Lots of votes for L. A. Confidential over Fargo which is surprising. I'd like to re-watch it but it's only on Starz and they have that stupid logo on the bottom right of the screen. Terminator 2 is good - you should watch it. I signed up with Starz through Prime to re-watch Blue Velvet and 7 minutes in that logo shows up and I fucked out of there and cancelled.
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Pulp Fiction vs. Saving Private Ryan
Toy Story vs. Schindler’s List
Fight Club vs. Leon: The Professional
Lost Highway vs. Princess Mononoke
The Silence of the Lambs vs. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Boogie Nights vs. Malcolm X
Goodfellas vs. Jurassic Park
Magnolia vs. Being John Malkovich
The Matrix vs. Hoop Dreams
Rushmore vs. The Shawshank Redemption
Ed Wood vs. Seven
Last Five Films I've Seen (Out of 5)
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse (Mackesy, 2022) 4.5
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (Crawford, 2022) 4
Confess, Fletch (Mottola, 2022) 3.5
M3GAN (Johnstone, 2023) 3.5
Turning Red (Shi, 2022) 4.5
Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953) 5
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#madnessNever change, Match Cut
I liked Fargo a lot, but I wouldn't quite call it great Coen bros, due to it lacking the sheer atmosphere of Blood Simple, or the thematic depths of No Country, and compared to Confidential, a movie I've grown to appreciate a lot more over the years, it doesn't quite measure up to that. It's still really good, though!
You guys mind giving me a top 4 priority watch for this list? https://letterboxd.com/dukefrukem/li...-these-movies/
Do the Right Thing is going to be #1.
Even if you didn't have children, I would say Totoro.
HBOMax!
Seeing some of your likes/dislikes over the year (maybe not exact), I would prioritize Run Lola Run, Princess Mononoke, Midnight Run, and The Right Stuff.
Midnight Run (1988) - 9
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
Sisters (1973) - 6.5
Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5
I'd say
1) Amadeus
2) Magnolia
3) My Neighbor Totoro
Judging by what I've read in the past, I think you would thoroughly enjoy The Right Stuff and Broadcast News. They're both great films and easy to watch, but I don't know how much of a priority they should be.
Stuff I've Watched out of *****
The Last Duel - ***
Only Murders in the Building: **
Squid Games: **.5
Pulp Fiction vs. Saving Private Ryan
Toy Story vs. Schindler’s List
Fight Club vs. Leon: The Professional
Lost Highway vs. Princess Mononoke
The Silence of the Lambs vs. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Heat vs. Basic Instinct
Boogie Nights vs. Malcolm X (x)
The Big Lebowski vs. Groundhog Day
Goodfellas vs. Jurassic Park
Magnolia vs. Being John Malkovich
Unforgiven vs. Trainspotting
The Matrix vs. Hoop Dreams
Fargo vs. L. A. Confidential
Before Sunrise vs. Three Colors: Red
Rushmore vs. The Shawshank Redemption
Ed Wood vs. Seven
Spicy
Chungking Express
Close-Up
Dead Man
Do the Right Thing
La Haine
The King of Comedy
Lost Highway
Magnolia
Malcom X
My Neighbour Totoro
Paris, Texas
Princess Mononoke
The Sacrifice
Safe
Sans toi ni loi
The Sweet Hereafter
Trois couleurs: Bleu
Trois couleurs: Rouge
Warm
Amadeus
Barton Fink
Broadcast News
Drugstore Cowboy
A Fish Called Wanda
Grave of the Fireflies
Hoop Dreams
JFK
sex, lies & videotape
The Thin Blue Line
This Is Spinal Tap
Mild
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Lola rennt
Miller's Crossing
Out of Sight
Raising Arizona
The Right Stuff
Stop Making Sense
Cold
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Heathers
The Untouchables
Just because...
The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild
The last book I read was...
The Complete Short Stories by Mark Twain
The (New) World
Do The Right Thing
JFK
Hoop Dreams
Chungking Express
I am going to watch, and my vote may very well decide the fate of the match-up:
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Terminator 2 vs. Silence of the Lambs is the most bleh match up of this round. I'll be happy to say hasta la vista to either.
Stuff I've Watched out of *****
The Last Duel - ***
Only Murders in the Building: **
Squid Games: **.5
Have we had two movies from the same director go head to head?
We have not. The closest we've come so far was with Rob Reiner in Madness 1.0: This is Spinal Tap would've matched up with When Harry Met Sally in the sweet sixteen, but Amadeus took out WHMS in round two.
It is theoretically possible that Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's List could match up in the Madness 2.0 sweet sixteen, but I'll level with you -- the outlook is grim for Private Ryan.
Aw, you don't like either?
I was once a madman, yes.
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And it's happened once again
I'll turn to a friend
Someone that understands
And sees through the master plan
But everybody's gone
And I've been here for too long
To face this on my own
Well, I guess this is growing up
Hey. I just watched Do the Right Thing.
I'm not sure Mookie did the right thing.
Welcome to a 30-year-old debate
Last 10 Movies Seen
(90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)
Run (2020) 64
The Whistlers (2019) 55
Pawn (2020) 62
Matilda (1996) 37
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) 61
Moby Dick (2011) 50
Soul (2020) 64
Heroic Duo (2003) 55
A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
As Tears Go By (1988) 65
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Listening Habits at LastFM
Nevermind all that the fact that 1989 had some legit great movies and the Academy choose Driving Miss Daisey as the BP winner is a war crime imo. And no I don't care how that movie is spelled.Welcome to a 30-year-old debate
Blog!
And it's happened once again
I'll turn to a friend
Someone that understands
And sees through the master plan
But everybody's gone
And I've been here for too long
To face this on my own
Well, I guess this is growing up
Any other multi-decade debates exist in films I have embarrassingly not seen?Welcome to a 30-year-old debate
I agree that it was not made clear but he was redirecting their anger from the store owners to the store - to prevent another death.
I like this interpretation because it is assumes Mookie has good intentions, but I don't think this or any other interpretation is 100% certain.
I know that's been the leading argument and it's a little bit suggestive in the way he comes back for his paycheck, but then he takes the extra $200 from Sal anyway... like fuck him.
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