Been waiting on that one to get picked actually.
Tropical Island Video Vault Draft - ROUND 20 - FINAL ROUND
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RookieOfTheDay
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Looks like I finally snagged one that was on some folks radar, hehe. It's really hard to get a handle on where people are at in this thing.
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.
So am I the only one who didn't find this to be as funny as everyone else thinks it is? It's OK, but maybe my expectations were too high going in the first time I saw it or something.....
It sure seemed like when it came out I dealt with many of this little funny bits on a daily basis. I can imagine that if your work experiences differed it wouldn't be funny at all though.
I didn't think it was that funny the first time I saw it, but after I caught it on TV a couple times I started to pick up on a lot of small stuff that's just hilarious to me.
Jespher
Starter
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.
Dime Dropper
All-Star
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
RookieOfTheDay
Starter
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
Good pick. I only saw it once but loved it. Somehow I'd forgotten about it till now though.
RookieOfTheDay
Starter
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.
Nice pick. I thought about that one myself but it was a case of my having seen it just too many times and it losing something for me eventually.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
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.
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.
Dime Dropper
All-Star
Rookie, you've seen a scary amount of movies! Kudos to you.
RookieOfTheDay
Starter
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.
SacKings7
Starter
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
I still have no idea what happened in the last half hour of that movie. I'm gonna have to watch that one again soon. Definitely a good one though
SacKings7
Starter
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.
Good pick. Probably would've been gone if I had to be in this draft. Love the scene on the basketball court
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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.
William Blake
Bench
Was on the list of picks I sent to Warhawk
NoBonus
Starter
Was on the list of picks I sent to Warhawk
What are you trying to say... did warhawk bend the corner of the pick before he put it in the tumbler?
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Where Larry? He has the great honor of making the last pick of the first half of the draft, and the first pick of the second half of the draft...could the pressure have gotten to him. 
Larry89
Disgruntled Kings Fan
Dear sir the only pressure that has only gotten to me is the one that occurs in my bowls thank you very much.
I was deep in the unending catacombs of the Peter J. Shields library studying for my genetics final which I took earlier today..
and your mother was a historically inaccurate flapper.
I was deep in the unending catacombs of the Peter J. Shields library studying for my genetics final which I took earlier today..
and your mother was a historically inaccurate flapper.
Larry89
Disgruntled Kings Fan
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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RookieOfTheDay
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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
Two great picks there. I had both on my list as possibilities.
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I never really liked Blade Runner for some odd reason, I have the 5 disc with 5 cuts Blu-Ray and haven't really gotten around to see if it was just the Director's cut that I didn't like. But it always gets bumped down in my queue.
uolj
Starter
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.
Dime Dropper
All-Star
Bad Santa
Edit to come - can someone send a PM to supes, don't have the time.
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.
Larry89
Disgruntled Kings Fan
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.
Yes.. the Silo the ultimate in social-studying experience, guaranteed to get 90% of the things you wanted to study not done.
