30 Day Movie Challenge

[Dukefrukem]

Least Favorite Adaptation: Jurassic Park. I like Jurassic Park, the movie and the book. About all they have in common are some character names, an island, and dinosaurs. Such a shame a terrific adult novel was slimmed to a teen adventure film.

huh? The same motives were there.


Both involves a theme park
Both had the same "science theme" behind the dinosaurs
The dinosaurs escape the same
Dennis tried to steal the eggs during a storm
pretty much every major event was the same....


The only thing that was vastly different was the ending.

[Dukefrukem]

My pick is a double edged sword, because they were so highly acclaimed and so incredibly medicore. Angels and Demons was both the better book and better movie. The recreation of the Vatican was totally awesome.

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[Mysterious Dude]

Controversial opinion alert!

Least favorite book adaptation: Eyes Wide Shut

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I suppose this demands an explanation. I could probably find a worse movie, but I read Arthur Schnitzler's Traumnovelle a few months ago, so it's on my mind. Most of the events are there in the movie, but Kubrick just drags them out and made a short, breezy novel (I read it in three days) into a unnecessarily long and dull movie. I would also like to see a film version of this book that's actually set in the 1920's, where I think the decadence depicted would make a little more sense than it does in Kubrick's ultra-modern world.

Plus, there's a lot more dancing in the book.

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Day 17: Least Favorite Book Adaptation

Johnny Mnemonic

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[bac0n]

Catching up as well

Day Eleven - Favorite Kid's Movie- Sleeping Beauty
Day Twelve: Favorite Love Story - Princess Bride
Day Thirteen: Favorite Chick Flick - Love, Actually
Day Fourteen: Favorite Documentary - Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Day Fifteen: Favorite Play Adaptation - Ran
Day Sixteen: Favorite Book Adaptation - Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas (Gilliam, '98)

[Fezzik]

I READ HALF OF OWEN MEANY AND THEN THREW IT AWAY. LATER A PRETTY GIRL AND I WENT TO SEE SIMON BIRCH AND WE WALKED OUT AFTER FORTY MINUTES.

LAME ALL CAPS JOKES ARE FUNNY IF YOU'VE READ THAT BOOK THOUGH, RIGHT? :P

They are :D

Sorry you didn't like it. It's still one of my go to reads. I love the character of Owen so much. And the all caps thing, i actually think its a great device - part of how Owen is so easily noticed by everyone despite his height.

[elixir]

Day 17, Least Favorite Book Adaptation: Romeo + Juliet

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I can't really think of any books I love being adapted into horrible movies. I'm not even a huge fan of the play, but I do hate this movie.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Catching up:

Day 14 - Favorite Documentary: Touching the Void
Day 15 - Favorite Play Adaptation: A Man for All Seasons
Day 16 - Favorite Book Adaptation: Pride and Prejudice (2005)
Day 17 - Least Favorite Book Adaptation: Congo

[MadMan]

I laughed a lot during the Hitchhiker's Guide movie. I really liked Mos Def and the dolphin song and the Stephen Fry stuff and the falling whale. I don't know, I'm a big fan of the book and I recognize it was very different. But I thought it was in the spirit of the orginal.Same here, and I think maybe Davis or Sven (I can't recall which) also enjoyed it a lot.

DAY 16: FAVORITE BOOK ADAPTATION

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Several qualify for this category, but I'm going to go with an adaption of a mediocre/merely solid book at best that turned out to be a great movie. I'm speaking of Jaws, which I actually recently got the chance to watch again on the Forth of July. Other picks would be Jurassic Park (yes the book is better, but I still love the movie adaption), The LOTRs (both movies and books are great), and Watchmen (more of a graphic novel, sure, but still the movie was really good and the novel is of course brilliant).


Day 17: LEAST FAVORITE BOOK ADAPTION

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Sticking with Spielberg made movies, I'm going to have to pick The Lost World. The book is semi-smart, enjoyable, and actually a good read. Its one of Crichton's more overlooked books, but I really like it. The movie adaption though is a mess, and is really goddamn stupid. It does have its moments, but the stuff in San Diego comes off as a failed Godzilla ripoff. Really the big game hunter was really badass-having even more of him in the movie wouldn't have hurt. If it wasn't for Goldblum coming back for more money, this would have been even worse.

Also I decided to pick books that I have read that were adapted into movies. Sure I try and judge the movie differently from the book it was adapted from, but I still usually like to examine the original source material.

Heh KF I've heard that Congo is a complete disaster in every single way. And yet, I'm tempted to watch it anyways. I like the book though-its really entertaining, and well written like most of Crichton's works.

Oh and I actually like Romeo + Juliet more than the 1968 version.

Also eternity wow I couldn't even make it through that entire scene from Twilight. What the fuck is the appeal of those books and those movies? I don't get it.

[Qrazy]

I don't understand the hatred for the Hitchhiker's Guide film. I can understand shrugging about it but hate? I enjoyed it.

[megladon8]

I don't understand the hatred for the Hitchhiker's Guide film. I can understand shrugging about it but hate? I enjoyed it.


Agreed.

I still think the Planet Factory was one of the coolest sights in a film in recent memory.

[Spinal]

The script we shot was very much based on the last draft that Douglas (Adams) wrote. I was also able to make available to Jay Roach and Karey Kirkpatrick many back story notes and ideas from Douglas' hard drive and Karey also had of course the book and the radio series to work with. All the substantive new ideas in the movie, Humma, the Point of View Gun and the "paddle slapping sequence" on Vogsphere are brand new Douglas ideas written especially for the movie by him.

This, of course, doesn't mean you have to like it. I'm just stating it for the record.

Link (http://slashdot.org/story/05/04/26/1952248/HHG2G-Exec-Producer-Robbie-Stamp-Answers)

[Russ]

I don't understand the hatred for the Hitchhiker's Guide film. I can understand shrugging about it but hate? I enjoyed it.
Hate ≠ 'least favorite'

I hadn't seen the word hate bandied about until your post.

[megladon8]

Hate ≠ 'least favorite'

I hadn't seen the word hate bandied about until your post.


Well, a lot of movies are based on books.

I would think that your least favorite book adaptation would be one that you pretty actively dislike, no?

[Irish]

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Favorite book adaptation: From Here to Eternity. A great movie in its own right and worlds better than the book, which I found stilted and dense.


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Least favorite: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Cheating here because I haven't actually seen this movie (and I never will).

The book is a one of a kind experience, and 90% of its appeal is in Thompson's descriptions of surreal horror and clever humor. I know this movie has its fans, but even watching this trailer it seems like a thin, cheap imitation and far too situational.

Runner up would be Sin City, where two creative, bright guys completely (and bizarrely) misinterpret the differences between the mediums of comic books and movies.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Hate ≠ 'least favorite'

I hadn't seen the word hate bandied about until your post.

Well, to be fair, Derek's post certainly implied hatred, even if that particular word wasn't used.

