COURSE BLOG for GWSS 3307: Feminist Film/Media Studies (Fall 2007)

1) Legally Blond
2) Pride and Prejudice (the Colin Firth, 5-hour version) ... or any movie involving Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy... or Colin Firth in anything...
3) D2
4) Big Fish
5) Stand By Me
6) Animal House
7) Cheats
8) His Girl Friday
9) American President
10) Trainspotting

Posted by Ashley Abel at 4:03 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

1. Blues Brothers
2. Dane Cook- Vicious Circle
3. Knocked Up
4. Forrest Gump
5. Never Been Kissed
6. Shrek 1&2 (haven't seen 3 yet)
7. R.E.N.T.
8. SNL- best of Will Ferrel
9. The Longest Yard
10. The Pirates Movies (1-3)

Posted by RowGophers at 2:56 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

My name is Kelsey, and I am new to the U this year. I transferred from St. Kate's in Saint Paul :~( I absolutely love all of these movies and shows. They are in no specific order because it would be too difficult to choose.

1. The Devil Wears Prada

2. FRIENDS

3. Knocked Up

4. Home Alone 2: Lost In New York

5. The Holiday

6. A League of Their Own

7. Law and Order: Special Victims Unit

8. Titanic

9. Grey's Anatomy

10. Wedding Crashers

Posted by Kelsey Tape at 2:01 AM | Permalink | Comments (5)

Jessie's Top Ten Movies (of the moment)

1. American Beauty (I know, everyone and thier mama recs this one, but it's a fine movie)
2. Trainspotting (cause who doesn't love Scottish drug addicts?)
3. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (I like to creep myself out)
4. Brick (Film noir+High School=sweet)
5. The Wire (Seriously, best show on television...or tv-links...)
6. Angels in America (I cried like the overemotional baby I am)
7. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Haha, holy embarassing. Yeah, it's cheesy, but I don't care. Cheese for all!)
8. Boondock Saints (for the pure pleasure of a snarky Willam Dafoe. Plot holes? Who cares! Yes, I am that shallow.)
9. Donny Darko (see #3)
10. Velvet Goldmine (glam rock, lovelove)

Later, my babies :-)

Posted by Jessica Vaughan at 2:01 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Here's a representative sample of movies I love:

1. Imaginary Heroes
2. Love Me If You Dare (Jeux d'Enfants)
3. Igby Goes Down
4. Friday the 13th series (or any other Jason Voorhees film)
5. The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
6. Emperor's New Groove (Favorite Disney Movie ever... close 2nd: Aladdin)
7. Fight Club
8. All of those huge sci/fi or fantasy series (Star Wars, Harry Potter, LOTR)
9. The Goonies or Stand by Me or Corey Feldman in the 80's
10. Any Colin Firth romance (Bridget Jones' Diary, Pride and Prejudice, Love Actually)

Posted by Karin Fisher at 10:27 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

1. The Notebook
2. Dazed and Confused
3. Sound of Music
4. Crash
5. Lean on Me
6. Braveheart
7.The Fox and the Hound
8.I Am Sam
9.Scent of a Woman
10.Most Lifetime Movies

Posted by Rachel Kyllander at 7:56 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

1. The Godfather (parts 1 and 2, I can't decide)
2. Philadelphia
3. Lifetime Original movies that are so bad they're good
4. Spanglish
5. Strangers With Candy
6. Shawshank Redemption
7. Outside Providence
8. Good Night, and Good Luck.
9. The Graduate
10. Gladiator

Posted by J Kriegs at 7:53 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

I don't watch a lot of movies, so there are some t.v. programs intermixed as well.
1. Shawshank Redemption
2. Dumb and Dumber
3. Anything on HGTV
4. Grey's Anatomy
5. 50 First Dates
6. Hitch

I can't think of anymore so here are the last movies I've seen
1. Freedom Writers
2. No Reservations
3. Knocked Up
4. Catch and Release

Posted by Sparky4 at 7:08 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

1. A Waking Life
2. Star Wars Series
3. Boondock Saints
4. Party Monster
5. Momento
6. Planet Earth Series
7. March of the Penguins
8. Silence of the Lambs
9. A Scanner Darkly
10. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie

Posted by Magda Bilska at 6:33 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

My top 10 Movies/Media (in no particular order):

1. Rosemary's Baby, Roman Polanski (1968).
2. The Graduate, Mike Nichols (1967)
3. The Messenger, Luc Besson (1999)
4. Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton (1990)
5. Buffalo 66, Vincent Gallo (1998)
6. The Royal Tenenbaums, Wes Anderson (2001)
7. The Virgin Suicides, Sofia Coppola (1999)
8. The Baxter, Michael Showalter (2005)
9. Muppets (The Muppets Show and all Muppet movies)
10. Resident Evil, Paul W.S. Anderson (2002)

