General

“I need more cowbell”. That's the list.

haha I do love that one but if I have to hear one more Walken impression I'm gonna lose it I tell ya

1. Anything with Phil Hartman
2. Anything with Christopher Walken
3. Anything 90's with Alec Baldwin
4. Wayne's World
5. Tie between "you liekda sauce, "lay off me I'm starving," and "Da Bears."

Honestly, for me, I find very little outside the 90's to be funny. It's strange. It must be some nostalgia thing. I mean, I love Steve Martin, Dan Ackroyd, and Chevy Chase, but I don't find most of the 70's stuff I've watched that funny. The 80's was better but still hit and miss. Aside from Bill Hader, I've barely liked anything post-2000's aside from a skit here and there (which still add up to several).

SNL has def been through some golden years and some lesser years, but its definitely given birth to some classics that transcended the show. loved that period in the 90s and ferrel and sandler and tracy morgan, cheri oteri and molly shannon were on there.

cowbell
waynes world
the blues brothers and lonely island (not really a skit i guess, i suppose those are more like the musical shorts or whatever)
sprockets
spartan spirts
roxbury guys
schweddy balls
wild and crazy guys
most of the stuff by farley and spade

and that one about the VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER

Literally anything with Chris Farley in it. That guy was a legend, and was taken way way to soon!

Matt Foley Motivational Speaker is still one of the funniest segments in SNL history (in my opinion obviously). The first one is obviously the best, but his slapstick humor was hilarious in all of them. Defined his career (for better or for worse).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv2VIEY9-A8

Costars couldn't keep a straight face. The whole scene is just perfect!

"You'll have plenty of time to live in a van down by the river... WHEN YOU'RE LIVING IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!"

Love it. Man I miss Farley and Phil Hartman.

I love how Spade keeps cracking in that skit.

My list:
Debbie Downer at Disney World
Matt Foley
Cowbell
Election Night (w/ Chappelle and Rock)
Undercover Boss Starkiller Base (both)

Honorables:
Job Interview (Pryor and Chase)
Evil Boss (Ferrell)
Sarcasm 101 (Norm and Matthew Perry)
Census (Walken)

Not in any order:
1) Chris Farley/Patrick Swayze stripper skit
2) Almost anything Lonely Island (Dick in a box/Michael Bolton/I just had sex)
3) The skits with Cecily Strong at the end where she's a former porn star hocking stupid crap and she says everything wrong
4) Schweaty balls
5) Undercover Boss/Kylo Ren
6) All 3 of the John Mulaney skits with all the broadway songs (The airport one, the bodega and the diner skits)

Honorable mention:
- skit with Woody Harrelson on the farm for apple picking (newer season)
- Casting auditions
- the skits where they are selling the car horns/door bells (JLo was in one of them)
- the Kate McKinnon cat lady
- Cowbell
- Colonel Angus
-

Frank wrote:

from what I heard the part where he falls through the table was not part of the original script and he did it on a whim

Scott wrote:
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WHAAAAAAAA WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA (like a trombone)

Oh cant forget celebrity jeopardy

Scott wrote:


Debbie Downer at DW is funny as hell, but I think I only laugh as much as I do because the cast keeps breaking. All of the other Debbie Downer bits are average.


Here's my list:

1. Matt Foley (the first one with Christina Applegate hosting)
2. Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood (Eddie Murphy at his finest)
3. Tina Fey as Sarah Palin being interviewed by Katie Couric played by Amy Poehler
4. Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer
5. Chippendale Auditions (Farley and Patrick Swayze)


If I was listing my favorite cast members, which would be really hard to do, it would look something like this:

1. Chris Farley
2. Eddie Murphy
3. Kate McKinnon
4. Bill Hader
5. Dana Carvey
6. Adam Sandler
7. Will Ferrell
8. Mike Myers
9. Tina Fey
10. Amy Poehler
HM - Norm MacDonald was the absolute best Weekend Update host, but he didn't do too much else that was all that great.

I also need to mention Che and Jost. They are really funny together on Weekend Update.

Also, I know my list is seriously lacking pre 1985. I know Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, John Belushi, and Gilda Radner were all amazing, but that was before the time I watched, so they don't compare to my top 10 in my mind.

I love Tina fey
The skit where she coaches the girls basketball team was hilarious too
When they write the jokes for each other I lose my.crap they are so funny

shadyfozzie wrote:


Those bits are hysterical. I don't think those guys will ever crack my top 10. It's pretty elite category, but they are pretty great.

I was hoping we could flood this topic with videos of some of our favorites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stqG2ihMvP0

Frank wrote:
Great how at the end the daughter says "we love you dad," but her voice is bordering on hysteria/desperation (probably at the thought of Matt moving in).

Never saw this one.

shadyfozzie wrote:


Wow. Haven't heard anyone mention that in ages.

nonamesleft wrote:
BUCK FUTTER

I'll take Swords for $500
I'll take an Anal Bum Cover for $300

Alex: This is the sound a doggy makes
Connery: Moo
Alex: No
Connery: Well that's the sound ya motha made last night.. HA HA

I'm curious about the penis mightier, I've tried these products before.

bonham2 wrote:

Yeah that's why I love it so much too, I love when they break.


I feel like Norm's style of comedy wasn't very well-suited for most of SNL, but yeah he was definitely the best Weekend Update host.

nonamesleft wrote:

That's funny you missed this one. This is the original Matt Foley skit. You can see she and David Spade are trying so hard not to loose their crap. I feel like Farley could have made anyone laugh.

Can't believe I left Celebrity Jeopardy off my list. Just about all of those are hilarious. Black Jeopardy was pretty damn funny too.

The skits that are also funny on the new seasons is the gameshow where they have to figure out what's wrong with the picture. Some of the things they say are hysterical

New topic yall. With 3D All-Stars and Mario's 35th Anniversary this year, suppose it makes sense to...... Rank the 3D Mario Games!! (That you've played.) Not counting "New" Super Mario Bros series.... I think most folks consider that "2.5D" due to the 2D backgrounds.

Mine is probably controversial but whatev, going best-to-worst:

1. Super Mario Galaxy
2. Super Mario Sunshine
3. Super Mario 64
4. Super Mario Galaxy 2
5. Super Mario Odyssey
6. Super Mario 3D World

Have never played 3D Land, never had a 3DS.

Explanations:

1. Galaxy 2
2. Galaxy
3. 3d World
4. Sunshine
5. Odyssey
6. 3d Land
7. 64

This is gonna be hard...

1) Super Mario Odyssey - Part of the reason I love this game so much is because me and my kids all played through it at the same time (taking turns). It's a really great memory of mine. It's not just that though, it's an amazing game. The graphics are beautiful, the music was great, the worlds are so fun to explore, and the controls are amazing. I do wish it has been harder, but it does have a fair amount of more challenging sections later in the game that most people seem to ignore. Oh yeah, the mini-games and races were a lot of fun to compete in.

2) Super Mario 3D World - This game also holds a special place in my heart, it was the first game my daughter really got into and played with me. We played through it multiple times, even had an account where we beat every level with every character (except Champions Road), and got every gold flagpole. I don't necessarily like the more linear approach of this game MORE than the more open styles, I just like both and hope they continue to make both. This game doesn't get enough credit for being one of the more challenging Mario games, maybe the most. Not just Champion's Road at the end, but most of the star/mushroom/flower levels are pretty challenging. Also, the soundtrack is fantastic.

3) Super Mario Galaxy - I tried this game once a few years after it came out but for whatever reason, couldn't get into it. Gave it another chance before Odyssey and ended up loving it. So many great levels and great variance of challenges. Also, an amazing soundtrack.

4) Super Mario Galaxy 2 - I feel like this game is probably a bit better than the first. But, I played it RIGHT after Galaxy 1 and I think I was a bit burnt out. I should have waited longer between the two.

1-4 are all extremely close, and were hard to rank any over the others. It's a steep drop off to the next 3.

5) Super Mario 3D Land - This game was ok, but 3D World improved nearly every aspect of it.

6) Super Mario 64 - I loved this game back in the day, but it hasn't aged well. Even back then, the controls and camera were super frustrating, and they stand out far worse now. I'd love to see a new Mario game similar to the style of this one, but with Odyssey controls, that would be amazing.

7) Super Mario Sunshine - I've tried this game a couple different times now and can't get into it. The controls and platforming are just so frustrating. If I had played it when it first came out, following up SM64, I probably would have liked it. But going back to it many years later, it just didn't age well.

1. Galaxy 2
2. Galaxy
3. 3D Land
4. SM64

They had a best Lord of the Rings quotes on reddit. It was a fun. How about a top-5 movie quotes?

whitefire wrote:

Actually pretty sure I have that topic in my Word doc that I typed up a while back. I have a few topics ready to go but this one will def be the next.

1. Odyssey
2. 3D Land
3. 3D World

Those are the ones I've finished. From the ones I haven't beaten yet:

1. Galaxy
2. 64
3. Sunshine

I have never played Galaxy 2.

1. Super Mario 64 - Nostolgia and timing are a huge factor. While the game hasn't aged as well as I'd like to admit, it was revolutionary, and paved the 3D platforming genre.
2. Super Mario Odyssey - Mind blowingly good game! Tons I would like changed, but I don't believe in the concept of a perfect game.
3. Super Mario Galaxy - I wasn't sold on this one until I played it. Very linear gameplay, but I loved the hub world.
4. Super Mario Galaxy 2 - More of the same, with added bonuses. The linear map was a downfall for me, and the added Yoshi parts didn't do a whole lot for me.
5. Super Mario 64 DS - I'm counting this, and I'm not putting it at the bottom. I have fond memories playing this back in 04. This version's bonus stars and different playable characters make it worth playing on it's own. It's not a "better" version, but it's a reimagining.
6. Super Mario 3D Land - Was another one of those games that came at a good time. Was very good as a one off 3DS title, at launch. Still holds up as a good handheld game.
7. Super Mario Sunshine - Yeah it's different, and second last on my list, but fudge it. I did enjoy this as a kid, and look forward to my Switch replay.
8. Super Mario 3D World - Everything from the empty environments, generic "Mario" artstyle, and slow feeling gameplay, made this my least favorite 3D Mario title. I'm looking forward to trying the Switch port, as the new Bowser's Fury and speed adjustments might increase my thoughts.

Honorable Mention: Wario World - What? It's a good game... WAHHH

This is pretty embarrassing to post, but the only game I've played more then 20 minutes of is Super Mario 3D Land. I just never got into the 3D Mario games.

I was going to say that I agreed with lpeters, then I remembered how excellent Galaxy 1 & 2 were.
I'd rank them as
Galaxy 1
Galaxy 2
I guess Sunshine, didn't get into that much
64 really didn't care for it at the time, have tried it a time or 2 since and not crazy about it still.
Didn't own a 3DS, nor Wii U or Switch yet.

1. Super Mario Galaxy
2. Super Mario Sunshine
3. Super Mario Odyssey
4. Super Mario Galaxy 2
5. Super Mario 64
6. Super Mario 3D World
7. Super Mario 3D Land

DefaultGen wrote:

Mario 64 seems especially embarrassing. I had a friend that owned it and maybe if you put all the time together it's more then 20-minutes, but I have zero nostalgia for the game. At that time we were playing a lot more multiplayer games like 1080 Snowboarding, Goldeneye, Tony Hawk Pro Skater, and Mario Kart 64. The games I played when not with friends were the two Zelda games, mostly Ocarina of Time. I didn't really play much during the GameCube era and even today I use my GameCube mostly to play Game Boy Advance games. Then with the Wii it was back to multiplayer games. We'd play Guitar Hero, Mario Kart, New Super Mario Bros, and Wii Sports. Mario 3D Word seems a lot like New Super Mario Bros in that you can all play together, so that's the game we've played the most.

Frank wrote:

I totally forgot to include 64 DS. I threw it at #5 on my list. I think between the rest of this year and 2021, I need to go back and replay all of these and make my definitive order.

In terms of actual nostalgia SM64 is probably the highest on my list. I bonded with my stepdad playing that game.

@whitefire I know you were asking about this one.

NEW TOPIC. Top 10 Film Quotes/Lines of Dialogue

Had some of these on-deck but some are just the top 10 off the top of my head... I know there are PLENTY of great quotes and classic quotes I missed, but whatev. We can always do a Vol. 2 later on.

