30 Day Movie Challenge - Round 2

[chrisnu]

I'll post the subject of the day, and you'll all just post clips/images of what deems fit for you. Hopefully this brings some recommendations, discussion, etc.

SCHEDULE:

31. A movie by your favorite director
32. Favorite Death Scene
33. Movie, you have seen the most times
34. Film with a best movie monster
35. Favourite trilogy
36. A movie you think not enough people have seen
37. Favourite Western
38. Favourite comic book adaptation
39. Least Favourite/ Favorite Movie Remake
40. A movie, that you wanted to be remade
41. Film you will never watch again
42. Least favorite film by your favorite director
43. Favorite sci-fi
44. Favourite movie from your country
45. A movie by your favourite director from your country
46. Most over-rated actor/actress
47. Most over-rated film
48. Film, you walked out of the cinema from (or you wanted to)
49. Favourite black & white movie
50. A movie you know most quotes from
51. A movie with ending you haven’t expected
52. A film that you think would have been better with another actor/actress
53. A movie in the cinema now, you want to see
54. Favourite psychological movie
55. A best movie that was released at the same year that you were born (you can also search on imdb by release year and choose the best one)
56. Your least favorite horror movie
57. Most weird/confusing movie you've ever watched
58. Movie you think should have won an oscar
59. Least Favourite Movie Scene
60. Favourite Movie Scene

[chrisnu]

DAY 31:
MOVIE BY YOUR FAVORITE DIRECTOR

Lost Highway (David Lynch)

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[Dukefrukem]

DAY 31:
MOVIE BY YOUR FAVORITE DIRECTOR - Raimi/Spider-man 2

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[Morris Schæffer]

DAY 31:
MOVIE BY YOUR FAVORITE DIRECTOR

Spielberg/Raiders of the Lost Ark

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[Fezzik]

This is tough. How many movies does a director have to make (or, how many of his portfolio do you need to see) before you can be comfortable calling him your favorite?

Screw it, i'm taking a flyer...


DAY 31: Movie by my favorite director: The Iron Giant

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[Dukefrukem]

DAY 31:
MOVIE BY YOUR FAVORITE DIRECTOR

Spielberg/Raiders of the Lost Ark

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When you see this image, does this music automatically play in your head like it does mine?

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[Mysterious Dude]

A movie by my favorite director: Ikiru (by Akira Kurosawa).

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I really should watch this again.

[Raiders]

Day 31 - movie by your favorite director

Sam Fuller - White Dog

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[Spinal]

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[Russ]

Day 31 - movie by your favorite director

Sam Fuller - White Dog

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I really like Sam Fuller, and have wanted to see this film for a very long time (its notoriety is well-documented). However, having watched this clip, which admittedly qualifies as "out-of-context", I can't help but pick up on the slight trace of unintentional humor.

Is it just me?

[Morris Schæffer]

When you see this image, does this music automatically play in your head like it does mine?

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Maybe not automatically, but there's a big chance it might. To be honest, it's during the map room that I spontanenously think of the music accompanying that sequence.

[megladon8]

Day 1: Movie By Your Favorite Director

So very hard to choose. I guess I'll have to go with...

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...due to the number of masterpieces he made, and the ratio of good:bad which is like, 10:1.

[Ivan Drago]

Movie By Your Favorite Director:
Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1998)

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[Russ]

Damn. This is going to be a difficult challenge. Lots more sucky categories this time out.


31. A movie by your favorite director - Fitzcarraldo



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[Raiders]

I really like Sam Fuller, and have wanted to see this film for a very long time (its notoriety is well-documented). However, having watched this clip, which admittedly qualifies as "out-of-context", I can't help but pick up on the slight trace of unintentional humor.

Is it just me?

The dialogue in the last bit is on-the-nose, but the whole film is bracingly so. It certainly has a unique cadence about the way it moves and confronts the issue, and I know there are people who found it off-putting (not morally but aesthetically), but goddamn do I love it. I do think in the context of the whole film that bit does play out better. Still, from the beginning of the clip to Winfield crying in the church, it's pretty virtuoso stuff even removed from context.

[Derek]

Movie By Your Favorite Director - Robert Bresson

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[amberlita]

Movie by your favorite director: Stanley Kubrick

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[Ezee E]

Day 2:

Martin Scorsese

Last Temptation of Christ

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There's two other sequences following, but this is the best part of the movie. I think it could've easily been botched too.

[Melville]

Movie by my favorite director: Andrei Rublev by Tarkovsky

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[B-side]

31. A movie by your favorite director

Eh, I'm not sure Kubrick will be my favorite director after I get around to rewatching all of his stuff, so I'll go with John Ford for now:


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[Bosco B Thug]

DAY 31 - Movie by Favorite Director

Hitchcock. Here's Frenzy

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[DavidSeven]

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von Trier's career summed up in 13 seconds of footage.

[MadMan]

Many of these categories are tricky, and some of them suck. But I'll still play along.

DAY 31 - Movie by Favorite Director

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Not my favorite movie from QT, but still one of his best works. Sergio Leone is really a close second here, followed by Wes Anderson.

[chrisnu]

DAY 32:
FAVORITE DEATH SCENE


Would Brazil count? If so, THAT (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-Br-Vs7JRo).

[Morris Schæffer]

DAY 32:
FAVORITE DEATH SCENE

Sean Connery in The Untouchables

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It's in Italian so apologies for that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaCNVU1B1o8

In any case, I grew up with Bond, but had never seen Connery give such a commanding performance and when he died, it was unbelievably powerful thanks to De Palma's brilliant direction (first-person POV can be great) and Morricone's unforgettable death theme. It was a grand, operatic, sort of melodramatic death sequence, but I think it totally worked. When people ask me what my fave supporting performance is by an actor, Connery's Malone always springs to mind as a contender.

