Tropical Island Video Vault Draft - ROUND 20 - FINAL ROUND

Bricklayer

Bricklayer

Don't Make Me Use The Bat
#481
#481
Superman said:
This is a sports board, right? Time for a sports movie...

With the 94th pick in the 2011 TDOS Tropical Island Video Vault Draft, Superman's Super Movie Lineup selects:

Remember the Titans (2000), directed by Boaz Yakin

We will be perfect in every aspect of the game. You drop a pass: you run a mile. You miss a blocking assignment: you run a mile. You fumble the football, and I will break my foot off in your John Brown hind parts ... and *then* you will run a mile. Perfection! Let's go to work.

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Alas, I would have kicked that coach's *** clear across Virginia if he tried to make me run a mile for missing a block. :)
 
William Blake

William Blake

Bench
#484
#484
Glenn said:
This is a movie about the insanity of the Viet Nam War. I think that's one way of making sense out of the chaos and the improbable aspects of this movie. I have talked with enough Viet Nam vets to know that this is of course an exageration of the bizarreness but not as far from the truth as we would hope. These guys were scared all the time and coped as best they could. Coppola captured the essence of the war so if you want a movie that makes logical sense, don't watch this one, but then doesn't that describe the war?

This was Laurence Fishburne's first role at age 16. He was attending an arts high school and had to miss their grand yearly production because he was busy making a movie.
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Inspired by one of my favourite books, Conrad's Heart of Darkness.
 
Dime Dropper

Dime Dropper

All-Star
#488
#488
Have to say I thought this would be long gone given it's influence, director (or auteur) and rating on IMDB. I'll happily take this one for my island. One of Hitchcock's masterpieces, made with a pretty low budget and offering a very good performance from Anthony Perkins. Also pretty worried that Larry89 may have this one in mind given his apparent knowledge of older movies.



Psycho

This one was hugely influential. In affect, it was the first movie in which the main character was murdered around the halfway point of the film. It was also the first in which the audience was not shielded from the gore and horror of such a murder. Essentially, the bond between the audience and protagonist was broken. This was new and had not been done in the classical period of film.

Enough of the analysis. It's a very good film with an eerie portrayal of Norman Bates.
 
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Larry89

Larry89

Disgruntled Kings Fan
#491
#491
I will select..

Catch Me If You Can (2002) PG-13




and how about a nice curveball..

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) PG




My favorite "animated" movie ever, of all time.
 
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Dime Dropper

Dime Dropper

All-Star
#492
#492
My next pick:



Crash
Won an oscar in 2004. This might just be my favourite movie ever, or at least right up there. The cast is great, and the script and screenplay is fantastic. Cheadle is excellent as always, as is Terrence Howard (my favourite movie of his to date). A lot of great performances.

It's a clever story, weaved together while largely avoiding the cliche's and stereotypes (or playing on them). I also love the colour and tone of the movie. It's relaxing, and I think the soundtrack is great. Personally I could watch this over and over and not get bored. I took a chance waiting this long to nab it, but I'm glad I did.
 
Bricklayer

Bricklayer

Don't Make Me Use The Bat
#494
#494
Dime Dropper said:
My next pick:



Crash
Won an oscar in 2004. This might just be my favourite movie ever, or at least right up there. The cast is great, and the script and screenplay is fantastic. Cheadle is excellent as always, as is Terrence Howard (my favourite movie of his to date). A lot of great performances.

It's a clever story, weaved together while largely avoiding the cliche's and stereotypes (or playing on them). I also love the colour and tone of the movie. It's relaxing, and I think the soundtrack is great. Personally I could watch this over and over and not get bored. I took a chance waiting this long to nab it, but I'm glad I did.
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Well any movie with Brendan Frasier in it = pure win. :)
 
Jespher

Jespher

Starter
#499
#499
Just in case I need to reinforce my man card, I need a few popcorn scarfing action flicks to wet my palate, and this next film does the trick. Here's another superhero genre film that is palpable to mature audiences, funny, suspenseful, satirical, and classy while also self deprecating. Plenty of gore/violence to appease my testosterone fueled binges, and a touch of humanity to suck me in; powered by a fun storyline, great camera work, and dynamic action sequences. Without further ado, with my 7th pick I select:

Kick-A$$ (2010)




Also...casting McLuvin' as a superhero/villain was comic brilliance!
 
