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  • 05 Feb

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    Rank ‘em: Paul Thomas Anderson Films

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    Alright, an easy one today. After my revisiting of PT Anderson’s Punch Drunk Love last night and with There Will Be Blood getting massive critical acclaim and Oscar nods, I thought it appropriate today to rank PT Anderson’s directorial films.

    PT Anderson in my opinion is maybe the best American director working today; certainly in the top 5 anyway. He seems to be very versatile with a perfect eye for cinema. It’s unfortunate he only releases a film once every fifth blue moon. On the other hand, maybe that’s why his films are so great – he takes the time to craft them to what he wants them to be. Not what Hollywood thinks they should be. Anyway, on to the list…

    This is not including his TV stuff or the early, short works that later became films (Cigarettes and Coffee or The Dirk Diggler Story).

    5) Hard Eight
    3) tie: Punch Drunk Love
    3) tie: There Will Be Blood
    2) Magnolia
    1) Boogie Nights

    Discuss.

  • 25 Jan

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    Rank ‘em: Cameron Crowe Films

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    Cameron CroweBecause the early part of the year is devoid of real quality films to discuss and news has been slow lately, I’ve decided to put together a new feature here at RowThree called “Rank ‘em.” Yes, it’s really just another excuse for me to make lists, but this is slightly different in that it’s not necessarily a top 5 or a top 10. It will be ranking various film elements or directors or whatever else I can think of.

    So my friend (and regular reader) emails me the other night raving about how he just saw Cameron Crowe’s Elizabethtown (my review) and how much he loves it. He then proceeded to rank all the Cameron Crowe films for me in his flawed opinion. So I decided not only would I also rank them, I’d start a new feature here that I can easily put together in a short amount of time and quite often. Anyway…

    Here are the six films (I haven’t seen the Tom Petty thing he did) that Cameron Crowe has directed ranked by my preference:

    6) Elizabethtown
    – - I hate Orlando Bloom, but this picture definitely has its moments.

    5) Singles
    – - Cute, quirky take on twenty-somethings coping with life. Unfortunately it’s a bit dated with the whole Seatlle grunge thing as a back-drop.

    4) Say Anything
    – - One of my favorites from my youth. And of course John Cusack in his prime.

    3) Jerry Maguire
    – - Being up for best picture at the Oscars was pushing it, but I’ve grown to love this movie; despite pucker-face and Cruise’ antics as of late. Let’s be honest though, this movie is all about the cute kid and Cuba Gooding Jr when I thought he had a promising career.

    2) Vanilla Sky
    – - Probably a devisive choice and a film I didn’t care much for coming out of the theater. But on repeat viewings, this movie has really grown on me and eventually crept into my top 100 of all time. Oh yeah, and the Penelope factor helps too.

    1) Almost Famous
    – - One of my favorite movies of all time. Great characters, great dialogue, nice setting for a story and has maybe my favorite scene of all time as well.

    So that’s it. Looking forward to throwing more of these together in the future. Maybe next I’ll dive into something a little more expansive and rank all of the Michael J. Fox movies. Yeah.

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