Posted by MacKenzie Duffy at 4:21 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

My Top 10 Movie List

1. Rocky IV
2. Rocky Balboa
3. The Sound of Music
4. Edward Scissor Hands
5. The Little Mermaid
6. Zoolander
7. Super Troopers
8. Old School
9. Harry Potter
10. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Posted by Cassie Setter at 5:53 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tommy Boy
61*
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Wayne's World
Remember the Titans
Strictly Ballroom
The Princess Bride
Accepted
Little Miss Sunshine
300

Posted by Katherine Schmieg at 4:36 AM | Permalink | Comments (3)

1. CRASH
2. Austin Power Goldmember
3. Count of Monte Cristo
4. Life is beautiful
5. My Best friends wedding
6. Dumb and Dumber
7. The Departed
8. Mr. Brooks
9. Mulan
10. Blow

Posted by Ifrah Esse at 3:18 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

1. The Royal Tenenbaums
2. Young Frankenstein
3. Spirited Away
4. Life Aquatic
5. Monty Python And The Holy Grail
6. Waiting For Guffman
7. Amelie
8. Waking Ned Divine
9. Dangerous Beauty
10. Sabrina
I know most of these are comedies, but I love to laugh!

Posted by Mary Ellen McCormick at 12:07 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

My name is Jessica and this is my top ten favorite movies not listed in any particular order.... Enjoy!
1. Liar Liar
2. Pretty Woman
3. Something's Gotta Give
4. Little Children
5. Mrs. Doubtfire
6. Coyote Ugly
7. Stepmom
8. Titantic
9. Enough
10.Stranger Than Fiction

Posted by Jessica Haddrill at 11:11 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

These are my top ten movies that I should not like, but I love to watch them.

1. Just One of the Guys (Fantastic movie, must watch)
2. Loverboy (Early Patrick Dempsey movie, he has hideous hair)
3. Killer Klowns From Outerspace (Title defines what a horrible movie this actually is)
4. The Monster Squad (A bunch of kids take on monsters such as Dracula, Frankenstien, Wolfman, etc)
(Favorite line from this movie is when they are yelling to kick Wolfman "in the nards")
5. My Date With an Angel (Such a wrong movie, but still love it)
6. My Stepmother is an Alien (Dan Aykroyd gets Kim Basinger, what a joke that is)
7. Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter is Dead (Most of you have probably seen this winner)
8. Serial Mom (Suburban housewife becomes a serial killer, how great is that for a plot)
9. Stay Tuned (Man obsessed with television gets sucked into his television)
10. Teen Witch (A girl finds out she is a witch and uses her powers to become popular, (aka. her clothes change and her hair becomes curly))

Posted by Amanda Amundson at 11:07 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

Continue reading "Greta's Top Ten" »

Posted by Greta Fay at 9:08 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Here we go...
SLC Punk
Donnie Darko
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Pretty In Pink
Edward Scissor Hands
Reality Bites
Ever After
Nightmare Before Christmas
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Zombie Movies

Posted by kate at 8:45 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

1. Titanic
2. Charlie Chaplin's movies
3.MOulinrouge
4. Armageddon
5. Taegukgi <-- Korean movie
6. Roman holiday
7. lion King
8. Forrest Gump
9. City of Angels
10. A.I.

Posted by Stella at 7:42 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

In no particular order:

1. Antonia's Line
2. Battle of Algiers
3. Salt of the Earth
4. Spirited Away
5. City of Lost Children
6. Pan's Labyrinth
7. Fanaa
8. Cradle Will Rock
9. Dr. Strangelove
10. V for Vendetta

Posted by Peachtree at 4:15 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

1. All Abou Lily Chou Chou
2. Akira
3. Irreversible
4. Ghost in the Shell
5. Goodbye Dragon Inn
6. Ugetsu
7. Dogville
8. Gozu
9. Dead Ringers
10. Winter Light

Posted by Robin Youngman at 4:48 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

I'm Niki and I am a Communications Studies and Cinema/Media Studies major here. It is my last year and I'm VERY excited to get out into the "real world" and have some new adventures ahead of me! Also, this list was really hard for me, though I previously thought that I had my top ten secured for sure. I think I could honestly have a top 58, but who couldn't? I actually have an internship in which I see/promote films ALL the time, but this is my list...for now.

