I get my movies from Netflix, so I use the same 5 star rating system, because I don’t want to think that hard about it. No “half stars,” no “no stars,” just 1-2-3-4-5. Easy.

I will not take the time to write reviews of the movies I had already seen as of the first post, so I decided to go ahead and add my rating up in the page and not just in the comments.

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars.

Best moment: The scene at the end where Schindler is overcome by his feelings that he could have saved many more people than he did, surprisingly the only time in the 3+ hour movie where two of the lead actors deliver spectacular performances in the same scene.

Most surprising moment: While Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, and Ralph Fiennes each turn in praise-worthy performances that carry the movie on their own for long stretches at a time, there is only one scene (mentioned above) where two of them do it at the same time.

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars.

Best moment: When McMurphy breaks and attacks Nurse Ratched.

Most surprising moment: When Chief suffocates McMurphy. I did not see that coming. It probably seemed more surprising because everything else in the movie was so predictable.

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Best moment: The speech delivered by Karl Malden as Father Barry after the “accidental” death of Kayo Dugan.

Some people think the Crucifixion only took place on Calvary. They better wise up. Taking Joey Doyle’s life to stop him from testifying is a crucifixion. And dropping a sling on Kayo Dugan because he was ready to spill his guts tomorrow, that’s a crucifixion. And every time the mob puts the crusher on a good man, tries to stop him from doing his duty as a citizen, it’s a crucifixion. And anybody who sits around and lets it happen, keeps silent about something he knows has happened, shares the guilt of it just as much as the Roman soldier who pierced the flesh of Our Lord to see if He was dead.

You want to know what’s wrong with our waterfront? It’s the love of a lousy buck. It’s making the love of the lousy buck, the cushy job, more important than the love of man. It’s forgetting that every fellow down here is your brother in Christ! But remember, Christ is always with you, Christ is in the shape up. He’s in the hatch. He’s in the union hall. He’s kneeling right here beside Dugan. And He’s saying with all of you, if you do it to the least of mine, you do it to me. And what they did to Joey, and what they did to Dugan, they’re doing to you. And you. You. All of you. And only you, only you with God’s help, have the power to knock ‘em off for good. Okay, Kayo? Amen.

Most surprising moment: Whenever I watch a movie with a famously over-quoted line, that line usually sticks out like a sore thumb, and I can’t help but chuckle. There are few lines more famous than “I coulda been a contender,” but surprisingly it fits smoothly into the middle of a fairly well-acted scene.

West Side Story (1961), My Fair Lady (1964), The Sound of Music (1965), Oliver! (1968), Patton (1970), The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), Rocky (1976), Chariots of Fire (1981), Platoon (1986), Rain Man (1988), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Forrest Gump (1994), Braveheart (1995), Titanic (1997), Shakespeare in Love (1998), Gladiator (2000), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Chicago (2002), The Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King (2003), Million Dollar Baby (2004), Crash (2005), The Departed (2006), No Country for Old Men (2007), Slumdog Millionaire (2008), and The Hurt Locker (2009).

Not surprisingly my numbers are concentrated around more recent movies, having seen each of the last ten winners, and 18 of the last 24. The oldest Best Picture winner I have seen to date is West Side Story (1961).

My favorites on the list so far: Patton (1970), Forrest Gump (1994), Braveheart (1995), Gladiator (2000), The Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King (2003), The Departed (2006), No Country for Old Men (2007), Slumdog Millionaire (2008), and The Hurt Locker (2009).

Biggest surprise: Shakespeare in Love (1998). Seriously? This movie beat Saving Private Ryan, among others I would say were far more deserving.

I’ll continue to add movies as I see them. I don’t have a deadline, I expect it will take a few years to see them all.