The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux

Bingo. Ever since I seen her in Finding Graceland I've been watching some of her films. Mostly 1990s of course.

You wouldn’t be disappointed

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“Except for markf, you’re all a disgrace to cinema.”

Jackie Brown. My #13. I chose this for my Quentin Tarantino pick over another that I'm sure will place much higher (which I have some problems with for reasons I might go into when the time comes). But this is by far my favorite QT movie for one simple reason: I genuinely cared about the characters. Pam Grier was phenomenal as Jackie Brown, and I was rooting for her all the way. Her relationship with Robert Forster as Max Cherry was engaging. Both of them got a late-career boost from this; plaudits to QT for picking them. The rest of the characters were also finely and uniquely drawn, which I'm sure can be credited significantly to Elmore Leonard's source material. Terrific ensemble acting.

Trainspotting. It's been ages since I've seen this one, and my strongest memory is of the stress of watching the main characters struggle through their challenges with poverty and addiction. I see it referred to as a dark comedy, but I don't remember even chuckling. Certainly worthy, but not on my list.

Seen: 43/58
Ballot: 5/25

My predictions of how my picks will place:

Good Chance: 1/12
-- Jackie Brown #44 / My #13
Fair Chance: 4/10
-- Sense and Sensibility #49 / My #2
-- Clueless: #58 / My #5
-- Sleepless in Seattle: #91 / My #3
-- Office Space: #95 / My #23
No Chance: 0/3

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Scarecrow: I haven't got a brain ... only straw. Dorothy: How can you talk if you haven't got a brain? Scarecrow: I don't know. But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't they? Dorothy: Yes, I guess you're right.

Her character has some of the funniest bits of the film

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By the way, not sure if I mentioned it yesterday... but with Starship Troopers, Paul Verhoeven becomes the fifth director with multiple entries in the countdown. His Total Recall placed early at #87.

Big fan of both movies, no votes but almost

I really love Jackie Brown and Pam Grier and Robert Forster in particular, although the supporting cast is great also. Just like the whole vibe to this movie. It almost feels like Tarantino restrained but just. However another Tarantino made my ballot instead.

I saw most of Trainspotting but haven't finished it and really need to. There were some hilarious bits but the baby scenes (if you've seen it, you know what I mean) really haunted me. Still, one I want to finish. Voted for neither.

My list:
#18 The Fifth Element list proper #56
#25 Apollo 13 list proper #68

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"Miss Jean Louise, Mr. Arthur Radley."

Jackie Brown was my first Tarantino. I appreciated the darker edge and for the most part admired where the story and the characters went. For the predictable moments, they did the absolute best they could. 85.

I saw Trainspotting twice. This was a movie that rocked it's random plot with some excellent emotional and comedic power as well as one of McGregor's best performances. 97

Seen 39/58

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