical film that you will enjoy no matter what you’re stance is on musicals.  No really.  Love story? Check.  Catchy music?  Check.  Beautiful scenery?  Check.  Nazis and people outsmarting them?  Check.

We review film #41: “King Kong”…the 1933 classic that just goes to show you: Stop Motion Ape > 3 hours of Jack Black.

We review film #42: “Bonnie & Clyde”…the 1967 film about Bonnie & Clyde.  Seriously, did you expect something else?

We review film #43: “Midnight Cowboy”…the 1969 film that tells us exactly where Dustin Hoffman is walking and when, as well as ‘Everybody’s Talkin’” plays non-stop.

We review film #44: “The Philadelphia Story”…the 1940 romantic comedy where Katharine Hepburn plays Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant is Sheldon from ‘The Big Bang Theory’, and drunk Jimmy Stewart is brilliant.

We review film #45: “Shane”…the 1953 western were a wanderer comes into town and ends up helping people before riding off alone at the end.  Just like every other popular western.

We review film #46: “It Happened One Night”…the 1934 where a guy falls in love with the woman he initially hates after being forced to be with her.  You know…that trope.  But they did it so well!

We review film #47: “A Streetcar Named Desire”…the 1951 film about a lady going slowly insane while living with her sister and brother-in-law.  Insane is still politically correct, right?

We review film #48: “Rear Window”…the 1954 film that spawned a generation of peeping tom movie references and teaches you to mind your damn business…even if your neighbor is a potential killer.

We review film #49: “Intolerance – Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages”…the 1916 silent film that tells the meaning behind the Hollywood Highland Complex design.  Oh and it’s also this massively epic flop of a film about people in different color coding times across the world.

We review film #50: “Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring”…the 2001 film where everyone does stuff and then passes off the responsibility to everyone else.  Oh and there’s walking.  And smoking.  And jump scares.  And a Sean Bean death scene.

We review film #51: “West Side Story”…the 1961 film about a young girl who falls in love with a young boy from an apposing clan, and even though they’ve only known each other for a few short days is willing to forgive the accidental murder of her relative.  It isn’t until the friend tells the opposing clan […]

We review film #52: “Taxi Driver”…the 1976 film that shows what happens when you drive taxi’s for a living in a post-Vietnam world…YOU GO CRAZY…and then are perfectly okay again.

We review film #53: “The Deer Hunter”…the 1978 film that shows exactly what a weekend in Wisconsin is like during the first hour, reiterates that VIETNAM WAS A BAD IDEA in the second hour, and finally showing why VIETNAM WAS A BAD IDEA in the third hour.