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timdraft #4: Movie Category Draft (5 Viewers)

24.14 William Wallace-Braveheart-Monologue

Despite the fact that Mel Gibson is a complete idiot, this will forever be in my top favorite movies.

Sons of Scotland. I am William Wallace. Yes I’ve heard. Kills men by the hundreds and if he were here he’d consume the English with fireballs from his eyes and bolts of lightning from his ####. I am William Wallace. And I see a whole army of my countrymen here in defiance of tyranny. You have come to fight as free men and free men you are. What would you do without freedom? Will you fight? Aye, fight and you may die, run and you’ll live, at least a while. And dying in your beds many years from now, would you be willing to trade all of this, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives but they’ll never take our freedom!

 
Round 24
1. Usual21- Red Dawn
2. AcerFC- Parenthood
3. Tremendous Upside- auto
4. Kumerica- auto
5. John Madden's Lunchbox- auto
6. Dr. Octopus- PI

7. jwb- Godzilla
8. Mrs. Rannous- We are Marshall
9. krista4- Spoorloos

10. joffer-Smokey and the Bandit

11. Tiannamen Tank Juraisic Park
12. Nick Vermiel- Erin Brocovich
13. BobbyLayne- auto
14. tish155- Braveheart

15. timschochet: OTC til 1:55 est
16. Karma Police- auto/ not sure. He is here
17. higgins
18. hooter311- auto
19. Aerial Assault- auto
20. Val Rannous

21. Doug B- auto
22. Time Kibitzer
23. Andy Dufresne
24. Mister CIA- auto
25. rikishiboy

 
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17. higgins- Carlitos Way
18. hooter311- auto
19. Aerial Assault- auto
20. Val Rannous- On Deck, I have his pick
21. Doug B- auto
22. Time Kibitzer- In the Hole

23. Andy Dufresne
24. Mister CIA- auto
25. rikishiboy- I have his picks

 
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Aerial Assault said:
20.19 Synecdoche, New York (2008) (No Idea What This Movie Is About)

When watching this a couple of years ago, I thought I got part of what Charlie Kaufman was trying to do in this supposed "postmodern" film starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, but by the end, the whole thing was a convoluted mess, and I think that any message Kaufman had was totally lost. But anyone who likes the concepts of synecdoche, mise en abyme, and delusions, and wants to see a guy frying his own feces in a pan, or watch an unexplained disaster unfold around the edges of a non-linear timeline, enjoy.
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Loved this movie. Started off kind of real slow and boring but in the 2nd half of the film I was left in awe at how brilliant and funny it was despite not having my head wrapped around everything.

Dr. Octopus said:
24.06 Pi - No Idea What This Movie is About

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:thumbup: Had this movie written down for the category as well. And I also found it enjoyable due to it's intensity and score, even though I never really had any idea what was happening.

 
24.22 - Mike Flaherty in Win Win - Best Movie Parent

A realistic portrayal of a far from perfect man/parent, but one who's still developing as a person and one who wants nothing but the best for others. Paul Giamatti is fantastic in the role. Also considered drafting one of the wrestling scenes for the sports scene category, but doesn't look like there's any on youtube.

 
24.21: Gus van Zandt's Elephant (2003) (Long Take)

The tracking shot runs for three minutes and six seconds (from 1:11:32-1:14:38 in the link). Explaining too much takes away some of the impact, IMHO. The set-up is that the scene is taking place during a Columbine-like school shooting.

Actually, very much like Columbine. Several of the actors' motions are mimicked straight from the real-life Columbine security camera tapes.

 
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Time Kibitzer said:
24.22 - Mike Flaherty in Win Win - Best Movie Parent

A realistic portrayal of a far from perfect man/parent, but one who's still developing as a person and one who wants nothing but the best for others. Paul Giamatti is fantastic in the role. Also considered drafting one of the wrestling scenes for the sports scene category, but doesn't look like there's any on youtube.
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Get...the ####...UP!

Really liked this movie.

 
24.23 - Bryan Mills - Taken - Best Movie Parent

"I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't,

"Over the course of the movie, Bryan kills 35 people in order to get to his daughter.

 
25.03 - Miller's Crossing - Shootout

Leo might be losing his grip on his empire because of his relationship with Myrna...but in case you need reminding on how he got to the top in the first place, here it is.

Can't let my favorite movie of all time remain undrafted. Love that version of Danny Boy too.
 
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Andy Dufresne said:
25.03 - Miller's Crossing - Shootout

Leo might be losing his grip on his empire because of his relationship with Myrna...but in case you need reminding on how he got to the top in the first place, here it is.

Can't let my favorite movie of all time remain undrafted. Love that version of Danny Boy too.
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i searched for so many ways to pick this after i had taken shootout. England...nope. Dance....nope. Superheroes........nope. :kicksrock:

 
joffer said:
Andy Dufresne said:
25.03 - Miller's Crossing - Shootout

Leo might be losing his grip on his empire because of his relationship with Myrna...but in case you need reminding on how he got to the top in the first place, here it is.

