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The Personal Recommendation Hall of Fame
Posted By Captain Spaulding
My nominations for everyone: Miss Vicky: The...

My nominations for everyone:
Miss Vicky: The Fly
Siddon: The Gunfighter
Citizen Rules: Paper Moon
edarsenal: Dazed and Confused
Cricket: Paris, Texas
Hey Fredrick: Pink Flamingos
ahwell:...
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The Personal Recommendation Hall of Fame
Posted By Captain Spaulding
https://i.imgur.com/1tXfvxz.gif Funny Games ...

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Funny Games
(Michael Haneke, 1997)
3

Rarely have I felt as conflicted about a film as I do with the purposefully provocative Funny Games. The two tormenters,...
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The Personal Recommendation Hall of Fame
Posted By Captain Spaulding
I was hoping to review Funny Games before the...

I was hoping to review Funny Games before the reveal tonight, but clearly that's not going to happen. Maybe tomorrow.

I'm assuming Wyldesyde19 nominated Amadeus, since he's the last person I...
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The Personal Recommendation Hall of Fame
Posted By Captain Spaulding
https://i.imgur.com/tx639Zt.gif Amadeus ...

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Amadeus
(Milos Forman, 1984)
4

This is a perfect example of why you should never judge a movie by its subject matter. A three-hour period piece revolving around...
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The Personal Recommendation Hall of Fame
Posted By Captain Spaulding
I'm dropping out! :p I watched Funny Games...

I'm dropping out! :p

I watched Funny Games (1997) a few days ago. Since I feel so conflicted about the film, I've been reading a lot of reviews and essays, in addition to watching interviews with...
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The Personal Recommendation Hall of Fame
Posted By Captain Spaulding
I'd planned to type another paragraph, but I love...

I'd planned to type another paragraph, but I love that last sentence so much that I'm choosing to end with it. Instead I'll just include a few quick thoughts on Naked as an addendum:

The scenes...
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The Personal Recommendation Hall of Fame
Posted By Captain Spaulding
https://i.imgur.com/12Q1xv5.gif Naked (Mike...

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Naked
(Mike Leigh, 1993)
4

For all the adjectives typically thrown at Naked -- "bleak," "unpleasant," various other synonyms that describe the film's seedy...
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The Personal Recommendation Hall of Fame
Posted By Captain Spaulding
https://i.imgur.com/20rBRIY.gif Hud (Martin...

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Hud
(Martin Ritt, 1963)
4.5

I first watched this shortly before the Western Countdown deadline, then again a couple weeks ago. Bumped up my rating by half a...
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The Personal Recommendation Hall of Fame
Posted By Captain Spaulding
That was my nomination for you. The opera...

That was my nomination for you. The opera connection was the main reason I chose it, though it sounds like that aspect ended up working against the movie. I personally think Fitzcarraldo is one of...
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The Personal Recommendation Hall of Fame
Posted By Captain Spaulding
https://media.giphy.com/media/l4Ki8IBeXvpMoM7tu/gi...

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The Thin Blue Line
(Errol Morris, 1988)
2.5

Though I'm glad I finally received a push to watch one of the most important documentaries...
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The Personal Recommendation Hall of Fame
Posted By Captain Spaulding
Sling Blade is excellent. Growing up, it was a...

Sling Blade is excellent. Growing up, it was a popular film in my household, and I used to do a decent impersonation of Carl (mostly referring to "french fried taters" or "mustard n' biscuits" while...
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The Personal Recommendation Hall of Fame
Posted By Captain Spaulding
Who nominated it? My guess is John-Connor since...

Who nominated it? My guess is John-Connor since it's #54 on his all-time favorites list.
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The Personal Recommendation Hall of Fame
Posted By Captain Spaulding
https://i.imgur.com/IhOltGn.gif The Taking of...

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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
(Joseph Sargent, 1974)
3.5

When it comes to film-making, the 70's always seemed to do it better. Prime example: the original...
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The Personal Recommendation Hall of Fame
Posted By Captain Spaulding
Interesting choice. Not the audible I was...

Interesting choice. Not the audible I was expecting. Availability won't be an issue since it's on the Criterion Channel. I keep meaning to watch more documentaries. It's just that I almost always...
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The Personal Recommendation Hall of Fame
Posted By Captain Spaulding
75% of that is DirecTV. If I didn't follow so...

75% of that is DirecTV. If I didn't follow so many sports, I would've cut the cord long ago.
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The Personal Recommendation Hall of Fame
Posted By Captain Spaulding
Doesn't appear I'm going to be able to watch...

Doesn't appear I'm going to be able to watch Amadeus or Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. I kept hoping that they'd show up on a streaming service or air on one of the movie channels, but no such...
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The Personal Recommendation Hall of Fame
Posted By Captain Spaulding
That was my pick for you, Ed. One of the best...

That was my pick for you, Ed. One of the best hang-out movies ever made. My teens were during the 2000's, and often I found myself fantasizing about how much cooler it would've been to be a teenager...
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The Personal Recommendation Hall of Fame
Posted By Captain Spaulding
The person I was going to initially guess for...

The person I was going to initially guess for Deep Red doesn't even have it checked off his lists, so I've had to recalculate. I went back and read the reviews for it in the Horror HOF II and saw...
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The Personal Recommendation Hall of Fame
Posted By Captain Spaulding
https://i.imgur.com/uxvidR1.gif Deep Red ...

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Deep Red
(Dario Argento, 1975)
2

I've seen enough gialli to know that I'm not a fan. I admire their lurid style, but the whodunit plots interfere too much with...
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The Personal Recommendation Hall of Fame
Posted By Captain Spaulding
No guess as to who nominated it?! ;) There...

No guess as to who nominated it?! ;)

There weren't a ton of options to choose from since you've already checked off so many entries on the lists, but this and Ran were the two that immediately...
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The Personal Recommendation Hall of Fame
Posted By Captain Spaulding
https://i.imgur.com/oNOfRqc.gif The Last Laugh ...

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The Last Laugh
(F.W. Murnau, 1924)
3

My fourth Murnau (Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans; Nosferatu; Faust) and the first I've rated less than 4.5 stars. Like the...
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The Personal Recommendation Hall of Fame
Posted By Captain Spaulding
You never miss an opportunity to take a shot at...

You never miss an opportunity to take a shot at Tarantino. There's nothing wrong with hating his films or thinking that he's overrated or whatever, but it seems you hate the man himself. Don't tell...
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The Personal Recommendation Hall of Fame
Posted By Captain Spaulding
I'm waiting until you bust out the whip. ...

I'm waiting until you bust out the whip.

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It's been over three weeks now since I watched Hud. Fortunately it's on HULU, so I'll probably...
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The Personal Recommendation Hall of Fame
Posted By Captain Spaulding
As for who nominated Yellow Sky, Citizen Rules...

As for who nominated Yellow Sky, Citizen Rules is an easy guess. It wouldn't surprise me if this is one of the many westerns he reviewed and I was like, "That looks good!" It also doesn't seem to be...
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The Personal Recommendation Hall of Fame
Posted By Captain Spaulding
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zwgTBxFGr3c/VT_ZZIo_xuI...

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Yellow Sky
(William A. Wellman, 1948)
3

The first half of Yellow Sky is compelling,...

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