[Fezzik]

Day 32: Favorite Death Scene:

Giovanni Ribisi in Saving Private Ryan

(no video clip, unfortunately, I'm at work).

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A bit overwrought, sure, but the fear and confusion in Ribisi's eyes, the nonchalant way the other soldiers kept wiping the blood away from his wounds, and the almost uninterested, going-through-the-motions way Edward Burns kept injecting him with morphine just set me on edge.

It felt surreal. I was uncomfortable watching it.

[Melville]

Favorite death scene: HAL 9000

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[elixir]

Day 31, Film From Your Favorite Director: 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini)

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[B-side]

Favorite death scene: HAL 9000

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There's my answer, too.

[Ivan Drago]

Favorite Death Scene
Samuel L. Jackson, Deep Blue Sea (Renny Harlin, 1999)

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[Russ]

32. Favorite death scene - Longtime Companion

Let go. (http://movieclips.com/wUBJe-longtime-companion-movie-let-go/)

Was happy to see Bruce Davison get a supporting Oscar nod that year.

[MadMan]

DAY 32:
FAVORITE DEATH SCENE

I'd like to note that any and all answers to these questions are huge gigantic spoilers. That said, my pick would be from Apocalypse Now:



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Kurtz in Apocalypse Now

"The horror. The horror."

Too bad I couldn't find a better clip. Stupid copyright laws.

[Ezee E]

Possibly the best sequence period.

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[amberlita]

Favorite death scene: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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[Mysterious Dude]

Favorite death scene: Throne of Blood

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[elixir]

Possibly the best sequence period.

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Ditto.

[Spinal]

Madman, when you spoiler tag a movie, you need to tell us which movie it is. Otherwise, you could be spoilering anything.

[chrisnu]

DAY 33:
MOVIE YOU HAVE SEEN THE MOST TIMES

The Big Lebowski

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[Spinal]

49. Favourite black & white movie


Just noticed this. :lol:

[Spinal]

I've given up on trying to avoid repeats.

32. Favorite Death Scene

Dancer in the Dark

33. Movie, you have seen the most times

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[Morris Schæffer]

DAY 33:
MOVIE YOU HAVE SEEN THE MOST TIMES

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For some movies, you read the plot summary and it instantly tells you it's something special. This was such an example. It's a great action classic which, admittedly, shows some lack of inspiration when it goes trainbound, but I was sold by that point anyway.

It was the first movie I had bought in the USA on VHS back in 1994, and I felt compelled to show it to anyone, everyone so lots of folks in the Campus dormitory where I resided saw it. It was the last theatrical release I saw in Belgium, two days before I departed for the USA. I showed it to my dad who felt it was enjoyable, but that it couldn't quite match anything Fellini had done. Yeah, ok. Thanks for your contribution pops.

[Spinal]

I showed it to my dad who felt it was enjoyable, but that it couldn't quite match anything Fellini had done. Yeah, ok. Thanks for your contribution pops.

Speed > Intervista

[Russ]

33. Movie you have seen the most times - Hairspray (John Waters, 1988)

Love the music and the performances. This is a perfect "comfort" film for me. Besides, it was between this and Airplane! (seen both in the 12-15 times range)


"It's Madison Time"


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And here's the real thing:


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[Morris Schæffer]

Speed > Intervista

Looks like I need to have a chat with him. Can I mention you? :D

[Melville]

Movie I've seen the most times: Return of the Jedi, many dozens of times in the span of a few years when I was a kid.

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[Morris Schæffer]

But how do you feel about the movie Melville?:)

[Raiders]

Day 32 - Favorite death scene

Well, standard answer but nobody else said it and though I'm sure there are others this popped in my head first:

Shower sequence, Psycho

Day 33 - Movie you have seen the most times

I'm guessing shorts don't count (pretty sure I have seen Duck Amuck 50 or 60 times), so the answer is most definitely Jaws.

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[amberlita]

Movie you've seen the most times: The Shawshank Redemption

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[Mysterious Dude]

Movie I've seen more than any other: not sure, but it might be Star Trek II.

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[Ezee E]

Ghostbusters easily.

[Fezzik]

DAY 33: MOVIE YOU HAVE SEEN THE MOST TIMES: The Lion King


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Back when this movie came out, I was going through some really tough emotional things. It was playing at one of those discount theaters near where the bus dropped me off after work. For a solid month, I went to that theater every work day and saw The Lion King for $4.

It sounds silly, but back then, it might have been the only thing that kept me afloat. I will always have a place in my heart for the film because of that.

[B-side]

DAY 33:
MOVIE YOU HAVE SEEN THE MOST TIMES

The Big Lebowski

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Same.

[chrisnu]

DAY 34:
MOVIE WITH THE BEST MONSTER

The Thing

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[Spinal]

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[megladon8]

32. Favorite Death Scene

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33. Movie you have seen the most times

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34. Film with the best monster

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[Russ]

34. Movie with the best monster - Trilogy of Terror


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[Fezzik]

Day 34: Movie with the best monster




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Gotta agree with Megs on this one,

[Ivan Drago]

Is it okay if we repeat movies from the first 30 Day challenge? If so:

Movie You Have Seen The Most Times:
Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975)

Movie With The Best Monster:
King Kong (Cooper/Schoedshack, 1933)

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[Ezee E]

Yeah, can't really debate the Xenomorph here.

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[B-side]

DAY 34:
MOVIE WITH THE BEST MONSTER


Outer Space (Tscherkassky, 1999) - The Film Itself

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[Mysterious Dude]

My favorite monster: the baby in Eraserhead.

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[chrisnu]

DAY 35:
FAVORITE TRILOGY

The "Once Upon a Time" trilogy
(Once Upon a Time in the West, Duck, You Sucker!, Once Upon a Time in America)

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[Fezzik]

Day 35: Favorite Trilogy - Easy answer, but gotta go with The Lord of the Rings

[Russ]

"I idolize Olivia Newton-John. I really do."



