As you may be aware, I am working my way through the IMDB top 250 and watching the movies I haven’t seen. To help me along, I am asking Outposters to select the movie I watch next, which I will then review for LMO.
Last time, you selected a movie from a short list of period dramas. Sunset Boulevard came out on top, which I reviewed here.
This week’s genre is comedy. Despite Boba Phil making promises on my behalf, I am unable to include White Chicks in the list of options, due to its middling 6.0 rating (which will no doubt invalidate the entire list for some of you).
Anyway, here are the five movies to choose from:
Modern Times (1936)
IMDB rating: 8.5
Charlie Chaplin takes on the industrial revolution. Possibly a metaphor for Chaplin continuing to make silent movies after talkies became popular. The luddite.
I recently watched another Chapin classic, City Lights (also in the IMDB Top 250) but I haven’t seen any others. Maybe that’s about to change.
The Great Dictator (1940)
IMDB rating: 8.4
Chaplin caved eventually, and The Great Dictator was his first talkie, lampooning Hitler just as World War 2 was kicking into gear. I am fascinated to see how much he got right without the 20:20 hindsight.
3 idiots (2009)
IMDB rating: 8.4
We don’t get many Bollywood movies at Last Movie Outpost. Is that about to change? 3 Idiots follows three engineering students as they challenge the rigid culture of an elite college.
Like most Bollywood movies, 3 Idiots is long (2h 50m) and features song and dance numbers. If you want to give me a challenge, vote for this one.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
IMDB rating: 8.4
A rogue U.S. general orders a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. Leaders in the War Room race to prevent the end of the world.
I’m embarrassed to admit I haven’t seen this one yet, so I will correct that in the next week or so regardless of the outcome of the vote. But if you vote for it, I’ll review it.
Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
IMDB rating: 8.3
Hollywood stars in 1927 navigate the chaotic transition from silent movies to talking pictures.
I’ve seen part of this Gene Kelly classic. You know the part – the part where he actually sings…in the rain.
Like Sunset Boulevard, this is a Hollywood movie about Hollywood. They both look at the transition to talkies, but I reckon this one is a far more light hearted affair.
The Poll
