timdraft #4: Movie Category Draft (1 Viewer)

[KarmaPolice]

Just to clarify, if a scene or actor from a film is taken, nothing else from that film can be taken

The Rule is murder for Taxi Driver. Could have gone in a whole lot of categories.

was going to be my ny movie and then I would be :winning: now

This was our debate last night. New York, Monologue, Shootout, Child Actor. But my brilliant partner (no homo) thought it might slide, but the Phoebe Cates Dream Sequence wouldn't.Great call, Norwood.

Yeah, this is the movie I had in mind when I clarified the rule earlier. Had it in all these categories.

I just got out of a meeting and have to pee. Will figure out my pick in the bathroom and brb.

Hot

 

[jwb]

3.19 - Leslie Nielsen - Airplane - Dramatic actor in a comedy role

spent the first half of his career as a dramatic / character actor. Then Airplane changed everything for him.

I came thisclose to taking Leslie. I am serious, and don't call me shirley.

Thought about him ... was wondering whether or not the judge would ding Nielsen for doing so much comedy afterwards

I hope not - it was such a career changer that I think it's very valid (I mean, his first movie was in the 1950's). What happened afterwards shouldn't matter.

 

[jwb]

Tim, I will judge car chase and shocking scene if you need more judges.

Approved. Sorry I missed this post.

awesome. I will post criteria later tonight (nothing surprising). I will say now in my limited time that in car chase, "real" vehicles and stunts will somewhat matter (as opposed to CGI stuff - although some of that may score well too.) More later.

 

[AcerFC]

Kumerica has til 5:37 and then TU up

 

[Crazy Canuck]

8.21 - The Navidson Record - No Idea What This Movie is About

Description forthcoming once I come back up these stairs...

 

[Nick Vermeil]

8.21 - The Navidson Record - No Idea What This Movie is About

Description forthcoming once I come back up these stairs...

I have no idea what this post is about

 

[Doug B]

I have no idea what this post is about

Thread-schmidting.

 

[Val Rannous]

I have no idea what this post is about

Thread-schmidting.

You can schmidt a thread?

 

[joffer]

3.20 A Bronx Tale (Bar Room Fight) - fight scene

Was going to be my NY movie

 

[KarmaPolice]

Thought about Jodi Foster, but was too lazy to look it up - how old was she when she played that role?

 

[timschochet]

1. I don't have any record of JML as taking drugs. So Tremendous Upside is the judge for drugs unless I hear different.

2. Jodie Foster was borderline age for Taxi Driver (13 or 14?) I would allow it because she looked younger, but it's up to the judge.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

I have no idea what this post is about

Thread-schmidting.

I had no idea what "schmidting" was.

Schmidting When one takes a foul-smelling woman to an alleyway and proceeds to take off her clothes, then electrically tapes her to a pole. The perpetrator then proceeds to have sex with her. Right before climax, the perpetrator proceeds to defecate on the ground and finish having sex with the woman.
Dude, I totally Schmited that girl last night! I was Schmidting that girl when the cops showed up.

Woa.

 

[AcerFC]

Dear TU,

Please don't snipe me one pick ahead of drafting

Sincerely

Acer FC, fellow Pearl Jam and NY Ranger fan

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

2.18 This Is Spinal Tap - Rock and Roll Movie

But this one goes to....11.

Lick my love pump

 

[Kumerica]

The previous film of this trilogy often gets namechecked for its car chase scene, but I really don't like the music in that. This, from the sequel, has a much more jerky, intense and kinetic car chase. Hence:

3.22 The Bourne Supremacy (Moscow Car Chase): Car Chase Scene

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

3.3 - Triumph of the Will (Triumph des Willens) - Nazis

Film historians debate whether or not it's a documentary or if it's pure propaganda but whatever it is it's a visualization of exactly how the Nazi's saw themselves and Adolph Hitler - as gods.


