[Courtney]

Alright, let's get this thing started. Same as comedies: Top 25. Noms are due by Monday, June 18.

1) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2) Shawshank Redemption
3) The Godfather
4) Fight Club
5) American History X
6) V for Vendetta
7) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
The Illusionist
9) Rush
10) The Departed
11) Natural Born Killers
12) American Beauty
13) Crash
14) Seven
15) Wonderland
16) Almost Famous
17) Gangs of New York
18) Thelma & Louise
19) Good Will Hunting
20) Edward Scissorhands
21) Blow
22) The Godfather II
23) Dog Day Afternoon
24) Gladiator
25) Reservoir Dogs

[Stu]

Would Crime Dramas count, like Godfather, Goodfellas, The Departed?

[Courtney]

Yes

[Lucky]

Romances count, I presume? Presuming they is dramatic more than comedic?

[The Jewish Cunthead]

BAH! I hate limiting to just 25.

1. Rocky
2. Goodfellas
3. Pulp Fiction
4. The Godfather
5. The Godfather II
6. The Shawshank Redemption
7. Heat
8. Reservoir Dogs
9. Scarface
10. Taxi Driver
11. Casino
12. Raging Bull
13. Good Will Hunting
14. Scent of a Woman
15. Rocky Balboa
16. Boogie Nights
17. Rocky III
18. The Usual Suspects
19. Dog Day Afternoon
20. The Natural
21. Field of Dreams
22. Glory
23. The Untouchables
24. Rocky IV
25. Glengarry Glen Ross

edit - Star Wars, Indy, etc. are not dramas to me, they're either Sci-Fi or action. I'm not "wasting" a drama spot on them.

[Courtney]

fsolomon75 said:

BAH! I hate limiting to just 25.

I know what ya mean. It was quite difficult.

And yeah, romances definitely count.

[Mikey]

1. Rocky
2. Field of Dreams
3. The Shawshank Redemption
4. Forrest Gump
5. Rain Man
6. Saving Private Ryan
7. Boys n the Hood
8. Good Will Hunting
9. The Green Mile
10. The Karate Kid
11. TO Kill a Mockingbird
12. Rocky III
13. Rocky Balboa
14. Cast Away
15. Brian's Song
16. Se7en
17. Apollo 13
18. The Natural
19. Rocky II
20. Rocky IV
21. Miracle
22. Frequency
23. Ragin Bull
24. A Time to Kill
25. The Patriot

[Lucky]

fsolomon75 said:

BAH! I hate limiting to just 25.

2. Goodfellas - Scorcese/DeNiro
4. The Godfather - Pacino
5. The Godfather II - Pacino/DeNiro
7. Heat - Pacino/DeNiro
9. Scarface - Pacino
10. Taxi Driver - Scorsese/DeNiro
11. Dog Day Afternoon - Pacino
13. Casino - Scorsese/DeNiro
14. Raging Bull - Scorsese/DeNiro
15. The Departed - Scorsese
17. Scent of a Woman - Pacino
25. Sleepers - DeNiro

Can I presume that Serpico, Gangs of New York, and Cape Fear just missed the cut? I had an Italian-American film professor in college who was obsessed with the Sopranos and Scorsese. Now I love Scorsese, Pacino, and DeNiro and I dug Sopranos at the time but he was just comical. To the point where the biggest guido you could find (who himself had mob ties), one of my best friends, couldn't help but laugh and mock him by playing up the stereotype even more. You would have loved those classes.

Nothing wrong with it. Like I said, I love those guys and I'm actually considering GoNY and Devil's Advocate along with your picks. I just thought it was amusing.

Toss in the 3 Rocky films and your have 10 open slots.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Hehe, Serpico just missed it. What can I say - the Eye-talians tell great stories.

[Batman]

1 - Empire Strikes Back
2 - American Beauty
3 - Wizard of Oz
4 - Princess Bride
5 - Philadelphia Story
6 - Pinocchio
7 - Matrix
8 - Dumbo
9 - Sin City
10 - LA Confidential
11 - True Romance
12 - Terminator
13 - Waking Life
14 - Pretty in Pink
15 - Snow White
16 - Star Wars
17 - Pulp Fiction
18 - The Sixth Sense
19 - Zero Effect
20 - Johnny Mnemonic
21 - Romeo + Juliet
22 - Point Break
23 - Showgirls
24 - Titanic
25 - Out of Sight

mta: Forgot The Sixth Sense! Bye-bye Dogma.

[creepy]

I assume Westerns go here.

