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post #151 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:34pm
Babe, i wasn't expecting.
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post #152 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:35pm
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Originally Posted by Yando View Post
You guys are crazy. Babe is a masterpiece. Seriously.
I agree with you, man. But, you could've snuck it in later easily and grabbed a cultural staple.
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post #153 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:37pm
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Originally Posted by Yando View Post
Also, the next two days are going to HURT.
You bet they are.

And yes, Babe is a masterpiece. The only reason I see for it being a middle of the draft pick for some is it's most likely not "high risk" for losing.

ETA: What Anderson said.
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post #154 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:38pm
Groundhog Day and Pulp are hurting me a lot. Pulp was a given, and I'm surprised it lasted this long.

Groundhog was my favorite comedy of the decade, along with another that's gonna stolen by me later on.
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post #155 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:38pm
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Originally Posted by Anderson View Post
What happens in that film as it functions as a human drama. What makes it excel?
Among other things, it's a turning point for the Murray persona. In a number of his '80s films, there's growing and palpable anger and contempt directed at the audience-- if you really, really watch Ghostbusters or Scrooged it's there. He'd given introspective performances before, but Groundhog is the first where he does so within the context of a mainstream comedy.
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post #156 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:38pm
Damn you Molt. It was close to slipping by.
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post #157 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:39pm
MOLTISANTI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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post #158 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:39pm
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Originally Posted by Hammerhead View Post
Among other things, it's a turning point for the Murray persona. In a number of his '80s films, there's growing and palpable anger and contempt directed at the audience-- if you really, really watch Ghostbusters or Scrooged it's there. He'd given introspective performances before, but Groundhog is the first where he does so within the context of a mainstream comedy.
The Razor's Edge was the turning point.
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post #159 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:40pm
Fucking Molitisanti. There goes my #1 pick.
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post #160 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:40pm
I hate movies like Pulp and Ed Wood lasting this so long so that I just start to think I might actually have a chance then the rug gets pulled out.
Same goes for Heat
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post #161 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:40pm
Thread Starter 
I must say, I really wanted HEAT.
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post #162 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:42pm
*shakes fist at Moltisanti*

I don't want to jinx myself, but my list isn't bleeding like I thought it would be... yet.
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post #163 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:43pm
I was waiting for Heat to go and it went to the person I expected.
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post #164 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:44pm
Well, if Heat wold have lasted until tomorrow, there would have been a 3 person battle in our group for it. Nice.
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post #165 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:44pm
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Originally Posted by Martin S View Post

Groundhog was my favorite comedy of the decade, along with another that's gonna stolen by me later on.
If you take what I'm thinking I'm gunna cut you so bad.
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post #166 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:44pm
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Originally Posted by Anderson View Post
I was waiting for Heat to go and it went to the person I expected.
It was pretty much DESTINED for Moltisanti.
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post #167 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:45pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by Nick Nunziata View Post
Awesome. Pop me in!
Done. Check Time Slot thread.

Not sure if you've done this new draft style but I'm sure you'll catch yourself up on the nuances.
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post #168 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:45pm
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Originally Posted by Mr_Cellophane View Post
If you take what I'm thinking I'm gunna cut you so bad.
I bet you 1000000$ you won't take it.
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post #169 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:46pm
Yeah, when I saw who picked Heat my reaction was "Of course!" Lots of great films left, though.
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post #170 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:48pm
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Originally Posted by Martin S View Post
I bet you 1000000$ you won't take it.
Ok. Good.
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post #171 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:54pm
But there's another one I might get....
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post #172 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:55pm
DAMMIT! Just when I thought I was safe!
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post #173 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:55pm
Now that Nick is in the draft and Heat has been taken maybe he can explain why he thinks it had the wrong ending. For me the film would have had to have broken its own rules to allow McCauley to take out Hanna.
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post #174 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:56pm
Molt, you beautiful bastard.

If anyone was gonna take it, I'm glad it was you.
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post #175 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:56pm
Thread Starter 
I like the way Rex drafts: he has a great amount of depth into the films he appreciates but in round 1 you can always count on him to take one of the decade's heavyweights.
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post #176 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:59pm
I have 10 possible picks for tomorrow. Honestly don't know what route to take.
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post #177 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:59pm
I can't wait for all the head scratching and what the fucks for my first pick.
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post #178 of 3285
9/27/10 at 2:59pm
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Originally Posted by Anderson View Post
The Razor's Edge was the turning point.
If it had been a hit, or at least a critical success, maybe. He signified his intentions, but at the same time the film was understood to be a departure from 'regular Bill'. One could argue that GD is the more effectively Buddhist film.
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post #179 of 3285
9/27/10 at 3:03pm
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Originally Posted by Martin S View Post
Groundhog was my favorite comedy of the decade, along with another that's gonna stolen by me later on.
Mine too. Think it might be the best of the decade as well.

Still some heavyweights out there. Shocked Pulp lasted that long. The wait sucks.
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post #180 of 3285
9/27/10 at 3:05pm
I'm pleasantly surprised at how little of my list got touched today.

