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Forum: Movie Reviews 15 hours ago
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The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux
Posted By TheManBehindTheCurtain
Two directors with three each. No other repeats...

Two directors with three each. No other repeats (somewhat by design).

I've ranked my picks according my prediction on whether they'd place. One of those two directors has three films with a "good"...
Forum: Movie Reviews 22 hours ago
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The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux
Posted By TheManBehindTheCurtain
Re: The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux

Apollo 13: Yeah, it was great. Maybe a top 50 for me, but not top 25.

Three Colors: Blue: I've seen this trilogy. I understand why people admire it. I remember liking this one on viewing decades...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
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The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux
Posted By TheManBehindTheCurtain
Agree on both counts. I love that last bit where...

Agree on both counts. I love that last bit where Casey goes and gets into the front seat.
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
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The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux
Posted By TheManBehindTheCurtain
Home Alone: A pattern's beginning to emerge....

Home Alone: A pattern's beginning to emerge. Perfectly fine movies ... that didn't make my ballot. When I first saw HA a few decades ago, I brushed it off as egregious silliness. Then a few years ago...
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 days ago
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The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux
Posted By TheManBehindTheCurtain
Re: The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux

Fugitive: Marvelously entertaining. But ... certainly not enough to put it higher than 50 on my 90s list. Tommy Lee Jones was very good, but he was helped tremendously by a script that enabled him to...
Forum: Movie Reviews 3 days ago
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The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux
Posted By TheManBehindTheCurtain
Every time I hear that for every piece of art...

Every time I hear that for every piece of art there is a unique interpretation (which I agree with), I recall this poem from Stephen Crane:

Once there was a man -
Oh, so wise!
In all drink
He...
Forum: Movie Reviews 3 days ago
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The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux
Posted By TheManBehindTheCurtain
Thanks for this insight. Given what you say about...

Thanks for this insight. Given what you say about your background, I can understand why Election wouldn't click for you. As a buttoned-down American, I wonder if it didn't seem less of a dark comedy...
Forum: Movie Reviews 3 days ago
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The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux
Posted By TheManBehindTheCurtain
Re: The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux

Election: Love this. Not on my list, and wondering why. Sheesh ... looks like I left it off my spreadsheet. Could have been a contender for sure. Reese Witherspoon's expressions are just scary good....
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Interesting Quotes
Posted By TheManBehindTheCurtain
"It is a sin to believe evil of others, but it is...

"It is a sin to believe evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake.”

— H. L. Mencken
Forum: Movie Reviews 4 days ago
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The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux
Posted By TheManBehindTheCurtain
I check to see what's new every morning, write up...

I check to see what's new every morning, write up my post, copy it to the clipboard, then hit the First Unread link to start catching up, aiming to post when I get to the end. So I'm reading and see...
Forum: Movie Reviews 5 days ago
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The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux
Posted By TheManBehindTheCurtain
I'm an extreme introvert, but I was getting used...

I'm an extreme introvert, but I was getting used to going alone without any apologies for trying to see anything of redeeming value. Thus: Blade Runner, Raiders, E.T., Brazil (all I knew about it was...
Forum: Movie Reviews 5 days ago
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The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux
Posted By TheManBehindTheCurtain
When that happens, I'm in! The 80s was when I...

When that happens, I'm in! The 80s was when I finally re-emerged from college and started watching movies again. I know I've seen 1984 (forgotten about Richard Burton!) but would have to rewatch. I...
Forum: Movie Reviews 5 days ago
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The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux
Posted By TheManBehindTheCurtain
I don't know if I'm older than dirt. Let's just...

I don't know if I'm older than dirt. Let's just say I can remember when Kennedy was assassinated.

And, actually, the AI stuff does scare me. Not the stuff in the news. Again, that's just...
Forum: Movie Reviews 5 days ago
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The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux
Posted By TheManBehindTheCurtain
Sounds like the beginning of a great Science...

Sounds like the beginning of a great Science Fiction Horror movie, when The Millennium Bug texts you back with a message like "You're next!"
Forum: Movie Reviews 5 days ago
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The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux
Posted By TheManBehindTheCurtain
Worked for a systems security company in Silicon...

Worked for a systems security company in Silicon Valley at the time. Key engineers in the office as midnight began to dawn around the globe. I was on call to update the website in case anything...
Forum: Movie Reviews 5 days ago
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The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux
Posted By TheManBehindTheCurtain
Re: The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux

Blair Witch: Saw this first around the time it came out and it gave me genuine creeps. Revisited within the last year or so, and ... not so much anymore. Back then, the "found footage" technique...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 6 days ago
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How Often Do You Check Someone's Top 10?
Posted By TheManBehindTheCurtain
Re: How Often Do You Check Someone's Top 10?

I guess I'm also a stalker. I check MoFo'ers profiles obsessively. So curious about where everyone is from, how long the've been here, anything they've revealed in their About tab. I've been...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 6 days ago
Replies: 35
How often do you change your Top 20?
Posted By TheManBehindTheCurtain
Re: How often do you change your Top 20?

I carried my Top 5 list around in my head for years. Once I started participating in MoFo contests, I had to commit it to a spreadsheet.

How often do I change my Top 20? About every time I look at...
Forum: Movie Reviews 6 days ago
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The Day I Wore My Pants.
Posted By TheManBehindTheCurtain
I remember at the time of release it was...

I remember at the time of release it was considered a fresh plot twist. No one had ever come up with the idea of hijacking a subway car. Also: how quaint a $1 million dollar ransom seems now.
Forum: Movie Reviews 6 days ago
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The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux
Posted By TheManBehindTheCurtain
Re: The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux

Lost Highway: Yikes ... yet another one I've not heard of. Lynch ... an acquired taste for me that I've had trouble acquiring. Will put on my watchlist, but the list is very long and not sure when/if...
Forum: Ongoing Tournaments & Brackets 1 week ago
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34th Hall of Fame
Posted By TheManBehindTheCurtain
Gone With the Wind (1939) Director: Victor...

Gone With the Wind (1939)
Director: Victor Fleming
Key cast: Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Hattie McDaniel, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland

3

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The year 1939 is frequently lauded as...
Forum: Ongoing Tournaments & Brackets 1 week ago
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34th Hall of Fame
Posted By TheManBehindTheCurtain
Re: 34th Hall of Fame

I watched back in January when it was first announced, with family, taking plenty of notes. It's taken several months to find the right tone. Final proofing, and releasing soon ...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 week ago
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The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux
Posted By TheManBehindTheCurtain
Ah ... well done! So, it's posts like this...

Ah ... well done!

So, it's posts like this that I really look forward to here. Well, no, I don't agree with everything here, but the point is I can't agree or disagree without spending some time...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 week ago
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The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux
Posted By TheManBehindTheCurtain
Re: The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux

Strange Days: Beginning to strike out a lot. Haven't seen this one, though I know the title. Another to add to the watch list, as I'm a fan of Kathryn Bigelow and the main cast members.

Before...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 week ago
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The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux
Posted By TheManBehindTheCurtain
It's posts like these that make me wish we could...

It's posts like these that make me wish we could give a smilie in addition to thumbs-up. But I suppose it's a slippery slope, one of those "give a mouse a cookie and next he'll want a glass of milk"...

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