Tropical Island Movie Draft Thread - ROUND 20 FINISHED!!!

[Dime Dropper]

My pick;

Training Day (2001)
Badass movie, but which Denzel movies aren't? Anyway, if I'm going to be stuck on an island, I want a film like this with me.

 

[Dime Dropper]

And with the 1st pick of the 9th round;

Blood Diamond (2006)
I don't know why or how this hasn't been taken. I'd have taken it a few rounds earlier only for I forgot about it. Basically, if you haven't seen this film, go out and get it. It won't disappoint. One of my favourite films, like, ever! Both Di Caprio and Hounsou are great in this. Really great story.

 

[tradepeja]

Training Day is amazing. I need to watch it again...

 

[D-Mass]

Fembots!! I decided my island needs some mojo, so...

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery - (1997)

Other people might be tempted to take one of the Mini-Me episodes, but the first one is the best in my opinion. In the later films, the variety of characters took too much attention away from Austin and Dr. Evil. As someone who grew up watching James Bond flicks, I loved how so many details were based on those films. Great cameos, too. Saw it in the theater when it came out and I can't think of too many times when I've laughed harder. Love every minute of it...

 

[NoBonus]

NoBonus selects: National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)

I select the queen mother of comedy road movies, National Lampoon's Vacation (1983). Chevy Chase, Randy Quaid, Anthony Michael Hall as Rusty (the one and only true Rusty; curse the imitators!), Beverly DeAngelo, Christie Brinkley and the movie was written by John Hughes (yeah, that John Hughes). This movie is so strongly embedded in my soul I find myself referring to family members as various members of the Griswold family. Seriously, who can forget Aunt Edna or her ill-fated dog? or the Family Truckster?

Cousin Vicki: I'm going steady, and I French kiss.
Audrey: So, everybody does that.
Cousin Vicki: Yeah, but Daddy says I'm the best at it.

 

[tradepeja]

NoBonus selects: National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)

Picture and description coming tomorrow.

Now it all makes sense. You're much less observant than I once thought

 

[NoBonus]

Now it all makes sense. You're much less observant than I once thought

Huh?

 

[Jerryaki]

still not at the halfway point, so i think i'll be going with a good blockbuster and also round out my romance genre at the same time. and what a blockbuster it was:

titanic - 1997

i'll never let go jack!!! very well-made film, it blended the story of jack and rose with the historical occurrences of the maiden voyage of the titanic very seamlessly. it seemed like a very authentic look into 1912, and all the little touches served to make the story that much richer.

from wiki:
Titanic is a 1997 romance film directed, written, produced and edited by James Cameron about the sinking of the RMS Titanic. It features Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt Bukater, two members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the ill-fated 1912 maiden voyage of the ship. The main characters and the central love story are fictional, but some supporting characters (such as members of the ship's crew) are based on real historical figures. Gloria Stuart plays the elderly Rose, who narrates the film in a modern day framing device.
Production of the film began in 1995, when Cameron shot footage of the real wreck of the RMS Titanic. He envisioned the love story as a means to engage the audience with the real-life tragedy. Shooting took place at the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh for the modern scenes, and a reconstruction of the ship was built at Playas de Rosarito. Cameron also used scale models and computer-generated imagery to recreate the sinking of the ship. Titanic became the most expensive film yet made in inflation unadjusted dollars, costing approximately US$200 million with funding from Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox.
Originally slated to be released on July 2, 1997, post-production delays pushed back the film's release date to December 19, 1997. After word broke out that Titanic's release date was pushed back, the press believed that Titanic would fail and cause the downfall of Fox and Paramount. Despite low expectations, the film was both a critical and commercial success, tying with All About Eve for the most Academy Award nominations, at 14. The film won 11, including the Academy Award for Best Picture, and became the highest-grossing film of all time, with a total worldwide gross of approximately $1.8 billion (it is the sixth-highest grossing in North America once adjusted for inflation).

 

[Warhawk]

I select the queen mother of comedy road movies, National Lampoon's Vacation (1983). Chevy Chase, Randy Quaid, Anthony Michael Hall as Rusty (the one and only true Rusty; curse the imitators!), Beverly DeAngelo, Christie Brinkley and the movie was written by John Hughes (yeah, that John Hughes). This movie is so strongly embedded in my soul I find myself referring to family members as various members of the Griswold family. Seriously, who can forget Aunt Edna or her ill-fated dog? or the Family Truckster?

Nice pick. It was on my list as an alternate.

 

[NoBonus]

Nice pick. It was on my list as an alternate.

I am really surprised it did not go sooner; I mean c'mon!

Catherine: 'This little one holding onto my skirt is Daisy-Mabel.'
Clark: 'Well, how old are you little one?'
Eddie: 'Uh, she was born without a tongue, Clark. But don't you worry about her--she can whistle like a bird and eat like a horse!'

 

[Warhawk]

I am really surprised it did not go sooner; I mean c'mon!

