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The Great 2020 All Time Movie Draft- The judging is heavily biased against me. It’s a hoax! Fake news. (1 Viewer)
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Three things I've learned:
There is no way to rank the top actresses without a lot of complaints ("She's too low" "No, she's just right" "That pick stinks" "That's right where I had her"....etc)
No one is really happy with their total points so far (except maybe Dr. O) :(
That's life in a competitive draft with a lot of knowledgeable people I guess.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
That will be interesting. AD's and my action rankings were a little different from each other's, but seems like we mostly agree on the tiers of movies. nothing like you are saying with musicals where somebody's 15pter is another's 1pters.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I'm still within striking distance of a medal and still 2/3rds to go. I think I only have had 1 of my first 10 picks get graded, so there is room from some decent scores with those picks.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Did Todem read all the griping and run for the hills? 
EYLive
Footballguy
I think I liked the idea of Into the Spiderverse more than the execution. All those styles of Spiderman was just really odd. It made for funny scenes but we're just getting to know Miles Morales and all of sudden they throw more Spiderman's(?) at us before Miles has been solidly established.
The ranking is A-Ok, I'm just commenting on the movie.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
That was the point of the story though. Miles didn't know if he could be Spider Man until the others showed up and taught him that anyone can be.
Further, I thought it was a refreshingly positive and even handed take on race and sexism. White? Bi-racial? Female? A pig (it shouldn't have worked but did)? Why shouldn't you be able to be...whatever?
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EYLive
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I think I would have had Peter Parker and Spider-woman teach him that, then make a second movie with the other spider-versions. Maybe I'm too greedy.
wikkidpissah
Footballguy
wikkidpix of the leftovers:
1930s - A Night at the Opera
1940s - Brief Encounter
1950s - Marty
1960s - Mutiny on the Bounty
1970s - Last Tango in Paris
1980s - Body Heat
1990s - Being John Malkovich
2000s - Sweeney Todd
2010s - The Imitation Game
Action - Kill Bill Vol 2
Suspense - The Long Goodbye
Western - Little Big Man
Comedy - Lost in America
Romantic Comedy - Juno
Documentary - Koyannisqatsi
Historical Drama - Malcolm X
World War Two - Tora, Tora, Tora
War - Three Kings
Horror - Motel Hell
Children's - The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T
Animated - The Triplets of Bellevile
Musical - The Bandwagon
Rock - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Based on Real Events - Mongol
Based on a Book - Adaptation
Political - Richard III (1995)
Gangster - The Roaring Twenties
Courtroom - The Caine Mutiny
Space - Galaxy Quest
Sci-fi - Altered States
Fantasy - What Dreams May Come
Teen - Napoleon Dynamite
Sports - The Fighter
Foreign - Wings of Desire
Sequel - Buttpirates4: The Wreckening
Hero - Philip Marlowe
Villain - Dr. Evil
Original Song - Springtime For Hitler
Legendary Male Star - McQueen
Legendary Female Star - Rita Hayworth
Modern Male Star - Bill Murray
Modern Female Star - Tina Faye
Legendary Director - David Lean
Modern Director - Pedro Almodovar
Actor - Richard Burton
Actress - Faye Dunaway
Supporting Actor - Alec Guiness
Supporting Actress - Madeline Kahn
Greatest Movie - The Man Who Would Be King
1930s - A Night at the Opera
1940s - Brief Encounter
1950s - Marty
1960s - Mutiny on the Bounty
1970s - Last Tango in Paris
1980s - Body Heat
1990s - Being John Malkovich
2000s - Sweeney Todd
2010s - The Imitation Game
Action - Kill Bill Vol 2
Suspense - The Long Goodbye
Western - Little Big Man
Comedy - Lost in America
Romantic Comedy - Juno
Documentary - Koyannisqatsi
Historical Drama - Malcolm X
World War Two - Tora, Tora, Tora
War - Three Kings
Horror - Motel Hell
Children's - The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T
Animated - The Triplets of Bellevile
Musical - The Bandwagon
Rock - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Based on Real Events - Mongol
Based on a Book - Adaptation
Political - Richard III (1995)
Gangster - The Roaring Twenties
Courtroom - The Caine Mutiny
Space - Galaxy Quest
Sci-fi - Altered States
Fantasy - What Dreams May Come
Teen - Napoleon Dynamite
Sports - The Fighter
Foreign - Wings of Desire
Sequel - Buttpirates4: The Wreckening
Hero - Philip Marlowe
Villain - Dr. Evil
Original Song - Springtime For Hitler
Legendary Male Star - McQueen
Legendary Female Star - Rita Hayworth
Modern Male Star - Bill Murray
Modern Female Star - Tina Faye
Legendary Director - David Lean
Modern Director - Pedro Almodovar
Actor - Richard Burton
Actress - Faye Dunaway
Supporting Actor - Alec Guiness
Supporting Actress - Madeline Kahn
Greatest Movie - The Man Who Would Be King
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Ilov80s
Footballguy
Yeah I’m neither a big animated movie fan or super hero fan but I though Spiderverse was so creative and fun.