1. “We’re, all of us, haunted by our own fudging thoughts. So… make friends with the ghost, it ain’t goin’ fudgein’ anywhere.” - Ian McShane as Al Swearengen (Deadwood: The Movie)

2. “Let him fudging stay there. “ - Ian McShane as Al Swearengen (Deadwood: The Movie)

3. “I’m finished!” - Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview (There Will Be Blood)

4. “I promise, I will never die.” - Trey Parker as Gary Johnson (Team America: World Police)

5. “Fudgein’ unreal...” - Oscar Isaac as Nathan Bateman (Ex Machina)

6. “None of you seem to understand. I'm not locked in here with you. You're locked in here with me.” - Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach (Watchmen)

7. "Our dount is not a hole at all!" - Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc (Knives Out)

8.“You taste like a burger. I don’t like you anymore.” - Paul Rudd as Andy (Wet Hot American Summer)

9. “Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him. Because he can take it.” - Gary Oldman as Commissioner Gordon (The Dark Knight)

10. “When you get to Hell, John, tell them Daisy sent you.” - Jennifer Jason Leigh as Daisy Domergue (The Hateful Eight)

No order. I'm going to pick random ones I like off the top of my head and not like all-time amazing quotes or anything (although there may be some of those in here)

1. "Wolfman's got nards! - The Monster Squad

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BX6KrC-PHcQ


2. "When you stand before God, you cannot say, "But I was told by others to do thus." Or that, "Virtue was not convenient at the time." This will not suffice." - Kingdom of Heaven

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n_JfUsCJK_4

3. "For Frodo" - Lord of the Rings trilogy (honestly, I could have chosen 10 just from these movies, easily)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ufhcNPXD9Hc

4. "I have crossed oceans of time to find you" - Dracula (hear me out, yes, this movie had its cheesy moments, but Gary Oldman was amazing)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l8pZfdv3BWg

5. Pancakewhich - I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (way too long to post the whole thing)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iol4EJE-Fws

6. Shindler's speech from the end the film - Schindler's List

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz9_IEHM7Go

7. "Wanting people to listen, you can't just tap them on the shoulder anymore. You have to hit them with a sledgehammer, and then you'll notice you've got their strict attention." - Seven (I couldn't find a video of the actual quote, but here's part of the same scene)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8vq_k0yqq88

8. "As zombies began to outnumber humans, well that's when you had to cut all emotional ties. If the girls in your neigborhood are now fudgeed up little monsters, well maybe it's time to stop driving car pool." - Zombieland

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RW4ADt4YSy0

9. "It's been Jam'd!" .... "Only one man would dare give me the raspberry!" - Spaceballs

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rGvblGCD7qM

10. "Ughhhh...I'm a man." "Well, nobody's perfect." - Some Like It Hot

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-mHhr-aaLnI

Good topic. Going with personal favorites. Since you gave me lines of dialogue, in no order (videos nsfw):

Yippy ki yay mother fudgeer!
https://youtu.be/P0Tt7VUMLs8

I know what you're thinking punk. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya, punk?
https://youtu.be/Ky7rHZmk9Yw

Are you going to pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?
https://youtu.be/lvmSxfMGldQ

The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you.
https://youtu.be/pRE23YfSvc8

What we've got here... is failure.. to communicate.
https://youtu.be/452XjnaHr1A

Get busy living, or get busy dying. That's g-d right.
https://youtu.be/l6YXm4b3H5c

Buzzards gotta eat same as worms.
https://youtu.be/6I6TrGedUn8

Harmonica : [facing three men] And Frank?
Snaky : Frank sent us.
Harmonica : Did you bring a horse for me?
Snaky : Well... looks like we're...
[snickers]
Snaky : ...looks like we're shy one horse.
Harmonica : [shaking head] You brought two too many.
https://youtu.be/lyuwBW9lNa8

Wales: You a bounty hunter?
Bounty Hunter: A man's got to do something for a living these days.
Wales: Dying ain't much of a living.
https://youtu.be/OxWS55guNPc

Shane: So you're Jack Wilson.
Jack Wilson: What's that mean to you, Shane?
Shane: I've heard about you.
Jack Wilson: What have you heard, Shane?
Shane: I've heard that you're a low-down Yankee liar.
Jack Wilson: Prove it.
https://youtu.be/V1l3TboL5MI
(This quote inspired the famous Taxi Driver line)

Josey Wales is my most quotable movie. Westerns are my jam.

That's a great idea to post videos of them! I'll do that too.

whitefire wrote:


I had to add them as I assume some of those quotes are from movies people haven't seen.

The most interesting list topic yet, I'll probably post one once I'm on my computer.

Can't forget R. Lee Ermey, Full Metal Jacket... (nsfw)
https://youtu.be/y_JbKzIK4dA


Oorah!

In no particular order:

“That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo… and it’s worth fighting for.” - Lord of the Rings

“A day may come when the courage of men fails… but it is not THIS day.” - Lord of the Rings

"Frodo wouldn't have got far without Sam." - Lord of the Rings

"Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads." - Back to the Future

“There’s that word again, ‘heavy.’ Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth’s gravitational pull?” - Back to the Future

“If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious crap.” - Back to the Future

"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men." - Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

"With great power, comes great responsibility." - Spider-Man

"I'm not gonna launch those ships...Captain's orders." - Captain America: The Winter Soldier

"Go save Riley! Take her to the moon for me..." - Inside Out

"You are without a doubt, the worst pirate I've ever heard of."
"But you HAVE heard of me!" - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

(This next one is long, but I had to include it)
Odin: Even when you had two eyes, you’d see only half the picture.
Thor: [referring to Hela] She’s too strong. Without my hammer, I can’t.
Odin: Are you Thor, the God of Hammers? That hammer was to help you control your power, to focus it. It was never your source of strength.
Thor: It’s too late. She’s already taken Asgard.
Odin: Asgard is not a place. Never was. This could be Asgard. Asgard is where our people stand. Even now, right now, those people need your help.
Thor: I’m not as strong as you.
Odin: No. You’re stronger. - Thor: Ragnarok

Why do we fall / So we can learn to pick ourselves up

Never

What is the point of all those push-ups if you can't even lift a bloody log

You start pretending to have fun, you might even have a little by accident

I wouldn't presume to tell you what to do with your past, sir / Just know that there are those of us who care about what you do with your future

I hope you're not a member of the fire brigade

You look very fashionable / Apart from the mud

You can borrow the Rolls if you like / Just bring it back with a full tank

If those are to be the first of many injuries to come, it would be wise to find a suitable excuse / Polo, for instance

Never

I got eight..

"Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead." (Pulp Fiction)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lL1ypndnWA

"What is an ocean but a multitude of drops?" (Cloud Atlas)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jcPZ3GTbQQ

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it." (Men in Black)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2ppyMUlXfM

"I will tell you how he lived." (The Last Samurai)

"Hi, I'm Ricky Bobby. If you don't chew Big Red, then *bleep* you." (Talladega Nights)

"Franchise. Franchise the damn thing. It’s too damn good for just one location. There should be McDonald’s everywhere. Coast to coast. Sea to shining sea." Ray Kroc (The Founder)

"This is the path I choose, Father. What will yours be?" Pocahontas (Disney's Pocahontas)

"At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul." (Billy Madison)

p.s. I would have chosen a quote from Star Wars: The Last Jedi but I can't post it because it's a spoiler.

I don't think anyone cares about Last Jedi spoilers at this point dude.

I still haven't seen it and would like it to not be spoiled... but statute of limitations probably apply.

Hard to watch movies in this age when all I have available is redbox...

KCPenguins wrote:

Why don't you have Disney+?

@egg just put it in spoiler tags

Scott wrote:

You asked for it, here it is.

I forget who said it. Probably Han.

Han is dead at that point, that was

whitefire wrote:


I've cut nearly all cables. I have no internet subscriptions as the only internet I have is 10gb cell phone hot spot. My tv is antenna. I'm trying to do this as long as my wife and kids will allow. My nearest neighbor is hundreds of yards away. Country living.

"I should have killed you back in Philly."
-A History of Violence

"KANEDAAAAA"
"TETSUOOOO"
-Akira

"I'll send you a love letter! Straight from my heart, fudgeer! You know what a love letter is? It's a bullet from a fudging gun, fudgeer! You receive a love letter from me, you're fudgeed forever! You understand, fudge? I'll send you straight to hell, fudgeer!"
--Blue Velvet

"Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep, and you weep alone."
---Oldboy (2003)

"Not!!!"
--Borat

Jay: [the monkey has been put into a car] Man, who the fudge steals monkeys?
Silent Bob: [Points to Jay and himself]
Jay: Oh yeah...
--Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Thomas Wake: Damn ye! Let Neptune strike ye dead, Winslow! Hark! Hark, Triton. Hark! Bellow, bid our father, the sea king, rise from the depths, full foul in his fury, black waves teeming with salt-foam, to smother this young mouth with pungent slime, to choke ye, engorging your organs till ye turn blue and bloated with bilge, and brine, and can scream no more. Only when, he, crowned in cockle shells, with slithering tentacled tail, and steaming beard, takes up his fell, be-finnèd arm, his coral-tined trident screeches banshee-like in the tempest, and plunges right through your gullet, bursting ye, a bulging bladder no more, but a blasted bloody film now, a nothing for the Harpies, and the souls of dead sailors to peck and claw and feed upon, only to be lapped up and swallowed by the infinite waters of the dread emperor himself. Forgotten to any man, to any time, forgotten to any god, or devil, forgotten even to the sea, for any stuff, or part of Winslow, even any scantling of your soul, is Winslow no more, but is now itself the sea.
[pause]
Thomas Wake: I seen it. You’re fond of me lobster! Say it! Say it. Say it!
Ephraim Winslow: Alright. Have it your way. I like your cooking.
--The Lighthouse (Dafoe was amazing in this)


Can't really think of anything else right now.

Kommie wrote:

That's the joke.

KCPenguins wrote:

Get the app on your phone! Haha. It's cheap as fudge. You can start a group here for like $2/each per month.

It may even be free if you have Verizon.

I've got a few more.

Priest: "Does making a man a knight make him a better fighter?"

Balian: "Yes."

- Kingdom of Heaven

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PX5Bi-6jqe4

Maximus: "Father to a murdered son. Husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."

- Gladiator

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5i0u4jFmE78

Mickey- "You're gonna eat lightning, and you're crap thunda!

- Rocky

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4a6_Z4_zN1s

Lieutenant Dan- "Thought I'd try out my sea legs"

Forrest Gump- "But you ain't got no legs, Lieutenant Dan."

- Forrest Gump 🤣

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G6c1HWWspGo

Mr. Thatcher: "Don't you think it's rather unwise to continue this philanthropic enterprise? This enquirer that's costing you a million dollars a year?"

Charles: "You're right, Mr. Thatcher. I did lose a million dollars last year. I expect to lose a million dollars this year. I expect to lose a million dollars next year. You know, Mr. Thatcher, at the rate of a million dollars a year, I'll have to close this place in... 60 years."

- Citizen Kane

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tzhb3U2cONs

Man this is such a hard topic. I don't think I could narrow down to 10 favorites so I'll just throw out some others that haven't been mentioned.

Sybilla: "There will be a day when you will wish you had done a little evil to do a greater good." (Kingdom of Heaven)

Balian: "What is Jerusalem worth?"
Saladin: "Nothing. Everything." (Kingdom of Heaven)
https://youtu.be/u6aPgA5549g

Maximus: "At my signal, unleash hell." (Gladiator)
https://youtu.be/8IPzpaD4UOE

Peter: "Say hello to LUMBERGH for me!" (Office Space)
https://youtu.be/_NhlMWmWSB4

Michael: “PC Load Letter? What the fudge does that mean!?” (Office Space)
https://youtu.be/5QQdNbvSGok

Sergeant Horvath: "I don't know. Part of me thinks the kid's right. He asks what he's done to deserve this. He wants to stay here, fine. Let's leave him and go home. But then another part of me thinks, what if by some miracle we stay, then actually make it out of here. Someday we might look back on this and decide that saving Private Ryan was the one decent thing we were able to pull out of this whole godawful, crapty mess. Like you said, Captain, maybe we do that, we all earn the right to go home." (Saving Private Ryan)

Furiosa: "Remember me." (Mad Max: Fury Road)
https://youtu.be/GOCR8j0XEd0

I love the dialogue from Collateral. So many memorable lines/conversations/moments.
"Someday, someday my dream will come?" https://youtu.be/u69DywBfLjA
"Yo, homie. Is that my briefcase?" https://youtu.be/UiqwF_Y9S5Q
"You know what Vincent? Go F yourself." https://youtu.be/KYIK6c2dJYo
"Think anybody will notice?" https://youtu.be/EMS4lYA-hEo

A few other favs came to me.

Teddy: "You know, this place makes me wonder."
Chuck: "Yeah, what's that, boss?"
Teddy: "Which would be worse - to live as a monster, or to die as a good man?" (Shutter Island)
https://youtu.be/nRQ5OSoK_Mw

Sybilla: "No kingdom is worth my son alive in hell. I will go to hell instead." (Kingdom of Heaven)

A couple from The Drop:

Detective Torres: "No one ever sees you coming, do they, Bob?"
https://youtu.be/dq5cQ21uKQw

Bob : "There are some sins that you commit that you can't come back from, you know, no matter how hard you try. You just can't. It's like the devil is waiting for your body to quit. Because he knows, he knows that he already owns your soul. And then I think maybe there's no devil. You die... and God, he says, Nah, nah you can't come in. You have to leave now. You have to leave and go away and you have to be alone. You have to be alone forever."
https://youtu.be/BgEDUlqgeSQ

Homer Simpson: I can't believe we're paying for something we can get on TV for free. If you ask me, everybody in this theater is a giant sucker, especially YOU!