Hitler commissioned the film and served as an unofficial executive producer; his name appears in the opening titles. He praised the film as being an "incomparable glorification of the power and beauty of our Movement".

The overriding theme of the film is the return of Germany as a great power, with Hitler as the True German Leader who will bring glory to the nation.

Riefenstahl's techniques, such as moving cameras, the use of long focus lenses to create a distorted perspective, aerial photography, and revolutionary approach to the use of music and cinematography, have earned Triumph recognition as one of the greatest films in history. The film was popular in the Third Reich and elsewhere, and has continued to influence movies, documentaries, and commercials to this day. The film spent six months in the editing suite. The two-hour running time represents approximately 3% of the footage Leni Riefenstahl shot.

Viewed today as a film itself, it's not very good. But viewed in context it's the quintessential document showing the sway that the Nazis had on the German population at the time.

This is THE Nazi film.

Interesting.

The Nazi's are the good guys in this movie.

Precisely what I was asking Tim when I said "Can the Nazi's be the good guys"

He didn't answer.

 

[AcerFC]

Great, here are all the make uppers coming to take my pick

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

3.1 Boogie Nights ---- Sex Movie

I really hate taking the first thing in this category, but I love this movie and I did not want to end up with a teenie bopper thing.

As the judge, this is all I'll say

Heather Graham

 

[timschochet]

Here is the link for the Poker game from The Sting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae6Lz_3jlo0

"What was I supposed to do? Call him for cheating better than me in front of the others?!"

Love this scene.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

3.09 -- 'The King's Speech', Movie in England.

I have zero idea how JML will like it but it doesn't have Hugh Grant and is not set in the 1800's. One thing I found interesting was

As the judge this is all I'll say.

It's winning so far.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

Sorry guys- on my iPhone- poker scene from The Sting- gambling- will link later.Robert Shaw cheats, but Paul Newman cheats better.

Not sure if Norwood will like the fact that cheating is involved.

There is no cheating in gambling

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

3.12 Michael J Fox-Back to the future part 2-Multiple roles

From my favorite of the three!

How........is..........this............possible

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

Could have swore JML already laid claim to the Drugs category..

Nope.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

3.19 - Leslie Nielsen - Airplane - Dramatic actor in a comedy role

spent the first half of his career as a dramatic / character actor. Then Airplane changed everything for him.

Surely you can't be serious?

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

3.20 A Bronx Tale (Bar Room Fight) - fight scene

As the judge for this category all I'll say is....

I've never scene this movie and thank you for the link

 

[Val Rannous]

3.19 - Leslie Nielsen - Airplane - Dramatic actor in a comedy role

spent the first half of his career as a dramatic / character actor. Then Airplane changed everything for him.

Surely you can't be serious?

I am serious. And don't call me Shirley.

First!

 

[Tremendous Upside]

So I wrote up a whole big thing and then my router crashed and I lost it. In order to but hold anything up,

Do The Right Thing: NY Movie

 

[ScottNorwood]

Sorry guys- on my iPhone- poker scene from The Sting- gambling- will link later.Robert Shaw cheats, but Paul Newman cheats better.

Not sure if Norwood will like the fact that cheating is involved.There is no cheating in gambling

It'll be worth 1 point, mostly because Tim picked it

 

[AcerFC]

So I wrote up a whole big thing and then my router crashed and I lost it. In order to but hold anything up,Do The Right Thing: NY Movie

lamo pick by the judge

 

[KarmaPolice]

So I wrote up a whole big thing and then my router crashed and I lost it. In order to but hold anything up, Do The Right Thing: NY Movie

 

[AcerFC]

3.24 Children of Men, Long Take

I really dont have a working knowledge of this category. I looked it up and I thought this scene was pretty bad ### for being one take

 

[AcerFC]

4.2 Scarface, shootout

 

[AcerFC]

TU can not recieve any new messages

 

[Tiananmen Tank]

3.24 Children of Men, Long Take

I really dont have a working knowledge of this category. I looked it up and I thought this scene was pretty bad ### for being one take

You are the worst for this. The absolute worst.