tuffnutt
Footballguy
word of advice watch the first 3 installments or you will be lost on the plot line
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wikkidpissah
Footballguy
i directed B3
word of advice watch the 3 installments or you will be lost on the plot line
krista4
Footballguy
My favorites of the wikkidpix.
And Motel Hell. OK, I don't recall that it was a good movie, but I loved it.ETA: Accidentally deleted Bill Murray. Way on-board with that one, too.
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Don Quixote
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Like the Guinness pick here. I probably would have grabbed 2-3 of his Ealing comedies if I was picking here.
(And the answer for the late round pick that could have scored well in the 1940s is Kind Hearts and Coronets.)
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wikkidpissah
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what's not to like about a chainsaw swordfight with Rory Calhoun wearing a pig's head in a cannibal smokehouse?!My favorites of the wikkidpix.
ETA: Accidentally deleted Bill Murray. Way on-board with that one, too.
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Oh, you don't like sequels, huh?My favorites of the wikkidpix.
ETA: Accidentally deleted Bill Murray. Way on-board with that one, too.
wikkidpissah
Footballguy
Producers changed to Lost in America then (tho i almost pushed the button on Borat - the most crippling movie of this century)Ocram said:
wikkidpissah
Footballguy
Ilov80s
Footballguy
I agree with both of those statements and would have if I had gotten to it in time
Nick Vermeil
Footballguy
I promised to post rankings for the GOAT Lead Actor and the GOAT Movie today, but work got in the way. I've been asked to hold The GOAT Movie until the end so I'm going to do that.
The GOAT Lead Actor scoring is complete but I don't have time to write up the results, so here is a teaser All 16 candidates are amazing so it was really, really hard. I had 5 categories:
The GOAT Lead Actor scoring is complete but I don't have time to write up the results, so here is a teaser All 16 candidates are amazing so it was really, really hard. I had 5 categories:
- I ranked each based on my personal opinion of their acting and careers - 40%
- I put together an aggregate score based on 5 random web rankings and my wife's - 20%
- I scored an academy award hit percentage based on nominations -10%
- I scored academy award hit percentage based on awards per role - 10%
- I gave each candidate a versatility rating - 20%
EYLive
Footballguy
I know it only accounts for 10%, but in theory if someone is always nominated but never or rarely wins, that would hurt them right? Susan Lucci for example: 21 Emmy nominations, 1 win.
Nick Vermeil
Footballguy
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Moar rankings!!
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
All my early picks have been judged. I still think I have some high point categories left but I also have some where I can see 1,2 or 3 points.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
I hope some people are logging off from work for the week and are ready to ignore their spouses and kids in order to get some judging done.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
jwb
Footballguy
There's a chainsaw fight with a guy wearing a pig's head. What's not to love?krista4 said:My favorites of the wikkidpix.
ETA: Accidentally deleted Bill Murray. Way on-board with that one, too.
eta, wikkid beat me to it.
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Mr. Mojo
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
I'm watching docs while Mr R watches the NBA playoffs. I think my head would explode if I tried to watch more than one a day.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
O'Toole's first nomination was against Atticus Finch. I'm not sure not winning should be counted against him at all.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Don Quixote
Footballguy
On this Academy Award hit percentage approach, actors should have followed Kirk Douglas/Burt Lancaster. It's great not to be nominated.
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Man of Constant Sorrow
Footballguy
Man of Constant Sorrow
Footballguy
Man of Constant Sorrow
Footballguy
Sorry pal, but I already unofficially took this.wikkidpissah said:
You have great tastes, thus I will share it wit ya.
Man of Constant Sorrow
Footballguy
I won't be sharing this with you, tho.wikkidpissah said:
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Case in point - I have access to a whole 7 of the 30 movies that I wrote down the other night from the start of this draft that I haven't seen. Very frustrating.
Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
In descending order.