My entire slate of first round potentials, minus Leon, is still on the table.
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post #181 of 3285
9/27/10 at 3:06pm
Babe is totally first round worthy. It's beautifully shot and a rare children's film that doesn't pull punches when it comes to the more upsetting aspects of life. And Cromwell gives a great understated performance. If "That'll do, pig," doesn't hit you right where you live, you've spent the last two hours thinking about pork chops and bacon.

The next two days are going to be a bloodbath before us first day folks get to go again. Many a theme and strategy will be reduced to ashes.
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post #182 of 3285
9/27/10 at 3:06pm
All of my picks are still in play but I imagine a few get knocked off before I go tomorrow.
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post #183 of 3285
9/27/10 at 3:08pm
Yeah. I'm still hesitant to sit back and relax, especially because I've got a good chunk of people before my slot tomorrow.

That said, my number one wish of a pick is still out there.
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post #184 of 3285
9/27/10 at 3:10pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post

The next two days are going to be a bloodbath before us first day folks get to go again. Many a theme and strategy will be reduced to ashes.
It's going to be a long, hard road to Thursday.
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post #185 of 3285
9/27/10 at 3:14pm
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Originally Posted by Justin Clark View Post
I'm pleasantly surprised at how little of my list got touched today.
Same. Apart from 'Ed Wood', nothing on my prime list got touched. It's gonna be a long wait until Thursday.

Also, I'm pretty sure that Nick and I are going to be competing over one film.

eta: I type too slow...sorry, didn't mean to echo Ratty's thoughts almost word-for-word.
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post #186 of 3285
9/27/10 at 3:19pm
I wasn't planning on this, but if a certain heavy hitter is still available when it's my time to go I might sideline my left field choice and go for the bigger one that should still fit snuggly into my quasi-theme.
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post #187 of 3285
9/27/10 at 3:23pm
There's a film that's not very en vogue anymore that is a really big film culturally that I think a lot of people will avoid picking. And that I may well take if this massacre continues.
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post #188 of 3285
9/27/10 at 3:26pm
That would be a good movie, Thomas.

HEAT might be the last undeniably great modern L.A. crime epic. Nothing Mann's done since really compares if you think about it.
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post #189 of 3285
9/27/10 at 3:29pm
My left-field choice has already been sidelined as I wasn't expecting my first to make it.
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post #190 of 3285
9/27/10 at 3:30pm
I think COLLATERAL hits the fencepost out by where HEAT sailed past when it cleared the ballpark, but then, I'm in the minority that thinks the third act works perfectly.

And was Nick the one who suggested HEAT had the wrong ending? I thought that was Joshua Miller on the front page.
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post #191 of 3285
9/27/10 at 3:31pm
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Originally Posted by Kirby Drummond View Post
I like the way Rex drafts: he has a great amount of depth into the films he appreciates but in round 1 you can always count on him to take one of the decade's heavyweights.
Thanks, man. Those are kind words.

It's too hard at this point to separate PULP FICTION-- the film that unspooled back in October of 1994-- from the legion of imitators, the mini-culture war at the '95 Oscars and the scads of people qoting it to death, but it's never going to be knocked down from its perch as one of my very best experiences in a dark theater. Context and personal history are everything, of course, but I was in the middle of the drudgery of the second year of law school at the time, and my friend and my girl and I left school at 2:45 for the 3:30 show on the Friday it opened, then went back again for the 3:30 on the following Monday. That movie made the semester significantly more bearable.

I also love that while it seems so much like an internet-age movie, because it preceded that era by a couple of years, it relied on old-school print ads and hype and TV trailers to capitalize on the Cannes hype. I remember VHSing an episode of ER and finding, to my surprise, a PF trailer running during it. I don't remember watching the ER episode, but I remember watching and rewatching that trailer a dozen times.
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post #192 of 3285
9/27/10 at 3:34pm
I love DAZED AND CONFUSED, and particularly I love the fact that Linklater doesn't feel compelled to fashion too much narrative out of it. And let's hear it for Private Ryan's buxom granddaughters!
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post #193 of 3285
9/27/10 at 3:39pm
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Originally Posted by Rex Hudler View Post
And let's hear it for Private Ryan's buxom granddaughters!
I remember seeing that in the theater and when those girls came on screen you could hear a buzz throughout the theater.
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post #194 of 3285
9/27/10 at 3:39pm
Yeah, I felt terrible ogling the girls while my dad was sitting next to me crying.
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post #195 of 3285
9/27/10 at 3:40pm
Well great, there goes my secret theme I was working on.
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post #196 of 3285
9/27/10 at 3:41pm
Chesticular minor characters?
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post #197 of 3285
9/27/10 at 3:43pm
Films William Golding has rhetorically dismantled?
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post #198 of 3285
9/27/10 at 3:48pm
I just found that scene on youtube and I'm convinced Speilberg purposefully framed that sequence to get as much boobage as possible
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post #199 of 3285
9/27/10 at 3:51pm
They had to have been a producer's nieces or something. Putting them in that shot financed the invasion of Normandy Beach.
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post #200 of 3285
9/27/10 at 3:54pm
They answer the question of whether or not Damon's character earned the life preserved for him. If he hadn't lived, those girls would never have been born.
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