I skipped a Halloween rank topic because we did mega rankings for the past 2 years, but usually for Thanksgiving we do food-related rankings.

THIS year we're doing Top 5 (or 10) Thanksgiving Specials. I feel like Thanksgiving time doesn't get the same attention Halloween or Christmas does as far as specials or themed movies go. So just post which Thanksgiving-related TV episodes or movies you like to try to squeak in every year.

1. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving My all-time favorite Thanksgiving special. I sorta hate the Thanksgiving dinner they eat haha, but the animation in this Peanuts special is probably my favorite out of all the primary holiday specials. And it's just such a simple "turn off your brain" cartoon, I love it.
2. Friends - The One With the Football Honestly a really fun episode of a now-dated but still really fun sitcom. I love getting a look into these characters' lives as they try to balance a Thanksgiving dinner with a high-stakes football game in the park. Also prob my favorite episode of the entire show.
3. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - The Gang Squashes Their Beefs Like the Christmas special, this episode is just chaotic and ridiculous. That's this series summed up regardless. Just so much fun.
4. South Park - Black Friday I'll count the entire 3-part arc for this spot. A fun Game of Thrones parody that plays off the Black Friday craze taking advantage of Thanksgiving's holiday bump.
5. South Park - Starvin' Marvin Whatev gotta include this one. I love Black Friday but Starvin' Marvin is a legitimately iconic (if not super problematic and edgy) episode of South Park. But that's the point of the show and I crack up at this episode anytime I watch it.
6. Hey Arnold! - Arnold's Thanksgiving Such an underrated special and a really touching one. Loved seeing Arnold and Helga bond and seeing their teacher's life outside of the school was sort of heartbreaking but also very satisfying, narrative-wise.
7. Cheers - Thanksgiving Orphans This show is perfect sitcom. If there's one show with a laugh track I default to (that isn't classic 90s Nickelodeon), it's this one. Great food fight scene in this episode, especially with the "appearance" of Norm's wife Vera.
8. The Wonder Years - The Ties That Bind Just a classic story, and an incredible representation of life around this series' time period. The "nuclear family" wasn't always all it was cracked up to be and this show proved that time and time again, but especially in this episode. Classic.
9. This is America, Charlie Brown - The Mayflower Voyagers As is the case with most adaptations of this time period... this one is wildly inaccurate and flies in the face of actual history, opting instead for the US textbook version of events. Still, I love the Peanuts and this was a childhood favorite. Not as good as my #1 but still fun enough.
10. The Office - WUPHF.com This episode isn't 100% a "Thanksgiving" episode which is why it's my number 10 - but it does take place around that holiday and so I'll count it. It's one that I love to watch around this time of year due to Dwight's hay festival. Shows one of the best characters of the series at his all-time most petty, but also all-time funniest.

OKAY POST YOURS if you have any...

...also any suggestions for a Christmas ranking topic? I've done a mega-thread for Christmas the past 2 years (movies, specials, books, gifts, etc etc) so I have no idea what to do this year other than just repost updated choices for those topics.

Not in any particular order:
1) Friends: The episode with Brad Pitt (can't think of the name of it ).. I think this one was funnier than the football one...
2) Simpsons: Bart vs. Thanksgiving..
3) HIMYM: Slapsgiving...
4) Brooklyn 99: All the Thanksgiving episodes are funny
5) Community: Cooperative Escapism in Family Relations - Jeff reunites with his dad, everyone else goes to Shirleys and hides in the garage.

I don't really know of too many Thanksgiving special shows. I've always liked Everybody Loves Raymond, and the Thanksgiving episode where Amy's parents kill the bird is a really good one. The only Thanksgiving movie I can really think of is Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. That one is yearly viewing in my house.

Boy do I not like Charlie Brown. Is it supposed to be funny? Sad? Both? Never ever liked those specials.

Only Friends comes to mind for Thanksgiving episodes. My wife and I have had a Thanksgiving tradition for years now where we watch through all of them on Thanksgiving night. My top 5 are:

1) The One With the Rumor
2) The One With the Late Thanksgiving
3) The One Where Ross Got High
4) The One With Chandler In A Box
5) The One With All The Thanksgivings

The Middle also has some pretty good Thanksgiving episodes.

Scott wrote:
THe one with the rumor is the one with Brad Pitt, right?

shadyfozzie wrote:

Yep, he's surprisingly funny in it.

Scott wrote:

He was married to Aniston at the time of that episode, right??

@shadyfozzie I think so.

Kommie wrote:

Not an uncommon opinion at all, most of the holiday specials barely have a plot and aren't as jovial as others. That's what turns some folks off to them, but as a huge Peanuts fan, that's what I like about them (and the other specials/comics). I enjoy that they're mellow and relaxed compared to other cartoons, I love the color palettes used and the gradient sky backgrounds, I enjoy how the kids aren't idealized as constantly-happy, fun-loving characters to the point that the main character is almost always depressed (probably clinically, tbh). They're not funny in an "LOL" way, more of a sarcastic way if that makes sense - which is honestly due to the more "sad" or just indifferent tone that a lot of them have. I dunno, I just find them off-beat and relatable.

They're definitely not for everyone, I totally get why some people dislike them, but for those of us who do, there are few cartoons that we look forward to more during the holidays.

Never liked Charlie Brown Cartoons. Charlie is a fudgein mope and that dog lucy is a horrible person. It was cynical before the whole world got cynical, so in one regard it was ahead of its time but its just felt sad and mean. I didn’t appreciate the early introduction to melancholy from a cartoon.

I just mostly hate all Holiday Specials since I was forced to watch them as a kid. Also, I loathe the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade more than anything.

Kommie wrote:
I agree 100% with the parade.. Who the F cares about some stupid balloons and people lip syncing songs in 20 degree weather??

You guys are dampening my holiday cheer.
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I like the Holidays.. Just not Holiday Specials or Holiday Parades.

I don’t really mess with thanksgiving specials. Christmas specials however..

theJaw wrote:

Awwwww. That's pretty sad. I actually frowned just now.

But for actually finding that gif.

Honestly the only Thanksgiving ones I remember despite seeing nearly all of them is the Simpsons... and they are largely forgettable. They might be the worst set of holiday specials.

theJaw wrote:

bruh, did you not see my perfect list of Friends Thanksgiving episodes??

Alriighty yall, new topic:

Top 10 Live Action Movies of the 1990s

I'll do other decades eventually... already did 2010s (though that was a list that included both Live Action and Animated). There will come a time for 80s and 2000s, and probably 50s-70s as one single Top 10. But for now, let's go back to a simpler time and list our 10 favorite live action movies of the 90s, 1990-1999.

Try to make this a definitive list. We've already had a "guilty pleasures" list, and the 90s put out a lot of mine, but let's try to keep this to movies that we actually, unashamedly love and/or feel deserve the recognition. AND GO!

No real order, just my Top 10:

1. Goodfellas
2. Shawshank Redemption
3. Good Will Hunting
4. Jurassic Park
5. Dogma
6. Rushmore
7. Titanic
8. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
9. October Sky
10. Clerks

Top 10 Honorable Mentions:
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Clueless
- The Truman Show
- The Sixth Sense
- Batman Returns
- The Blair Witch Project
- Wayne's World
- The Fifth Element
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights
- The Crucible

Welp that was hard. Really my Top 20 because I could watch literally any of those at any time and be content, but whatev.

1) Fight Club
2) The Matrix
3) Fifth Element
4) Dazed and Confused
5) Pulp Fiction
6) The Mummy
7) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
8) Happy Gilmore
9) Twister
10) The Sandlot

Honorable Mentions:
11) The Frightners
12) Billy Maddison
13) Jurassic Park
14) From Dusk til Dawn
15) Scream
16) Empire Records
17) Jumanji
18) Batman & Robin
19) American Pie
20) Home Alone

@Dusk Batman... & ROBIN as an unironic favorite?

gosh darn, can’t help but respect it.

The Shawshank Redemption
Falling Down
American History X
Leon The Professional
The Big Lebowski
Unforgiven
Jurassic Park
Office Space
Army of Darkness
Pi

Honorable Mentions:
The Usual Suspects
Seven
The Matrix
The Sandlot
Austin Powers
The Crow
Good Will Hunting
Pulp Fiction

I saw ACTION movies without the live part at first. I had quite the list going before I realized lmao.

Me too i was like why the fudge no last action hero

Same, when I saw Shawshank I had to reread the title. lol

My top 10:

A River Runs Through It
Seven
Office Space
Heat
Saving Private Ryan
Primal Fear
Rounders
Sixth Sense
Home Alone
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Honorable mentions:

The Shawshank Redemption
Good Will Hunting
The Matrix
Speed
Happy Gilmore
Billy Madison
Tin Cup
The Rock
Bad Boys
Independence Day

I just rewatched Seven (Se7en for all the Enix fans out there) tonight and I need to sit down with my movie collection tomorrow and list out my favorites from the 90's.

I dunno if it’s because I waited too long to watch it, but I really didn’t love Seven the way everyone else does. I forgot who but someone here on the TZ sent me $3 to rent the movie a while back, so I did and felt bad not enjoying it as much as they were letting on haha

Oh well, world keeps turnin’.

This is off the top of my head.

1. Schindler's List
2. Jurassic Park
3. The Matrix
4. Unforgiven
5. The Ninth Gate
6. Rounders
7. Good Will Hunting
8. Philadelphia
9. Goodfellas
10. Donnie Brasco

Se7en
Dogma
Clerks
Boogie Nights
Scent of a Woman
Heavyweights
American History X
Cable Guy
Rounders
Dazed and Confused

I had to go though a few other lists and pick out my personal favorites. There are likely several I just can't think of off hand. I also haven't watched a number of the "gangster" movies, but I've heard they are good. Anyway, without further ado, here's my list:

Top 10
The Shawshank Redemption
Jurassic Park
The Big Lebowski
The Matrix
Fight Club
The Silence of the Lambs
Office Space
Se7en
Dumb & Dumber
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels

Honorable Mentions
Forest Gump
Hook
Independence Day
Home Alone
Tommy Boy
Rounders
The Sandlot

This was really really hard.

I think right now this would be my top ten:

Amelie
Before Sunrise
Children of Men
City Lost Children
Dark City
L.A. Confidential
Leon (the Professional)
Run Lola Run
Se7en
Shallow Grave


and then

and then a whole bunch of others like:

But that wouldn't be all of them. I just got crosseyed at that point.

@Sid_Ceaser is there a different Children of Men besides the 2006 movie or was that a flub?

Oh crap. I thought it was from the 90's. Whoopsie.

#1: Last Action Hero https://youtu.be/EdIN1KhJ0Dw
#2: The Terminator 2
#3: The Guyver 2 Dark Hero
#4: Rush Hour
#5: The Matrix
#6: Jurassic Park
#7: The Fifth Element
#8: Demolition Man
#9: Blade
#10: Men In Black

TMNT 1990? I don't think it got much better than that as a kid. Real life turtles.

@rnoble3588 I'm in the minority who would take Secret of the Ooze over the 1990 movie, just the one I saw most growing up. But yah, Secret of the Ooze made it dangerously close to my list for sure.

@theJaw Count me as #2. I love 1 but Secret of the Ooze is still my jam all these years later.

I prefer 1 over 2, but I burned 2s VHS up HARD. Even had the previews down pat.

Ahhhh, memories.

https://youtu.be/LDpgmtvf31M

1. Hook
2. The Flinstones
3. Spawn
4. Judge Dredd
5. Batman & Robin
6. Striptease
7. Ghost Dad
8. Cool World
9. Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
10. Baby Geniuses

1) Happy Gilmore
2) Terminator 2: Judgement Day
3) The Fugitive
4) Tommy Boy
5) Independence Day
6) Twister
7) Searching for Bobby Fisher
8) The Rock
9) Last Action Hero
10) Jurassic Park

Honorables:
Braveheart
Gladiator
Good Will Hunting
Men in Black
Saving Private Ryan
The Matrix
The Mummy

Searching for bobby fischer is one of great flicks i still have the movie poster since release and i've rented that movie from video store way too many times they gave me poster for free after its not new release anymore

They should do sequel - Still Searching for bobby fischer i know its not realistic

1. Jurassic Park
2. Starship Troopers
3. Last Action Hero
4. Terminator 2
5. Die Hard 2
6. Demolition Man
7. Independence Day
8. Speed
9. Judge Dredd
10. Total Recall

(Jurassic Park is my my fav for sure but 2-9 could be easily interchanged)

Braveheart and Saving Private Ryan are some of my favorite movies but I don't think of them is your typical action movie.

Haha the list is for live* action movies, any movie that isn’t animated

JD wrote:



I love that movie. I'm totally jealous you have a movie poster for it. That is awesome.

I’ve never seen Searching for Bobby Fischer but have always wanted to, especially lately after Queen’s Gambit. Might have to give that a go soon.