[Russ]

Well, to be fair, Derek's post certainly implied hatred, even if that particular word wasn't used.
True enough, but in my case, and in defense of my naming it as my least favorite, I don't hate on it or even think it's all that terrible. But what it is is a massive disappointment, given the source material and what I felt like was a huge missed opportunity. I felt that only isolated elements of the film were indeed in the spirit of the book and that in those crucial times when it really counted, the film fell flat and the characters suffered as a result.

I suppose I should give the film a third viewing (as well as giving the books another umpteenth read), but I honestly don't see my opinion changing much.


About the only hate I'm down with is reserved for all those Speed Racer critics. :crazy:

[Ezee E]

DAY 18:
FILM THAT IS YOUR GUILTY PLEASURE

[Raiders]

Day Eighteen - Guilty Pleasure

The Phantom

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The extent to which this film's camp is intentional will never be known. But by god do I love watching it.

[eternity]

Day 18 - Favorite Guilty Pleasure

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I can watch this movie again and again and again. It's just so entertaining.

[Ivan Drago]

Gah, it's between one of four for me. Decisions, decisions. . .

[Russ]

18. Film that is your guilty pleasure - BOOM!

A film so guiltily pleasing, that it requires multiple clips. Do watch. And bask. Bask in its glorious awfulness. (I LOVE this film)


"It's a memory!"

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"Monkey! Off balcony!!"

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"PAIN...INJECTION!!"

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[Irish]

The extent to which this film's camp is intentional will never be known. But by god do I love watching it.

This is a great pick.

[StanleyK]

There are no movies I feel guilty about liking. So, I'll just go with a movie I love but I'm pretty sure everybody around here hates:

Favorite 'guilty pleasure': Titanic

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Granted, when asked what kind of movies I love I never bring this one up, but I genuinely think this is a fairly intelligent skewering of Hollywood romantic tropes, an aspect which feels really obvious to me but I haven't really seen anybody else bring up- people seem to take it at face value. Severely underappreciated.

[Winston*]

fairly intelligent skewering of Hollywood romantic tropes.
Can you explain this?

[Irish]

Granted, when asked what kind of movies I love I never bring this one up, but I genuinely think this is a fairly intelligent skewering of Hollywood romantic tropes, an aspect which feels really obvious to me but I haven't really seen anybody else bring up- people seem to take it at face value. Severely underappreciated.

You were a little bit high when you posted this, right? Tell me you were a little bit high.

[StanleyK]

Can you explain this?

The story is being narrated by Old Rose, who is an unreliable narrator- a point explicitly brought up by the film; it's not a stretch to assume that she's bending the entire story to her favor. That's why she and Jack are flawless romantic heroes, why Billy Zane is cartoonishly evil, why the dialogue feels laboriously over-written and cliché, why this romance is given bigger emphasis than the whole friggin' ship sinking, and why she recounts events she couldn't possibly have witnessed. Old Rose is telling the story through rose-tinted glasses, altering it to please her and tossing out what she didn't like, and she tells it through the medium she's familiar with (remember, she's an actress): cliché Hollywood romantic films. Titanic isn't a straight romance, it's satire.

[Dukefrukem]

Favorite Guilty Pleasure

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[Ezee E]

Damnit, I can't find the scene as a whole, but my pick (for around these parts more then anywhere else) is Philadelphia. It's in your face, and for the time it came out, it should've been.

But the opera scene is masterful, and I seek anyone to criticize it. Unfortunately, I could only find a minute long version of it. The rest were all dubbed.

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[Winston*]

The story is being narrated by Old Rose, who is an unreliable narrator- a point explicitly brought up by the film; it's not a stretch to assume that she's bending the entire story to her favor. That's why she and Jack are flawless romantic heroes, why Billy Zane is cartoonishly evil, why the dialogue feels laboriously over-written and cliché, why this romance is given bigger emphasis than the whole friggin' ship sinking, and why she recounts events she couldn't possibly have witnessed. Old Rose is telling the story through rose-tinted glasses, altering it to please her and tossing out what she didn't like, and she tells it through the medium she's familiar with (remember, she's an actress): cliché Hollywood romantic films. Titanic isn't a straight romance, it's satire.

So that Celine Dion song is being used ironically? I don't buy it, StanleyK.

[Ezee E]

Ha. I like your idea Stanley. Even if I don't think the movie itself supports it, it's still funny. Especially her recounting parts that she wasn't even witness to.

[Fezzik]

Favorite Guilty Pleasure: Serendipity

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Guilty Pleasure:

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[Ezee E]

Reasoning please soitgoes.

I hated that movie at 13.

[Mysterious Dude]

and why she recounts events she couldn't possibly have witnessed.
I don't buy it, Stan. As I recall, Cameron was very interested in historical accuracy (in some respects), such as recreating the ship in detail and casting actors who physically resembled the real people they were playing. I don't think we're meant to believe that Rose is back in the present day telling her audience about the two guys spotting the iceberg (which, as you say, she wouldn't have witnessed). I think Cameron just wanted to depict that scene and didn't give much concern to how it fit into the narrative.

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Reasoning please soitgoes.

I hated that movie at 13.It's self-skewering. Incest. All the nods to the Sherwood Schwartz world I grew up with. It isn't great by any means, but I always find myself laughing throughout. The first one is crap though.

[StanleyK]

So that Celine Dion song is being used ironically? I don't buy it, StanleyK.

Not exactly ironically, because the movie certainly sympathizes with Rose, but it definitely doesn't ignore her vanity and delusions, and so through her recounting of the story it's critical of her (and, in a way, how bad romantic films foster these kind of delusions in people's minds). Anyway, I kinda like that song.

[StanleyK]

I don't buy it, Stan. As I recall, Cameron was very interested in historical accuracy (in some respects), such as recreating the ship in detail and casting actors who physically resembled the real people they were playing. I don't think we're meant to believe that Rose is back in the present day telling her audience about the two guys spotting the iceberg (which, as you say, she wouldn't have witnessed). I think Cameron just wanted to depict that scene and didn't give much concern to how it fit into the narrative.

I don't really know about Cameron's thought process in making the film, except that he's a big fan of the ocean (as seen in the two dreadful documentaries he made this decade), but I'm not very concerned with it. Death of the author, and all that. And yes, she's not narrating to us the present-day stuff, only the 1912 stuff to the guys who found the ruins.

[Mysterious Dude]

And yes, she's not narrating to us the present-day stuff, only the 1912 stuff to the guys who found the ruins.
That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying I don't think she's narrating the stuff she didn't witness to anyone. I think Cameron just stuck those scenes in there because he wanted to, not to show what an unreliable narrator Rose is.

[amberlita]

Guilty Pleasure: Clue

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[megladon8]

There is absolutely no reason to feel guilty for loving Clue.

I'm offended by the mere idea.

[Melville]

I can't believe someone else already picked A Very Brady Sequel.

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This was in my top 10 when I was 13.

[megladon8]

Favorite Guilty Pleasure:

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I can't believe someone else already picked A Very Brady Sequel.

This was in my top 10 when I was 13.
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[Irish]

Old Rose is telling the story through rose-tinted glasses, altering it to please her and tossing out what she didn't like, and she tells it through the medium she's familiar with (remember, she's an actress): cliché Hollywood romantic films. Titanic isn't a straight romance, it's satire.

