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Total Ratings | 2,234 |
Total Reviews | 50 |
Total Lists | 12 |
Total Plots | 79 |
Total Points | 2,719 |
Arbogast1960's Information
Ranking Status: Producer
Name: Aaron Rogers
Gender: Male
Current Area: Chicago, IL
Home Town: Dallas, TX
Education: B.S., Business Administration, Univ. of Texas at Dallas, 2004; J.D., Notre Dame Law School, 2008
Interests: Movies (obviously), music (esp. indie rock--Belle & Sebastian, Sufjan Stevens, Iron & Wine, etc--but also classic rock and jazz), basketball, cooking
Movie Profile
Film I Love: Psycho (1960)
Guilty Pleasure: Every movie is worth watching at least once . . . well, almost every movie
Favorite Genre: Thriller
Least Favorite Genre: Western
Favorite Actors: Cary Grant, James Stewart, Johnny Depp, Jeanne Moreau
Least Favorite Actors: Nicolas Cage, Robin Williams, Adam Sandler
Favorite Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Least Favorite Director: Uwe Boll
Movie Quotes: "And I say, insect or man, death should always be painless." - Psycho (1960)
"So, you wanna go into the movie or what?"
- "No, I can't go into a movie that's already started, because I'm anal."
- "That's a polite word for what you are." - Annie Hall (1977)
"Oh, waiter!"
- "That is not a waiter, my dear, that is a butler."
- "Well I can't yell 'Oh, butler!' can I? Maybe somebody's name is Butler."
- "You have a point. An idiotic one, but a point." - All About Eve (1950)
Latest Movie Review
Rating of
4/4
"There is only one."
What if demons were real? That is the specific question animating The Exorcist. Not the devil--demons. Therein lies the key to its endurance. The devil, like God, is in some ways too big, too abstract a figure to interest; he might give the marching orders, but he is too far behind the scenes to glimpse. But his minions--these we can see and touch and feel as they carry out their missions. These infiltrate and provide evil a face. The other element underpinning the film's greatness is its matter-of-factness. It is serious, but appropriately so. No excess earnestness or unearned austerity, no overwrought cataclysm. Demons exist, they operate in ordinary environs, and God's messengers must dispatch them. And such events exist …
Recent Rating History
Movie Title | Rating | Overall | Add |
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Romeo + Juliet (1996) | 1.5/4 | 2.6/4 | |
We're No Angels (1955) | 2.0/4 | 2.5/4 | |
The Heartbreak Kid (1972) | 3.5/4 | 2.9/4 | |
This Film is Not Yet Rated | 2.5/4 | 2.9/4 | |
The Ghost Writer | 3.0/4 | 2.7/4 |
Top Movie List
# | Movie Title | Rating | Overall | Add |
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1. | Psycho | 4.0/4 | 3.3/4 | |
2. | Chinatown | 4.0/4 | 3.2/4 | |
3. | Jules and Jim ( Jules et Jim ) | 4.0/4 | 3.0/4 | |
4. | Vertigo | 4.0/4 | 3.2/4 | |
5. | Rear Window | 4.0/4 | 3.3/4 |
Movies I Want To See
# | Movie Title | Rating | Overall | Add |
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1. | Rififi ( Rififi chez les hommes, Du ) | N/A | 3.0/4 | |
2. | Run Lola Run ( Lola rennt ) | N/A | 2.9/4 | |
3. | Very Long Engagement, A ( long dimanche de fiançailles, Un ) | N/A | 2.9/4 | |
4. | Wild Strawberries ( Smultronstället ) | N/A | 3.2/4 | |
5. | Bird People in China, The ( Chûgoku no chôjin ) | N/A | 3.2/4 |
Recent Comments
Holas - wrote on 06/26/09 at 11:39 AM CT
Worst Best Picture Winners comment
i completely agree with no. 9
sodapop - wrote on 06/27/08 at 07:40 AM CT
Thanks for the feedback and recommendations. Most of those titles I lined up for viewings, except for Breathless, which I've seen and thought was released in '60? *Shrug*
Alex - wrote on 05/30/08 at 07:22 PM CT
Aguirre, Wrath of God ( Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes ) Review comment
I have never seen this but want to badly. What can you see about the pacing aspect of the film. Oh, and how long is it?
goodfellamike - wrote on 04/10/08 at 08:23 PM CT
Thanks. I guess even the best director of all-time has to have a couple of duds.
goodfellamike - wrote on 04/10/08 at 03:00 AM CT
very true. i will try to work on my own Hitchcock list and see
goodfellamike - wrote on 04/09/08 at 09:44 PM CT
Hitchcock comment
Love the list. Frenzy, Sabotage and Dial M for Murder get sadly overlooked by most people. Of course I'm always glad to see my favorite movie of all time so high on the list as well. Cheers
goodfellamike - wrote on 04/08/08 at 02:43 AM CT
Top Best Picture Winners comment
Excellent idea for a list.
Allison - wrote on 03/30/08 at 11:24 PM CT
Thanks for the recommendations. I saw both Mr. Skeffington and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? but I forgot to include them on my list. They have been added now.
Nick - wrote on 03/23/08 at 11:08 PM CT
Welcome to FilmCrave! Click on 'Edit My Profile' above to finish filling out information about yourself. Don't forget to change your picture too!