Friday, September 9, 2011

This should stop me from dying

Doing this in place of writing anything. Just thought it was interesting.

Current TV recently broadcast over 5 weeks the top 50 Documentaries To See Before You Die. I wish they spent more time on each documentary but I guess that's how list shows go anyway. Never enough.

The top 50 are as follows:

50. Spellbound (2002)
 - loved it, but then again I love spelling. Geek.

49. Truth or Dare (1991)
 - love her music, can't stand her as a person

48. The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)


47. One Day in September (1999)


46. Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1998)


45. The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988)
 - up in the air about seeing this. Already have seen Rock of Love on VH1

44. Burma VJ (2008)

43. When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006)


42. Catfish (2010)
 - this I loved! Went in thinking it was going to be a horror film! NIce surprise!

41. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)
 - the main character is/was an ass

40. When We Were Kings (1996)
 - hate boxing

39. Biggie & Tupac (2002)
 - hate thug rap anyway

38. March of the Penguins (2005)
 - so freakin' cute, sad, awe-inspiring

37. Inside Job (2010)

36. Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)

35. Paragraph 175 (2000)
 - sad

34. Brother’s Keeper (1992)


33. Tongues Untied (1989)

32. Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001)


31. Jesus Camp (2006)
 - scary mind-control

30. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
 - MIchael Moore can do no wrong in my book

29. Man on Wire (2008)
 - even with my fear of heights

28. Gasland (2010)


27. Tarnation (2003)
 - freak

26. Murderball (2005)

25. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)


24. Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)

23. The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2000)
 - love me some Tammy Faye

22. Shut Up & Sing (2006)
 - eh, I read enough through the whole debacle

21. Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
 - the guys sounds like an ass from the trailer

20. Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
 - loved it! Creepy but love character pieces like this.

19. Touching the Void (2003)


18. Food, Inc. (2008)
 - and still I'm a carnivore

17. Street Fight (2005)


16. Bus 174 (2002)


15. Crumb (1994)


14. Dark Days (2000)


13. The Fog of War (2003)


12. Bowling for Columbine (2002) - another Michael Moore masterpiece

11. Paris Is Burning (1991)
 - have seen it a few times

10. Grizzly Man (2005) - guy's a freak

9. Trouble the Water (2008)

8. An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
 - mentally drained after seeing this a few weeks ago

7. The Celluloid Closet (1995)
 - surprised I haven't seen this yet

6. The War Room (1993)

5. Supersize Me (2004)
 - love me some Morgan Spurlock. And love me some McDonalds

4. Waltz With Bashir (2008)

3. Roger & Me (1989)
 - Seriously, it's Michael Moore

2. The Thin Blue Line (1988)


1. Hoop Dreams (1994) - yet I hate basketball


Key:

Want to see Don't want to see Have seen

1 comment:

  1. Wait, The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West VA didn't make the list?!

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