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Forum: Movie Reviews 02-03-22
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The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Yoda
Oooo, nice. I'm envious. Great, great film. ...

Oooo, nice. I'm envious. Great, great film.

I should rewatch it.
Forum: Movie Reviews 02-03-22
Replies: 4,713
The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Yoda
Okay, I think this should be up. Lemme know ASAP...

Okay, I think this should be up. Lemme know ASAP if you notice something out of whack (more likely than usual because of the way I parsed this one/changes/tiebreakers):

Movie Forums: Top 100 Films...
Forum: Movie Reviews 02-01-22
Replies: 4,713
The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Yoda
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I really love the Classified Ads quality this thread took on: who else voted for X?! Please step forward! Get in touch!

“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What!...
Forum: Movie Reviews 02-01-22
Replies: 4,713
The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Yoda
You'd think we'd have had at least one in there...

You'd think we'd have had at least one in there as a troll, but no. Clearly just evidence it was totally rigged.
Forum: Movie Reviews 02-01-22
Replies: 4,713
The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Yoda
Okay, here's the spreadsheet: Movie Forums...

Okay, here's the spreadsheet:

Movie Forums Top 100 of the 2000s - Full Results (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E_Wmh35I_y3E9Vg4o28a7FmyzApY0XiGjcHqjUu1drQ/edit?usp=sharing)
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-31-22
Replies: 4,713
The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Yoda
Yeah, still some growing pains, but this is the...

Yeah, still some growing pains, but this is the type of system that definitely gets more robust as time goes on, so all the bug reports and corrections really add up and help. :up: Should see some...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-29-22
Replies: 4,713
The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Yoda
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Re: spreadsheet/total results. I should be able to do that Monday or Tuesday.
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-28-22
Replies: 4,713
The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Yoda
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Massive thanks to Thief, who did a fantastic job. The sheer amount of relevant (and interesting!) information he posted during this countdown is staggering. I particularly enjoyed the "quote from a...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-28-22
Replies: 4,713
The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Yoda
The Movie Forums Podcast The Top 100 of the...

The Movie Forums Podcast
The Top 100 of the 2000s List Podcast
Go behind the scenes and find out what it's like to compile one of these lists from new list Curator Thief. Learn about several films...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-24-22
Replies: 4,713
The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Yoda
Probably because of the people on this site. ...

Probably because of the people on this site.






Wait, which way did he mean that? The answer is "yes"
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-24-22
Replies: 4,713
The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Yoda
I agree very much with "strangely unromantic."...

I agree very much with "strangely unromantic." Best argument, maybe, is that it's supposed to be, because the relationship in it isn't actually a particularly good or healthy one, and it's about...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-23-22
Replies: 4,713
The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Yoda
Certainly; I wasn't implying otherwise. By "bad"...

Certainly; I wasn't implying otherwise. By "bad" there I did, in fact, mean just that you don't like it.


Sure, but the question is meant to establish whether you inherently dislike the premise,...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-22-22
Replies: 4,713
The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Yoda
I'm arguing that the problem is not really...

I'm arguing that the problem is not really suspension of disbelief. I can't come up with a series of principles, from these answers, that would neatly encompass fantasy and sci-fi films but exclude a...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-22-22
Replies: 4,713
The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Yoda
What, to you could, could be hypothetically done...

What, to you could, could be hypothetically done to make him more "real in the context of the film's world"?

So far you've said that he's ​"hideous," "obnoxious," and "annoying," but those don't...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-22-22
Replies: 4,713
The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Yoda
I think the word "real" is probably obscuring...

I think the word "real" is probably obscuring whatever the underlying logic is here. It's not attempting to look photorealistic, but it's trying to look "real" even more than most fantasy, since it's...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-22-22
Replies: 4,713
The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Yoda
I'm not really sure how to address that last bit...

I'm not really sure how to address that last bit (which is obviously key, since a rat controlling a dude through his hair is way crazier than elves existing). I guess I can see why that might be true...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-22-22
Replies: 4,713
The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Yoda
Disappointment is the result of two distinct...

Disappointment is the result of two distinct things: reality, and our expectations. We control one of those things.


Right, but all of this applies in both directions: you express your disdain...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-22-22
Replies: 4,713
The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Yoda
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The stuff about hating fantasy actually ties in perfectly to the cross-current discussion I'm having about what our tastes would look like without other people (and our preconceptions about them)...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-22-22
Replies: 4,713
The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Yoda
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Not about ROTK but just about the LOTR trilogy in general:

One of the most significant anecdotes, for me, is how often I hear people say that they never watch fantasy, but for some reason they...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-22-22
Replies: 4,713
The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Yoda
Meant to reply to this days ago, and replying...

Meant to reply to this days ago, and replying "fully" would derail the countdown, which is no good, so I'll cut it in half and focus on the key points and if anyone wants to go more in depth, I'll...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-21-22
Replies: 4,713
The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Yoda
Forgetting about Mall Cop is a travesty. A crime....

Forgetting about Mall Cop is a travesty. A crime. A crime that must be prosecuted.

In food court.
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-21-22
Replies: 4,713
The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Yoda
Nice. Gonna use this as an excuse to pimp my...

Nice. Gonna use this as an excuse to pimp my first ever essay on this site: Christopher Nolan's Useful Lies (https://www.movieforums.com/essays/christopher-nolans-useful-lies.html) (discussion thread...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-19-22
Replies: 4,713
The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Yoda
Re: The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown

It'd be very interesting to see what everyone liked--movies, music, books, whatever--in a world where nobody got to see what everyone else liked first.

It would definitely be different.
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-19-22
Replies: 4,713
The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Yoda
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I'm still waiting for a criticism of any of these lists that doesn't take hundreds of words to say "I'm upset more people don't like the things I like."

Of course, the real (unanswerable) question...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-19-22
Replies: 4,713
The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Yoda
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Agreed, and I think that's a talent: most people are capable of hating or praising something effusively, but trying to articulate a nuanced opinion, or one that pulls in opposite directions in...

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