The first one to post on this topic was Jonah Hex. His list included a top 12 and he suggested others do the same. He did mention a top 20, but only in the context of the final list. Eventually, people just started posting their top 20 favorites (and with so many great movies to choose from, who can blame them?). My scoring formula (which can be seen just above the top 20 list) is based on Jonah Hex’s original post and an amalgamation of suggestions from other posts. With said formula, even if we scored the top 50 films from each person the final 20 would still be the same (although a great deal more would obviously be represented in the honorary mentions category). I’m pretty sure it’s accurate, but of course I’m not perfect, and if I did snub your Blindman entry or screw up anywhere else, I assure you it was completely unintentional and I apologize profusely.
Over the summer I had a lot of free time, so I took it upon myself to calculate the votes. It sounds like you’ve got some great ideas for scoring, though, and I would be more than happy to pass on my self-appointed torch as “List Calculator,” if you’d be interested in carrying it on (sometimes I feel like that old knight at the end of the third Indiana Jones movie). If so, just let me know, Stanton (or anyone else interested in the job). Otherwise, I’ll see you guys every 5 to 10 lists!
PS - Your English is fine. I’m the one who should be apologizing; I’ve seen a lot of you guys posting in two different languages. (And I’ll tell you one thing, even though I can’t understand it, Run Lola Run sounds a lot cooler in German, than the crappy English dub ;))
Yeah, Run Lola Run is a great film, one of the great films of the last decade. And Tom Tykwer is a great Director, he has made 2 more masterpieces.
I hope that he hasn’t lost his touch with all the money he got for his new film.
1- Once Upon A Time In The West
2- The Great Silence
3- Django Kill… Shoot if you can
4- Face To Face
5- For a Few Dollar More
6- Django
7- Bullet For The General
8- Sabata
9- Big Gundown
10- Companero
11- Run Man Run
12- The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
13- The Hellbender
14- Keoma
15- Tepepa
16- Death Rides A Horse
17- My Name Is Nobody
18- A Fistful Of Dynamite
19- Grand Duel
20- It Can Be Done… Amigos
I was in Germany a few month ago at the fleamarket of Bonn. I came across so many spag. western dvd’s !! but unfortunately for me, there were all German spoken or subtitled :’( There still a lot for me to see, but here is my top list (only good movies ;D) :
Fine, many new lists, but the lists from Yohanes, Yocke and Twiceajudas are revised lists. To avoid confusion it should be mentioned if it is a new or an altered list.
01.ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
02.THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY
03.FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE
04.FISTFUL OF DYNAMITE
05.COMPANEROS
06.A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS
07.THE MERCENARY
08.THE BIG GUNDOWN
09.THE GREAT SILENCE
10.KEOMA
11.DJANGO
12.BLINDMAN
13.RETURN OF RINGO
14.RUN MAN RUN
15.DJANGO KILL
16.MY NAME IS NOBODY
17.NAVAJO JOE
18.FACE TO FACE
19.A STRANGER RETURNS
20.HAVE A GOOD FUNERAL MY FRIEND, SARTANA WILL PAY
It took me ages to think of this but to be honest the top 10 is the only definitive list of mine, 11-20 i found harder and they could change in the near future.
I’m trying to re-calculate votes and noticed a few lists from people who have already posted. No problem, but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me know if it’s a revised list. Otherwise, we’re not going to get very accurate results.
