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I married into a family that loves A Christmas Story, having seen it maybe once sometime in my childhood. My wife isn't super super into it, but she likes it okay. Her parents make sure it's on every year, though. They also will always stop and leave Forrest Gump on when it's on, so there's that.
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ALFbrot posted:I married into a family that loves A Christmas Story, having seen it maybe once sometime in my childhood. My wife isn't super super into it, but she likes it okay. Her parents make sure it's on every year, though. If Crash didn't exist Forrest Gump would be the worst movie to ever win Best Picture.
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Oct 26, 2017 19:03
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I love A Christmas Story and put the TBS marathon in the background every year. It's the must unapologetically honest depiction of what Christmas means to a kid. Nothing to do with religion, generosity, or any sentimentality. It's about doing all you can to get that awesome toy you're obsessed with.
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Oct 26, 2017 19:04
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Thought this was a pretty good interview with the guy who runs the Ankler: http://www.weeklystandard.com/the-ankler-interview-hollywood-is-dying-and-not-even-star-wars-can-save-it/article/2010165 quote:The tone for the past five years or so has very much reminded me of the mood you'd get around newsrooms 15 years ago, when if newspaper people were told that no one under 40 was reading the papers, they'd just harumph that “It's about time someone explained to those whippersnappers how great newspapers actually are!” And I can see this all working out for the studios similar to how losing a couple generations of readers worked out for newspapers.
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Oct 26, 2017 19:09
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Skwirl posted:If Crash didn't exist Forrest Gump would be the worst movie to ever win Best Picture. So you’ve seen every Best Picture winner, huh?
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Oct 26, 2017 19:15
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Super Fan posted:So you’ve seen every Best Picture winner, huh? I've seen most of the ones made after I was born. I'm willing to concede that there are possibly other, worse films that also won Best Picture, but Forrest Gump is still a really terrible movie.
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Oct 26, 2017 19:19
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The Hurt Locker sucks, it just sucked less than Avatar.
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Oct 26, 2017 19:21
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Super Fan posted:So you’ve seen every Best Picture winner, huh? Its not paritculalry hard to do with even a modicum of dedication. And its arguably Greatest Show on Earth thats the weakest best picture winner but drat does it have a sumptuous amount of circus action. Edit: I dont care for the Hamlet adaptation that won in 48 but thats personal taste since I dont really like Hamlet in general. Films fine. Barudak fucked around with this message at 19:25 on Oct 26, 2017 |
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Oct 26, 2017 19:23
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Wings sucks. It doesn't even have Timothy Daly
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Oct 26, 2017 19:29
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Shakespeare in Love? Also people have less money to go around these days, cant afford to go to theaters much
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Oct 26, 2017 19:37
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Tars Tarkas posted:DC announced a stand-alone Deathstroke movie, Joe Manganiello is still going to star as him despite his role in the The Batman movie and the Justice League movie apparently not happening any more. Why should you care? Because Gareth Evans will be the director! Isn't it common for these superhero movies to change directors out of nowhere and/or go through last minute reworking of large chunks of the movie due to corporate meddling? I can't see getting excited about a superhero movie just because of a director.
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Oct 26, 2017 20:26
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BJPaskoff posted:Isn't it common for these superhero movies to change directors out of nowhere and/or go through last minute reworking of large chunks of the movie due to corporate meddling? I can't see getting excited about a superhero movie just because of a director. People get excited whenever Joss Whedon gets attached to something 
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Oct 26, 2017 20:29
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Skwirl posted:If Crash didn't exist Forrest Gump would be the worst movie to ever win Best Picture. Nah. Forrest Gump is goofy and dumb and fun. It's a little too saccharine in places and a little too melodramatic in others, but it's got a lot of merit. It's just not a prestige picture and shouldn't have been sold as one.
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Oct 26, 2017 20:31
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Middlebrow movies should win more awards, as should low brow.
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Oct 26, 2017 20:53
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Forrest Gump isn't terrible, I do think part of the appeal at the time was inserting Tom Hanks into historical moments, but it's more of a movie about time than anything else. It's basically a ~40 year slice of life
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Oct 26, 2017 20:58
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still waiting on the forrest gump sequel adaptation hURRY HANKS
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Oct 26, 2017 21:41
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It’s a loveletter to boomers.
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Oct 26, 2017 21:42
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Powaqoatse posted:It’s a loveletter to boomers.