35. Favorite trilogy - The Beaver Trilogy


Richard LeVon Griffiths as Groovin' Gary

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Sean Penn as Groovin' Larry as Olivia Newton-Dawn

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Crispin Glover as Groovin' Larry performing as Olivia Neutron Bomb

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HM: The Hunting Trilogy

[Ivan Drago]

Favorite Trilogy:
Original Star Wars (Lucas/Kershner/Marquand, 1977-1983)

[Spinal]

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[megladon8]

Favorite trilogy:

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Easiest answer yet. Best trilogy of all time. Every film is masterful. A joy to watch every one.

[Raiders]

Day 35: Favorite Trilogy

Polanski's Apartment Trilogy:

Repulsion

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Rosemary's Baby

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The Tenant

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[Spinal]

I really need to see The Tenant.

[Derek]

I really need to see The Tenant.

Oh man, Isabelle Adjani is teh sexy in that one. She rocks the nerd glasses like it's nobody's business.

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[Mysterious Dude]

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Gus Van Sant's "young men walking" trilogy

[B-side]

DAY 35:
FAVORITE TRILOGY

Lars von Trier's Golden Heart trilogy: Breaking the Waves, The Idiots and Dancer in the Dark

[Russ]

I'm a bit surprised no one mentioned Guy Maddin's autobiographical trilogy (Cowards Bend the Knee, Brand Upon the Brain, and My Winnipeg).

I'm happy with my choice, but I forgot all about this one. :sad:

[chrisnu]

DAY 36:
A MOVIE MORE PEOPLE MUST SEE

Mikey and Nicky

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[Russ]

36. A movie more people must see - Crime Wave (John Paizs, 1985)



Here's a great scene from the film:

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[Spinal]

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[Russ]

The Bothersome Man
Now on my list. Thx..


EDIT: Don't think I've been exposed to many Norwegian films, apart from the recent teen comedy, Fatso (pretty good), and the post-war classic, Gategutter (Boys from the Streets). Not sure if I've seen any others, but I really want to see Arne Skouen's Ni Liv (Nine Lives). Has anyone here seen it?

[Ivan Drago]

A Movie More People Must See:
May (Lucky McKee, 2002)

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The one movie in recent memory to freak me out so much, I watched Disney movies non-stop to calm myself down.

[Winston*]

That May scene is a major spoiler fyi.

[Raiders]

Day 36 - Movie more people must see

Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1971)

(so obscure there are no Youtube clips of it)

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[Ivan Drago]

That May scene is a major spoiler fyi.

Thanks for the warning. Fixed it.

[MadMan]

33. Movie, you have seen the most times: Its a Wonderful Life, but others certainly qualify
34. Film with a best movie monster: Xenamorph in Alien. I don't care if others have said it, that creature is goddamn terrifying.
35. Favourite trilogy: The Man With No Name trilogy
36. A movie you think not enough people have seen: Across 110th Street

Oh and Spinal I fixed my other post in this thread.

[amberlita]

Movie not enough people have seen: 10 Items or Less

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[B-side]

DAY 36:
A MOVIE MORE PEOPLE MUST SEE


Spiral (Zanussi, 1978)

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[Morris Schæffer]

Movie with the best monster:

Aliens (alien queen)

Fave trilogy

Star wars 1977-1983 (but honestly, if The lord of the rings can be considered a trilogy, then perhaps I prefer that on any other day.)

Movie more people should see

The best of Youth (2003)

[Dukefrukem]

DAY 32:
YOUR FAVORITE DEATH SCENE- Sink Scene from the Blob

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[Dukefrukem]

DAY 33:
MOVIE YOU HAVE SEEN THE MOST TIMES - The Burbs

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[Dukefrukem]

DAY 34:
FILM WITH THE BEST MOVIE MONSTER - The HOST

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[Dukefrukem]

DAY 35:
FAVORITE TRILOGY - The Matrix

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[Dukefrukem]

DAY 36:
A MOVIE YOU THINK NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE HAVE SEEN - the count of monte cristo

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[Fezzik]

Day 36: Movie I think more people need to see...


This is a troubling category, as I don't think I've seen many movies that most of the people here haven't seen. Most of my stuff is relatively well known.

So, I'm gonna pull one out of a hat: The Legend of Drunken Master

I saw this sequel before I saw the original, and still prefer it.

[Mysterious Dude]

I think more people should see: The Four Days of Naples (1962)

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Possibly my favorite World War II movie. Not on DVD, but it often plays on TCM around Oscar time (it was nominated for one).

[MadMan]

The 2002 adaption of The Count of Monte Cristo was actually really solid. Guy Pearce did a great job as the villain, and the fight scenes were excellent.

[Derek]

DAY 36:
A Movie You Think Not Enough People Have Seen - Les Habitants (Artavazd Pelechian)

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[chrisnu]

DAY 37:
FAVORITE WESTERN

McCabe and Mrs. Miller

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[Spinal]

Let me get it in first ...

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[Derek]

Well, those are my 1-2, so I'll go with one that's a little more underseen:

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[MadMan]

Day 37: Favorite Western

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Sure its a cliche choice, but its the right one. This is my favorite scene from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. It also has my favorite line from the film: "When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk."

[Ivan Drago]

TGTBATU was taken, so I'm going with. . .

Favorite Western:
There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)

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[Fezzik]

Day 37: Favorite Western: True Grit (2010)

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[B-side]

DAY 37:
FAVORITE WESTERN


I've already used Fort Apache for an answer, so I'll just pick another one I love that hasn't been mentioned:

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Peckinpah, 1973)

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[Morris Schæffer]

Day 37: Favorite Western:The Good The Bad and the Ugly

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[Russ]

37. Favorite western - El Topo


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[Mysterious Dude]

I mentioned Butch Cassidy in the other thread, so here's The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.

