Admittedly, I haven't watched it in years and have no idea how it holds up, but nobody can deny when it came out it was a pretty epic leap in moviemaking.

I've seen it recently, holds up very well. The sfx still haven't really been topped. Those dinosaurs look real. Actually I've watched all 3 of them in the last year or so--only first is a true classic ldo. Lost World isn't bad though.

Show me the money



Jerry Maguire - (1996, Cameron Crowe)

This is a great feel good movie. There are great scenes throughout, most notably the show me the money scene, but most scenes with Cuba Golding Jr are gems.

I had no idea JP was considered a good movie. I just thought it was a special effects extravaganza, and I don't care too much for dinosaurs so never bothered watching it.

Round 3, Pick 7 (52)



Bad Lieutenant, 1992, Abel Ferrara



NSFW Poster of Harvey Keitel on ripped fuel or some ****:



Whereas Ben from Leaving Las Vegas is sad, the Bad Lieutenant (he's nameless) is bad. I mean a ****ing badass mother****er (yeah, he deserves two "****s"). In Bad Lieutenant, a nun gets raped in a church with a crusifex, the Bad Lieutenant - an actual lieutenant - steals drug evidence to sell on the street, is a coke addict himself, drinks all the time to counter his high, is running up gambling debts on the NLCS series, and is banging hookers. And that ain't everything. In one scene, he pulls over two young girls, makes one bend over and makes the other simulate a blow job so he can jerk off to the view. This is a sick character study. Harvey Keitel gives an absolutely unbelievable performance; I can't stress that enough. This movie is twisted, but it's also fascinating. It's not just a bad mother****er being a bad mother****er. It's a psychological struggle. The viewer is practically brought into Keitel's mind. It's just an awesome ****ing movie. The co-writer is Zoe Lund, the woman in this picture from the film (she has a small role):



and irl she died at the age of 37 from heart failure from too much blow.

Even the trailer is badass (subtitles because this version is better)(NSFW):

Bad Lieutenant

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Leaving Las Vegas
The Sweet Hereafter
Bad Lieutenant

I think I need a comedy or animation or something to add to this mix, lol.

Gives an unbelievable performance is not very well phrased I think :-)

Great movie. Love it. Nice pick.

Will I ever get to pick when I'm not half sleeping? So far no luck.

Anyhow, I'll take JFK. Oliver Stone's epic paranoid conspiracy masterwork, or iirc as he calls it "counter-history." For such a long picture it moves at a nailbiting, breakneck pace. The courtroom monologue by Costner is just legendary. I never understood the controversy here, I don't think its supposed to be considered factually true. This is mythic stuff. How's the quote from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance go... "when the legend becomes fact, print the legend"? That's JFK.

Is Herzog's recent Bad Lieutenant related to this one? I have that on my Netflix Queue, I should definitely add the 1992 version, it sounds like a great movie.

Way to snag my pick.

Gimme a sec.

from wikipedia:

Abel Ferrara, director of the 1992 film, has been quoted by various media outlets as being very angry about this film (the second one, obv). After the film was first announced, Ferrara was quoted as saying "As far as remakes go, ... I wish these people die in Hell. I hope they're all in the same streetcar, and it blows up."[14] When asked later for his response to Ferrara's statements, Herzog stated that he does not know who Ferrara is, saying "I've never seen a film by him. I have no idea who he is."[14] At a press conference at the Venice Film Festival after the film's premiere, Herzog said of Ferrara, "I would like to meet the man," and "I have a feeling that if we met and talked, over a bottle of whiskey, I should add, I think we could straighten everything out."

Herzogs is a remake and a pretty bad one for that matter.
Save the time and watch the original. It`s way better IMO.

fwiw I haven't seen Herzog's.

With that I'll take Saving Private Ryan




- Unforgiven
- Toy Story
- Saving Private Ryan

Can`t believe how close I was to getting this. sigh.

Round 3, Pick #10

Yea I really considered SPR, but like JFK tad more

standard response when somone picks a better movie after you

EVERRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYOONNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! !!!!

How bout no. SPR us great tho, it changed the war genre forever, along with pretty much all action shoot em ups. They all keep trying and failing miserably to recreate the feel of that openings scene--truly one of the all time great scenes too--without half of the skill. It just isn't going to be outdone. Shaking the camera with mire vigor is not helping. It's like the imitations never actually studied the scene. They don't have the eye.

SPR > Thin Red Line

imo

lol no... the thin red line has the same if not better war scenes and doesnt come with the same cliche dialog and a hard to believe story to drum up sympathy...

there were some great scenes in SPR, mainly the opening and ending battles, but...

every terence malik film>any Spielberg film (altho i really liked AI)

Both of them are war pictures beyond that basically nothing in common. Malick asks bigger questions.

nice pick in leon, i thought i could get it later, best gary oldman performance ever? that's saying a lot i guess since he's pretty much gold in everything...

3rd round pick:

The Piano, Jane Champion, 1993

4th on my board - amazed it's still available. Write-up in a bit.

don't remember Thin Red Line too well, but i share wavegoodbye's criticism's of SPR, still a solid movie , with a great opening.