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My polls:
1. Film Noir Actors and Actresses http://www.imdb.com/poll/Snj911YMMAk/
2. Which sport makes for the best movies? http://www.imdb.com/poll/Wvbno59EGcc/
3. Favorite Back to the Future Character
http://www.imdb.com/poll/iH-DmRz7_-E/
4. '90's TV Comedy You Most Want To See Continued
http://www.imdb.com/poll/kwV3j9E6H0A/
5. First 35 Names on IMDB by URL Number http://www.imdb.com/poll/3Eo06mGuQnk/
6. Oldest Film You've Seen http://www.imdb.com/poll/fzEatp0aU-M
7. Breathtaking British Beauties http://www.imdb.com/poll/7KhaQGbaeUY/
8. Top 10 Looney Tunes as rated by IMDb users http://www.imdb.com/poll/V7K2VFQW9nQ/
9. Favorite Ingrid Bergman Performance http://www.imdb.com/poll/hFvty3Xq0Z8/
10. Favorite Snoopy Moment http://www.imdb.com/poll/BNVUgTa7X1M
11. Favorite Number One Rated TV Series http://www.imdb.com/poll/AXyEceo64P4
12. A Charlie Brown Christmas or How The Grinch Stole Christmas?
http://www.imdb.com/poll/JujU9wQcFyE
13. Greatest Christmas Films of All-Time
http://www.imdb.com/poll/jZyisJxC8Us
14. Favorite TV Christmas Specials http://www.imdb.com/poll/Or39Qzvx_ek
15. Multiple Acting Oscar Nominations without Win
http://www.imdb.com/poll/OoJ6MHSK6ig
16. Favorite Bible Based Film http://www.imdb.com/poll/ZhYDc4B2BZU/
17. Do you rate a film based on your taste or to effect its rating? http://www.imdb.com/poll/cxqne75Y7yw/
18. Hollywood Biopic You Would Most Want to See http://www.imdb.com/poll/0GjDhNz2MNs
Favorite Quotes:
1.Captain Ramius: Give me a ping, Vasili. One ping only, please. The Hunt for Red October (1990)
2.Casey Ryback: Nobody beats me in the kitchen. Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
3.Linus: Of all the Charlie Browns in the world, you're the Charlie Browniest. A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
4.Dave: I take the complaint box very seriously and I seem to be the only one who does.
Bill: A complaint about the complaint box, delicious. NewsRadio (1995) episode Complaint Box (1997)
5.Nada: I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum. They Live (1988)
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The Peanuts Movie (2015)
An excellent movie for everyone
Released in time to celebrate the 65th anniversary of The Peanuts comic strip and the 50th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas, The Peanuts Movie is the first attempt at a Peanuts animated feature since the passing of Charles Schultz. The movie relives in bright and colorful detail the best Peanuts gags. Although it lacks a certain charm that hand drawn animation possess the CGI animators did an excellent job highlighting the characters looks and (in Snoopy's case) texture to the point where Snoopy's fur looked dare I say, realistic. The Peanuts Movie contains many memorable moments from laugh out loud funny to profoundly sweet and touching moments reminiscent of many of Schultz's TV specials. The moral of the story is also well done, teaching children that being honest and having integrity are more important than being cool and fitting in, though I would have liked to have seen a true meaning of Christmas speech (like Linus' speech in A Charlie Brown Christmas) included. Overall a wonderful movie that anyone of any age can truly enjoy and that I highly recommend. It is definitely my choice for movie of the year.
Drive (2011)
One of the worst movies I'v ever seen
I honestly do not see why this movie has received so much hype. It was quite possibly one of the worst movie experiences I've ever had and I regret spending the money I did on renting it. The movie was long, tiresome, and dull. The cast was mediocre at best and the story was truly pointless. The only small exception were the few scenes in which there was actual driving involved (forgive me for thinking a movie titled "Drive" would actually have some driving in it). You see most of this movie is just Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan looking at one another without saying a word. I know women like Mr. Gosling, which leads me to believe they thought it would be a good idea if he just sat there looking 'cute.' The most entertaining thing you could do if your are going to watch this movie is to watch it with a stop watch. That way you can see how much time the characters spend not talking while they are on screen. Instead they just stare (rather longingly I might add) at one another in complete silence. The movie was cheesy, cheeky, and needlessly gory complete with a scene of excessive nudity that served no purpose. The soundtrack was straight out of the 1980's, or rather a 1980's soundtrack that couldn't afford the rights to popular music and thus had to create their own non-copyrighted music. Overall, this was a poor excuse of an 'action' movie that turned out to be an unwatchable love story. To sum it all up, it's a movie with no redeeming value whatsoever and easily one of the top 20 worst movies of all time.
Caught (1949)
Skip it....
As a fan of film noir I was excited to find another movie to watch. Little did I know what I was in store for. The lead character was a prime example of a gold digger. I know that looking at a movie through the lens of the present day will distort the original work however I find it hard to believe that a normal woman in the 1940's could be that obsessed with 'bagging a rich one'. The main character spends the entire film whining about wanting to be rich all the while hating herself for being a gold digger (You can't have your cake and eat it too). I know they wanted to make her seem naive but it completely backfired. She is just a horrible woman and has no redeeming value whatsoever as a character. The performances seem dry and forced; absolutely no chemistry between Leonore and the doctor. There is even less chemistry between her and Smith. I find it hard to believe she could have ever fooled herself into loving him (as she claims in the film). Smith is also the prime example of a terrible man and is quite possible a worse human than her. Marrying her just to spite his doctor and then ruling her life at every turn. He is however more believable at being a cad then she is as a gold digger. In a movie full of garbage the most insulting thing to contemplate is that a 'happy ending' (complete with an uplifting score) is the woman's child being still born. After pleading with her husband not to take her baby away from him she is relieved to have the baby die so she can be free to marry the doctor she loves, a doctor (pediatrician) which is just as happy to have the baby and husband out of the picture so he can finally have his one true love. Mindless dribble at its finest. All in all the film is an early example of tawdry soap opera complete with terrible acting and a crummy plot.