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[Dukefrukem]

DAY 37:
FAVORITE WESTERN

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[Raiders]

Well, my correct answer is McCabe & Mrs. Miller, but to mention a new one:

Day of the Outlaw (De Toth, 1959)

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[chrisnu]

DAY 38:
FAVORITE COMIC BOOK ADAPTATION

A History of Violence

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[Derek]

Favorite Comic Book Adaptation:

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[Spinal]

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[Russ]

38. Favorite comic book adaptation - Danger: Diabolik



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[Raiders]

Day 38 - Favorite comic book adaptation

Persepolis (2007)

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[Ivan Drago]

Favorite Comic Book Adaptation:
The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008)

[B-side]

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Same.

[Morris Schæffer]

Fave comicbook adaptation

Superman (1978)

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[Mysterious Dude]

Favorite comic book adaptation: Road to Perdition

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[Fezzik]

Favorite comic book adaptation: Road to Perdition

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Same here.

[Dukefrukem]

DAY 38:
FAVORITE COMIC BOOK ADAPTATION

the Dark Knight

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[Ivan Drago]

I had to watch that Road to Perdition clip just because of how incredible it looked. Now I want to see the whole movie.

[elixir]

Playing catch up here.

Day 33, Movie you have seen the most times: Casablanca
Day 34, Film with a best movie monster: That scary tentacle thing from Possession
Day 35, Favorite trilogy: Three Colors: Blue, White, Red (Kieslowski)
Day 36, A movie you think not enough people have seen: Well, I'm sure some people on this site have seen it, but it has under 600 votes on imdb and I think it's a film that loads of people would like...High School (Frederick Wiseman, 1968)
Day 37, Favourite Western: Well, McCabe and Mrs. Miller is my #1 of all time so it's that, but since I've already used it, I'll go with The Searchers
Day 38, Favourite comic book adaptation: I suppose I'll go with A History of Violence as well

[Spinal]

Day 36, A movie you think not enough people have seen: Well, I'm sure some people on this site have seen it, but it has under 600 votes on imdb and I think it's a film that loads of people would like...High School (Frederick Wiseman, 1968)


Great movie.

[chrisnu]

DAY 39:
LEAST FAVORITE & FAVORITE REMAKE

Favorite remake:

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

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Least favorite remake:

The Wicker Man (2006)

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[Russ]

39. Least favorite and favorite remake


Least favorite remake - The Day the Earth Stood Still



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Favorite remake - The Thing



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[Ivan Drago]

Least Favorite Remake:
Rollerball (John McTiernan, 2002)

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Most Favorite Remake:
Scarface (Brian De Palma, 1983)

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[Raiders]

Limiting myself to cases where I have seen the original film...

Day 38

Least favorite remake:

The Karate Kid (Zwart, 2010)

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Favorite remake:

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[Spinal]

Favorite remake:

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Least favorite remake:

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[Mysterious Dude]

Favorite remake: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

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I was surprised at how much I liked this, because I love the original. But I have to admit, the remake does clarify a few things and it has a better ending.

Least favorite remake: so many to choose from. I'm going with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for ruining Willy Wonka with terrible childhood flashbacks.

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And I want to give an honorable mention to Richard Gere's pants in Breathless (1983).

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"Worst pants in a movie" should be a category next month!

[B-side]

Favorite remake: Body Snatchers (Ferrara, 1993)

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Least favorite remake: Disturbia (Caruso, 2007)

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I don't hate Disturbia, though.

[chrisnu]

DAY 40:
A MOVIE THAT YOU WANTED TO SEE REMADE

Stephen King's It

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[Ivan Drago]

A Movie That You Wanted To See Remade:
Super Fly (Gordon Parks Jr., 1971)

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Just keep the Curtis Mayfield score, give it a better script and a budget, and you've got a masterpiece.

[Spinal]

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I know. It's already happening. But this has long been for me a great example of a great idea that was botched with bad execution. Looking forward to the new one.

[Rowland]

Favorite remake:

M (Losey, 1951)

NiEg7ZH8vcEOoh, iconoclastic. It's officially on my radar now though, so thanks.:cool:

[Rowland]

Least Favorite Remake:
Rollerball (John McTiernan, 2002)

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[chrisnu]

DAY 41:
A FILM YOU WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN

The Passion of the Christ

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[Morris Schæffer]

DAY 41:
A FILM YOU WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN

Solaris (1972)

That was just too much out of my comfort zone. Snoozers.

[Spinal]

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I would prefer to pretend this never happened.

[Spinal]

DAY 41:
A FILM YOU WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN

The Passion of the Christ



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[Ivan Drago]

A Film You Will Never See Again:
The Act of Seeing With One's Own Eyes (Stan Brakhage, 1971)

Stan, you're one of my favorite filmmakers, but it's a miracle I can still stomach a cheeseburger after your film of various autopsies.

[B-side]

DAY 40:
A MOVIE THAT YOU WANTED TO SEE REMADE

Eh, I'm not sure I really want any film to be remade.



DAY 41:
A FILM YOU WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN

Not really a fan of these two categories. I wouldn't really care to see Mars Attacks again.

[Mysterious Dude]

I'd like to see an adaptation of one of the James Bond novels that's actually authentic, set in the 50's when they were published, instead of all these modern updates.

I think I can live without ever seeing Pink Flamingos again.

