EYLive
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Definitely. Which is why some of us with less old movie exposure are at a disadvantage. But the process is tremendous fun and I have a lot of damage left to do.
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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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9.05 - Dazed and Confused - Teen/High School
I was right there for Fast Times - I graduated high school in 1984, so that movie really hit home (still does). But I'm ok with missing it last round, because this is a better movie. It's fantastic from beginning to end, has a bunch of great young actors, and a killer soundtrack.
That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age.
I watched this with my wife. She didn't like it. At the end, she said "nothing happened the whole movie". I replied, "everything happened".
@Doug B
I was right there for Fast Times - I graduated high school in 1984, so that movie really hit home (still does). But I'm ok with missing it last round, because this is a better movie. It's fantastic from beginning to end, has a bunch of great young actors, and a killer soundtrack.
That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age.
I watched this with my wife. She didn't like it. At the end, she said "nothing happened the whole movie". I replied, "everything happened".
@Doug B
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Man of Constant Sorrow
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timschochet
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Teen movie is really deep. Might be the deepest category. Impossible to judge.
KarmaPolice
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I still don't get the love for D&C, but I realize I am in the minority on that one.
Mrs. Rannous
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Are you kidding? There is at least one major contender for the top spot still unchosen.
Mrs. Rannous
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Oh, thanks. As if that movie wasn't creepy enough. I'll never unsee that.
The Tunnel of Love scene doesn't help, either.
AAABatteries
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I finished watching - there’s no chance I’m not having ####ed up dreams tonight. Dreamer of nightmares.
Man of Constant Sorrow
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Mrs. Rannous
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Do not despair. Half of the movies, etc, that are being praised to the skies are fairly unwatchable to me.
TheWinz
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Ain't that the truth! If alot of these movies were playing on my TV, it's probably only because I was too lazy to change the channel after an Ernest movie.
EYLive
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Mrs. Rannous
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Ilov80s
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My wife and I just watched that a couple of days ago. It's as funny as ever.
No, the long haired freshman kid is an atrocious actor
Godfather 2 guy here. Instead I have chosen a comedy that I am watching for an upcoming pickGodfather on IFC -
Dr. Octopus
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Who is up?
Ilov80s
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Dr. Octopus
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Anyone want to take my pick because I’m not sure if I’ll still be awake when Tim picks.
Ilov80s
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Mrs. Rannous
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I'll be up for a while if anyone who picks this round needs a hand.
KarmaPolice
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KarmaPolice
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I swear I am not planning this, but for those playing along, both these movies are on HBO Max.
@EYLive - you asked about Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket, and they are both on HBO Max.
KarmaPolice
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We be waitin' on tim a lot in here. 
KarmaPolice
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What did you choose?
I am thinking about putting on a modern horror movie that I know will scare the crap out of a tipsy KP.
Ilov80s
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timschochet
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A Hard Days Night Rock movie. I saw this for the first time only a few years ago. It’s actually pretty mesmerizing.
Ilov80s
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@Dr. Octopus gave me his pick
Round 12 Braveheart - Historical Drama
May move it later.
@Gally @Charlie Steiner you are up, clock starts 10AM Eastern
Round 12 Braveheart - Historical Drama
May move it later.
@Gally @Charlie Steiner you are up, clock starts 10AM Eastern
Bracie Smathers
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I must be incredibly juvenile because I laugh my butt off at one particular scene every time in Airplane when Julie Hagerty asks if anyone can fly the airplane and a full-blown panic scene hits the passengers who go berserk. In the midst of pandemonium out of nowhere a topless zaftig blonde appears and jiggles perfectly in frame for a few seconds.
Gets me every time.
Mrs. Rannous
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Let's see. Twelve Angry Men Pointless talk talk to me. And those are actors I love. I think it's just too stagey to me.
2001 Just so dumb. Design-wise, very nice.
The Matrix - Remember the category of WTF movies? Stylish and pointless. And yes, I know how it turns out.
Dr. Strangelove - Nope.
Rear Window Don't actually know why. Love Kelly, Stewart, and Hitchcock. But this puts me right to sleep.
Some of the others I don't like are as much the category as the movie. But these are things it seems I should be receptive to, and I'm not.
Mrs. Rannous
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I love Jill Whelan having the time of her life when the IV gets disconnected. And the jive. And all the rest.
One of the all-time quotable movies. I saw it on opening day. We had no idea what to expect. After I saw the airplane tail in the clouds, I knew I could relax and laugh my socks off.
For me, it was one of the all-time great movie experiences. I can't spotlight the others.
(Also, I've read Runway Zero-Eight, the book the started it all. Such a serious book for that result.)
joffer
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AAABatteries
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The only ones I won’t watch/re-watch - 2001, Conan and apparently Willy Wonka.
