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The Great 2020 All Time Movie Draft- The judging is heavily biased against me. It’s a hoax! Fake news. (3 Viewers)

Andy Dufresne said:
3.10 - Back To The Future - Teen Movie

The Back to the Future script was rejected 40 times before Universal bought it. 

Universal Pictures head Sid Sheinberg did not like the title "Back to the Future", insisting that nobody would see a movie with "future" in the title. In a memo to Robert Zemeckis, he said that the title should be changed to "Spaceman From Pluto", tying in with the Marty-as-alien jokes in the film, and also suggested further changes like replacing the "I'm Darth Vader from planet Vulcan" line with "I am a spaceman from Pluto!" Sheinberg was persuaded to change his mind by a response memo from Steven Spielberg, which thanked him for sending a wonderful "joke memo", and that everyone got a kick out of it. Sheinberg, too proud to admit he was serious, gave in to letting the film retain its title.

I have three permanent movie posters in my basement home theater - Star Wars, Raiders, and BTTF. So this trifecta is pleasing to me. 

I just saw it again in the theater a couple weeks ago and it's still awesome. I think I could probably watch it every couple of months.

Possibly not the right category but I want to save the other categories it could go in, and I don't particularly like this category.
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Doh! Forgot teen movie was a category. 

 
Dr. Octopus said:
John Mulaney discusses the plot
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I always thought a clever scriptwriter could make some hay telling how Doc & Marty came to be friends.

The inspiration for the film largely stems from Bob Gale discovering his father's high school yearbook and wondering whether he would have been friends with his father as a teenager. Gale also said that if he had the chance to go back in time, he would really go back and see if they would have been friends.

 
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krista4 said:
This is who I would have had in mind for the category.  :thumbup:  
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I'm struggling with how much to reply to these because I don't want to unduly convince someone to either change categories for a pick or influence the judges.  But, since it seems like there's a lot of discussion going on in here versus the sports one, I will go ahead.

To me the Movie Star thing is bigger than life and jumps off the screen.  Not necessarily their acting ability (or lack there of).  I adore James Stewart and think he's incredible but I consider him much more as a Greatest Actor than Greatest Movie Star.  Just MO.

 
The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error.

3.11 Space Movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

dir by Stanley Kubrick, starring Keir Dulea and Gary Lockwood. 

This is personal strategy on my part. I only really love 3 space movies and 2 of them have already been taken. Space just is not my thing. 2001 is a polarizing movie but to me, having seen it in the big screen twice now, it's one of the greatest movie experiences of all time. It is the ultimate testament to the genius of Kubrick to have a space film from 1969 that is still flawless looking today. 

 
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Ilov80s said:
The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error.

3.11 Space Movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (1969)

dir by Stanley Kubrick, starring Keir Dulea and Gary Lockwood. 

This is personal strategy on my part. I only really love 3 space movies and 2 of them have already been taken. Space just is not my thing. 2001 is a polarizing movie but to me, having seen it in the big screen twice now, it's one of the greatest movie experiences of all time. It is the ultimate testament to the genius of Kubrick to have a space film from 1969 that is still flawless looking today. 
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Good pick but another one I'm happy someone else took.  I may have lied about watching all the GOAT movies if you decide to put this in there.

 
Ilov80s said:
The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error.

3.11 Space Movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (1969)

dir by Stanley Kubrick, starring Keir Dulea and Gary Lockwood. 

This is personal strategy on my part. I only really love 3 space movies and 2 of them have already been taken. Space just is not my thing. 2001 is a polarizing movie but to me, having seen it in the big screen twice now, it's one of the greatest movie experiences of all time. It is the ultimate testament to the genius of Kubrick to have a space film from 1969 that is still flawless looking today. 
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Another movie that has been meticulously restored and looks great in 4k. 

I just really haven't ever connected to it personally, though. 

 
Andy Dufresne said:
Another movie that has been meticulously restored and looks great in 4k. 

I just really haven't ever connected to it personally, though. 
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I saw the restoration on 70mm two summers ago. Incredible but I know it's a movie a lot of people dislike. There aren't any likable characters, the plot isn't clear and there is very little dialogue. It's just an experience IMO- more than even a movie. The whole universe is in that thing. 

 
He could do it all, comedy, romance, drama, suspense, action, versatile and effervescent, one of the most underrated actors of all time and there was really virtually no one with his on screen presence, the epitome of a legendary movie star.

From Wiki

Legacy

No other man seemed so classless and self-assured ... at ease with the romantic as the comic ... aged so well and with such fine style ... in short, played the part so well: Cary Grant made men seem like a good idea.

—Biographer Graham McCann on Cary Grant.[364]

Biographers Morecambe and Stirling believe that Cary Grant was the "greatest leading man Hollywood had ever known".[365] Schickel stated that there are "very few stars who achieve the magnitude of Cary Grant, art of a very high and subtle order", and thought that he was the "best star actor there ever was in the movies".[366][367] David Thomson and directors Stanley Donen and Howard Hawks concurred that Grant was the greatest and most important actor in the history of the cinema.[129][368] He was a favorite of Hitchcock, who admired him and called him "the only actor I ever loved in my whole life",[369] and remained one of Hollywood's top box-office attractions for almost 30 years.[370] Pauline Kael stated that the world still thinks of him affectionately because he "embodies what seems a happier time−a time when we had a simpler relationship to a performer."[97]
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3.12 - Cary Grant - Legendary Movie Star - Male

 
Ilov80s said:
The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error.

