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    2 hours ago, WatchOutForSnakes said:

    On a completely different note on the wild circumstances of Jefferson Smith's appointment - I think that was necessary to find someone who goes in with zero idea about politics and legislation, zero political ambitions, zero policy preferences, and positive public regard. I think Capra was playing with the idea of dropping an absolute stranger or alien, one with the most honest civic-minded intentions and ideals, and just drop him straight into the middle of things for a fresh criticism of government. 

    And I think that's one of the reasons why Jefferson has great chemistry with the jaded Washington insider Saunders, she of the green dollar sign eyes.  She knew Washington inside out, but I bet she's never seen someone like Jefferson in government before.  It helped that the actress herself was 8 years older than Stewart too.  

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    8 hours ago, AlmostAGhost said:

    Wouldn't this be more powerful if he was elected by the people, or nominated for some legit reason?  And the kids ran some sort of national media presence?  What is that?

    For me, no, it wouldn't have worked if he was elected into office, because that would've meant he had some kind of political ambition to begin with to run a campaign and perhaps had to learn to compromise on his ideals to win endorsements.  Jefferson's gee-golly earnestness seems authentic because he's the ultimate Washington outsider.  I could see how it might be too much to swallow for some people, but this movie works for me  precisely because it's a fairy tale about American politics, not because it's a realistic look at the power of democracy or due process.  

    No, the kids' paper wasn't a national paper or anything like that.  Before Jefferson went to Washington, he ran the Boys' Stuff paper - I guess it was more like a newsletter - about important boy stuff I think?  Since the Boys' Stuff was independent of Taylor, they were able to get the truth out locally (before they were discovered by Taylor).

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    Did anyone else think the scene where Jefferson goes on a rage-punching rampage was a fantasy montage? 

    And speaking of montages, I felt like they missed out by not including a makeover sequence with Jefferson and Saunders, where he's the one coming out of the dressing room in various tweeds and Saunders sitting in a chair, judging the outfits with a thumbs up/down.  

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    I think I missed a significant plot point, so if someone could explain, that would be great.  The bad guys' plan was to steal The Rock's iPad on the ferry, right?  But then later, they needed The Rock's face to unlock the iPad.  So if the theft on the ferry was a success, how were they planning to unlock the iPad?

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    2 hours ago, bleary said:

    A full list means I can compute more similarity scores!

    Your list's similarity to, from more similar to least similar:

    • Cam Bert - 836
    • Amy - 870
    • sycasey - 958
    • Paul - 990
    • Cameron H. - 1300
    • me - 1672
    • AlmostAGhost - 1964

    I think you're the first list I've seen that's closer to Amy's than to Paul's!

    Aw, I wanna play too

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  20. Posted

    Here's my incomplete list:

    1.Citizen Kane 1941 ★★★★★

    2.The General 1926 ★★★★★

    3.Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 ★★★★★

    4.All About Eve 1950 ★★★★★

    5.Singin’ in the Rain 1952 ★★★★★

    6.Platoon 1986 ★★★★½

    7.Bonnie and Clyde 1967 ★★★★

    8.The Wizard of Oz 1939 ★★★★

    9.The African Queen 1951 ★★★★

    10.The Shawshank Redemption 1994 ★★★★

    11.2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 ★★★½

    12.Ben-Hur 1959 ★★★½

    13.The French Connection 1971 ★★★½

    14.Swing Time 1936 ★★★½

    15.Taxi Driver 1976 ★★★

    16.Duck Soup 1933 ★★★

    17.King Kong 1933 ★★½

    18.Titanic 1997 ★★½

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  22. Posted

    16 minutes ago, taylorannephoto said:

    Even being part of the Facebook group I have to admit I'm a lil salty that they get special treatment over other platforms. I had to significantly lessen my time on there because of shit and I got off of Twitter almost completely (save for deleting my account totally). I wish questions had been accepted from everywhere!

    You can always try posting on...reddit.  :wacko:

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