[Fezzik]

I'm a bit behind, so here, in rapid-fire format:

Day 38: Favorite Remake - The Little Shop of Horrors

Day 39: Least Favorite Remake - Psycho

Day 40: Film you would like to see remade - Simon Birch (In truth, I just want a true adaptation of A Prayer For Owen Meany to get the bad taste out of my mouth)

Day 41: Movie you will never see again - Cool World

[Dukefrukem]

DAY 39:
LEAST FAVORITE REMAKE

the Ring

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DAY 40:
A movie, that you wanted to be remade

Spawn, Robocop and Remo Williams

Spawned from this thread here. (http://match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=1633)


DAY 41:
Film you will never watch again

The Green Mile

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[Spinal]

Hmmm ... I actually thought that The Ring was a case where the quality of the remake was very close to the original.

[Spinal]

Eh, I'm not sure I really want any film to be remade.



Just answer this question instead: what's a film that had a great premise but subpar execution?

[Bosco B Thug]

DAY 41:
A FILM YOU WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN

The Passion of the Christ

il3XkFhSEmk Haven't watched the film since it came out on DVD, but that scene is... eeyuck. Perhaps it's recent Gibson drama guiding my brain. Still eager to see Apocalyptico for some reason.

[Bosco B Thug]

DAY 40 - A MOVIE WANT TO BE REMADE: I'll float this idea here... ludicrous, but I'd love to see more shot-for-shot, or at least faithful-to-a-T, remakes of horror movies I love, like some Val Lewton joints, or Freaks, or even newer stuff like Don't Look Now (as impossible as shot-for-shotting that last one would be). It's not that they deserve to get remade, but that I'll be able to say, "Look, an interesting horror movie is coming out!" Get it? It'd be like theater revivals - seeing that one Sondheim revival between all the Legally Blondes and stuff.

DAY 41 - A FILM YOU WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN

James Benning blasphemy!

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[chrisnu]

DAY 42:
LEAST FAVORITE FILM BY YOUR FAVORITE DIRECTOR

Wild at Heart

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[Raiders]

Day 40 - A film you want to see remade

Tango & Cash with Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham.

Day 41 - A film you will never watch again

A lot, but recently my father-in-law was watching The Green Berets and it is so awful I am positive I could never stomach it again.

Day 42 - Least favorite film by your favorite director

I haven't disliked a Sam Fuller film yet, so that answer is boring, so we'll say Hitchcock's Topaz.

[Spinal]

DAY 42:
LEAST FAVORITE FILM BY YOUR FAVORITE DIRECTOR

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[Ivan Drago]

Least Favorite Film By Your Favorite Director:
Hard Eight (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997)

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I do like it, but it's PTA before he came to form.

[chrisnu]

James Benning blasphemy!
I really don't like the Apocalypse of John to begin with, and this didn't help much. Yecchh.

[amberlita]

Movie you'll never see again: Kids ugh.

Least favorite film by your favorite director: Spartacus

[Bosco B Thug]

I really don't like the Apocalypse of John to begin with, and this didn't help much. Yecchh. Ah, good! RR is the only Benning I've seen. Intelligent reviewers get so much out of the film, and I understand what they see in it, but it feels good being mean to it. :lol:

[MadMan]

Logan's Run could use an update, but they should never remake Superfly.

38. Favourite comic book adaptation: Watchmen (it counts)
39. Least Favourite/ Favorite Movie Remake: Favorite is The Thing (1982). Least favorite is Psycho (1998).
40. A movie, that you wanted to be remade: Caligula. In the right hands, it could be great. Or at least not terrible.
41. Film you will never watch again: Jaws: The Revenge
42. Least favorite film by your favorite director: Kill Bill Vol. 1. But really, I love all of QT's movies.

[B-side]

Just answer this question instead: what's a film that had a great premise but subpar execution?

Hm. Thinking of it that way, I'd be curious to see how someone else tackled the premise for The Killer Inside Me. I didn't dislike the film, but the premise has a lot of potential I'm not sure that film really capitalized on.

[B-side]

DAY 42:
LEAST FAVORITE FILM BY YOUR FAVORITE DIRECTOR

Kubrick was taken already, so I'll go with Fassbinder:

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[Morris Schæffer]

Day 42: Least favorite film by your favorite director

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[Mysterious Dude]

Least favorite film by my favorite director: Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two.

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Not a fan of Dreams, either.

[Dukefrukem]

DAY 42:
LEAST FAVORITE FILM BY YOUR FAVORITE DIRECTOR

The Quick and the Dead

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F_xqzLsS28M/Td5y7f4aIgI/AAAAAAAAALw/A13NZydaiCk/s640/the-quick-and-the-dead-ellen.jpg

[Fezzik]

Day 42: Least Favorite Film by your favorite director: My Blueberry Nights

[chrisnu]

DAY 43:
FAVORITE SCI-FI FILM

Brazil

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[Spinal]

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Besides, you know, that one with the monkeys and the evil computer and the acid trip.

[Mysterious Dude]

Joel took my answer. Ah well, here's Tron.

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[MadMan]

DAY 43:
FAVORITE SCI-FI FILM

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Blade Runner. Both the theatrical and DC. I haven't viewed the so called Final Cut, yet. Really I could have posted another clip, but why bother? Roy's speech is one of the greatest moments in all of cinema.

[B-side]

DAY 43:
FAVORITE SCI-FI FILM


The Man Who Fell to Earth (Roeg, 1976)

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zmwsOrh72bo/TZW6_pL4I8I/AAAAAAAAAI4/AVoONQsevAo/s1600/bowie460.jpg

Besides, you know, that one with the monkeys and the evil computer and the acid trip and maybe a few others.

[Fezzik]

Day 43: Favorite Sci-Fi Film: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

[Dukefrukem]

DAY 43:
FAVORITE SCI-FI Film

Inception

http://smellslikescreenspirit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/inception_still.jpg

[Raiders]

Day 43: Favorite Sci-Fi Film

Tarkovsky's Stalker

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[Morris Schæffer]

DAY 43:
FAVORITE SCI-FI Film

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

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[chrisnu]

DAY 44:
FAVORITE MOVIE FROM YOUR COUNTRY

:|

Mulholland Dr.