And I am NOT numbering them in a particular order, that wouldn't be fair!

Field of Dreams
Braveheart
Top Gun
Newsies
This is Spinal Tap
Rent
The Sandlot
Four Brothers
The Sopranos (TV)
Weeds (TV)

I should probably mention, though it is a little embarrassing, that I am entirely addicted to corny Lifetime movies...I could, and have, spent entire weekends watching marathons!

Posted by Nicole Berg at 4:28 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

My top ten in no particular order:

1) The Sound of Music
2) 200 Cigarettes
3) Amelie
4) The Shining
5) Little Miss Sunshine
6) Amarcord
7) Kill Bill (vol. 1&2)
8) When Harry Met Sally
9) Buffalo ‘66
10) Ghost World

Posted by Ashley Day at 10:11 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

This was nearly impossible. There are so many amazing movies I love. Here are just some of them:

Continue reading "Top 10 Favorites" »

Posted by JC at 5:02 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

My top ten:
Office Space, Almost Famous, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Saved!, Monsieur Ibrahim, West Side Story, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Stranger Than Fiction, Anchorman, I Heart Huckabees

Wow, that was much more difficult than I thought.

Posted by Eben Kowler at 12:26 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Hey Everybody!

Here are some favorites...

1. Donnie Darko

"Every living creature on this earth dies alone."

Continue reading "Rebecca's Top 10" »

Posted by R.S. at 12:05 AM | Permalink | Comments (3)

Leave the ridicule at this link, these are my faves!

Continue reading "Presh! My Top 10 Faves!" »

Posted by Mr. Hilton at 10:51 PM | Permalink | Comments (19)

I am also one of those people who has a hard time narrowing it down to just 10, but I highly recommend these.

1. The Jerk: A hilarious Steve Martin comedy from the 1980's.
2. The Princess Bride: "Marriage is what brings us together today, and love, true love."
3. Freeway: A cult classic with Keefer Southerland and a very young Reese Witherspoon.
4. American History X: A powerful film.
5. I Heart Huckabees: "You rock, rock."
6. Monster: An incredibly well done, true story about a female prostitute serial killer and her lesbian relationship.
7. The Shining: Arguably the best horror film ever made. Jack Nicholson is very frightening in this.
8. Little Miss Sunshine: A fantastic Indy film about a dysfunctional but loving family.
9. Crash: An unforgettable film that will make you think deeply about the issue of racism in our country.
10. Freedom Writers: The previews made this movie look like a typical Hollywood movie and a knock off of Dangerous Minds, but it is not! This movie is a true story about high school kids in LA around the time of the LA riots in the 90's. Hilary Swank plays the teacher that finds a way to get the severely disadvantage kids to learn. She is however the only recognizable actor in the film because the teens are played by actual students at the school with very similar lives to those of the original story. They are incredible actors, and the director worked with the original teacher. Trust me, it's incredible!

Continue reading "Rose's Top Ten Films Plus NARAL Job Oppurtunity Info" »

Posted by Rose Coleman at 9:22 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Here is a list of my top ten favorite movies.....
1. Tommy Boy
2. Dirty Dancing
3. Folks
4. Never Been Kissed
5. Click
6. Pursuit of Happiness
7. Shrek
8. Sixteen Candles
9. Roman Holiday
10. Singing in the Rain

Posted by sketch at 7:29 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

In VERY particular order...

1. Citizen Kane
2. Oldboy
3. The Third Man
4. Persona
5. 8 1/2
6. The Seventh Seal
7. 300 (this film is like candy if you analyze the Fascist aesthetic)
8. The Fountain
9. Malcolm X
10. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

For those of you who share my love of "8 1/2," here's something HILARIOUS I ran across YouTube (be patient, it take a minute to get into it).

As for me, I'm a theatre major, a senior, and also a transfer from Century College (many moons ago). I'm also the idiot who volunteered to say "I've been out" on the first day of class. Remember? Yeah. The psychological and political effects of spectacle fascinate me (whether it's theatre, film, worship, etc.), so if you're into that kind of thing, come talk to me!

Posted by Christopher Kehoe at 3:58 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

I am Heather and I am a GWSS major at the U. I recently transferred from Century College and I am pretty sure that I like learning Russian. I am one of those terribly annoying indecisive types that has a hard time with top anything lists, so I have picked my list rather rapidly and it consists of what I have been watching and/or thinking about lately. If you ask me in two weeks, it will most likely be significantly different...and no one should ever get me started on music!

