yeah his comedic style is predicated on him being a clueless dickhead, which he actually is in real life, so unless his sensibilities are channeled just so (Caddyshack, Fletch, og Vacation & NLCV, some early SNL), his persona just grates.
― Legacy of Banality (Pillbox), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:49 (four years ago) link
I like that, in Community, the joke was actually on him.
― Legacy of Banality (Pillbox), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:50 (four years ago) link
I stared at the list of his filmography as if at the remains of an electrocuted cat.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:50 (four years ago) link
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27. BATMAN RETURNSTim Burton, USA, 1992(201 points, 4 votes)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:53 (four years ago) link
I have a copy of the first episode of The Chevy Chase Show which I just rewatched a bit of the other day. Highly, highly recommended. Among the most beautiful of trainwrecks.
― i was so hungry that i ate a hole cake entirely to myself (Old Lunch), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:54 (four years ago) link
Batman Returns didnt pass my arbitrary "is it christmassy enough" test, but man do i love that movie. maybe the only superhero/comic book movie that i enjoy
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:56 (four years ago) link
oh man, yeah, The Chevy Chase show was definitely one of the best worst ideas in modern cultural history. Did it even make it to episode #2?
xp
― Legacy of Banality (Pillbox), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:57 (four years ago) link
Best Batman movie, best performance in a Batman movie (Pfeiffer), most fun Pfeiffer performance.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:59 (four years ago) link
definitely the highlight of Burton-era Batman, it's level of being Christmasy is incidental but palpable.
― Legacy of Banality (Pillbox), Friday, 20 December 2019 16:06 (four years ago) link
I dunno, Bruce Wayne spending the back half of the film dressed in a modified Santa suit and fighting the Penguin with an oversized candy cane felt pretty Christmas-y to me but ymmv.
― i was so hungry that i ate a hole cake entirely to myself (Old Lunch), Friday, 20 December 2019 16:26 (four years ago) link
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26. FAR FROM HEAVENTodd Haynes, USA, 2002(202.5 points, 4 votes)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 16:31 (four years ago) link
dang, that is something I totally forgot about - time for a rewatch!
― Legacy of Banality (Pillbox), Friday, 20 December 2019 16:40 (four years ago) link
another great movie I don't recall the Christmas/holidays component of at all
― Simon H., Friday, 20 December 2019 16:41 (four years ago) link
xpost Please do not sue me when you discover upon rewatching that I have fudged the truth a lil.
― i was so hungry that i ate a hole cake entirely to myself (Old Lunch), Friday, 20 December 2019 16:42 (four years ago) link
lol
― Legacy of Banality (Pillbox), Friday, 20 December 2019 16:43 (four years ago) link
This was not the Todd Haynes movie I voted for.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 16:44 (four years ago) link
that's probably my fave batman moviePenguin robots!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 20 December 2019 16:55 (four years ago) link
xpost Oh right, totally forgot that Superstar was made using Elf on the Shelf dolls!
― i was so hungry that i ate a hole cake entirely to myself (Old Lunch), Friday, 20 December 2019 16:56 (four years ago) link
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25. THE ICE STORMAng Lee, USA, 1997(205.5 points, 4 votes)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 17:03 (four years ago) link
I legit get a little misty at the end of batman returns when the penguins give The Penguin a little penguin funeral
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Friday, 20 December 2019 17:10 (four years ago) link
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25. THE HUDSUCKER PROXYJoel Coen, USA, 1994(215 points, 4 votes)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 17:17 (four years ago) link
Ice Harvest > Ice Storm
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 December 2019 17:31 (four years ago) link
I feel gratified by the critical reevaluation that The Huduscker Proxy has received in recent years, but I didn’t even consider it for this poll.
Only thing to show up so far today that I voted for is Christmas Vacation. I can think of few comedies—and certainly none since 1989–with so many classic supporting performances (to a fault, at times, I admit; does Diane Ladd even have any lines?).
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Friday, 20 December 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link
She has a martini.
Or is that the biddy from ELR?