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Capt. Factorial

Capt. Factorial

ceterum censeo delendum esse Argentum
Staff member
#500
#500
Jespher said:
I have to run. I'll update the write-up a bit later tonight, but I needed to pick something lively so we can keep this draft moving along. Without further ado, with my 7th pick I select:

Kick-A$$ (2010)
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Nice pick. I hadn't decided yet, but there was a very good chance that didn't fall past my next pick. Now does that make my next decision easier, or harder? Hmm.
 
Capt. Factorial

Capt. Factorial

ceterum censeo delendum esse Argentum
Staff member
#501
#501
Superman said:
How does crap like that get made? Holy smokes...
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Oh, you haven't lived until you've seen a Debbie Gibson/Tiffany catfight through the catering. How does it get made? Because people will watch it on TV in order to mock it mercilessly. And they play down to the mocking audience. Win-win.
 
RookieOfTheDay

RookieOfTheDay

Starter
#503
#503
I'm going with a somewhat underrated/overlooked film, Glengarry Glen Ross. As far as great dialog goes, this ranks right up there with Pulp Fiction for me. It’s also full of great performances from an amazing cast.

 
Bricklayer

Bricklayer

Don't Make Me Use The Bat
#504
#504
RookieOfTheDay said:
I'm going with a somewhat underrated/overlooked film, Glengarry Glen Ross. As far as great dialog goes, this ranks right up there with Pulp Fiction for me. It’s also full of great performances from an amazing cast.

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That movie has an amazing cult following. I actually saw it based entirely on an enthusiastic recommendation from the guy who picked it last draft. Barely even knew the name before that, but after having seen it, it seems obvious it must have been a stage play put to film.
 
pdxKingsFan

pdxKingsFan

So Ordinary That It's Truly Quite Extraordinary
Staff member
#505
#505
Damn Kick *** was the one movie made within the past few years I was seriously considering. Love Hit Girl. I just got in for the night and will be back shortly with my next pick.
 
pdxKingsFan

pdxKingsFan

So Ordinary That It's Truly Quite Extraordinary
Staff member
#506
#506
Capt. Factorial said:
Oh, you haven't lived until you've seen a Debbie Gibson/Tiffany catfight through the catering. How does it get made? Because people will watch it on TV in order to mock it mercilessly. And they play down to the mocking audience. Win-win.
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Isn't it made by the same company (Asylum) that makes movies with very similar names and storylines to the blockbusters that hit DVD the same week the big movie hits the theater? Genius.
 
pdxKingsFan

pdxKingsFan

So Ordinary That It's Truly Quite Extraordinary
Staff member
#507
#507
Ok, gonna grab my personal favorite Arnie flick. There are 2 or 3 others I might actually rate ahead of this one, but for my money this was the perfect mix of action and humor with a plot that seems disgustingly more realistic with each passing day.

The Running Man - 1987
While Arnie rightfully receives top billing the other reason I love this one so much is because of the great cast. Dick Dawson steals the screen almost every time he gets on it, and even has the perfect retort to the trademark "I'll be back" catchphrase - "Only in a re-run". The movie also features pro-wrestlers Jesse Ventura and the Professor Toru Tanaka, along with Jim Brown, Erland van Lidth de Jeude (as Dynamo, turning in another memorable performance of which he had about 3) and Dweezil Zappa of all people. The reality tv and heavily edited fake news are becoming all too persistent so give this movie some credit for a vision of the not too distant future as well. Plus its just plain fun and doesn't run longer than it needs to which for me is key to rewatchability.
 
Löwenherz

Löwenherz

Starter
#508
#508
Bricklayer said:
That movie has an amazing cult following. I actually saw it based entirely on an enthusiastic recommendation from the guy who picked it last draft. Barely even knew the name before that, but after having seen it, it seems obvious it must have been a stage play put to film.
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Yes it was - affectionately called "Death of a (eff-ing) Salesman" :)

One significant change though was the addition of Alec Baldwin's part. Good move there.

I also picked it up because of the last draft. Glad I did. Coffee's for closers.
 
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uolj

uolj

Starter
#509
#509
It's funny, I don't have a lot to say about a lot of these films because I haven't seen many of them in years. But something about them just sticks with me and I'm pretty sure I want them on my island. Here's another in that vein...


The Hunt for Red October (1990)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099810/

 
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Bricklayer

Bricklayer

Don't Make Me Use The Bat
#510
#510
uolj said:
It's funny, I don't have a lot to say about a lot of these films because I haven't seen many of them in years. But something about them just sticks with me and I'm pretty sure I want them on my island. Here's another in that vein...


The Hunt for Red October (1990)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099810/

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That was a late round pick for me last time, not because I actually watched it all the time, but just because it was a damn high quality piece of Cold War entertainment and when I saw it dangling I could not resist.
 
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