Top 100 Films Countdown: #90-81

Hey, this is Steve Blum, and you are listening

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to another episode of The Cinema Geeks. I am

one of your Cinema Geeks optimists, Solo, and

joining me once again is... The one and only

Hard Candy Mandy. Hello. Yo. Move your vote,

Dan. Hey, there are many of me. Nonsense. And

Fridley sent. I was going to do that joke that

Dan did, so I do feel repetitious. So we're all

here, and today we're going to be going back.

to continue what we started in our episode 100

extravaganza where we began counting down our

top 100 favorite films of all time. So we gave

you 100 through 91 in that episode and we'll

be picking up right where we left off with 90

through 81 on today's episode. Dan, anything

you want to say beforehand or should we give

a rundown of your picks so far? Sure, I can give

a rundown of my pick so far which this will be

interesting the further and further we go along

but We won't continue doing this forever So yeah

for a number I'll start with that 100 makes sense

for 100. I'd speed then modern times my dinner

with Andre Cast at 97 and 96 on the waterfront.

Then King of Comedy. 94 was broadcast news. Then

the Adorama to Strain at 93. Kevin's favorite

movie Under the Skin at 92. And then rounding

off at number 91 was Team America World Release.

And anything you want to say to preface today's

episode before we go around the panel and get

everybody else's picks and stuff like that or

anything you've been thinking of since we recorded

last? I just say it's gonna be, I think I've

acquired a mixture of movies coming up this week

and it's kind of the I would say like the beginnings

of seeing some of my favorite directors that

you'll start kind of seeing who they are based

upon some of the movies that are coming out and

yeah that's all I got so far. And just in case

you guys did not listen to episode 100 First

you should stop and go back and listen to episode

100 first So you can kind of see where this countdown

all began and get our criteria etc I would like

to point out that a few of us Dan and myself

and I believe at least one of the Amanda or Matt

one of you Did have a caveat that we threw out

there on episode 100 that we're only counting

one film from certain franchises to kind of give

ourselves more selection, more variety. So you

won't be seeing four, five, six films from certain

franchise, at least for us. You'll have to wait

and see. I guess I'm assuming the highest one

that we would rank is the one that we're listing

for those. So Amanda, any thoughts on your first

10 that you revealed on episode 100 or anything

you want to kind of get out there before we get

into your picks this time as well? Oh man, just...

Just don't forget that this is a super nostalgic

look for me back in all the movies I've seen.

It's coming from what movies have I seen the

most, what do they get out of it, things that

I super love. So don't judge my movies on quality

that I would say from the critics standpoint,

but I think they're all gems and be prepared

for a few more. Remind everybody of your 100

through 91. 100 fast and furious shut your mouth

Kevin 99 the cutting edge 98 murder by numbers

97 what we do in the shadows 96 pens labyrinth

95 the place beyond the pines 94 Captain America

winter soldier 93 Miss congeniality 92 Dennis

the menace and 91 Shrek and your fast and furious

did get a specific tweet aimed at us I don't

remember which podcaster sent that out. It might

have been Hiro or Barry from True Bromance. They

said we were not off to a good start when they

had started listening and heard your Fast and

the Furious pick. For mine, I guess the one thing

that I will preface this is I'm kind of interested

to see when I break these down into chunks of

10, and I haven't really analyzed them too much,

but as we prepare for each episode, I'm starting

to look at it. and to see if there's any themes

or anything that I can find. And I think for

today's episode, it's gonna be movies that were

unique or that really had an impact on the genre

that they were in or something like that. It

kind of weirdly turns out where I have a handful

of those coming up in this. set of 10, so I'd

be interested to get into some of those. My 100

through 91 was Swing Kids, What's Eating Gilbert,

Grape, What We Do in the Shadows, Good Morning

Vietnam, Dazed and Confused, Big Spotlight, Rise

of the Planet of the Apes, All the President's

Men, and Moon. Now, Matt, you had a theme for

your first set of 10. Are you doing something

similar with this set, or what's the plan for

your 90 through 81? No, I'm not going to do anything

like that that would... I think it would take

away the spirit of it being a massive list of

100 movies And if I never do this again in my

life, I need to have it at least done once That

said as probably the person with the worst memory

of anyone I've ever met My approach to the list

was literally just word vomit every movie I could

think that I've seen and can say anything about

and I mean that Like, if there was a movie, I

don't care how culturally relevant it is, how

amazing it is, how great the storyline is, if

I can't say anything to it, if I don't remember

it, you know, say I watched it when I was eight

and haven't seen it since, it's not on my list.

Makes sense. So, like, you're gonna get dumb

movies that are probably not top 100 movies to

anyone else, but then not get classic movies,

like, there's a bunch of Spielberg, like, spoiler

alert, I'm not gonna have Jaws on my list. I

don't remember it. I think that's a fair way

to go about it. I mean it's hard to comment on

films that you don't. remember much and I had

a few like that too that missed my top 100 just

because I felt like I needed to rewatch it in

order for them to kind of gain that spot so I

kind of have like a little side list going as

I was creating this list of films that I definitely

need to rewatch to see if they would deserve

a spot but I had to leave some off too because

I just couldn't remember them well enough the

older films or some of the classics the ones

that are gonna make my list are the ones that

really stuck with me and I can I could speak

to so I don't I don't think that's a bad idea

there so well remind everybody what year 100

through 91 was and what your theme was for that

Alright, so the most memorable movies are the

ones that have the greatest experience around

it, and so anyone who's been listening to this

podcast since before the name changes know that

I love bad movies, so my 91 through 100 were

all movies I watched on Bad Movie Night, and

that list goes Sharknado, Death Race 2000, Evil

Toons, Zahkor, The Invader, Crank, Mighty Morphin

Power Rangers the major motion picture, Birdemic,

Blood Reign, The Room, and Ballistic X versus

Sever. Nice. Well, Matt... Why don't you lead

us off today? Where are you going as we start

today's set of ten with your number 90? All right,

so I've been playing Dungeons and Dragons since

I was, I don't know, 12 or 13? And before that

I played other RPGs without even knowing that

that's what they were, that that was a thing.