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Ilov80s
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Also a movie that I will never forget first seeing. I was probably 12 or 13. I didn't know much about Braveheart except it was an old school Irish-English-Scottish war movie. My friend and I snuck in to see it. His 85 year old great grandmother would drive us there knowing what we were seeing and help us get tickets. The movie just blew our faces off. The spears, the ball and chain to the face, the giant hammers. This movie ####### ruled. It was also the first time I really paid attention to the Oscars because I really wanted to see it win.
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Mr. Mojo
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Mr. Mojo
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This is one of those rare films that I had high expectations going in and was still blown away by the sheer greatness of it.
Ilov80s
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I am totally open to saying that I am wrong. When this is over, I want to get some recommendations for her best movies.
EYLive
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Just finished Apocalypse Now, not something I'd want to view again. It made me hate America.
KarmaPolice
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Charlie Steiner
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I'm a little jealous of the Airplane! pick. I remember when I first saw it, one of the lines that caught me so off-guard that it made me laugh even while I couldn't figure out why I was laughing was: "Joey, do you like movies about...gladiators?" Maybe it's because part of me knew that 40 years later I would be right here snatching victory from the jaws of defeat with the following comment:
09.09: Gladiator - Decade 2000s
There's that pesky 'epic' word again to describe yet another of our picks. This period piece about ancient Rome features its own triumvirate--Ridley Scott at the helm, with Russell Crowe and Oliver Reed providing their own song of ice and fire to drive this Roman chariot of a story not only to the top of the box office but also to the top of the swords and sandals movie genre, where it can almost be spoken in the same breath as the Kirk Douglas/Stanley Kubrick collaboration Spartacus. Just like with Conan, I think a lot of credit for the quality of the film should be attributed to the perfect casting all the way around, and my previously mentioned Sven-Ole Thorsen's precious few minutes on screen provides enough menace to to be a worthy foe for Maximus.
Bottom line, it won 5 Oscars, 4 BAFTAs, all the while, according to extemporaneous accounts, working with an ever-evolving script.
Thanks to @Gally for suggesting this pick in this spot, and I look forward to reading his take on this film as well.
ROMA VICTOR!
09.09: Gladiator - Decade 2000s
There's that pesky 'epic' word again to describe yet another of our picks. This period piece about ancient Rome features its own triumvirate--Ridley Scott at the helm, with Russell Crowe and Oliver Reed providing their own song of ice and fire to drive this Roman chariot of a story not only to the top of the box office but also to the top of the swords and sandals movie genre, where it can almost be spoken in the same breath as the Kirk Douglas/Stanley Kubrick collaboration Spartacus. Just like with Conan, I think a lot of credit for the quality of the film should be attributed to the perfect casting all the way around, and my previously mentioned Sven-Ole Thorsen's precious few minutes on screen provides enough menace to to be a worthy foe for Maximus.
Bottom line, it won 5 Oscars, 4 BAFTAs, all the while, according to extemporaneous accounts, working with an ever-evolving script.
Thanks to @Gally for suggesting this pick in this spot, and I look forward to reading his take on this film as well.
ROMA VICTOR!
Andy Dufresne
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9.10 - Fargo - Comedy
Since I grew up across the river from Fargo and am a born and raised Minnesotan, this movie speaks to me. Yes, I like my comedy a bit dark. But this also really does nail who we are as a people - more than a little naive, but not stupid. I know people in my life that they could have just pulled off the street to play themselves in the movie - especially the "End of story" guy. And I've been to most of the locations - I parked a lot at the parking ramp where the shootout occurs, for example.
While first screening the film, Gene Siskel leaned over to fellow critic and co-host Roger Ebert and said with a smile "this is why we love movies." Siskel & Ebert went on to name it the best film of 1996.
The wood chipper used in the movie is now on display at the Fargo-Moorhead Visitors Center.
And the TV show is every bit as good.
Since I grew up across the river from Fargo and am a born and raised Minnesotan, this movie speaks to me. Yes, I like my comedy a bit dark. But this also really does nail who we are as a people - more than a little naive, but not stupid. I know people in my life that they could have just pulled off the street to play themselves in the movie - especially the "End of story" guy. And I've been to most of the locations - I parked a lot at the parking ramp where the shootout occurs, for example.
William H. Macy stated in an interview that, despite evidence to the contrary, he did hardly any ad-libbing at all. Most of his character's stuttering mannerisms were written in the script exactly the way he does them in the film.
While first screening the film, Gene Siskel leaned over to fellow critic and co-host Roger Ebert and said with a smile "this is why we love movies." Siskel & Ebert went on to name it the best film of 1996.
The wood chipper used in the movie is now on display at the Fargo-Moorhead Visitors Center.
And the TV show is every bit as good.
Andy Dufresne
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Dr. Octopus
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I absolutely love the movie and it is very funny but I’m not sure I’d label it a comedy. It will be interesting to see how it gets stacked up against true comedies. It’s hard to imagine it won’t be one of the best overall movies in the category but will the judge have his own criteria as to what makes a great comedy?
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