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Where in the world are the middle-aged dummies? Worldwide top 31 song countdown. (2 Viewers)
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krista4
Footballguy
It's hard to explain how much I enjoyed the write-ups of the eligibility reasoning from @Sullie and @MAC_32 on their picks, plus the short-form song write-ups from @otb_lifer . You're not going to see them all at the same time like I did, so they might lose some of the effect, but I might post them all together after the 31-pointers so you can enjoy as I did. Thanks for making it all fun, guys.
Yankee23Fan
Fair Tax!
Sorry. I've been in court so much the past month I've barely even looked at this in awhile. If i don't get one in in time then assume I couldn't, with deepest apologies and the knowledge that I was going to have at least 20 Queen songs on the list.
Viva la Zanzibar
Viva la Zanzibar
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
Hope you get acquitted.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I don’t think rock meant the plot, just what type of movie it was trying to be.I didn't find The Big Lebowski "confusing."
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I want to change one of my contest answers.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
as long as you leave out one particularly gruesome "HIT!!1!", then go for it ... hell, go 31 deep
krista4
Footballguy
I don’t think rock meant the plot, just what type of movie it was trying to be.I didn't find The Big Lebowski "confusing."
Yes, I understood that and likewise didn’t mention “plot.”
otb_lifer
Footballguy
- speaking of which ... sitting in an Argentinian empanada jernt atm, enjoying a Yellow Catuai cold brew - the Uruguayan counter dood extols Tom Jones, whilst some of his groovy 60s output blares on .... all better tunes than that Queen mishegoss i referenced - "My Condition" now playing, ties this all together - yeah, he covered that ... very lounge-ish, not that good, tbh - but still better than that effin' Queen song.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
If it's the one that I would choose We agree.- speaking of which ... sitting in an Argentinian empanada jernt atm, enjoying a Yellow Catuai cold brew - the Uruguayan counter dood extols Tom Jones, whilst some of his groovy 60s output blares on .... all better tunes than that Queen mishegoss i referenced - "My Condition" now playing, ties this all together - yeah, he covered that ... very lounge-ish, not that good, tbh - but still better than that effin' Queen song.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
You're in good company*. Fargo and Miller's Crossing are two of my very favorite movies, so I'm a Cohen brothers fan. Their comedies, excepting Raising Arizona, miss the mark for me. I should give BL another try though.
*Okay, maybe not GOOD company. Just MY company.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
If it's the one that I would choose We agree.- speaking of which ... sitting in an Argentinian empanada jernt atm, enjoying a Yellow Catuai cold brew - the Uruguayan counter dood extols Tom Jones, whilst some of his groovy 60s output blares on .... all better tunes than that Queen mishegoss i referenced - "My Condition" now playing, ties this all together - yeah, he covered that ... very lounge-ish, not that good, tbh - but still better than that effin' Queen song.
im'ma just vacate the thread if/when it rears ...
krista4
Footballguy
simey
Footballguy
I only saw The Big Lebowski once years ago, and I don't remember it being a barrel of laughs. I do remember laughing once at a scene where Julianne Moore's character flies over naked on a harness while splatting paint on a painting. It was so weird it made me laugh. Anyway, I did enjoy Raising Arizona a lot.
New Binky the Doormat
Footballguy
great new avatar!! Love it!!
simey
Footballguy
Some day I will watch it again, and see if I feel any different. I probably won't, but I'll give it a go.
I enjoyed the movie Fargo, and although it is in North Dakota, I picture people from Minnesota having that same accent. @Andy Dufresne Do you talk like the people in the movie Fargo?
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
A little. I say "Oh geeze" quite a bit.
Typically , that accent comes from people in northern Minnesota... Like north of Brainerd. It's exaggerated in the movie, but not by much. The guy sweeping snow from the bottom of his driveway? I know a guy JUST like that.
Carrie Coon nails the accent in Fargo Season 2. Ewan McGregor in season 3?... Not so much.
Don Quixote
Footballguy
Definitely worthy of an @Ilov80s Hall of Fame plaque thread.
simey
Footballguy
Mine would be Alfred Hitchcock.
krista4
Footballguy
I had a contest entry this morning that confirmed that the above are worded in a way that could be confusing, In each of these, I'm asking which on the list will NOT be selected. As a result, it means that either three or four of (a)-(d) will have been selected in every instance. If you think all four have been selected, then choose option (e). If you think only three have, then choose the one you think has not. Capisce?
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Apropos to this thread, the main theme to Fargo has "international" folk song beginnings. Miller's Crossing's is derivative of (I think) an Irish tune.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
I have a list of five movies in a category of "If you don't like these, you won't like 'old' movies".
Notorious is on that list.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Yeah they are on my list. Haven’t posted one in awhile.
Manster
Footballguy
I think my wife would go with Hitchcock as well
jwb
Footballguy
It's not. It's the characters that are funny, but without jokes. I love it, but after watching it my wife was like "That's it? That's the super cult movie I hear so much about?"
Hov34
Eephus's Great Great Great Love Child
@krista4
You want submissions to look like this?
