OT - The Boneyard Greatest Movie of All-Time Tournament

[NH Husky]

I don't think I've seen Blotto but my father insists that the best movie in the history of cinema is Laurel & Hardy's "Sons of the Desert". I've watched it several times - it's pretty great.

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“Isn’t that a DARB!”

 

[Jaker]

Kelly's Heroes

ok Barbara

 

[uconndoit]

“Isn’t that a DARB!”

Lol - nice!

She said 'where are you from?', i said 'los angeles', she said 'what part?', and I said 'all of me!' bwahahahahaha!

 

[uconndoit]

"...and nobody's any the wiser!"

There are so many classic quotes and scenes from Sons of the Desert.

 

[NH Husky]

Lol - nice!

She said 'where are you from?', i said 'los angeles', she said 'what part?', and I said 'all of me!' bwahahahahaha!

I could watch that scene a million times and I’d still bust out laughing. They were absolute geniuses.

“If you go downstairs I’ll tell Betty I caught you smoking a cigarette. Would ya?”

 

[Yardigan]

Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail

 

[huskyrob1]

I could watch that scene a million times and I’d still bust out laughing. They were absolute geniuses.

“If you go downstairs I’ll tell Betty I caught you smoking a cigarette. Would ya?”

Never saw it, but want to now. "It's a Gift" was a good one too.

 

[uconndoit]

I could watch that scene a million times and I’d still bust out laughing. They were absolute geniuses.

“If you go downstairs I’ll tell Betty I caught you smoking a cigarette. Would ya?”

Hahahaha - yeah it's a treasure trove of comedy gold.

The physical comedy is amazing too.

 

[jibsey]

Wife was talking about Cohen's testimony today and his role as a "fixer", and I immediately thought of a movie I will watch every single time it's on, but which I didn't include on my list: Michael Clayton. Tom Wilkinson was amazing in that. And I love the final confrontation scene between Swinton and Clooney.

Michael Clayton and The Verdict are both favorites of mine. That kind of quality doesn’t come around that often, and for Hitchcock Rear Window and Vertigo.

 

[Robertelamin]

Let’s wrap this up @Mano brackets due tomorrow.

 

[Waquoit]

Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail

 

[weyuo]

"...and nobody's any the wiser!"

There are so many classic quotes and scenes from Sons of the Desert.

Sons of the Desert was a real classic but my favorite Laurel and hardy films were (previously mentioned) Blotto and The Music Box. Watching those two trying to deliver a piano made me laugh so much my stomach hurt.

Side Note: There was a Laurel and Hardy fan club out in Somers, CT but I believe they disbanded or merged with another "tent". Laurel & Hardy fan clubs

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Having given up on the idea of going out to the 11:30 showing of Clockwork Orange at Criterion in New Haven tonight, I'm now watching it on Netflix. Still great.

 

[uconndoit]

Oh that's interesting - when we first moved to CT in 1986 we moved to Westport because my dad was working for IBM in Somers. I'll have to ask if he knew about that.

 

[whaler11]

Oh that's interesting - when we first moved to CT in 1986 we moved to Westport because my dad was working for IBM in Somers. I'll have to ask if he knew about that.

I’m pretty sure you didn’t move to Westport for a job your father got in Somers CT. They are like an hour and 40 minutes from each other on a good day. Plus IBM... Somers NY.

 

[uconndoit]

I’m pretty sure you didn’t move to Westport for a job your father got in Somers CT. They are like an hour and 40 minutes from each other on a good day. Plus IBM... Somers NY.

Yeah he worked in Somers NY - I didn't notice it said CT.

 

[Mano]

Let’s wrap this up @Mano brackets due tomorrow.

I vowed when I started this to try and confine the proceedings to UConn days off. As I am a slave to principle, it will be Monday at the earliest now.

 

[zymurg]

While we wait; are films as important as they were in the past. Are we looking at another form of art where the best days are behind us?

 

[storrsroars]

While we wait; are films as important as they were in the past. Are we looking at another form of art where the best days are behind us?

They can be. But few people are going out of their way to make any as if it's not a comic book film or a Pixar, it's not doing boffo box office, thus funding is difficult.

 

[huskyrob1]

While we wait; are films as important as they were in the past. Are we looking at another form of art where the best days are behind us?

Is John Steinbeck's book, "The Grapes Of Wrath" any less important now than since they made the movie?

 

[weyuo]

was just thinking about actors of today and yesterday. To me George Clooney stands out as one of the better ones now a days. Here's a pretty good list of just films he's been in:

Oh' Brother, Where Art Thou?
The American
Michael Clayton
Gravity
Three Kings
Oceans Eleven
Syriana
Tomorrowland
The Perfect Storm
The Monuments Men

 

[Waquoit]

Out of Sight
Up In the Air
The Descendants
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

 

[emac]

My favorites

The Shawshank Redemption
The Godfather 1
The Godfather 2
Goodfellas
Inception
Seven
A few good men
It’s a wonderful life
Memento
Full metal jacket
Toy Story
The Dark Knight
Casino
The Wolf of Wall Street
Saving Private Ryan
Top Gun
Interstellar
Alien
Star Wars
Lord of the Rings
Sicario

 

[RF79]

Die Hard
Braveheart
Avengers 1
First Captain America
Avengers Infinity War
Bad Boys
Usual Suspects

 

[huskyrob1]

Out of Africa