New topic: Top 10 Music Videos

This is just a part 1, we'll definitely return to this topic because there are obviously waaaaaaaaay too many to list. There is no order to this list, just the first 10 that popped into my head today. Post the ones you like but, again, expect a Part 2, so you don't have to blow your entire wad right now.

1. Foo Fighters - Everlong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBG7P-K-r1Y

2. Bruno Mars - That’s What I Like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMivT7MJ41M

3. Beastie Boys - Sabotage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5rRZdiu1UE

4. The Impression That I Get - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIGMUAMevH0

5. The Mountain Goats - The Legend of Chavo Guerrero
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9YvDfiAXT8

6. Sublime - Santeria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEYN5w4T_aM

7. Bright Eyes - Four Winds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaV-nGQ5yqw

8. Radiohead - Karma Police
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uYWYWPc9HU

9. Outkast - Roses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWju37TZfo0

10. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ

You can't rank music videos without including any Michael Jackson, especially Thriller. Black or White and Remember the Time were literally events when they were released.

The other famous one that everybody loves was Smells Like Teen Spirit, but I never really liked that video. I always loved Cryin by Aerosmith because Alicia Silverstone was hot as hell back in the 90s.

Black or White would be on my list for sure, it was big when it was released and I loved it.

Korn - Freak on a Leash
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Sabotage - Beastie Boys
Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz
Scream - Michael and Janet Jackson
Hey Bulldog - Beatles (Promo Video)
Three Little Pigs - Green Jelly
Praise You - Fatboy Slim
Buddy Holly - Weezer
Black Betty - Ram Jam

This was tough...

With the Snyder Cut dropping finally, I figured there's no better time than now to...

Rank the DCEU Movies

Doing it in this thread as opposed to its own because I feel like there aren't nearly as many folks who have seen these movies compared to the MCU stuff.

Now, I know it's not technically called the DCEU anymore (or never really was), but I'm counting any major live action DC movie since Man of Steel released. Continuity be damned.


---Movies I Loathe---
11. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - One of the worst movies I've ever seen, period.
10. Suicide Squad - Only ranks better than BvS because it's a lot shorter, otherwise the studio tampering doomed this one hard.
9. Justice League - Very bad, painfully bad tbh. Some of the most pitiful CG I've ever seen, and the hack Frankenstein job was done in a way that almost every single change was noticeable even without having seen the Snyder Cut beforehand.
---Movie I Haven't Seen but Already Like More Than the Previous 3---
8. Birds of Prey - I have a feeling I'd enjoy this if I watched it, but haven't felt the pull to do so yet.
---Movies I Enjoy---
7. Wonder Woman 1984 - I thought it was fun, sue me. Too long, very inconsistent in spots, and some real dumb story elements (Steve Trevor body-snatching for example), but it was fun enough to turn my mind off for a while and not get offended by it.
6. Man of Steel - I used to hate this movie until BvS came out and it looked like gold in comparison. Since then, it has actually grown on me to an extent and I can throw it on and appreciate it for what it is.
5. Joker - This movie is wholly disconnected from the rest, but it's still a live action DC movie so whatever. Joker isn't worse than anything previously mentioned but that's mainly because 11-6 are either only fun enough if you don't think too hard or just straight up bad. I do feel Joker is one of the most overrated movies of the past decade.
4. Wonder Woman - A competently made movie that may be sort of boring in spots but otherwise is a real fun action movie with a character long-overdue for the solo treatment. Kinda devolved to normal superhero fare in the third act but that didn't detriment it at all.
---Movies I Really Like---
3. Zack Snyder's Justice League - The more I stew on this movie, the more I like it. There's still some messiness in the story and not every beat is as satisfying as I'd hope, but the "epic fantasy" tone this movie integrates seamlessly into the narrative is a breath of fresh air in the superhero genre. A return to form for Snyder imo, reminding me of a lot of 300 and Watchmen.
2. Aquaman - Pleasantly surprised with Aquaman. It was also messy in spots and just straight goofy in others, but there are some legit great action sequences and I love the visuals throughout. Mamoa made me care about a character nobody cares about, so that's something.
1. Shazam! - Another pleasant surprise and the most earnest movie of the list. Just a relatively small-scale superhero story with "coming of age" thrown in and one of the more satisfying third acts out of the lot.

I can easily say my top 3, the only ones I "really like", were all movies I had absolutely zero expectations for going in and never cared about while they were being developed. ZSJL to a lesser extent because the hooplah around that has always interested me, but I didn't actually care to see it until it was about to release. But Aquaman and Shazam! are two movies I never expected to care about and they're easily the best of the bunch, imo.

theJaw said

Interesting to me that you said this. A friend of mine was so disappointed with Man of Steel when it was first released. He exited the theater saying something like "If I took a video camera and videod a snail in the desert, I could make a better movie than Man of Steel." Fast forward X amount of time, and now he likes the movie. Occasionally we'll tease him about him having hating it and now switching over. He says he knows and apologizes. :)

Yah it for sure isn't as bad as the first time I saw it, but there are definitely still things to dislike about it. My top complaints are:

1. Muted color palette. Just came off as Christopher Nolan-lite. I prefer Superman stories to be colorful and bright considering it's still possible to have a "dark" story without removing colors from the frame.
2. Over-indulgent ending. I can give the neck-break a pass but there really was no need for THAT much city-wrecking for the climax fight. It was like they knew they had the CG budget and just had to cram it all into that battle. If they wanted to explain it away as Superman being too "new" to the superhero game, they should have made that inner conflict more apparent once he was an adult. He seemed competent enough to steer the fight away from the major city, but Snyder seemed to just want to have the big effect-laden climax.
3. Pa Kent's death. Just silliness at that point, but a moment that was supposed to be poignant.

Otherwise, I can look past that stuff for the most part and just appreciate the rest of the movie while it's on. It would still probably rank sorta low on my "superhero movie ranking master list" if I were to make one, but at least it'd be better than the majority of these DC movies haha

I really have to rewatch Man of Steel to experience it again. It's been years since I last saw it. I don't think I particularly disliked it when I originally watched it, but I didn't find it to be amazing either.

Haven't seen Shazam!, your #1 spot.

Wait a minute. Just realized something. I actually rewatched Man of Steel last year. It's Superman Returns that I haven't seen in years. Not sure why I mixed them up.

Now that I think about it, the colors definitely were somewhat muted. I get what they were going for, but I don't think the duller look is necessary. I get it, but it's not a must.

I bet you're on to something with that whole city destruction thing being related to the budget. Big effects and all. It's in the budget, so why not. It was a bit over the top though. Just a bit

1. Wonder Woman
2. Man of Steel
3. Justice League
4. Suicide Squad
5. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Wonder Woman is definitely my favorite, but even that movie is just pretty good, I don't love it or anything. Plus, I'd be lying if I said that much of my enjoyment of the movie wasn't simply because Gal Gadot is in it. I haven't seen Man of Steel in a long time but I remember it being ok. Justice League and Suicide Squad are close. Neither were as bad as I expected based on how people talked about them, but neither were particularly good either. Batman v Superman was total garbage, I hated it so much.

Haven't seen yet:
Aquaman
Shazam!
Birds of Prey
Wonder Woman 1984
Zack Snyder's Justice League

Don't want to see:
Joker

Shazam and original WW are the 2 best.. I liked Birds of Prey too..
Just finished Snyder's JL.. what the hell was that epilogue with the Joker?? So damn weird..

Interested in the new Suicide Squad since they haven't said anything about it.

shadyfozzie wrote:

That’s part of Bruce’s “Knightmare” vision that he originally sees in BvS, though I’m not entirely sure WHY he can see the future in his dreams. Snyder had a whole JL trilogy planned out, and the sequel was going to be set in that dystopian future. In that Joker scene, Joker asks how many universes Bruce is willing to destroy because he refuses to just die, so it’s possible something was going to happen in JL 2 or 3 to explain why Bruce saw visions. It’s insinuated that something Bruce does leads to Lois getting killed, which makes Superman snap.

Cyborg sees the same future too, which makes more sense because he’s able to tap into the Mother Box being a cyborg and all. He’s the one who sees an image of Superman mourning over a dead body, which is probably Lois.

And if you’re just asking why the frig is that particular group of characters together, who knows!? We’ll probably never find out unfort.

1. Wonder Woman
2. Birds of Prey
3. Batman v Superman
4. Man of Steel
5. Zach Snyder's Justice League
6. Shazam
7. Aquaman
8. Justice League
9. Wonder Woman 1984
10. Suicide Squad

10. Justice League - Yeah, it's that bad.
9. Batman vs Superman - There are so many problems with this movie. Don't get me started.
8. Shazam - I don't get the love. I thought it was silly.
7. Wonder Woman 1984 - I was entertained even if there are some really dumb character choices, and the whole Diana's boyfriend possessing another human thing was obviously a poor choice.
6. Suicide Squad - I actually liked this movie except for the Joker. I understand the critiques, especially when comparing it to Guardians of the Galaxy, but it was a fun movie. Harley Quinn was fantastic! I liked the setup a lot. I think the middle dragged a bit, and I didn't really like the ending, but overall I liked this one.
5. Aquaman - This was a fun movie. I thought the Mantis stuff looked like a Power Rangers battle, and that entire subplot seemed a bit pointless. Overall though, it was a much better movie than I ever thought we would get from Aquaman.
4. Birds of Prey - More Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn without Jared Leto's Joker. This was another fun one.
3. Wonder Woman - Good movie, not great. I don't know why this one got so much love.
2. Man of Steel - I love Superman. This was not the best movie or when a good interpretation of him, but it was still a really good movie. I have rewatched this the most of every DCEU film.
1. Joker - I don't think this counts, but of the topic creator can add it, then I can too. This is a fantastic movie and light years beyond every other movie on this list.

If Joker counts, then we should add in every Batman movie ever. Also, I still haven't finished the ZS Justice League yet, so I can't add that one.

@bonham2 Joker counts for this particular list because it was released after Man of Steel, which was the start of the “DCEU” (or whatever they officially called it). I know it’s out of continuity but it’s a DC film that was released during the “connected universe” era even if it’s not part of that connected universe, and is so far the only DC movie released since MOS without connection to the others that were released since. All the other Batman movies came pre-DCEU.

Your thread, your rules 😆

Friggin RIGHT gosh darnitall

Pierce Brosnan to play the role of Dr. Fate in Black Adam. I'm not familiar with the character but he looks cool and I've always liked Brosnan.

1. Joker

2. Batman vs Superman

these are the only ones I've seen.

So I finished ZS Justice League. The original was #10 on my list, but this probably deserves #3 after Man of Steel. Why is it that the film has practically the same plot but this version is SO MUCH BETTER?!?

I think this feels like like a Justice League movie, whereas the original release was a bunch of people Thai didn't know each other getting their asses bat until Superman showed up to save the day. In this one, Batman is a bad ass. In the original, he is weak and completely unnecessary. In this one, Cyborg is awesome with a real backstory. In the original, he is completely pointless. In this one, Wonder Woman is owned by Steppenwolf. In this one, she is just as strong as him and holding her own. I especially like how they will fought TOGETHER with Superman, instead of how Superman just saves the day in the original. I think Barry's run around the block in this one was stupid, but at least he served a purpose (turning back the clock). In the original, he's just saving people (that aren't even present in this version). So many things didn't make sense in the original (what the motherboxes were, what was Steppenwolf's purpose, how they found him in his remote location, etc.). This does such a better job of explaining things. The epilogue was a waste though.

When I saw the epilogue setting up injustice I was like ah this is the foreshadowing of the Lois is the key and bats says something darker I was like oh injustice and then it was happening but then it was a dream.

tonymack21 wrote:

It was a dream but it was also a legit vision, and it totally was another tease for that “Lois is the key” beat. Cyborg saw similar visions when he tapped into the Mother Box while they were in the Kryptonian ship, including that one of Superman mourning over a body (likely Lois) before Darkseid puts his hand on his shoulder. Snyder planned for 2 other JL movies that would have at least partially taken place in that dystopian Injustice-style setting.

I imagine it would have been explained in one of those movies why Bruce was able to see the visions himself. Either way, it’s my theory that Flash traveled back in time to BvS to warn Bruce that “Lois is the key” and that he meant Bruce should 100% not let Lois die the way she did in his (Flash’s) timeline in order to avoid the whole “evil Superman” schtick.

theJaw wrote:

Oh ya thats right. I liked how they did that.

As for the Epilogue being a “waste”, I don’t necessarily feel that way. I do agree it was all totally tacked on in a weird way, but the scenes were still integral to what would have been if Snyder got to make more movies (even the Joker scene, which wasn’t originally in the Snyder cut).

