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AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills, #81:
The Omen, directed by Richard Donner, 1976

Pete's Top 36 Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji by Hokusai #2



Another blustery day! Unlike most prints, which feel like slices of life, taken at a single semi-random moment, this is active! Without the flying papers, maybe this would be more like #20, so I'm kinda second-guessing this, though the blustery trees would be a plus. Also like how simple and calm Fuji is in comparison, especially coming after the dramatic Fujis #3 and #5. Thinking if I was looking to put one of these thirty-six on my wall, this might be it.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills, #80:
Rebecca, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 1940

Omen checks out. Never seen Rebecca, but I'm told I should.

poorpete wrote: ↑Thu Apr 07, 2022 9:28 am Pete's Top 36 Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji by Hokusai #2

This is great! I would put this at number four. My list based off your images so far is cranes, horses running by the little building, snowy day, and then this one, windy day, then the big hamster wheel.

Pete's Top 36 Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Hokusai #1



A print so iconic it's its own emoji on Apple/OS . A print so iconic it's going on the Japanese 1000 yen note. But even if we ignore its iconic status, it's the best assemblage of everything that made these prints so great. The anthropological look at the helpless / brave boaters who are just doing their job -- and taking on the great wave, a beautiful dramatic blue wave, mimicking the distant dispassionate Fuji, which looks on, almost hidden Where's Waldo style -- I don't think I noticed it in my first viewings. Nor did I notice the boaters early on, the wave is just that overwhelming. Drama, struggle, mimicry, ethnography, and iconic status. Beautiful in its smallest detail or summed up as an emoji.

Yeah man. That's worthy of #1. There's a reason it's iconic.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills, #79:
The Magnificent Seven, directed by John Sturges, 1960

I can see it.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills, #78:
Gaslight, directed by George Cukor, 1944

This is one of those hoax movies. People talk about it like urban legend, but it was never actually made.

Kyle wrote: ↑Thu Apr 07, 2022 3:28 pm This is one of those hoax movies. People talk about it like urban legend, but it was never actually made.

Comedy GOLD!

Trees, ranked. #74. Black Locust.



Nasty, invasive, thorny, toxic, leggy, useless. Maybe this should have been lower on the list but it certainly has pretty leaves!

I feel like I have already won.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills, #77:
Terminator 2: Judgment Day, directed by James Cameron, 1991

I don't get the love for T2. Its fine, but I still think the first movie is the best.

Cameron is best at taking a sequel and going "how bout if this was pure popcorn action fun" T2, Aliens, Piranha 2 I assume. People worried about Avatar 2 but I'm not. Avatar 5 I'm more worried about

Kyle wrote: ↑Fri Apr 08, 2022 5:04 am I don't get the love for T2. Its fine, but I still think the first movie is the best.

By far.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills, #76:
Thelma & Louise, directed by Ridley Scott, 1991

Trees, ranked. #73. Pecan

This is an attractive tree with a delicious and valuable product, so its relatively low ranking here is probably idiosyncratic: I dislike the smell of the tree. It's a walnut cousin and carries some of the stench along. But go ahead, people who love them. It's still a nice tree for what it is.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills, #75:
The Third Man, directed by Carol Reed, 1949

Never seen it and probably should. Maybe I'll make a list of movies on this that I haven't seen.

Trees, ranked. #72. Buckeye

Kind of a sloppy tree that produces sloppy droppings of its useless round nuts. Wood not particularly useful. But it's a tree and it lives in a lot of places where you like to have a tree I guess.

Needs a pruning.

I always liked throwing the buckeyes in a pile of burning leaves in the fall, and having them explode.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills, #74:
Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott, 1982

Trees, ranked. #71. Sweetgum

Otherwise known as the tree that makes tons of these spiky pods. They are apparently helpful for birds and this spiky seed is a cooler product than some other trees make (looking at you, Buckeyes), so this tree fares slightly better in the rankings but you still don't want to step on one of these. Have you stepped on one barefoot? It sucks. There are better trees.

