The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux

The pleasant surprises keep on coming on this countdown, very nice! Both films are in my Top 150 of the 90s and both films feature an actress I had a crush on back then.

Total Recall is also on my favorite Sci-Fi films list top 50 and I had My Cousin Vinny at number 14 on my Comedy ballot.

Seen 13/14
Ballot 00/25

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I've seen and liked both My Cousin Vinny and Total Recall, but neither made my ballot.

Seen: 14/14

This time I don't need to elaborately comment on what I thought of Total Recall, since I reviewed it a few years ago:

https://www.movieforums.com/communit...32#post1901632

Another worthy inclusion, but I'm really just waiting for one of my picks to show up at this point.

My Cousin Vinny (1992) was #20 on my list.

My Cousin Vinny was #53 on the MoFo Top 100 Comedies while Total Recall was #50 on the first MoFo Top 100 of the 1990s and #19 on the MoFo Top 100 Sci-Fi Films.

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Ok ok. This is definitely 90s. Neither are on my list but I can't deny the authenticity.

two movies i've only seen recently because of my wife. neither had a shot at my ballot but i liked them both.

I always think of Total Recall as 80's, doesn't matter. It's kind of awesome but never been a favorite.

I really dig Marisa Tomei, don't care about her acting. Love Pesci, not so much here. Some good moments but never got the praise for My Cousin Vinny.

Heard of: 10/14
Started: 9/14
Finished: 2/14
In my ballot: 0/14

I saw both My Cousin Vinny and Total Recall at the cinema. I enjoyed both.

Cousin Vinnie is a fun movie... but I'm annoyed about Total Recall... I forgot to list it

Woulda been high as well, top 5 at least.

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Seen 10/14

List:
16. Porco Rosso

Fallen Angels would have made my top 50 for sure though.

Third best for me so far? My Cousin Vinny I guess.

My 4 blind spots so far (with more to come):
Gummo
Interview with a Vampire
Office Space
Three Colors: Red

At least Jarman's Blue didn't make this ....yet.

I’ve seen both of today’s movies many times. I like both of them and own both on DVD, but neither was ever in consideration for my ballot. If I were to make my own top 100 of the decade, I would definitely consider them then so I approve of their inclusion despite having not contributed to it.

Seen: 12/14
My Balllot:
12. True Romance (#94)
24. Interview With the Vampire (#92)
25. Untamed Heart (One Pointer)

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Wanted to check in before this thing runs away from me!

The company I work for is the busiest it has ever been, so it's been really tough to hang out on MoFo during the day as I normally would.

Anyway, From this list so far...

100. What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
99. Sonatine (1993)
98. The Celebration (1998)
97. Gummo (1997)
96. Fallen Angels (1995)
95. Office Space (1999)
94. True Romance (1993)
93. Porco Rosso (1992)
92. Interview with the Vampire (1994)
91. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
90. Three Colors: Red (1994)
89. The Crow (1994)
88. My Cousin Vinny (1992)
87. Total Recall (1990)

I have had one entry appear from my ballot, with Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colors: Red at #20. I wanted to watch all three again before the countdown, but only got Blue and Red in, but I recalled liking White the least back in the day, so I just had to decide which one I enjoyed more on the more recent viewings. I went with Red this time, while in the past I think I would have chosen Blue, which is perhaps the most cinematically impressive of the three. Its excessively melancholic tone sent it to second place this time around. That said, all three are fantastic films.

Of the remaining films, like most of them, but have still yet to see Sonatine, The Celebration and Porco Rosso.

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Total Recall was my #15. It was sci-fi cheese was maximum A-movie effort in the scripting, effects and overall essence. And of course, that ending question makes up for the lack of seeing Recall work, because them, what would be the point? Oh, and a puppet. A creepy, ugly little puppet.

Seen 8/14

Ballot

15. Total Recall

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I have actually rewatched both of these fairly recently, considering I hadn’t seen either since release. My Cousin Vinny has some highs, but not enough to sustain it as anything more than okay for me.

Verhoven isn’t my bag, and my rewatch of Total Recall didn’t help. I just didn’t enjoy it in the least. His “satire “ is lost on me for sure.

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Just quoting myself from the Paul Verhoeven Club thread on Total Recall...

Verhoeven in the DVD commentary says:

"It depends on the audience watching"
And a little while later he simply elaborates on it.
"A basic audience will see this as a dream, but others won't. Others will see it as absolutely real. And they're both right."


Paul also says "This is where we go back to Dr Edgemar saying he will end up lobotomised. The dream music playing as they kiss and we fade out, is Doug's dream coming to an end and at Rekall, he is now a vegetable"
So, Paul is saying at the end, he believes that it's a dream... and that Doug should have swallowed that pill.
Paul himself thinks it's a dream... and Doug is now lobotomised.

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Thread can be found here: https://www.movieforums.com/communit...ad.php?t=49199

Verhoeven Club here: https://www.movieforums.com/clubs/paul-verhoeven.html

Love Total Recall, btw. It was close enough to the 80s to retain some of the daft one-liner silliness of the era, was based of excellent P.K. Dick source material, and had Verhoeven's biting satire firing on all thrusters. Personally, I have reenacted the "pull the giant sphere out of your nose" scene not once, but twice after some brutal sinus surgery, where I was forced to yanks a massive packing out of my nostrils. At least Arnold only had to do once side. Not recommended!

The effects in this film have not aged well at all, but I still pop it on every once in a while, and it totally works, otherwise.

I do the same thing daily... but with basic boogers tbh.

Considering the time period, the fact that it can't help but be a little cheesy is what makes it age perfectly. It's everything the Band brothers should want to make.