If I edited this movie, I would have handled those epilogue scenes like this:

1. Insert a slightly shorter version of the Batman/Joker Knightmare scene into the middle of Cyborg’s vision sequence. I’d place it so that the final shot of the epilogue scene (Superman’s menacing red eyes) comes right BEFORE the shot of the dead Lantern lying in front of a silhouetted Superman who’s holding what seems to be a severed head. Even if that severed head didn’t belong to Batman or any of the heroes/villains who appear in that epilogue scene, the visual of seeing Superman holding it RIGHT after he’s seen approaching them would have been a nice hook and add to Cyborg’s newfound apprehension toward bringing Superman back to life. It would also make a bit more sense of why Cyborg’s auto-defense system kicks in right before they fight Superman.

2. Use the montage scene with Cyborg’s father’s narration as the only scene in the actual epilogue section after Part 6, ending with Superman pulling his shirt open to reveal he’s still rocking the black suit. Cut to credits.

3. Make the Lex Luthor/Deathstroke scene the “mid credits” scene, a la the MCU. Have some visual credits first, cut to that Lex scene, then cut to the normal scrolling credits.

4. Finally, I’d subtly fade some Joker dialogue/laughter and maybe even some menacing Superman dialogue in over the end of the scrolling credits, before they SMASH CUT to Bruce waking up from a nightmare. So now it’s not necessarily a Knightmare scene he wakes from (though it could still be), it’s just a suggested nightmare he’s having about the Joker (and/or Superman). From there have the conversation with Martian Manhunter act as the true “after credits” scene.

Just feel like that would have made those scenes work a little more coherently as opposed to just seeming crammed in at the end just for the heck of it.

I can get behind that. I found the Batman/Joker stuff to be an absolute bore. Jared Leto should've declined. Nobody wants to see him as Joker.

bonham2 wrote:

I sure did. What I didn't want to see was Jared Leto as the Suicide Squad version of the Joker, at least visually. But to be fair, we didn't even see his version of the Joker IN Suicide Squad. We saw clipped scenes that the studio decided were all we were allowed to see, and stripped both the director and the actor of their vision when it came to that character. Mind you this is the same studio that opted for the Whedon cut over the Snyder cut, so their priorities are clearly not ironed out.

It's easy to be salty about his look in Suicide Squad (I definitely was) and no, the couple scenes he was in weren't anything to write home about, but considering Ayer and Leto have both stated that there was enough footage shot for a Joker-centric movie, I'm willing to bet we didn't even get the opportunity to judge his take on the character in full. If the Snyder cut proved anything, it's that crapty editing and removal of key scenes can detriment a performance in major ways. So when it came to JL, I was all-in on giving him another go. I dug the comic accurate jokey-dialogue and classic dark sense of humor. And, thankfully, his look was changed to be less gang-bangery.

Tbh I'd still like to see a movie that uses him more traditionally as opposed to just glorified cameos, but that's likely never going to happen.

(Didn't neg ps)

Yes and no. I don't think editing made the Justice League characters any better. I think the reshoots really changed Superman's and Aquaman's personalities. Superman was lighter and happier in the original, which never felt right anyway. And Aquaman was too bro-dude for me in the original. That's not editing. That was a directors poor decision.

The stuff we saw of Joker in Suicide Squad was either Jared Leto's vision, the director's vision, or a combination of both. Maybe there's more unseen footage somewhere out there. I have no interest in seeing it. In my opinion, Jared Leto's Joker was the worst part of a movie that I enjoyed for the most part (Suicide Squad).

I meant "editing" in terms of removing key character moments, which Whedon did. He replaced some with worse scenes, for sure, but he also just cut certain performance-driven scenes all together and with no explanation - very similar to what WB did with Joker in Suicide Squad. Cyborg's character moments were removed almost completely from JL, and in turn he came off completely different in Whedon's cut as opposed to Snyder's. One version was one-note and boring, the other was the complete opposite - that was due to the WB's editors removing a performance and Snyder adding the removed material back in.

Like I said, I know the Joker scenes that were actually in Suicide Squad were bad - but really any performance can come off bad when all the scenes offering context for said character are completely removed from a narrative written with said scenes in mind. I'm not trying to sway your opinion on the performance we saw, I agree he ranked real high on the list of bad things about Suicide Squad (I very much did not enjoy the movie), I'm just saying we really didn't see the material that may have helped understand Leto or Ayer's vision a little better and that ZSJL proved just how much of an impact something like that can have on a movie.

I hope Ayer does what Snyder joked about and just leaves his cut of the movie on a thumb drive somewhere random for someone to find. Give it a chance to be seen on the ol' high seas.

NEW TOPIC: Top 10 (or 5) Movies of 2020

This topic could literally just be "new movies you bothered to watch in 2020" due to the major lack of content. My list really is almost every new movie I saw in 2020 and therefore a few of them make the cut by default. A lot of them would have been completely ignored if it weren't for the nearly complete halt of the movie business, but I've done this for every year since 2017 and I'm not about to stop now gosh darnit.

Even though 2020 was a rough year for new releases, I felt obligated. Share your list (if you bothered to watch any new movies last year).

1. Hamilton - I've re-watched this so many times, I've lost count. I know it's not technically a "movie", but it is the "filmed" version of the stage play with camera angles reserved for film so there ya have it. I was somewhat interested in this when it released, but it took my girlfriend forcing me to watch it to finally get me to, and I've been unable to stop since. Just a masterpiece for modern musicals, with a strong (if not entirely historically accurate) story and great performances all around. Some of the catchiest tunes of the past few years easy. For me, it's very easy to listen to an album I enjoy consistently for a few months after discovering it... and Hamilton is no different, there's just an incredibly well put-together play to go along with it. 2. Onward - Easily among my favorite Pixar movies. Maybe not as well-animated as others, but the story and characters make up for that in my opinion. As a major sucker for father/son stories, this one hit me in every single feeling that resides in my body and it has one of the stronger, more meaningful endings out of any Pixar movie. 3. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm - I love that this movie came out of absolutely nowhere, with little to no reports of it filming until it was released. While not consistently as funny as the first Borat, I do feel like there are a few moments in this sequel that made me laugh harder than anything in that first one. If this is the last we see of this style movie from Sacha Baron Cohen, he went out on top. 4. Happiest Season - I really dug this Christmas movie. Loved the characters, especially how they avoided normal tropes of the genre and of the subject material itself. Kristen Stewart impressed, Daniel Levy rules in everything, and I'll never complain about seeing Allison Brie in anything. 5. You Cannot Kill David Arquette - David Arquette, staple of the 90s thanks to Scream, enters the world of independent wrestling in an attempt to give back to an industry and its fans that shunned him for like 2 decades, ever since WCW booked him to win their world championship. Real interesting and wacky story. It's not as surreal as a documentary like "The Devil and Daniel Johnston", but there is that element of "I can't believe this guy is real and doing this crap" like that movie. 6. The Old Guard - I remember I was up all night one summer night this past year and decided to start watching this at like 5AM. I couldn't turn it off once I started. Not the best action movie out there but it hit the spot at the time. 7. Da 5 Bloods - Came for one of Chadwick Boseman's final performances, stayed for everything else. Really well directed, had a very unique vibe to it, and while the story sort of jumped around in strange ways, it was definitely entertaining. 8. The Lodge - Super depressing movie but also super atmospheric. I enjoyed the sheer terror the movie conjured without any real supernatural elements or anything of the sort, just a horrifying situation and fear of the unknown. 9. Enola Holmes - Was pleasantly surprised by this, Millie Bobby Brown was great in it. Threw it on with no real knowledge of what it was randomly while I was working one day during lockdown, and couldn't stop watching at times. 10. Wonder Woman 1984 - I thought it was fun if very unbalanced and not too great. Still had a good enough time with it. Can't blame people who disliked it, it was too long and there were a ton of pretty poor story elements involved, but the performances, characters themselves and "classic Christopher Reeves Superman" vibe did enough to keep me hooked. 11. The Last Blockbuster - Eff it... it was 2020, I'm doing 11 movies. This is the only one I didn't watch IN 2020 (just saw it a few weeks ago) but it WAS released in 2020 and to be honest, I like this as much as most movies on this list so there's no reason to leave it off. Still need to see/finish: Sonic the Hedgehog, Soul, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Mulan - Saw most of Sonic but still haven't finished, enjoyed what I saw for the most part. The other 3 are movies up my alley that I need to watch, that I have a feeling could have ranked in my "top" list if I had watched them.

All in all, 2020 was definitely the year of "this movie isn't as good as the delayed blockbusters but will at least help pass the time". While I enjoyed them all and think they're all generally at least "good", I wouldn't say I'm in much of a rush to watch most of these again. I've already watched Borat and Onward twice, and have watched Hamilton like 75 times, so 1-3 are safe. And I'll probably watch 4 again around Christmas time, but that's about it. 5 was admittedly pretty great, but it's not really "necessary re-watch" material to me. 6-11 were fun to watch once, but I'd be comfortable if I never sat down with them again (though I'm sure I will with a few eventually).

Had to check Wikipedia to see which movies even came out in 2020, only one I could remember was Onward.

Onward
Impractical Jokers: The Movie
Trolls: World Tour
Soul
Sonic the Hedgehog
The Croods: A New Age

I'm going to have to try to create a list of movies I've seen first. Okay, I've got that done. I've only seen nine movies from 2020.

1) The Trial of the Chicago Seven
2) Hamilton - It's a great play.
3) Judas and the Black Massiah
4) The Sound of Metal
5) The Father
6) Minari
7) The Croods: A New Age - This was a surprise for me. I really enjoyed it.
8) Tenent - I liked it.
9) Borat Subsequent Moviefilm - Good, but I'm just not a huge Broat fan.
10) Mulan - It was fine.

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9) Class Action Park - I've already read about the story, so not much new.
10) The Social Dilemma
11) Trolls World Tour - I just didn't like this film all that much.
12) Wonder Woman 1984 - Such a letdown.
13) Nomadland - It's not a documentary, but I enjoyed documentaries on the subject more.
14) Bill & Ted Face the Music - Meh.

On my watchlist: The Father, Nomadland, The Trial of the Chicago Seven, Judas The Black Messiah, Minari, The Social Dilemma, One Night In Miami, Impractical Jokers: The Movie, and Soul. Man, I really wish I could go back in time and swap this list for my list of watched movies. After I complete this list, I'd be shocked if more then three of my watched movies remain in my top-ten.

EDIT: I'll try to edit my list as I cross items off my watchlist.

lpeters82 wrote:

Did you like the first one? I love the first one, it's one of my favorite non-Disney/Pixar movies. This one definitely wasn't as good as the first, but going into it I thought it as a musical or something, so I was pleased to find out that wasn't the case.

Scott wrote:

Yeah, I liked the first Trolls movie a lot. Not my favorite, but it was really good. I just really don't see the second as a movie I'd ever need to rewatch. In contrast, I hadn't seen the first Croods movie but was really surprised by the second film. I did see the later in the theater as we rented it out for my nephews birthday party. Maybe that made a difference, but a lot had to do with my expectations going into each. All three of my bottom movies where films where the sequel lowered my opinion of the franchise. The more I think about it it's probably better then Wonder Woman 1984. I just want to force myself to not let 1984 completely ruin that franchise.

I watched the first movie on my 2020 backlog, Judas and the Black Massiah. I really like Hamilton, but as expected this would be right up there for number one.

I don't believe I've seen a 2020 movie, but I did get to watch The Empire Strikes Back in an empty theater with my two oldest boys. That was pretty awesome.

Crossed another movie off the list, The Trial of the Chicago Seven. Really good. I'm moving that to the top of my list. I'm not proud of this, but the movie could have been made better by my ignorance of the topic. I knew almost nothing about the trial, so I really didn't know what was going to happen.

The Sound of Metal - My friend really liked it. I thought it was just okay. He thought it was super deep. I just didn't see that. I thought is just a normal story of a former attic trying to cope with silence.

In the list of theJaw's best lists, this top 10 is at the bottom. 2020 was the worst year ever for movies due to COVID.

Yaaah but I had to do it. Still saw enough to rank and I didn’t wanna skip a year damnitall

KCPenguins wrote:

Nice! Sounds amazing.

Haven't seen any 2020 movies either. Though I do want to eventually watch Sonic. Curious to see how that one is, such a well known videogame character being in it and all.

Nomadland - Hmm...I really don't get the hype for this film. There were some nice shots, but I've previously seen some documentaries on this nomad lifestyle that I thought were much more interesting. This docudrama just fell pretty flat for me.

Okay, fellow adults, it’s time to rank the next topic...

Top 10 Disney Songs!

Big fan of music and appreciate when tunes are integrated into movies well. This is for songs from the animated movies, traditional or CG. I’m gonna try limiting my list to one per movie.

