It's possible he may jump online and see that it's his turn, so I'm thinking it's fair that we wait the full 15 hours for him. Any thoughts?
I was under the impression that weekends are asskick free periods. Am I wrong?
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
I was under the impression that weekends are asskick free periods. Am I wrong?
I think we have to treat it just the same as any other period in time. We give him 15 hours and then he's AK'd. He knew he was going to be away, so he could've sent some picks in advance to the commish if he wanted or if he remembered. Maybe he forgot. No biggie. Can't prematurely AK him though, we'll just have to wait till tomorrow morning I guess.
With the 160th pick It's Just A Flesh Wound is proud to select another personal favourite, "Local Hero" (1983).
Took some time to read up on this one today, and will have to keep it in mind the next time I'm scouring around for an old gem to watch. Based on your other picks I assumed it would be worthwhile, but the love for this movie really pours out at IMDB:
I saw Death At A Funeral a couple months ago and loved it- have you guys seen that one? Some not so subtle British humour, but the familiar wry smiles and dry retorts made me think of it when I was reading all those comments.
Yippie-Kay-Yay is happy to select in the category of Comedy, Matt & Trey's masterpiece:
Orgazmo
Orgazmo is a 1997 comedy-action film written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of the animated series South Park, and directed by Trey Parker.
The film revolves around mild-mannered Mormon missionary Joe Young (Trey Parker), who gets talked into starring in a porno movie by the famous porn director Maxxx Orbison (Michael Dean Jacobs) in order to earn enough money to marry his fiancée Lisa (Robyn Lynne Raab), in the Salt Lake City temple.
In the movie-within-the-movie, he plays a superhero named "Orgazmo" who fights crime with his sidekick "Choda Boy", played by Ben Chapleski (Dian Bachar) using his signature weapon, the "Orgazmorator", a device that forcefully triggers climax in those he uses it on. Following an agreement with the director, Joe acts and fights while a "stunt " does the rest. Orgazmo goes on to be a smash hit, and the director decides to exploit the missionary and make the movie into a series. Joe's fiancée is upset at his role in the film and leaves, and is kidnapped by the director to ensure Joe's participation in further filming.
Joe then decides to fight back using a real Orgazmorator invented by Ben, which gives him the powers his character purportedly had. He uses these powers to bring down the corrupt filmmaker and rescue his fiancée. The film wraps up with Lisa, seeing Ben's distress at the thought of his friend moving back to Utah, declaring that Joe must stay and fight crime with him. Ben, after a prayer from Joe, concludes by saying, "god bless us...every one!" (a parody of Tiny Tim's line at the end of A Christmas Carol).
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I am Sancho
Unicorns are kick ass!
P.S. - czure32, I'd like to finally complement you on your team name "DVD-eh?", that is brilliant! I was afraid to say something earlier as I figured someone then would take Orgazmo ahead of me.
P.S. - czure32, I'd like to finally complement you on your team name "DVD-eh?", that is brilliant! I was afraid to say something earlier as I figured someone then would take Orgazmo ahead of me.
haha thanks, DVDA is hilarious
I think most fans of matt and trey would recognize the DVDA reference immediately (that and dirty old men), just had to alter it slightly to make it relevant to a movie draft
DVDA now you're a man (Orgazmo theme)
What Would Brian Boitano Do (interesting fact...Brian Boitano has actually skated to a modified version of this song)
and finally just because its the most memorable running gag of Orgazmo
Im from Utah....
Oh. sorry.
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Thank you for not discussing the outside world
Took some time to read up on this one today, and will have to keep it in mind the next time I'm scouring around for an old gem to watch. Based on your other picks I assumed it would be worthwhile, but the love for this movie really pours out at IMDB:
Local Hero is a true gem of a movie. There's just something about it that is bigger than the sum of its parts. The scenery, the music, the quirky characters; it's just so good. Judging by your picks so far, Ro, very similar to my tastes, you'll love this movie too. Buy it if you can. It really requires multiple viewings to truly appreciate. Let me know what you think when you finally see it.
Watched 12 Angry Men today for the first time in about 10 years. It was awesome again. Anybody else catch it? I think it was on Turner Classic Movies.
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
Excellent! I watched it again on DVD the other night. It's just a truly superb movie. TCM show some great stuff.