 

[tish155]

all i'll say is...HOVERBOARD!!!!!!

3.12 Michael J Fox-Back to the future part 2-Multiple roles

From my favorite of the three!

How........is..........this............possible

 

[Tremendous Upside]

3.23 Do The Right Thing - NY Movie

Before this movie was even released (23 yrs ago, schneikes!) there were articles in papers saying how irresponsible it was to release this, that it would cause riots in the theaters. This alone made 12 year old me want to see it.

New York in 1989 was still a pretty rough place in a lot of ways, especially racially. In the couple of years prior we had endured the Tawana Brawley incident and the Howard Beach killing. And as a white kid from Queens who had only recently started venturing into Manhattan on his own with buddies, and experiencing real interactions with diverse people, races and cultures, Do The Right Thing blew me away. Seeing it for the first time was one of the seminal moments of my youth, and also helped to nurture my love of movies. It was also exciting to see parts of MY city that I was, as yet, largely unfamiliar with, splashed up there on the big screen with such passion, vibrance and love. And asking important questions about race and politics, questions I was not entirely comfortable with.

It also gave us this song:

Fight the Power indeed

 

[timschochet]

So I wrote up a whole big thing and then my router crashed and I lost it. In order to but hold anything up,Do The Right Thing: NY Movie

Great movie, BUT- Per your own criteria, this isn't such a good choice. Because the plot and theme of this film would work exactly the same in any large Northern urban area in which there is a sizeable African-American population. It would work in Boston, Detroit, Cleveland, etc. You could have the exact same story and pretty much the exact same movie.

 

[KarmaPolice]

3.24 Children of Men, Long Take

I really dont have a working knowledge of this category. I looked it up and I thought this scene was pretty bad ### for being one take

This movie has 2 great long takes in it.

 

[AcerFC]

3.24 Children of Men, Long Take

I really dont have a working knowledge of this category. I looked it up and I thought this scene was pretty bad ### for being one take

PM me which one will score higher, TIA

 

[Tremendous Upside]

So I wrote up a whole big thing and then my router crashed and I lost it. In order to but hold anything up,Do The Right Thing: NY Movie

Great movie, BUT- Per your own criteria, this isn't such a good choice. Because the plot and theme of this film would work exactly the same in any large Northern urban area in which there is a sizeable African-American population. It would work in Boston, Detroit, Cleveland, etc. You could have the exact same story and pretty much the exact same movie.

Yeah, you're entirely wrong here

 

[ScottNorwood]

So I wrote up a whole big thing and then my router crashed and I lost it. In order to but hold anything up,Do The Right Thing: NY Movie

Great movie, BUT- Per your own criteria, this isn't such a good choice. Because the plot and theme of this film would work exactly the same in any large Northern urban area in which there is a sizeable African-American population. It would work in Boston, Detroit, Cleveland, etc. You could have the exact same story and pretty much the exact same movie.

Yeah, you're entirely wrong here

Fight fight fight!

 

[BobbyLayne]

So I wrote up a whole big thing and then my router crashed and I lost it. In order to but hold anything up,Do The Right Thing: NY Movie

Great movie, BUT- Per your own criteria, this isn't such a good choice. Because the plot and theme of this film would work exactly the same in any large Northern urban area in which there is a sizeable African-American population. It would work in Boston, Detroit, Cleveland, etc. You could have the exact same story and pretty much the exact same movie.

As a former (8 years) resident of Brookyn, I have to say you are full of ####. This was pure Brooklyn, and to expand that nuance, a genuine repesentation of Bed-Stuy. From a recent history perspective, Bed-Stuy was in the 80s what Harlem was to an earlier generation of African-Americans: the defacto capital of the modern black experience.IMO this movie was pitch perfect on the state of race relations in 1989. Witihin two Crown Heights imploded and the Rodney King verdict...Back to why it's NY movie - it captures the essence of Brooklyn. I don't expect you to understand.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Getting a little spun around by the make up picks. Where are we in the draft? Do we have a running list of people on autoskip?

