It may not be the primary IMDb entry, but I wish to lobby to get "The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade" included on this list. The only reason that the shorter title exists is because the full title didn't fit on anyone's marquee. If "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls" and "Those Magnificent Men..." can get on the list due to secondary titles that nobody ever uses (or, indeed, even knows about), it seems unfair to disqualify a well-known long title that was truncated purely for business reasons.
Also, if you're counting spaces, the Jon Cryer indie flick "Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back By Five" scoots in by the skin o' its teeth.
There's actually been 10 "Friday the 13th" films -- remember "Jason X"? And if we're not counting DTV films, "Phantasm" should be eliminated -- only parts 1 and 2 saw the inside of a theater.
And how about the "Lone Wolf and Cub" films? There's six of them.
Bringing up Ricky Jay conjures the spectre of another director -- what of David Mamet? I know William H. Macy, Rebecca Pidgeon and Joe Mantegna would slip into this category...
What can I say, I'm easy... easy like Sunday morning... except when something chaps my tuckus. And, for some reason, lots of things have chapped my tuckus lately. My grading over the past few years has gotten rougher -- compare how many honorable mentions are on my '99 list to how many are on my '02 list. Granted, '99 was a better year, but I'm wagering that a good portion of the films there, if I saw them today, would get downgraded.
I don't remember that exact Sprite commerical, but I do remember a similar one that goofed on the Snuggles fabric softener commercial: Mom's doing laundry and extolling the virtues of her dryer sheets when a talking stuffed bear gets up and starts to chime in. Rather than bemusement, though, Mom reacts with horror and beats the bear to death with her iron. Brilliant.
There was an anti-fur commercial that played once or twice when I was a kid. I remember it making a big impression on me -- there were models at a fashion show displaying the new fashions in fur for the season, and as they stroll and turn on the catwalk, the furs start bleeding all over everything. The final image is the models leaving the stage, oblivious to the massive slick of blood following them. I think that represents my first exposure to explicit gore...
For some reason, I spent all of "Troy" thinking Saffron Burrows was Connie Nielsen. I really shoulda known better -- Nielsen's never been that scary-skinny -- but Connie does look completely different in every film she does, so it didn't seem out of the realm of possibility.
(And if my site should undergo a long hiatus sometime in September, don't worry -- I'll just be in the hospital recovering from the suicide I'm going to attempt upon the release of "Superbabies".)
Actually, I'm of the opinion that the third will be the worst. Why? Because, since it's all setting up "A New Hope", it's essentially one giant anticlimax. So I don't care how dark it gets or how many people die... it's not like I care about any of these characters anyway.
Just realized -- my top film for 2003 also qualifies: "The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara".
It may not be the primary IMDb entry, but I wish to lobby to get "The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade" included on this list. The only reason that the shorter title exists is because the full title didn't fit on anyone's marquee. If "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls" and "Those Magnificent Men..." can get on the list due to secondary titles that nobody ever uses (or, indeed, even knows about), it seems unfair to disqualify a well-known long title that was truncated purely for business reasons.
Also, if you're counting spaces, the Jon Cryer indie flick "Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back By Five" scoots in by the skin o' its teeth.
There's actually been 10 "Friday the 13th" films -- remember "Jason X"? And if we're not counting DTV films, "Phantasm" should be eliminated -- only parts 1 and 2 saw the inside of a theater.
And how about the "Lone Wolf and Cub" films? There's six of them.
Bringing up Ricky Jay conjures the spectre of another director -- what of David Mamet? I know William H. Macy, Rebecca Pidgeon and Joe Mantegna would slip into this category...
What can I say, I'm easy... easy like Sunday morning... except when something chaps my tuckus. And, for some reason, lots of things have chapped my tuckus lately. My grading over the past few years has gotten rougher -- compare how many honorable mentions are on my '99 list to how many are on my '02 list. Granted, '99 was a better year, but I'm wagering that a good portion of the films there, if I saw them today, would get downgraded.
I don't remember that exact Sprite commerical, but I do remember a similar one that goofed on the Snuggles fabric softener commercial: Mom's doing laundry and extolling the virtues of her dryer sheets when a talking stuffed bear gets up and starts to chime in. Rather than bemusement, though, Mom reacts with horror and beats the bear to death with her iron. Brilliant.
There was an anti-fur commercial that played once or twice when I was a kid. I remember it making a big impression on me -- there were models at a fashion show displaying the new fashions in fur for the season, and as they stroll and turn on the catwalk, the furs start bleeding all over everything. The final image is the models leaving the stage, oblivious to the massive slick of blood following them. I think that represents my first exposure to explicit gore...
For some reason, I spent all of "Troy" thinking Saffron Burrows was Connie Nielsen. I really shoulda known better -- Nielsen's never been that scary-skinny -- but Connie does look completely different in every film she does, so it didn't seem out of the realm of possibility.
Yeah, I think the movie's damn near brilliant -- a deranged Dadaist prank masquerading as a standard-issue gross-out comedy.
Eamonn Owens in "The Butcher Boy". What's your take?
Eh, what do you know... :-)
(And if my site should undergo a long hiatus sometime in September, don't worry -- I'll just be in the hospital recovering from the suicide I'm going to attempt upon the release of "Superbabies".)
What's wrong with the bowling alley scene? It's got Paul Schneider's hilarious happy dance!
Heh... yeah, just when we all thought Bill Hicks would be the last great American stand-up, along comes Cross.
Heh... "So that's why you insisted we buy a house next to the bakery!"
Let's not, however, forget the dueling grocery stores. Or Pit Pat! "They're in the Bag Hutch!"
Yes, Johnny Cash indeed. He shot a man in Vegas just to watch him die!
Actually, I'm of the opinion that the third will be the worst. Why? Because, since it's all setting up "A New Hope", it's essentially one giant anticlimax. So I don't care how dark it gets or how many people die... it's not like I care about any of these characters anyway.