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RE: Greatest movie ever made, based on only ONE criteria.
September 13, 2017 at 1:31 am
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(September 13, 2017 at 1:09 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Executive Decision - Steven Seagall dies in the first five minutes.
This also applies to any movies in which Steven Seagull dies or doesn't appear at all.
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RE: Greatest movie ever made, based on only ONE criteria.
September 13, 2017 at 1:55 am
Any Steven Seagall movie is objectively inferior to any movie in which he does not appear? yeah I can agree with that.
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RE: Greatest movie ever made, based on only ONE criteria.
September 13, 2017 at 1:57 am
Wait, I think a reasonable argument could be made that concept applies to Tom Cruise as well.
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RE: Greatest movie ever made, based on only ONE criteria.
September 13, 2017 at 7:09 am
Blazing Saddles.
Criteria - best farting scene.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Criteria - best spaghetti western music score.
Runner-up - tie between every other spaghetti western directed by Sergio Leone.
Kung Fu Hustle
Criteria - best ice cream thieves and handle throwers.
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September 13, 2017 at 9:17 am
Best existentialism based action movie:
Runaway Train (1985)
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RE: Greatest movie ever made, based on only ONE criteria.
September 13, 2017 at 10:12 am
(September 13, 2017 at 1:22 am)Crossless2.0 Wrote: ...I will nominate Godfather 2 as best film featuring a senator being set up and compromised with a murdered hooker: "All that remains is our friendship."
I'll see that and raise you best movie where the impetus for the plot stems from a moral-majority republican senator dying while banging an under aged black hooker:
The Birdcage
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RE: Greatest movie ever made, based on only ONE criteria.
September 13, 2017 at 10:14 am
Any Batman movie
Criteria: contains Batman
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RE: Greatest movie ever made, based on only ONE criteria.
September 13, 2017 at 10:23 am
(September 13, 2017 at 10:14 am)TheBeardedDude Wrote: Any Batman movie
Criteria: contains Batman
Counterpoint:
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RE: Greatest movie ever made, based on only ONE criteria.
September 13, 2017 at 10:34 am
Best movie for improving the image of NYC cabbies: Taxi Driver.
Best movie for improving the image of NYC pimp: Midnight Cowboy.