I think Deacon nailed it. For Deer Hunter you need patience. I love the first 1/3 which some people find boring and it adds a lot to the characters which helps them seem more real than the usual people in "war changes you" characters.
And like I said that "one shot" scene near the end is POWERFUL.
I have heard a few opinions on this. Some love it. Some think it's average saying the first 1/3 sucks, the 2/3 is good and 3/3 is decent. Some just don't get why it's praised.
I consider it a classic and one of my personal favorite movies from the 70's(and a very deserving Best Picture winner). De Niro is excellent, Walken puts in his best performance ever and the "one shot" scene is powerful.
What does everyone else think of the Deer Hunter?
I'm 50/50 on Bueller.
Love Christmas Vacation
Haven't seen a Christmas Story.
Sorry if I missed it but has anyone shot down The Princess Bride? I've never heard anythign negative about it.
Dumb and Dumber most people agree is hilarious.
What about Die Hard?
No Connery/Thurman wast hwe first one.
Thanks for ideas guys(especially Deacon) they were helpful. I ended up using Manchurian Candidate, Topaz, a few Bond movies, Day of the Jackal, Spy Who Came In etc., and for humor, Undercover Brother.
Wow. Simply Wow.
That was an amazing Blassie tribute. And that last shot of him walking out is very sad.
Song is "My Immortal" by Evanescence before someone asks.
I dobn't have it or I would.
But Savage/Flair, Bret/HBK and the Strike Force exploding sounds pretty decent considering the usual crap you get.
Plus I think it's only available in the UK.
The more I think about the list, the less I like it.
First off I can't believe they odn't have Tony Montana or Shaft?
Plus for villains where is Clarence Boddicker? And, more importantly, where are the hillbillies from Deliverance?
Tony Montana - the great everyman story. A man comes from nothing to something through hard work, determination and never backing down from a challenge.
So yah ol' Tony's a tweener.
Travis Bickle & Michael Corleone are good tweeners.
The AFI has ALWAYS had a hard on for SOTL so I doubt they left off LEcter.
Kane must be either a hero or off the list.
But if it's not Kane or Ficnh then I have no damn clue who it is.