Boy, that's a reach. It's clever, but too clever by half.

Titanic is three hours long. Rose bookends the movie. That's a helluva lot of time to fill without touching on the greater satirical context you're supposing this movie has.

I think theories like this rise up out of Cameron's later movies because he's so artful and precise on the technical end, but the writing is just so shallow and desultory. Because obvious thought and care went into the presentation, we want the content to have the save level of meaning.

But it just doesn't. Occam's razor, Freud's cigar and all that. Sometimes bad writing is just bad writing.

[Lazlo]

Day Eighteen - Favorite Guilty Pleasure:

Bad Boys II
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[chrisnu]

SPACEBALLS

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[eternity]

I love both of the Brady Bunch movies. Can't be guilty about movies that are legitimately clever.

[Ivan Drago]

Favorite Guilty Pleasure:
Kung Pow! Enter The Fist (Steve Oedekirk, 2002)

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"At that moment, the Chosen One learned a valuable lesson about iron claws. They hurt like CRAP, man!"

Honorable Mention:
Rocky IV (Sylvester Stallone, 1985)

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There's a reason why my screen name is Ivan Drago, after all.

[eternity]

Rocky 4 really is a lovable abomination.

[Ezee E]

The Brady Bunch movies at least brought us Christine Taylor.

[Qrazy]

Not exactly ironically, because the movie certainly sympathizes with Rose, but it definitely doesn't ignore her vanity and delusions, and so through her recounting of the story it's critical of her (and, in a way, how bad romantic films foster these kind of delusions in people's minds). Anyway, I kinda like that song.

No, that's absurd.

[Rowland]

Favorite Guilty Pleasure:

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Assorted Others:


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[Mysterious Dude]

A guilty pleasure: Tristan + Isolde

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I have a soft spot for the medieval epics. I also like the much maligned recent Robin Hood and King Arthur.

I had a hard time finding a movie for this category, incidentally. I don't really feel guilty about it.

[Ivan Drago]

The Brady Bunch movies at least brought us Christine Taylor.

And the 90s voice of Spider-Man. But yeah, Christine Taylor. :drools:

[elixir]

Day 18, Favorite Guilty Pleasure: None

Hm, a movie I enjoy more than I should perhaps though I don't really feel guilty about it? Mean Girls

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[Raiders]

I refuse to believe some of you are such joyless people that you take no pleasure at all in certain crappy films that are nonetheless entertaining.

[elixir]

I refuse to believe some of you are such joyless people that you take no pleasure at all in certain crappy films that are nonetheless entertaining.

It's not that...I just don't feel guilty about my enjoyment of them. I enjoy parts of The Room, but I don't feel guilty at all about that.

[Raiders]

It's not that...I just don't feel guilty about my enjoyment of them. I enjoy parts of The Room, but I don't feel guilty at all about that.

It's not that literal. I don't actually feel guilty about my choice either, it's entertainingly silly and I like it. The "guilty pleasure" term is a colloquial one to describe films we recognize as bad but enjoy in spite of it. Not something we genuinely feel guilt over. I don't take myself that seriously.

[elixir]

It's not that literal. I don't actually feel guilty about my choice either, it's entertainingly silly and I like it. The "guilty pleasure" term is a colloquial one to describe films we recognize as bad but enjoy in spite of it. Not something we genuinely feel guilt over. I don't take myself that seriously.

Well, I take myself extremely seriously!!! And I'm joyless!!! I don't consider Clue or Spaceballs crap either...I think both are alright and pretty funny.

Whatever, this is the best scene from The Room: 7S9Ew3TIeVQ

[Fezzik]

There is absolutely no reason to feel guilty for loving Clue.

I'm offended by the mere idea.

Totally agree. there is absolutely no reason to feel ANY guilt over that.


Wadsworth: ...your first husband also disappeared.

Mrs. White: That was his job, he was an illusionist.

Wadsworth: But he never reappeared!

Mrs. White: He wasn't a very good illusionist.

:pritch:

[bac0n]

Day Seventeen: Least Favorite Book Adaption; Alice in Wonderland (Burton, 2010)

Day Eighteen: Favorite Guilty Pleasure (oh I have so many of these, it's hard to pick just one, so I'll pick...

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footnote: I was thinking of picking any one of myriad Godzilla flicks I watch with great pleasure, but then i realized there is nothing "gulity" about the pleasure of watching them, cuz those films are awesome.

[dreamdead]

Favorite Guilty Pleasure: Torque

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Honorable mention: Samurai Cop

[Bosco B Thug]

Day 18: Favorite Guilty Pleasure

Hitchcock's The Man Who Wasn't There '54

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Lots of warm nostalgia for this movie, even though it's a fluffy pic that's only good because it's Hitchcock-directed schmaltz.

Also: Jurassic Park, Friday the 13th sequels, The Omen

[Raiders]

Now you're just making films up.

[megladon8]

Totally agree. there is absolutely no reason to feel ANY guilt over that.


Wadsworth: ...your first husband also disappeared.

Mrs. White: That was his job, he was an illusionist.

Wadsworth: But he never reappeared!

Mrs. White: He wasn't a very good illusionist.

:pritch:


Even better:


"He threatened to kill me in public."

"Why would he want to kill you in public?"

"I think she means he threatened, in public, to kill her."

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Favorite Guilty Pleasure - Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

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[Melville]

Strip Nude for Your Killer looks amazing.


A guilty pleasure: Tristan + Isolde
I liked that one too. Another movie of similar but goofier type that I liked was The 13th Warrior.

[Watashi]

I got you all beat.

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I know it pales in comparison to the original, but I always have so much fun watching this film every time it comes on TV. Maybe it's for the over-the-top musical numbers and John Goodman's performance. It's nowhere a good movie, but I love it all the same.

[Bosco B Thug]

Now you're just making films up. Me?

Just being totally honest in that these are movies that I feel some actual guilt about really liking. They're good enough that I actually do really like them. But they're all dragged down by a certain weightlessness and/or silliness. And hey, I named the Friday the 13th films, too.

[megladon8]

You called it The Man Who Wasn't There '54.

[Bosco B Thug]

You called it The Man Who Wasn't There '54. Uggghh not the first time... Thanks.

[Derek]

FAVORITE GUILTY PLEASURE: Samurai Cop

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[megladon8]

That guy's hair and tan are amazing.

He's a god.

[Derek]

That guy's hair and tan are amazing.

He's a god.

You should see him in the scenes where he's wearing a woman's wig. They had to re-shoot about 1/3 of the movie and he had already cut his hair. It's pretty amazing.

[bac0n]

I got you all beat.

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I know it pales in comparison to the original, but I always have so much fun watching this film every time it comes on TV. Maybe it's for the over-the-top musical numbers and John Goodman's performance. It's nowhere a good movie, but I love it all the same.

I must admit - that superband the blues brothers went up against at the end was pretty amazing. I stopped counting the who's-who's of blues/new orleans jazz that were in that band after I ran out of fingers.

[Rowland]

Bah, where are all the esoteric cult films, that's what a category like this is best for. Derek has the right idea, and Dreamdead deserves a nod for recognizing that old favorite.

