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LeafGm said:
Assuming you already have a tombstone ordered for yourself that proclaims you died tragically rescuing your family from the wreckage of a sinking battleship?
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thats funny cause (a) I’d completely forgot about that gag in the film, but (b) while writing out the post you quoted, I swear to god had the thought “I should put this Custer line on my tombstone” 😂


….and like, I think I will.
 
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Montana said:
If I included Wes stuff, it would just be the entirety of nearly all my lists.
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yeah...I mean there's a balance at play when making such lists...all I'm asking is for one

ie. Woody Allen had a string of amazing comedies...all bubbling underneath my top 5, but I'd probably just pick one in my top 10
 
I didn't get much controversy with my Borat movie take, so here's my second attempt.

I think Woody Allen and his movies all suck. My friend from high school was obsessed and I saw a few with him and was like, what the fuck is this garbage. Hard pass.
 
LeafOfFaith said:
I didn't get much controversy with my Borat movie take, so here's my second attempt.
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You’re not wrong about the scripted stuff being the weak points…..but its highs are as high as any comedy has reached imo. (Again, in the moment first viewing).

Id also push back on the idea his television bits for Borat were better/more shocking….I think he went further than he had in any skit, quite a few times.

I was obsessed with Borat/Bruno from the show, but popped hard loads of times in the movie.
 
LeafOfFaith said:
I didn't get much controversy with my Borat movie take, so here's my second attempt.

I think Woody Allen and his movies all suck. My friend from high school was obsessed and I saw a few with him and was like, what the fuck is this garbage. Hard pass.
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CH1 said:
yeah...I mean there's a balance at play when making such lists...all I'm asking is for one

ie. Woody Allen had a string of amazing comedies...all bubbling underneath my top 5, but I'd probably just pick one in my top 10
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ah shit Sleeper absolutely killed me. might have to go on the list.
 
Montana said:
You’re not wrong about the scripted stuff being the weak points…..but its highs are as high as any comedy has reached imo. (Again, in the moment first viewing).

Id also push back on the idea his television bits for Borat were better/more shocking….I think he went further than he had in any skit, quite a few times.

I was obsessed with Borat/Bruno from the show, but popped hard loads of times in the movie.
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I haven't watched the movie in years, but I agree, there were certain parts of it, which, if excised, would make great clips for the tv series. I can't include the fight scene, because while it was funny, it was scripted, and once you have something scripted, where there's no one being deceived, it stops being Borat/Ali G and therefore stops being funny imo. But the scene in the hotel where he runs around naked into the business conference, the scene where he takes the chicken onto the subway in his suitcase and lets it loose, the scene where I think he goes to the formal dinner party and tells the guy his wife is ugly among other things (I think that's from the movie, or was it the show?).

In contrast, the Pamela Anderson kidnapping, so dumb and cringeworthy. The scene when he meets up with those frat boys - I mean, so clearly obvious that they knew exactly who he was and were playing along. This sort of stuff just pulls the rug out from under it for me. There were funny parts, for sure, but overall a total bust when directly compared to the tv sketches that spawned it.
 
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Slinger 48 said:
I've been hoping for a top notch remake of The Grapes Of Wrath for years. I read the book several times before I saw the movie and was disappointed by it which is usually the case for me.

Actually, a well made series would be better than a movie remake I think.

Here's a real treasure in my mind. Country Joe McDonald doing Woody Guthrie's Tom Joad.

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Grapes of Wrath is probably banned in Florida because it's considered an homage to socialism.
 
zeke said:
High Noon is the real original subversive western.

John Wayne hated the fuck out of it.
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Yep, he thought it preached pacifism which was un-American. The idea that a guy with a badge and gun wouldn't spend his waking hours shooting people was communism as far as the Duke was concerned.

The reason why his performance in The Searchers was so good is because Wayne was as racist as the character he was playing.
 
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