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The Great 2020 All Time Movie Draft- The judging is heavily biased against me. It’s a hoax! Fake news. (2 Viewers)
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KarmaPolice
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I had all night and still cant decide.
AAABatteries
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Oh - I am shocked, shocked to find that we got our facts mixed up in the FFA!
I don't care if it was made up - I believed it so I feel like it's true.
Doug B
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KarmaPolice
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Great call, and I will go back to back Line movies and take another that Mrs. R and EY are sure to hate:
14.16: THE THIN RED LINE - WW2 movie
I have to stay on brand here, and I have been looking at and thinking about my bluray collection. Pretty sure this was one of the first I got on Criterion. It's an interesting to compare this to the other WW2 movie that came out in the same year that went a long time ago. It's Malick, so it's beautifully shot and you are getting a meditation on war and human nature. I swear I watch other types of movies, but it seems like my draft is shaping up to be movies that have been growing on me over the years and reward rewatches and dissection. This one definitely fits that description for me.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Missed a lot of good conversation last night.
Since some others posted where they are, he's triplemania's draft so far. I love our list - maybe a little heavy on older films but I think that's the case for most of us. Any of these picks that are questionable are probably mine and not Hags. We are trying to mix movies we love but that are also highly rated - I think we've balanced it well. The only film on the list that I wouldn't enthusiastically endorse would be Clockwork Orange but that may end up one of our better picks for where we took it. Questionable pick may turn out to be City Lights if we get dinged by it being a silent film.
1 - The Godfather - GOAT
2 - Spirited Away - Animation
3 - Star Wars - Score
4 - Seven Samurai - Foreign
5 - Vertigo - Suspense
6 - Dr. Strangelove - Comedy
7 - The Maltese Falcon - 40s
8 - No Country For Old Men - 2000s
9 - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - Western
10 - Clockwork Orange - Sci-Fi
11 - The Bridge on the River Kwai - War
12 - City Lights - Romantic Comedy
13 - Indiana Jones - Hero
14 - The Thin Blue Line - Documentary
Since some others posted where they are, he's triplemania's draft so far. I love our list - maybe a little heavy on older films but I think that's the case for most of us. Any of these picks that are questionable are probably mine and not Hags. We are trying to mix movies we love but that are also highly rated - I think we've balanced it well. The only film on the list that I wouldn't enthusiastically endorse would be Clockwork Orange but that may end up one of our better picks for where we took it. Questionable pick may turn out to be City Lights if we get dinged by it being a silent film.
1 - The Godfather - GOAT
2 - Spirited Away - Animation
3 - Star Wars - Score
4 - Seven Samurai - Foreign
5 - Vertigo - Suspense
6 - Dr. Strangelove - Comedy
7 - The Maltese Falcon - 40s
8 - No Country For Old Men - 2000s
9 - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - Western
10 - Clockwork Orange - Sci-Fi
11 - The Bridge on the River Kwai - War
12 - City Lights - Romantic Comedy
13 - Indiana Jones - Hero
14 - The Thin Blue Line - Documentary
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Oh, #### it. I will also stay on brand and go with the obvious pick for this category for me, and since I already lost out on TWWB and Boogie Nights, I might as well grab the guy behind the camera:
15.01: PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON - modern director.
Yes, I get he is polarizing, but I don't think anybody is denying the talent is there. Still young, but for my money (and I am guessing critics as well if you glanced at "best of" lists) he made one of the best movies of the 90s, arguably the best of the 00s, and what are regarded as 2 of the best of the 10s. I love his warped take on family and relationships in his movies, the movies are amazingly shot, and he gets great performances out of everybody. Also bonus points for writing his movies too...
ETA: sort of like Kubrick - the batting average is way up there, and a lot is to do with him being slow with what he does/writes his movies.
15.01: PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON - modern director.
Yes, I get he is polarizing, but I don't think anybody is denying the talent is there. Still young, but for my money (and I am guessing critics as well if you glanced at "best of" lists) he made one of the best movies of the 90s, arguably the best of the 00s, and what are regarded as 2 of the best of the 10s. I love his warped take on family and relationships in his movies, the movies are amazingly shot, and he gets great performances out of everybody. Also bonus points for writing his movies too...
