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Re: bottle rocket (Reply to this comment)
by mfunk75
Pegx-
its better than rushmore, i mean come on
wow your persuasive argument has changed my mind im sorry will never do it again.
-mike
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Dec 21 '03
2:04 pm PST
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bottle rocket (Reply to this comment)
by pegx
you did put it in good for you ps. its better than rushmore, i mean come on
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Dec 19 '03
7:28 am PST
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Re: Wow (Reply to this comment)
by mfunk75
THE MOLE: Did you bring ze mirror?
STAN: Got it.
THE MOLE: And the rope?
STAN: Check.
THE MOLE: And the buttfor?
KYLE: What's a butt for?
THE MOLE: For pooping, silly.
How can you not have a good time at a movie that features this little exchange? I ask you!
As for Snatch, well, I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for that little (ahem) gem.
-mike
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Jan 18 '03
9:01 pm PST
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Wow (Reply to this comment)
by youngchinq
You included South Park! That was the most fun I ever had in a theatre.
Snatch is a little dubious tho... it was good, but not a Top 50 movie.
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Jan 17 '03
8:25 pm PST
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Re: ------------------ (Reply to this comment)
by mfunk75
In truth, I don't think it a great film, yet it's the only substantial film the Coens have ever made,
Jack, there is so much wrong with this statement, I don't know where to start. Although, being an avid Coen Bros. fan, I can still see how anyone would give a strawberry to their deconstructionist flights of fancy. Lebowski, methinks, is a great little sendup of noir conventions, through the perspective of a washed-up stoner. Miller's Crossing, with its substantive themes of betrayal and loyalty and honour and, yes, "ethics", still manages enough style for 10 Hollywood blockbusters.
As for Apocalypse Now, at the moment I appear to be going in the other direction as you, liking the movie more and more with each successive viewing. Ain't subjectivity a strange bird?
-mike (keeping y'all in suspense)
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Jan 16 '03
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Re: Great Line! (Reply to this comment)
by mfunk75
I agree. "It's nice to see John Cazale working again."
And now I feel a bit like his agent. Which is an honour, frankly.
But hey, it's your list and you can put any cartoon in there that you want.
That's not a crack about Matt Damon, and his hideous horse teeth, is it? ;)
Did you notice the use of mirrors in "Psycho?"
If memory serves, I think I may have written a paper on it at one point. If memory serves. Now, what was I saying?
Thanks for the r'n'r (read 'n' rate)…
-mike
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Jan 16 '03
5:22 am PST
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Great Line! (Reply to this comment)
by seidswipe
I agree. "It's nice to see John Cazale working again."
I think that every movie on your list over ten years old is a great movie. The newer ones to a lesser extent, but there are some good choices there also. But hey, it's your list and you can put any cartoon in there that you want.
Interesting observation on the hats with "Miller's Crossing." Did you notice the use of mirrors in "Psycho?"
Thanks for the list.
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Jan 15 '03
11:07 am PST
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Re: Re: Re: Let me see... (Reply to this comment)
by mfunk75
Thanks,Poppa
You're welcome, Sonny-Boy!
-mike
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Jan 15 '03
4:02 am PST
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Re: Alright, Mikey... (Reply to this comment)
by mfunk75
You can't have a Top 100 without it being in here somewhere.
I can't? We shall see about that...
-mike (have I given away too much?)
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Jan 15 '03
3:58 am PST
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Re: I know it's probably good... (Reply to this comment)
by mfunk75
She's an officer in the "Your Reviews are so Great that they Cause People to Write Incoherent Comments" special force.
Becky, sometimes I have no idea what you're talking about (neither do you, apparently) but you make me laugh anyway. So kudos to you, oh wise one. ;)
-mike (taking the blame)
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Jan 15 '03
3:57 am PST
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Re: Re: Let me see... (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
Thanks,Poppa
These emphases will be the new pepper and salt of my reviews.
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Jan 14 '03
11:56 pm PST
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Alright, Mikey... (Reply to this comment)
by katybrighteyes
I just went back and read ALL your previous reviews (movies 100 through present). I don't see The Usual Suspects yet. So where is it? You can't have a Top 100 without it being in here somewhere.
Stay tuned, huh?
Great list(s)! Looking forward to numbers 20-1.
