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One of my favorite movies of all time. Sellers's performance is a top ten for me.
Movie Hindsight 2020
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Year End Movie Review Roundup!!! (for postings in 2020 only)
Mano:
Total movies watched: 63
1917, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Joker, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Hustlers, Midsommar, Ad Astra, Zombieland: Double Tap, The Addams Family, Ready of Not, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Moon, Hellboy, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Ford v Ferrari, Parasite, Enemy, 6 Underground, Doctor Sleep, Jojo Rabbit, Pokemon Detective Pikachu, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Onward, Knives Out, Terminator: Dark Fate, Midway, Abominable, Spies in Disguise, Uncut Gems, Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker, Noelle, Trolls World Tour, Greta, Dora and the Lost City of Gold, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Free Solo, Stuber, Sonic the Hedgehog, Birds of Prey, Like a Boss, The Hunt, The Invisible Man, Downhill, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Missing Link, Hamilton, Scoob!, The Adjustment Bureau, The King of Staten Island, An American Pickle, Class Action Park, Wind River, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Tenet, Fatman, The Midnight Sky, Gemini Man, Last Christmas, Hoosiers, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Soul, Wonder Woman 1984
2020 Top 5:
1) 1917
2) Wind River
3) Tenet
4) Soul
5) Ad Astra
Just Missed:
Ford v Ferrari, Doctor Sleep, Parasite, Jojo Rabbit, Eurovision Song Contest
@nwhoopfan
Total movies watched: 73
Her Alibi, The Art of Racing in the Rain, Zombieland: Double Tap, Terminator: Dark Fate, Jojo Rabbit, Midway, The Outcasts, Charlie's Angels, Midsommar, 21 Bridges, Gemini Man, Dear Albania, Level 16, Overlord, Feast of the Seven Fishes, Code 8, Ford v Ferrari, Little Women (2019), Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, The Gentlemen, The Night Before, Bloodshot, Time Lapse, Carolina, The Magic of Belle Isle, Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Birds, Miss Minoes, Little Women (1994), Princess Caraboo, Marrowbone, Rip Tide, A.C.O.D., Red Knot, My Spy, The Reading Room, Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable, Ride Like a Girl, Ballet Shoes, Guns Akimbo, Banana Split, The First Time, Monsoon, Vivarium, The Black Hole, The November Man, Waking Madison, Operator, Ways to Live Forever, I Am Dragon, Say You Will, Chemical Hearts, Armenia Uncovered, To the Stars, Stuck in Love, A Good Old Fashioned Or G, Take Care, Buffaloed, Little Birds, Our Blood is Wine, Jumanji: The Next Level, The Lie, Lone Star State of Mind, Archive, Enola Holmes, Rebecca, Erased, Carrie Pilby, All the Bright Places, Lost Girls, A Girl Like Her, The Hunt
@Dove
Total movies watched: 63
It Come at Night, Rattlesnake, Rocky Balboa, Joker, El Camino, Midsommar, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Ad Astra, The Big Sick, Smokey and the Bandit, Creed 2, Richard Jewell, Rocketman, A Perfect World, The Decline, Aftermath, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, In the Shadow of the Moon, Light of My Life, Cat Fight, Airplane, Blinded by the Light, Making a Killing, Permanent, Glass, Yesterday, Night Hunter, The Platform, Red Sparrow, From Dusk Till Dawn, Manchester by the Sea, The Usual Suspects, The Next Three Days, Marrowbone, The Hunt for the Wilderpeople, The Invisible Man, The Lodge, The Wolf of Wall Street, Da 5 Bloods, The Irishman, The Meyerowitz Stories, The Pineapple Express, The Vast of Night, Vivarium, The Old Guard, Unsane, Bone Tomahawk, Becky, The Hunt, A Family That Fights, Warrior, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Dolemite is my Name, 6 Underground, Mine 9, Mississippi Burning, Arkansas, Hillbilly Elegy, The Christmas Chronicles, The Christmas Chronicle 2, The Nightingale, It's a Wonderful Life, Deck the Halls
@dbmill
Total movies watched: 25
Wild Rose, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Efficiency Expert, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Jojo Rabbit, Knives Out, The Cooler, My Neighbor Totoro, School of Rock, Midnight Special, The Devil Wears Prada, Win Win, Almost Famous, The Trip, The Way, Way Back, Donovan's Reef, King of California, Extra Ordinary, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Enough Said, The Lighthouse, The Color Out of Space, Ghost Town, Begin Again
@ZooCougar
Total movies watched: 13
Marriage Story, Pokemon Detective Pikachu, Ford v Ferrari, Knives Out, Jojo Rabbit, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Trolls World Tour, Grand Canyon, Greyhound, Fatman, Tenet, Hunter Hunter, Greenland
@HuskyHawk
Total movies watched: 10
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Joker, Scotch: A Golden Dream, Midway, 1917, American Gangster, Ford v Ferrari, Crooked House, Finding Forrester, Ghosts of War 2020
@nelsonmuntz
Total movies watched: 10
The Wiz, Savages, The Disaster Artist, Unstoppable, A Futile and Stupid Gesture, Palm Springs, Da 5 Bloods, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, The Current War, Mank
@Waquoit
Total movies watched: 10
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, The Aeronauts, Little Women, Knives Out, Uncut Gems, Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado, First Cow, Pick of the Litter, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Morning Glory
@zymurg
Total movies watched: 9
The Great Train Robbery, Twenty Feet from Stardom, Heathers, Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Advise and Consent, The Best Man, Official Secrets, Wild River, Curse of the Demon
@Deepster
Total movies watched: 8
Like a Boss, Peanut Butter Falcon, Jojo Rabbit, Saving Mr. Banks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Extraction, Uncut Gems, Greyhound
@8893
Total movies watched: 6
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, Judy, 1917, Peanut Butter Falcon, Jojo Rabbit
@storrsroars
Total movies watched: 6
Stand Up Guys, The Laundromat, The Old Guard, Mank, The Christmas Chronicles, The Christmas Chronicles 2
@Husky25
Total movies watched: 5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Rocketman, El Camino, Trolls World Tour, Let Him Go
@navery12
Total movies watched: 3
Knives Out, Murder Mystery, El Camino
@Deadrody
Total movies watched: 2
Midway, The Fate of the Furious
@Hey Adrien!
