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#1481 Re: GNRevolution Madness » GnREvolution Movie Madness II - Discussion and Results Thread » 867 weeks ago
Jesus Christ, that 2000s bracket is NOT impressive at all. I can't hardly believe not one foreign film made it in. That's sad. Fuck, Oldboy destroys half that list easily. So does Audition.
Finding Nemo?? Forgetting Sarah Marshall?? Old School?? Are you kidding me? Who's smoking crack here?
Those Batman and Kill Bill films really bog down that bracket as well, but I'm not shocked the Batman films made it in.
Tarantino has got some nutswingers here that's for sure. All his major movies but Jackie Brown and Reservoir Dogs made it in.
Cant complain too much about the 90s bracket. All those films are solid and I could see any of them making it to the final four. However, Schindler's List not getting in but Groundhog Day did qualify is a cosmic joke. I bet God is even laughing at that.
The 80s bracket is pretty weak to be honest. Some great films got in, but how in the fuck did The Princess Bride and Airplane get in? Way too many classics got left out. Stand By Me should have been a lock. Interesting that Elm Street is the lone representative of 80s slashers in this tourney.
I cant believe Wonka got in(again) and Texas Chainsaw Massacre is NOT in. That is insane. I don't understand the hate that movie gets here. Films like Deliverance and Marathon Man deserved a spot as well.
I was going to do that too but there weren't any nominated. I think Gladiator is pretty weak. I'm a huge Murray fan but Groundhog Day doesn't really do it for me. Too bad most of the better films from the 2000s are either foreign or smaller/not as publicized films.
#1482 Re: GNRevolution Madness » GnREvolution Movie Madness II - 2000's Nominations » 868 weeks ago
Oldboy
Battle Royale
Up in the Air
Nine Queens
Mystic River
The Game (Korean film not to be confused with the Douglas film)
Paris
Changeling
The Dark Knight
Sky High
Lost in Translation
From Hell
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Match Point
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Michael Clayton
The Prestige
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Bourne Ultimatim
Munich
The Time Traveler's wife
Pan's Labyrinth
#1483 Re: GNRevolution Madness » GnREvolution Movie Madness II - 90's Nominations » 868 weeks ago
Night on Earth
Rushmore
Heat
LA Confidential
The Game
Seven
Fight Club
Basic Instinct
Falling Down
Silence of the Lambs
Unforgiven
In the Line of Fire
Back to the Future Part II
Leon: The Professional
Terminator II
Braveheart
Blue
Queen Margot
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Clueless
Heavenly Creatures
Delicatessen
#1484 Re: The Sunset Strip » 'Alice' takes in $116.3 million in the US » 868 weeks ago
I didn't really liked it. I was excited for it but...... I wasn't overly impressed by it. Visiually it was ok but I didn't like Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter at all and I hated the story which is basically a sequel to the original. Lame. It had none of the wonder of the original story. Alice went through Wonderland as if nothing suprised her. I'd give it a 5/10 It's definately not a positive "reboot" of a timeless classic. the sad part now though is an entire new generation of kids will think this is the story of Alice in Wonderland when it's so not.
Like you said Stacey in the "most recent movie" thread they should've made two movies. remake the original one first and then do this one as a follow up but with some tweaks and new things. All they did was use the same old stuff from the original and through it into a weaker story. I mena this was marketed as and titled "ALICE IN WONDERLAND" yet she seems so unimpressed by any of it. Almost as if she's Alice in Standardland.
This movie might've been good had it nothing to live up to but it did so in my opinion it failed and it's gonna conitune to fail for an entire new generation of kids who's parents will show them this movie first ripping them of from experiencing the true Alice in WONDERLAND.
I saw this last week and thought it was a big pile of shit. I agree with your point that they should have done a straight remake with the story. There haven't been that many versions of the film made; so its not like they're remaking something that came out recently.
It's kinda disappointing that they left out the psychedelic/ counterculture stuff from the story. But I guess that's to be expected since it's a disney film.
I just didn't think that the film was that interesting as just a movie to pass the time. It was extremely predictable.
#1485 Re: GNRevolution Madness » GnREvolution Movie Madness II - 80's Nominations » 869 weeks ago
Year of the Dragon
The Untouchables
Willow
Ghostbusters
Back to the Future
Hannah and Her Sisters
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Princess Bride
The Terminator
Raising Arizona
Cinema Paradiso
Excalibur
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Beetlejuice
#1486 Re: The Garden » The 2009 NFL Season Thread » 869 weeks ago
Jake Delhomme--luckiest man in America. Not only does he get 7 million this year from Cleveland but the Panthers also owe him 12+ million this year, which is guaranteed unlike other cap cuts. So Delhomme turns into an interception machine in 2009 and gets 19 million for his "efforts."
Delhomme had Tommy John surgery a few years ago and has probably lost a lot of zip on his passes. That and the combination of the brutal Cleveland winter isn't a good combination.
If they wanted a stopgap guy, Daunte Culpepper was still available and could have signed for less than 7 million and he still has a reasonably strong arm. I think the Browns have seen enough of Brady Quinn to realize he sucks. I watched a couple of games he played and he was pretty awful.
#1487 Re: GNRevolution Madness » GnREvolution Movie Madness II - 70's Nominations » 869 weeks ago
The Day of the Jackal
The Silent Partner
The Driver
Diamonds are Forever
The French Connection
Le Cercle Rouge
The Sting
#1488 Re: The Sunset Strip » Dexter (Spoiler Alert) » 882 weeks ago
My predictions are Dex and his Sister have a falling out and Rita gets killed.
That might be likely as I've read that the season finale is controversial and might offend some viewers. But I'm glad they are finally moving on with the Debra-CI plotline as that interesting plotline has been stuck in neutral for most of the season.
#1489 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Duff finally writing an autobiography. » 882 weeks ago
I think that the stuff from 1993 onward will be interesting because it'll give a clearer picture about how the old band disintergrated. I'll be a little sceptical of some of the 1985-1992 purely because he was high and drunk during those days (just like Slash). It doesn't mean I won't enjoy the book. I think it'll be interesting to hear Duff's take on the Slash goes to Axl's house in 2005 incident too.
Duff has always been fair to both Axl and Slash so he'll give an unbiased account of what went down. I'm also interested in his endeavors outside of music and that should be good to read as well.
#1490 Re: The Sunset Strip » Dexter (Spoiler Alert) » 883 weeks ago
Yeah, I caught up too. The last 3 eps have been very good, aside from the Angel/Laguerta stuff, which I hate. Lithgow is far better than Jimmy Smits was last year. I love how he can switch from nice charming guy to menace in a few seconds.