Anyway, here is the top ten (in alphabetical order as opposed to no particular order):

1 - Amelie
2 - Benny & Joon
3 - The Big Lebowski
4 - The Bourne Whatever (It doesn't matter which one I am watching, I am just the type of person who likes to see ridiculous stunts and/or explosions sometimes)
5 - Dogville
6 - I :heart: Huckabees
7 - Serial Mom
8 - This is Spinal Tap
9 - What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
10 - X: The Unheard Music

Posted by Heather Larson at 2:28 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

1. Rush Hour (1.2.3)
2. How to Lose a Guy in 10 days
3. High School Musical
4. The Wedding Planner
5. Underworld (1,2)
6. Running Scared
7. Gridiron Gang
8. Antwone Fisher
9. Grey's Ananomy Series (1,2...)
10. Anastasia

Posted by Padao Vang at 12:45 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Hi everyone! My name is Kristen. I'm a senior and this is my last semester. My major is Sociology. I don't know what I want to do when I get out of school, but I am looking forward to see where life takes me!

My top favorite movies are (in no specific order): 187, Forrest Gump, Real Women have Curves, Dumb and Dumber, Tommy Boy, Y tu mama tambien, Maria Full of Grace, Dirty Dancing, Grease, and Volver. So, those are my top movis and hopefully some of you have common favorites also!

Posted by Kristen Kramer at 11:37 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

1. Royal Tenenbaums
2. Lost in Translation
3. Tremors
4. Raising Arizona
5. Gilmore Girls (TV)
6. Project Runway (TV)
7. Waitress
8. Once
9. Show Me Love
10. Eat Drink Man Woman

Posted by Sienna Moore at 11:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

1: Dangerous Liaisons
"Marquise de Merteuil: I've always known I was meant to dominate your sex and avenge my own"

Continue reading "Alissa's List" »

Posted by ALM at 8:27 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Children of Men
V for Vendetta
Blow
Hotel Rwanda
Crazy/Beautiful
Love Actually
For Your Consideration and other Christopher Guest movies
Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
Life is Beautiful
Requiem for a Dream

Posted by Sky at 8:17 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

In first-come, first serve order:

1. Aladdin – I will love this movie forever
2. Edward Scissorhands – Along with everything else Tim Burton
3. Banlieue B13 (District B13) – Simply amazing
4. Zoolander – I hated this movie for about 3 years and then finally learned to love it
5. Rushmore – Also all things Wes Anderson, including “his� AmEx commercial
6. Singin’ in the Rain – Classic
7. Strangers on a Train – Among other Hitchcock movies and movies of that era
8. Children of Men – This was so intense, I was impressed
9. Pirates of the Caribbean/Harry Potter – I just really enjoy these movies
10. Superbad – I haven’t seen this yet, but the previews and shorts look hilarious

I know there are so many more that I love, and probably quite a few that I like more than the ones on this list, but for now, these are the ones most prominent in my mind. That has to count for something, ey?

Posted by Magyar at 5:44 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Like everyone else, no particular order...

1. Batman/Batman Returns
2. Bridget Jones' Diary
3. Trainspotting
4. Buddy
5. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (tv series, not the movie)
6. Party Monster
7. Secretary
8. Anything Tim Burton ever worked on
9. BBC's Pride and Prejudice
10. Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas

Posted by Maren Mattson at 4:28 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

1. Pan's Labyrinth
2. Monster
3. V for Vendetta
4. Sweet Land
5. I Heart Huckabees
6. Born Into Brothels
7. Once
8. Shopgirl
9. Lady and the Tramp
10. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Posted by Timac at 4:15 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

These are my top ten movies in no particular order:

1. The Departed
2. The Pursuit of Happyness
3. Lucky Number Slevin
4. Talladega Nights
5. Little Miss Sunshine
6. Breakfast at Tiffany’s
7. Disturbia
8. House
9. Spiderman (only the first and second)
10. Fight Club

Posted by Ashley Pritchard at 2:30 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

1. Life Is Beautiful
2. My Cousin Vinney
3. A Very Long Engagement
4. High Fidelity
5. Groundhog Day
6. Run Lola Run
7. My Blue Heaven
8. Stand By Me
9. Strictly Ballroom
10. Blow

Posted by Tara Weinberg at 11:06 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

These are my top ten favorite movies, in no particular order:

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. Memento
3. The Virgin Suicides
4. Under the Tuscan Sun
5. Little Miss Sunshine
6. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
7. Serenity
8. Ever After
9. Beauty and the Beast
10. The Whole Nine Yards

Posted by Katie at 7:08 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

1. Harold & Maude
2. Rushmore
3. Newsies
4. Breakfast at Tiffany's
5. Crash
6. The Royal Tenenbaums
7. One flew over the Cuckoos nest
8. Goodfellas
9. Usual Suspects
10. The princess Bride/Grease (i couldn't decide)

Posted by Emily Dolentz at 6:40 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

In no particular order....