[Derek]

Bah, where are all the esoteric cult films, that's what a category like this is best for for people like me who really enjoy watching bad but esoteric cult films.

Fixed. :)

[Rowland]

Fixed. :)And to think I edited my post to give your choice a shout-out.

And for what it's worth, I don't consider any of my choices outright bad, otherwise I wouldn't like them. They're just guilty pleasures because I recognize how ridiculous and/or tasteless they are, as well as the poor reputation most of them have. Well, Highlander 2 is probably just bad, but I kinda love how much it botches the mythology of the already-lame original.

[Rowland]

Anybody familiar with the work of Andy Sidaris? I have his Hard Ticket to Hawaii on hand, looks to be a good time:

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[MadMan]

Meh, everyone's guilty pleasure is another one's favorite. So what?

DAY 18: FILM THAT IS YOUR GUILTY PLEASURE

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Anyways, I'm not really even sure I should be choosing this movie for this category, because I will forever be a fan of it. It’s funny, weird, has a hot Asian chick who knows kung fu, and you can tell that Eddie Murphy was having fun while picking up a pay check between 48 Hours and Beverly Hills Cop. It’s The Golden Child, from 1986. Unfortunately I cannot find my favorite scene, but its when Eddie Murphy gets out of a tough spot by hugging the bad guy and shouting "My dear, sweet brother Numsie! He has forgiven me!"

Some other favorite lines:

"So, I gotta go to Tibet, because I'm the Chosen One. Why can't anybody choose me to go to the Bahamas?"

"My dear, sweet brother Numsie!"

Chandler Jarrell: They're not gonna let me on the plane with this 2 foot knife.
Kee Nang: Yes they will.
Chandler Jarrell: No they won't. I'm going to jail.

"How many have survived this test?" "None." "None?! None!?"

[Spinal]

I have a friend who's been trying to get me to watch Hard Ticket to Hawaii. And I have to say, the Youtube clips have me intrigued.

[Bosco B Thug]

Bah, where are all the esoteric cult films, that's what a category like this is best for. Derek has the right idea, and Dreamdead deserves a nod for recognizing that old favorite. Too many esoteric cult films are often too genuinely interesting or intriguing to be called "guilty pleasures." Better off mentioning stuff like Bad Teacher, that have zero true aspirations but is highly watchable.

Oh, also:

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F*ck YouTubers, that's a cool scene.

[Dukefrukem]

Day 18: Favorite Guilty Pleasure

Hitchcock's The Man Who Wasn't There '54

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[Rowland]

F*ck YouTubers, that's a cool scene.[/SPOILER]That did actually look kinda nifty.

[Dukefrukem]

Can I throw another runner up out there for guilty pleasure?

Tango & Cash

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[Bosco B Thug]

:confused::confused: The fact I named it wrong? Or the choice of The Man Who Knew Too Much? If the latter, I've kind of explained myself.

I know it's not regarded as a terrible picture, but it is definitely heavily criticized for reasons that are warranted, so I felt "Guilty Pleasure" was apt.


That did actually look kinda nifty. Bwahaha.

[Dukefrukem]

The fact I named it wrong? Or the choice of The Man Who Knew Too Much? If the latter, I've kind of explained myself.

I know it's not regarded as a terrible picture, but it is definitely heavily criticized for reasons that are warranted, so I felt "Guilty Pleasure" was apt.

The naming it wrong part. I'm ok with your choice, but strange that you would choose arguably Hitchcock's best scene ever.

[Bosco B Thug]

The naming it wrong part. I'm ok with your choice, but strange that you would choose arguably Hitchcock's best scene ever. Hmm, I'd say very arguably. Does anyone really think that?

But, watching the clip, it is a very solid, strikingly-done set-piece of a scene, complete with Doris Day laying it on thick (I posted it because of that, not because I don't love the scene).

[Kurosawa Fan]

Guilty Pleasure: Evolution (2001)

[Spinal]

Guilty Pleasure: Evolution (2001)

Currently listed at #75 of the 75 films I have seen from 2001. :lol:

Behind Moulin Rouge! and the Planet of the Apes remake.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Currently listed at #75 of the 75 films I have seen from 2001. :lol:

Behind Moulin Rouge! and the Planet of the Apes remake.

:lol:

Seriously? Behind the Planet of the Apes remake? I think a rewatch is in order for you.

[Ezee E]

DAY 19:
FILM THAT MADE YOU CRY THE HARDEST

[MadMan]

DAY 19: FILM THAT MADE YOU CRY THE HARDEST

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Up (2009)'s first 20 minutes left pretty devastated. It just reminded me of how I lost my grandmother back in 2000. Its still hard for me to watch some of the movie's scenes. Not just this one, but any others that keep you remembering that for the main character, the house=his wife. The scene posted is one of the best montages I've viewed in a long time.

[soitgoes...]

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[StanleyK]

Film that made me cry the hardest: Schindler's List

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[Lazlo]

Day Nineteen - Film That Made You Cry the Hardest

Punch-Drunk Love
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Honorable Mention: The finales of Lost and Friday Night Lights.

[Derek]

Film that Made Me Cry the Hardest: The New World (Malick, 2005)

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[Melville]

Film that made me cry the hardest: Requiem for a Dream

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Runner up: Mulholland Drive, but I couldn't find a video of Diane and Camilla walking up the path to the party. Though I did find this version of Ruby Tuesday:

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[Derek]

Runner up: Mulholland Drive, but I couldn't find a video of Diane and Camilla walking up the path to the party. Though I did find this version of Ruby Tuesday:

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Yeah, I almost chose that one. The scene you mention and, obviously, the two watching the rendition "Llorando" are just gut-wrenching.

[Bosco B Thug]

Day 19

There is only one: Dancer in the Dark

Here's the YouTube video of the final scene (the point when the tears began to flow), not that anyone should watch it without the rest of the film:
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[Rowland]

It feels like a cliche, and I don't know if it'd have the same effect on me now, but I have to be honest:

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[Ezee E]

No movies have made me cry since I was a child. The closest ones being Dancer in the Dark, Pieces of April (.......), and Irreversible.

But the true answer is....

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[Ivan Drago]

Film That Made You Cry The Hardest:
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001)

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1:27 - 2:57 and near the end when

the Blue Fairy tells David he is unique in all the world kill me every time. Fuck that, the entire third act destroys me.

[B-side]

DAY 17: LEAST FAVORITE BOOK ADAPTATION - Up in the Air, I guess.
DAY 18: GUILTY PLEASURE - I don't feel guilty about enjoying any film, nor do I really believe anything I enjoy is truly bad, but as a term for a film that is widely regarded as bad by all crowds of people, I'd probably go for something like Freddy Got Fingered.
DAY 19: FILM THAT MADE YOU CRY THE HARDEST - None. I've never cried during a movie.

[dmk]

None. I've never cried during a movie.
What a fucking macho.

[B-side]

What a fucking macho.

I am pure testosterone.

[dmk]

I am pure testosterone.
Let's measure our dicks.

