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Zero Effect. Zoolander. Grosse Pointe Blank. - Beryllium Dec 2, 14:05 1
- ooh, put them in order (i love them all...) Zero Effect, Zoolander, Grosse Point Blank (huh.) - Elf Andie Dec 2, 14:07
Think it's too late to start selling "Impeach Tiger" bumper stickers? -- nm - nubby Dec 2, 14:03 1
- That's pretty funny. -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 14:06
The first time I saw Being John Malkovich, I *loved* it. I bought the DVD when it first came out. - musubi Dec 2, 14:03
so I've been getting called 6 times a day from an Oregon number, let it go to VM, no message. I look on the internet and people say it's a scam. - CrankYanker Dec 2, 13:59 1
- you can always talk to your own bank account rep at your own bank to see why there is a legit/or not reason to call -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 2, 14:36
The half floor in "Being John Malkovich" cracks me up everytime.. I mean, how many times have you taken a job that had the most insidious work - CrankYanker Dec 2, 13:52 29
- that shouldn't have read "how many times"..... instead, "how many people" -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 2, 13:53
- I didn't like that film at all. -- nm - Loyola Dec 2, 13:53 27
  - That's why there's a "cult" following. I'm sure it doesn't strike too many people as entertainment. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 2, 13:54 26
    - And eternal sunshine, that was even worse. -- nm - Loyola Dec 2, 13:58 23
      - it's wonderful -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 2, 14:02 2
        
        Answer the movie poll. nm - Dignan Dec 2, 14:03 1
        
        i have no idea what it might. i never answer those polls. - Elf Andie Dec 2, 14:10
      - I've always meant to go to Ireland, now I have a reason. -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 14:02 5
        
        *laughing* -- nm - Loyola Dec 2, 14:03
        
        It's too green to burn down. nm - Dignan Dec 2, 14:03 3
        
        I think he's planning to dress Loyola up in Orange and march him through downtown Dublin -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 14:03 2
        
        Or dress him in green and march him...anywhere. nm - Dignan Dec 2, 14:05 1
        
        bah, too much work. Just a short beating, followed by watching the film as many times as necessary until he admits it's a cute love story. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 14:06
      - I liked that one but didn't think it was THAT great. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 2, 14:02
      - the other children are right to mock you. -- nm - mafic Dec 2, 14:02
      - it was wonderful. -- nm - Diva Dec 2, 14:01 2
        
        Diva is, as usual, correct. -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 14:02 1
        
        So is CY, above -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 14:02
      - Honest to God, I will be forever incapable of understanding how anyone could even like that film just a teeny tiny bit! -- nm - Loyola Dec 2, 14:01 1
        
        different strokes and all that; but, really, I am incapable of understanding how you could not like it just a teeny tiny bit. -- nm - b. Dec 2, 14:08
      - You have a walnut where Jax has a poop dollop and most other people have a brain. nm - Dignan Dec 2, 14:01
      - Eternal Sunshine is in my top 10. You can trash anything by the Coen brothers, David Lynch, or Wes Anderson though. -- nm - Hotkiss Dec 2, 14:00 1
        