So, like, intense traditional gaming has been

a thing that I've always enjoyed for almost all

my life. And so it only seems logical that I

would have on my list somewhere. Jumanji. Nice.

This would qualify, before you go on in your

thoughts of Jumanji, this would be one that I

would qualify as a film that I would not be able

to remember enough to even consider this or not

because I've only seen it one time and outside

of Robin Williams, I don't remember much about

this. So what makes this one work for you? Well,

it's a board game, but the stakes are real. Like

I don't know something about that idea I just

love and I know there were other ones that have

come since and it's probably been better like

That space one But I don't I don't think I've

seen that one and it's not as memorable the funny

thing is Because I was so young when VHSs started

to get phased out, like I think DVDs started

to come into play when I was in middle school

or high school. So there are very few VHSs that

I personally ever bought because I didn't have

a job. And this is one of maybe three VHSs I

ever bought. So like, I ended up watching it

a number of times when I was young. I mean, I

haven't seen it probably in 10, 15 years, maybe

longer, but it's still stuck with me because

of all that time. And it's one of those things

where it's like, it's such a fun movie, but at

the same time, in the real world, it's like a

total nightmare scenario. Amanda or Dan, do you

have a good recollection of Jumanji, and what

are your thoughts on that one? Oh, yeah, I watched

it a lot going up as a kid and uh, you know,

it's much different than the book I remember

like it's you know, the book is it's a picture

book. There's not really much story there You

can really that movie would be like five minutes

long. Uh, but yeah, I enjoyed it. It's I remember

the cgi being bad in all the best ways possible,

but uh, you know and every time I Go to the checkout

counter. I think of the the scene where they

blind a dude with in the eyes with the with the

checkout machine thing. I don't know why, but

that's how my mind works, so. But yeah, it's

fun. It's an enjoyable movie. Amanda, do you

like it or not? Yeah, I liked it a lot. I didn't

own it, but I've seen it quite a few times, and

it was definitely intense. Like, that's kind

of terrifying. Like Matt was saying, the real

-world nightmare scenario. Yeah. All right. Well,

Amanda, let's keep it with you here, and why

don't you give us the next film in the Fast and

Furious franchise. Shut your dirty mouth. At

my number 90, I've got a pretty cute movie. It's

Look Who's Talking. Anybody remember that? I

do remember that. I love this so much and I loved

a lot of the cute moments and the relationships

that build here and there's a lot of adult humor.

A lot of adult humor. I probably shouldn't have

seen it as young as I did. But a lot of it stuck

with me, and I even watched all the stupid sequels,

but nothing compares to the original there. I

think I saw this more on just TV than anything

else. I want to say back in the early 90s or

mid -90s, whenever this came out, I think it

came out in the late 80s, 88, 89, something like

that. But I think it was one of those that hit

the TV circuit pretty hard in the mid -90s or

something, just playing a lot. The opening scene.

I would always know what movie it is when it

was on the the TNT or what have yous on the TV

But yeah TBS because it was like the little sperm

dude fighting for life Is that the first one

or is it the second one? I think it's the first

one and I definitely saw that way too young Dan

fan or not? I haven't seen it. I think I maybe

when I was younger, but I don't remember nothing

I feel like I would member sperm fighting for

something Super realistic looking All right,

look who's talking. Man, I think I'd completely

forgotten about that movie until you just brought

it up. It makes me want to rewatch that one.

For my number 90, I'm going to kind of go with

what I was saying with my preface here. It's

a film that I feel like did something that we

hadn't seen before in a way and somewhat impacted

the genres that it was in. It's from 1988 directed...

directed by Robert Zemeckis, and I'm going with

Who Framed Roger Rabbit as my number 90 film.

It would probably rank higher for me if I was

going on strictly like the credentials of the

film. But a lot of this list is a little bit

of there's some personal bias in it And I'm not

actually a humongous fan of this film like as

like a film favorite, but I can't ignore what

it was doing and kind of the the way that it

kind of flipped things on its on its end and

I think there is some good writing some good

acting and some cleverness to it It's critically

acclaimed, but I think it's also got a lot of

fans that are fans of just everything about it

and who doesn't know about Jessica Rabbit. So

who framed Roger Rabbit is my number 90. I'm

going to withhold my comments for now. All right.

Yeah, I mean, it's certainly revolutionary in

special effects and the fact that it had Disney

and Warner Brothers characters in the same movie.

I think you would never get that today. I think

there's some genuinely kind of freaky stuff that

goes on in that film from a visual standpoint

there. So I remember as a kid being somewhat

kind of scared at times. Especially the ending

of that movie. Yeah, definitely. Readers of the

Lost Ark -esque. Pretty much. Alright, Dan, where

are you going for the first one on your list

today? My Number Daddy is similar in the sense

of something that I haven't really said before,

but it's... in a different way completely, I

guess. My number 90, when someone says like meta

or like meta humor or meta movie, it's the first

thing that kind of comes to mind and it's Spike

Jonze's adaptation starring Nicolas Cage. So

yes, I do have a Nicolas Cage movie in my top

100, which I would say this might be one of his

if not his best performance as he actually plays

multiple roles in this. Such a insane movie,

and there's so much going on. It feels like a

movie meant for people who love movies and what

it's saying about film, storytelling in general.