[B-side]

Let's measure our dicks.

You first, sexy.

[chrisnu]

Film That Made You Cry The Hardest: Mulholland Dr.

This piece of music wasn't in the film, but it captures its spirit well:

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[Russ]

19. Film that made you cry the hardest - Gallipoli


Big-time spoiler in this clip:


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[Fezzik]

No movies have made me cry since I was a child. The closest ones being Dancer in the Dark, Pieces of April (.......), and Irreversible.

But the true answer is....

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Yeah, that'd be it for me, too. I loved that yeller dog. :(

[Skitch]

huh? The same motives were there.


Both involves a theme park
Both had the same "science theme" behind the dinosaurs
The dinosaurs escape the same
Dennis tried to steal the eggs during a storm
pretty much every major event was the same....


The only thing that was vastly different was the ending.

The characters were all switched around. In the book, Alan loved kids and wanted some of his own, while Ellie did not. The grandpa was an old bastard who didn't like his grandkids.

The book opens with a dino eating a baby's face...it's very adult in nature, the movie is a tween adventure. It annoys me. I still like the movie though.

[Skitch]

Day 18: Guilty pleasure: House Of The Dead
Day 19: Teary film: Grave of the Fireflies

[Mysterious Dude]

I am a huge crybaby at movies. The one that made me cry the hardest (and numerous times): The Elephant Man. I'm getting a little teary-eyed just watching this clip.

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[Thirdmango]

My guilty pleasure is definitely one of the worst movies ever made AND I grew up on this movie. My aunt sent a recording to us on VHS so I first saw this movie at 8 and oh man, it was so bad and so good. It's Can't Stop The Music, the Village people musical and the first ever winner of the Razzie worst picture. I often have this first video stuck in my head, oh the late 70s early 80s. AND it has STEVE GUTENBERG!

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DO THE SHAKE

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The lead up into YMCA has some of the best clothes you'll ever see. I've never been so attracted to Bruce Jenner.

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And finally the video for YMCA, it is NSFW as there's a lot male nudity in the beginning and a teensy bit of woman, but near the end it starts getting really trippy, it did make me want to be a dance boxer though.

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[Dukefrukem]

Movie that made me cry the hardest - Field of Dreams

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[elixir]

Day 19, Film that made me cry the hardest: The Tree of Life

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I know any self-respecting cinephile doesn't put such a recent release at the top of any list besides a "best of current year" list, but if I said any other film I'd be lying.

Also, this clip itself does not make me cry, but it's one of the only ones from the film I could find.

[Russ]

Now, tonight's challenge is the one I've really been looking forward to. I expect to see some great clips.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Eh, here's where I show my lameness.

Day 19: Rudy

I don't cry at movies. In fact, I don't cry during Rudy. It's not a macho thing. A lot of the time I wish I could cry instead of getting the incredibly painful lump in my throat with teary eyes. For whatever reason, I'm not a crier. Rudy is as close as I come. I'm a sucker for a great sports story, and despite my hatred of Notre Dame, and despite my knowledge that it's a mediocre movie, there's something about that ending, with the music, and his parents in the stands watching, that gets me every damn time. It's to the point where I won't watch it any more because the lump is too painful.

[dreamdead]

Day 19, Film that made me cry the hardest:

The Thin Red Line

The letter from home sequence... devastating.

[Russ]

DAY 20:
MOVIE WITH YOUR FAVORITE ACTRESS


20. Movie with your favorite actress - Yearning / Hideko Takamine

My all-time favorite actress in possibly her greatest role:


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[B-side]

DAY 20:
MOVIE WITH YOUR FAVORITE ACTRESS


The Passion of Anna - Liv Ullmann

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[Spinal]

She is so good in that movie. Possibly her best work.

[B-side]

She is so good in that movie. Possibly her best work.

:pritch:

[Raiders]

Day 20- Movie with Favorite Actress

There is only one Juliette Binoche.

Code Unknown

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[Spinal]

This category was so hard. I ended up going with Isabelle Adjani. But you guys are placing doubts in my head to be sure. So many ways to go with this one.

[Ezee E]

I have no clue...

[Ivan Drago]

Film With Your Favorite Actress:
Natalie Portman, Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky, 2010)

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It took me a while to think of who my favorite actress is, because I've never thought about it before. I've always had favorite performances rather than favorite actors/actresses, honestly. I ended up going with the one whose performances get better and better with every movie I see from her, culminating in her most recent one in a movie that's a new entry in my top 20 of all time.

[eternity]

Day 19 - Film That Made Me Cry The Hardest

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I'm being honest. This movie made me cry for a good hour after it ended. It's heartbreaking, dammit.

[Ezee E]

See, for me, every actress that I like has a load of movies that I'd never see, no matter the case. Natalie Portman has that one with Ashton. Scarlett... Hmm... Let me see.

[soitgoes...]

Movie with Your Favorite Actress:

Well shit, Russ already claimed my favorite actress, and then Brightside comes along and takes favorite actress number 2. So I'll give you two scenes from two other actresses that deserve recognition.

Gong Li (Raise the Red Lantern) - seriously watch this scene. She's fucking awesome:
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Setsuko Hara (Late Spring) - A heartbreaking scene with Chishu Ryu towards the end of the film:
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Does anyone have eyes like Liv Ullmann. Damn. I sported that as an av for a long time. Thanks Brights for recommending me that one (even if I wasn't as hot on it as you).

Also of note are five other Swedish actresses that worked with Ingmar Bergman over the years: Ingrid Thulin, Bibi & Harriet Andersson, Maj-Britt Nilsson, Eva Dahlbeck. The man was a beast with surrounding himself with the talent, both male and female.

[B-side]

Does anyone have eyes like Liv Ullmann. Damn. I sported that as an av for a long time. Thanks Brights for recommending me that one (even if I wasn't as hot on it as you).

I doubt I'll be as hot on it a second time around. We'll see. Kinda seems like one of those perfect storm kinda deals where all the elements combine to form an optimal experience that likely won't happen again for the same film.

[soitgoes...]

I doubt I'll be as hot on it a second time around. We'll see. Kinda seems like one of those perfect storm kinda deals where all the elements combine to form an optimal experience that likely won't happen again for the same film.It's still a good film, just a couple steps down from his best work. I think Liv's best performance is probably Scenes from a Marriage. I haven't seen Face to Face yet, but she's suppose to be great in that one too.

[B-side]

It's still a good film, just a couple steps down from his best work. I think Liv's best performance is probably Scenes from a Marriage. I haven't seen Face to Face yet, but she's suppose to be great in that one too.

I haven't watched a Bergman film in a few years.:eek:

[soitgoes...]

I haven't watched a Bergman film in a few years.:eek:It's been a bit for me too (maybe a year?). I need to finish off his filmography.

[elixir]

Yeah, I don't know if I have a single favorite yet (Ullman would be up there for sure, as would Binoche), so I'll just go with my film crush/obsession...