Genre WAR OTHER
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16. Escape to Victory a/k/a Victory - 1 pt
You got your chocolate in my peanut butter, you got your soccer in my war movie.
Believe it or not this is not the only Other War flick that has a plot of war AND soccer on this list. This one stars the Italian Stallion along with Michael Caine, Max von Sydow, and Pelé, yes Pelé along with other English 'football/soccer' stars.
Directed by none other than John Houston and I'm sure it appeals to a certain crowd who think nothing of WW II Nazis supplying POWs with color coordinated soccer uniforms playing in big stadiums is just fine and dandy.
The plot is an odd mix of the Great Escape, The Longest Yard, and the 1936 Jessie Owen Olympic games but not in a good way. The plot is too embarrassing to give a thorough synopsis but one sub-plot has Stallone escaping a POW camp, romancing a French girl then going back to play soccer.
15. Hamburger Hill - 2 pts
Not a star studded cast, starring Dylan McDermott a young Don Cheadle along with Steven Weber (TV show Wings). Not a big budget but this film is not bad and it is well-made, err the Pillip Glass score is a bit melodramatic and not the greatest dialogue but what do you expect with the subject matter.
May 1969, ten of the bloodiest days in the bloodiest battle of the Vietnam war. The infamous Airborne 101st taking hill 937 in the Ashau Valley. The film starts out with a panning shot the black wall in DC where you'll find a lot of names from the hill. The panning shot seamlessly continues right into what Nam vets called 'the sh!t'. The battle scenes are brutal, you feel the dirt, thirst, smells.
This had to have been a tough shoot. Their are a lot of good picks on the list or it would go higher.
14. Zero Dark 30 - 3 pts
The first entry from Kathryn Bigelow on this list and the former wife of James Cameron can make a slick-flick.
Not a star studded line-up. Starring Jessica Chastain but other than Chris Pratt not a lot of star power. The DOD must have funded this one because they try to soft pedal torture with posturing and posing and a hot babe lead.
As a former member of Amnesty International who worked on the Urgent Action Hotline where I used to get people out of torture situations I am repulsed by this movie but understand it is well made and some eat it up with red/white/and blue silver spoons. Not me.
13. Zulu - 4 pts
Soo beautifully shot. I mean gorgeous breathtaking backdrops. It qualifies as an epic.
Starring Michael Caine in his first leading role, Stanley Baker, and what may be the greatest pipes in film history Jack Hawkins, love his voice its awesome. (married to Jessica Tandy and suffered throat cancer which gave a deep throaty gravely quality to his voice. He would eventually lose his entire larynx to throat cancer in 1967). Caine is really good and this role caused his star to rise. Oh and Richard Burton supplies the talent of the voice over.
Lots of stiff-upper-lip carry-on propriety that is endearing. Lots of bare breasted native women in what can only be described as gratuitously framed shots. The battle scenes are not technically good, best described as comedic as the battle was close fighting so the shots are obviously fake. Still the story is interesting. Definitely worth a viewing so long as you don't get too wrapped up in the battle scenes.
12. The Hurt Locker - 5 pts
Another Bigelow movie and the one that earned her best director and she deserved it as this is a well made movie that she made on a small budget. I'm not a big fan of the herky jerky hand-held shots that this film is littered with but the action sequences are awesome so big props to cinematographer Barry Ackroyd.
Starring Jeremy Renner, Guy Pierce, Ralph Fiennes. The movie is intense, great scenes, great shots, once again tip of the hat to Kathyrn Bigelow for her work in this one. Lots of vets have ripped the realism of the movie but it is without a doubt entertaining.
Renner became a legit star in my eyes in this movie, he is great and burns up the screen as a reckless member of a bomb detonation team with a death wish. Renner lost 15 lbs in four days as he wore the full bomb squad gear in 120 degree F heat filmed up to three miles from the Iraqi border.
11. 300 - 6 pts
Do ya like Gladiator movies Billy? Whats not to like with a bunch of muscled shirtless sweating hulks brandishing battle axe's and scimitars? Add in lots bare breasted babes to pump testosterone into the green screen hyper realism of mindless movie making magic. The result creates pure blood soaked guy entertainment.
Starring Gerard Butler, Michael Fassbender, and nobody else you've ever heard of. Its not about the acting or the directing, its mindless entertainment and it is entertaining.
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To be continued tomorrow...
Genre WAR OTHER
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16. Escape to Victory a/k/a Victory - 1 pt
You got your chocolate in my peanut butter, you got your soccer in my war movie.
