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Worst to Best: Explained
#8 2001: A Space Odyssey
"I was utterly underwhelmed by “2001: A Space Odyssey” impressed solely by the world-making of the script—the delivery of a ready-made but minor mythology—but neither moved nor fascinated nor at all delighted by the filmmaking. Rather, I was shocked—that the director of “Dr Strangelove” could have constrained himself to create such a turgid, stilted, flat, and textureless movie.” -
The palette of Hollywood in the 60s, that had for the past few years been introducing avant-garde storytelling to a wider audience, now was doomed with the release of Kubrick’ original space-fantasy.
#7 & 6. Forrest Gump and Schindler’s List
“Gump” and “Schindler” had nothing parodistic; their absurd earnestness and the bombastic banality of their direction (by Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg, respectively) are a perfect match for the oppressive, hectoring John Williams and Alan Silvestri scores that accompanied them.”
Gump can’t decide if it is a serious movie or a silly one. It is sort of a mess with no solid conclusion, making a film that can’t really stand on its own.
Schindler’s List, while repeating many of the same mistakes, this is really where the idea of Schindler as a sympathetic character is developed.
The only redeeming quality of these films are the elements of Schindler’s redemption the introduced to the saga, a twist that made the films grow beyond mere “adventure films”. They really have nothing else to offer beyond this, save for some of Gump’s philosophical preaching.
#5 & #4. The Godfather II and The Godfather III
With The Godfather II and III, they’re both just okay. No strong feelings either way about them. They are not as imaginative as Coppola’ Godfather I, but there is considerable effort to address the legacy of a character like Vito Corleone. Even though that twist allowed for the beautiful tale Coppola created in his first episode, they did present a problem with the idea that only one family could really effect the destiny of this town. But with the new character of Michael Corleone, we have a character who is clearly a nobody in Episode III and we get to see him come to accept that he has no destiny. But, it is a strong message that he has to make her own destiny, and Michael, just like anyone, can make a real difference.#3 Dragonball Evolution
(…)#2 Mac and Me
(…)#1 Plan 9 from Outer Space