why is The African Queen on the list?
People love Bogart, Hepburn, and Huston, and quality aside, that one was a 3-fer on star power.
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
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Hayden - Jun 21, 2007 8:37:18 am PDT #9423 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
P.M. Marc - Jun 21, 2007 8:37:31 am PDT #9424 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
bon, I will totally throw down about the many excellences of It's A Wonderful Life and why it absolutely belongs on the list.
I'm in JZ's corner.
Drat it.
Though I'm with Bon on E.T.. I hate that movie.
P.M. Marc - Jun 21, 2007 8:38:04 am PDT #9425 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Although the thing is, I don't know what I would have seen him in as a youth that would have given me this overriding impression of him as skeevy, if not Cabaret. It's a conundrum.
The Muppet Show.
Polter-Cow - Jun 21, 2007 8:38:26 am PDT #9426 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I loved Forrest Gump !
JZ - Jun 21, 2007 8:39:22 am PDT #9427 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
::cries for P-C's lost soul::
Jesse - Jun 21, 2007 8:40:23 am PDT #9428 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The Muppet Show.
Ha! Really?? That would definitely be it. He's always given me the willies.
Tom Scola - Jun 21, 2007 8:40:45 am PDT #9429 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
P-C, you have too much magic in your heart.
juliana - Jun 21, 2007 8:40:57 am PDT #9430 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I haven't seen 60 out of the 100 movies. In my defense, if it's also a stage play, I've probably seen it in that format. I have little desire to watch Psycho, Platoon, Apocalypse Now, and other high-stress films. Also Gone With The Wind, but that's because I get bored about 5 minutes in. The rest are on my Netflix queue, though.
Kathy A - Jun 21, 2007 8:41:09 am PDT #9431 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
it's solely due to the creepiness of Joel Grey
The shift in attitude of the general German on the street, as represented by the M.C. (Joel Grey), was brilliantly shown by Fosse. Grey's changing from embracing the decadence of the Weimar era to favoring the thuggish and racist ideas of the Nazis is subtle, yet chilling.
bon bon - Jun 21, 2007 8:41:11 am PDT #9432 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I wonder if The Third Man was bumped because it's not American enough. Incidentally I just rented the criterion edition, only to find out a newer Criterion was just released with an disk of extras and commentary by Soderbergh, who gives good commentary.