Believe it or not this is not the only Other War flick that has a plot of war AND soccer on this list. This one stars the Italian Stallion along with Michael Caine, Max von Sydow, and Pelé, yes Pelé along with other English 'football/soccer' stars.
Directed by none other than John Houston and I'm sure it appeals to a certain crowd who think nothing of WW II Nazis supplying POWs with color coordinated soccer uniforms playing in big stadiums is just fine and dandy.
The plot is an odd mix of the Great Escape, The Longest Yard, and the 1936 Jessie Owen Olympic games but not in a good way. The plot is too embarrassing to give a thorough synopsis but one sub-plot has Stallone escaping a POW camp, romancing a French girl then going back to play soccer.
15. Hamburger Hill - 2 pts
Not a star studded cast, starring Dylan McDermott a young Don Cheadle along with Steven Weber (TV show Wings). Not a big budget but this film is not bad and it is well-made, err the Pillip Glass score is a bit melodramatic and not the greatest dialogue but what do you expect with the subject matter.
May 1969, ten of the bloodiest days in the bloodiest battle of the Vietnam war. The infamous Airborne 101st taking hill 937 in the Ashau Valley. The film starts out with a panning shot the black wall in DC where you'll find a lot of names from the hill. The panning shot seamlessly continues right into what Nam vets called 'the sh!t'. The battle scenes are brutal, you feel the dirt, thirst, smells.
This had to have been a tough shoot. Their are a lot of good picks on the list or it would go higher.
14. Zero Dark 30 - 3 pts
The first entry from Kathryn Bigelow on this list and the former wife of James Cameron can make a slick-flick.
Not a star studded line-up. Starring Jessica Chastain but other than Chris Pratt not a lot of star power. The DOD must have funded this one because they try to soft pedal torture with posturing and posing and a hot babe lead.
As a former member of Amnesty International who worked on the Urgent Action Hotline where I used to get people out of torture situations I am repulsed by this movie but understand it is well made and some eat it up with red/white/and blue silver spoons. Not me.
13. Zulu - 4 pts
Soo beautifully shot. I mean gorgeous breathtaking backdrops. It qualifies as an epic.
Starring Michael Caine in his first leading role, Stanley Baker, and what may be the greatest pipes in film history Jack Hawkins, love his voice its awesome. (married to Jessica Tandy and suffered throat cancer which gave a deep throaty gravely quality to his voice. He would eventually lose his entire larynx to throat cancer in 1967). Caine is really good and this role caused his star to rise. Oh and Richard Burton supplies the talent of the voice over.
Lots of stiff-upper-lip carry-on propriety that is endearing. Lots of bare breasted native women in what can only be described as gratuitously framed shots. The battle scenes are not technically good, best described as comedic as the battle was close fighting so the shots are obviously fake. Still the story is interesting. Definitely worth a viewing so long as you don't get too wrapped up in the battle scenes.
12. The Hurt Locker - 5 pts
Another Bigelow movie and the one that earned her best director and she deserved it as this is a well made movie that she made on a small budget. I'm not a big fan of the herky jerky hand-held shots that this film is littered with but the action sequences are awesome so big props to cinematographer Barry Ackroyd.
Starring Jeremy Renner, Guy Pierce, Ralph Fiennes. The movie is intense, great scenes, great shots, once again tip of the hat to Kathyrn Bigelow for her work in this one. Lots of vets have ripped the realism of the movie but it is without a doubt entertaining.
Renner became a legit star in my eyes in this movie, he is great and burns up the screen as a reckless member of a bomb detonation team with a death wish. Renner lost 15 lbs in four days as he wore the full bomb squad gear in 120 degree F heat filmed up to three miles from the Iraqi border.
11. 300 - 6 pts
Do ya like Gladiator movies Billy? Whats not to like with a bunch of muscled shirtless sweating hulks brandishing battle axe's and scimitars? Add in lots bare breasted babes to pump testosterone into the green screen hyper realism of mindless movie making magic. The result creates pure blood soaked guy entertainment.
Starring Gerard Butler, Michael Fassbender, and nobody else you've ever heard of. Its not about the acting or the directing, its mindless entertainment and it is entertaining.
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To be continued tomorrow...
Ilov80s
Footballguy
It would be nice to be able to stream them but also I could probably cancel all my streaming and cable and just rely on the books and movies from the library to keep myself plenty entertained., but sad it has to come to that in 2020
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
With COVID my access there is limited too. The southern WI system isn't sharing items, so I can't order stuff from other libraries, so I would have to call each one for a pickup of a movie at their location and drive there.
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