Tropical Island Video Vault Draft - ROUND 20 - FINAL ROUND
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Need a little comedy on my island. I'm going with one of my favorite comedies of the 1990s, Office Space. This one is definitely rewatchable and is full of great characters and funny scenes. Anyone who’s ever worked a job they hated for a boss that was a jerk should be able to relate to this movie.
With my 10th pick, I select:
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Another film about a father and child, but under entirely different circumstances. The emotional interactions between Will and Jaden Smith are incredibly touching and powerful, and the rollercoaster of failure and success is heartbreaking and moving, even more so with repeat viewings. Based on a true story, this film is an uplifting drama that always leaves me feeling like a better person after watching it.
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Another film about a father and child, but under entirely different circumstances. The emotional interactions between Will and Jaden Smith are incredibly touching and powerful, and the rollercoaster of failure and success is heartbreaking and moving, even more so with repeat viewings. Based on a true story, this film is an uplifting drama that always leaves me feeling like a better person after watching it.
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With the 158th pick in the 2011 TDOS Tropical Island Video Vault Draft, Superman's Super Movie Lineup selects:
12 Monkeys (1995), directed by Terry Gilliam
Oh, wouldn't it be great if I *was* crazy? Then the world would be okay.
12 Monkeys (1995), directed by Terry Gilliam
Oh, wouldn't it be great if I *was* crazy? Then the world would be okay.
Going to keep this moving. I really liked this film, there's just something about it. It's clever and has a very good ending IMO. Definitely re-watchable as you get to see various subtleties that you wouldn't have noticed before. Much easier to understand the more you watch, too. Good performance from Di Caprio, as is usual.
Shutter Island
Shutter Island
Going to keep this moving. I really liked this film, there's just something about it. It's clever and has a very good ending IMO. Definitely re-watchable as you get to see various subtleties that you wouldn't have noticed before. Much easier to understand the more you watch, too. Good performance from Di Caprio, as is usual.
Shutter Island
Shutter Island
With the 158th pick in the 2011 TDOS Tropical Island Video Vault Draft, Superman's Super Movie Lineup selects:
12 Monkeys (1995), directed by Terry Gilliam
Oh, wouldn't it be great if I *was* crazy? Then the world would be okay.
12 Monkeys (1995), directed by Terry Gilliam
Oh, wouldn't it be great if I *was* crazy? Then the world would be okay.
With the 158th pick in the 2011 TDOS Tropical Island Video Vault Draft, Superman's Super Movie Lineup selects:
12 Monkeys (1995), directed by Terry Gilliam
Oh, wouldn't it be great if I *was* crazy? Then the world would be okay.
12 Monkeys (1995), directed by Terry Gilliam
Oh, wouldn't it be great if I *was* crazy? Then the world would be okay.
Appreciated that movie -- thought it was smart smart smart. And succeeded in spite of the presence of a director I detest. Not one I would want to sit around and watch forever (think I've seen it 2 or 3 times, might be due for another rewatch in a year or two), but have a lot of respect for it. If this was a scifi movies only draft movies like this, Gattaca etc., would all be high on my list.
Yeah I was noticing that I've seen about 90% of what's been picked. I went though a period where I was watching about two or three movies a day on average for a few years, so I racked up quite a few. Eventually I burned myself out on movies and had to cut back to watching maybe 2 or 3 a week to rekindle my passion for them.
Going to keep this moving. I really liked this film, there's just something about it. It's clever and has a very good ending IMO. Definitely re-watchable as you get to see various subtleties that you wouldn't have noticed before. Much easier to understand the more you watch, too. Good performance from Di Caprio, as is usual.
Shutter Island
Shutter Island
With my 10th pick, I select:
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Another film about a father and child, but under entirely different circumstances. The emotional interactions between Will and Jaden Smith are incredibly touching and powerful, and the rollercoaster of failure and success is heartbreaking and moving, even more so with repeat viewings. Based on a true story, this film is an uplifting drama that always leaves me feeling like a better person after watching it.
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Another film about a father and child, but under entirely different circumstances. The emotional interactions between Will and Jaden Smith are incredibly touching and powerful, and the rollercoaster of failure and success is heartbreaking and moving, even more so with repeat viewings. Based on a true story, this film is an uplifting drama that always leaves me feeling like a better person after watching it.
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I could see that. In my case, I only saw it for the first time about three years ago. Found it to be my cup of tea. So it's relatively new for me. I might not want to watch it over and over again, like Brick said, but it scratches an itch for me in a genre that was missing from my island. There are other ways to scratch this itch also, some that might be more rewatchable. I might bring them along later. Dunno yet.
So I like aliens.. a strange fascination with life on other planets.. the unending universe.. the future of mankind and .. the end..the beginning of mankind; these movies fit and they fit well with my interests.
Close Encounters of The Third Kind 1977 PG
Bladerunner (Director's Cut) 1982 R
Close Encounters of The Third Kind 1977 PG
Bladerunner (Director's Cut) 1982 R
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So I like aliens.. a strange fascination with life on other planets.. the unending universe.. the future of mankind and .. the end..the beginning of mankind; these movies fit and they fit well with my interests.
Close Encounters of The Third Kind 1977 PG
Bladerunner (Director's Cut) 1982 R
Close Encounters of The Third Kind 1977 PG
Bladerunner (Director's Cut) 1982 R
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Time for some comic relief. The kind where you hold the remote and rewind your favorite parts over and over again, the kind that a VHS couldn't survive, but a DVD/Bluray can.
With the 163rd pick in the 2011 TDOS Tropical Island Video Vault Draft, Superman's Super Movie Lineup selects:
Tropic Thunder (2008), directed by Ben Stiller
Man, just cause it's a theme song don't make it not true.
With the 163rd pick in the 2011 TDOS Tropical Island Video Vault Draft, Superman's Super Movie Lineup selects:
Tropic Thunder (2008), directed by Ben Stiller
Man, just cause it's a theme song don't make it not true.
Bummer... Since we got so close to the deadline I was hoping you would time out so I would have some company. 
And I never found Shields to be good for studying. I preferred the Silo... Perhaps there was a correlation between that preference and a certain GPA I wound up with.
And I never found Shields to be good for studying. I preferred the Silo... Perhaps there was a correlation between that preference and a certain GPA I wound up with.