 

[tish155]

i disagree, i think this is an excellent choice....it shows Bed Stuy for what it was in the late 80s, early 90s. even just the scenes of the characters sitting on their stoop screams NYC to me and the kids playing in the street in with the water from the hydrant. and i recently met Danny Aello, who is NYC as well as Spike Lee. Great pick IMO

So I wrote up a whole big thing and then my router crashed and I lost it. In order to but hold anything up,Do The Right Thing: NY Movie

Great movie, BUT- Per your own criteria, this isn't such a good choice. Because the plot and theme of this film would work exactly the same in any large Northern urban area in which there is a sizeable African-American population. It would work in Boston, Detroit, Cleveland, etc. You could have the exact same story and pretty much the exact same movie.

Yeah, you're entirely wrong here

 

[KarmaPolice]

1. I don't have any record of JML as taking drugs. So Tremendous Upside is the judge for drugs unless I hear different.

2. Jodie Foster was borderline age for Taxi Driver (13 or 14?) I would allow it because she looked younger, but it's up to the judge.

Looks like you are right about Foster - movie looked like it came out when she was 13. I just got the impression that she was 16+ playing a younger character for some reason.

 

[AcerFC]

TU is up again, then Kumerica

Clock is off at 7

 

[timschochet]

So I wrote up a whole big thing and then my router crashed and I lost it. In order to but hold anything up,Do The Right Thing: NY Movie

Great movie, BUT- Per your own criteria, this isn't such a good choice. Because the plot and theme of this film would work exactly the same in any large Northern urban area in which there is a sizeable African-American population. It would work in Boston, Detroit, Cleveland, etc. You could have the exact same story and pretty much the exact same movie.

As a former (8 years) resident of Brookyn, I have to say you are full of ####. This was pure Brooklyn, and to expand that nuance, a genuine repesentation of Bed-Stuy. From a recent history perspective, Bed-Stuy was in the 80s what Harlem was to an earlier generation of African-Americans: the defacto capital of the modern black experience.IMO this movie was pitch perfect on the state of race relations in 1989. Witihin two Crown Heights imploded and the Rodney King verdict...Back to why it's NY movie - it captures the essence of Brooklyn. I don't expect you to understand.

Where was the Rodney King verdict exactly? Where was Rodney beaten, and where did the riot (which I personally witnessed) take place? Hint: It wasn't in Brooklyn.

There was not one aspect of that movie's plot, from the attitudes of the people involved, to the reaction to the choke hold, to the behavior of Asian store owners, that couldn't have happened in Los Angeles. In fact, all of it DID happen in Los Angeles around that time, for real. You could have put that entire movie in Los Angeles, and not changed a thing other than the street names, and it would have worked just as well. And L.A. is not the only city either. Oakland, Detroit, Cincinnati- all of them would work equally well.

 

[ScottNorwood]

1. I don't have any record of JML as taking drugs. So Tremendous Upside is the judge for drugs unless I hear different. 2. Jodie Foster was borderline age for Taxi Driver (13 or 14?) I would allow it because she looked younger, but it's up to the judge.

Looks like you are right about Foster - movie looked like it came out when she was 13. I just got the impression that she was 16+ playing a younger character for some reason.

Foster was 13 playing a 12 year old. Tim is a creep for saying that is "borderline"

 

[timschochet]

I want to clarify that I think Do the Right Thing is a GREAT movie, one of the best of the last 30 years, and a great pick. My issue is with TU's criteria, which I think is too limiting. TU wants to penalize movies that, though they take place in New York, would be roughly the same if they took place somewhere else. Do The Right Thing, IMO, falls into that description.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

3.24 Children of Men, Long Take

I really dont have a working knowledge of this category. I looked it up and I thought this scene was pretty bad ### for being one take

That car scene was incredible. Always loved that film.