Thank you so much! I used to use all of this attention to hockey prospects but then the Blues went and finally won the Cup so now it is elsewhere. My inspiration was the extended top 100 NHL players of all time debate that was held on the history of hockey forum some years ago. I didn't participate, but in reading how it was done, multiple people gave their very best arguments literally spot by spot starting at 1 and going all the way down. And every spot was treated as important, like it was an important debate to parse #53 from #54. That is what I tried to do, I tried to mentally conjure advocates for each film, and then imagine advocates for the other films raising objections to that film being listed ahead of its own film. And then it marinated daily for years. I last adjusted the list in Sept last year, and The Yakuza dropped off after a fifth rewatch. Ultimately there was too much redemption in the end to count it in a doom listing. Also I am growing some balls and moving The Rover (2014) up the list despite its recency. Here is the most current list which is pretty similar to the last one. I am a mere 13 reviews in, with 87 to go. We are moving to Tacoma area in about 10 days from the Emerald Triangle of California so I have been a bit busy.
I am looking to find a book publisher to ultimately publish my list and its associated 100 reviews and accompanying essays. It's slow going because my writing standards are high, and then the standard of what a first book would look like is very high. I treat the reviews like they are open book law school exams. I gather tons of notes and try to assemble an outline, then I spend three hours on the review as if I have to hand it in for evaluation. Otherwise I will endlessly tinker.
You are an ideal person for feedback since you have seen 79 of these, you can then completely see the prism through which I am choosing them. I'd love any thoughts on overrated/underrated/omissions from someone familiar with the diversity and breadth here. In return you get 21 films to see that you can bet are pretty good! I'm curious which 21 they are too.
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