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[MadMan]

DAY 44:
FAVORITE MOVIE FROM YOUR COUNTRY

This category really sucks. Trying to go with a movie I haven't already mentioned, I'll just post....eh, screw it. The Big Lebowski. Its awesome. Its funny. I'm too lazy to avoid repeating myself here.

[Fezzik]

Day 44: Favorite Movie from my Country: Casablanca

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It wasn't until I got to this category that I realized how many of my favorite movies were made in foreign countries :D

[Dukefrukem]

DAY 44:
FAVORITE MOVIE FROM YOUR COUNTRY

Inception

http://smellslikescreenspirit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/inception_still.jpg

[Mysterious Dude]

My country: The United States of America. And the film: Touch of Evil

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This is the opening shot with the titles. I actually like it better this way.

[B-side]

DAY 44:
FAVORITE MOVIE FROM YOUR COUNTRY


Meshes of the Afternoon (Deren/Hammid, 1943)

http://www.nordenhake.com/images/Group/GB070802/9.jpg

[chrisnu]

DAY 45:
A MOVIE BY YOUR FAVORITE DIRECTOR FROM YOUR COUNTRY

Blue Velvet

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[Fezzik]

DAY 45: A MOVIE BY YOUR FAVORITE DIRECTOR FROM YOUR COUNTRY: The Iron Giant (Bird)

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[Spinal]

Favorite American movie I haven't used yet:

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A movie by my favorite American director:

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[Dukefrukem]

DAY 45:
A MOVIE BY YOUR FAVORITE DIRECTOR FROM YOUR COUNTRY

Inception

http://smellslikescreenspirit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/inception_still.jpg

[Dukefrukem]

DAY 45:
A MOVIE BY YOUR FAVORITE DIRECTOR FROM YOUR COUNTRY

Inception

http://smellslikescreenspirit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/inception_still.jpg

but in all seriousness...


DAY 45:
A MOVIE BY YOUR FAVORITE DIRECTOR FROM YOUR COUNTRY

Evil Dead 2

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[Mara]

This is too easy. New rule, if you're American, the film has to have "America" "American" "U.S.A." "Freedom" or "Brave" in the title. GO!

[Spinal]

This is too easy. New rule, if you're American, the film has to have "America" "American" "U.S.A." "Freedom" or "Brave" in the title. GO!

Brave Little Toaster. Or American Werewolf in London.

[Mara]

Brave Little Toaster. Or American Werewolf in London.

I included "Brave" specifically so someone could choose Brave Little Toaster. Well done, Spinal. Well done.

EDIT: I have to be honest. I thought it would be Wats.

[Fezzik]

This is too easy. New rule, if you're American, the film has to have "America" "American" "U.S.A." "Freedom" or "Brave" in the title. GO!

The American President

[Dukefrukem]

This is too easy. New rule, if you're American, the film has to have "America" "American" "U.S.A." "Freedom" or "Brave" in the title. GO!

ID4

[chrisnu]

This is too easy. New rule, if you're American, the film has to have "America" "American" "U.S.A." "Freedom" or "Brave" in the title. GO!
Once Upon a Time in America

[Raiders]

Citizen Kane (working titles: American, John Citizen USA)

[Dukefrukem]

This is too easy. New rule, if you're American, the film has to have "America" "American" "U.S.A." "Freedom" or "Brave" in the title. GO!

Murder at 1600

[Mysterious Dude]

My favorite director from my country (the United States of America): John Cassavetes. A movie directed by him that I haven't already mentioned: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

(this clip is NSFW.)

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As for Mara's rule, I love An American Tail. There aren't any damn clips on YouTube, so here's one of the songs I like:

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"No, don't! Don't stop! More! MORE!"

[B-side]

Citizen Kane (working titles: American, John Citizen USA)

This.

[Melville]

34. Film with a best movie monster: one of these three:

Eraserhead
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Possession (NSFW)
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The Brood
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If monsters aren't the grotesquely literal offspring of characters' inner horror, then what's the point? Unless they're Cthulu.

35. Favourite trilogy: Three Colors

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36. A movie you think not enough people have seen: The Forsaken Land (http://melvillian.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/the-forsaken-land-jayasundara-2005/)
Hard to find clips of it, but here's one (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbumsq_the-forsaken-land-2005-2_shortfilms).

Probably seen by most of the people on match-cut, but should still be seen by more people: The Wayward Cloud (NSFW)
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Mmmm...sex with watermelons.

37. Favourite Western: Unforgiven

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38. Favourite comic book adaptation: Spider-Man 2

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39. Least Favourite Remake: The Time Machine

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Favorite Movie Remake: The Manchurian Candidate

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40. A movie that you want to be remade: The Shanghai Gesture

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41. Film you will never watch again: Chicago

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Despicable.

42. Least favorite film by your favorite director: Ivan's Childhood

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43. Favorite sci-fi: Solaris

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44. Favourite movie from your country: Dead Ringers

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45. A movie by your favourite director from your country: A History of Violence

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[Winston*]

Unless they're Cthulu.


Then they're grotesquely metaphoric offspring of the writer's inner fear of black people.

[Melville]

Then they're grotesquely metaphoric offspring of the writer's inner fear of black people.
:lol:

[chrisnu]

DAY 46:
MOST OVERRATED ACTOR OR ACTRESS

Sandra Bullock

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[Spinal]

Nicholson, not DiCaprio.

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[Ezee E]

I love The Departed, but that scene with Nicholson is just weird, and it's all because of Nicholson's acting. I think they were hoping for a legendary scene, but the ADR at the beginning is off, and silly.