My number 1 selection:
31 Macarena - Los del Rio - https://open.spotify.com/track/4oaj36KzXRgDg4McgcTsZK?si=0a7ec1c356a54c95
You want submissions to look like this?
My number 1 selection:
31 Macarena - Los del Rio - https://open.spotify.com/track/4oaj36KzXRgDg4McgcTsZK?si=0a7ec1c356a54c95
And, should I have capitalized "del" even though it is not capitalized? And I have one group that is all capital letters (not the Swedish super group), should I not capitalize them all?
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Most of the movie takes place in Minnesota.
rockaction
Footballguy
Thanks for the mansplaining. Think I got it, though.Just didn't enjoy it
I was saying if that's the case.
Jesus, you were tough last night.
Hence the question mark.
I hate the term "mansplaining." I see the wink, but it's still off-putting as a general term. It shuts off any potential to discuss things between the sexes. As soon as I hear it -- if spoken in total seriousness -- I know to not have conversations with that person in the future. That's more reserved for when there's say, an expert in neuroscience who is female and is in the room lecturing and some dumb guy off of the street attempts to tell her about neurochemistry.
Not amateur film criticism with somebody who just said they didn't get it.
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rockaction
Footballguy
That sounds like you said "(I) really don't get."
Seems pretty simple as a statement.
Maybe you need to femsplain "but really don't get" to me, because it must be a Mars/Venus thing and not an actual language thing.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
I don't know about that. I've heard he was fairly creepy around women.
rockaction
Footballguy
I personally still don't get "magical realism" and how it explains away why you can spray paint on San Francisco properties without the audience worrying that you're gonna get busted.
I can't even remember the movie but I remember Eephus and ilov80s mansplaining it to me. It fell upon deaf ears.
I can't even remember the movie but I remember Eephus and ilov80s mansplaining it to me. It fell upon deaf ears.
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Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
And most of the locations still exist. I've parked in the ramp where Wade gets shot. I ate at that Embers before they tore it down. The car dealership actually exists and is about a half mile from my workplace.
I'm pretty sure Brainerd has an Arby's.
What doesn't make any sense is why they would drive from Fargo to Brainerd to get to Minneapolis...and then enter Minneapolis from the south. No explanation that is except that they are morons.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Eligible in this countdown (not necessarily in that order).
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
That must have went right over my head when I saw the movie
-but I'm from NY/NJ.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
What movies would they be?
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
I'll give it a go. I figured she understood the movie; she just didn't get why anyone found it enjoyable. I sure don't. I don't get Seinfeld, either. It's just annoying to me.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
I thought you'd never ask!
Casablanca
All About Eve
Notorious
Sunset Blvd
Double Indemnity
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
For the same reason that Kevin Costner drives over a bridge from Houston into Washington DC in No Way Out.
krista4
Footballguy
Yep, that's exactly what I was saying. I don't get the hype. It's a fairly common usage, but go wild, rock.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
I'm pretty sure I could come up with a few other movies that ift that list, but it does seem representative.
rockaction
Footballguy
Right, but why use the phrase "I didn't get it" vs. "I didn't enjoy it"?
Then again, that's a term ("I don't get it") I've used when saying I don't like something, so I suppose there is that. But when you say "I don't get it" the possibility of someone explaining it to you is because they're taking you literally and not falling under the sexism rubric.
Like I'd correct or attempt to explain anything to Krista if I wasn't damn sure I knew and she'd indicated she didn't...
rockaction
Footballguy
Wylin' out ova here!
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Because it's not I didn't enjoy the movie. It's I don't get why anyone cares about it.
krista4
Footballguy
Your formatting is perfectly lovely. If you'll just capitalize in the titles and do whatever you wish in the band names, that will get me really far. I'm having to change band names a whole lot anyway to get to consistency (e.g., I've received a bunch of variations on "CSN," "Crosby, Still and Nash," "Crosby, Stills & Nash," etc.). Thank you for asking!
rockaction
Footballguy
I get the colloquial usage to express disbelief over others' opinions about the movie. But usually there's a referent. Like "I don't get (the hype)" or "I don't get (the love)" or "I don't get (the adulation)" not "I don't get (it)." Usually, the last example expresses a dissonance caused by not understanding the actual flick.
Just a thought. I could be wrong. Perhaps I should have assumed "I really don't get (the movie as referent)" didn't literally mean "I really don't get (the movie as referent)" and instead meant "I really don't get (the love for it)"
Anyway, it's a movie that I can see not digging all that much. Not sure what my fifty year-old self would say about it. The memory of it is funny.
timschochet
Footballguy
I get it. I just don’t like it. Particularly in novels; every time a novel is described as having magic realism I know that I will never read it.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Maybe it's a Chicago thing? But I think it's more likely a consequence of having a conversation not in person. That sort of elision is much more obvious in an in-person, one topic conversation.
rockaction
Footballguy
Very likely. I won't push it any further. We can now get back to our regularly scheduled "Where in the World..." portion of the program.
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