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OT - The Boneyard Greatest Movie of All-Time Tournament

whaler11 said:
i dont know what they sold it on but that kiss isnt the good part.

selma blair is hotter then reese witherspoon? the hot takes around here lately are incredible
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Always had a thing for brunettes, don’t tell my wife.
 
superjohn said:
No, King based The Shining on the Stanley Hotel in Colorado. The outside of the hotel used in the film is the ski lodge on Mount Hood in Oregon.
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He took elements from both, "based on" was a bad choice of words. The Indian settlement and burial ground on Overlook and the name itself he clearly used for his book. As well as the Catskill Overlook was closed down for the winter and kept up by a caretaker.
 
One that sticks out to me now and that I regret not including in my list of near misses is The Fountain. It’s almost an indescribable film, I don’t know how Aronofsky keeps getting funding for his flicks.
 
Warriors
The Wiz
Goodfellas
Mad Max
Brave Heart
Beloved
Live and Let Die
12 years a slave
My Bodyguard
The Fifth Element
Revenge of the Nerds
Excalibur
The Skeleton Key
 
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'nuff sed said:
16 is tough

I will go with a “preview reel” of coming attractions and then offer a double feature of 2 fav’s

Previews:
  1. The “USS Indianapolis” scene from Jaws
  2. Any Marx Brothers
  3. The “you’re a lowdown yankee liar” gunfight from Shane
  4. The “that breaks all bargains” scene from The Quiet Man
  5. A Renee Montgomery Clip from “Not my Favorite Christmas”
  6. The “Firecracker dance” from Holiday Inn
  7. Any Cary Grant
  8. Garland’s “Over the Rainbow”
  9. “Make my day” from Eastwood
  10. Any Charlie Chan
  11. Any Thin Man

    Then 1st feature:

    It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

    2nd main feature:

    Casablanca
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This sort of reminds me of that scene in Trains Planes and Automobiles where they're on a bus singing and Steve Martin starts singing "Three coins in a fountain", everyone just looks at him puzzled for a second, then John Candy breaks into "Flintstones meet the Flintstones" and the party resumes.
 
Surprised that several movies I would think would be in the Boneyard wheelhouse are missing:
Scarface (someone had to have listed this but I don't see it),
A Bronx Tale
The Graduate
The Longest Yard (original with Burt Reynolds}
The Sting
The Professional
Total Recall (Arnold shoots Sharon Stone in the head "Consider dat a divorce")

Some that I dont think would appeal to most but still surprised no one mentioned:
As Good as it Gets
Somethings got to give
It's Complicated
Saturday Night Fever (surprisingly has held up really well)
The Flamingo Kid
Breakfast at Tiffany's

Cult Films:
Brazil
Heathers

Documentaries:
Hoop Dreams

For anyone else who slogged through this whole thing - a lot of great films have been mentioned, what else is missing ?
 
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storrsroars said:
Aaargh... there's one I forgot. I watched it on a lark one night not knowing much about it. Was blown away.
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Yes, me too. I saw it in the theater when it first came out, but I knew nothing about it at the time. Not sure I can think of any other movie that keeps you on the edge of your seat for the entire movie, none stop, starting after the first 15 minutes or so of setting the stage.
 
No Donnie Brasco, Boyz n the Hood, Carlito's Way? Also really surprised I'm the only one who mentioned Heat, I though everyone loved that movie. Manhunter is another Michael Mann classic. To Live and Die In LA. City of God, one of the best movies ever made and maybe the biggest omission The French Connection.
 