Day 20, Film with Your Favorite Actress: Vivre Sa Vie (Anna Karina)

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[MadMan]

DAY 20:
MOVIE WITH YOUR FAVORITE ACTRESS

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Many actresses actually qualify for this spot, but for now I'll go with the gorgeous and stylish Grace Kelly, who imo was Hitchcock's best leading actress. I choose a key scene from To Catch a Thief because that's my favorite performance of her's. She easily matches Cary Grant in this movie.

[Mysterious Dude]

Favorite actress. Tough one for me. I don't generally find that the actors are what make the movie; they are usually in as many terrible movies as they are in good movies. I decided to go with the actress who has three movies in my top 100: Lillian Gish. And here's a scene from The Scarlet Letter (1926).

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[Thirdmango]

Leaky faucets day would probably be a tie between wall-e and grave of the fireflies.

When it comes to actresses I tend to go for underdogs so most of my favorite actresses haven't hit any sort of big time yet and I only really like in tv shows. So I don't know what to put.

[StanleyK]

The Passion of Anna - Liv Ullmann

Yeah, you already picked my favorite, and one of her most iconic scenes to boot. I'll just have to choose another film with her; the category name is kind of vague since it only says 'film', but I'm assuming it means 'best film', and this is it (well, second best actually, but Persona already is my favorite film; this marks the first time I've repeated directors in the challenge):

Film with my favorite actress: Cries and Whispers

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What this clip does mostly is make me wish I spoke Swedish, so I wouldn't have to have subtitles covering the actors' mouths in Bergman's films.

[chrisnu]

Very difficult choice. However, I'll go with this, for now...

Day 20, Film with Your Favorite Actress: A Woman Under the Influence (Gena Rowlands)

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[Mysterious Dude]

I propose that when the 30 days are over, we keep doing this, and anyone can claim a day for a category of their own choosing (maybe with a rule that you can't do more than one day in a row) until we get bored with it.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Day 20: The Lady Eve (Barbara Stanwyck)

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[Russ]

Rep for 'effin Barbara Stanwyck. I was just waiting for this to come in.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Barbara Stanwyck has everything going for her. She's sexy, funny, smart, a great actress, etc. I'll watch anything she's done.

[megladon8]

Day 19: Film That Made You Cry the Hardest

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Day 20: Film With Your Favorite Actress

Gonna have to duplicate KF here (for actress, not film)...

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[B-side]

Barbara Stanwyck has everything going for her. She's sexy, funny, smart, a great actress, etc. I'll watch anything she's done.

Yup.

[Spinal]

I love Stanwyck a lot, but sexy is not something I would attribute to her. Maybe it's just me.

[Spinal]

If you enjoy this thread, I also started a similar one for music videos in the Music forum. Just in case you're one of those people who doesn't scroll down there on a regular basis.

[Kurosawa Fan]

I love Stanwyck a lot, but sexy is not something I would attribute to her. Maybe it's just me.

Really? Even in the clip I posted?

[Fezzik]

This sucks, I cant find any clips from my movie for day 20 on youtube (that arent fanmade versions, dubbed in a different languages, or dubbed with stupid music over it), and I can't seem to embed video from any other site.

So, no clip today.

Day 20: Movie with favorite actress in it: The Devil Wears Prada (Meryl Streep - and as a bonus, Anne Hathaway).

Yeah, its probably not her best work, but I credit TDWP for helping me come to the realization that Streep is as awesome a performer as everyone always said she was, so it has a special place in my heart.

[Irish]

I love Stanwyck a lot, but sexy is not something I would attribute to her. Maybe it's just me.

Not just you.

[B-side]

I think she's really sexy. Joan Crawford, too.

[Spinal]

Really? Even in the clip I posted?

Well, as you know, I love that movie. But no, that's not a vibe I get with her. It's her wit, her timing, her integrity I admire.

[Ezee E]

DAY 21:
MOVIE WITH YOUR FAVORITE ACTOR

[StanleyK]

Movie with my favorite actor: Happy Together

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Same as the last one, actually the second best, but best (In the Mood for Love) I already used, and repeating a director two categories in a row.

[B-side]

DAY 21:
MOVIE WITH YOUR FAVORITE ACTOR


Aguirre: The Wrath of God (Herzog, 1972) - Klaus Kinski

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[amberlita]

Movie that made you cry the hardest: City Lights

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Movie with your favorite actress: Revolutionary Road

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Movie with your favorite actor: American Psycho

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[megladon8]

Day 21: Movie With Your Favorite Actor

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[Boner M]

Catchin' up...

Day 17: Least favorite book adaptation: Apt Pupil (not an avid reader; I'm picking this cos it was my first experience of a bad adaptation after reading the novel)

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Day 18: Film that is your guilty pleasure: Hot Rod (no guilt, though)

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Day 19: Film that made you cry the hardest: All or Nothing (SPOILER ahead)

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Day 20: Movie with your favorite actress: The Tenant (not the best example of Adjani's talent, but probably my favorite film w/ her, and prolly the best she's looked)

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Day 21: Movie with your favorite actor: The Conversation

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[MadMan]

If you enjoy this thread, I also started a similar one for music videos in the Music forum. Just in case you're one of those people who doesn't scroll down there on a regular basis.I was thinking of doing something music related for 30 days, so that's a really cool idea.

DAY 21: MOVIE WITH YOUR FAVORITE ACTOR

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Sure John Wayne is not a truly great actor, but I do think he is a really good one. Presented here is a trailer for The Searchers, which features what (so far anyways) I feel is his best performance, easily. My favorite movie of his is Rio Bravo followed by El Dorado.

[B-side]

Sure John Wayne is not a truly great actor

I think he is.

[MadMan]

I think he is.That's cool. I think he was really good, but at times it did help that he was working with Ford and Hawks. He has a natural presence, and was truly charasmatic.

At some point I will get to Red River and the Ford calvary trilogy, plus Donovan's Reef, The Longest Day, and a couple other fairly famous ones I haven't seen yet.

[Ezee E]

ACTRESS:
You know, whenever Penelope Cruz does work in Spanish, I absolutely love what she does. Scarlett Jo is right up there too.
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ACTOR:
Couldn't find a better scene in Dog Day Afternoon, but John Cazale impressed me in every single movie he did. The most impressive performance would probably be in this movie.
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[soitgoes...]

Best Actor:

Tatsuya Nakadai

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I wish I could find a more Nakadai centered video from this film, but youtube is littered with non-subtitled clips or clips of the young ronin who commits harakiri at the beginning. But yeah, Nakadai was amazing in his day.

[Ivan Drago]

Film With Your Favorite Actor:
Jack Nicholson, The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)

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With every movie I see of his, Jack Nicholson comes out with great performance after great performance, with Batman (1989), A Few Good Men, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, and my favorite performance of his, as Jack Torrance in The Shining.

[B-side]

Nakadai was the tits. Definitely one of my favorites even if my experience with him has been pretty limited.

[soitgoes...]

Nakadai was the tits. Definitely one of my favorites even if my experience with him has been pretty limited.It's really hard for me to single out one actor or actress, but for the most part I'm comfortable with the choice. I almost went with Paul Newman and his sexy eyes.