        No he can't. -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 14:03
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      - Wrong. -- nm - Stephen Dec 2, 14:00
      - You. Are. Dumb. (nm) - musubi Dec 2, 13:59
      - I thoroughly enjoyed Eternal Sunshine. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 13:59
    - I didn't like that fact that they "uglied up" Cameron Diaz. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 2, 13:55 1
      - they did not use 50 pounds of makeup? - groiny Dec 2, 13:56
What "modern" westerns did I not list on B2 which should be considered? -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Dec 2, 13:51 11
- Dead Man -- nm - Dano Dec 2, 13:56 1
  - Now this is one movie I love and I have no idea why :) -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 14:05
- there will be blood, though that might be a different kind of modern western -- nm - mafic Dec 2, 13:55
- Shanghai Noon? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 13:54
- The Proposition -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 13:53
- Open Range. nm - Dignan Dec 2, 13:53
- the assasination of Jesse james by the coward Robert Ford -- nm - Danedukenuuk Dec 2, 13:52 3
  - Well, I suppose it's a modern western, and I suppose it can be listed, if only to bottom out everyone's list, if nothing else. -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Dec 2, 13:52 2
    - gought it today haven't seen it but it has a mightly long title -- nm - Danedukenuuk Dec 2, 13:55 1
      - Buying movies based on the length of their titles will be your undoing. -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Dec 2, 13:56
- 3:10 to Yuma, Appaloosa? nm -- nm - groiny Dec 2, 13:51
Bery... it has to look much worse on the monitor than the youtube "HD" - stewie Dec 2, 13:50 7
- It's hard to say. I mean, it's an emulator, so depending on how the sprites are drawn, rendering at 1080p isn't out of the question - oblique Dec 2, 13:52 4
  - this is what I'm saying. If it's emulating the renderer, it could be drawing the polygons more cleanly and then just scaling the textures -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 13:53 3
    - i don't know much about dolphin... I'd like to see the video in real HD, outside of youtube -- nm - stewie Dec 2, 14:02 1
      - Here's a neogaf thread about Dolphin. The videophiles there seem to think it looks HD and runs great on a PC. -- (link) - Inigo Dec 2, 14:11
    - This is my understanding of what Dolphin does. It can work for PS2, Gamecube, and XBox games as well. -- nm - Inigo Dec 2, 13:57
- FSAAx16 can't make it perfect, for sure, but it can help. It would sure look better than "480p" on a 1080p screen. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 13:51 1
  - (Otherwise known as "Jagfest") -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 13:52
Where's Turf Toe been lately? -- nm - David Dec 2, 13:50
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Here's a poll we haven't had in a few years: What's your all-time favorite movie? nm - Dignan Dec 2, 13:49 45
- Aliens -- nm - ceregon Dec 2, 14:07
- The Hustler -- nm - Inigo Dec 2, 14:07
- Wings of Desire -- nm - the liioulu who's about to leave for the day Dec 2, 14:06
- ok, Jaws, True Romance and..... - groiny Dec 2, 13:57
- The Usual Suspects (nm) - musubi Dec 2, 13:56 2
  - with The Princess Bride a close second. - musubi Dec 2, 13:57 1
    - The other day someone asked the group, "Does anybody want a peanut?" and I almost asked him if he knows to never get involved in a land war in Asia -- nm - Hotkiss Dec 2, 13:58
- Braveheart. - Stephen Dec 2, 13:56 1
  - Yeah, probably still this. -- nm - nubby Dec 2, 14:01
- Quick Change - prayformojo Dec 2, 13:55 2
  - Sky Captain was absolutely gorgeous but I felt the story flow was lacking -- nm - Hotkiss Dec 2, 13:56 1
    - It's a throwback film in terms of storytelling, but I think it works well as a spin on 1950s sci-fi camp. -- nm - David Dec 2, 14:09
- Lord of the Rings trilogy - znufrii Dec 2, 13:55
- LOTR:TTT -- nm - Diva Dec 2, 13:54
- Pulp Fiction or Godfather 2. -- nm - Krusty Dec 2, 13:54 3
  - Gun to the head: Pulp Fiction -- nm - Krusty Dec 2, 13:55 2
    - Jules' or Vincent's gun? -- nm - Hotkiss Dec 2, 13:57 1