Can't let my favorite movie of all time remain undrafted. Love that version of Danny Boy too.
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i searched for so many ways to pick this after i had taken shootout. England...nope. Dance....nope. Superheroes........nope. :kicksrock:
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Could have gone monologue:

Johnny: I'm talkin' about friendship. I'm talkin' about character. I'm talkin' about--hell, Leo, I ain't mbarassed to use the word--I'm talkin' about ethics.


You know I'm a sporting man. I like to make the occasional bet. But I ain't that sporting.

When I fix a fight, say--if I pay a three-to-one favorite to throw a ####### fight--I figure I got a right to expect that fight to go off at three-to-one. But every time I lay a bet with this sonofa##### Bernie Bernheim, before I know it the odds is even up--or worse, I'm betting the short money. . .The sheeny knows I like sure things. He's selling the information I fixed the fight. Out-of-town money comes pourin' in. The odds go straight to hell. I don't know who he's sellin' it to, maybe the Los Angeles combine, I don't know. The point is, Bernie ain't satisfied with the honest dollar he can make off the vig. He ain't satisfied with the business I do on his book. He's sellin' tips on how I bet, and that means part of the payoff that should be ridin' on my hip is ridin' on someone else's. So back we go to these questions--friendship, character, ethics.

. . So its clear what I'm sayin'?

Leo: As...mud.

Caspar: It's a wrong situation. It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust? For a good return you gotta go bettin' on chance, and then you're back with anarchy. Right back inna jungle. On account of the breakdown of ethics. That's why ethics is important. It's the grease makes us get along, what separates us from the animals, beasts a burden, beasts a prey. Ethics. Whereas Bernie Bernbaum is a horse of a different color ethics-wise. As in, he ain't got any.
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Time Kibitzer said:
24.22 - Mike Flaherty in Win Win - Best Movie Parent

A realistic portrayal of a far from perfect man/parent, but one who's still developing as a person and one who wants nothing but the best for others. Paul Giamatti is fantastic in the role. Also considered drafting one of the wrestling scenes for the sports scene category, but doesn't look like there's any on youtube.
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Good movie.

 
Andy Dufresne said:
24.23 - Bryan Mills - Taken - Best Movie Parent

"I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't,

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Great pick.

 
25.05: Huge car-jump stunt at the end of


(Scene Filming a Movie)It's not really just the car jump itself. There's just so much going on in this one scene that it feels like a satire of over-the-top film directors (played here by Robert Klein in the helicopter). I don't mean to imply that the scene is not great fun for the viewer, however :D It's just that you can find yourself saying "Holy moley ... how much more are they gonna put these stuntmen through?"

For those that haven't seen Hooper, or dismiss it as lightweight 70s Burt-Reynolds fare ... well, it's not that the movie is so deep or profound or anything. But it IS a blast, and not a mindless one. Director Hal Needham was a stuntman himself, so Hooper is truly a movie made by stuntmen for stuntmen. It gives a glimpse of the movie-making process rarely seen elsewhere except on real-life movie shoots.

 
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KarmaPolice said:
Not sure how this one will score, and I am still trying to find a decent link to the full scene. Very polarizing movie it seems, but easily one of my top 2 or 3 from the last few years of releases. Not the high speed action that some of the others in the category are, but absolutely LOVE the way the opening of this movie is shot and the way the tension is silently built - basically I am taking the scene from when he picks up the robbers to when he arrives at the parking lot:

23.10:


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Greeeeeat pick.

Was trying desperately to place this. My top movie of the last 3 years.

Didn't think the car chase would place well at all though, hopefully the judge agrees with us and gives it its due.

 
krista4 said:
24.9 Spoorloos (The Vanishing) - final scene - shocking sceneWill post more when not on phone, but do NOT watch this scene if you haven't seen the whole movie.
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Aaaah good old Spoorloos, the staple of every movie draft (Although it's usually me who picks it)

That scene was truly shocking and would be my top score if I were judge.

Then of course Hollywood did the most stupid remake, crazily enough with the same director. Betchya he was focused grouped to death on that one.

 
Andy Dufresne said:
24.23 - Bryan Mills - Taken - Best Movie Parent

"I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't,

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Thought about this, but I think he'd enjoy killing 35 people while ordering his lunch

 
John Maddens Lunchbox said:
24.23 - Bryan Mills - Taken - Best Movie Parent

"I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't,

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Yeah. But they were all bad.

 
14. Nick Vermeil- OTC

15. Tiannamen Tank- on deck

16. Joffer- in the hole

17. krista4

18. Mrs. Rannous

19. jwb

20. Dr. Octopus

21. John Madden's Lunchbox

22. Kumerica

23. Tremendous Upside

24. AcerFC

25. Usual21

I'm going to spin class. Bbl.

 
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