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i have a long standing dispute w/ one of my sisters. STRIPES is her favorite movie of all time. for some reason she even loved it when she was like 9 years old. she also loved Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters 2 i would estimate that she watched those three movies about 100 times each. and that's like, probably being a bit conservative so, she always, always tries to tell me that Stripes is the best of the three. and i'm jsut like. i can't even with this child. the third act alone is just... i mean come on. i'm not crazy right? she's crazy right???
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May 2, 2022 00:51
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I think Stripes has higher highs. But that last part after they graduate is really bad.
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May 2, 2022 00:53
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I really like Ghostbusters but I freely admit Bill Murray did his damnedest to drag the whole thing down.
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May 2, 2022 00:55
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First half of Stripes you could make an argument but the second half really drags it down
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May 2, 2022 00:56
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Fentry posted:First half of Stripes you could make an argument but the second half really drags it down i think Murray did a lot of improv in those earlier scenes and that's why the first half is better "chicks dig me"
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May 2, 2022 00:57
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another one of my little sisters thinks that Ghostbusters 2 is the best, and, i don't know how to even address that opinion my third little sister does not care for any of them
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May 2, 2022 00:59
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Fentry posted:First half of Stripes you could make an argument but the second half really drags it down i dunno, i kinda think the opposite. the first half starts off entertaining with the foul mouthed drill sergeant and the fat marine who keeps loving up, but it gets pretty dark with all the bullying and ends with the psychotic breakdown and murder-suicide. it can be hard to rewatch when you know what's coming. the second half where they actually go to vietnam is much more interesting, and gets very intense at the end. but then it ends on sort of a bittersweet note, letting some of the tension out, with the marines singing the mickey mouse song as they march, while the narrator reminisces over dreams of marry-jane rottencrotch and reflects on the good fortune of still being alive. overall i think the movie is a masterpiece, and highly recommend it.
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May 2, 2022 01:06
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Eh I didn't like Stripes, I got half way through and turned it off.
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May 2, 2022 01:11
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drat, Bill Murray was 30 in stripes. I'm almost 40, and don't look as bad.
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May 2, 2022 01:13
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Happyimp posted:drat, Bill Murray was 30 in stripes. I'm almost 40, and don't look as bad. Sunscreen was not really popular or effective until the 80s and everyone used to smoke cigarettes first or secondhand.
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May 2, 2022 01:15
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No
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May 2, 2022 01:17
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ngl both films are sexist as heck in a way that I really didn’t expect
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May 2, 2022 01:20
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Stripes didn’t have ghosts in it, or any fantasy elements at all, so I hated it.
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May 2, 2022 01:31
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the pacing of stripes is all off. it starts out strong as gently caress and gains momentum then gets silly and falls apart at act 3 ghostbusters is perfect
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May 2, 2022 01:35
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precision posted:she also loved Ghostbusters 2 Opinion automatically invalidated, you win.
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May 2, 2022 01:40
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remember the band guster which has nothing to do with ghost busters? they suck
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May 2, 2022 01:42
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i just don't buy either of bill murray's characters being able to pull tail for ghostbusters or stripes. like there's no way he could have landed that chick (that ditches his rear end) in stripes.
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May 2, 2022 02:41
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All I know about Stripes is my friend as a kid says "his parents let him watch it" even though it's got tits in it he says "this is the part coming up" and all I remember about the movie is there is mud wrestling and tits in one part (also it's bad)
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May 2, 2022 02:44
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Pontificating rear end posted:All I know about Stripes is my friend as a kid says "his parents let him watch it" even though it's got tits in it Dave Thomas is good in that scene as the MC though.
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May 2, 2022 02:49
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Jose Oquendo posted:Dave Thomas is good in that scene as the MC though. The Wendy's guy?
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May 2, 2022 02:49
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Ghost blowjob or sex in a laundry hamper: which was more uncomfortable to watch with my grandmother?
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May 2, 2022 02:56
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Or Sigourney Weaver taking off her shirt to give Oscar a bath?
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May 2, 2022 02:57
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Bad Purchase posted:i dunno, i kinda think the opposite. this is a fuckin great take
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May 2, 2022 03:09
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I only saw Stripes after my older bother hyped the hell out of it. So maybe I went in with inflated expectations, but I was kind of meh on it. Ghostbusters is a classic though. Like there's probably a reason one is better remembered than the other.
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May 2, 2022 03:10
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I remember watching Stripes a few years ago and my main memory was it was interesting to see Harold Ramis in a non-ghostbusters role. Past that I can only remember I think John Candy was in it and Murray flirts with a woman by having her sit on a stove. Ghostbusters is fine and a classic but definitely not on the same level as 80s titans like Robocop, back to the future, or the thing. Whole lot more people talking in apartments and less blasting than you remember.
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May 2, 2022 03:53
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If you've watched a movie 100+ times, your opinion on it means less than that of someone who has never watched it once
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May 2, 2022 04:06
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no
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May 2, 2022 04:23
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Stripes certainly deserves credit for being one of the only movies with scenes that teenage boys wanted to watch for boobs that was also a movie worth watching for other reasons But yeah I definitely remember wondering why the movie was still going after the graduation part, even though the armored RV thing they end up with when out in the field definitely falls into the category of "coolest apocalypse vehicles" despite obviously not being an apocalypse movie
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May 2, 2022 04:36
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AKA Pseudonym posted:I only saw Stripes after my older bother hyped the hell out of it. So maybe I went in with inflated expectations, but I was kind of meh on it.  I only first saw Stripes as a twenty something and it was a passable comedy; nothing special. Ghostbusters will always be a great and dear movie to me, but that’s because I saw 1 and 2 in theaters and religiously watched The Real Ghostbusters.
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May 2, 2022 04:45
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Okay, let's throw wildcards into the mix: Spies Like Us. or Dragnet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht0XM4Z9CXs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT_QRKfv8H4
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May 2, 2022 05:04
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JediTalentAgent posted:Okay, let's throw wildcards into the mix: There are people who liked Dragnet?!?
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May 2, 2022 05:17
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Wifi Toilet posted:There are people who liked Dragnet?!? Roger Ebert.
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May 2, 2022 05:20
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JediTalentAgent posted:Roger Ebert. Proof that no one is infallible I guess
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May 2, 2022 05:29
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Happyimp posted:drat, Bill Murray was 30 in stripes. I'm almost 40, and don't look as bad. i'm over 45 and don't look as old as he did in Stripes haha
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May 2, 2022 15:49
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When I was a kid I saw a movie where the ghostbusters drove a badass van that shot missiles and had radar and all kinds of cool poo poo. Spent decades trying to figure out what the hell i saw. Well eventually I came across the movie Stripes and was like holy poo poo this is it!  But then it turns out that van was barely in the movie  Two days later Harold Ramis died.
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May 2, 2022 16:38
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Wifi Toilet posted:Proof that no one is infallible I guess He gave Die Hard two stars, but also clowned on Ben Stein for his creationist nonsense movie, so Ebert was a man of contrasts.
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May 2, 2022 16:45
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That magical armored anti-communist van thing felt like a whole different movie’s plot device stapled onto the end of the movie
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May 2, 2022 16:48
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If you ever want a fun double-feature to watch, pair up Stripes with John Belushi's 1941.
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May 2, 2022 16:52
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oh man yeah 1941 owns
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May 2, 2022 17:33
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Doctor Butts posted:i just don't buy either of bill murray's characters being able to pull tail for ghostbusters or stripes. like there's no way he could have landed that chick (that ditches his rear end) in stripes. Murray... what about Harold Ramis in stripes lmao
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