ETA: sort of like Kubrick - the batting average is way up there, and a lot is to do with him being slow with what he does/writes his movies.
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KarmaPolice
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Ilov80s
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It’s just very much what I would expect you to take. Fits your style perfectly. Also, The Thin Red Line was part of my first ever Criterion purchase. The director who I will not name might be the best Criterion movies to get, his movies are just so gorgeous.
Charlie Steiner
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KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I checked and The Thin Red Line is not on any streaming services. Looks like most of PTA's movies you can see on NF or HBO Max. Boogie Nights is the notable one that is not on streaming.
Mr. Mojo
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tuffnutt
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Once is one of my all time favorite movies. Glen Hansard is such an amazing singer songwriter. Nice pick
tuffnutt
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KarmaPolice
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Batting average wise, at least according to me and most critics.
ETA: at least so far he hasn't jumped into the big blockbusters that a lot of directors do that leads to bad batting averages later in their careers - I'm looking at you, Spielberg!!
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hagmania
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15.2 - Jennifer Lawrence - Modern Movie Star (Woman)
I could only hold back AAA so long on his Indiana Jones crush, and now the tables have turned.
She absolutely owned the screen in the 2010s across multiple top grossing franchises and won an Oscar to boot! Still young, I hope she makes a lot more films in the future.
I could only hold back AAA so long on his Indiana Jones crush, and now the tables have turned.
She absolutely owned the screen in the 2010s across multiple top grossing franchises and won an Oscar to boot! Still young, I hope she makes a lot more films in the future.
AAABatteries
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Hotter and better actress than Roberts!15.2 - Jennifer Lawrence - Modern Movie Star (Woman)
I could only hold back AAA so long on his Indiana Jones crush, and now the tables have turned.
She absolutely owned the screen in the 2010s across multiple top grossing franchises and won an Oscar to boot! Still young, I hope she makes a lot more films in the future.
hagmania
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I think Julia Roberts runs away with that category honestly, but there aren't any bonus points for margin of victory. We're trying to secure as many points as possible and I see J-Law as a surefire top 5, and #2 in my books.
Edit: uhhhhhhh I mean Julia sucks eggs and she should be worth 4 points tops
Edit: uhhhhhhh I mean Julia sucks eggs and she should be worth 4 points tops
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AAABatteries
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Charlie Steiner
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wikkidpissah
Footballguy
way too much respect for cinema to have any chance in the judging. if there's a Bay/Stallone or tortured superhero or DeCaprio Oscar-bait picture out there, grab that and nudge your all-timer with the old-people smell to the 50s where it belongs
higgins
Footballguy
15.04 — Paul Newman, Legendary “It” guy.
Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, film director, producer, race car driver, IndyCar owner, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He was the recipient of numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Newman's major film roles include The Hustler (1961), Hud (1963), Harper (1966), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972), and leading roles in The Sting (1973), The Towering Inferno (1974), Slap Shot (1977), The Verdict (1982), and voice role of Doc Hudson in the first installment of Disney-Pixar's Cars as his final acting performance, with voice recordings being used again in Cars 3 (2017). A ten-time Oscar nominee, Newman won the Academy Award for Best Actor for The Color of Money (1986). He also received the Academy Honorary Award, and Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
Newman won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing, and his race teams won several championships in open-wheel Indy Car racing. He was a co-founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which he donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity.[2] As of November 2018, these donations have totaled over US$535 million. He was a co-founder of Safe Water Network, a nonprofit that develops sustainable drinking water solutions for those in need.
In 1988, Newman founded the Serious Fun Children's Network, a global family of summer camps and programs for children with serious illness which has served 290,076 children since its inception. In 2006, Paul Newman also co-founded Safe Water Network with John Whitehead, former chairman of Goldman Sachs, and Josh Weston, former chairman of ADP, to improve access to safe water to underserved communities around the world. He was the husband of Oscar winning actress Joanne Woodward.
