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Memento. The Matrix. Donnie Darko. Apocalypse Now. Toy Story. - Beryllium Nov 9, 13:06 19
- If the criteria is game changers then JAWS has to be on the list. - Mel Profit Nov 9, 13:21 1
  - The other turning point was Superman, when it became a goal to earn everything you could nationwide on day 1-3. -- nm - Max Nov 9, 13:23
- Goodfellas, Iron Man, The Dark Knight, The Hunger Games, The Social Network -- nm - Max Nov 9, 13:19
- Have seen them all, but only three are worthy of that list. -- nm - Spawn Nov 9, 13:15
- Memento was a huge pile of crap, sorry. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 13:13 4
  - I like it, but it's wildly overrated due to its hook. - David Nov 9, 13:17
  - smh -- nm - decline Nov 9, 13:14
  - omg -- nm - Pippy Nov 9, 13:13 1
    - It's more like Wrongbad, amirite? -- nm - ty97 Nov 9, 13:14
- I can cite problems with each of these choices but can you elaborate on Donnie Darko? -- nm - Mop Nov 9, 13:13 3
  - It ushered in a new era of using the name Donnie. Like Brasco. And Wahlberg. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 13:15
  - It's his contention that it was a game-changers that helped shape today's film world. -- nm - decline Nov 9, 13:13 1
    - I just don't see what's such a game changer about Donnie Darko. -- nm - Mop Nov 9, 13:14
- 4/5 -- nm - ty97 Nov 9, 13:11
- your list has the opposite problem from mine.... - x Nov 9, 13:10 1
  - Right, which I'm saying would be a separate list. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 13:14
- 2/5 -- nm - znufrii Nov 9, 13:08 2
  - memento and toy story? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 13:10
  - *Marge groan* -- nm - con_carne Nov 9, 13:10
Jordan Hicks, PHI LB, to IR for a torn pectoral muscle -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 13:05 4
- Rams WR Stedman Bailey suspended 4 games for Substance Abuse Policy violation -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 13:08
- You can tell just by his physical reaction. - David Nov 9, 13:06
- sucks. he's been playing great - he's the one who had the pick-six yesterday -- nm - decline Nov 9, 13:06
- he was doing that dancing pecs thing when... snap! -- nm - Mop Nov 9, 13:06
Team America: World Detectives just got shot down by Russia and Egypt - they refused the FBI's offer of help investigating the plane crash. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 13:02
WOW - our left over Halloween candy at work (brought by co-workers) includes a "SweetTarts Chews" - think Taffy Sweet Tarts - it's really good! -- nm - JenBro Nov 9, 13:00
I expect the new Star Wars to shatter OW numbers. I'm with Andie, it's a product with cache like no other. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 9, 13:00 4
- Does the W stand for weekend or week? -- nm - David Nov 9, 13:11 3
  - w/e -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 9, 13:13 2
    - I don't want to regurgitate old conversations. You understand the current December OW record is $125 million short of the actual OW record, right? - David Nov 9, 13:16 1
      - *smiling politely* -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 9, 13:22
An explanation of US universities -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 9, 12:56
i actually don't think getting through film school without seeing the godfather is all that bad..... - x Nov 9, 12:56 17
- as said below, it wasn't just that for me, it's that she hasn't watched any of those three. - b. Nov 9, 13:19
- I disagree. I think that's damn near required in order to apply. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 9, 12:58 9
  - but that isn't what you study. i had an entire semester on Fassbinder. I did a British New Wave course. French cinema. - Andie Nov 9, 13:06 8
    - I am not seeing how the movie that generally is considered the best of all time couldn't be required. - Mel Profit Nov 9, 13:13 3
      - right, but there is no class that is called "the best and most popular movies of all time" -- (edited) - Andie Nov 9, 13:15 2
        
        Makes sense. I get what your saying. It is the best example of a few things in cinema so I would think it could get added in a few courses. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 9, 13:24
        
        oh yah, I didn't mean she would have seen any of the listed ones in school, more that, as someone who chose that major, she hadn't seen any of them. -- nm - b. Nov 9, 13:20
    - yeah, exactly....nm - x Nov 9, 13:08
    - I was considering adding Amelie to my list above -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 13:07 2
      - okay, but not that kind of French cinema. :) - Andie Nov 9, 13:08 1
        