1. “Go the Distance” - Hercules
2. “Remembe Me” - Coco
3. “How Far I’ll Go” - Moana
4. “Strangers Like Me” - Tarzan
5. “Hakuna Matata” - The Lion King
6. “You’ve Got a Friend In Me” - Toy Story
7. “Friend Like Me” - Aladdin
8. “Almost There” - The Princess and the Frog
9. “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” - Mulan
10. “Down to Earth” - Wall-E

Not in any order, but:
Into the Unknown/ Some Things Never Change (Frozen 2)
Ever Ever After/That's How you Know (Enchanted)
I've Got a Dream/I See the Light (Tangled)
You've Got a Friend in Me (Toy Story Quadrilogy)
Zero/When Can I see you Again (Wreck It Ralph 1/2)
Immortals (Big Hero 6)
Touch the Sky (Brave)
Remember Me (Coco)

Some of the songs from the Decendants, High School Musical and Zombies movies are catchy too

Not a big fan of Tarzan, Lion King, Mulan, Hercules movies (I don't think I've ever seen any of them from start to finish to be honest, don't really have an interest in them)disnet

The fact that a whole new world isn’t on this list is blasphemy.

Prime wrote:

lol it was, but I tried to stick to a song per movie and I love the musicianship of "Friend Like Me". Such a wild tune.

You should do a top ten best looking men in their prime list in honor or phil.

There is a serious lack of classic Disney tunes on here.

11. That's How You Know (Enchanted)
10. The ENTIRE Princess and the Frog soundtrack, especially When We're Human and Down in New Orleans
9. One Jump Ahead
8. Let It Go
7. I Just Can't Wait to be King
6. Be Our Guest
5. Part of Your World
4. Under the Sea
3. Friend Like Me
2. Circle of Life
1. A Whole New World

(I LOVE Aladdin)

Also, I obviously didn't include Pixar at all, but the Soul soundtrack is fantastic.

This must be the most difficult list ever, lol

Since Fox is owned by Disney, and just to be that guy. List is in no particular order:

10. Bird is The Word
9. A Bag of Weed
8. Mr. Booze
7. Give Up The Toad
6. I Need A Jew
5. You Have AIDS
4. FCC
3. This House is Freakin Sweet
2. Shipoopi
1. Can't Touch Me

This is a good topic. I don't have time to put that much thought into it right now, but I will say the Tarzan soundtrack is one of the best ever. Even more impressive that Phil Collins did the recordings in English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian.

I also loved the song Somewhere Out There from An American Tail.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jl8mzCaCr0

Frank wrote:


https://youtu.be/Jg9nz41Y1FM


Also lack of Simpsons is disapointing.

KCPenguins wrote:

I've never been a Simpsons fan. Only really liked the movie.

Don't count them since they weren't an OG Disney franchise

Top-10:
"In Summer", Frozen
"Circle of Life", Lion King
"Hakuna Matata", Lion King
"How Far I Go", Moana
"Love Is an Open Door", Frozen
"You'll be in My Heart", Tarzan
"Friend Like Me", Aladdin
"A Whole New World", Aladdin
"Under the Sea", The Little Mermaid
"Gaston", Beauty and the Beast

Honorable Mentions:
"You've Got a Friend in Me", Toy Story
"Reflection", Mulan


PS: I'll come and add more detail later, but I think I have my top-10. These are a mix of songs that hit when I was a child and songs that hit when I was a parent with young children.

An American Tail is NOT Disney, you are DISQUALIFIED. You get NOTHING. Good DAY sir.

My list has a lot of Aladdin. What can I say, that soundtrack is full of bangers!

1) A Whole New World (Aladdin)
2) One Jump Ahead (Aladdin)
3) Prince Ali (Aladdin)
4) Just Can't Wait to be King (The Lion King)
5) Friend Like Me (Aladdin)
6) Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)
7) Let It Go (Frozen)
8) Remember Me (Coco)
9) Under the Sea (The Little Mermaid)
1) Love is an Open Door (Frozen)
Bonus: Who's Your Friend Who Likes to Play? (Inside Out)

Honorables:
Un Poco Loco (Coco)
Be Our Guest (Beauty and the Beast)
Belle (Beauty and the Beast)
Something There (Beauty and the Beast)
Touch the Sky (Brave)
I See the Light (Tangled)
Some Things Never Change (Frozen 2)
Go the Distance (Hercules)
How Far I'll Go (Moana)

Most overrated Disney songs:
Hakuna Matata
You've Got a Friend In Me

theJaw wrote:

Great. That will help me move something else up. That song is probably my earliest memory of emotion. I was four when that movie came out, but I remember the strange mix of happy and sad emotions that song made me feel while watching the movie.

Scott wrote:

My friends made fun of me, but I bought the Aladdin soundtrack (on cassette). I don't like when things are considered a "boy movie" or "girl movie", but it seems like most males my age would list Aladdin and Lion King as their favorite Disney movies.

Yah that song and that movie rules. Love the old Bluth/Amblin animated movies.

“shiny” moana.

Hands down the best.

Little bit of a different one but could be fun, interested to see who you folks have an eye for.

Top 5 Celebrity Crushes

1. Alison Brie (could be 1-5 tb completely h)
2. Hikaru Shida (AEW wrestler)
3. Jessica Lucas (Tigress from Gotham)
4. Jasmine Cephas Jones (Peggy/Maria Reynolds from Hamilton)
5. Regina King (Angela Abar from Watchmen)

Tbh #1 is the only solid entry on my list, 2-5 are my "at the moment" entries.

Beautiful gals. Who do you folks have?

Not in any order (3 so far will edit for my other 2)
Anna Kendrick
Karen Gilliam
Kristin Bell

1 Edward James Olmos
2 Edward James Olmos
3 Edward James Olmos
4 Edward James Olmos
5 Edward James Olmos

Not sure how I left EJO off my list tbh

1) Gal Gadot
2) Scarlett Johansson
3) Ana de Armas
4) Zooey Deschanel
5) Carrie Underwood

1) Mariska Hargitay
2) Dwayne Johnson
3) Hugh Jackman
4) Robbie Magasiva
5) Liam Hemsworth

Zoe Terakes gets a mention. They are hot regardless of the gender represention in the moment.

1. Emilia Clarke
2. Emilia Clarke
3. Ruby Rose
4. Gal Gadot
5. Jason Momoa

5) The wife from eastbound and down
4) The girl from The Newsroom/The girl dwight sleeps with at the wedding on the office.
3) Emily Blunt
2) Stevie Nicks circa 1977
1) Whitney Houston

Honorable Mention: mid 80’s Val Kilmer. Dude was fire.

Them at their peak:
Audrey Hepburn
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Shania Twain
Kathy Ireland
Jenna Fischer

I always thought Kate Beckinsale was very easy on the eyes. Meg Ryan, Jennifer Connelly, and KC mentioned Audrey Hepburn. Not a top five but ones I purposefully watch.

1. Pamela Anderson
2. Charlize Theron
3. Gal Gadot
4. Scarlett Johansson
5. Natalie Portman

hmm, if i go with all time with them at the time i was into them, like shania and smg mid to late 90s etc.

shania twain
sarah michelle gellar
jessica biel
kate beckinsale
Tia Carrere


currentl time id say i like these, but maybe not over my all time list which is mostly when i was younger, nostalgia i guess lol.
gal gadot
scarlet johannson
olivia wylde
jennifar lawerence
anna kendrick

was hard to leave ming-na wen, natatlie portman, jennifer love hewitt and kathy ireland off these

Jennifer Connelly

then the rest:

Charlize Theron
Audrey Hepburn
Ana de Armas
Shania Twain

These four often move around, but Connelly is my #1 of all time since I was ... 13 or something.

New topic, classic.

Lists are maybe somewhat in order? Pretty much just ranking every movie I saw this year haha

Favorite Movies of 2021

1. In the Heights
2. Dune: Part One
3. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
4. The Many Saints of Newark
5. Spider-man: No Way Home
6. The Suicide Squad
7. The Beatles Get Back
8. tick, tick... BOOM!
9. The Green Knight
10. The French Dispatch
11. Bad Trip
12. Zack Snyder's Justice League
13. The Matrix Resurrections
14. Godzilla vs. Kong
15. Black Widow
16. The Harder They Fall

Least Favorite Movies of 2021

1. Mortal Kombat
2. Venom: Let There Be Carnage
3. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
4. Space Jam: A New Legacy
5. Willy's Wonderland
6. Army of the Dead
7. Halloween Kills
8. Stowaway

The many saints of newark as a favorite and above spider man. I can’t even.

To be fair, I JUST watched the Sopranos and then immediately watched the movie, so I didn’t have all that time to become a jaded Sopranos fan who needs to defend the honor of the series haha. I thought the performances taken on their own were great, and I dug the story. Whatev.

Also not shy in acknowledging No Way Home was overall an uneven movie that rose to the heights it did due to nostalgia, so I didn’t find it to be untouchable or anything.

I'm a hardcore Sopranos fan, but my immense dislike of Many Saints has nothing to do with loving the series. Every reason I hate it has no connection to the series.

Yah, that’s also possible. It’s just been my experience that most folks I’ve talked to about it can’t do so without comparing it to Sopranos. Which makes sense, it’s just that I can’t relate without a lifetime of loving the series haha

I don’t hate that movie by any stretch. I also feel like everyone that I’ve personally talked to would have absolutely loved it if it was embedded in the series as flashbacks- and the reasons they cited for not liking it- weren’t consistent with the sopranos series as a whole either.

Rank the Opinions on The Many Saints of Newark

1. Feeb
2. Prime
3. Miranda
4. theJaw

But I didn’t express my actual opinion on the Many Saints of Newark.

So if I were to express my sentiments it would read like this…

The so very few saints if any of newark. A ham fisted ill conceived, go no where, tells no story tale that caters to the most superficial, entry level of sopranos experiences. The characters are not developed, the plot is plodding at best, convoluted with no purpose, carrying not even the essence or a semblance of the storytelling from the series. Bad SNL impressions, caricatures rather of once well known characters cover most of the film with few doing much more than repeating old lines we’ve all heard before in a pedantic, pandering attempt at fan service. Nothing is drawn out or tied together. It is the single most disappointing movie experience of my lifetime.

I feel ya, everyone’s entitled to their opinion. But anyone see any movies this year that they feel like rankin’ or what?

@theJaw this is a discussion as much as a ranking no? I’m not trying to exclusively interlope and derail.

I saw a bunch of movies for the first time this year that didn’t come out in 2021, shall I assume they don’t qualify.

@Prime yah man no worries about discussion, I was just hoping to see where folks placed what they saw throughout the year.

I vote post your list of movies you first saw this year, whatev. They’re still the favorites/least favorites you saw in 2021 haha

1- The Green Knight
2- The Last Duel

Those were honestly the two I can recall really taking with me. Everything else was for the kids or not too great.


Edit- I mean for the kids as in we watched it for the girls. Lol. Poor wording.

I watched The Last Duel and liked it, it was interesting to see the changes with each PoV.

I'm in the same place as Feeb. I haven't seen much of anything that stuck with me enough to rank. A couple of TV shows/limited series have, but that's it.

Maybe make a list of utter crap people want to beat down. Considering the climate the last few days that could be fun.

HA got ya, no new topic I'm just revising my list for 2021 movies. Sry.

The Tragedy of Macbeth and Nightmare Alley take high honors. Only just watched them recently, but they are 2021 movies, so I felt this was appropriate.

Also, tick... tick... BOOM! takes a much higher spot on my list after a second watch.


Favorite Movies of 2021

1. The Tragedy of Macbeth
2. Bo Burnham: Inside
3. In the Heights
4. Dune: Part One
5. Nightmare Alley
6. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
7. tick, tick... BOOM!
8. The Many Saints of Newark
9. Spider-man: No Way Home
10. The Suicide Squad
11. The Beatles Get Back
12. The Green Knight
13. The French Dispatch
14. Batman: The Long Halloween (Parts I & II)
15. Bad Trip
16. Zack Snyder's Justice League
17. The Matrix Resurrections
18. Godzilla vs. Kong
19. Black Widow
20. The Harder They Fall

Least Favorite Movies of 2021

1. Mortal Kombat
2. Venom: Let There Be Carnage
3. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
4. Space Jam: A New Legacy
5. Willy's Wonderland
6. Army of the Dead
7. Halloween Kills
8. Stowaway

Favorites of 2021: These are sort of in order, but I had a hard time deciding on the exact order so don’t read into it too much.

1. The Power of the Dog
2. Pig
3. Mitchell’s vs the Machines
4. Spider-Man No Way Home
5. Bo Burnham: Inside
6. The Harder They Fall
7. Judas and the Black Messiah
8. Long Halloween Part Two
9. Long Halloween Part One
10. Tragedy of Macbeth

Least Favorites:
1. Army of the Dead
2. F9
3. Reminiscence
4. The Guilty
5. Venom: Let There Be Carnage

@EB just updated my list to include Inside and Long Halloween, don’t know how I forgot about those. I guess I viewed Inside as more of a “special” but its filmmaking was great, and Long Halloween was animated and I for some reason didn’t even think of any of those. Great stuff regardless.

Was Encanto 2021?

In theaters for 2021, but I doubt anyone watched it in theaters.

so would that qualify as a 2021 movie?? lol

We watched it on Christmas morning release 2021.