Total movies watched: 2
Palm Springs, The Beach Bum
@Jay-Bone
Total movies watched: 2
The Art of Self-Defense, Midsommar
@CL82
Total movies watched: 1
Annihilation
Mano:
Total movies watched: 63
1917, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Joker, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Hustlers, Midsommar, Ad Astra, Zombieland: Double Tap, The Addams Family, Ready of Not, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Moon, Hellboy, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Ford v Ferrari, Parasite, Enemy, 6 Underground, Doctor Sleep, Jojo Rabbit, Pokemon Detective Pikachu, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Onward, Knives Out, Terminator: Dark Fate, Midway, Abominable, Spies in Disguise, Uncut Gems, Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker, Noelle, Trolls World Tour, Greta, Dora and the Lost City of Gold, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Free Solo, Stuber, Sonic the Hedgehog, Birds of Prey, Like a Boss, The Hunt, The Invisible Man, Downhill, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Missing Link, Hamilton, Scoob!, The Adjustment Bureau, The King of Staten Island, An American Pickle, Class Action Park, Wind River, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Tenet, Fatman, The Midnight Sky, Gemini Man, Last Christmas, Hoosiers, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Soul, Wonder Woman 1984
2020 Top 5:
1) 1917
2) Wind River
3) Tenet
4) Soul
5) Ad Astra
Just Missed:
Ford v Ferrari, Doctor Sleep, Parasite, Jojo Rabbit, Eurovision Song Contest
@nwhoopfan
Total movies watched: 73
Her Alibi, The Art of Racing in the Rain, Zombieland: Double Tap, Terminator: Dark Fate, Jojo Rabbit, Midway, The Outcasts, Charlie's Angels, Midsommar, 21 Bridges, Gemini Man, Dear Albania, Level 16, Overlord, Feast of the Seven Fishes, Code 8, Ford v Ferrari, Little Women (2019), Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, The Gentlemen, The Night Before, Bloodshot, Time Lapse, Carolina, The Magic of Belle Isle, Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Birds, Miss Minoes, Little Women (1994), Princess Caraboo, Marrowbone, Rip Tide, A.C.O.D., Red Knot, My Spy, The Reading Room, Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable, Ride Like a Girl, Ballet Shoes, Guns Akimbo, Banana Split, The First Time, Monsoon, Vivarium, The Black Hole, The November Man, Waking Madison, Operator, Ways to Live Forever, I Am Dragon, Say You Will, Chemical Hearts, Armenia Uncovered, To the Stars, Stuck in Love, A Good Old Fashioned Or G, Take Care, Buffaloed, Little Birds, Our Blood is Wine, Jumanji: The Next Level, The Lie, Lone Star State of Mind, Archive, Enola Holmes, Rebecca, Erased, Carrie Pilby, All the Bright Places, Lost Girls, A Girl Like Her, The Hunt
@Dove
Total movies watched: 63
It Come at Night, Rattlesnake, Rocky Balboa, Joker, El Camino, Midsommar, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Ad Astra, The Big Sick, Smokey and the Bandit, Creed 2, Richard Jewell, Rocketman, A Perfect World, The Decline, Aftermath, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, In the Shadow of the Moon, Light of My Life, Cat Fight, Airplane, Blinded by the Light, Making a Killing, Permanent, Glass, Yesterday, Night Hunter, The Platform, Red Sparrow, From Dusk Till Dawn, Manchester by the Sea, The Usual Suspects, The Next Three Days, Marrowbone, The Hunt for the Wilderpeople, The Invisible Man, The Lodge, The Wolf of Wall Street, Da 5 Bloods, The Irishman, The Meyerowitz Stories, The Pineapple Express, The Vast of Night, Vivarium, The Old Guard, Unsane, Bone Tomahawk, Becky, The Hunt, A Family That Fights, Warrior, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Dolemite is my Name, 6 Underground, Mine 9, Mississippi Burning, Arkansas, Hillbilly Elegy, The Christmas Chronicles, The Christmas Chronicle 2, The Nightingale, It's a Wonderful Life, Deck the Halls
@dbmill
Total movies watched: 25
Wild Rose, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Efficiency Expert, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Jojo Rabbit, Knives Out, The Cooler, My Neighbor Totoro, School of Rock, Midnight Special, The Devil Wears Prada, Win Win, Almost Famous, The Trip, The Way, Way Back, Donovan's Reef, King of California, Extra Ordinary, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Enough Said, The Lighthouse, The Color Out of Space, Ghost Town, Begin Again
@ZooCougar
Total movies watched: 13
Marriage Story, Pokemon Detective Pikachu, Ford v Ferrari, Knives Out, Jojo Rabbit, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Trolls World Tour, Grand Canyon, Greyhound, Fatman, Tenet, Hunter Hunter, Greenland
@HuskyHawk
Total movies watched: 10
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Joker, Scotch: A Golden Dream, Midway, 1917, American Gangster, Ford v Ferrari, Crooked House, Finding Forrester, Ghosts of War 2020
@nelsonmuntz
