Author Topic: 1990s US Bracket: Verdicts  (Read 712372 times)

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Re: 1990s US Bracket commentary
« Reply #500 on: May 21, 2008, 10:10:11 PM »
Makes me wonder which one of those was mine, since I didn't save my ballot and I can't remember.

You were Ballot #2 (-3 / +3).

I had the same thought. If one of those is even mine.

No, you didn't include Little Women on your ballot.

Little Women is one of those films that I'm pretty sure I've watched but I'm unable to remember a single thing about it. Winona Ryder is in it, right?

Yeah, this is the version with Winona Ryder as Jo, though Emiliana just mentioned that in her verdict, so that's cheating.  The film also features Gabriel Byrne, Kirsten Dunst, Claire Daines, Christian Bale, Eric Stoltz, Susan Sarandon ...

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Re: 1990s US Bracket commentary
« Reply #501 on: May 21, 2008, 10:48:45 PM »
Makes me wonder which one of those was mine, since I didn't save my ballot and I can't remember.

You were Ballot #2 (-3 / +3).

I had the same thought. If one of those is even mine.

No, you didn't include Little Women on your ballot.

Little Women is one of those films that I'm pretty sure I've watched but I'm unable to remember a single thing about it. Winona Ryder is in it, right?

Yeah, this is the version with Winona Ryder as Jo, though Emiliana just mentioned that in her verdict, so that's cheating.  The film also features Gabriel Byrne, Kirsten Dunst, Claire Daines, Christian Bale, Eric Stoltz, Susan Sarandon ...

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That sounds right. I think I saw it but I really don't remember it.
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Re: 1990s US Bracket commentary
« Reply #502 on: May 21, 2008, 11:19:06 PM »
I'll be curious to see how many other notable 90s comedies survive this week — Groundhog Day, Election, South Park ...

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Re: 1990s US Bracket commentary
« Reply #503 on: May 21, 2008, 11:25:35 PM »
I'll be curious to see how many other notable 90s comedies survive this week — Groundhog Day, Election, South Park ...

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I have a guess, but I feel I should keep it to myself.
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Re: 1990s US Bracket commentary
« Reply #504 on: May 22, 2008, 12:29:21 AM »
Tombstone
VS.
Rounders

When you think about it, these movies are pretty similar. They both have a "hero" who reluctantly gets brought back into the world they thought they left. Both "heroes" are saddled with a brother/friend that brings down the movie whenever they are on screen. They both have poker. I'm running out of similarities here.

Tombstone.

This movie is awesome. Allow me to list:
1. Kurt Russel as Wyatt Earp
2. Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday
3. Sam Elliot as Wyatt Earp's brother
4. Powers Boothe as that bad guy
5. Michael Beihn as that other bad guy
6. Kurt Russel as Snake Pliskin as Wyatt Earp
7. The one shot where that guy gets the butt of a rifle on the head in a melee horse driveby

The not awesome things:
1. Bill Paxton as anything in any movie ever
2. The direction wasn't anything special
3. Most of the girls were forgettable

In summary, this movie is awesome.

Rounders.

Everything that this movie has going for it (Matt Damon, John Malkovitch's ridiculously awesome accent) is completely derailed by none other than Mr. Ego, Ed Norton. Fortunately, the final showdown takes place without him, but it's not enough to save the movie. It's really unfortunate, too, because this would be at least a B+ movie without him, but it is brought down to an average C.

In the end, Bill Paxton's poor performance doesn't bring down Tombstone as badly as Ed Norton's in Rounders. And even without the two bad actors Tombstone is still a better movie.
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Re: 1990s US Bracket commentary
« Reply #505 on: May 22, 2008, 12:38:59 AM »
I don't think I'll ever understand the backlash against Norton.  Nor will I ever understand that scene in Tombstone where slo-mo Kurt Russell yells, "Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!"

That said, I'll still be your huckleberry.  Oh, and originally the screenwriter was the director, too, but I think Sam Elliott got him fired for not shooting any closeups.  So they brought in George P. Rambo Cosmatos, who effed things up a little less.  Something like that.

Mild upset, by the way:  the 87th seed over the 57th seed.

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Re: 1990s US Bracket commentary
« Reply #506 on: May 22, 2008, 12:56:33 AM »
Although I do like both Matt Damon an Edward Norton, I'm kind of glad to see Tombstone move on. It's a fun movie.
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Re: 1990s US Bracket commentary
« Reply #507 on: May 22, 2008, 12:57:02 AM »
I don't think I'll ever understand the backlash against Norton.  Nor will I ever understand that scene in Tombstone where slo-mo Kurt Russell yells, "Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!"

That "Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" was only there to set up the "Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" in Star Wars episode 3. Obviously.
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Re: 1990s US Bracket commentary
« Reply #508 on: May 22, 2008, 12:58:09 AM »
I haven't actually seen Tombstone, but I'm pretty sure you made the right decision as Rounders is a potboiler level film at best.
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Re: 1990s US Bracket commentary
« Reply #509 on: May 22, 2008, 01:04:08 AM »
I like them both, Rounders is better, but this decision isn't a tragedy.
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