1. Wonder Boys
2. Die Hard (1 and 3; 2 was kinda lame)
3. Wet Hot American Summer
4. Grease 2 (don't get me wrong, the original is a classic but the campiness of the second is fantastic!)
5. Weeds (on Showtime)
6. When Harry Met Sally...
7. Boondock Saints
8. Lifetime Movies in general (they're sappy, lame, and have horrific titles, but their like a car wreck I have to keep watching!)
9. America's Next Top Model (cycle after cycle....sooooooo addicting)
10. Crime Dramas (specifically CSI: Las Vegas, Law & Order: SVU and Law & Order: CI - Vincent D'Onofrio is a genius!)

Posted by Elizabeth Gibba at 6:18 PM | Permalink | Comments (7)

1. Color Purple
2. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
3. War of the Worlds
4. Waiting to Exhale
5. What's Love Got to Do With It
6. Jason's Lyric
7. Soul Food
8. Sometimes in April
9. Set it Off
10. Independence Day

Posted by Thadis Coley III at 2:49 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

1. Brokeback Mountain
2. Dirty Dancing
3. Donnie Darko
4. Electric Shadows
5. The Hours
6. i <3 huckabees
7. The Jacket
8. The Matrix
9. Requiem for a Dream
10. Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Posted by crowjane at 5:40 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Hey everyone,
Forgive my lack of independent film titles, part of the reason this class appealed to me was the opportunity to view new types of films. So here is my list...

My Faves:
American History X
Hook
Four Brothers
Walk the Line
A League of Their Own

There's no crying in Baseball!

The Notebook
Chocolat
Crash
Sixteen Candles
American Pie 3

My Lames:
Any comedy with Will Farrel except Elf... Anchor Man for example,
hyperactive action movies where everything explodes, but the hero/heroin lives.
I cannot stand Caddyshack, Strange Brew, or Animal House,
and the last and most lame movie I've ever witnessed There's Something About Mary.

Posted by Lindsey Peck at 4:46 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Hello. I have just transferred to the University of Minnesota. I am majoring in either Studies in Cinema and Media Culutre or doing an independant major in filmmaking/film theory. Here is a list of my top ten favorite movies. I like movies that I can get lost in. I also like history a lot, so period films tend to be of the greatest interest to me.

1. Titanic-- I am, for some reason, obsessed with the history of the event and read about it a lot. I appreciate how
historically accurate the events are (besides the Jack and Rose thing).
2. Moulin Rouge
3. The Departed
4. Noises Off
5. Catch Me If You Can
6. Newsies
7. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (this is only the first one). :)
8. The Pursuit of Happyness
9. Blood Diamond
10. Romeo + Juliet (the Baz Luhrmann one)

Posted by Brigitte Bartholdi at 4:06 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

1. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
2. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
3. First Wive's Club
4. Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants
5. Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood
6. Mrs. Doubtfire
7. A Christmas Story
8. A Walk to Remember
9. Finding Nemo
10. Lord of the Rings

Posted by Marial Weidner at 1:38 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Katie' Top Ten Movies (in no particular order)

1. I've Heard The Mermaids Singing
2. When Night is Falling (Quand Tombe la Nuit)
3. The Sweet Hereafter
4. The Safety of Objects
5. Wild Side
6. House of Yes
7. All About Eve
8. The Hunger
9. Manhattan
10. Flashdance

Posted by Katie Bashore at 2:22 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Welcome to the course!

This blog is a space where we can build, connect, and share ideas. Our first assignment asks you to introduce yourself. Give us a top 10 list of your favorites or least favorites.

You could give us a no frills list like this:

1. The Professional
2. Say Anything
3. Breakfast Club
4 I Like It Like That
5.Senorita Extraviada
6. Nobody's Business
7. Every Mother's Son
8. HGTV
9. CSI, Law & Order type shows, even Forensic Files and the First 48
10. ER (I love to rent the whole season DVDs and watch episode after episode

OR

You could post with more details (images and links, if you remember how):

Hollywood / Indie movies:

1. The Professional (also called Leon) - action, assasinations, and love sort of love story where milk drinking assassin falls in love with pre-pub teen

Watch a clip (from youtube):

Continue reading "Rachel's Top 10 List" »

Posted by Rae at 8:24 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)