Catherine: 'This little one holding onto my skirt is Daisy-Mabel.'
Clark: 'Well, how old are you little one?'
Eddie: 'Uh, she was born without a tongue, Clark. But don't you worry about her--she can whistle like a bird and eat like a horse!'

I actually had Christmas Vacation on my list first, as I like that one more. When it went, Vacation was an alternate, depending on how many others on my list got taken first.

 

[NoBonus]

I actually had Christmas Vacation on my list first, as I like that one more. When it went, Vacation was an alternate, depending on how many others on my list got taken first.

Christmas Vacation? With that cheap, imitation Rusty?

 

[LoungeLizard]

After Training Day went I realized I needed a Denzel movie. I also need a war movie for my island. So I killed two birds with one stone and picked Glory.

Glory - 1989


A very good film that I have not seen in quite a while. For whatever reason its not one of those movies that runs on TNT/TBS every so often like so many others. This is THE film that they show in 8th/9th grade when you learn about the civil war. (atleast it was when I went through) Denzel is great in this movie (oscar for best supporting actor) and Morgan Freeman is also very good.

 

[GoGoGadget]

Words cannot express how thoroughly I hated Titanic. That being said, I am somewhat surprised that it lasted so long.

Also, Glory is a great pick up. Not on my list, because of my self-imposed rule of only picking movies that I already own, but one of my very favorite films. As I've gotten older and a bit more critical of films, I've noticed countless flaws in that one (some acting quirks, overly melodramatic story issues, etc.), but I still love it. If it's on cable, you can bet I'll be stuck in front of the TV until it's over (and I'm crying).

 

[NoBonus]

Words cannot express how thoroughly I hated Titanic. That being said, I am somewhat surprised that it lasted so long.

Sort of a double edged sword, Titanic, some people just loved this movie to death; others hated this movie so much... I remember watching it at a staff party at someone's in-home theater. I left the in home theater and began playing a pinball game... but was quickly scolded and told the game was too loud and I needed to go sit back down... it was more like torture than I care to think about... being forced by my bosses to watch every sappy second of that film. Never again.

 

[tradepeja]

If its not obvious by now who my favorite actor is, let me make it more obvious.

The Fugitive - 1993

With amazing performances by Ford and Tommy Lee Jones, this stands still and remains as one of the best thrillers since Hitchcock. Ford plays Dr. Richard Kimble, a man accused of violently murdering his wife. Through all of the famous chase scenes and searing dialogue between Jones (who plays Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard) and Ford, we see how far a man will go to prove he is innocent. There's plenty of twists and a whole new plot that surfaces half way through the film that just makes the whole thing monumental. I can't go on my island without it.

 

[LoungeLizard]

If its not obvious by now who my favorite actor is, let me make it more obvious.

The Fugitive - 1993

With amazing performances by Ford and Tommy Lee Jones, this stands still and remains as one of the best thrillers since Hitchcock. Ford plays Dr. Richard Kimble, a man accused of violently murdering his wife. Through all of the famous chase scenes and searing dialogue between Jones (who plays Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard) and Ford, we see how far a man will go to prove he is innocent. There's plenty of twists and a whole new plot that surfaces half way through the film that just makes the whole thing monumental. I can't go on my island without it.

Love The Fugitive and damn near made this my previous pick. I figured this would go soon. This is another one of those movies that I always get sucked into watching when its on TV.

Speaking of Harrison Ford, one of the most torturous movies I ever sat through starred Harrison Ford. (1999) I'm generally a fan too, but man this one was awful. (Withholding title just in case someone is thinking about it, though I doubt it)

 

[Bricklayer]

Yep was on my list, probably not for a few rounds though, so it was going to have to slip.

 

[Monty'sBiggestFan]

After much inner debate about three movies on my list, one I felt I better take soon, one I think I should maybe take soon and one I want now but probably can wait another round or two to take. I have decided to go with option #1 and take this one.

Purple Rain – 1984

http://www.cinemashelter.com/i/c/106461_3.jpg

Sure…this wasn’t the best theatrical release ever…but since I lost out on this soundtrack on music island, why not double dip here and get a bonus. There is a MBF family story to tell about this movie, but I’ll save it. This movie is cheesy, but repeatedly watchable cheesy and its all about the music. I watched it again for the umpteenth time recently and I swear there were (cheesy) scenes from this movie that I didn’t remember…I guess from one of the previous umpteenth times I had seen this movie. My favorite non music related scene has to be him in the dressing room with the puppet. I have several music related scenes to claim as favorites – when he rips into “Beautiful Ones” , when he rips into “Purple Rain” – the circumstances that set those performances up worked. I still to this day get a little uncomfortable like Apollonia does during the former and still to this day get a little teary-eyed during the latter. Those scenes framed my reaction and attachments to those songs.

But it’s all about the music and if I’m going to take a Prince album masquerading as a movie, I may as well take the best movie of his bunch. Add in Morris Day and the Time...a little "Jungle Love" and Jerome? That's a double bonus on the music ledger

 

[Bricklayer]

You were under absolutely no threat wahtsoever from me on that one MBF.

