
Enjoy movie reviews from our very own Dave Martin!
On the first Monday of each month (give or take), Dave will post a movie review along with that movie’s scores and placement on his overall list.
This has nothing to do with what we actual do for a living at Prosperity, but hopefully you will enjoy the reviews and vehemently disagree with the scores to foster some friendly debate.
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Outside the office, one of my primary interests is movies. Being a self-proclaimed spreadsheet nerd and borderline obsessive list maker, I combined all of that to create a listing of the best movies of all time. It’s not just a feeling that I have that one movie is better than another. It is a quantitative listing of 7 different categories weighted based on my idea of their importance as to what makes a movie great.
The categories are as follows:
- Acting (weighted the highest at plus 25%)
- Writing (weighted at plus 15%)
- Directing (weighted evenly)
- Look (weighted at minus 20%)
- Quality (weighted at plus 5% - this is an attempt to bring in other opinions to my rankings)
- Enjoyable (weighted at minus 10%)
- Originality (weighted at minus 25%)
If a movie is well acted and well written (like, say, Casablanca), it likely ranks higher than a movie that is fun to watch and looks cool (like your typical action movie). This is not to imply that action movies are not worth seeing. It just means that such popcorn fare does not typically make the top levels of my list. Always remember this is my own personal opinion based on what I consider good and important in a movie. It is not a FAVORITE movie list. It is a BEST movie list.
The scores, ranging from 1-100 in each category, are combined to rank every movie I have ever seen (or at least the ones I can remember seeing). The total list is updated frequently with new additions and revised occasionally as my tastes change over time. (Still think it is borderline obsessive or have we crossed over that threshold?)
REVIEW DATE | MOVIE | RANK (out of) |
---|---|---|
12/4/2023 | The Godfather | 1 (1332) |
11/1/2023 | Get Out | 127 (1332) |
10/2/2023 | From Here to Eternity | 3 (1332) |
9/4/2023 | Dr. Strangelove | 2 (1332) |
8/1/2023 | Magnolia | 18 (1327) |
7/5/2023 | West Side Story (original) | 12 (1326) |
6/5/2023 | Avengers: Infinity War | 170 (1326) |
5/2/2023 | Inception | 9 (1326) |
4/3/2023 | Field Of Dreams | 136 (1324) |
3/4/2023 | Everything Everywhere All At Once | 111 (1323) |
1/30/2023 | Any Given Sunday | 788 (1317) |
1/2/2023 | Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid | 14 (1307) |
12/5/2022 | Crazy, Stupid, Love | 598 (1305) |
11/5/2022 | Bedknobs And Broomsticks | 247 (1305) |
10/1/2022 | Big Hero 6 | 191 (1304) |
9/5/2022 | Now You See Me | 587 (1304) |
8/1/2022 | Her | 20 (1304) |
7/4/2022 | A Few Good Men | 67 (1302) |
6/6/2022 | Moulin Rouge! | 71 (1300) |
5/2/2022 | Gone Baby Gone | 122 (1297) |
4/4/2022 | Knives Out | 163 (1297) |
3/9/2022 | Belfast | 259 (1294) |
1/31/2022 | The Martian | 179 (1288) |
12/30/2021 | Big Fish | 115 (1283) |
12/3/2021 | The Father | 181 (1280) |
11/1/2021 | Hook | 209 (1280) |
10/2/2021 | Finding Nemo | 58 (1280) |
9/7/2021 | Pay It Forward | 1199 (1279) |
8/2/2021 | Three Kings | 91 (1277) |
7/1/2021 | Galaxy Quest | 236 (1276) |
6/1/2021 | 25th Hour | 78 (1273) |
5/3/2021 | Shawshank Redemption | 37 (1270) |
4/6/2021 | A Night In Miami | 226 (1268) |
3/1/2021 | The Rock | 758 (1263) |
2/1/2021 | Young Frankenstein | 39 (1253) |
1/2/2021 | The Best Years Of Our Lives | 31 (1246) |
12/3/2020 | Die Hard | 230 (1242) |
11/1/2020 | La Story | 124 (1239) |
10/2/2020 | Life Is Beautiful | 3 (1237) |
9/4/2020 | Panic Room | 289 (1235) |
7/31/2020 | One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest | 7 (1233) |
7/4/2020 | Breakdown | 559 (1232) |
5/29/2020 | Sneakers | 293 (1233) |
5/4/2020 | Major League | 819 (1232) |
4/3/2020 | Robin Hood | 375 (1231) |
2/28/2020 | Once | 132 (1231) |
1/31/2020 | Jojo | 153 (1231) |