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I always get that one mixed up with Crimson Tide for some reason.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
Have a pick coming up quickly and am realizing there are some decent flicks out there that I *think* should be going soon - wonder which way to go. Capt'n - hurry up!
Excellent pick up Capt. This is a personal favorite of mine that was on my list, a bit farther down than it should have been. Well playedFor my round 7 pick, I select The Royal Tenenbaums (2001, R).
OK, With my first pick, I'm going with a movie that asked the important questions:
Airplane
This draft is simply mind boggling!
When I saw the "self restriction rule" some of the players imposed on themselves I made to myself a list of 8 movies which were not selected in the previous draft. I thought surely (*) they will be gone by the 5th round. I check this draft, its the bottom of the 7th and NONE of the movies where picked...AMAZING!
(*) And don't call me Shirley...
This draft is simply mind boggling!
When I saw the "self restriction rule" some of the players imposed on themselves I made to myself a list of 8 movies which were not selected in the previous draft. I thought surely (*) they will be gone by the 5th round. I check this draft, its the bottom of the 7th and NONE of the movies where picked...AMAZING!
(*) And don't call me Shirley...
And yet another I had not heard of -- handy draft in that way.
And so, as I predicted with my Nostradamusesque seerlike abilities, my movie is still here for this pick. After I decided on it, I was getting antsy.
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The Thing (1982) R
Most of the movies off my list the first time I was willing to replace and move on. But this one...had a replacement in mind if necessary, but why? Simply put, I consider this the scariest movie ever made (and pretty much nothing scares me (cinematically at least)), bar none, and that opinion has not changed a bit in the last 4 years. Was getting a little nervous since it is once again drawing attention with a prequel movie due out this fall.
Also one of my favorite cream rises to the top stories -- The Thing was far ahead of its time and a complete flop in 1982, opening across from a mega movie with a completely different cuddly sort of alien that was all the rage. The critics panned it, audiences stayed away. But from the beginning it had its ardent fans, including a very young me who considered it the ultimate turn off the lights. watch it past midnight, and jump at your shadow treat. So it became a cult fave, and the cult grew, and grew, and as more and more people saw it by a decade later it was being called a classic, and now has long since become a staple of Top 10 All Time Horror film lists (indeed becoming so popular that not only was a remake of a box office flop planned, but the remake got turned into a prequel instead because the filmmakers considered John Carpenter's movie so perfect they refused to ruin it). Bleak and horrific in every way, from the complete isolation of its setting to the famously simple score, the special effects are legendary, but its the complete isolation and paranoia which take it to another level of great. Its the only true horor film that I have ever watched again, and again, and again.
And so, as I predicted with my Nostradamusesque seerlike abilities, my movie is still here for this pick. After I decided on it, I was getting antsy.
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The Thing (1982) R
Most of the movies off my list the first time I was willing to replace and move on. But this one...had a replacement in mind if necessary, but why? Simply put, I consider this the scariest movie ever made (and pretty much nothing scares me (cinematically at least)), bar none, and that opinion has not changed a bit in the last 4 years. Was getting a little nervous since it is once again drawing attention with a prequel movie due out this fall.
Also one of my favorite cream rises to the top stories -- The Thing was far ahead of its time and a complete flop in 1982, opening across from a mega movie with a completely different cuddly sort of alien that was all the rage. The critics panned it, audiences stayed away. But from the beginning it had its ardent fans, including a very young me who considered it the ultimate turn off the lights. watch it past midnight, and jump at your shadow treat. So it became a cult fave, and the cult grew, and grew, and as more and more people saw it by a decade later it was being called a classic, and now has long since become a staple of Top 10 All Time Horror film lists (indeed becoming so popular that not only was a remake of a box office flop planned, but the remake got turned into a prequel instead because the filmmakers considered John Carpenter's movie so perfect they refused to ruin it). Bleak and horrific in every way, from the complete isolation of its setting to the simple eerie score and famously nihilistic ending, the special effects are legendary, but its the complete isolation and paranoia which take it to another level of great. Its the only true horor film that I have ever watched again, and again, and again.
I select:
Napoleon Dynamite (2004) PG
To start the 8th, I will select:
Revenge of the Sith (2005) PG-13
You're crazy, you got 3 Star Wars flicks but you're missing the best oneTo start the 8th, I will select:
Revenge of the Sith (2005) PG-13