        boring! - Beryllium Nov 9, 13:09
- OK. Top 5 films that all film majors should have seen. - Beryllium Nov 9, 12:57 5
  - the real ones are more like: Triumph of the Will, Citizen Kane (for real), Battleship Potemkin, M... -- nm - Andie Nov 9, 13:14 1
    - The Bicycle Thief is another one everyone has to watch... -- nm - Andie Nov 9, 13:14
  - narrowing it to 5 is *really* hard!... - x Nov 9, 13:06 1
    - I agree with your general thoughts....but I think you have to have an animated film in there.... - Walt_Disney Nov 9, 13:16
  - The Wizard of Oz and Mary Poppins would be in both for me. -- nm - Loyola Nov 9, 13:05
Tugg Romney out! -- nm - David Nov 9, 12:56
YDC: again with the new hires acting glad to see me and not running away at the sight of me. Dafuq. - con_carne Nov 9, 12:49 9
- Speaking of, I went to the new Arclight theaters that opened here in Chicago this weekend. Nice theaters. Very friendly staff. It was not terribly - pmb Nov 9, 12:56 1
  - I remember seeing the form of whether I wanted to fly out and help train the staff. I was still new, so I skipped it. - con_carne Nov 9, 13:02
- See what happens when you wear pants? -- nm - Spawn Nov 9, 12:52
- I shall dub them The Taquitos -- nm - jangles Nov 9, 12:51 1
  - There's also Jeff. He and Olivia and Myles are well on their way, IMO. The rest plus this brand new girl are gonna need some watchin'. -- nm - con_carne Nov 9, 12:57
- Kelvin? Jathin? That's just mean. -- nm - Max Nov 9, 12:51 3
  - It's not nice to make fun of his lisp. -- nm - Roger More Nov 9, 13:00
  - Kelvin is 50 years old though. And yes, we already have a Jonathan. May the hijinks ensue. -- nm* - con_carne Nov 9, 12:51 1
    - Does Kelvin run hot and cold? -- nm - amoxy Nov 9, 12:56
Just signed up for my sweet, sweet bribe money. -- nm - spamlet Nov 9, 12:48
Man, when the *Seahawks* say that you don't have good character...."Seahawks DE Michael Bennett on Greg Hardy: 'I’m not sure I would want him...." -- (link) - prayformojo Nov 9, 12:48
I'm with Pippy, I am so excited for that new JLo show. -- nm - MDH Nov 9, 12:47 4
- Least surprising post of the day award! -- nm - Dano Nov 9, 12:48 1
  - Yeah, I honestly thought it was MDH that posted the link. - Spawn Nov 9, 12:51
- NO MORE COP SHOWS!!!! -- nm - groiny Nov 9, 12:48 1
  - this is more like The Departed than a procedural though -- nm - Pippy Nov 9, 13:05
Chili with black beans is so cliche... might as well put a lot of corn in it! -- nm - con_carne Nov 9, 12:43 2
- /killfile.extremeprejudice -- nm - emoticripple Nov 9, 13:05
- Netflix and chili -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 12:46
Avatar had the third best 3D I've ever seen. -- nm - Dano Nov 9, 12:42 3
- I think it might be the best 3D I've ever seen. When they had stuff just casually floating in the air and I... - Mel Profit Nov 9, 12:58
- Gravity and Step Up? -- nm - Max Nov 9, 12:44 1
  - Yes. Step Up 3 to be precise. -- nm - Dano Nov 9, 12:46
c_c from b2, re: "regular movie" - I meant that I have seen special 3D-only offerings. -- nm - b. Nov 9, 12:35
Anyone watching 'Code Black'? I did not expect much more than yet another ER, but this is really good TV. -- nm - GregW Nov 9, 12:31 7
- my wife really likes it -- nm - Beaker Nov 9, 13:12
- Unless I have a compelling reason to watch something with Marcia Gay Harden in it, I don't. -- nm - Max Nov 9, 12:34 4
  - I find her attractive, but... doesn't she seem to play the same role in everything she's in? -- nm - con_carne Nov 9, 12:41
  - Yeah, The Mist was more than enough for me. -- nm - Spawn Nov 9, 12:39 1
    - yup - not really lead actress material -- nm - Pippy Nov 9, 13:13
  - I am glad that I am not the only one who feels that way. n -- nm - groiny Nov 9, 12:35
- I was wondering if it was good. -- nm - Remlik Nov 9, 12:32
I don't weigh myself (I know I know) but I am down to my first belt holes of my favorite belts. Yay? -- nm - con_carne Nov 9, 12:31 1
- yeah!! -- nm - Pippy Nov 9, 13:06
Where the 1.3 billion people in the world without electricity live -- (link) - prayformojo Nov 9, 12:29 2
- this boggles: in North Korea, 18 million of 24.8 million people do not have electricity -- nm - prayformojo Nov 9, 12:30 1
  - Haiti vs. Dominican Republic is a stunning contrast. -- nm - Green Baron Casserole Nov 9, 12:50
WWE: Raw is taping in UK right now. Spoilers abound. -- nm - Remlik Nov 9, 12:27 8
- you have any good spoilers for tonight, then? - call me Ishmael Nov 9, 12:58 4
  - I didn't want to spoil but they have the title tourny going on. -- (link) - Remlik Nov 9, 13:08 3
    - Wow, that title picture looks pretty thin quality wise. (spoils) - pmb Nov 9, 13:18 2
      - spoiler speculation on my part . . . - call me Ishmael Nov 9, 13:41 1
        
