AFI 100 Laughs - #96 - Sons of the Desert

Title: Sons of the Desert

100 Laughs Rank: 96

Other AFI Rankings: None

My Rating: 3.5 (out of 5.0)

IMDB Rating: 7.7 (out of 10.0)

Date Watched: 28-Sep-2012

Channel: TCM

Platform: Dish Network

Quick Facts:

• Sons of the Desert was a partial remake of 1928's We Faw Down.
• The international Laurel and Hardy fraternal organization is named after the meeting.
• Laurel and Hardy appeared together in over 107 films (including 23 full-length feature films).

Reviews:

• Rotten Tomatoes
• New York Times
• Internet Film Laser Squad
• IMDB External Reviews

Other Links:

• (Fan-Made) Trailer on YouTube
• Sons of the Desert - The Worldwide Laurel & Hardy Society
• Fraternal Organization
• Official Website
• Wikipedia
• We Faw Down - Silent Movie that was predecessor to Sons of the Desert

Streaming Options (courtesy of Can I Stream.It?)

• Vudu (Purchase)

AFI 100 Laughs - #97 - Bull Durham

Title: Bull Durham

100 Laughs Rank: 97

Other AFI Rankings: AFI's 10 Top 10 Sports #5

My Rating: 3.0 (out of 5.0)

IMDB Rating: 7.0 (out of 10.0)

Date Watched: 15-Feb-2013

Channel: Dish Anywhere

Platform: Windows Laptop

Quick Facts:

• Ranked #1 on Rotten Tomatoes' Top Sports Movies list
• Movie name was based on the minor league baseball team - Durham Bulls
• Kevin Costner has appeared in 5 movies about baseball:
• Chasing Dreams
• Bull Durham
• Field of Dreams
• For Love of the Game
• The Upside of Anger

Reviews:

• Rotten Tomatoes
• Metacritic
• New York Times
• Internet Film Laser Squad
• Baseball Almanac 
• ESPN Page 2
• IMDB External Reviews

Other Links:

• Trailer on YouTube
• Official Website 
• Bull Durham Turns 20
• Bull Durham - 9 things you didn't know about the film

Streaming Options (courtesy of Can I Stream.It?)

• Vudu (Rent)

AFI 100 Laughs - #98 - The Court Jester

Title: The Court Jester

100 Laughs Rank: 98

Other AFI Rankings: None

My Rating: 4.0 (out of 5.0)

IMDB Rating: 7.7 (out of 10.0)

Date Watched: 21-Dec-2012

Channel: Amazon Instant Video

Platform: iPad

Quick Facts:

• At the time The Court Jester was made, it was the most expensive movie ever made at $4 million.
• This was the 4th of 6 movies on the AFI 100 Years list that Angela Lansbury starred in.  Her first 3 movies are all on one of the lists.
• This was Danny Kaye's only appearance on any of the AFI 100 Years lists.

Reviews:

• Rotten Tomatoes
• New York Times
• Common Sense Media
• Internet Film Laser Squad
• TV Guide
• Fandango
• Time Out London
• IMDB External Reviews

Other Links:

• Trailer on YouTube

Streaming Options (courtesy of Can I Stream.It?)

• Amazon (Prime, Rent or Purchase)
• iTunes (Rent or Purchase)
• Google Play (Rent or Purchase)
• Redbox Instant (Rent or Purchase)
• YouTube (Rent)

AFI 100 Laughs - #99 - The Nutty Professor

Title: The Nutty Professor

100 Laughs Rank: 99

Other AFI Rankings: None

My Rating: 3.0 (out of 5.0)

IMDB Rating: 6.7 (out of 10.0)

Date Watched: 25-Aug-2012

Channel: Amazon Instant Video

Platform: xBox

Quick Facts:

• The Nutty Professor was based on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• The Nutty Professor had an animated sequel in 2008.  It also was remade staring Eddie Murphy in 1996, which also had a remake.
• This was one of two movies in AFI 100 Laughs that Jerry Lewis appeared in.  The other was It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.  Both were released in 1963.

Reviews:

• Rotten Tomatoes
• New York Times
• Combustible Celluloid
• Internet Film Laser Squad
• MSN
• Booze Movies
• IMDB External Reviews

Other Links:

• Trailer on YouTube
• Animated Sequel 
• 1996 Remake
• Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
• Facebook Page

Streaming Options (courtesy of Can I Stream.It?)