Katy
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Jan 14 '03
10:44 pm PST
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I know it's probably good... (Reply to this comment)
by beckytcy
...but I can never like The Princess Bride because the scene where he gets tortured scared me so much when I was a kid! I didn't sleep for days. Maybe that's why I am so dedicated to Amnesty International. I did love Psycho, Jackie Brown, The Graduate, and others on your list. Your list continues to be brilliant and certainly "goes up to 11." Or, as Pam Greer would say, "You're under arrest, sugar!" She's an officer in the "Your Reviews are so Great that they Cause People to Write Incoherent Comments" special force.
I'm blaming Canada,
Becky
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Jan 14 '03
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Re: "...and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock." (Reply to this comment)
by mfunk75
the Swiss made a point to tell Welles that the Swiss had never made cuckoo clocks.
I bet that didn't phase Welles one bit, quite frankly. Nothing like a bit of leeway with the truth to make a line that much more powerful (plus, it helps colour Harry Lime as a know-it-all blowhard).
Will Vertigo make an appearance, you ask? Keep watching...
-mike
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Jan 14 '03
5:46 am PST
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Re: Let me see... (Reply to this comment)
by mfunk75
Looking forward to that "Four Rooms" review!
Don't hold your breath.
As for italics, use the following example:
(i)Looking forward to that "Four Rooms" review!(/i)
Except, replace the '(' and ')' with triangle brackets. Voila! For bold, use 'b' instead of 'i'.
Thus endeth the lesson.
-mike
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Jan 14 '03
5:44 am PST
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Re: No accounting for taste (Reply to this comment)
by mfunk75
Thanks, vox. And if you write more reviews like your stellar Hedwig piece, I'm sure I'll be WOTing you soon as well.
-mike
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Jan 14 '03
5:42 am PST
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Re: this is indeed... (Reply to this comment)
by mfunk75
Ah, Richard Russo. Is there nothing that guy can't do? Now he's bringing me readers? What irony...
Thanks, kev...
-mike
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Jan 14 '03
5:41 am PST
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Re: You're slippin'... (Reply to this comment)
by mfunk75
You're slippin'...
How is it that I'm the one who's slippin'? Couldn't you, oh wise one, be the slippee? I mean, you are agreeing with me after all. Just a thought...
...but I rarely felt like wringing your neck.
Aw shucks. You sure know how to flatter a guy. (snark)
I did, however, especially like the imaginary filmography you worked up for John Cazale.
Thanks. I felt bad stiffing The Godfather Pt. 2 on an actual review, per se. But I felt Johnny needed some props. Glad at least one person liked it.
Thanks for seeing your way clear to allow me my Snatch and GWH fix. And is posting here at Epinions actually "going on record". That is a scary thought.
As for the prediction of my upcoming picks, Dan, you've outdone yourself. I am saddened that this is the last time we get to play this silly little game. I knew that by including all 20 films in the "upcoming" section, I would be challenging your powers for satire and incredulity. You come through once again. Thanks for the chuckle.
A pleasure, as always...
-mike
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Jan 14 '03
5:40 am PST
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Re: Ahhhh.. (Reply to this comment)
by mfunk75
Thanks Angie. I'm looking forward to #1 too. Once I get there, it'll mean I can finally put this baby to bed.
-mike
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Jan 14 '03
5:27 am PST
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Re: ... (Reply to this comment)
by mfunk75
Chad,
Your little wedding story does wonders in terms of verifying my undying support for GWH. Despite its dubious beginnings, it manages to be honest and true and powerful.
Controversy? Moi? You know, I can't say from this point on if there will be any controversial picks. Whatever remains falls into the category of Gold Standard for me. I can't be objective about any of them. Still, there's always the possibility that some minds will be blown...
Thanks for the comment...
-mike
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Jan 14 '03
5:27 am PST
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Re: Mike Babe (Reply to this comment)
by mfunk75
I will forgive you for South Park
Why do I need forgiveness? Was this a sin? C'mon... South Park: BLU rawks!
-mike (who only uses the word "rawks" when he a harsh point must be made)
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Jan 14 '03
5:22 am PST
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Re: Top 100 Movies (Reply to this comment)
by mfunk75
I was not as thrilled with Miller's Crossing. Too much dialog that I felt went nowhere.