[B-side]

DAY 46:
MOST OVERRATED ACTOR OR ACTRESS

Tom Hanks, Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken

[Ezee E]

What's overrated about Freeman or Hanks?

[Mysterious Dude]

Most overrated actor: Gary Cooper. He was so fucking good.

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[B-side]

What's overrated about Freeman or Hanks?

Neither of them are very good actors, yet everyone adores them.

[Ezee E]

Neither of them are very good actors, yet everyone adores them.
Oh. Okay.

[chrisnu]

DAY 47:
MOST OVERRATED FILM

You Can't Take It With You

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[amberlita]

Most overrated film: That's a tie, between The Big Lebowski and Casablanca

[B-side]

DAY 47:
MOST OVERRATED FILM

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[Irish]

Neither of them are very good actors, yet everyone adores them.

That leaves me wondering who would meet your criteria of good.

There's a mistake a lot of people make in thinking someone's default on screen persona, their presence, is the sum total of their ability. (Sometimes, performers make the same mistake and produce stuff that plays too heavily into the persona, like Hanks did with Larry Crowne, Morgan Freeman did with Bruce Almighty, and Sandra Bullock did with Miss Congeniality). For audiences, that mistake is compounded when they don't like the persona or it doesn't personally resonate, or it simply gets overplayed.

Freeman and Hanks are interesting because we're talking about two guys who started on the low end of television: Freeman with Sesame Street and soap opera and Hanks with a broad based 80s sitcom.

I interpret "good acting" as the ability to blend, to appear natural and unaffected at any given point. A good actor can give depth to thin material and bring new angles and interpretation to good material. The really special ones can play with some range.

So if you look at stuff like Street Smarts, Clean and Sober, Driving Miss Daisy, and Seven, I don't know how you can walk away and say Freeman "isn't very good." Likewise with Hanks after viewing Splash, Big, Toy Story, and Saving Private Ryan. In each of those movies, I think a case can be made that a large part of their success is directly tied to the performances of their stars.

[B-side]

I interpret "good acting" as the ability to blend, to appear natural and unaffected at any given point. A good actor can give depth to thin material and bring new angles and interpretation to good material. The really special ones can play with some range.

We don't disagree here.


So if you look at stuff like Street Smarts, Clean and Sober, Driving Miss Daisy, and Seven, I don't know how you can walk away and say Freeman "isn't very good." Likewise with Hanks after viewing Splash, Big, Toy Story, and Saving Private Ryan. In each of those movies, I think a case can be made that a large part of their success is directly tied to the performances of their stars.

I've seen Seven. He was adequate in it. I've seen Toy Story and Saving Private Ryan of Hanks' work, and again, he's fine, but he's not great. He's a movie star, not much of an actor. Kinda like Harrison Ford.

[Irish]

I've seen Seven. He was adequate in it. I've seen Toy Story and Saving Private Ryan of Hanks' work, and again, he's fine, but he's not great. He's a movie star, not much of an actor. Kinda like Harrison Ford.

Ford's a good actor who became a bad one, because he seems to have just lost interest somewhere in the mid 80s. He gave terrific performances in both Witness and Mosquito Cost. After that, he got increasing lazy and wound up doing stuff like Air Force One and Firewall.

So, back to the subject at hand: Who is "good," then, in your mind?

[B-side]

So, back to the subject at hand: Who is "good," then, in your mind?

Klaus Kinski. And a bunch of other boring answers.:P

[Spinal]

DAY 47:
MOST OVERRATED FILM

This just seems like an invitation to get people annoyed with me. Oh well, let's say this one, I guess ...

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[chrisnu]

Not annoyed with that pick at all. I was tempted to pick Fight Club, which seems to have a cult following similar in size, even though I like it a lot.

[Irish]

Usual Suspects is a good pick for this category. It's fun the first time through, but the rewatch potential is pretty much zero.

It's a movie that defines "all style and no substance."

[Ezee E]

We don't disagree here.



I've seen Seven. He was adequate in it. I've seen Toy Story and Saving Private Ryan of Hanks' work, and again, he's fine, but he's not great. He's a movie star, not much of an actor. Kinda like Harrison Ford.
I'll go back to Forrest Gump and say that nearly any actor that took that role would've botched it. If it weren't for Tom Hanks' great way of being able to blend comedic, dramatic, and natual emotions to his roles, the movie wouldn't work at all. There's only a handful of actors that can do this.

And Klaus Kinski is not one of them. But the man can play insane like no other.

[Ezee E]

With that, I tend to think that Tom Hanks is actually an overlooked actor when discussing the best actors around, especially when it comes to stars. Unfortunately, he has picked a few boring movies as of late. The Da Vinci Code movies along with a few others that I'll never both with, it looks like his last good work was in '04 with Spielberg and the Coen Brothers.

Cast Away is another fine performance that not many actors could do. Just him for probably 85% of the movie, and he makes a volleyball into a memorable/successful character.

I wonder how this Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close will turn out.

[Mysterious Dude]

Most overrated movie: Magnolia. And here is an especially overrated performance in it:

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[Dukefrukem]

DAY 46:
Most over-rated actor/actress


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DAY 47:
Most over-rated film


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DAY 48:
Film, you walked out of the cinema from


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[Dukefrukem]

DAY 47:
MOST OVERRATED FILM

This just seems like an invitation to get people annoyed with me. Oh well, let's say this one, I guess ...

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:|

[Irish]

Jesus, Duke.

[Dukefrukem]

Jesus, Duke.

It insists upon itself.

[Spinal]

I will take The Godfather over The Usual Suspects. Yes, it's true.

[Spinal]

DAY 48:
Film, you walked out of the cinema from

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[MadMan]

Usual Suspects is a good pick for this category. It's fun the first time through, but the rewatch potential is pretty much zero.