I missed the celebrity crushes list. My list is based on when they were at their peak:

1. Katie Holmes
2. Alicia Silverstone

Nobody else comes close, but in the interest of completing the list:

3. Natalie Portman
4. Jennifer Love Hewitt
5. Jessica Alba

That list is about as 90s as it gets, and I appreciate that.

Time for a new topic jaw.

Scott wrote:

Open to ideas my man, hit me

Top 10 classic rock songs.

Gonna need some definitions for us old guys.

bonham2 wrote:


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Yum

theJaw wrote:

Oh I forgot to include Tiffany Amber Thiessen (pre 90210 days)

Scott wrote:

Assuming you mean like 60s-80s, I don’t even know if I have a top 10 for that haha. There are some bands from back in the day that I love but unless I’m just filling up a list of songs made up from like 4 bands, I don’t have much to offer there.

But I’m down if other folks want to list theirs, I can set it up.

I've always thought JLH was overrated.

Just wanted to quickly post up my Batman movie rankings as there have been a few notable installments since this thread started with Batman film rankings, and I've re-watched quite a few since then too. I'm gonna post topics a bit quicker from now on so if folks aren't interested in this ranking, it won't be long before the next. Still taking suggestions and whatnot.

Anyhow, updated Batman movie rankings (I included Joker because come on):

1. The Dark Knight
2. The Batman
3. Mask of the Phantasm
4. Batman Begins
5. Batman Returns
6. The Dark Knight Rises
7. Batman 1989
8. Zack Snyder’s Justice League
9. Batman 1966
10. The LEGO Batman Movie
11. Joker
12. Batman Forever
13. Batman & Robin
14. Justice League
15. Batman v Superman

Oh crapter, I forgot about classic rock songs.

I figured you just vetoed the idea lol

I haven't seen The Batman yet. I've still been (slowly) catching up on the DCEU movies, and I have a few more ahead of The Batman, so it won't be seeing it any time soon. I also haven't seen Zack Snyder's Justice League yet. I don't intend to watch Joker.

1. The Dark Knight
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. Batman Begins
4. The LEGO Batman Movie
5. Batman Forever
6. Batman 1989
7. Batman Returns
8. Justice League
9. Batman & Robin
10. Batman v Superman
11. Batman 1966

This is easy, I've only seen 3 Batman movies.


1. The Dark Knight
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. Batman Begins

Mine's pretty easy as well:

1. Batman Begins
2. Dark Knight
3. Dark Knight Rises
4. The Batman
5. Joker
6. Batman vs. Superman
7. Justice League

I've seen all the Keaton, Clooney, and Kilmer movies as well, but all back when they came out so I wouldn't know how to rank them nowadays. I actually just watched The Batman for the first time last night and while I think Robert Pattinson crushed it (he may have overtaken Bale as my favorite Batman actor) I was a little disappointed by the movie as a whole.

I may as well jump in on this... My list is as follows:
1. Batman (1989)
2. Batman Returns
3. Dark Knight
4. Dark Knight Rises
5. Batman Forever
6. Justice League
7. Batman vs. Superman
8. Batman & Robin
9. Batman Begins



Never seen The Batman, or Joker. So cannot comment on those.
But the original trilogy (80's, early 90's) is hands down the best Batman movies imo.

Interesting to see Begins ranked lower than B&R.

S-Tier
1) Dark Knight
2) Batman Begins
3) Batman (1989)

A-Tier
4) The Batman
5) Batman Returns

B-Tier
6) Dark Knight Rises

C-Tier
7) Batman Forever
8) Batman & Robin
9) LEGO Batman

D-Tier
10) Justice League

F-Tier
11) Batman vs. Superman

There simply is not enough love for Mask of the Phantasm in here. It was theatrical fellas!

Scott wrote:

lol no I'm just a space cadet, that'll be the next round

Best1989 wrote:

I literally hate Batman Begins. Hands down the most boring Batman movie. I know what they were trying to do with the movie, but I just didn't like it. The next two after that tho is fantastic

The Dark Knight
Batman Begins
Batman 89
Joker
Justice League Snyder Cut
Batman Vs Superman Snyder Cut
Batman Returns
The Dark Knight Rises
The Batman
Batman Forever
Batman Vs Superman theatrical cut
Batman & Robin
Suicide Squad
Justice League theatrical cut

With a few new additions:
1. The Batman
2. Batman Begins
3. Batman 1989
4. The Dark Knight
5. Batman Returns
6. Dark Knight Rises
7. Batman Forever
8. Justice League Snyder Cut
9. Batman v Superman
10. Batman and Robin

My original post...

1. Batman Begins (TDK is so overrated)
2. Batman 1989 (Nicholson is the best live-action Joker...deal with it)
3. The Dark Knight - I firmly believe that Heath Ledger's joker gets more credit due to his early death. He isn't even playing Joker. He's just playing a random crazy person.
4. Batman Returns
5. Batman Forever - I know it's campy as hell, but it's still a lot of fun. Jim Carrey is great in it.
6. Batman v Superman - Superman is my favorite super hero, but they really blew it with this one.
7. Batman & Robin - This is crap

Suicide Squad - This is not a Batman movie. He makes a cameo. The movie is also way better than people give it credit for.
Lego Batman Movie - Haven't seen it
Batman The Movie - Never actually saw it. I hate the old TV show, so I have no interest.

Sincerely considering planning some sort of digital GTZ watch along so yall can see Mask of the Phantasm.

I'll consider watching it when you finish Gravity Falls.

@Scott ya sonofadog.... fine. I actually meant to mention how the like... 3 episodes I watched have already ingrained themselves in the nostalgia pocket of my brain so I do need to finish it up. 2 seasons right?

theJaw wrote:

Yep, just 2 seasons. It's worth it, I promise.

Batman Begins
The Dark Knight
Batman 89
Batman Returns
The Dark Knight Rises
The Batman
Joker
Batman and Robin soundtrack only.


Rated mostly on zeitgeist and nostalgia

I’ve seen quite a few animated and the Long Halloween duo is my favorite so far.

tbh, if The Long Halloween Pts 1 & 2 were theatrical, they'd be #1 & #2 for me. That adaptation was perfect.

Batman Begins

Haven't seen the others

theJaw wrote:

I've seen it as well as many other animated movies (Hush, Killing Joke, Under the Red Hood, Return of the Joker, Lego Batman, etc). I just don't include them in my ranking.

I only include it because it was also theatrical where the others weren't, but I feel ya.

I’ve seen it as well. It’s ok.

SilverOwl wrote:

Yeah, I can get that. Tbh I didn't like it that much the first time I saw it. The sequels kinda helped to improve my opinion of it.

theJaw wrote:

I watched it once when I was a kid, I remember liking it. I might have it on digital in MA, I need to check and rewatch if that's the case.

lol saw that a while ago, I friggin love it.

New topic, the long-awaited Top 10 Classic Rock Songs.

The way I'm gonna define this for the thread is rock music (any variation of rock music) released up to 1989. 1990 and on is a big fat DQ. There were just so many more acts and prominent artists, genres and sub-genres from the 90s-forward that I feel each decade deserves its own round.

Admittedly not a giant classic rock fan, however the classic rock acts I AM a fan of, I'm a BIG ol' fan of. So, my top 10 no significant order:

1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 - Bob Dylan
2. Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
3. This Will Be Our Year - The Zombies
4. Revolution - The Beatles
5. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
6. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
7. A Day in the Life - The Beatles
8. Silver Spring - Fleetwood Mac
9. Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
10. The Trooper - Iron Maiden

Pink Floyd should prob be on there somewhere but whatev.

War Pigs - Black Sabbath
All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople
When The Levy Breaks - Led Zeppelin
Waiting Room - Fugazi (Just Made It)
Kick Out The Jams - MC5
The Boys Are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy
Can’t You Hear Me Knocking- Rolling Stones
Lonely is the Night - Billy Squire
Search and Destroy - Iggy Pop & The Stooges
Riders on the Storm - The Doors

Fudging hard having to eliminate like 6 other songs.

Noticed y’all forgot Freebird.

This one is impossible, so many great songs.

@Scott Ya better pony up before I pick the next topic, this was your suggestion!

Bad timing, this past week was crazy busy for me. Here's my list:

Carry on Wayward Son - Kansas
I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty and the Hearbreakers
More than a Feeling - Boston
Foreplay / Long Time - Boston
The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
Runnin' Down a Dream - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Should I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash
Down on the Corner - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N' Roses

Eminence Front - The Who
Hey You - Pink Floyd
In the Light - Led Zeppelin
Subdivisions - Rush
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty (replacement song)
Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young
Smokin' - Boston (the whole album is very good)
White Room - Cream
Wake Up Dead - Megadeth
Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride) - Don Felder

As @Best1989 has mentioned this is nearly impossible due to all the great choices available. This is my subjective list.

As everyone said, tough as heck. I didn't want to do it, but wth. Going to limit it to 1 song per band officially. Not 100% sure what "classic rock" is defined as. I assume pre-80's "rock" music? (a blend of genres really)

Hey Bulldog - Beatles (Revolution, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Saw Her Standing There, I Want You, Helter Skelter... so many excellent "rock" songs)
Paint it Black - Rolling Stones (really wanted to choose Sympathy for the Devil, but this intro is mind melting)
War Pigs - Black Sabbath
Black Betty - Ram Jam
House of the Rising Sun - Animals
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin (too many to choose from, but it is what it is)
Blistered - Johnny Cash (Cocaine Blues, Folsom Prison, Get Rythm, etc. Blistered is underrated imo)
Fortunate Son - CCR
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd (struggled calling this classic rock)
Life By the Drop - Stevie Ray Vaughn (Dude was a legend)

So many great bands omitted. So many great songs not mentioned. Would likely be vastly different in a few days. Struggled including some songs.. Not going to lie, I wanted to sneak STP in there. Weiland was a beast.

@KCPenguins I defined classic rock for the thread as any variation of rock music released up to 1989 in the starting post. Make those edits if ya need to!

Best1989 wrote:
Yeah. Very hard to narrow this down. Credit to those who do/did. Not easy.

Tuesday’s Gone - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
Tonight, Tonight, Tonight - Genesis
Twilight Zone - Golden Earring
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
Free Fallin - Tom Petty
Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
You Can’t Always Get What You Want - Rolling Stones
Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
I Wish It Would Rain Down - Phil Collins

I listened to a ton of classic rock when I was a teenager. I’m sure there’s a lot of cool songs I’m forgetting. These are just some favorites that come to mind.

theJaw wrote:

Man, no Thunderstruck? Unfortunate year to cut off on. But if you let it in, we get Alice in Chains and other such crap so I guess I get it. (I love AIC but it still feels weird to call it classic rock, feels post classic)

Getting to be that time of year again... post your Top 10 Summer Movies

Movies that remind you of summer, something to watch in your most relaxing moments on a hazy, hot summer day.

1. Wet Hot American Summer
2. Dazed and Confused
3. Detroit Rock City
4. Stand By Me
5. In the Heights
6. Clueless
7. National Lampoon’s Vacation
8. Superbad
9. Jaws
10. Scooby-Doo (2002)

Honorable mentions:
-Midsommar
-Half Baked
-The Sandlot
-Now and Then
-Little Miss Sunshine

The only one of those that remind me of summer is The Sandlot for some reason. I love Jaws, and it definitely is a "summer" movie, but it doesn't remind me of summer for some reason. Same for Stand by Me. The only other movie I can think of that reminds me of summer is My Girl, but that was a downer.

Didn’t make an official Top 10 but some solid summer movies:

Can’t Hardly Wait
Caddyshack
Summer school
Heavyweights
Point break
Dirty Dancing
Breaking Away
Bull Durham
Little Big League
Rookie of the Year
Jaws

1. Batman Begins

I don’t tend to think of summer themed movies so much as films I saw in the summer. Like T2 and Independence Day.

DarkFact wrote:

Goes without saying.

Feeb wrote:

Hey, those count. Your list is your list my man.

Yeah, I'm not sure how to really define summer movie. The movies that reming me most of summer are those from my childhood. Things like Goonies, The Sandlot, and Karate Kid.

Classic rock

Baba o Riley - The Who
Simple Man- skynyrd
Mississippi Queen- the mountain
The Chain -fleetwood Mac
Gimme shelter- stones
Shooting star- bad company
Take it on the Run/ REO
Come Sail Away- Styx
Journey- that fudging song. Loving touching squeezing. Got ya.

On the road Again- canned heat
Funk 49- James gang.
Think I’m in love- Eddie money.
Black Betty-Ram Jam
Ziggy Stardust- Bowie.
Life’s Been Good- Joe Walsh

Oh damn I could do this all night.

I never did the Classic Rock list. This is super hard to do. What counts as Classic Rock? In my mind it's anything before 1980.

Zeppelin - I could pick all 10 from them, but I'll stick with 3 - Stairway to Heaven, Immigrant Song, Black Dog (not my favorites from them, but those are classics)
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Beatles - Oh Darling
The Who - Baba O'Reily
Skynard - Free Bird
Springsteen - Born to Run
Pink Floyd - Money
Hendrix - Purple Rain
Kansas - Carry on My Wayward Son

Honestly, these are my favorites...actually only Oh Darling is my favorite of and of these groups, but they are definitely some of the most iconic Classic Rock songs ever.