It's like almost a fantasy in a way. But it's

just, I don't know, it's really smart, it's really

well told. And I just I think it made me appreciate

movies on an entirely different level than I

did before We examined storytelling and how it's

done. It's some of the cliches and how they're

used So it's I don't know. It's been like it's

been again I talked about how there be directors

that I really enjoy enjoying in their style and

let's just say this is probably not the last

time we'll talk about like Jones and We finished

all our top 100. So what year did that one come

out? Yeah, no 2002 I think that must have been

very close to the time where I was getting into

movies like hardcore because I would have been

in college at that point and I think that's when

I was before I got involved with websites and

you know podcasting and that type of stuff I

Myself and a couple of my cousins and stuff like

that We had like an email chain that would go

back and forth on movies and every time somebody

watched one, you know They send an email out

and people would respond etc. Etc and I was starting

to pay attention to films and I remember this

being one of the most anticipated films I had

that year and I still have not seen it I like

I remember like the scene I don't know if it

was a trailer or a write -up or something and

being like I have to see this movie and I never

did I don't know if it was in theaters around

me or not but and I've just somehow missed it

I've never had never remembered to like seek

it out and watch it and I like Spike Jonze so

this has got to get to the Near the top of my

queue here because I got to see this soon for

sure I mean it came it was the movie after he

did uh, you know being john malcovich, which

is another movie. I enjoyed that's not on my

top 100 but uh I it's I don't know. There's something

like him and charlie coffin who he should get

a lot of credit to because he's the one who wrote

the script and it's It's not what it would be

without that script. It's that script I can imagine

has to be like pages upon pages, but it it's

Definitely check it out. I think you'll enjoy

it nice I will. All right, Matt, back to you

then for your number 89. All right. I feel like

I want to preface every other movie with this

is going to be a very contentious one on my list.

I don't know if anyone cares. But the next one

is a movie I've only watched recently, like in

the last year that did not do well critically

or financially. But. Has a lot of the elements

that I like and that's the movie John Carter

I have not seen it. Okay, um based on that was

Taylor Kersh or whatever. Oh, I don't know Taylor

Kitsch I think right the guy he was in he was

Gambit and he was in The Battleship movie too.

Yeah. Yeah Gambit and what the Wolverine origin

movie? Yes. Oh Yeah Change your mind about the

movie. I didn't see that movie so I can't um

Don't yeah, I yeah, I don't know if you could

pay me um and I watch bad movies for fun Anyway,

this is not about negativity. This is about how

we have cool movies on our list and This movie

is really cool like a guy at work was just like

really hammering home, dude I love this movie

like everyone hated it like you got to give it

a try He had been there. I don't know maybe six

months and loaned me his blu -ray, which I thought

was pretty I don't know like a like a thing.

That's it's a nice thing to do I guess like here

I'm gonna trust the dude with my blu -ray so

I went home and watch it immediately even though

I rarely watch movies because I'm bad at life

and I don't know like it I love high fantasy.

I love sci -fi. It's got elements of both It's

like not just a sweeping space opera, but still

has Star Wars -y elements to it. And that really

draws me in. And it's based on a classic pulp

novel series, which always gets me excited, even

if they're not all good. So I loved it. I mean,

it's not without a few of its flaws, but I don't

think it was worth panning. Although I guess

the reason it didn't make a lot of money was

just because it costs so much, which kills a

lot of movies. Amanda, have you seen this one?

I've seen, like, pieces of it, but I think I

fell asleep, like, I put it on really late. But

it's definitely had some cool elements, seeing

the trailers and stuff. I have not seen this

one. I know this is one of the only films my

sister has actually walked out of. I don't remember

the reason being. But, Dan, you said you have

seen it? Yeah, I did see it. Actually, it was

one of the first movies I reviewed for Geocast

Radio back in the day. Nice. Yeah, I like it.

I don't think I like it as much as math, but

I felt like it's a movie that's definitely made

for, it's almost like true earnest for the audience

of today in a way. Like it does have that like

old school feel to it. And I think it looks amazing.

And I think I even saw like IMAX 3D and I usually

don't like doing that, but the 3D was quite good.

but yeah, I do think it got, it was one of those

films that had trouble production and came out

late and it felt like it came out at the beginning

of the year and kind of got hammered when it

didn't really deserve it. It was just like the

lightning rod that got creamed by the critics,

but I thought it was good at what it was trying

to do, so. All right, Amanda, what's your number

89? 89, I don't know if you guys are gonna...

like this fake or not, but it's my boy Howard

the Duck. Oh no. Some really awful... I should

have made a list of films that I would never

expect to come up in this whole venture, because

I think you guys have hit like five of them already.

I don't know what the big deal was. I had a lot

of fun with Howard the Duck. raunchy, but it

had a little bit of heart, it was cute, it had

some corkiness in it, some really nasty, hideous,

scary monsters, but I'm sad that there wasn't

a sequel, and I really wanted another reboot

of Howard the Duck. So were you super excited

at the cameo last year? Yeah, it just got my

hopes up for no reason or whatever, but I loved

that, yeah. I thought he looked pretty cute,

too. Dan, is she out of her mind? I love Howard

the Duck comic that's out right now. The movie,

not so much. The guy who loaned me John Carter

actually says he caught Howard the Duck on TV,

like it was about to start, and so he watched

it. And I can't remember whether he said he really

liked it or really hated it, but he had an opinion.

He had a little mini duck condom in his wallet.

I was a little too too over the top I guess for

me or too much I don't know didn't work for me

I loved it hey that's why it's your list all

right for my number 89 I'm going to something

again maybe you know if I'm trying to pick the

best movie I could fill some holes and and shoot

it down a little bit but I think for what it

did it deserves a spot here and visually it's

amazing and I don't know if a graphic novel has

ever or could ever be represented in film form

better than what Sin City did in 2005 by Frank

Miller so I found a way to squeeze Sin City in

here at the last minute but you know I think

there are some flaws and obviously the the sequel

has kind of got shredded a little bit by critics

and stuff like that but From a visual standpoint,

the things that they did and the way, kind of

the stylistic stuff that they were able to pull

off was incredible to me. And I didn't see this

film in 2005. I don't think I saw it until a

couple years ago. So it was all kind of brand

new. I wasn't really sure what the deal was with

Sin City, but I was impressed when I saw it.

It makes my number 89. I've always been super

impressed by the look of Sin City and what I

was able to pull off. It was a real thrill ride

too. I think that the stories wove together really

nicely and the sequel being what it was, cool.

But I think it's super iconic and you see that

on TV. You see one little scene of it and you

can probably pick out what movie it is. It's

the lowest one that's made my list so far as

far as the fan score on Rotten Tomatoes. They

only gave it a 78. But, I don't know, there's

something about it that I think is unique enough

to make my list. Yeah, I loved Sin City You and

I when it first came out. I don't know if, I've

not watched it in quite some time, but I felt

like it definitely showed that comic book movies

could be more than just superheroes, so. Right.

And I think the sequel probably would have done

better if it didn't take like 10 years to look

them out, so. Yeah, I think that kind of hurt

it a little bit. Dan, what do you got next? Well,

keeping my trend going of directors, but while

you see more from I'm going to a director that

we actually did an entire retrospective of already

and that's Quentin Tarantino. A lot of movies

that you've seen, but for my number 89, I'm going

with Inglourious Basterds. And interesting enough,

the first time I saw Inglourious Basterds, I

was not a big fan of it. I think I went in expecting

like Kill Bill in World War II, but it was not

that at all. It was much... More of a slow burn

in a way, but it's the more I've watched this

movie the more I've loved it I argue if I'm just

going based upon, you know critical acclaim or,

you know, analyzing films as they are and not

through my nostalgia lesses or just my personal

taste. I think it's his best film overall, just

like his crowning achievement in a lot of different

ways. Great, some of his greatest performances,

one of the best openings of any movie at any

time. But yeah, Glorious Basterds. And again,

we talked about it, Kevin and I at length, so

I'm not gonna say more. We can go back to that

episode and hear our thoughts there. I'm just

gonna say that, you know, like you just said,

that we argue that that may be his best film

and it's coming in at 89 on your list. That's

just a sign of the quality of your list compared

to ours, I think. Well, I will say yes, quality

-wise, but you'll see more from Quentin Tarantino

on my list, for sure. Okay. All right, Matt,

back to you for your number 88. All right. My

number 88 is just like a real good feel -good

movie. I saw it in theaters twice, I think, which

is really rare because I don't think I had a

job then. And that is School of Rock with Jack

Black. I actually liked that film quite a bit.

Some people just absolutely hate Jack Black and

I am not one of them. I mean, some of his movies

are whatever, but I enjoyed School of Rock. I

thought that was a feel -good, fun movie and

I thought he was in his element. Yeah, like I

like he's he's extra Jack Blackie in it sure

because he's barely playing a character But I

love tenacious D and I would say his movies might

be hit or miss But I like him as a guy and as

an actor and as a personality So like I just

loved it like and I had I mean I had the soundtrack

I think even before I ever saw the movie and

had it memorized by the time I was going into

the movie at least the first time or possibly

first time It's not the second time and just

loved it Amanda, fan of School of Rock? Um, it

was cute. I've seen it a few times. I think that

he definitely was Jack Blackie, which is not

a bad thing. I like Jack Black, and I think that

this movie did show a bunch of heart in him,

too, so that was cute. All right. What do you

have next for us, Amanda? Lord, it's already

back to me. Uh, 88. I don't know if you guys

know this, but I am a huge fan of Jean -Claude

Van Damme, and at... Number 88, I got double

impact. Twice the damn. I love seeing those twins.

It works super well. He has some really fun personalities.

I love how you say you love seeing those twins

because you know he did it more than once. I

can go back and watch this a billion times and

love it. Some super 80s cheese. Awesome. Alright,

double impact. I don't even know if I could tell

you one thing about that film. If I saw it, it

was decades ago. Some gratuitous leotard action

going on in that movie. Oh my goodness. Alright,

for my number 88, I'm actually going to stay

in the same year that I was at with my number

89. I'm going to stay in 2005. And I'm gonna

go to a movie directed by Shane Black that I

just recently saw this last year, and that is

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. I really enjoyed this film.

If I got to see it maybe a couple more times,

it would probably climb the ranks a little bit,

but I've only seen it once. So that's why it's

probably this low on my list. But I just thought

this was a lot of fun. This is... Got a lot of

the same types of things that we like about You

know the films from Tarantino In his retrospective

that we already talked about and it's got a lot

of similarities to those. It's got some fantastic

acting performances some Great humor involved

and I just had a lot of fun with it overall and

I'm looking forward to maybe seeing it again

here In the next year or two to see if it would

even climb higher. So kiss kiss bang bang is

my number 88 That actually almost made my top

100. It was like I was debating between that

Speed but I have not seen that and I've only

seen it a couple times so I went with speed But

yeah, I love that movie. It's it's very good.

It's a lot of fun It says I mean I know Tantino

it kind of had a little bit of hand in it But

it's like as close to that feel from his actual

films that you can get that I've seen so far

Yeah, has a nice little shame black touches that

I'm a huge fan of All right, Dan you're up next.

All right. Well, I'm gonna go with something

completely different and gonna go to the world

of animation but One of my favorite TV shows,

you know growing up and still now today is South

Park and I Adore South Park bigger longer and

uncut, you know, it's my number 88 I find it

hilarious. I love what it says about censorship

Great songs, you know mean Blam Canada. How could

you not have a better song than that? I guess

you know, it's it's the You know, Trey Parker

and Matt Stone have an act for musicals for sure,

and I thought it was a genius move making this

movie into a musical. It takes all the elements

from the TV show and just ups it up another level.

TV shows into movies tend not to do very well,

but I think it bucked that trend. And I would

hopefully would love to see them try another

attempt at a film, but for now it's not. It's

just that. I mean, is it a glorified episode?

Maybe, but still, hey, it's a good glorified

episodes. I'm just going to say that I agree

with everything you just said. All right. I like

hearing that. All right, Matt, turn in the corner

to number 87 now. Alright, so this is one movie

that I really I can't remember specific of like

I can't remember the specific storyline of it

Like I could probably give a good enough synopsis

that someone hasn't seen it I could be like this

is what it's about But for some reason it's just

it's one of the movies that really stuck with

me from my childhood and that is war games I

just watched that for the first time the other

day. Oh, wow. I would have thought you'd have

seen that for forever. The 80s were a weird time

for me. I've missed a lot of the great 80s boobies

of that time. Who's in WarGames? No, Matthew

Broderick. And that's really the only really

notable star. I'm trying to remember if I've

seen that, but it's been so long ago that I can't

remember much about it. Don't think I have this

one on DVD so I can't even like offer to bring

it Like a number of classic 80s movies that I've

made sure to get on DVD that will come up later

It's it is streaming on Amazon Prime at least

it was so yeah to refresh my memory on that one

like As a person who's been into video games

longer than I've had memories, like, I know that

I played in an Atari. I don't even know which

Atari it was. I know it was in the very first

home I ever lived in and I moved around quite

a bit as a kid. and I know that in like 93 when

my parents got the computer I learned it way

faster than anyone in the house and I've been

a computer gamer ever since and I remember one

time when I was really young my dad like I don't

know if he sat me down as like a cautionary tale

like watch what you're doing with these computers

or if it was just hey you might like this but

I'm pretty sure he was the one who introduced

me to this movie about I don't know computer

gaming nightmare scenario You have a lot of nightmare

scenarios going on in your life. No themes here

today. How awesome. Amanda, have you seen War

Games? I don't think I have. Alright, we'll have

to edit on the list here. Amanda, what do you

have next? This is pure another gem here. Tell

me if I'm wrong. My number 87 major pain. A little

weigh -ins action in there. most quotable movies

for me and my family. I've seen it a ton of times,

and it never got old for me. I loved his humor.

I loved his interactions with the kids. I loved

the kids' interactions with each other. I loved

the group dynamic. I loved him coming together

for a feel -good ending. I just loved everything

about it. Major pain. Major pain. If you don't

answer me when I'm talking to you, I'm gonna

put my foot in your butthole. But he does. And

he signs that to the deaf kid. All right. You've

never seen that movie? I don't think so. What?

Anybody else ever not seen it? Yes, it was very

much a big part of my childhood. Good. Thank

you, Dan. Don't stay silent on that when Kevin's

over here looking at me like I'm a weirdo. Well,

I can't argue against that, but... I might have

seen it, but... It's got a wrestler in it. When

I think of that movie, I think of Bam Bam Bigelow.

Oh lord. Yeah, he can speed up by a lane. Bam,

bam, big load. Alright, I'll watch it now. Alright,

for my number 87, I am going to the 80s, 1985,

film written by Christopher Columbus and Steven

Spielberg, directed by Richard Donner, going

with the classic Goonies. I mean, I own two t

-shirts that have Goonies on them. Just two?

Just two. Maybe it's nostalgia. I don't care.

I don't think nostalgia should be something that

disqualifies you from being able to like something.

So it's just a lot of fun. I mean, you got some

real young actors in there that Sean Astin and

Josh Brolin and one of the Corey's was a Feldman

in this one. It's just a lot of fun. It's quotable

as well. It's got some just some fun feel good

stuff. And I even showing it to like my little

niece and nephew who were definitely not. around

in the eighties, they still got a kick out of

it. So I just think it's a fun adventure and

it's a fun film for kids and for the adults while

they watch it with the kids. So I am a huge fan

of the Goonies, so I had to make my list somewhere.

Amanda, you still haven't seen this, right? Nope.

Me either. Goonies never die. So, to people that

haven't seen Goonies, we've got to rectify that

real soon. Dan, what do you got at number 87?

Goonies and War Games would be a good double

bill. That'd be good. For my number 87, it actually

is my first foreign film on my list. But, you

know, it's not some high flippant, like, criterion

film. It's a martial arts kung -fu movie. It's

It Man from 2008. It's a movie that introduced

me to Donnie Yen, who we will know a lot more

coming up in Rogue One as he plays a major character

in that. He plays It man who's probably most

famous for being the teacher of Bruce Lee. It

has Some of the most incredible fight scenes

I've ever seen Donnie Yon has this really interesting

fighting style to him and It's you know, it's

it's also looks in masterful. It's a really just

well done Kung Fu movie that you know, it's I'm

a huge fan of those I love more Schultz films

Jackie Chan films and You know, I'm a sucker

for seeing some karate dude beat up a bunch of

guys with a giant pole So this has plenty of

that. So I'm a huge fan And we've all seen that.

We all saw this together? Yeah. Amanda, are you

a fan of it? I watched this. I swear you did.

I want to say that I have, but I can't remember.

It might not have been with you guys. I don't

know if she was there. I know that I was there.

It was a lot of fun. Nobody cares if you're in

there, okay? She wasn't there. She was not there.

I mean, you existed. Nowhere in the world. But

Matt, what was your thoughts on that one? I liked

it. Um, it was fun I wanted to watch more, you

know, just like three of them, but that never

happened What do you got next for us? Oh, so

ah 86 yeah, I uh, I skipped my 87 and gave you

my 86, but I think it works better than this

order anyway That would have been really dumb

if I had gotten all the way up to 80 and been

like, yeah, no, I'm done. And you guys are like,

oh, you're done. The next one is another one

I watched really recently. And I don't know,

I was just like, I had a day off work and I was

like, I want to watch a movie. And so I did.

And it was one of those movies that was so dumb.

And I was like, this is so dumb. I'm never going

to enjoy this. And everyone's like, you need

to watch it. And then I watched it and I flip

and loved it. And that's Hansel and Gretel Witch

Hunters? Yes, Amanda's happy. It's such a Oh

Guilty pleasure movie. I guess it's like what

a dumb premise. It's like we took this little

fable and turn it into a Like almost sci -fi

fantasy action movie That's just like super fighty

and shooty and it's so much fun Faces getting

smashed and stuff. I loved all the creatures.

I love the whole look of it and it really cool

Like color scheme and stuff like the reds are

really bold and I liked the characters like their

dynamics. I like their relationships I think

that I had like the right amount of comedy in

it. Yeah, it was it was good Yeah, like I'm just

gonna let her talk about my movies from now on

She was a big fan of that one and it's uh, what

was the sequel that we saw? The last witch hunter.