[chrisnu]

Day 21: Movie with your favorite actor: Last Tango in Paris (Marlon Brando)

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[elixir]

Day 21, Film with Your Favorite Actor: La Dolce Vita (Marcello Mastroianni)

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[B-side]

Brando was likely going to be my choice if I didn't go with Kinski.

[Melville]

Actress: Bette Davis in All About Eve

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Actor: Jimmy Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life

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[Mysterious Dude]

Favorite actor: Dustin Hoffman. A movie with Dustin Hoffman in it: The Graduate

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[Kurosawa Fan]

Well, as you know, I love that movie. But no, that's not a vibe I get with her. It's her wit, her timing, her integrity I admire.

I think her looks are unorthodox, certainly not conventionally sexy, but in that scene, when she sits down with her leg exposed and extended, and later when she's talking to Henry Fonda with their cheeks pressed together, I find her sexy as hell.

Oh, and rep to Boner for the Apt Pupil mention. On my Facebook entry I mentioned that it was a close runner-up for least favorite adaptation. What a terrible hack job.

[Russ]

21. Movie with your favorite actor - Being There / Peter Sellers


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[Raiders]

No time right now to find a good clip, but of all actors not yet mentioned I would probably cast my vote for Jean-Louis Trintignant.

[dreamdead]

Favorite Actress: Moon So-ri

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Favorite Actor: Jimmy Stewart

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Juliette Binoche and Tony Leung would be second choices.

[Fezzik]

Movie with my favorite actor: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Actor: Jimmy Stewart)

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[Ezee E]

DAY 22:
MOVIE YOU WISH YOU COULD LIVE IN:

[Spinal]

This was such a hard category. Most of my favorite films are so unpleasant.

[Irish]

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Yes, I know it's not rational and I'd be dead in about 12 seconds. But still.

[Melville]

Movie I wish I could live in: something like Punch-Drunk Love or Bright Star, but in lieu of previously picked films, I'll go with The Double Life of Veronique

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No other movie has made sensory experience so appealing.

[Russ]

22. Movie you wish you could live in - Ashes and Snow



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[Derek]

I would go with Hideko Takamine and Jimmy Stewart, but since both have been mentioned a few times, I'll kill two birds with one stone.

Film With My Favorite Actor & Actress (Robert Ryan and Joan Fontaine) In It:

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[Kurosawa Fan]

Day 21: Cool Hand Luke (Paul Newman)

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[Lazlo]

Day Twenty-Two - Film That You Wish You Could Live In:

Star Wars
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[Ivan Drago]

Movie You Wish You Could Live In:
Pleasantville (Gary Ross, 1998)

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To be in the television show while everything turns to color would be flat-out beautiful to be a part of.

Runner-up: Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010)

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So that way my one goal in life in that world is to find out exactly where the hell I am.

[B-side]

DAY 22:
MOVIE YOU WISH YOU COULD LIVE IN:


The Mirror (Tarkovsky, 1975)

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[Fezzik]

Day 22: The Movie You Wish You Could Live In:

The Princess Bride

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[Derek]

The Movie You Wish You Could Live In: Dazed & Confused (Linklater, 1993)

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[StanleyK]

I'll have to abstain this one; always felt the whole 'this alternate reality is so cool, I wish I could live in it' thing is pretty stupid.

[Boner M]

Movie I wish I could live in: Mauvais Sang (Carax, 1986)

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[Boner M]

I'll have to abstain this one; always felt the whole 'this alternate reality is so cool, I wish I could live in it' thing is pretty stupid.
WHEEEEEEE!:pritch:

[Ezee E]

Trying to think of something here, and for some reason, the one that pops into my mind is Fellini. Whether it be La Dolce Vita or 8 1/2, it doesn't matter. Both worlds seem equally fascinating.

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[Spinal]

The Movie You Wish You Could Live In: Dazed & Confused (Linklater, 1993)


Ha! Nice choice.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Can I pick Room in Rome? I'll just spectate, I promise.

[Spinal]

Can I pick Room in Rome? I'll just spectate, I promise.

:lol:

Yeah, my real answer is probably Cheeky!, but I did not put that on Facebook.

[Kurosawa Fan]

:lol:

Yeah, my real answer is probably Cheeky!, but I did not put that on Facebook.

My luck is that would be the one time my mom chimed in with, "I don't recognize this movie. Should I rent it on the Netbox?"

[Spinal]

In unrelated news, I have updated my Netflix queue.

[Kurosawa Fan]

In unrelated news, I have updated my Netflix queue.

Instant viewing. With no friends being updated on my watching habits anymore, I feel free again.

[megladon8]

Movie You Wish You Could Live In:

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[chrisnu]

The Movie You Wish You Could Live In: The Fall

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[elixir]

Day 22, Film You Wish You Could Live In: Chungking Express

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[Skitch]

Day Twenty-Two - Film That You Wish You Could Live In:

Star Wars
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Same here, and thanks for the beautiful pic!

[Mysterious Dude]

Movie I wish I could live in: Fellini Satyricon. I think the amount and different varieties of sex I would be able to have would make up for the lack of dentistry and air conditioning.

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[Thirdmango]

A world with absolutely no conflict.

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[Thirdmango]

Also you guys are right, StanleyK is bad at this game. Don't ever deal in hypotheticals huh?

[StanleyK]

It's true, I'm bad at dealing with hypotheticals. In the name of sportsmanship, I'll choose a film which isn't set in an alternate reality:

Movie I wish I could live in: Koyaanisqatsi

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Because it's set in many American cities which I would like to visit someday.

[Thirdmango]

Oooooh, I like that answer.

[Hugh_Grant]

Catching up...

Day 17: Least Favorite Book Adaptation: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Day 18: Film that is your guilty pleasure: The Girl Next Door
Day 19: Film that made you cry the hardest: Mr. Holland's Opus
Day 20: Movie with your favorite actress: Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Day 21: Movie with your favorite actor: Alan Bates, King of Hearts
Day 22: Movie you wish you could live in: 24 Hour Party People

I guess I should explain Day 18. Here's what I wrote on FB: "If my father weren't a teacher, I'd probably dismiss this movie as manipulative sap. But I saw my father in so much of the Dreyfuss character that it was overwhelming. I started crying halfway through Mr. Holland's Opus and didn't stop."

[dreamdead]

Movie I wish I could live in: Mulholland Dr.

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[Mara]

Day 21: Movie with your favorite actor: Alan Bates, King of Hearts


I haven't seen this since I was a teenager, and I really liked it then. I should give it another view.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Day 22: Movie I wish I could live in: Amelie

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I wish my life was this colorful and filled with whimsy.

[Raiders]

I rather despise King of Hearts, a very silly and naive film with an obvious message presented in the most obnoxious of fashions (whimsical mental patients, oh joy). I found it endlessly annoying. I have attempted to purge my mind of it.

Day 22: Movie you wish you could live in

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

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Duh.

[Ezee E]

Great answer with Roger Rabbit.

[Spinal]

Toon Town freaks me out.

[Irish]

Day 17: Least Favorite Book Adaptation: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Great pick. I'd forgotten about that one.