Summer Movies is hard too, but I'll take a stab at it:

By the way, I really like Prime's list.

Great Outdoors (This definitely sticks out as my #1 summer movie)
Jaws
Caddyshack
Independence Day
Adventureland
Side Out (anybody remember this movie about beach volleyball...come to think of it, it sounds have starred girls)
Major League
The Sandlot
Blue Crush
Friday the 13th (the first one)

Honorable Mentions - Sleepaway Camp, Summer Rental, Summer School

The last topic was Top 10 Summer Movies, so this time around I'm asking for Top 10 Autumn Movies. These aren't necessarily HALLOWEEN/horror movies, but can be if ya want. Some of mine are carry overs from my favorite Halloween movies, but I figured I'd make an effort to offer movies that just happen to take place during the Fall.

1. Knives Out - I gush about this movie enough but the fact that it takes place in the Fall makes me love it even more.
2. Good Will Hunting - Just a great movie that happens to take place with the colors of Fall as its backdrop.
3. The Fantastic Mr. Fox - Maybe the MOST "Autumn movie" on my list, if we're going solely by color palette.
4. October Sky - Definition of a "feel good movie" and one I can watch at any time.
5. Hocus Pocus - Not the greatest movie ever but as a 90s kid (and one from Massachusetts), this movie encapsulates Autumn perfectly during the Halloween season.
6. ET The Extra Terrestrial - Classic movie all around, but the Halloween scenes especially stand out.
7. Coraline - Another one of my favorite animated movies. It nails that spooky childhood wonder aspect of the season.
8. Rushmore - This captures the "back to school for the Fall" vibe, but in a somewhat gloomy way, real well. We all got somewhat excited for the start of the school year, but it didn't take long for it to gloom up.
9. Coco - Best usage of leaves in an animated movie, I'll tell ya that much.
10. Monster House - Honestly sort of reminds me of Summer because I first watched it with a pal while we were spending a weekend in Cape Cod back in the day, but has become a Halloween staple for me.

How about something like top 5 or 10 movie villains in honor of Halloween?

bonham2 wrote:

I meant to set this up for you but completely forgot. Busy couple months. We did do a big Halloween mash up ranking a while back and I could have sworn "horror villains" was part of that, but I may be mistaken.

Anyhow, after the previous flop of a topic, gotta do the annual ranking of movies. I'll try to do more unique topics in the new year.

Welp, my top 10 movies of 2022 (keeping in mind I still need to see Glass Onion, so I'm certain this ranking will be updated):

Top 10 of 2022:
1. Everything Everywhere All At Once
2. The Northman
3. Nope
4. Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
5. The Batman
6. Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
7. Clerks III
8. Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness
9. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
10. Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Honorable Mentions (no particular order):
1. Jackass Forever
2. South Park The Streaming Wars/South Park The Streaming Wars Part 2
3. Werewolf By Night
4. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
5. Scream (5)
6. Thor: Love and Thunder
7. Prey
8. Hocus Pocus 2
9. The Black Phone

Still plan to see:
1. Glass Onion
2. Enola Homles 2
3. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
5. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
5. The Whale
6. X
7. Top Gun: Maverick
8. The Bob's Burgers Movie

I really haven't seen enough new 2022 movies to make a whole list:

1. The Batman (I LOVED this movie)
2. Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness
3. Thor Love and Thunder
4. Prey
5. Scream
6. Werewolf by Night
7. The Adam Project


Still Want/Have to See:
1. Glass Onion
2. Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
3. Black Panther (really no desire right now)
4. Black Adam
5. The Northman
6. Smile
7. Nope
8. Disenchanted

Honorable Mention Because I HATED IT:
Halloween Ends - This was absolute sh*t!

Top Gun Maverick was the bewbs! i won’t disparage any other movies.

I can never remember what all actually came out this year, so I had to check Letterboxd. Turns out, I saw a lot more movies from this year than I realized, but still have a lot I want to see too. I'm just going to rank all of the ones I saw:

1) Thor: Love and Thunder
2) Prey
3) Top Gun: Maverick
4) Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness
5) The Gray Man
6) The Adam Project
7) The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
8) Scream (5)
9) Lightyear
10) Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
11) Werewolf by Night
12) Uncharted
13) Turning Red
14) The Bad Guys
15) Jurassic World Dominion

Still plan to see:
Glass Onion: Knives Out
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hustle
Nope
All Quiet on the Western Front
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Black Adam
Bullet Train
Pinocchio
The Whale
Elvis

My top 10 movies of 2022, in no particular order:

- The Batman
- The Northman
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
- Brian and Charles
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
- Prey
- Bullet Train
- Bodies Bodies Bodies
- Top Gun Maverick

Haven't seen Glass Onion, which will almost definitely bump something from this list.

As predicted, the list needed to be updated. Pinocchio is the movie of the year. I still have high hopes for Glass Onion and Knives Out is one of my top favorites, so I’m interested to see where it ends up, but I don’t see anything replacing the #1 spot now.

Top 10 of 2022:
1. Guillermo delo Toro’s Pinocchio
2. Everything Everywhere All At Once
3. The Northman
4. Nope
5. Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
6. The Batman
7. Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
8. Clerks III
9. Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness
10. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 gets planted firmly in “honorable mentions” territory.

Really? I have zero interest in Pinocchio. Are you saying I have to watch it?

bonham2 wrote:

Just make sure it's the Del Toro and not the one Disney crap out a couple months ago.

@bonham2 I had no interest other than watching a new del Toro movie, and was more than satisfied. I'd definitely recommend it.

Anyhow, GEEZUS this thread has been around since 2017. That'll be 6 years in May. How weird, does not feel that long ago that it started up.

New topic: Top 10 Most Anticipated Games of 2023

Got a bunch, probably more than this, but whatev. 2023 looks like it's going to be a great year for gaming (and an awful year for my wallet). Not sure I'll actually GET all these in 2023, but here we go, no particular order:

1. Pikmin 4
2. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
3. Hogwarts Legacy
4. AEW: Fight Forever
5. Star Wars: Jedi Survivor
6. Marvel's Spider-man 2
7. Dead Island 2
8. Final Fantasy XVI
9. Octopath Traveler II
10. Suikoden I & II HD Remaster

Honorable mentions:
-Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
-Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster Series
-Disney Illusion Island

Monster Hunter whatever PS5
FF XVI.

1) Diablo IV
2) Baldur’s Gate 3
3) Horizon: Call of the Mountain
4) Final Fantasy XVI
5) Hogwarts Legacy
6) Starfield
7) Resident Evil 4 Remake
8) Demeo (PSVR2 release)
9) The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners 2
10) Forspoken

1. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
2. Marvel's Spider-man 2
3. Hogwarts Legacy
4. Star Wars: Jedi Survivor

With my game backlog being what it is, one of the few 2023 games that I'm really looking forward to is The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Dead Space Remake
Resident Evil 4 remake
Armored Core 6
Hollow Knight Silksong
Lies of P (low expectations but interested)
Stalker 2

Might be some others but this is what I'm most interested in.

Sea of Stars
Silent Hill 2 remake (low expectations but interested)

Dead Space Remake
Hellblade II
Spider-Man 2
Atomic Heart
Mina the Hollower
System Shock Remake (though I don’t have overly high expectations)
Silent Hill 2 Remake (same as above)
Tears of the Kingdom
RE4 Remake
Pepper Grinder

Kinda forgot about Silent Hill 2..... Low expectations though. Very low.

Fire Emblem Engage
Tales of Symphonia Remastered
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Hogwarts Legacy
Ark 2
Payday 3

didnt see much else that interested me

New topic: Rank Your Favorite Movies of 2023

I know not everyone saw a million movies, but list your favorites of 2023. I'm going to try my hardest to rank them "most liked" to "less liked" -- but I like them all... or else they wouldn't be on the list haha.

Feel free to form your list however you want.

theJaw's Favorite Movies of 2023
1. Asteroid City
2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse
3. Beau Is Afraid
4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
5. Barbie
6. The Super Mario Bros. Movie
7. Tetris
8. Talk to Me
9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
10. Cocaine Bear

Other Movies I Saw in 2023:
Knock at the Cabin
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Scream VI
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
The Flash
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
No One Will Save You
The Marvels
Rebel Moon

Still Want To See:
-Godzilla: Minus One
-Poor Things
-Oppenheimer
-Theater Camp
-The Holdovers
-The Creator
-Killers of the Flower Moon
-Thanksgiving
-Saltburn
-Napoleon
-Maestro
-Good Burger 2
-Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
-The Iron Claw
-The Color Purple


K, now it's time for....

theJaw's 2023 Movie Awards The "Best Film" Award: Asteroid City - One of those movies that made me question whether or not I liked it at first. I've now seen it 5 times and it rivals The Darjeeling Limited and The Royal Tenenbaums as favorite Anderson movie. The "Pleasantly Surprised" Award: Talk to Me - This technically released outside of the states in 2022, but released to DVD/Blu Ray here in the US in 2023. Since that was my first opportunity to watch it, it's getting the nod. Such a great horror movie with a very engaging concept, awesome characters and wonderful ending. Expected nothing and got one of my favorite modern horror movies in return. The "Most Underrated" Award: Tetris - Great movie with awesome performances. Maybe a teensy bit too long, but it was still very good. No idea why no one talks about this one. The "One I Still Want to See Most" Award: The Iron Claw - A story I'm very familiar with and with all the buzz, I can't imagine I'll be disappointed (despite some of the historical inaccuracies). Really looking forward to seeing this. Godzilla: Minus One, Poor Things, Maestro and Killers of the Flower Moon are all VERY close runner-ups though. Especially Godzilla. The "Not Nearly As Bad As People Acted Like It Was" Award: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - It wasn't great but it was a perfectly fine Indiana Jones romp, even with all the distracting de-aging. I liked it way more than Crystal Skull, at least. The "Most Disappointing" Award: The Flash - I didn't mind this movie, all things considered. But it was just a very mid-tier superhero outing. I went into it hoping the Ezra Miller BS wouldn't eclipse it but he's just so unlikable that it sort of did. Michael Keaton's Batman was great once he got back in the suit -- but he deserves far better for what could be his final appearance as the character. The "Worst Film" Award: Rebel Moon - I don't dislike everything Zack Snyder does - love Dawn of the Dead, 300, Watchmen and really enjoyed his cut of Justice League. But he also puts out stinkers, and Rebel Moon stunk. Amalgamation of sci fi/fantasy tropes that have been done better in other movies. Just entirely uninspired other than a few great character designs and a few wonderful visuals. Also the whole "Star Wars killer" buzz surrounding it from the most toxic of "fans" on the internet put a sour taste in my mouth, but can't hold that against the movie itself. It just wasn't very good.

I feel like I didn't watch they many new movies in 2023. Games that I did see that stand out (no particular order)

Super Mario Bros Movie
Leave the World Behind
Evil Dead Rise
Scream 6
Saw X
Guardians 3
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (much better than expected)

I didn't see Barbie, Oppenheimer

Godzilla minus one
That's all I can think of...

I saw just a few 2023 movies.

Dungeons and Dragons
Mario Movie
The Flash

Dungeons and Dragons was fun.

Mario Movie I enjoyed. Peaches peaches peaches peaches peaches.

The Flash - hmmm. I don't know if I enjoyed it all that much. It had some enjoyable moments, but overall wasn't very memorable to me.

I tried watching Shazam, but got bored. Stopped in middle.

@theJaw You reminded me, I've been wanting to watch Tetris.

jim269 wrote:
How was it?

nonamesleft wrote:

It was really good! One of my favorites of 2023!

jim269 wrote:
Someone recommended it to me very recently. I hadn't even heard of the movie.

nonamesleft wrote:

As long as you don't mind subtitles it's a really good movie. I'm a Godzilla fan so I was counting down the days until it released here.

jim269 wrote:
I don't mind subtitles. I'll keep it in mind. When I get a chance to see it, I will.

Good:
Super Mario Bros Movie
John Wick 4

Meh:
Oppenheimer

That's all I've seen so far. Mario and Wick were shut your brain off for 2 hours and enjoy. Oppenheimer was typical Hollywood. The actual story is extremely interesting without embellishment, and it easily could have been PG-13.

Oppenheimer is my least favorite Nolan I’m pretty sure.

Killers of the flower moon. 5/10

Another overly bloated movie. Had to google it to be sure I didn’t miss something. I didn’t. The story is not that good.

Looks like I saw exactly 12 2023 movies, so I'll just rank them all:

1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2. The Super Mario Bros. Movie
3. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
4. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse
5. John Wick 4
6. The Marvels
7. Oppenheimer
8. Barbie
9. Knock at the Cabin
10. Scream VI
11. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
12. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Still Want To See (no particular order):
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
The Flash
Godzilla: Minus One
Napoleon
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Tetris
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem