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  5. Posted

    I know of the movie's importance. I get its influence. It will 100% get in the canon. But...

     

    I find Flynn's Robin Hood to be among the most insufferable protagonists ever. He irritates me and sort of makes it borderline impossible to enjoy this movie. Beyond that, because this movie is something I'm coming to do as an adult that's seen all the endless media that this movie influenced, my viewing of it last week felt like it came probably a little too late. Sometimes you see the original and it stands up to the test of time. Sometimes it feels like its been stripped of all its original spark by everything that came after it. And this fell into the latter camp for me.

     

    So it's a nay for me with the total understanding that it will likely get in easily and probably should be in. I just don't personally like the movie, finding it irritating (largely due to Flynn's Robin) and dull (largely because I've seen the beats of this story told over and over again in movie's likely influenced by this one).

    You and I can never be friends.

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    I just watched Modern Times last week. Hilarious from beginning to end, but that scene where Chaplin stops a jailbreak while coked out is legendary.

    Couldn't agree more. I'm kind of surprised that there hasn't been a Chaplin or Keaton episode yet. This is one I hope they get around to very soon.

  10. Posted

    You have no idea how excited I am for this. The Adventures of Robin Hood, Modern Times, and The Princess Bride are the three films that are in constant rotation as being my favorite movie. I really hope one of them at least mentions how influential Errol Flynn's performance here was to Cary Elwes' performance in The Princess Bride. Also, just do a Princess Bride episode. In face, do an episode for all three of those. And let me be a guest host. Yeah, that sounds like a good plan.

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  14. Posted

    While I'm pretty sure Seven Samurai would be the slam dunk winner, I think a versus between it and The Magnificent Seven would still be interesting just to hear the discussion about the relationship between not only those two, but between a huge junk of 60s westerns and samurai films.

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    Favorite: Apocalypse Now, followed closely by The Godfather, Freaks, Evil Dead II (still wish the first had made it in as well), and Annie Hall

     

    Least Favorite (of the ones I've seen): probably Working Girl, although Superman will probably take that spot since it looks like it's going to win the newest versus, and Slacker will certainly take this spot if it gets in. I remember not liking Sex, Lies, and Videotape too much, but it's been too long since I've seen it to make a fair call.

     

    Favorite that didn't make it: Easily American Beauty, followed by The Fly and Aliens

     

     

    You should really hate Elijah Wood, because he chose Jurassic Park on the grounds that the film "is Speilberg!!!" Sorry, Elijah. We already had E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, and more on the way. Never. Forget.

    I feel bad that I voted for Jurassic Park. At the time it was so close that I literally just flipped a coin for my vote, but after rewatching Empire recently, I realized that I like it much better. To think, my one vote could have changed everything.

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  16. Posted

    I can't believe Superman is gonna win this one. I think maybe there was some major influencing by our hosts on this one. I enjoy watching the original Batman despite it's (minor) flaws, even to this day. When I watch Superman I get super bored. Have never enjoyed Superman.

    I'm with you here, and I think you nailed the reason why. After the American Beauty episode, a movie that I was certain was going to make it in, I came to the conclusion that the episodes are definitely huge factors in which way the vote sways.

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    I deleted the link to an illegal pirated copy of the movie. Please don't link to pirated films here. Support movies.

     

    That video was put up by FilmBuff.com. From what I can tell, they're a legal distributor of independent movies.

     

    Edit: I don't want to invoke the wrath of Devin again by reposting the video without permission, but I'm pretty sure it's a legal copy. Just search for it on Youtube and find the one posted by FilmBuff.

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    So far I'm amazed with people's responses. I thought this would be a blow out for Batman.

     

    I feel the same way. I'm wondering if these people watched the same Superman and Batman movies that I did. I only watched the theatrical cut of Superman, so maybe the director's cut is some sort of masterpiece, but I don't see how.

  23. Posted

    I’m honestly shocked that anyone could think that Superman is a better movie than Batman. Batman may be goofy, but it meant to be that way, whereas Superman was meant to be a more serious movie but ends up so goofy that it feels dated, even by 1978 standards. On top of that, the opening scenes, being those on Krypton and while he’s young on Earth, go on for way too long. Devin, though you criticized Lex Luthor in the Superman, I think his character and Gene Hackman’s performance are two of the few things that actually work. And still, Nicholson’s Joker is far superior. Batman is clearly the better made movie, the more watchable movie, and just the better movie in general, while Superman (which I’ve been hard on here, so I just wanted to point out that I do like it) feels more like a historically important relic.

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  25. Posted

    No, simply because I don't want to choose between them. Seriously, this would make for a great episode. If I were to change anything, though, I might choose a movie that is closer to a traditional slasher, such as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which is another selection I would hate having to make.

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