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 December 2019 17:46 (four years ago) link
The latter iirc
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 17:54 (four years ago) link
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23. THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROLBrian Henson, USA, 1992(230 points, 4 votes)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 17:58 (four years ago) link
Sorry, that should be...
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 17:59 (four years ago) link
couldn't not give this lil guy a vote, surprised it's not higher
― Simon H., Friday, 20 December 2019 18:02 (four years ago) link
made my top 10
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Friday, 20 December 2019 18:03 (four years ago) link
mine too.
― Legacy of Banality (Pillbox), Friday, 20 December 2019 18:05 (four years ago) link
I should see this sometime. I am a HUGE fan of the Henson era but my engagement with the Muppets material since then has been spotty and not particularly rewarding. But I've heard enough people say good things about this that I probably need to give it a fair shake.
― i was so hungry that i ate a hole cake entirely to myself (Old Lunch), Friday, 20 December 2019 18:07 (four years ago) link
(At least a couple of the Henson-era xmas entertainments (Emmet Otter and Christmas Eve on Sesame Street) aren't just at the top of my holiday viewing lists but are also among my all-time favorite cultural objects. So those are some big shoes.)
― i was so hungry that i ate a hole cake entirely to myself (Old Lunch), Friday, 20 December 2019 18:09 (four years ago) link
Christmas Carol is probably the only post-henson muppet thing that I really rate
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Friday, 20 December 2019 18:14 (four years ago) link
I rate Muppets Most Wanted pretty highly tbh, probably even higher than Christmas Carol.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 18:17 (four years ago) link
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22. LA GRANDE ILLUSIONJean Renoir, France, 1937(234 points, 4 votes)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 18:25 (four years ago) link
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21. THE THIN MANW.S. Van Dyke, USA, 1934(260.5 points, 5 votes, 1 first-place vote)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 18:41 (four years ago) link
i like to watch at least one thin man movie every january during TCM's yearly blitz
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 20 December 2019 18:44 (four years ago) link
as i've said, pictured scene is ideal Christmas morning
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 December 2019 18:46 (four years ago) link
I've not seen this, but I love the novel!
― Legacy of Banality (Pillbox), Friday, 20 December 2019 18:48 (four years ago) link
i got a thin man box set and watched a bunch of them out of order, and theyre so similar that i completely lost track of which ones i have and havent seen, so to make sure i havent missed any ive got no recourse but to just watch through them all in order... not a bad problem to have
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Friday, 20 December 2019 18:55 (four years ago) link
Only 21? ILX I am disappoint. (I cast that first-place vote.) The movie is toned down from the book, but I think it hits the sweet spot between hard-boiled crime drama (facing down increasingly more effective efforts to enforce the Hays Code) and the incoming screwball comedy genre.
As for La Grande Illusion, I'm pleased that people beside me remembered the Christmas element.
― Anne Hedonia (j.lu), Friday, 20 December 2019 19:00 (four years ago) link
much of La Grande Illusion took place in winter, but it had only one actual Christmas scene! Still, it’s a great film, and was on my list
― Dan S, Friday, 20 December 2019 19:06 (four years ago) link
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20. MON ONCLE ANTOINEClaude Jutra, Canada, 1971(261 points, 5 votes)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 19:23 (four years ago) link
QUEBEC REPRESENT
― Simon H., Friday, 20 December 2019 19:24 (four years ago) link
Great film, delighted it showed up here.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Friday, 20 December 2019 19:26 (four years ago) link
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19. CAROLTodd Haynes, USA, 2015(263 points, 5 votes)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 19:58 (four years ago) link
who wants to share creamed spinach, poached eggs, and a couple martinis with me?
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 December 2019 20:08 (four years ago) link
Mon Oncle Antoine pretty much a perfect film imho
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Friday, 20 December 2019 20:10 (four years ago) link
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18. BRAZILTodd Haynes, UK-USA, 1985(263.5 points, 5 votes)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 20:27 (four years ago) link
damn Todd Haynes the MVP of this poll
― insecurity bear (sic), Friday, 20 December 2019 20:32 (four years ago) link