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07-07-2020 , 10:08 AM

#151

riverboatking

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I appreciate that but I did PM him after my pick just to be safe.

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07-07-2020 , 11:11 AM

#152

xander biscuits

watching a movie

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ok then Dom is skipped and I will PM nich

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07-07-2020 , 01:00 PM

#153

Nicholasp27

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I’ll take the classic Billy Wilder noir Sunset Boulevard

Zeno is up; I’ll pm him

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07-07-2020 , 02:26 PM

#154

Zeno

Le Misanthrope

Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 22,367

My Pick Six is in Neo-noir: one of the Cohen Brothers best and their first- Blood Simple. Saw this baby when it first hit the screens all those years ago. Great stuff, full of blood and money, and sex, and sleazy characters and double crosses and general debauchery. The only characters more sleazy than the Blood Simple Brood are the people in this draft. Hit him again with the shovel!

Picks So Far So Good:

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1) Scifi
Psycho (2) Hitchcock
The Seven Samurai (3) The Jap Guy
Some Like it Hot (4) Billy Boy
Finding Nemo(5) Animation
Blood Simple(6) Neo-noir

Ending scene:

Spoiler:

Last edited by Zeno; 07-07-2020 at 02:45 PM. Reason: Added spoiler

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07-07-2020 , 02:55 PM

#155

mrbaseball

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Round 6
Category: Kurasawa

Yojimbo

I have only seen 2 of his movies, this one and 7 Samurai. And I haven't seen this one in many decades. I guess I should try to watch some of this stuff.

so far:
Blade Runner (sci fi earth)
The Good, The Bad, and The ugly (western)
Body Heat (neo noir)
Strangers on a Train (Hitchcock/Kubrick)
This is the End (comedy last 10yr)
Yojimbo ((Kurasawa)

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07-07-2020 , 03:00 PM

#156

Zeno

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Yojimbo is in a class all its own and is a great pick. " I can't leave town yet; I still have people I need to kill".

(I was hoping it would be picked as a Western).

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07-07-2020 , 04:40 PM

#157

Dominic

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My animation pick is Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse!

Best animated movie I've ever seen.

*************

Tokyo Story
Double Indemnity
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Point Black
Ikuru
Rear Window
Spiderman Into the Spiderverse

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07-07-2020 , 05:23 PM

#158

Phat Mack

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Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 11,959

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Originally Posted by Zeno

Yojimbo is in a class all its own and is a great pick. " I can't leave town yet; I still have people I need to kill".

(I was hoping it would be picked as a Western).

Yeh, it was going to be my Western pick, but I skipped it for a bunch of reasons. Not only is it a great and influential Western, but it's a great and influential anti-Western that was filmed 8 years before The Wild Bunch, which is sometimes accorded the same title.

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07-07-2020 , 09:34 PM

#159

Schlitz mmmm

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I'm done.. no point picking from a collection of movies ive never seen

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07-08-2020 , 12:05 AM

#160

riverboatking

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ya I'm ashamed to admit there are no kurasawa films left that ive seen and I've never seen an ozu film but gonna change that after this draft but not gonna pick a movie I've never seen.

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07-08-2020 , 04:42 AM

#161

xander biscuits

watching a movie

Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 39,746

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Originally Posted by Schlitz mmmm

I'm done.. no point picking from a collection of movies ive never seen

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Originally Posted by riverboatking

ya I'm ashamed to admit there are no kurasawa films left that ive seen and I've never seen an ozu film but gonna change that after this draft but not gonna pick a movie I've never seen.

fair enough

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07-08-2020 , 04:47 AM

#162

xander biscuits

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Think this is where we're at

MOVIE DRAFT	Ozu Movies	Comedies of the last 10 years	Billy Wilder written or directed	Westerns	Neo-Noirs	Sci-Fi that never leaves earth	Animation	Kurasawa Movies	Hitchcock or Kubrick Movies
Shuffle	xxx	The Death of Stalin (5)	Stalag 17 (6)	The Outlaw Josey Wales (2)	Pale Flower (4)	Terminator 2 (1)		No Regrets for Our Youth (7)	2001: A Space Odyssey (3)
Schlitz mmmm	[ABSTAIN]	xxx	[ABSTAIN]	Unforgiven (4)	Cape Fear (5)	The Fly (1)	The Wall (3)	[ABSTAIN]	The Shining (2)
mrbaseball		This is the End (5)	xxx	The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (2)	Body Heat (3)	Bladerunner (1)		Yojimbo (6)	Strangers on a Train (4)
Zeno			Some Like it Hot (4)	xxx	Blood Simple(6)	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1)	Finding Nemo(5)	The Seven Samurai (3)	Psycho (2)
Nicholasp27			Sunset Blvd. (6)	No Country for Old Men (1)	xxx	Mad Max Fury Road (2)	Wall-E (5)	Ran (3)	North by Northwest (4)
Dominic	Tokyo Story (1)		Double Indemnity (3)	Pat Garret and Billy the Kid (8)	Point Blank(2)	xxx	Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse (6)	Ikiru (5)	Rear Window (4)
Riverboatking	[ABSTAIN]	What we do in the shadows (6)	Sabrina (5)	In The Valley of Elah (4)	Chinatown (2)	Children of Men (3)	xxx	[ABSTAIN]	Dr. Strangelove (1)
Phat Mack	Dragnet Girl (1)		The Apartment(6)	The Wild Bunch (5)	L.A. Confidential(4)	The Host (8)	Paprika(2)	xxx	The Killing(3)
xander biscuits	Late Spring (1)		Ace in the Hole (6)	Yellow Sky (4)	Drive (5)	The Thing (3)		Rashomon (2)	xxx