1. JFK
2. The Good The Bad & The Ugly
3. American History X
4. Heat
5. Shawshank Redemption
6. Spartacus
7. Casino
8. Straw Dogs
9. Pulp Fiction
10. 12 Angry Men
11. Goodfellas
12. The 39 Steps
13. The Great Escape
14. Mississippi Burning
15. Unforgiven
16. The Usual Suspects
17. Once Upon A Time In The West
18. Saving Private Ryan
19. The Wild Bunch
20. Ronin
21. Boogie Nights
22. True Romance
23. Good Will Hunting
24. The g@me
25. Forrest Gump


(My #1 might be fake and half made up, but I really dig the way it's presented. And I guess that's the point)

Gonna go ahead and reseve the right to change any of this.

Edit: Had to make a tough decision. Already changed my mind.

[The Canadian Content]

1. Reservoir Dogs
2. 12 Monkeys
3. The Usual Suspects
4. The Empire Strikes Back
5. Raiders of the Lost Ark
6. Seven
7. Star Wars
8. Pulp Fiction
9. Batman Begins
10. Fight Club
11. Good Will Hunting
12. Gladiator
13. Field of Dreams
14. High Fidelity
15. Varsity Blues
16. The Departed
17. Batman
18. Grosse Pointe Blank
19. Princess Bride
20. The Bourne Identity
21. A Knight's Tale
22. Air Force One
23. Last Crusade
24. Forrest Gump
25. Ransom


I know, it's a lot of action movies. Dramas really ain't my thing.

[Courtney]

Alright, should we include Star Wars as a drama? I consider it action and I know we were doing a showdown just for that. I know that why I didn't include any Star Wars, Indy Jones, Kill Bill or Batman.

[Batman]

The way I look at it, if you like a movie for the laughs, rank it in comedy; if you like it for the storyline and drama, put it here; if you like it for the thrills and spills, rank it in action. Some movies might find their way into more than one showdown.

[DevSop]

Wouldn't it be Sci-Fi anyway, which I plan on starting within a day or two.

[The Canadian Content]

But again, why can't one movie fall into more than one category? Parts of Fight Club were hilarious. Does that mean that it can only go into the comedy showdown?

[docx]

1 - Godfather
2 - Godfather II
3 - Citizen Kane
4 - Good Will Hunting
5 - Goodfellas
6 - Last of the Mohicans
7 - Monsters Ball
8 - Saving Private Ryan
9 - Glory
10 - Field of Dreams
11 - The Shawshank Redemption
12 - The Untouchables
13 - Gettysburg
14 - Crash
15 - Magnolia
16 - The Natural
17 - Fight Club
18 - The Prestige
19 - The Boxer
20 - Raging Bull
21 - Glengarry Glen Ross
22 - Forrest Gump
23 - Philadelphia
24 - It's a Wonderful Life
25 - High Fidelity

That's a lot of Tom Hanks. Fuck, is that guy great.

EDIT: And I say, post what you want, where you want. If it is something to you, let the chips fall where they will. If enough people agree with you that "Star Wars" is a great drama, then it is.
To quote Don Barzini, "After all, we are not Communists."

[Courtney]

Alright, post whatever ya want. I had that problem with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. It's a dramedy, but I didn't feel it was enough of one to go on either list. However, I can tell you what 4 of my sci-fis will be (Star Wars) and 7 of my actions (3 Batmans, 2 Kill Bills, and 2 Indys).

[National Champion Chris Cole]

1. Two Towers
2. Return of the King
3. Fellowship of the Ring
4. The Godfather
5. Tombstone
6. Forrest Gump
7. Rocky
8. Rocky II
9. The Natural
10. Rudy
11. Edward Scissorhands
12. The Rookie
13. Silence of the Lambs
14. Rocky III
15. Miracle
16. Braveheart
17. The Departed
18. Identity
19. Untouchables
20. The Prestige
21. The Usual Suspects
22. Brian’s Song
23. United 93
24. Goodfellas
25. Hannibal

[Courtney]

I bet you like them for Orlando Bloom.

[National Champion Chris Cole]

He's so dreamy

[docx]

I just read Sergei's list. Nothing personal whatsoever, because I know we all have our own tastes, but I hate SO MANY of the movies on your list.

[Batman]

Yeah? Well I hate YOUR FACE!

Oh, wait. You said, "nothing personal." Never mind, then.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

sergeial said:

3 - Wizard of Oz
6 - Pinocchio
8 - Dumbo
14 - Pretty in Pink
15 - Snow White
20 - Romeo + Juliet
22 - Showgirls
24 - Titanic

Did Beaches just miss the cut? 8-)

[DevSop]

My point with the iffy movies with regards to genre is that when it comes down to voting, I'm assuming people are going to vote as to what a better comedy/drama is. If Fight Club winds up against Harold & Kumar in the comedies for whatever reason. Fight Club's a much better movie, but H&K is the better comedy, so why even nominate those borderline comedies and dramas when you know they're not gonna do well.