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the 2002 drama 

Crossroads

great movie.

Rich Conway said:

The Natural was not a good movie.

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Introducing new movies to my 9 year old son.  This was on the list and it didn't play as well as other revisited films have.  The plot was rough by today's standards and the characters you inevitably dislike are more "superhero movie bad guys" than anything I remembered from this movie.

TripItUp said:

Cmon man

Top 5 Sports Movie all time

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Would have had it in the top 10 a few weeks ago.  Now, probably not even top 20.  The Natural just doesn't hold up as well as I hoped.

After rewatching ~50 'memorable' movies over the pandemic, the biggest disappointments upon rewatching are the Indiana Jones movies.

Not only that...I think they are total crap now.  From pseudo-science non-sense, to poor acting, horrible pacing, bad represtation of non-white characters (by today's standards), major plot holes, and a handful of other problems.  Major, major trash.

trader jake said:

After rewatching ~50 'memorable' movies over the pandemic, the biggest disappointments upon rewatching are the Indiana Jones movies.

Not only that...I think they are total crap now.  From pseudo-science non-sense, to poor acting, horrible pacing, bad represtation of non-white characters (by today's standards), major plot holes, and a handful of other problems.  Major, major trash.

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Raiders and Last Crusade are classics, but the world is much smaller than it was in the 80s...scenes in Egypt, Nepal or Jordan are not as awe inspiring as they were in 1980.

That being said, Raiders is in my personal top 10.

Andy Dufresne said:

...for me to poop on!

Steep is the most overrated high priestess of acting of all time.

And Hanks is approaching said territory. His acting has become as schmaltzy as Spielberg's directing.

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Yes.  In Cast Away I wish Hanks floated away and Wilson was saved.

I realized last night how much I love Casino (except every scene that has Sharon Stone in it). Just seeing the whole early Vegas gangster stuff between Pesci and DeNiro made the movie great, but all the drama and nonsense Stone brought in made it less enjoyable. And yes, I loved Goodfellas.