 

[Monty'sBiggestFan]

You just probably psychological forced me to take it instead of the other two movies I wanted...I will be eyeing your next two picks veeeeeeeeeeery carefully as a result sir...

 

[Bricklayer]

Serenity (2005)

After all of the dreadful soullessness of the Star Wars prequels, this clever little cult fav helped put the fun back into space and gets me back to my action hybrid stride after taking some time off to work on horror/chick flick/serious flick niches. Set in a grunged up future with both Old West and Far East overtones, and peppered with classic Joss Whedon (Buffy etc.) dialogue, its incredibly entertaining, and the rare space/scifi epic which doesn't get swallowed by special effects. Taking this here might be an unnecessary reach, or it might be a saavy gamble. Its hard to tell. This is a movie that 75% of the drafters here may not have seen, but that could well be high on the lists of one or more Whedon fans who have seen it. But as one of my current favorite pieces of entertainment, and one of those that I was having a hard time imagining a good replacement for, not going to risk it.

 

[LoungeLizard]

Serenity (2005)

After all of the dreadful soullessness of the Star Wars prequels, this clever little cult fav helped put the fun back into space and gets me back to my action hybrid stride after taking some time off to work on horror/chick flick/serious flick niches. Set in a grunged up future with both Old West and Far East overtones, and peppered with classic Joss Whedon (Buffy etc.) dialogue, its incredibly entertaining, and the rare space/scifi epic which doesn't get swallowed by special effects. Taking this here might be an unnecessary reach, or it might be a saavy gamble. Its hard to tell. This is a movie that 75% of the drafters here may not have seen, but that could well be high on the lists of one or more Whedon fans who have seen it. But as one of my current favorite pieces of entertainment, and one of those that I was having a hard time imagining a good replacement for, not going to risk it.

Vaguely remember when this movie was released. Count me as one of the 75% who have not seen it. After reading your critique and reading up at IMDB I will have to check this one out.

 

[Jerryaki]

Sort of a double edged sword, Titanic, some people just loved this movie to death; others hated this movie so much...

i'm ambivalent towards it mostly (more like it than dislike it, though), but figured that this draft will ultimately be voted on. i'm hoping to snag the "people who like it!" demographic.

although this is a basketball board, so perhaps i should've thought that strategy through...

 

[Warhawk]

Serenity (2005)

After all of the dreadful soullessness of the Star Wars prequels, this clever little cult fav helped put the fun back into space and gets me back to my action hybrid stride after taking some time off to work on horror/chick flick/serious flick niches. Set in a grunged up future with both Old West and Far East overtones, and peppered with classic Joss Whedon (Buffy etc.) dialogue, its incredibly entertaining, and the rare space/scifi epic which doesn't get swallowed by special effects. Taking this here might be an unnecessary reach, or it might be a saavy gamble. Its hard to tell. This is a movie that 75% of the drafters here may not have seen, but that could well be high on the lists of one or more Whedon fans who have seen it. But as one of my current favorite pieces of entertainment, and one of those that I was having a hard time imagining a good replacement for, not going to risk it.

@$$%^#@#@$$@#^^%&&^*$@#%@$#. Dammit Brick, you had to take it, didn't you....

Call it a saavy gamble on your part and leave it at that.

 

[GoGoGadget]

Serenity (2005)

Despite being a Buffy/Angel nut and having this film recommended to me countless times (including by you on more than one occasion), I'm embarrassed to admit that I still haven't seen it.

Methinks it may be time to move it up in my Blockbuster queue.

 

[tradepeja]

I remember coming home with the DVD of Serenity all ready to be blown away and I was fully disappointed. I'm not sure, maybe I need to watch it a second time, because I sure didn't get what was so good about it the first run through. Maybe it was just too high expectations.

 

[Löwenherz]

Well even though certain people did not bother to PM me, *ahem*, I can tell by the draft board that I am up next, so I'm going.

We're even

Now on to my pick and it's a good thing my island is deserted ...

That way, no one will hear me scream.

Alien - 1979

I'm going with a bit of a strategy pick here, as I've noticed my island is seriously lacking in Sci-Fi and Horror (unless you count Jurassic Park, which is a stretch) so I figured I'd take a cinematic juggernaut for both genres.

And as an added bonus, I may not be able to bring with me two personal favorites in Gladiator and Blade Runner, but I do get their director.

Ridley Scott paid homage to and reinvented the horror film with Alien, mixing the old standbys of claustrophobia and xenophobia, adding big budget (for the time, look ma no CGI) effects, all while taking the lessons learned from JAWS and keeping his Alien largely lurking in the shadows.

And of course there's Ripley: the kick-butt, lone survivor (besides Jones ) who fights, rather than runs and screams, her way to freedom.

Welcome to the island Ripley.

 

[D-Mass]

Serenity (2005)

Not only have I not seen it, I'm pretty sure I've never heard of it...is that bad?

 

[D-Mass]

Alien - 1979

Part 2 is on my island...better start building that boat...