No, that wasn't it. What was the film? That was

just like almost identical to it. I saw like

the next year Oh, yeah, the seventh son Yeah,

it's almost the same movie. With the witches

and stuff, it's the same. Amanda, what do you

have next at number 86? 86. Fun times here. Pineapple

Express. Love it. When it came out, I watched

it a ton of times. It was the perfect brand of

humor for me at that time. I loved all the characters.

Red is amazing. I couldn't get enough of the

previews. It's so quotable. So many memorable

moments. Just, I mean, and the relationship between

Seth Rogen and James Franco is just, you know,

like angel dust in a bottle. It's amazing. I'm

sorry. What was that? You farted me. All right.

I haven't seen it, so I can't comment on Pineapple

Express. Well, it's lovely. It's lovely. It's

quite the commentary. Quite the treat. Dan, have

you seen Pineapple Express? Yeah, it's been a

long time. I remember... Enjoyed it. I remember

Jane Franco gives a really good performance in

that but uh It's a pretty solid action comedy

for what I can remember It's been a while. I

thought like when I first came out years ago

and have not caught up with it since Number 86

for me. I'm going a little bit farther back the

time Line here back to the 70s for I believe

my first second pick from the 70s I also had

all the presidents men and last episode going

to 1971 Four, and maybe this is just because

I had to see it so many times in school, but

I'm going to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

I guess it's following along the same lines as

The Goonies here for me. It's just a feel -good

film that all ages can see, but I think there

was some clever writing and dialogue in here.

There's a great performance, obviously, by Gene

Wilder, and it's got a... interesting blend,

I think, of humor, drama, cheesiness, slash,

you know, just fun and adventure type stuff.

So I don't know, I mean, who doesn't want to

get a golden ticket when they open their chocolate

bar? So I enjoy this one. The Oompa Loompa song,

there's so many memorable songs for me that just

get stuck in my head and I sing randomly and

nobody knows what I'm talking about. So I'm a

big fan of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

I think it's a... A gem from the 70s as far as

a family film. Family film that gets extremely

kind of crazy at the end, but yeah. There are

some trippy moments, for sure. But man, just

the stereotypical kids that they have and how

much you want them to just kind of get their

justice. Yeah, but I'm a big fan of Willy Wonka.

Much more the original one, I guess, than the

Johnny Depp version. Dan, what do you have at

number 86? 86 I'm going to go back to my theme

of classic and notable directors and going to

one of the most well -regarded directors of all

time with Stanley Kubrick. and going with his

WWI epic Path of Glory, starting with the iconic

Kirk Douglas. Usually for people who dislike

Stanley Kubrick for some of his films, this is

one of the first ones I tend to give them because

I'm like, hey, you can do WWI drama and military

drama just as good as anything. For me, maybe

the best WWI movie ever made. Still, I think,

holds up pretty well. The battle sequences...

are pretty incredible considering, you know,

it's a movie that is, you know, 60, 70 years

old, and Kirk Douglas is, you know, one of his

best performances, which is saying a lot, you

know. He, I think, hated Stanley Kubrick, but

I think he probably got something out of him

that no one else did. So, you know, it's an iconic

film for sure. It has some great, you know, ideas

regarding that of duty and what that means and,

you know, but it's... If you've not seen the

Stanley Cooper film I think it's a good one to

start with because it kind of eases you in before

you get something like you know 2001 or something

like that, but uh I'm a huge fan of war films

and this is you know one of the best I'll have

to check that one out sometime. That is a blind

spot for me But I do love war films, so I'd be

interested to see how that one goes Matt what

do you have? I don't want to tell you number

because you're all going crazy orders, so. Yeah,

you know, it's funny. I did some highlighting

in my Excel spreadsheet to make it easier to

follow and somehow it just sucked. I think the

problem is that I put a lot of symbols in front

of war games because it's like, I don't remember

this one well enough. If I need to bump it for

something else, I can. And then, so that just

made it my eye draw to it. The next one is another...

Jack Black movie which I was unintentional like

I think if I had been looking I might have moved

that out of these ten just to make it not look

like I'm a Jack Black guy um but I am and this

is Tenacious D the pick of destiny um silence

um it's another one of those movies where I got

the soundtrack before I saw the movie had it

memorized going in um was a little upset because

I cut one of the songs off of the the CD from

the movie. I guess it's in the deleted scenes

if you get the DVD, but I don't have that. I

don't know, great experience. I was in college

at the time, and I met one of my closest friends

of all time at that movie, which is a weird thing

to say because it feels like I've known him for

forever. I just love it, all the way from Bigfoot

being Jack Black's dad. I've not seen it. Think

I am ignorant when it comes to all things tenacious

D, which I'm not proud of saying I like the music,

but I have not seen the movie. Oh my gosh Music

should be like its own traveling karaoke thing

like it's so much fun to sing along with and

The the scenes in this movie. There's really

outrageous awesome scenes. I think the there's

a Cameo who plays the devil is amazing a boat

both parts to it, actually. And Dio, isn't it?

Yeah. For a second. Meatloaf. And it's just a

fun ride. It's definitely one of those turn your

brain off and just have fun with this awesome

nonsense that's happening and just rock your

brains out at the same time. A lot of you guys

are bonding over your films here. We just know

what's good, okay? I mean, I know I do. I don't

know why I haven't seen this film because I do

like Tenacious D, you know, and the music and

whatnot, but I'm not as knowledgeable as you

guys are on it and probably because I missed

a film. So I'll have to rectify that. All right,

Amanda, 85. I'm not even ready for this one,

guys. You're not ready for it? We're not ready

for any of your picks. Oh, shut up. This movie...

ripped my freaking heart out and stomped on it

and then wanted to put it back in my chest so

I would feel the pain. It's P .S. I love you.

I watched this movie, I bought it on a whim,

watched it, and I was like, I don't know if I

can ever watch this movie again, but it's so

amazing that I might have to put myself through

that one more time. And I think I'm gonna have

to make Kevin watch it, it's, I never would have

thought - Trying to crack the cold heart, huh?

