Dark Whimsy Favorites #36-40

Rick Retro’s Realm, Project #3: 40 Dark Whimsy Favorites in 80 Days, 1996-2001, a couple Coens, a concentration camp, and a couple of castles. Cool.

The countdown to my next review project continues. I’m doing an overview of 40 of my Dark Whimsy favorites!

The first 35 are:
#1 (1944) Arsenic and Old Lace
#2 (1959) The Mouse That Roared
#3 (1963) The Pink Panther
#4 (1965) The Sound of Music
#5 (1965) The Great Race
#6 (1968) The Love Bug
#7 (1973) The Sting
#8 (1975) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
#9 (1979) The Muppet Movie
#10 (1979) Being There
#11 (1980) Airplane!
#12 (1980) Oh! Heavenly Dog
#13 (1980) The Gods Must Be Crazy
#14 (1981) Arthur
#15 (1982) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
#16 (1982) Tootsie
#17 (1983) The Man With Two Brains
#18 (1984) Romancing the Stone
#19 (1984) The Natural
#20 (1984) Electric Dreams
#21 (1985) Re-Animator
#22 (1986) Stand by Me
#23 (1986) Little Shop of Horrors
#24 (1987) Raising Arizona
#25 (1987) Roxanne
#26 (1987) The Princess Bride
#27 (1987) Planes, Trains & Automobiles
#28 (1988) Big
#29 (1988) Who Framed Roger Rabbit
#30 (1988) Moon Over Parador
#31 (1989) Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
#32 (1989) Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
#33 (1991) Armour of God 2: Operation Condor
#34 (1993) Groundhog Day
#35 (1995) Toy Story

We finish the 20th Century, cross the Y2K line and enter the 21st Century. But still these are movies that I’ve seen at least twice, which will probably be awarded A+ grades:

#36 (1996) Fargo
Another entry from the Coen brothers. Will it have enough Whimsy? Or in this case, Whimzy?

#37 (1997) Life Is Beautiful
Of course it’s on the list!

#38 (1999) The Castle
Voted in 2018 by the Australian public as the greatest Australian film ever made. Barely even heard of in America.

#39 (2000) O Brother, Where Art Thou?
The Coen brothers adapt Homer’s Odyssey.

#40 (2001) Shrek
DreamWorks animation achieves Pixar-level success for the first time.

#41-45 will be revealed tomorrow!
What?!?!?

Originally posted to text group 2025-01-16
Last updated 2025-02-04

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