I’ve got my list still to come in. I started Get Carter, but then my son woke up from his nap halfway through, and I had to record the rest. Will try to finish that one up today.Looks like I am sitting at only 13 lists.
Thought there were more old farts than that 'round these parts.
List ranking@El Floppo - Just making sure - you assigning points, or you just want me to go down the list as is?
Sounds good. I haven't seen Krista's yet either, so I assume that one is coming in too.I’ve got my list still to come in. I started Get Carter, but then my son woke up from his nap halfway through, and I had to record the rest. Will try to finish that one up today.
Same as I've done every time.
my guess:Is this the first time there aren't enough trashy teen comedies or subpar movies for by_the_sea to give a list?
I hate you all.I watched a couple from the 50s, and one I really didn't dig at all, but I will wait to talk about it more in a couple days when we fire that thread up.
Is it too soon to start talking '84, @krista4?
I know, it was more an because I always forget what the point distribution is b/c I think you are the only one that does it that way.Same as I've done every time.
Add points to Wonka if I didn't hit 20 picks or if something isn't deemed 1971
I could do 1930s as well, and went through a silent movie era phase in college. So, I could come up with a list for that as well (and think that one would be a decent amount of fun, as I used to love talking about that, and is probably why my college years were also known as my single years).Age has nothing to do with it for me, as these movies are older than me but I still sent in a list. Heck, you could put up a 1930's category and I could come up with a list.
@Binky The Doormat -just verifying that you have mine.
It's nice to know the special care you take to read, caress, and keep my lists.@Binky The Doormat -
This is twice now, are you just trolling me?
Here is who I have lists from (16):
Mr. Mojo, Todem, Shuke, Dr. Oct, Keith R, Sullie, Simey, Wikkid, Yankee23, Ilov80s, Cold Dead Hands, Eephus, El Floppo, Don Q, Landrys Hat, Me.
The first rule of FFA Movie Poll, is we don't follow rule #1.It's nice to know the special care you take to read, caress, and keep my lists.
A simple scroll back will remind you. Use the one with A Clockwork Orange.
ETA: It's a 4.5 page thread dude. Geez.
schmanks.The first rule of FFA Movie Poll, is we don't follow rule #1.
The second rule of FFA Movie Poll is.... WE DON'T FOLLOW RULE #1.
Found it - and added you in.
I gave it points but not as many as you didBy the way, Brian's Song is still one of two movies that make me cry every damn time. The second will be revealed when we get to whatever year it is. But holy hell, Brian's Song is really not that great a movie, but I had to put it up there because of that.
That’s a great way to describe most of Peckinpah’s work#15 70pts
5/-
THE WORST FILM I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!!
The plot is simply all over the place because it has no real plot. The dialog is absolutely awful and the characters behavoir is so absurd you would assume neither could ever have found success in love or career.
The rape scene is simply twisted and disturbing being the wife actually half wants the sex from the first guy and puts up a feeble fight though enjoys it an unbuttons his pants!! ...the second man however undoubtedly rapes her. There really is no point to this scene other than to try to convey a woman can be forced into sex while enjoying it??!? I MEAN WTF IS THAT?!!?!
From this point in the film we go into a tale spin of chaos and nonsense.
There was no point to this film WHATSOEVER!!!!
This is THE worst film I have ever scene.
I am dumbfounded anyone could think tis film brilliant OR entertaining.
What half ###### sicko could like this movie?!
BLAH!
STRAW DOGS
What is this even attempting to say?#14 71pts
4/-
If ever a movie needed the MST3K treatment
Apparently I'm stupid because according to the consensus vote on this movie I should have liked it. This could quite possibly be the worst piece of trash (next to teh Blair Witch Project) that I've forced myself to watch in the history of ever. 20 minutes into the movie I was wanting the lead character to be roadkill. If there ever was a guy who was more than a woman behind the wheel this was the guy. "Oh no, I'm doing 70 on a straight-away in the middle of nowhere!" I strongly advise anyone considering watching this movie to take the 90 minutes or so and spend them doing something wiser which shouldn't be hard to do since anything aside from taking a potato peeler to your own skin would be less painful than watching this big steaming pile.
DUEL
The Wild Bunch is great, though.That’s a great way to describe most of Peckinpah’s work
Yeah and I do like some of his movies. However, they tend to be violent to the point of being almost psychotic. I assume he was a totally crazy guy.The Wild Bunch is great, though.
Oh GFY you heartless soulless politics forum tough guy.#16 65pts
6/-
Don't Waste Your Time
This low-budget, made-for-television film from the early 70's reminds me again (painfully) why I don't "do" sports movies very often. The characters are little more than clichés in a script that is so loaded with clichés that it is amazing it doesn't sink under its own weight into the oblivion of never-never land. The screenplay by William Blinn is loaded with schmaltzy, corny scenes that are little more than feeble attempts to draw cheap tears from the audience. This type of film might appeal to jocks whose hat size is larger than their IQ, but the thinking person will avoid this movie like the plague and won't wont dare to let it contaminate their DVD. A better bet is the sports movie "Rudy."
BRIAN'S SONG
Love. This is one of the first movies where I was aware that the cinematography and sound design had a physical effect on me. Vilmos is the man.#12 81pts
7/1
Somebody wake me when this thing is over
Dull, boring, uninteresting moodfest/snore-a-thon. Does for Westerns what "2001" did for Sci-fi. If you like movies for their artistic "vision" then by all means. But if you believe movies should be designed to entertain then you may want to take a pass on this overhyped turkey. Not even Warren Beatty can salvage this anti-movie. I'm sure Fellini would have liked it though. Just plain awful.
MCCABE & MRS. MILLER
Allen has some total stinkers among the 400 movies he's directed but I think Bananas is the weakest of his early comedies.#7 107pts
7/-
Wasn't funny at all! 1/10
Review: This has to be Woody Allens worst film!
BANANAS
Insanity that this isn’t even in the top 10.#12 81pts
7/1
Somebody wake me when this thing is over
Dull, boring, uninteresting moodfest/snore-a-thon. Does for Westerns what "2001" did for Sci-fi. If you like movies for their artistic "vision" then by all means. But if you believe movies should be designed to entertain then you may want to take a pass on this overhyped turkey. Not even Warren Beatty can salvage this anti-movie. I'm sure Fellini would have liked it though. Just plain awful.
MCCABE & MRS. MILLER
It's kind of a polarizing film. Altman loved to upend genre rules and no genre is more convention-bound than the Western. Beatty seems to inhabit 1971 as much as he does 1871 and his character is hardly heroic. But the film looks like how I imagine the West really was a lot more than the idealized vistas of Ford or Leone.Insanity that this isn’t even in the top 10.MCCABE & MRS. MILLER
Where did you put it?It's kind of a polarizing film. Altman loved to upend genre rules and no genre is more convention-bound than the Western. Beatty seems to inhabit 1971 as much as he does 1871 and his character is hardly heroic. But the film looks like how I imagine the West really was a lot more than the idealized vistas of Ford or Leone.