It's a movie that defines "all style and no substance."I disagree entirely with this post, especially since I've viewed the movie at least four or five times.

People hate this movie just like they hate Memento (similar reasons and all), but I love both and think they are great films. I'll accept valid reasons for such dislike, but complaining that "They are gimmicky" just doesn't work or fly with me.

Oh and The Godfather is not overrated :P

[B-side]

DAY 48:
Film you walked out of the cinema from

I don't watch movies in theaters I know I won't like. I don't have the luxury of seeing a film in theaters every week, so I'm never put in a situation like this.

[Ezee E]

I don't watch movies in theaters I know I won't like. I don't have the luxury of seeing a film in theaters every week, so I'm never put in a situation like this.
Never been to any film festivals?

[B-side]

Never been to any film festivals?

Nah. I live in Michigan.:P

[Ezee E]

Nah. I live in Michigan.:P
You can drive up to Toronto man.

I've walked out on a handful of festival movies. I don't regret it either, despite paying the $8-$12 it costed.

[Irish]

I will take The Godfather over The Usual Suspects. Yes, it's true.

Wait, are you saying ... Godfather is overrated too? Even moreso than somethinglike Usual Suspects?

[Spinal]

Wait, are you saying ... Godfather is overrated too? Even moreso than somethinglike Usual Suspects?

Oh goodness, no. I mean it's a much better movie and deserving of its acclaim.

[amberlita]

Movie you walked out of the theater from: The Nightmare Before Christmas

Yes, I am suitably ashamed. Gimme a break, I was 12 and didn't know any better. My friend and I theater hopped to another movie that I don't even remember. At least now I can look back and see how far I've come.

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[chrisnu]

DAY 48:
Film you walked out of the cinema from

I wanted to walk out of The Passion of the Christ, but I was pressured to stay, so I stayed. I probably would not make the same decision today. I'd just leave.

[Mysterious Dude]

DAY 48:
Film, you walked out of the cinema from
So is this the most unnecessary comma in history or what?

I don't think I've ever walked out of a movie. I wanted to walk out of Borat, though. During the nude hotel chase, specifically.

[Irish]

Oh goodness, no. I mean it's a much better movie and deserving of its acclaim.

Phew! Thank god. :D

[MadMan]

I realize I've never walked out of a movie, although there were movies I was dragged to as a kid that I wanted to leave. But then I wouldn't be able to get home, and I didn't want to be stuck in the lobby with nothing to do. So I sat through them and realized then and there that I could do what most good or at least decent critics do: rip them endlessly and bash them a lot, and warn others not to waste their time and money. Even when I worked at a movie theater I was careful not to go see anything that looked really terrible, despite the fact that I could get in for free.

45. A movie by your favourite director from your country: Kill Bill Vol. 2 (QT)
46. Most over-rated actor/actress: Meryl Streep is good and all, but she's been phoning it in for years now
47. Most over-rated film: Spiderman (2002). Just look at the Tomatometer. What they saw in this crap, I donno.
48. Film, you walked out of the cinema from (or you wanted to): Lost in Space. I was unable to leave, sadly, as I didn't drive.

[chrisnu]

DAY 49:
FAVORITE BLACK-AND-WHITE FILM

Persona

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[Spinal]

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[Mysterious Dude]

Are the days getting shorter or something?

I think about half of the movies I've posted so far have been black and white. Well, here's another one: Ladri di biciclette

http://www.corinthreleasing.com/Bicycle_Thief/photos/bicycle_thief_02.jpg

[B-side]

DAY 49:
FAVORITE BLACK-AND-WHITE FILM


Harakiri (Kobayashi, 1962)

http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/1631/harakiri.jpg

[Fezzik]

Been on a slacker's vacation, so I'm trying to catch up:

Day 46: Most over-rated actor/actress: Al Pacino

Day 47: Most over-rated film: The Godfather

Day 48: Film, you walked out of the cinema from (or you wanted to): Stargate

Day 49: Favorite Black and White Film: City Lights

[MadMan]

Day 49: Favorite Black and White Film

Many qualify, but I'm going to go with The Third Man (1949).

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I love this speech. Its funny, witty, and delivered perfectly by Orson Welles.

[chrisnu]

DAY 50:
MOVIE YOU KNOW THE MOST QUOTES FROM

No contest.

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[Fezzik]

DAY 50: MOVIE YOU KNOW THE MOST QUOTES FROM: The Princess Bride

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Shocking, I know :lol:

[Spinal]

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[B-side]

DAY 50:
MOVIE YOU KNOW THE MOST QUOTES FROM

No contest.

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Heh. Same.

[amberlita]

Not really a movie, per se, but there's nothing I know more than the back of my hand like Band of Brothers. BTW, if you wanna see Tom Hardy in his very first role, or Michael Fassbender back before he hit it big, this show is the place to look. And at about 0:40 in this video, you can see them in the same scene! Hurray for the awesome!

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[Mysterious Dude]

Movie I know the most quotes from: Romeo and Juliet

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Cheating? Maybe.

[chrisnu]

DAY 51:
A MOVIE WITH AN ENDING YOU HADN'T EXPECTED


Time Bandits

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[Spinal]

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[Ezee E]

Forgot the ending to Y Tu Mama Tambien.

[B-side]

DAY 51:
A MOVIE WITH AN ENDING YOU HADN'T EXPECTED



Detour (Ulmer, 1945)

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[Mysterious Dude]

An ending I didn't expect: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

(this clip does not spoil the ending)

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It really did surprise me when I first saw it as a teenager. I wonder if it would seem really obvious if I saw it for the first time today (we'll never know!).

[amberlita]

An ending I didn't expect: Sunshine

Didn't expect the last third of the movie and basically HATED the last third of the movie.

[B-side]

basically HATED the last third of the movie.

I always find this response baffling. The third act is what makes the film worthwhile.