Ah, but that's what I thought the first time I saw it too. But after my third or fourth (or fifth) viewing, I realized that the dialogue is the master puppeteer in this little game. Every word helps further the plot, or define character, or elucidate a main theme. Miller's Crossing, despite the writer's block that nearly killed it, is one of my favourite screenplays.
Thanks for the comment, Sheila.
-mike
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Jan 14 '03
5:21 am PST
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"...and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock." (Reply to this comment)
by st_patrick
After "The Third Man" came out, the Swiss made a point to tell Welles that the Swiss had never made cuckoo clocks. That must have been a pretty big embarrassment for him.
I'm glad you got "Psycho" on there. I hope you get Hitchcock's masterpiece "Vertigo" on this list too. As for "Apocalypse Now", I suspect Coppola was smoking something when he made it. Fortunately, this worked to his advantage.
Great list!
Patrick
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Jan 14 '03
3:07 am PST
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Let me see... (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
A dandy job, sir.
You wrote: "Jackie Brown" is definitely my third favourite Tarantino movie (which might just give you a hint as to two of the films still to come on this list)...
Looking forward to that "Four Rooms" review!
JK,
JKS
P.S. I'd have placed your quote in italics, but I don't know how...
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Jan 14 '03
1:51 am PST
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No accounting for taste (Reply to this comment)
by voxpoptart
Which, in this case, works out fine. I know a lot more about movies than i did a couple years back (i used to not be able to indentify stars, now i'll rent a movie based on a couple of favorite character actors), but it still seems like a striking correlation level that i even _know_ most of the movies on your list. Let alone that i almost always like them. Adding that you write well, you're an easy Web of Trust addition. Hi!
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Jan 13 '03
10:09 pm PST
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this is indeed... (Reply to this comment)
by kevlog
an excellent list and SPINAL TAP definitely needs to be on it!
Awesome picks.
cheers from Boston
p.s. I found you via an old Richard Russo book review of yours that helped me out! (The Risk Pool)
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Jan 13 '03
10:52 am PST
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You're slippin'... (Reply to this comment)
by d_fienberg
All those absurdist selections early on, but as you get towards the end, it's just becoming more and more great movies that might be only slightly higher or slightly lower on my own personal lists. That's not to say that this wasn't a great read, but I rarely felt like wringing your neck. Take that as you will. I did, however, especially like the imaginary filmography you worked up for John Cazale.
Snatch is the only hilariously odd choice here, but since you've amply been on record with your Guy Ritchie fetish, it's probably predictable. Good Will Hunting is a good movie, but probably wouldn't come anywhere near my Top 100. But my Top 100 films not on any other of my lists? Could be.
Your upcoming list looks like it may be trouble. After all, it's ambiguous as to whether Who Is Harry Crumb? is actually a mystery and your insistance that Girls Gone Wild: Sorority Hotties is a documentary is just plain odd. Tucker: A Man And His Dream is a decent pio pic, but your decision to round out the list with romantic comedies like Bed of Roses, Just Married, and Can't Buy Me Love is just plain silly. And three crime dramas? Surely the list doesn't need Mobsters, Hoodlum, and The Godfather Part 3. You're gonna have to make choices.
And I'm gonna have to make my Best of the 1980s List...
Dan
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Jan 13 '03
10:04 am PST
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Ahhhh.. (Reply to this comment)
by goldmoon
..The Princess Bride. What a classic. Anybody want a peanut?
Another great list. Look forward to your #1.
Angie
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Jan 13 '03
9:25 am PST
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by lemon_lime
glad you had the cajones to put "good will hunting' on the list. i'm not embarassed to say, without reservation, that i love that film. i must have seen it six or seven times thus far - and in addition it introduced me to one of my favorite musicians, elliott smith. and, like you, it felt made for me. and it helped me realize i needed to get back together with a certain girl i had just broken things off with...and now that certain girl is my wife. not bad for a movie, eh?
well, the tension rises as the list nears its conclusion...i honestly couldn't find a film to disagree with you on this most recent list, so i'm hoping you stir up some controversy on the next one. and i don't care what canada has, at least it doesn't have GW Bush running things into the ground. So i'm there.
take care,
chad.
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Jan 13 '03
6:57 am PST
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Mike Babe (Reply to this comment)
by kristinafh
I will forgive you for South Park :) but otherwise, it was a most excellent list!
Kristina
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Jan 13 '03
6:56 am PST
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