Top 4
Almost Famous
Animal House
Dazed and Confused
Empire Strikes Back

The rest in no particular order:
Chasing Amy
The Breakfast Club
Mallrats
Cool Hand Luke
The Blues Brothers
Pulp Fiction
The Usual Suspects
True Romance
Bull Durham
Slap Shot
Stripes
Kingpin
Boogie Nights
 
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superjohn said:
No Donnie Brasco, Boyz n the Hood, Carlito's Way? Also really surprised I'm the only one who mentioned Heat, I though everyone loved that movie. Manhunter is another Michael Mann classic. To Live and Die In LA. City of God, one of the best movies ever made and maybe the biggest omission The French Connection.
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Heat is mediocre at best.
 
superjohn said:
No Donnie Brasco, Boyz n the Hood, Carlito's Way? Also really surprised I'm the only one who mentioned Heat, I though everyone loved that movie. Manhunter is another Michael Mann classic. To Live and Die In LA. City of God, one of the best movies ever made and maybe the biggest omission The French Connection.
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Heat is my #1. Yet to be topped. I don’t think there will ever be an action scene that can beat the bank heist.

City of God is a truly amazing sprawl of a film, was in my cut list.
 
KingConn said:
Top 4
Almost Famous
Animal House
Dazed and Confused
Empire Strikes Back

The rest in no particular order:
Chasing Amy
The Breakfast Club
Mallrats
Cool Hand Luke
The Blues Brothers
Pulp Fiction
The Usual Suspects
True Romance
Bull Durham
Slap Shot
Stripes
Kingpin
Boogie Nights
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I saw Chasing Amy at a GLBT film fest in Raleigh when it first came out. They sold beers in glasses.

It’s really good but in that context it was great.
 
It's A Wonderful Life
The Wizard of Oz
To Kill A Mockingbird
Saving Private Ryan
The Sting
Gravity
The Lovely Bones
The Birds
Close Encounters
Jaws
The Godfather
Blade Runner
Summer of 42
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
On The Beach
 
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Steel Magnolias
Under the Tuscan Sun
Bridget Jones Diary
Bridges of Madison County
Terms of Endearment
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
27 Dresses
Letters to Juliet
The Time Travelers Wife
The Princess Diaries
Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood
PS I love You
Dirty Dancing
What to expect when you're expecting
Sex in the City
 
huskiesNhoos said:
Point break
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Watching it right now on Sundance.

Patrick Swayze was such a versatile actor.

So was Gary Busy.

Maybe a top 10 Keanu Reeves flick. Johnny Utah was cool but how does this compare to John Wick, Speed or the Matrix movies??
 
Mano said:
Eh, they sold that movie on a single kiss. Selma Blair is hotter anyway.
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This made me throw up in my mouth a little. Thank god for different tastes, otherwise we’d all be going after the same women...
 
Chin Diesel said:
Maybe a top 10 Keanu Reeves flick. Johnny Utah was cool but how does this compare to John Wick, Speed or the Matrix movies??
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Crushes every one except the Matrix....which was groundbreaking in so many ways.

The amount of unintended cheese in Point Break is off the charts. Just perfect in every way.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Watching it right now on Sundance.

Patrick Swayze was such a versatile actor.

So was Gary Busy.

Maybe a top 10 Keanu Reeves flick. Johnny Utah was cool but how does this compare to John Wick, Speed or the Matrix movies??
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Keanu Reeves- probably the nicest guy in Hollywood and it's worst actor, well next to Marky Mark.
 
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weyuo said:
It's A Wonderful Life
The Wizard of Oz
To Kill A Mockingbird
Saving Private Ryan
The Sting
Gravity
The Lovely Bones
The Birds
Close Encounters
Jaws
The Godfather
Blade Runner
Summer of 42
10
Raiders of the Lost Ark
On The Beach
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Did anyone mention "Gone with the Wind", "Wuthering Heights", "Peyton Place", "From Here to Eternity", "A Place in the Sun", "The Ten Commandments", or John Ford's "The Hurricane"?

Prior to 1960 all were mentioned on any all time great movies list.
 
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superjohn said:
Keanu Reeves- probably the nicest guy in Hollywood and it's worst actor, well next to Marky Mark.
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Wahlberg has no range, but IMO he's gotten quite good within his limited niche. Not including hamburgers.
 
intlzncster said:
Crushes every one except the Matrix....which was groundbreaking in so many ways.

The amount of unintended cheese in Point Break is off the charts. Just perfect in every way.
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Earlier in the afternoon I was watching original Avengers and having Tony Stark calling Thor Point Break is a perfect line.
 
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