[MadMan]

DAY 22: MOVIE YOU WISH YOU COULD LIVE IN:

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My choice is rather cliche, but its honest. The LOTR's trilogy, mainly the Shire. Just look at how gorgeous that place is-the houses, the amount of green and grass, the wonderful people, and oh yeah, the good beer and plenty of pipe weed. And they know how to throw a good party.

[chrisnu]

Can't think of an ideal candidate for this one.

Day 23: Movie that inspires you: 2001: A Space Odyssey

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[B-side]

Day 23: Movie that inspires you


Window Water Baby Moving (Brakhage, 1962)
NSFW
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[Ezee E]

Kinda gross.

[Boner M]

Movie that inspires you TO PUKE, AMIRITE?

J/K. But probably best to put a NSFW warning there, BS

[elixir]

Day 23, Movie That Inspires You: Nights of Cabiria

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My favorite film ending ever. It gets me every time.

[Russ]

23. Movie that inspires you - American Movie


Penniless, alcoholic drug addicts. All they needed was a little ambition. And some credit cards.


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[Mysterious Dude]

A movie that inspires me; I know I already listed this for "favorite animated movie," but I think it's the best choice for this category, too: The Man Who Planted Trees

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[Melville]

Movie that inspires me: It's a Wonderful Life. I already used it for my movie featuring Jimmy Stewart, but it's really the only movie I find inspiring.

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[Sven]

I guess I should explain Day 18. Here's what I wrote on FB: "If my father weren't a teacher, I'd probably dismiss this movie as manipulative sap. But I saw my father in so much of the Dreyfuss character that it was overwhelming..."

...Girl Next Door?

:)

[Fezzik]

At work, so no clips this time, but...

Movie that inspires me: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

It inspires me in multiple ways, too...emotionally, artistically.

I love the relationship between Alfredo and Salvatore, from child to teen to adult.

The scene where they project the movie on the side of the building, for some reason, is one of my favorite scenes concerning film.

And that ending..oh man, that ending.

[endingcredits]

Day 21: Movie with your favorite actor:

Anatoly Solonitsyn, Andrei Rublev

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Day 22: Movie you wish you could live in

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

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Day 23: Movie that inspires you:

Nostalghia

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[dreamdead]

Movie that inspires: Manhattan (and especially the ending)

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[Kurosawa Fan]

Day 23: 12 Angry Men

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[megladon8]

Day 23: Movie That Inspires You

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[Lucky]

At work, so no clips this time, but...

Movie that inspires me: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

It inspires me in multiple ways, too...emotionally, artistically.

I love the relationship between Alfredo and Salvatore, from child to teen to adult.

The scene where they project the movie on the side of the building, for some reason, is one of my favorite scenes concerning film.

And that ending..oh man, that ending.

I adore this movie, great choice.

[Lazlo]

Reusing another:

Day Twenty-Three - Movie That Inspires You:

The Lord of the Rings
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The dedication and brilliance of the team that made this movie and watching the behind-the-scenes stuff of them growing into a family is massively inspiring.

[Raiders]

Day 23 - Film that inspires you

Whisper of the Heart

Few, if any, films have such a profound understanding of the arts and adolescent passion. It's such a tender story told in a remarkably bold and gorgeous visual film. I find its dedication to telling the simple story is as rich and spellbinding way to be overwhelmingly inspiring.

(apparently there aren't any actual clips online, but tons of places to watch the whole film)
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[Melville]

DAY 24:
Movie with your favorite soundtrack

A Zed and Two Noughts

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In context (NSFW):

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[soitgoes...]

Best Soundtrack:

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[StanleyK]

Movie that inspires me: The Mirror

It's hard to say, really, because inspired me to do what? I could go with The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, which is the film which first instilled my love for cinema, or Persona, which is the one that truly expanded my horizons and made me just how much the artform is capable of. The Mirror is the film which most recently did something similar to Bergman's masterpiece, and is one that continually rises in my estimation.

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Movie with my favorite soundtrack: 2001: A Space Odyssey

Kubrick was the master of setting images to sound, and this is his finest achievement.

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[Boner M]

Movie that inspires you: The Son

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[Melville]

Day 23: Movie that inspires you: Nostalghia

Movie that inspires you: The Son
Nice picks. I should have pondered more before reusing a pick. Actually, the bell-making scene in Andrei Rublev and the ending of The Sacrifice are pretty inspiring too, in the same way as Nostalghia: acts that are world-transforming and revelatory by virtue of their spirit and their will to express that spirit, transcendent because they are not rationally connected to any desired effect. And Andrei Rublev is also inspiring in the sense of making the struggle through the turmoil and heft of life—and the struggle to understand and express the sublimity in it—seem worthwhile and achievable. And The Mirror is inspiring in the sense of inspiring me to see the sublimity in the moment, memory, time and phenomenal experience. Good old Tarkovsky.

[Fezzik]

Day 24: Movie with my favorite soundtrack: Beauty and the Beast


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[Boner M]

Movie with my favorite soundtrack: Cold Water

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[B-side]

DAY 24:
Movie with your favorite soundtrack

2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, 1968)

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It's already been mentioned, but what can I say? The utter beauty of space ships floating balletically in the void of space to brilliant classical music is hard to top.

[Irish]

Favorite soundtrack: Goodfellas

I don't usually pay attention to music much in films, but with Goodfellas I think Scorcese did an extraordinary job of matching popular, well known songs to the narrative. He's always done that pretty well, but he never did it as well as he did it here. I can't think of that opening line "Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to be a gangster," without immediately thinking of the song that accompanies the scene.

This old trailer is a strange beast, but you can see (and hear) glimpses of what I mean.

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[MadMan]

Day 23: Movie that inspires you

Really I don't have an answer for this question. Oh wait, yes, yes I do. Even though I'm reusing an answer, I don't care.

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Its The Big Lebowski, which taught me that being a pot smoking, White Russian drinking, bowling life long hippie bum is not just a way of life, but also a calling. The Dude Abides, indeed. And don't forget the Creedence.



Day 24: Movie With Your Favorite Soundtrack

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For some reason, I can't get the Youtube video to work, and its pissing me off. So here's the link: Little Green Bag (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qBWc8FCEEM&feature=fvwrel)

Several films really apply here, but for now I'll go with a personal favorite of mine: The Reservoir Dogs soundtrack. Just fantastic. QT knows how to pick music to go along with his scenes perfectly. Posted here is the intro, which features one of my all time favorite songs from the movie: Little Green Bag. Sure the scene with Stuck in the Middle With You is amazing, but its a cliche pick and well that scene, has, you know....material NSFW, heh.

[Bosco B Thug]

DAY 23: Movie that Inspires You

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DAY 24: Movie with your Favorite Soundtrack

Death Proof would've been a good one for this, too.

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[chrisnu]

New pick.

DAY 24: Movie with your Favorite Soundtrack - The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover

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[Ezee E]

What's inspiring about Death Proof?

[Bosco B Thug]

What's inspiring about Death Proof? Hasn't everyone been interpreting this category as "artistically inspiring" more than in some personal way? I think Death Proof's a real masterwork. Or I've just always dreamed of gang-banging a perv with my gurls.