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Oct 26, 2017 21:45
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FilthyImp posted:Bingo. "Hey this literal Special Person lucked into a bunch of historical things. Don't you remember being part of them too? How magical you all are!" It's also both racist and sexist as hell.
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Oct 26, 2017 21:49
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Skwirl posted:It's also both racist and sexist as hell. Powaqoatse posted:It’s a loveletter to boomers.
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Oct 26, 2017 21:53
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Skwirl posted:I've seen most of the ones made after I was born. I'm willing to concede that there are possibly other, worse films that also won Best Picture, but Forrest Gump is still a really terrible movie. So you’ve only seen a fraction of them, but Gump is still the worst of the best picture winners. C’mon man. (the worst is Going My Way)
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Oct 26, 2017 22:39
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Punkin Spunkin posted:still waiting on the forrest gump sequel adaptation I would pay good money to see the incredibly awful book sequel made into an actual movie starring old man Tom Hanks. I mean - Gump becomes a janitor in a strip club - Plays for the New Orleans Saints - Invents New Coke - Tries to solve the energy crisis with a pig poo poo plant - Takes part in Iran-Contra - Becomes a stock market millionaire - Moves to Alaska and crashes the Exxon Valdez - Kickstarts the destruction of the Berlin Wall with a literal punt - Captures Saddam Can you even imagine?
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Oct 26, 2017 22:39
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That's easy, just make it David S. Pumpkins' backstory
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Oct 26, 2017 23:00
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Powaqoatse posted:It’s a loveletter to boomers. I think it was penismightier or HUNDU who said it's cinema's equivalent to "We Didn't Start the Fire."
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Oct 26, 2017 23:36
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We Didn’t Start the Fire is a great song. I don’t see a problem
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Oct 26, 2017 23:44
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Going back to Best Pictures, I'd also say that Braveheart hasn't aged that well. Of course this is with the benefit of having experienced 2006 to present Mel Gibson. I went through the list of winners and 1976 is the year of which I've seen the most of the winner and nominees. The only one I haven't seen was Bound for Glory.
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Oct 26, 2017 23:55
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Super Fan posted:We Didn’t Start the Fire is a great song. I don’t see a problem It gets all the hate It's the End of the World As We Know It oddly eschews.
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Oct 27, 2017 00:02
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Tars Tarkas posted:That's easy, just make it David S. Pumpkins' backstory Yeah, I just realized that was Hanks last night, I still have no idea what that is about or why it exists
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Oct 27, 2017 00:05
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Iron Crowned posted:Yeah, I just realized that was Hanks last night, I still have no idea what that is about or why it exists It was an SNL skit from last year about this time that blew up.
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Oct 27, 2017 00:23
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:I love A Christmas Story Yes. Every time I hear Peter and the wolf I laugh now.
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Oct 27, 2017 00:24
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I would pay good money to see the incredibly awful book sequel made into an actual movie starring old man Tom Hanks. It reads like the plot of Epic Movie or something.
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Oct 27, 2017 00:25
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joylessdivision posted:It was an SNL skit from last year about this time that blew up.
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Oct 27, 2017 00:25
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FlamingLiberal posted:I watched it a few weeks ago and I still don’t get why that blew up I can say the same about SNL viewership
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Oct 27, 2017 00:30
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Casimir Radon posted:Going back to Best Pictures, I'd also say that Braveheart hasn't aged that well. Of course this is with the benefit of having experienced 2006 to present Mel Gibson. Art Carney winning Best Actor for Harry & Tonto set off a cascade of questionable Oscar snubs that continues to this day.
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Oct 27, 2017 00:32
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FlamingLiberal posted:I watched it a few weeks ago and I still don’t get why that blew up Tom Hanks is apparently popular with millennials I guess? I thought it was kinda funny.
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Oct 27, 2017 00:35
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The worst best picture winner is Crash. I'm surprised the question is even controversial.
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Oct 27, 2017 00:39
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pospysyl posted:The worst best picture winner is Crash. I'm surprised the question is even controversial. The Great Zeigfield, How Green was My Valley, An American in Paris, and Annie Hall were all worse
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Oct 27, 2017 00:42
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Annie Hall is bad, but it doesn't beat out Crash. Watching Crash is a completely embarrassing experience, but Annie Hall is just annoying and not funny. An American in Paris is mostly mediocre, but it does have the Gershwin score going for it. I haven't seen Zeigfield or How Green is my Valley, though, so I'll have to take your word for those.
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Oct 27, 2017 00:52
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King’s Speech and Slumdog Millionaire are very overrated IMO.
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They're all trash!
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