Troy Foreman is one of the masterminds behind the Back to Frank Black campaign, a terrific blogger at the PC Principle, and an outstanding interviewer. Today, he caps off the top ten lists with his selections.
Troy writes:
"Fantastic idea for a Reader's Top 10 list. I sat down and racked my brain for a day on this one. As a reader said before, ask me later and it may change, but for right now, here is my list. The films I chose are the ones that had an impact on me as a viewer and in my opinion, had an impact when it comes to making movies!
This list is in no particular order because that would take another day!
Sunshine - a COMPLETELY overlooked and underrated film. If you haven't seen it, rent it now.
Pitch Black
Star Trek II - The Wrath of Kahn
The Day The Earth Stood Still
The Empire Strikes Back - although Star Wars changed the game, Empire took it to another level.
Aliens - probably the best franchise sequel ever
Planet of the Apes - another game changer
The Matrix
Moon - Sam Rockwell was brilliant in this film
Monolith - a little known film that starred Bill Paxton and Louis Gossett Jr.
Troy, I'm happy to see the love for Sunshine (2007), here, and also appreciate that you included Pitch Black (2000). I'm a big fan of that David Twohy film. Your list also is continues the Aliens (1986) surge we've been seeing here of late, with that sequel getting some much-deserved reader love.
John,
ReplyDeleteIt's an honor to close out this segment on your blog. Thank you. I think Sunshine is just an amazing piece of work, just an all around fantastic film and I can't sing its praises enough. Congrats to everyone who had their list spotlighted!
I absolutely agree with your thoughts regarding Planet of the Apes (1968), Empire Strikes Back(1980) and Aliens(1986) the latter two being brilliant sequels.
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