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A review by ericbuscemi
The Film Buff's Bucket List by Chris Stuckmann
4.0
Most top film lists, such as AFI's list of 100 Greatest Movies, are heavily skewed to older movies such as Citizen Kane and It's a Wonderful Life, which kills my interest in them. As a self-styled modern film buff, I was thrilled to see this "bucket list" focusing solely on the last fifteen years, especially since it was written by a reviewer whose videos I greatly enjoy.
While our tastes don't completely line up -- I can't stand Signs for example -- I understand and appreciate basically every entry on the list, and I've seen thirty-six of the fifty films on it. There is definitely some bias to the list, with true comedies being nearly absent from the list, along with a certain non-flashy subset of dramas such as Milk and Spotlight. The list favors style and innovation over other aspects of film making, but I am willing to accept that slant considering the quality of the films present on the list and the care he took in explaining each choice, which shows how much he truly loves film.
I'm listing the fourteen films I haven't seen from the list below (in chronological order, just like the novel's list) to remind myself which of the films on the "bucket list" I still need to watch: American Psycho, Cache, Zodiac, There Will Be Blood, Trick 'r Treat, (500) Days of Summer, Snowpiercer, Prisoners, Enemy, Under the Skin, The Babadook, Birdman, Whiplash, When Marnie Was There.
While our tastes don't completely line up -- I can't stand Signs for example -- I understand and appreciate basically every entry on the list, and I've seen thirty-six of the fifty films on it. There is definitely some bias to the list, with true comedies being nearly absent from the list, along with a certain non-flashy subset of dramas such as Milk and Spotlight. The list favors style and innovation over other aspects of film making, but I am willing to accept that slant considering the quality of the films present on the list and the care he took in explaining each choice, which shows how much he truly loves film.
I'm listing the fourteen films I haven't seen from the list below (in chronological order, just like the novel's list) to remind myself which of the films on the "bucket list" I still need to watch: American Psycho, Cache, Zodiac, There Will Be Blood, Trick 'r Treat, (500) Days of Summer, Snowpiercer, Prisoners, Enemy, Under the Skin, The Babadook, Birdman, Whiplash, When Marnie Was There.