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Forum: Games and Tabs 15 hours ago
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The Bakers Dozen Music Game Thread
Posted By Kaplan
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13 songs that mention royalty

1. Heart - Little Queen
2. Killing Joke - Kings and Queens
3. Green Day - King For A Day/Shout
4. Lorde - Royals
5. Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen
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Forum: General Movie Discussion 16 hours ago
Replies: 19
Fight Club or Magnolia
Posted By Kaplan
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I’ve seen Magnolia three times and I liked it way less each time, and could barely tolerate it by the end. I’ve seen Fight Club many more times, and still think quite highly of it. So…Fight Club all...
Forum: Games and Tabs 2 days ago
Replies: 5,899
The Bakers Dozen Music Game Thread
Posted By Kaplan
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13 Songs with a different colour in the title (as in without repeating the colour)

1. Split Enz - I See Red
2. R.E.M. - Orange Crush
3. Cream - White Room
4. The White Stripes - Blue Orchid
5....
Forum: Games and Tabs 3 days ago
Replies: 5,899
The Bakers Dozen Music Game Thread
Posted By Kaplan
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1. Split Enz - I See Red
2. R.E.M. - Orange Crush
3. Cream - White Room

https://youtube.com/watch?v=V5BF1V1pbTs
Forum: Games and Tabs 1 week ago
Replies: 5,899
The Bakers Dozen Music Game Thread
Posted By Kaplan
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13 Songs You Like With Repetitive Lyrics

1. Daft Punk - Around the World
2. Liam Lynch - United States of Whatever
3. Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
4. David Bowie - Fame...
Forum: Games and Tabs 2 weeks ago
Replies: 5,899
The Bakers Dozen Music Game Thread
Posted By Kaplan
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13 Songs With Tools In the Title

1. Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench
2. Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
3. Skinny Puppy - Chainsaw

https://youtube.com/watch?v=31S7weQH8JA
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 weeks ago
Replies: 8
Weirdest Songs in Movie Soundtrack
Posted By Kaplan
Re: Weirdest Songs in Movie Soundtrack

The first thing I thought of was the My Little Rooster song during the opening credits for Gummo, a truly strange movie.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=3pYqmkZFkU0
Forum: Games and Tabs 3 weeks ago
Replies: 5,899
The Bakers Dozen Music Game Thread
Posted By Kaplan
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13 Iconic Alternative Rock Bass Lines

1. Soundgarden - The Day I Tried To Live
2. Muse - Hysteria
3. Green Day - Longview
4. Tool - Schism
5. The Offspring - Self Esteem
6. Bauhaus - Bela...
Forum: Movie Reviews 04-27-24
Replies: 1,895
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
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Both of those were on my list, and in fact I didn't have anything that missed out. Here's my final list:

1. The Maltese Falcon
2. The Third Man
3.Sunset Boulevard
4.Double Indemnity
5.Out of...
Forum: Movie Reviews 04-27-24
Replies: 2,238
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
Re: The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown

Chinatown deserves the #1 spot. It is the most perfect of all hardboiled neo-noirs. I had it at #2. I'm more of a fan of Blade Runner, definitely, but I made a choice not to include science fiction...
Forum: Movie Reviews 04-26-24
Replies: 1,895
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
Re: The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown

The Maltese Falcon was my #1. As far as I'm concerned it's the greatest detective movie, hardboiled or otherwise, with the perfect cast that you'd swear Hammett was thinking of when he wrote the...
Forum: Movie Reviews 04-25-24
Replies: 2,238
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
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I could have just as easily left Taxi Driver off my list, for basically the same reasons a few of you did, but if I was including it, it was going to be my #1.

My List:
1. Taxi Driver (#4)
3....
Forum: Games and Tabs 04-24-24
Replies: 19,912
The Baker's Dozen Movie Game Thread
Posted By Kaplan
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13 Interrogation Scenes

1. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
2. There's Something About Mary
3. See No Evil, Hear No Evil
4. The Long Goodbye

https://youtube.com/watch?v=HKNo8yzXxyM
Forum: Movie Reviews 04-24-24
Replies: 2,238
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
Re: The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown

I had The Long Goodbye at #10, but it was literally the first movie I thought of for my list. I love it. I've seen it a bunch of times, and I've read the book twice. Both are equally great, in their...
Forum: Games and Tabs 04-24-24
Replies: 5,899
The Bakers Dozen Music Game Thread
Posted By Kaplan
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13 Songs with the words "High" or "Higher" in the Title

1. Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
2. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - You Get Me High
3. Rita Coolidge - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me)...
Forum: Movie Reviews 04-23-24
Replies: 2,238
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
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Four Fincher films and I didn't vote for any, even though three of them were considered, Se7en most of all. I knew it would be top ten.

The final two films on my list which did not make the...
Forum: Movie Reviews 04-23-24
Replies: 1,895
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
Re: The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown

In a Lonely Place was my #12. It's definitely a case where you watch a character you really want to root for, only they have this fatal flaw, which is just going to carry them under. Still have a...
Forum: Movie Reviews 04-22-24
Replies: 2,238
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
The Yakuza was a very last second cut, and while...

The Yakuza was a very last second cut, and while I’ve seen it a couple times, it’s been years. I really should have found room for it.
Forum: Movie Reviews 04-22-24
Replies: 2,238
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
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I had Le Samouraï at #15. Stylish and enthralling, it looks great and oozes cool. And the bit of redemption at the end is perfect.

My List:
3. Miller's Crossing (#15)
4. Memories of Murder...
Forum: Movie Reviews 04-22-24
Replies: 1,895
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
Re: The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown

I had Out of the Past at #5, one of the noirish of all the noirs, and in all the right places.

My List:
5.Out of the Past (#7)
6. Pickup on South Street (#21)
7. Stray Dog (#32)
8. The...
Forum: Movie Reviews 04-21-24
Replies: 1,895
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
Re: The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown

It was a classic film noir I had to include. The Big Sleep was my #16. I'm rather surprised Altman's version of Chandler's The Long Goodbye will end up placing higher on the neo-noir countadown than...
Forum: Movie Reviews 04-21-24
Replies: 2,238
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
Re: The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown

Back when I thought more highly of Nolan. I had Memento at #17.

My List:
3. Miller's Crossing (#15)
4. Memories of Murder (#25)
5. True Romance (#60)
7. Drive (#14)
8. Blood Simple (#9)
9....
Forum: Movie Reviews 04-20-24
Replies: 2,238
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
Re: The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown

My bottom three films won't be making it. As my 1-pointer I had The Man from London, Bela Tarr's arthouse adaptation of Georges Simenon's classic book. It's by no means a perfect movie, but what it...
Forum: Movie Reviews 04-20-24
Replies: 2,238
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
Re: The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown

While I ended up placing Miller's Crossing higher, Blood Simple was the first Coen brothers movie I knew would be on my list, the grittiest, most noir movie of their career. I had it at #8.

My...
Forum: Movie Reviews 04-20-24
Replies: 1,895
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
Re: The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown

The Sweet Smell of Success starts with a fantastic script with dialogue as good as you'll find in any movie from that decade, and then you get two perfect performances by Tony Curtis and Burt...

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