• Amazon (Prime or Purchase)
• iTunes (Rent or Purchase)
• Google Play (Rent or Purchase)
• Vudu (Rent or Purchase) 
• YouTube (Rent)
• Redbox Instant (Rent or Purchase)

AFI 100 Laughs - #100 - Good Morning, Vietnam

Title: Good Morning, Vietnam

100 Laughs Rank: 100

Other AFI Rankings: None

My Rating: 4.5 (out of 5.0)

IMDB Rating: 7.2 (out of 10.0)

Date Watched: 24-Dec-2012

Channel: Sundance Channel

Platform: Dish Network

Quick Facts:

• Loosely based on the experiences of Armed Forces Radio DJ Adrian Cronauer.
• Robin Williams won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical.  It was his first award of any type that he was awarded for a movie.  He has won in that category 3 times.
• Williams was nominated for Best Actor for Good Morning Vietnam.  He would be nominated 3 times, but never win.  However, he did win Best Supporting Actor for Good Will Hunting.

Reviews:

• Rotten Tomatoes
• Roger Ebert
• New York Times
• art thou?
• Internet Film Laser Squad
• IMDB External Reviews

Other Links:

• AMC Ultimate Fan Movie Game
• Trailer on YouTube
• Facebook Page

Streaming Options (courtesy of Can I Stream.It?)

• Amazon (Purchase)
• iTunes (Rent or Purchase)
• YouTube (Rent)
• Google Play (Rent or Purchase) 
• Sony (Rent)
• Vudu (Purchase)

What I have watched so far - AFI Top 100 Lists

Today I watched my 145th movie (A Raisin in the Sun) on the AFI Top 100 lists.  It is #65 on AFI Cheers list.  Here are some stats about the movies that I have watched:

Number of movies watched by list:

• 100 Laughs - 85
• 100 Movies (Updated) - 43
• 100 Movies - 40
• 100 Passions - 37
• AFI's 10 Top 10 - 31
• 100 Cheers - 28
• 100 Thrills - 16
• Film Scores - 6
• Movie Musicals - 5

Most Recent Movie Watched - Finding Nemo (2003)
Oldest Movie Watched - Sherlock, Jr. (1924)

Channel that I watched the movies on:

• TCM - 42
• Netflix - 30
• Amazon -30
• Other - 43

Platform that I watched the movies on:

• Dish Network - 75
• Roku - 23
• xBox - 18
• Kindle Fire - 16
• Other - 13

 Movies watched by Decade:

• 1980's - 30
• 1940's - 28
• 1930's - 19
• 1950's - 19
• 1970's - 19
• 1960's - 13
• 1990's - 12
• 1920's - 5
• 2000's - 1

I have watched seven Alfred Hitchcock movies which is the most of any director:

• Dial M for Murder
• North by Northwest
• Rebecca
• Strangers on a Train
• The Lady Vanishes
• To Catch a Thief
• Vertigo

 Frank Capra is second on the list of most directors with 6.

My Quest to Watch Every Movie on AFI's Top 100 Lists

In 1998, the American Film Institute released its first top 100 list in the 100 Years...series.  The first was a list of the 100 best American movies.  They continued releasing a new list until 2008 releasing a total of 13 lists.  Out of the 13 lists, 9 of them had a ranking of movies in various categories.  They are:

• 100 Movies
• 100 Laughs
• 100 Thrills 
• 100 Passions 
• Film Scores
• 100 Cheers
• Movie Musicals
• 100 Movies (Updated)
• AFI's 10 Top 10

Most of the lists are Top 100 lists except the film scores and movie musicals which are Top 25 lists.  The last list (10 Top 10) are a list of the Top 10 movies in 10 different genres.

In total, there are 412 different movies in these 9 lists.  Last year, I began a quest to watch all 412 movies. So far, as of today (Groundhog Day - #34 on 100 Laughs), I have watched 144 of the 412 movies or 35% of the total movies.

In upcoming posts, I plan to give my ratings about each movie and some thoughts.  I don't have a writing or film background, so my thoughts will be brief.  Since my background is statistics, I will also give data on each film.  In addition, I will provide reviews of each movie and other useful links.