      - Hopefully Jules, Vincent's got a hair trigger on his apparently. -- nm - Krusty Dec 2, 13:59
- young frankenstein -- nm - dogbert Dec 2, 13:53
- A Clockwork Orange or Hedwig and the Angry Inch -- nm - Hotkiss Dec 2, 13:53
- Signs and Rush Hour are tied. -- nm - MDH Dec 2, 13:53 1
  - Signs? Really? I anticipated it for *months* back when I was obsessed with Joaquin Phoenix and was so disappointed when it finally came out :( -- nm - Hotkiss Dec 2, 13:54
- I don't know anymore. Magnolia was my stock answer for a long time but I think that's bullshit now. -- nm - TFox Dec 2, 13:52
- Say Anything... -- nm - Callisto Dec 2, 13:51 1
  - (others include Casablanca, A Christmas Story, Butch & Sundance) -- nm - Callisto Dec 2, 14:02
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  - My gf has never seen it, easily in my top 10, I need to make her watch it a.s.a.p. -- nm - Krusty Dec 2, 14:02
- Jaws (and this is the third poll this week I've used this answer for) -- nm - Dano Dec 2, 13:51 4
  - I saw this for the first time ever just a few months ago (I know, right?). I really liked it. -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 13:59
  - First movie in a theatre and favorite Bond villain? nm - Dignan Dec 2, 13:57
  - this is one of those few movies where if I see it while changing channels, the remote gets put down every time -- nm - dogbert Dec 2, 13:55
  - yeah, this is probably top 3. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 2, 13:53
- Hatari -- nm - Danedukenuuk Dec 2, 13:51
- Glory -- nm - JaxSean Dec 2, 13:51 2
  - He's great in almost everything, but this will always be my favorite Denzel performance. - David Dec 2, 14:06
  - Watching this in the 8th grade is one of my favorite memories. -- nm - Hotkiss Dec 2, 13:53
- To Catch a Thief. I think The Blind Side is going to wind up in my all-time top 50. -- nm - David Dec 2, 13:50
- Godfather 2. -- nm - Loyola Dec 2, 13:50
- Either Good Will Hunting or Pirates of the Caribbean: Black Pearl -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 2, 13:50
- I'm going to have to go with Aliens -- nm - oblique Dec 2, 13:50
- I waffle between Dr. Strangelove and Buth & Sundance. -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 13:50
- So hard to pick just one. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 2, 13:50
- Weeks will become years. -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 13:50
- A Clockwork Orange -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 13:49 1
  - movie soulmate. -- nm - Hotkiss Dec 2, 13:52
ohh year Xmass off from Dec 22 til Jan 4th -- nm - Danedukenuuk Dec 2, 13:49
After last offseason, I don't believe anything until the deal is done, but it sounds like the Braves are signing Octavio Dotel in the next 24 hours. - David Dec 2, 13:47 2
- Dotel can drive you nuts. - groiny Dec 2, 13:48 1
  - He already has driven me nuts. - David Dec 2, 13:49
Was Panic Room a heist movie? nm - Dignan Dec 2, 13:46 8
- More so than Office Space IMO -- nm - Roger More Dec 2, 13:48 3
  - If Panic Room is a heist movie, then so is Home Alone and The Ref. nm - Dignan Dec 2, 13:50 2
    - E.T.! Because that little alien stole my heart. -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 13:54
    - as would Hostage and that one about the girl babysitting when people break in -- nm - Hotkiss Dec 2, 13:52
- Silence of the Lambs. -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 13:47 1
  - he stole my skin!!!! nm -- nm - Fredirica Bimmel Dec 2, 13:47
- sure, it stole my 10 dollars. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 2, 13:46 1
  - *golf clap* - zork Dec 2, 13:47
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Maybe it's just me, but I really really don't understand why anyone would ever need multiple gaming consoles. -- nm - TFox Dec 2, 13:45 25
- the wife wanted a Wii. and we use it when people come over for entertainment -- nm - sycor Dec 2, 14:04
- The Wii and the 360 are totally different in play schematics. The PS3 is great at Folding. -- nm - David Dec 2, 13:54 1
  - and blu ray player. -- nm - Remlik Dec 2, 14:00
- We have a PS3 and now a Wii. I kind of do want to get a 360 too to play Halo -- nm - Stephen Dec 2, 13:52 5