3.11 Space Movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (1969)

dir by Stanley Kubrick, starring Keir Dulea and Gary Lockwood. 

This is personal strategy on my part. I only really love 3 space movies and 2 of them have already been taken. Space just is not my thing. 2001 is a polarizing movie but to me, having seen it in the big screen twice now, it's one of the greatest movie experiences of all time. It is the ultimate testament to the genius of Kubrick to have a space film from 1969 that is still flawless looking today. 
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My #1 space category  movie, and now I have to get creative...  so good on so many levels an amazing film.

 
Grant was the actor I considered the one guy you could plausibly take over Bogart. 

I'm not gay, but if I was I'd be very attracted to Cary Grant. 

 
mphtrilogy said:
My #1 space category  movie, and now I have to get creative...  so good on so many levels an amazing film.
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The sound production and classical music is just phenomenal. It’s one of the few original movies. There’s nothing else like it. 

 
Ilov80s said:
The sound production and classical music is just phenomenal. It’s one of the few original movies. There’s nothing else like it. 
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not only that, it's a multi-level introspective movie about IA (way ahead of its time) and existentialism where we came from where do we go, I still don't know half of what the symbolism is, but I love every minute of it, Kubrick's masterpiece...

 
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Ilov80s said:
Cary Grant is the definition of a movie star 
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he defined it, if not in name, by intentionality. his every move onscreen was designed to appeal and delight. whether showing depth or doing tricks was what was most called for, Grant had processed that and offered it up. no one else is close on that count -

 
3.13 Pulp Fiction- Greatest movie of the 90s (for now)

Pulp Fiction is Tarintino's masterpice. It is a modern classic and a must-see for anyone who loves the art of making movies. its impact on Hollywood and film making was huge. It has been described as a "major cultural event", an "international phenomenon" that influenced television, music, literature, and advertising.. Adding Pulp Fiction to his roster of The Great Movies in 2001, Roger Ebert called it "the most influential film of the decade". Four years later, Time's Corliss wrote much the same: "(unquestionably) the most influential American movie of the 90s".

 what was in the briefcase??

 
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tuffnutt said:
3.13 Pulp Fiction- Greatest movie of the 90s (for now)

Pulp Fiction is Tarintino's masterpice. It is a modern classic and a must-see for anyone who loves the art of making movies. its impact on Hollywood and film making was huge. It has been described as a "major cultural event", an "international phenomenon" that influenced television, music, literature, and advertising.Not long after its release, it was identified as a significant focus of attention within the growing community of Internet users. Adding Pulp Fiction to his roster of The Great Movies in 2001, Roger Ebert called it "the most influential film of the decade". Four years later, Time's Corliss wrote much the same: "(unquestionably) the most influential American movie of the 90s".
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One of my favorite things about this film is the sequence of the three stories. For instance how in the middle of Bruce Willis’ story we watch Travolta get killed, then we get to see another part of the Travolta story, etc. 

 
Ilov80s said:
The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error.

3.11 Space Movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (1969)

dir by Stanley Kubrick, starring Keir Dulea and Gary Lockwood. 

This is personal strategy on my part. I only really love 3 space movies and 2 of them have already been taken. Space just is not my thing. 2001 is a polarizing movie but to me, having seen it in the big screen twice now, it's one of the greatest movie experiences of all time. It is the ultimate testament to the genius of Kubrick to have a space film from 1969 that is still flawless looking today. 
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One of my all time favs.

I first saw it in the theaters as a kid; mid's 70's. Didn't get it.

Can't say I fully get the ending now, but I think that's the way it's supposed to be.

 
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tuffnutt said:
3.13 Pulp Fiction- Greatest movie of the 90s (for now)

Pulp Fiction is Tarintino's masterpice. It is a modern classic and a must-see for anyone who loves the art of making movies. its impact on Hollywood and film making was huge. It has been described as a "major cultural event", an "international phenomenon" that influenced television, music, literature, and advertising.Not long after its release, it was identified as a significant focus of attention within the growing community of Internet users. Adding Pulp Fiction to his roster of The Great Movies in 2001, Roger Ebert called it "the most influential film of the decade". Four years later, Time's Corliss wrote much the same: "(unquestionably) the most influential American movie of the 90s".
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One of my all time favorites. And it would fit in a number of categories.

 
Hey kids, remember that a score is different from a soundtrack. 

Score = music composed for the film

Soundtrack = existing music chosen for inclusion in the film

Little Green Bag & Misirlou are not movie scores. 

 
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tuffnutt said:
It was either  pulp Fiction or saving private Ryan With my pick. Great pick 
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Thank you. I'm planning on only picking movies I've seen, so the scarcity is kind of working against me in this category. I'm more of a TV, sports, video game guy.

 
I would like to judge.  I would like historical dramas and documentaries, but I'm gonna have to wait until more picks are in to see if enough are available to me to watch.  And if they are all really long dramas, It could be years until I finish.

If it matters, I would rate documentaries on watchability, accuracy (as known at the time), and providing info on the subject.

Historical dramas are partly based on historical accuracy, but since they are not documentaries, some leeway would be allowed.  Totally ridiculous stuff will be mocked.  Beware!

 
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Mrs. Rannous said:
I would like to judge.  I would like historical dramas and documentaries, but I'm gonna have to wait until more picks are in to see if enough are available to me to watch.  And if they are all really long dramas, It could be years until I finish.
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Lawrence of Arabia has a nice intermission too - ta help with the 9 hour run time. 

 
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