Post #644: Wherein Jess Ranks a Bunch of Movies
Posted on December 22, 2004 @ 8:40 am
People are always asking me, “Funkmaster Jess, what movie in the <insert popular film franchise here> series is your favorite?” Well, this post is for you.
Indiana Jones
- The Last Crusade
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Temple of Doom
Lord of the Rings
- Fellowship of the Ring
- Return of the King
- The Two Towers
Austin Powers
- Goldmember
- International Man of Mystery
- The Spy Who Shagged Me
Star Wars
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Star Wars
- Return of the Jedi
- The Phantom Menace
- Attack of the Clones
Alien
- Aliens
- Alien
- Alien Resurrection
- Alien 3
Superman
- Superman II
- Superman
- Superman III
- Superman IV
The Matrix
- The Matrix
- The Matrix Reloaded
- The Matrix Revolutions
Harry Potter
- Chamber of Secrets
- Sorceror’s Stone
- Prisoner of Azkaban
Back to the Future
- Back to the Future I
- Back to the Future II
- Back to the Future III
Rocky
- Rocky IV
- Rocky III
- Rocky
- Rocky II
- Rocky V
Batman
- Batman Forever
- Batman
- Batman Returns
- Batman and Robin
Kevin Smith Films
- Chasing Amy
- Mallrats
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
- Clerks
- Jersey Girl
- Dogma
The Godfather
- Godfather II
- The Godfather
- Godfather III
Those Mockumentaries with Christopher Guest, et al.
- Best in Show
- This is Spinal Tap
- A Mighty Wind
- Waiting for Guffman
Star Trek
- The Wrath of Khan
- The Undiscovered Country
- Nemesis
- First Contact
- The Search for Spock
- The Motion Picture
- Generations
- The Final Frontier
- The Voyage Home
- Insurrection
Feel free to play along at home.
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I am so glad that I’m not the only one who DOESN’T place “The Voyage Home” in the top three…the attempts at humor nearly killed it.
And I rate “First Contact” higher, only because I’m very partial to movies that feature Star Trek characters in my hometown/state.
Uh….Funkmaster Jess??!
Surfed in from BE but stayed longer than the 30 secs as this is a cool site. Merrry Christmas xx
You know you left Animatrix off your Matrix list. Is there a special reason for this?
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I am hard pressed to disagree with any of your choices, except for Potter I would switch 1 and 3.
Prisoner of Azkaban was last on your list??? Maybe you accidentally wrote the entries backwards, because I would rank those movies in the reverse of how you did
You seemed to have left off the most prolific “popular film franchise” from your list. Where’s the James Bond?
For the James Bond franchise, Jess, you *better* have Moonraker at the top.
You’ve been warned.
“Uh….Funkmaster Jess??!”
I was going to ask that too.
Anyhow, First Contact would be my number one, no contest.
Cheeky: Funkmaster Jess is what they call me when I’m spinning the wheels of steel.
Robyn: Believe it or not, I’m not a huge fan of anime. That being said, I’d probably rate The Animatrix as my least favorite installment in the series.
As for James Bond, I didn’t include it since I haven’t seen enough of the films to really put together a comprehensive ranking. Honestly, I think I’d go with “Live and Let Die” if I had to choose at this point. Of course, I haven’t seen most of the Connery installments.
Your Rocky rankings are the only ones with which I strongly disagree. I and II are both really good movies. III and IV were much more enjoyable when I saw them as a kid. I figured you ranked IV so high because of the political aspects and seeing Apollo’s trainer cry like a little school girl (”throw the towe!”), and it’s hard to argue with Mr. T, so I guess I can see your point.
i never realized what truly horrid taste in movies you had. you like aliens more than alien? prisoner of azkaban is the only harry potter movie that doesn’t suck big floppy donkey dick. and batman forever is one of the most painful atrocities ever visited on mankind.
Please justify the low ranking of Dogma. Below JERSEY GIRL? I would have also had Clerks much higher. In fact, I may have had the Kevin Smith list in the exact reversed order, except Jersey Girl. Oh, well… maybe we can still be blog friends.
In defense of my Batman rankings, I should note that I don’t really like any of the Batman films all that much. In particular, I disliked Michael Keaton intensely in the role of Batman. So, ranking Batman Forever on top isn’t exactly a ringing endorsement. Still, it wasn’t like I went nuts and put Batman & Robin ahead of the first two films.
Dr. H: Looking back, I’m not sure if I would stand by my Kevin Smith rankings. That being said, I’m not a huge fan of Dogma — largely because I don’t like Linda Fiorentino or Salma Hayek’s performances. On the other hand, I really like Ben Affleck and Matt Damon as Bartleby and Loki.
Upon further review, if I ranked the Kevin Smith films again, I’d probably switch Clerks and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
Let the rankings begin
Funkmaster Jess is rating movie series. Who am I to deny the Funkmaster? A mindless meme-follower aparently. I left off Harry Potter (because I’ve only seen part of one) and Austin Powers (because they all sucked). In their place I’m adding the Coen …