  - What games did you end up getting for the Wii? -- nm - Inigo Dec 2, 13:59 3
    - We haven't gotten any, yet. But i'm looking to get at least Mario Kart and Punchout -- nm - Stephen Dec 2, 13:59 2
      - I have to say that Punchout isn't as much fun as a next-gen game. -- nm - David Dec 2, 14:07
      - Ah, cool. Good choices. FWIW, there are wiiware demos up right now. Definitely check out world of goo. -- nm - Inigo Dec 2, 14:07
  - well, DO IT!!!!! - groiny Dec 2, 13:55
- I've never had more than from the same generation - stewie Dec 2, 13:52
- We have a Wii and a 360. They don't make a lot of Wii games for the 360 - plus the Wii is rather unique. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 2, 13:49
- We have a few accumulated over the years like Nintendo and N64. That's more of a vertical ownership than the horizontal I think you're talking about. -- nm - Hotkiss Dec 2, 13:49
- a lot of people just shouldn't have as much money as they do - zork Dec 2, 13:48
- I got the 360 as a gift for my b-day and the Wii I bought because I wanted it. Completely different systems with different types of games. -- nm - Krusty Dec 2, 13:48
- I have a Wii and a 360. 360 is great for grown-up type games, as well as media sharing/extending. Wii is good for mario. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 13:48 1
  - (And my Wii is *loaded* with mario goodness - SMB1,2,LostLevels,3,World,Galaxy,NSMBW,Kart ... -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 13:49
- Halo, Need for Speed and Wii Sports -- nm - Danedukenuuk Dec 2, 13:47
- I bought the Wii for my daughter, and figured I could play it too. and it sucks. - groiny Dec 2, 13:46 2
  - It really boils down to what you use your console for. All my action gaming is done on a PC (other than Resident Evil on the Wii) so I don't need a - oblique Dec 2, 13:47 1
    - she loved it until it went kaput. - groiny Dec 2, 13:49
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- Multiple TVs and family members. -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 13:45 2
  - "the kids wanted a Wii, and I wanted a 360" I get. What I don't get is "I wanted a 360 for these games and a PS3 for these other games." -- nm - TFox Dec 2, 13:47 1
    - I still prefer the Wii controllers. -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 13:49
Quiz answers. -- (link) - Shaun Dec 2, 13:44 16
- I also hate when lists like this include a (foreign) film most people haven't seen let alone heard of just to make themselves look cultured or - Stephen Dec 2, 13:54 7
  - Amusingly, the New Yorker list posted a few boards ago did the exact opposite. One "mainstream" film to make the list look accessible. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 13:55 6
    - heh -- nm - Stephen Dec 2, 13:57
    - This is so common in music lists, and it drives me fucking bonkers. -- nm - TFox Dec 2, 13:56 4
      - Especially as Nick Hornby skewered it years ago -- nm - Roger More Dec 2, 13:57 3
        
        did he? shit. i really ought to read his music columns more. Believer subscriptions seem expensive. -- nm - TFox Dec 2, 13:59 2
        
        In High Fidelity - the movie and the book IIRC -- nm - Roger More Dec 2, 14:03
        
        and he doesn't write for them anymore either, apparently. -- nm - TFox Dec 2, 14:02
- I'm shocked RogerMore didn't try Goldfinger, plus no Die Hard invalidates the list -- nm - zork Dec 2, 13:47 5
  - Defining what a heist is gets tricky. Is The Spanish Prisoner one? To Catch a Thief? - David Dec 2, 13:48 4
    - While I enjoyed Quick Change, when I think heist movies I think drama, not comedy, so that wouldn't have made my list. -- nm - Stephen Dec 2, 14:01
    - in a sense could you count POW or jail escape movies? -- nm - zork Dec 2, 13:50 1
      - On escape films, I'm inclined to say no. With POWs, you are kind of stealing something, so that one could go either way. -- nm - David Dec 2, 13:51
    - This is my thought, too. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 13:49
- Boo! -- nm - Stephen Dec 2, 13:47
- some strange choices there -- nm - Danedukenuuk Dec 2, 13:46
ST, I met someone new -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 13:44

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