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07-08-2020 , 10:06 AM

#163

mrbaseball

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Round 7
Category: Animation

Bevis and Buthead do America

Very deep category! I thought about many of the Disney classics of my youth and all of the spectacular Pixar types that are deep in story and visually stunning. But that 14 year old boy who still lives inside me somewhere said "nah"

This movie is obviously incredibly stupid but then again that is its goal and it scores. Mindless juvenile bathroom humor can be hilarious when done correctly and here it is.

I heard they were gonna reboot these morons. Not sure how that's gonna go in todays climate as I have trouble imagining a "woke" B&B?

so far:
Blade Runner (sci fi earth)
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (western)
Body Heat (neo noir)
Strangers on A Train (Hitchcock/Kubrick)
This is the End (comedy last 10 years)
Yojimbo (Kurasawa)
Bevis and Butthead do America (animation)

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07-08-2020 , 02:35 PM

#164

Phat Mack

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Originally Posted by mrbaseball

I heard they were gonna reboot these morons. Not sure how that's gonna go in todays climate as I have trouble imagining a "woke" B&B?

This pick is indisputable genius. Animations are cartoons, right?

There can't be "woke" B&Bs. It would be a contradiction in terms. I'm hoping for something that goes off the charts -- in the wrong direction.

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07-08-2020 , 02:55 PM

#165

Dominic

Tripod

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I love Beavis & Butthead so much

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07-08-2020 , 03:56 PM

#166

Zeno

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Pick 7 (lucky number) is best comedy of last ten years category, and the winner is: The Big Short.

Stole this from wiki:

The Big Short is a 2015 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Adam McKay. Written by McKay and Charles Randolph, it is based on the 2010 book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis showing how the financial crisis of 2007–2008 was triggered by the United States housing bubble. The film stars Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt, with Melissa Leo, Hamish Linklater, John Magaro, Rafe Spall, Jeremy Strong, Finn Wittrock, and Marisa Tomei in supporting roles.

I read the book and also saw the movie. I laughed while reading the book and laughed all through the movie also - it was well done in a kinky sort of way; just perfect really.

Picks So Far So Good:

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1) Scifi
Psycho (2) Hitchcock
The Seven Samurai (3) The Jap Guy
Some Like it Hot (4) Billy Boy
Finding Nemo(5) Animation
Blood Simple(6) Neo-noir
The Big Short(7) Comedy

Last edited by Zeno; 07-08-2020 at 03:59 PM. Reason: Added glop

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07-08-2020 , 04:35 PM

#167

Nicholasp27

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For comedy in last 10 years, I’m taking the Wes Anderson gem Grand Budapest Hotel, my favorite Wes film. I’m not sure what to say about it other than watch it if you haven’t seen it yet.

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07-08-2020 , 05:38 PM

#168

xander biscuits

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I'm gonna make my animation pick now since there's no one ahead of me in the draft who still has that category left.

Pick 7 - Animation - The Nightmare Before Christmas

This isn't just a great animated movie, it's a great movie. I watch this movie every year somewhere around the Halloween/Christmas months and it never gets old. Great animation, great songs, great plot. Simple enough for a child to enjoy but deep enough for an adult to enjoy on rewatch number 10. There's loads in there to reward the keen of eye. I could probably not just quote every song to you, but practically every line to you. Great, great movie.

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07-08-2020 , 07:00 PM

#169

REDeYeS00

always sloppy

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doesn't hurt that Danny Elfman is a musical genius.
i'm surprised some particular animated movies haven't been drafted yet.

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07-08-2020 , 07:18 PM

#170

xander biscuits

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probably just an anomaly

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07-08-2020 , 07:33 PM

#171

REDeYeS00

always sloppy

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Originally Posted by xander biscuits

probably just an anomaly

i know what you mean but no. either way that's a very spirited response. as an aside, i care a lot about your feedback.

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07-08-2020 , 08:23 PM

#172

riverboatking

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Originally Posted by Dominic

I love Beavis & Butthead so much

spoiler alert for ranking part of draft:

Spoiler:

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07-08-2020 , 10:22 PM

#173

Schlitz mmmm

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Originally Posted by Phat Mack

lol Goat

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Originally Posted by Dominic

I love Beavis & Butthead so much

me too.. love that 1 very early episode. they are in Spanish class, and the teacher tells Butthead to speak a sentence in Spanish..

Butthead strings together a bunch of garbled non-language, during which the viewer can discern the actual word 'siempre,' then he returns to the gibberish, only to end with 'rico suave.' loooooooooooooooooooooooooool