| Are you a movie dunce? Do you not know your | | | | |
| Corleone from your Kurosawa? Would you | | | | 8. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly |
| recognise a lightsaber if it hit you in the | | | | |
| face? Well, don't panic. To help you catch up | | | | Set during the US Civil War, the movie |
| on your movie knowledge here's the first | | | | follows the three protagonists Blondie (The |
| instalment in your 2-part crash course in the | | | | Good), Snake Eyes (The Bad) and Tuco (The |
| top 10 movies of all time, as voted by the | | | | Ugly) in their search of a hoard of gold |
| readers of the Internet Movie Database. | | | | stolen by bank robber Bill Carson. All three |
| Careful, though... here be spoilers. | | | | want 50% of the gold -- resulting in a good |
| | | | old-fashioned standoff. Snake Eyes is shot |
| 10. Star Wars IV: A New Hope | | | | dead, and the honorable Blondie allows Tuco |
| | | | his share of the booty. |
| A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away . | | | | |
| . . | | | | Quote: You see, in this world there's two |
| | | | kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded |
| Luke Skywalker, farmhand and son of Darth | | | | guns and those who dig. You dig. |
| Vader, is torn from his home when his aunt | | | | |
| and uncle are murdered by Imperial Storm | | | | Trivia: Clint Eastwood wore the same poncho |
| Troopers searching for the stolen plans to | | | | for all three 'Man With No Name' movies -- |
| the Death Star, a space station with weaponry | | | | without washing it once. |
| capable of destroying planets. Luke escapes | | | | |
| with his two droids, Jedi Knight Obi Wan | | | | 7. Schindler's List |
| Kenobi, smuggler Han Solo and first mate | | | | |
| Chewbacca. | | | | Schindler's List tells the true story of |
| | | | Oscar Schindler, a Nazi industrialist who |
| After escaping Tatooine, the ragtag crew | | | | becomes so moved by the plight of the Jewish |
| stumble upon the Death Star shortly after it | | | | people during World War II that he devotes |
| has destroyed the planet Alderaan. Caught by | | | | himself to saving as many as he can. Even |
| its tractor beam, their ship is dragged in. | | | | after rescuing over 1,100 Jews from the gas |
| While attempting to escape the Death Star the | | | | chamber, Schindler bemoans the fact that he |
| team rescue Princess Leia, held prisoner in | | | | could have saved more had he sacrificed |
| the ships bowels. During the rescue Obi Wan | | | | everything he had. |
| sacrifices himself to allow the others to | | | | |
| escape. | | | | Quote: I could have got more out. I could |
| | | | have got more. I don't know. If I'd just... I |
| In a grand finale, Luke destroys the Death | | | | could have got more. |
| Star by firing a missile into a weak spot in | | | | |
| the structure of the ship and Darth Vader, is | | | | Trivia: Steven Spielberg refused to take any |
| cannoned off into the depths of space. | | | | pay for the film, claiming that it would feel |
| | | | like he was taking 'blood money'. |
| Quote: I felt a great disturbance in the | | | | |
| Force, as if millions of voices suddenly | | | | 6. The Seven Samurai |
| cried out in terror and were suddenly | | | | |
| silenced. | | | | Regarded as Akira Kurosawa's greatest film, |
| | | | the Seven Samurai tells the story of a |
| Trivia: Al Pacino, Burt Reynolds and James | | | | terrorised village in war-torn 16th Century |
| Caan reportedly turned down the role of Han | | | | Japan. Constantly attacked by gangs of |
| Solo. | | | | bandits, the residents enlist the services of |
| | | | seven ronin, or samurai without masters, to |
| 9. Pulp Fiction | | | | protect them. |
| | | | |
| A movie whose various plotlines are far too | | | | Despite initial tensions between the |
| intertwined to summarise in a paragraph or | | | | villagers and the samurai, they together |
| two, Pulp Fiction simply tells the story of a | | | | successfully defend the village against the |
| day in the life of a group of unusual people | | | | bandits. However, their success comes at the |
| -- two hitmen, the wife of a gangster, and a | | | | cost of the lives of four samurai. |
| boxer who killed in the ring among others. | | | | |
| | | | Quote: What's the use of worrying about your |
| Edited to tie each story together, the movie | | | | beard when your head's about to be taken? |
| often plays out of sequence -- to the point | | | | |
| where the final scene and the opening scene | | | | Trivia: The three samurai whose characters |
| take place at the same time. Full of pop | | | | survived the film were the first three to die |
| culture references and quotable lines, Pulp | | | | in real life. |
| Fiction stays true to form as a Tarantino | | | | |
| movie. | | | | So, you're up to date on five of the top ten |
| | | | most popular movies of all time - but that's |
| Quote: Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead. | | | | not good enough! To complete your movie |
| | | | knowledge, why not read up on the top five |
| Trivia: Vincent Vega (John Travolta) is the | | | | movies in the final instalment of your crash |
| brother of Vic Vega, also known as Mr Blonde, | | | | course? |
| in Reservoir Dogs. | | | | |