Bruce Almighty said:

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I liked Crash and Chicago, though neither were best picture worthy. The problem is that in both years, the selections were weak.

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I'll have to finally watch Chicago in the near future... forgot all about that one. My last question for that one - does it have Richard Gere or John C. Reily gutturally singing Roxanne a la Moulin Rouge?

I was bored senseless with Chicago...but that may have just been me.

Prime0882 said:

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Bruce Almighty said:

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I liked Crash and Chicago, though neither were best picture worthy. The problem is that in both years, the selections were weak.

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I'll have to finally watch Chicago in the near future... forgot all about that one. My last question for that one - does it have Richard Gere or John C. Reily gutturally singing Roxanne a la Moulin Rouge?

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No they both have one really specific song that is their moment.

John C. Reilly is a bumbling buffoon and sings his as a sad pathetic clown - "Mr. Cellophane" - because he is invisilble and pushover in his wife's schemes.

Richard Gere as a a slimy but showy lawyer has a great number called "Razzle Dazzle" about wowing and swaying the jury and the media really with his showmanship. It's done really well.

While neither are necessarily great singers, the songs fit them and the characters and the production value of both numbers is really great - interspersed with scenes of plot development.

90% of the songs are for the female main roles and Catherine Zeta Jones is nothing short of incredible as Velma Kelly she deservedly won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar. Renee Zellwegger was also surprisingly good to me - she was nominated also. And Queen Latifah was also nominated for supporting role as the prison warden.

As musicals go it's a great movie production - better than the stage version imho which is not often the case.

I will try to roll out the 2000s bracket on Monday, but with Sunday being Father's Day, no guarantees. My wife is already wondering where Ghost of Girlfriends Past is going to be seeded.

That could lead to a fantastic write-in poll where you list movies that you watched solely for the purpose of acquiring sex afterwards. Leave the poll open for 3-4 days and see which movies come out on top (pun intended).

MuckRaker96 said:

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That could lead to a fantastic write-in poll where you list movies that you watched solely for the purpose of acquiring sex afterwards. Leave the poll open for 3-4 days and see which movies come out on top (pun intended).

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Do porn movies count as real movies? Asking for a friend...

MuckRaker96 said:

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That could lead to a fantastic write-in poll where you list movies that you watched solely for the purpose of acquiring sex afterwards. Leave the poll open for 3-4 days and see which movies come out on top (pun intended).

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For some reason The Thomas Crown Affair has worked wonders in that department for me in the past.

Chipotlemonger said:

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Yes just like I figured, indecisive. Don't hate on people choosing their favorite movie when you can't even decide on one for yourself.

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I must have missed where I hated on people for deciding what their favorite movie was. I didn't even hate on people who decided that their favorite movie was Shawshank. All I did was provide my opinion about on the movie (saying it is good but not getting the hype). Others have expressed that same opinion.

Also, I didn't realize the rules for critiquing movies. I guess you have to have a definitive #1 in order to have an opinion at all, so my apologies. I'll spend the next 48 hours pouring over every movie I've ever watched in order to decide. Once that is done, I'll return to the thread.

MuckRaker96 said:

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The Dog Lord said:

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caleblyn said:

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I love me some Tombstone, but to beat out Shawshank? There was some shanannigans going on with the voting!

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I'll be very honest: Shawshank is good, but I've never understood the "OMG GREATEST MOVIE EVER!" praise. I was disappointed to see Silence of the Lambs lose to it previously since I think it had a shot at winning the whole thing.

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So what is your OMG GREATEST MOVIE EVER?

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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Next topic.

But seriously, that's part of the fun of this, having to decide what your personal criteria are. I had to take Jurassic Park over The Matrix last round because Jurassic Park is just that good, but I can also totally see the argument for Matrix.

For Tombstone vs Shawshank I kind of went the opposite. Shawshank is undoubtably a great film, but Tombstone has so many moments and characters that still sit with me two decades later.

The Dog Lord said:

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Chipotlemonger said:

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Yes just like I figured, indecisive. Don't hate on people choosing their favorite movie when you can't even decide on one for yourself.

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I must have missed where I hated on people for deciding what their favorite movie was. I didn't even hate on people who decided that their favorite movie was Shawshank. All I did was provide my opinion about on the movie (saying it is good but not getting the hype). Others have expressed that same opinion.

Also, I didn't realize the rules for critiquing movies. I guess you have to have a definitive #1 in order to have an opinion at all, so my apologies. I'll spend the next 48 hours pouring over every movie I've ever watched in order to decide. Once that is done, I'll return to the thread.

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Take your own advice, Sergeant Hulka.

Going to close the polls tonight, gotta go get the kids from summer camp in the a.m.

One margin is 55%-45% right now.
The other is 73%-27%.


Braveheart and Golden Eye tied with 100% of the vote each.

MuckRaker96 said:

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One margin is 55%-45% right now.
The other is 73%-27%.

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The Final
#1 Jurassic Park 55% vs. #2 Tombstone 45%

The Consolation Final
#3 The Shawshank Redemption 73% vs. #7 Office Space 27%

Great gif response

Ol Jock 99 said:

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MuckRaker96 said:

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One margin is 55%-45% right now.
The other is 73%-27%.

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The Final
#1 Jurassic Park 73% vs. #2 Tombstone 27%

The Consolation Final
#3 The Shawshank Redemption 55% vs. #7 Office Space 45%

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Despite what I said earlier about Shawshank, I'm shocked it didn't do better against Office Space.

The Dog Lord said:

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Despite what I said earlier about Shawshank, I'm shocked it didn't do better against Office Space.

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I wonder if there was a reaction against it because so many were predicting it to walk away with the competition.

Now we need Jurassic Park vs Braveheart

Ag Since 83 said:

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That is a weird teaser trailer. A film about geology and lab work, woohoo!

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I remember that teaser trailer vividly. It was fantastic to me but of course I had read the book. So I was really pumped for it. I was a huge Crichton fan.

I don't recall having seen that teaser trailer previously. I must say, I really enjoyed that. It gave you just a bit of information but didn't really show anything you'd see in the movie itself. It gave me a vibe of the original trailer for Alien, that showed this egg that splits open and a yellowish light comes out to the tune of some God-awful-sounding screech.

I devoured the book in a night a few months after seeing the film, and loved it but I'm glad I saw the movie first. There were a few really great pieces of the book (the old man being truly evil, the way they were tracking the number of dinos on the island, the bigger thematic references to chaos and life finding a way) that I think would have bothered me had I read them first then not seen them in the film.

And if anyone is a fan of the movie and not read the book, do it. It's a super easy read and really adds some depth to the movie.

Ag Since 83 said:

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That is a weird teaser trailer. A film about geology and lab work, woohoo!

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We went as a family to see it opening weekend. When TRex attacked the smaller versions of adults and ate the lawyer, we were shocked. No one knew there was such a large suspense/horror element. My younger cousin had to be taken out of the theater for part of it. I was old enough to be ok. I sat there and loved every bit of the movie.