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Kennythetiger

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On 4/9/2018 at 2:24 PM, Dutchrudder said:

Silver Linings Playbook is not a great movie. Granted, I will never forget being introduced to Jennifer Lawrence's boobs in that film, still doesn't make it great. Pretty run of the mill romcom to me.
 

Know how I know you’re not crazy?  
I think that if you’re a little touched in the head, or very close to someone who is, the movie makes a lot more sense. I thought it was great. 

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On 4/11/2018 at 4:31 AM, RPM said:

She was trapped. Her only chance was trying to talk her way out. If she screamed or tried to run he would have killed her immediately. Unfortunately she was already dead and didn't know it.

not necessarily true. she had a 50/50 chance of him letting her live. 

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henrygandorf

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i popped back into this thread during the "great movies of the 90's" discussion, so allow me to retort.

the 90's fucking ruled as a movie decade.  the 60's were musical, the 70's were dark, the 80's were funny, the 90's were cool.  there are a lot of cool and great movies from the 1990's.  as of right now, i think a top 25 of the 90's would stack up well against a top 25 since 2000 list, which is absurd.

goodfellas, la confidential, the insider, pulp fiction, heat, fight club, quiz show, unforgiven, the usual suspects, groundhog day, se7en, silence of the lambs, shawshank, the big lebowski, schindler's list, the truman show, as good as it gets, the hudsucker proxy, out of sight, millers crossing, the professional, jfk, apollo 13, talented mr ripley, boyz in the hood, casino, the matrix, scent of a woman, the sixth sense, boogie nights, malice, nobody's fool, saving private ryan, american history x, shakespeare in love, a few good men, american beauty, true romance, fargo, magnolia, the american president, trainspotting. 

plus some cult comedy classics like clueless, dazed and confused, office space, friday, tommy boy, billy madison/happy gilmore, swingers, clerks, beautiful girls.  and i left out some schlock that others probably love like titanic, english patient, forrest gump, jerry maguire, as well as breakthrough genre movies like jurassic park, scream, dances with wolves, pretty woman, toy story 1/2.

that's like 50 and i'm sure i'm forgetting some.

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i forgot three kings i love that movie
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3 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

i  and i left out some schlock that others probably love like titanic, english patient....

that's like 50 and i'm sure i'm forgetting some.

Schlock? The English Patient?

Boooo! Booo this man! (although, the novel upon which the film is based is better).

 

Carry on.

 

 

 

 

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2 hours ago, Your Mom said:

I look at every post that names like 10-15  movies and realize I've seen only 2 or 3 of them.  You guys just like movies a lot more than me.  But Jojo Rabbit is a great fucking movie.

That’s probably because a lot of us have nothing to do while you are busy flying planes and being filthy rich.

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22 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

1994 was fucking epic.

i didn't even mention four weddings and a funeral in my 90's rant.  nobody's fool is a top 25 for me.  quiz show is top 10.

I mean think about that best picture list, FWAAF, Quiz Show, Gump, Pulp, and Shawshank. That’s incredible. That doesn’t even include all the other 94 movies. Leon, Lion King, Interview with a Vampire, all three Jim Carey movies. It’s insane how many great movies came out that year.

Edit: Fucking D2 in 94 also which is the greatest hockey movie ever made. Fight me.

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2 hours ago, hobbes2702 said:

I mean think about that best picture list, FWAAF, Quiz Show, Gump, Pulp, and Shawshank. That’s incredible. That doesn’t even include all the other 94 movies. Leon, Lion King, Interview with a Vampire, all three Jim Carey movies. It’s insane how many great movies came out that year.

Edit: Fucking D2 in 94 also which is the greatest hockey movie ever made. Fight me.

Followed by another decent year. Braveheart, Apollo 13, Leaving Las Vegas, Toy Story, The Usual Suspects, Get Shorty, Casino, Heat, Se7en, Sense and Sensibility, 12 Monkeys, The Basketball Diaries 

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3 minutes ago, longhornmatt said:

It’s terrible, and you know it. It can still be an entertaining terrible, like Con Air or Face/Off from around that same era.  But they’re all bad.

I'm not sure how I'd try and rate it objectively. I have a soft spot for it - but I'd never admit it's a terrible movie. I think it's much more redeemable than Con Air and gets too much hate. 

 

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On 2/8/2022 at 1:35 PM, billfromlaketravis said:

Jojo Rabbit.

Thread. 

This is what I would’ve put too. Man that is such an amazing movie to watch. I saw it several times in the theatre before the pandemic started and would say that it is my all-time favorite movie. I was lucky enough to get a front row seat to see it and then have Taika Waititi come and do a Q&A afterwards with us for 30 minutes. Had no idea he would be the one to do it, but Taika was pretty cool to listen to and funny as well. 

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17 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said:

Hated Fury Road.  The practical effects were amazing, but the storyline sucked donkey nuts.

I don’t know if it was that bad, but I certainly don’t understand all the love it gets. 
 

Agree 100% with all of the JoJo Rabbit nods. Most people I’ve talked to dismiss it when they hear the premise and wont watch it, but they are missing out big time. 

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