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« Reply #105 on: March 09, 2012, 10:05:41 PM » |
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Just added Grumpy Old Men. Even with this thread in existence, I thought it was generally really well regarded. But it doesn't seem to be very high on anyone's list. Is that based on memory or seeing it recently?
Wow, I can't believe I ranked it a few places under SWING KIDS on my list. Not sure what I was thinking. It's a movie I genuinely love. I haven't seen it in years, though. Burgess Meredith still cracks me up in it. |
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Wolfe
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« Reply #106 on: March 09, 2012, 10:36:12 PM » |
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I watched JASON GOES TO HELL and it should only exist as a short movie with the beginning and the ending with the Freddy glove. The rest is people possessed by Jason. So boring. That was a great era of posters being way more awesome than the movie.
The opening and ending are pretty great. The rest of the movie isn't, but I kind of enjoy that a Jason movie tried to do something new, even if what it tried wasn't anything like a Jason movie. |
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ExpendablesFan
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« Reply #107 on: March 10, 2012, 03:14:22 AM » |
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The opening and ending are pretty great. The rest of the movie isn't, but I kind of enjoy that a Jason movie tried to do something new, even if what it tried wasn't anything like a Jason movie.
Jason movies tried new things all the time. It's kind of amazing that it never once worked. |
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Wolfe
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« Reply #108 on: March 10, 2012, 12:56:07 PM » |
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JASON GOES TO HELL was the only one that really went outside the lines. The other ones just changed the settings but did the same thing.
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Dan
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« Reply #109 on: March 10, 2012, 01:47:25 PM » |
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It always felt like they start with the idea of trying something different, though not necessarily good (all of the twists at the end of V, the humor in VI, etc.), but then at some point everyone involved realized what it was all about and just did another Jason movie.
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Luke Erik
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« Reply #110 on: March 10, 2012, 02:47:30 PM » |
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JASON GOES TO HELL was the only one that really went outside the lines. The other ones just changed the settings but did the same thing.
VII:THE NEW BLOOD features a young woman who somehow can use the force, and is my favorite of the series. Plus Hodder plays as Jason, so that's also a plus. |
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Wolfe
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« Reply #111 on: March 10, 2012, 05:22:32 PM » |
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It always felt like they start with the idea of trying something different, though not necessarily good (all of the twists at the end of V, the humor in VI, etc.), but then at some point everyone involved realized what it was all about and just did another Jason movie.
Yeah, that's it. In the later sequels, they kept throwing in high-concept stuff that could have been great, but they didn't really do enough with the ideas to make the end result be anything more than just another Jason movie. However, JGTH pulls this crazy mythology out of its ass, which, if nothing else, does set it apart from the other movies. |
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BrianLynch
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« Reply #112 on: March 10, 2012, 05:23:03 PM » |
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Hodder was never a Jason in a good Jason movie. Not that there really were many of those.
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« Reply #113 on: March 10, 2012, 05:28:59 PM » |
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JASON GOES TO HELL was the only one that really went outside the lines. The other ones just changed the settings but did the same thing.
I don't know. There's really only been two or three straight up Jason movies out of like eight. He's not even in a lot of them and he was in space for one. None of them are good, but they all have their moments. |
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Strang
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« Reply #114 on: May 02, 2012, 12:06:48 AM » |
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I made a lot of inconsequential mistakes in the upper middle part of this year the first time out.
Jurassic Park
Schindler’s List
True Romance
Groundhog Day
Hard-boiled
Fearless
In The Line Of Fire
Tombstone
The Fugitive
Ninja Scroll
A Perfect World
Last Action Hero
Philadelphia
Ed And His Dead Mother
Being Human
Searching For Bobby Fischer
Falling Down
Fatal Instinct
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Malice
The Piano
Germinal
Nowhere To Run
Son In Law
Airborne
Matinee
Hard Target
El Mariachi
Cliffhanger
The Firm
Freaked
Wayne’s World 2
Sleepless In Seattle
Benny & Joon
Nemesis
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Vanishing
Undercover Blues
Much Ado About Nothing
Money For Nothing
Dragon
Six Degrees Of Separation
Blue
Sniper
Loaded Weapon 1
In The Name Of The Father
Judgment Night
Kalifornia
Striking Distance
For Love Or Money
Point Of No Return
Army Of Darkness
Romeo Is Bleeding
Alive
Knight Moves
Public Access
The Pelican Brief
Dazed And Confused
Aadams’ Family Values
Who’s The Man?
Fortress
Robin Hood: Men In Tights
Twenty Bucks
The Real McCoy
Posse
Flesh And Bone
Fire In The Sky
Boxing Helena
The Sandlot
Leprechaun
Orlando
And I no longer feel the least bit bad about singling out AmusePseud's list (on the first page of this thread) because he has only gotten more annoying since with his "haven't seen enough to rank" lists coming close to outnumbering his actual lists. Never mind that alphabetical nonsense.
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« Reply #115 on: May 02, 2012, 08:48:07 AM » |
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And I no longer feel the least bit bad about singling out AmusePseud's list (on the first page of this thread) because he has only gotten more annoying since with his "haven't seen enough to rank" lists coming close to outnumbering his actual lists. Never mind that alphabetical nonsense. The "haven't seen enough to rank" sections are meant to forestall any "Wait, you mean you've never seen ____ ??" type questions about the films in .. uh.. question. |
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Strang
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« Reply #116 on: May 02, 2012, 12:33:11 PM » |
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You're just shining a spotlight on them. And you know that.
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Luke Erik
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« Reply #117 on: May 02, 2012, 12:41:40 PM » |
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SON IN LAW over AIRBORNE? THE SANDLOT barely above the bottom of your list?
Can Dobbin and I switch places so you can become my arch-nemesis (you're going to go ahead and also move Ninja Scroll near the bottom as I love that movie)?
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BrianLynch
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« Reply #118 on: May 02, 2012, 12:45:52 PM » |
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Limbrunner, Strang will get to you in due time! Patience!
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Strang
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« Reply #119 on: May 02, 2012, 12:54:49 PM » |
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Limbrunner, Strang will get to you in due time! Patience!
He's probably right about Airborne. |
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