I took a close look at the cast. I remembered Henry Fonda and Jack Klugman (Go Quincy!) but there were some other interesting names in there. I knew Jack Warden looked familiar, but it is difficult to place those guys sometimes when you only know them as older men! Ed Begley senior played the cantankerous juror #10 as well.
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
I took a close look at the cast. I remembered Henry Fonda and Jack Klugman (Go Quincy!) but there were some other interesting names in there. I knew Jack Warden looked familiar, but it is difficult to place those guys sometimes when you only know them as older men! Ed Begley senior played the cantankerous juror #10 as well.
You might also recognize the voice of John Fielder (Juror #2). He has played the voice of Piglet from Winnie the Pooh for years! He also appeared in "The Bob Newhart Show" and "The Odd Couple"
As our 7th round pick Self-made Heroes is proud to pick Paths of Glory (1957) in the Pre-1960's category. Possibly the best movie by Kubrick in my opinion.
Corporal Paris: See that cockroach? Tomorrow morning, we'll be dead and it'll be alive. It'll have more contact with my wife and child than I will. I'll be nothing, and it'll be alive.
[Ferol smashes the roach] Private Ferol: Now you got the edge on him.
General Broulard:There are few things more fundamentally encouraging and stimulating than seeing someone else die - one way to maintain discipline is to shoot a man now and then.
"Paths Of Glory was the first time Stanley Kubrick got to work with a major star - and in the late 1950s, stars didn't come any more major than Kirk Douglas. He championed this 'hard to sell' anti-war film to the Hollywood studios, and bankrolled the 28-year-old tyro director who, with his growing reputation, still had it all to prove in Hollywood. And with his indignant performance Douglas provides an emotional counterbalance to Kubrick's chilly, conceptual style."
"Adapted from Humphrey Cobb's based-on-fact novel, the film tells the story of a botched WWI French attack. In return for a promised promotion, General Mireau (George Macready), charges his troops with the impossible task of storming Ant Hill, a German position. The attack is led by Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas), who dutifully leads his men into the German guns. When the attack dissolves into chaos and a rout, the furious general first orders his artillery to fire on his own men, and, to pass the blame, chooses three soldiers at random to go before a court martial to explain their cowardice, with Dax acting as defence counsel."
When interviewed in 1969, Kirk Douglas recalled Paths of Glory as the summit of his acting career: "There's a picture that will always be good, years from now. I don't have to wait 50 years to know that; I know it now."
As our 7th round pick Self-made Heroes is proud to pick Paths of Glory (1957) in the Pre-1960's category. Possibly the best movie by Kubrick in my opinion.
I was worried you might be one of the guys to take one of the movies I want next, and you did. I guess you're helping to make my choice easier by narrowing it down, but what an outstanding selection this is. Paths Of Glory is without question my favorite war movie and a true classic. See it if you're one who's skipped it- you'll love it.
Kubrick was the man. That's what, 6 or 7 of his films picked already? Too bad he didn't stay with us long enough to complete Artificial Intelligence- would've been amazing in his hands I'm sure.
I was worried you might be one of the guys to take one of the movies I want next, and you did. I guess you're helping to make my choice easier by narrowing it down, but what an outstanding selection this is. Paths Of Glory is without question my favorite war movie and a true classic. See it if you're one who's skipped it- you'll love it.
Kubrick was the man. That's what, 6 or 7 of his films picked already? Too bad he didn't stay with us long enough to complete Artificial Intelligence- would've been amazing in his hands I'm sure.
I had this in my sights as my 7th round pick too!
Damn you, Itse!
Our pick this round is in the Sports category, and That's What She Said is proud to select: Field of Dreams.
This 1989 movie starring Kevin Costner as Ray Kinsella, a farmer determined to keep his land that hears a voice among the tall corn saying, "If you build it, he will come." He begins a journey that involves plowing part of his field to build a baseball diamond where the ghosts of former MLB players came to throw the ball around and play. His journey affirms his love for the purity of the game and helps him (and a few others) resolve issues that they had buried in the past and planned to leave there.
This film was a movie that dealt with many things, but at its heart it was about the love of a boy for his father and the uber-American past-time of baseball. Before the strikes that ruined several seasons and the steroids that have come to haunt the MLB of today. This is my favourite of the Costner baseball movies altho Bull Durham is pretty awesome too.