        well, slight correction on myself here . . . - call me Ishmael Nov 9, 13:42
- Any British Bulldogs? -- nm - jangles Nov 9, 12:28 2
  - sadly one is crippled for life and the other is dead. -- nm - Remlik Nov 9, 12:29
  - maybe zombie ones -- nm - Beaker Nov 9, 12:29
speaking of movies, man, this weekend's crop of openers is the suck. -- nm - Andie Nov 9, 12:22
wow, i haven't thought about brotherhood of the wolf in a long time....nm - x Nov 9, 12:18 9
- Then you haven't thought about it frequently enough. -- nm - Mop Nov 9, 13:11
- I'm pretty sure Kim and I saw it in the theater. -- nm - David Nov 9, 13:01 3
  - I remember getting the dvd after hearing about it for months. Was constantly being played for months afterward. -- nm - Remlik Nov 9, 13:02 2
    - and NO VUDU CODE FOR IT! -- nm - Remlik Nov 9, 13:03 1
      - I was just looking. It's not available on Netflix, Vudu, Hulu, or Amazon. - David Nov 9, 13:08
- They should totally fight the Union of the Snake in the sequel -- nm - jangles Nov 9, 12:28
- love that movie -- nm - decline Nov 9, 12:23
- MOBEL booby flashback or something? -- nm* - Shaun Nov 9, 12:20 1
  - Keep it in your pants, Golgoroth! -- nm - Spawn Nov 9, 12:21
one factor that i think needs to be mentioned for Star Wars is that it isn't just a 'movie' that can be compared to things like Avengers, Avatar. - Andie Nov 9, 12:17 3 1
- agreed. I thought this post was on a previous board. - Mel Profit Nov 9, 13:17
- It is very religiously cultureal, and considering how torturous the recent ones were, I'll compare it with The Passion -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 9, 12:43 1
  - With all due respect, I am having trouble thinking of a *worse* comparison. -- nm - Spawn Nov 9, 12:45
that reminds me - the henson crew has a thanksgiving movie coming to lifetime channel on the 21st. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 9, 12:17
Ik Enemkpali will captain the Bills Thursday night when they play the Jets (he's the guy who KOed Geno Smith) - Beaker Nov 9, 12:17 2
- Maybe he should stop having fun with captians and win more games. - Will Hunting Nov 9, 12:31 1
  - Tygod is back, bitches! -- nm - Spawn Nov 9, 12:55
That's how you know the cuttlefish are fresh! -- nm - Roger More Nov 9, 12:16
One of these years I'll learn not to wait until just weeks before the Notre Dame v Stanford game to get tickets. - IrishStephen Nov 9, 12:15 7
- I figured you would use that money for New Orleans Comic-Con. - Spawn Nov 9, 12:23 1
  - Heroes & Villians in two weeks! - IrishStephen Nov 9, 12:46
- If they both lose in the next couple weeks, I'm sure you could get those tickets cheaper. - Green Baron Casserole Nov 9, 12:19 2
  - Bah! - IrishStephen Nov 9, 12:22 1
    - I've got to laugh to hide the pain. -- nm - Green Baron Casserole Nov 9, 12:47
- Just not this year? -- nm - spamlet Nov 9, 12:16 1
  - Nope, not this year. - IrishStephen Nov 9, 12:20
Ouch. 'Spectre' over-estimated by as much as 3M. -- (link) - GregW Nov 9, 12:14 3
- Kim drilled it. - David Nov 9, 12:58
- Peanuts Effect? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 12:15
- yikes -- nm - Beaker Nov 9, 12:15
Sniper rifles are awful. -- nm - Spawn Nov 9, 12:12 7
- In the real world, sniper rifles and weaponized drones occupy the same hand-of-God space. Truly frightening tools. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 12:45
- even if you hate them, you should still have one that is leveled up and useful. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 9, 12:18 2
  - I do, and I did. - Spawn Nov 9, 12:20
  - Stick to shottys! They are the sexiest. -- nm - Golgoroth Nov 9, 12:20
- they are tools, and just like real tools, sometimes they are best to do a job. - groiny Nov 9, 12:14 1
  - Shotguns all the time. It's the only way. -- nm - Warpriest Nov 9, 12:16
- You know it. Fusion rifles rule. -- nm - Warpriest, Golgoroth, Deathsingers, and Oryx Nov 9, 12:13
People who have never seen Avatar are dumb. -- nm - Shaun Nov 9, 12:12 51
- I saw it twice in the theater - mostly for the CGI. - Mel Profit Nov 9, 13:03
- I can't see 3D and that seemed to be the only compelling thing about the film. - TWuG Nov 9, 12:49
- Saw it once in 3D, it was magnificent, have no desire to see it again -- nm - amoxy Nov 9, 12:25
- Avatar was the tits -- nm - con_carne Nov 9, 12:18
- I saw it twice, which is at least once more than is strictly necessary -- nm - jangles Nov 9, 12:15
- are they as dumb as the dialogue?....nm - x Nov 9, 12:15 4
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    - i don't thinmy reaction somehow a kneejerk to its startling originality, i just personally feel the dialogue in avatar is eyerollingly awful....nm - x Nov 9, 12:23
    - Giant jungle flowers scene FTW -- nm - con_carne Nov 9, 12:20
  - as dumb as the mechwarrior having a giant knife? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 12:16
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  - I came across someone yesterday who was a film major - she shared she's never seen godfather, star wars, fight club, and some others. -- nm - b. Nov 9, 12:21 22
    - One of the 20sumthin analysts was trying to explain the plot of Casablanca to all the other analysts at lunch the other day, none of whom had seen it - jangles Nov 9, 12:30 7
      - boy meets girl, boy loses girl, girl meets boy again, boy loses girl again....nm - x Nov 9, 12:36 4
        
