Empire, Independent Films and Me.

5/04/2006

EMPIRE TOP 50 INDEPENDENT MOVIES

Lists the 50 best independent (indie) movies of all time according to Empire (Empire who? I don’t know either). I have seen quite a few of them – here’s my quick rating on the ones I saw.

Run Lola Run. Empire Rank: 49. My Rating: A

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Empire Rank: 46. My Rating: Eeeww! How did this even make the list!

Mad Max. Empire Rank: 45. My Rating: A. Who can forget Mel Gibson and Mad Max eh? The sequels were disastrous though.

Amore Perros. Empire Rank: 44. My Rating: A. The movie which inspired Yuva. Very long, but well done.

The Passion of the Christ. Empire Rank: 39. My Rating: A+. Even though I never agreed to the content of this movie, this slo-mo movie had me glued to the screen till the end.

The Blair Witch Project. Empire Rank: 34. My Rating: A+. One of those true “horror” movies – this movie scared the wits out of me.

Lost in Translation. Empire Rank: 26. My Rating: Eeew! This was another terrible bore!

Evil Dead. Empire Rank: 23. My Rating: B. A B grade horror movie, which somehow clicked.

Roger and Me. Empire Rank: 21. My Rating: A++ .Michael Moore’s first documentary is not perhaps is best, but is very powerful.

City of God. Empire Rank: 17. My Rating: A++. Violent and brilliant – this is one of the best gangster movies there is.

Memento. Empire Rank: 13. My Rating: Defies any rating. I can’t believe this is not in top 3, if not number 1. Easily one of the very best movies made. Ever.

Mean Streets. Empire Rank: 10. My Rating: A+. Another helluva gangster movie.

Sideways. Empire Rank: 9. My Rating: Boreways. This movie bored me to death.

The Usual Suspects. Empire Rank: 8. My Rating: A++. Who can forget the end? Classic all the way.

Terminator. Empire Rank: 3. My Rating: A++. The movie that defined special effects. And James Cameroon.

Donnie Darko. Empire Rank: 2. My Rating: A++. This amazing movie never received the accolades it deserved. Jake impressed me with his acting from his very first movie. Amazing performance.

Reservoir Dogs. Empire Rank: 1. My Rating: A++. Quentien Tarantino. God. What else can be said? I would loved to see Pulp Fiction up there as well.

I have seen 17/50. How many have you?

I hereby tag Jedi to read the online list and come up list of movies he’s seen out of this list, and what he thinks of them – I am pretty sure he will score high.

There are 6 comments in this article:

  1. 5/04/2006Karan say:

    I haven’t got a very high opinion for Empire UK magazine, coz they really are a bunch of movie publicists masquerading as movie critics. They come up with some random list every month, but I really can’t resist giving my two cents on the stuff I have seen.

    I haven’t seen more than 10 films on that list (dismal I know, but me and Hollywood don’t go all that back together). Still, here are my ratings LOL

    The Descent (40) : B+
    Passion of The Christ (39): C+
    Being John Malkovich (37): A+
    Blair Witch Project (34): E-
    Lost in Translation (26): C-
    Evil Dead (23): B+
    Sideways (9): E-
    The Usual Suspects (8): B+
    The Terminator (3): B-
    Reservoir Dogs (1): A-

    Dying to see Run Lola Run, City of God, Cube and Memento!

    Cheers,

    Karan!

  2. 6/04/2006theLastJedi say:

    I agree with Karan above. Empire magazine is a slave to the big production companies. Its only used to publicize high budget up and coming potential blockbusters. Had a look at the full 50 list. Half the entries seem way out of place hehe.. Will try my best and answer the tag soon.

    jedi

  3. 7/04/2006g say:

    I have seen all of 2 movies, the terminator and reservoir dogs (I think …!) … man i think i must watch more movies !
    nice post
    have a nice day
    regards
    g

  4. 7/04/2006Greatbong say:

    When you said “eww Texas Chainsaw”—are you referring to the new one with Jessica Biel or the old B/W one?

  5. 13/04/2006Mridula say:

    I have seen only a handful from your list but one movie is on top now, that is Roger and Me, I have heard so much about it but never managed to see it till date. Have to rectify it soon.

  6. 14/04/2006jEDI say:

    Supremus tags. Jedi replies.
    Ok I’ve read the list and put up the ratings on my blog. And u’r right. Quite a high score :D