I don't know, I don't know if you will or not,

but it was just such a - great love story like

this this huge thing that he did and It's such

a journey and and you feel every little thing

along the way So it's definitely worth over those

who don't know you're not someone that goes for

I am a cold -hearted bitch. Okay, this movie

melted it Yeah in a heartbeat. All right, Dan.

Have you seen PS? I love you. I have not I have

not Gerard Butler singing in some suspenders.

Oh, now I have to now. Oh my. For my number 85,

I'm gonna go back even a little bit further than

my number 86 and go to my first pick from the

60s. I guess somewhat in a similar vein to Willy

Wonka and Goonies. I went 80s, 70s, and now I'm

in the 60s. I'm gonna go with The Sound of Music

at number 85. I guess I'm getting all my films

out that I was... beaten over the head with and

in school, but I don't know it's something about

this film and you got Christopher Plummer and

Julie Andrews I mean they're doing their thing

and I just got a lot of enjoyment. What thing

is that? You know their singing thing and their

love story thing I didn't know that that was

Christopher Plummer until like two years ago,

but anyway I just enjoyed Sound of Music. I think

it's a fun family film again. I don't know if

anybody would really like it these days. I don't

know how well it holds up because I haven't seen

it recently, but I just remember enjoying it

a lot as a kid and even, you know, kind of going

into middle school and that type of stuff, seeing

it again and enjoying it. So Sound of Music,

I'm a fan of musicals and it's one of the few

musicals that's going to make my list. Damn.

Yeah, I mean, it's an all -time classic, definitely.

I mean, it's one of those movies I was forced

to watch as a kid, so I don't know if I'm just,

like, some reason, you know, it just, that sticks

with me, so I'm hard to, it's hard for me just

to appreciate it for what it is, but... It's

kind of along the same lines for me as, like,

The Parent Trap and some of those, the original

one, and some of those other ones that, uh, you

just kind of seem like you're forced to watch,

but this one for some reason just didn't... It's

not how it forced you to watch Parent Trap. Pollyanna,

Parent Trap, all those films from back in the

day, and also anything that Shirley Temple was

in. I got forced to watch all of it. I love Shirley

Temple, so watch that one. But this one just

kind of separated itself, I guess, a little bit

for me. All right. So for mine, number 85, I'm

going to go way back, way back to the silent

film era. And I'm going to go with Fritz Lang's

iconic and legendary science fiction epic, Metropolis.

Again, I'm again a huge fan of silent silent

films and this one is just Incredible and just

what they were able to do for the time it It's

just the use of miniatures to the robotics to

the film techniques. It's kind of almost a sad

story when you realize that there are parts of

this film that will probably never be seen again

because they've been destroyed. But for a film

that's probably nearly 100 years old or 90 years

old, it still holds up pretty well. And I think

science fiction as a genre, especially in film,

owes a lot to this movie. And it gets into a

lot of the ideas of artificial intelligence,

which is a theme that... we still see in abundance

today, and it's still one of the best examples

of it. So, it's my number 85. I've never heard

anything bad about this film, and it's always

been super high on my queue, and I still need

to, it should have been on my list of shame probably,

but I wanna check this one off, because I guess

I've heard tons of good stuff about it. I'm a

big fan of sci -fi stuff, so I'd like to see

some of the earlier films, and this is probably

the godfather of it, so. All right, Matt, 84.

What I put down for my 84 is the Iron Giant.

I think you just watched this recently, Kevin?

I just watched it within the last month, I would

say. After our List of Shame episode came out,

that was the first one I knocked off. I think

I watched it at probably the perfect age. It

stuck with me. The things that really stuck with

me are probably not the greatest things. Like,

I remember being like, screws don't have computer

chips, how's that screw moving towards the end?

And I remember being way too attracted to the

mother of the movie for an animated movie when

I was a little kid. But like, it's just fun,

it's amusing, the characters are great, it's,

you know. Wasn't that Jennifer Innocent's voice?

I think it was. I didn't say the voice was attractive.

Some would say Jennifer Aniston's attractive.

I'm not here to judge people based on their looks.

That's not my point. I'm bad at this. I feel

like there's not a lot to say. It's a wholesome,

great, animated movie. a good animated movie

that's not put out by Disney, which feels really

rare nowadays. Dan, do you remember where this

place is when we did our top 100 animated films

of all time? It was really high. I see it was

in the top 10. Yes. It was at least top 10, top

15. Yeah, a lot of people had this ranked very

high, and I, of course, hadn't seen it at that

point. I've seen it now, and I kind of understand

why people had it ranked the way they did. I

think I'm missing a little piece of what everybody

else has because I didn't see it. in the first

three decades of my life, but I can definitely

see why people enjoyed it, and it is a solid

animated film, like Matt was saying, a non -Disney

animated film that rates very high. Amanda, what

are your thoughts on Iron Giant? I really liked

it. I don't remember a ton of it from when I

was little. I had to do some re -watches. Before

this previous watch, I found out... That Vin

Diesel was that voice and I had to go back and

and and rewatch it after that because I I had

no Knowledge of who Vin Diesel was when I saw

this as a kid So it was cool going back and and

seeing that after knowing that that was his voice

And I think it's yeah, I mean Harry Connick juniors

in it too. I really like him I think that's a

really great voice cast and some really cute

heartfelt moments too and definitely hurts Hurts

the the heartstrings at the end It was interesting

watching that and then at the same time watching

Going through the Miyazaki films because there

was a lot of connections you could make between

a couple of those so Amanda, what do you have

at your number 84? Oh, I think we've talked about

this pretty recently, so I won't have much to

say on it, but 84 a movie that that definitely

Made me realize how much I love the horror genre

and love seeing people die in crazy ways and

that's final destination I will say the final

destination as a film and as a thing has been

tarnished by Unduly by all the crazy nonsense

that came out afterwards. I thought I think as

it was just by itself was a clever and a fun

film. It was such an eerie concept that really

hadn't I hadn't seen anything like that before

and the feeling of dread that follows you throughout

the movie and and the knowing that it's coming

it really did it for me and like seeing these

awful ways and these accidents and how these

people were dying and and how it wasn't really

you know it was fate but but was it kind of thing

it it opened my eyes to the genre a lot and definitely

cemented in me like a need to see more of this

unknown. Dan, do you think that's true though

that people write it off just because they kind

of group it with all the other final destinations

that came afterwards or is it not that good even

on its own? Oh man, well that's a loaded question.