Oh thank goodness this old thread is still kicking!

I know, right?

AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills, #73:
Laura, directed by Otto Preminger, 1944

Trees, ranked. 70. Alder

As I was preparing my list of trees, I easily could have extended it from 80 to 100 total by including various kinds people have named and plucked out from among other closely related species. If I had done this, I would make separate entries for several trees that mostly annoy but, after all, are trees with all the happy redemptive qualities that nearly any tree possesses. Right here we might see varieties like Poplar (but is it basically too close to the Cottonwood? and you know I have a separate entry for Aspens coming along MUCH later, so...) or White Ash (bad roots! susceptible!) or even Black Ash (horrid clumps of, well, black ash!). I don't have time for this crap, however. I'm a busy person with things to do, so the list had to be truncated.

Another such truncation happens with the Alder. So many types of Alder! I like their little Catkins (what a word! one of the best words!) but remain neutral on the tree. Neutrality can't get us past 70 when the world is full of dozens of tree species that inspire true excitement, so here we are. Alders are so uninteresting to people that nobody else seems to want to post good pictures of the trees as opposed to letting us know exactly what their leaves and catkins look like. So here they are:

And I helped!

Aye!

AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills, #72:
Platoon, directed by Oliver Stone, 1986

Trees, ranked. 69. Juniper

These are conifers so they are intrinsically good, yet among the conifers these have a tendency to become invasive (probably because birds are ecstatic about them and will take up residence quickly). The little dark blue berries are extremely attractive. They are pretty yet can be tricky to trim and maintain nicely.

I'm here as well.

Awww, we missed you!

Thank you!

Yeah, I get it. Kyle's the popular one. I've been living in his shadow my entire life (except for those first blessed 33 months). Seriously, when shall my curse be lifted?

Trees, ranked. #68. Silver Maple

I truly love these beautiful trees, with their silvery green leaves that rustle softly in the wind, the massive shade and bird habitat provided, and the enormous limbs you can sit on or lay your treehouse across. Everyone is mad because they're quick growers and less hardy, more prone to storm damage, and they sprinkle ten tons of helicopters. But helicopters are amazing (including as mulch ground under) and nowadays we have gutter guards! I do see why you wouldn't want one right near your house with its giant driveway and foundation wrecking-capable roots, but my fondness for these gentle giants is eternal.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills, #71:
Goldfinger, directed by Guy Hamilton, 1964

Hey! It's me again! Anyone heard from Mike lately? I'm worried about him.

Trees, ranked. #67. River Birch

Plain relative to its other Birch friends, this is the variety you find completely over planted in today's landscapes. I rated it slightly higher than a silver maple only because there's a reason they have chosen to put it in landscapes: much easier to live with, unless of course you're a kid who wants to climb or make a treehouse, and then it sucks relative to a silver maple! It does make very attractive shade and has a pretty green color. Its bark looks cool the first time you see it, and pretty good for the next 10 times or so, and then it just looks like a brown scaly ugly bark. The tree doesn't make anything special or interesting so it's not much loved by birds or other critters. Again this is why they like it for the landscape. If you want a bland ornament with scruffy "interesting" bark, this is your tree. (But for interesting Bark we will have better candidates down the road.)

River Birch at 67? Ridiculous. Rainbow Connection should be much higher.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills, #70:
Dog Day Afternoon, directed by Sidney Lumet, 1975

Kyle wrote: ↑Sat Apr 09, 2022 2:06 pm Hey! It's me again! Anyone heard from Mike lately? I'm worried about him.

You asshole motherfucker! I know you see me! Stop ignoring me!

AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills, #69:
The Wild Bunch, directed by Sam Peckinpah, 1969

Good morning to all of you from the Joneses!

Kyle wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 5:15 am Good morning to all of you from the Joneses!

Yes! From ALL of us!

I can't keep up!

AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills, #68:
Halloween, directed by John Carpenter, 1978