        He seemed stuck on whether Casablanca was the name of Rick's bar or the country -- nm - jangles Nov 9, 12:41 3
        
        0 for 2 -- nm - Andie Nov 9, 12:46 2
        
        Sorry, city (see, it's contagious) -- nm - jangles Nov 9, 12:48 1
        
        So, dumb. -- nm - Spawn Nov 9, 13:03
      - "It's about a love triangle during World War 2. But not like Pearl Harbor" -- nm - Roger More Nov 9, 12:34 1
        
        "What's Pearl Harbor?" -- nm - con_carne Nov 9, 12:37
    - There's a difference between art and art history. GF, SW, FC are decidedly history I'm afraid -- nm - con_carne Nov 9, 12:24
    - i was a film major - i saw the Godfathers for the first time about 2 years ago. - Andie Nov 9, 12:23 5
      - you've seen the others though, right? for me it was more "none of them"?! -- nm - b. Nov 9, 12:26 4
        
        yeah, i've seen the others! -- nm - Andie Nov 9, 12:29 3
        
        (and, i did eventually watch all The Godfathers.) - Andie Nov 9, 12:31 2
        
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        oh, for sure. -- nm - Andie Nov 9, 12:37
    - what? she needs to be taken out back and shot -- nm - Pippy Nov 9, 12:23
    - At some point I will remember to watch The Godfather -- nm - ty97 Nov 9, 12:22 3
      - I will watch it with you. I've never seen it either. -- nm - Dano Nov 9, 12:38
      - I watched it on my flight back from Australia when I was looking for the longest possible movie. - spamlet Nov 9, 12:27
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    - I wouldn't really call her a "film major" then, b. -- nm - Spawn Nov 9, 12:22 1
      - I wondered if it was intentional or if she just wasn't that into it. even for pop culture references alone, ya know? -- nm - b. Nov 9, 12:24
  - I have no hatey for it, just disinterest. -- nm - ty97 Nov 9, 12:18 10
    - i saw it, i enjoyed it, it was done. it had no resonance for me. -- nm - Andie Nov 9, 12:20 6
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        oh it was beautiful. we saw it in IMAX 3D (i think on Christmas Day). but, it just didn't stay with me like it does for some people. - Andie Nov 9, 12:32 1
        
        Exactly. I honestly couldn't tell you the plot - it was all about the 3D effects. - Meg Nov 9, 12:37
      - I liked it a little more than that and really loved it while watching the film. It really is visually spectacular. But so much so that I have little - pmb Nov 9, 12:25 1
        
        agreed. I'm really glad I took st's advice and saw it on a big screen. I've been surprised at how I've taken to even tablets for many movies, but - b. Nov 9, 12:30
      - it's not the only work to have touched upon the theme, but I have thought about parts of it since I watched it. -- nm - b. Nov 9, 12:23
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      - It's THREE HOURS long?! -- (edited) - ty97 Nov 9, 12:21
    - Maybe if I take a hellaciously long flight sometime and it's showing, I'll watch it. - ty97 Nov 9, 12:20
  - I'm not feeling good being in a category with ty and znu, I'll tell you that. -- nm - spamlet Nov 9, 12:17
  - What is a movies board? -- nm - Spawn Nov 9, 12:13 1
    - Take it to the Questions board! -- nm - Max Nov 9, 12:14
- And anyone dumb enough to see it more than once are the dumbest. -- nm - Spawn Nov 9, 12:12 1
  - I think if you see it once thats good enough -- nm - eag Nov 9, 12:29
- People who have seen Avatar more than once are aren't busy enough. -- nm - Max Nov 9, 12:12

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