Can act? Check
Was in great movies? Check
Won awards for those roles? Check
Was in the public eye outside of acting/film? Check
Social causes? Check
Dated/married to other famous women? Check
Voted sexiest man alive? Check
Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, film director, producer, race car driver, IndyCar owner, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He was the recipient of numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Newman's major film roles include The Hustler (1961), Hud (1963), Harper (1966), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972), and leading roles in The Sting (1973), The Towering Inferno (1974), Slap Shot (1977), The Verdict (1982), and voice role of Doc Hudson in the first installment of Disney-Pixar's Cars as his final acting performance, with voice recordings being used again in Cars 3 (2017). A ten-time Oscar nominee, Newman won the Academy Award for Best Actor for The Color of Money (1986). He also received the Academy Honorary Award, and Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
Newman won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing, and his race teams won several championships in open-wheel Indy Car racing. He was a co-founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which he donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity.[2] As of November 2018, these donations have totaled over US$535 million. He was a co-founder of Safe Water Network, a nonprofit that develops sustainable drinking water solutions for those in need.
In 1988, Newman founded the Serious Fun Children's Network, a global family of summer camps and programs for children with serious illness which has served 290,076 children since its inception. In 2006, Paul Newman also co-founded Safe Water Network with John Whitehead, former chairman of Goldman Sachs, and Josh Weston, former chairman of ADP, to improve access to safe water to underserved communities around the world. He was the husband of Oscar winning actress Joanne Woodward.
Can act? Check
Was in great movies? Check
Won awards for those roles? Check
Was in the public eye outside of acting/film? Check
Social causes? Check
Dated/married to other famous women? Check
Voted sexiest man alive? Check
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timschochet
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TheWinz
Footballguy
timschochet
Footballguy
Not a category...do you mean legendary movie star? Or all time Actor? (He’s a good pick for both IMO)
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
higgins
Footballguy
joffer
Footballguy
Mr. Mojo
Footballguy
No, PTA has just kept making the same exact type of film throughout (Boogie Nights is the exception).
Depressing characters and situations, bad music that doesn't fit, and overlong, dragged out films that suck out any positive or happy feelings.
He is just as predictable a director as Michael Bay, except that he gets better performances from the cast.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Sorry, I shouldn’t pick on her. She’s obviously a top pick and she’s beautiful- I think she’s not a nice person.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I thought it was excellent but can understand why people would not like it. It's slow but adds a psychological aspect to a War movie that most do not explore.
wikkidpissah
Footballguy
next to Gravity in 3D, the best experience i've had in a movie theater in the last decade was watching JLaw gain & own my attention in Winter's Bone. there's no way someone that age would think to campaign for recognition in a low-budget, back-country meth move, so it was just her puzzling out what would get her character & her people thru. Ingrid Bergman is the only actress i can think of who generates as much of her own light. and then she just nailed all the speeds of woman in Silver Linings Playbook. She's made her dough, got her props and had her fun now, so i hope she gets serious again (work w Greta Gerwig, maybe?) because both sexes are needing to see more archetypal portrayals of complicated & conflicted women gettin' it done. Lawrence has the charm to do that in the way Nicholson did for the antihero in the 70s & 80s.15.2 - Jennifer Lawrence - Modern Movie Star (Woman)
I could only hold back AAA so long on his Indiana Jones crush, and now the tables have turned.
She absolutely owned the screen in the 2010s across multiple top grossing franchises and won an Oscar to boot! Still young, I hope she makes a lot more films in the future.
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krista4
Footballguy
Greetings from a boat! I’d be happy to guest judge for one movie. And maybe to place yours, too?
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wikkidpissah
Footballguy
here's how you judge a movie:
1) did it take you anywhere?
2) how rare was the air where it took you?
3) did it bring you home and/or give you a choice to stay?
nufced
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I'm heading up to the beach - anyone want to take my next pick in case it makes it to me so I don't hold things up?
Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
If someone else had picked her I probably would have
, but since she's my pick this draft, I will 
for her.
wikkidpissah
Footballguy
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
AAABatteries
Footballguy
I added you to Foreign and have you as Primary and Mrs. R as backup on Docs. I'm fine with Mrs. R being primary on Docs if the group is ok with it. Or you guys can tag team
sorry, that was naughty of me
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Mr. Mojo
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KarmaPolice
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timschochet
Footballguy
This isn’t late yet. We’re not even a third of the way through this draft.Another late round steal.
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