Total movies watched: 10
The Wiz, Savages, The Disaster Artist, Unstoppable, A Futile and Stupid Gesture, Palm Springs, Da 5 Bloods, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, The Current War, Mank
@Waquoit
Total movies watched: 10
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, The Aeronauts, Little Women, Knives Out, Uncut Gems, Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado, First Cow, Pick of the Litter, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Morning Glory
@zymurg
Total movies watched: 9
The Great Train Robbery, Twenty Feet from Stardom, Heathers, Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Advise and Consent, The Best Man, Official Secrets, Wild River, Curse of the Demon
@Deepster
Total movies watched: 8
Like a Boss, Peanut Butter Falcon, Jojo Rabbit, Saving Mr. Banks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Extraction, Uncut Gems, Greyhound
@8893
Total movies watched: 6
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, Judy, 1917, Peanut Butter Falcon, Jojo Rabbit
@storrsroars
Total movies watched: 6
Stand Up Guys, The Laundromat, The Old Guard, Mank, The Christmas Chronicles, The Christmas Chronicles 2
@Husky25
Total movies watched: 5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Rocketman, El Camino, Trolls World Tour, Let Him Go
@navery12
Total movies watched: 3
Knives Out, Murder Mystery, El Camino
@Deadrody
Total movies watched: 2
Midway, The Fate of the Furious
@Hey Adrien!
Total movies watched: 2
Palm Springs, The Beach Bum
@Jay-Bone
Total movies watched: 2
The Art of Self-Defense, Midsommar
@CL82
Total movies watched: 1
Annihilation
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nwhoopfan
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I'm always amazed to see you take the time to compile everyone's list of reviewed movies during the course of the year. It's also interesting to look back and see what I watched. Thanks for doing this.
Waquoit
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I loved this movie.
Totally agree. I always look forward to the @Mano posting of the reviewed films, and always marvel that anyone takes the time to do it. My thanks as well.
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nelsonmuntz
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Being There could have completely gone off the rails if every performance was not perfect. Melvyn Douglas won an Oscar for best supporting actor, but I think Richard Dysart and Shirley MacLaine were really incredible.
Dysart's helpless incredulity as he realizes that Gardiner is a simpleton had to be perfect. Someone has to be in on the joke or the movie doesn't work, and Rand's doctor is the right person for that role. On the other hand, if he overdid it then then everyone else's inability to see through Gardiner would have become unbelievable. The scene in the bar with the lawyer that had thrown Chance out was incredible. The lawyer was convinced he had been hustled somehow, and Dysart had to communicate to the audience that he knew the truth without hamming it up. Dysart had to be pitch perfect, and he was.
Sellers hated the end credits scene, and I also think it is terrible. Why ruin a perfect movie with stupid outtakes?
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Nm, it’s up now. Recently Watched Movies 2021
Dove
Who wouldn't want to be me?
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SubbaBub
Your stupidity is ruining my country.
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I get it. The montage heavy, underdog pulls it out plot has been beaten to death since this movie came out. Anyone seeing it now for the first time or anyone who just wasn't spellbound by it the first time will find the themes dated.
Even the iconic, yes they are iconic, performances by Hackman and Hopper come across today as extreme overacting, especially Hopper.
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Hoosiers is a very good movie. There are some issues, such as the romance plot thread having almost no point in the movie, but the slice of life view of 1950's Indiana and the social critique about the warped worship of high school male athletes is still relevant today.
I have a theory about the movie having a whole other level. Objectively, Norman Dale is not a great coach. The team is not competitive without its best player, and Dale frequently makes bad moral and basketball judgments. Making Dennis Hopper the assistant was a terrible decision.
If you remember Myra Fleener's (Hershey's) speech: "They sit around for the rest of their lives talking about the glory days when they were 17 years old", and Dale responds "most people would kill...to be treated like a god for just a few moments." This is not a normal underdog story. This is a story about escape and opportunity. Neither Fleener nor Dale want to be in Hickory. Fleener has reached her peace with it, but Dale has clearly not.