So Dan, do you want me to hit you now or hit

you in two seconds? I mean, I think any film

that has 18 ,000 sequels tends to be negatively

affected by it. My problem was I can't figure

out, like, I forget which one's which. I'm like,

is that the one that starts with the airplane

exploding or all of the car accident with all

the branches? They all kind of run together.

I actually kind of, I think, enjoyed some of

the sequels where it just... fully embraced the

campiness of it in a way where it just basically

became, let's just try to find the most insane

ways possible to kill people. But yeah, I don't

know. So I haven't seen the original since I

think I saw it when it first came out on like

Stars or something like that, but I would never

place them as great films for me personally.

They were just schlocky films that found really

cool ways to kill people. It's right after your

alley, Amanda. Either. All right. For my number

84, I'm going to stop the family of fun decade

journey that I was going through there. And we're

going to go all the way up to 2002. I guess somewhat

timely with some movie or a movie that's about

to come out in 2016. I'm going to go with the

original. Born Identity at my number 84. And

this kind of goes back to kind of what I was

saying with Sin City and Who Framed Roger Rabbit

as a film that for me almost redefined its genre

or said, hey, this genre existed, but it didn't

exist like this until now. And they just did

some incredible stuff with. that film and with

some of the sequels. Like I said, I'm not going

to include any of the other films in the Bourne

franchise. This will be my only inclusion. But

I think as a franchise, one movie, notwithstanding

that they did a lot of cool things. And for me,

in that genre, I would much rather go to, you

know, and watch a Bourne film than I would even

a Mission Impossible film. The Bourne franchise

is just to me that much more intelligently written

and directed, and I'm a big fan. So, Born Identity,

as a franchise, I guess, comes in at my number

84. I will just say, I agree with you. We've

done that a few times, so that's good signs.

What do you have in your number 84, Dan? I have

my number 84. I will say, I'll put this up by

saying I'm a huge fan of sports documentaries.

This is the first documentary on my list. I loved

3430s for ESPN, most of them. I think a lot of

those owe a great deal to this documentary and

it's When We Were Kings from 1996 directed by

Leon Gast. It's a documentary that centers on

the rumble in the jungle and it goes into it

in a depth I think that hadn't been seen before.

It has It's like a talking head documentary done

well because it gets really great interviews

from really great people that Like really bring

the event back to life like it. I was never at

Ramon jungle I never you know, I didn't watch

it live, but I felt like I understood everything

and the emotions behind it It's just a really

well -told documentary that, even if it doesn't

even have to be about sports, it's just bar none

one of the best ones of the 90s. I would say

it almost deserves more recognition now because

I feel like a lot of what it started, its technique,

the way it's edited, and it's kind of been copied

since then. I feel like a lot of documentaries

follow that same format nowadays. It used to

be streaming on Netflix. I don't know if it still

is, but if you're a fan of sport documentaries,

I think it's a must -see. I think it's something

that I'm just starting to get into. I've seen

little bits and pieces of a few of them here.

I just actually DVR'd the Doc and Darryl one

that they just did about Dwight Gooden and Darryl

Strawberry. I find them intriguing, so that might

be one I'll have to add to the list as I get

more into that genre. I think it's a good one,

even if you're not a sports fan, because it just

gets into kind of the political landscape of

the time, especially when you have a character

like, you know, Muhammad Ali and George Foreman.

There's a lot going on to that. It was just in

the world in that time period. And it's fascinating.

All right, Matt, number 83. All right. My number

83 is just another one from my childhood. There's

going to be a lot of that, especially in the

later area of my list. And that's Men in Black.

They're like the Galaxy Defenders. I like Will

Smith. He's had a lot of really bad movies lately.

But he's great. Tommy Lee Jones, classic, always

good. I don't know. It's like a great little

kids movie that also has stuff for adults. It's

fun. It's action packed. It's hilarious. And

it's got music by Will Smith, which is always

a positive. I am a huge fan of Will Smith, so

I have no problem with that whatsoever. I think

it was also perfectly 90s in a lot of different

ways. But I'm a big fan of that film. I haven't

seen the most recent one. But I need to complete

that journey. Amanda? I will hold my comments

for later episodes, sir. Finally, more agreement

between Matt and Amanda. Amanda, what then do

you have instead at year number 83? Another pick

that sparked a bunch of sequels. But I really

enjoyed all the characters and the world that

they built. And that's Pirates of the Caribbean.

I think Johnny Depp, definitely in his element

here. I think that the swashbuckling shenanigans

are just right. I think the supernatural elements

are really cool and the visuals are awesome,

of course. Yeah, you can't get much better than

some good sword fighting. I think this one gets

kind of unfairly ripped on sometimes too just

because of some of the other stuff that Johnny

Depp has been doing outside of the Pirates films

that people kind of lump into the same category

and maybe, you know, there's been for some people

one or two too many of the Pirates films but

I'm a big fan of Johnny Depp in that. world and

in that role, so I think it's a decent representation

of the franchise. I think talking about when

you said with Final Destination movies that are

hurt by sequels, I think that's the case with

this for sure, where I love the original, but

I think with the countless sequels and whether

they're four different ones, it ends up kind

of ruining what was really fresh and original

about the first film. Yeah, I can definitely

see that. I mean, as much as you. are drawn into

the world and want to see more of it, it gets

to the point where they just don't have enough

of those awesome ideas to get into it. Yeah,

and it gets to the point where it just feels

like they're retreading the same waters that

they've already been in. No pun intended. Alright

so Pirates of the Caribbean for you at number

83. I'm gonna go to another franchise pick I

guess for my number 83 and you know similar like

what I was talking about. What Sin City did for

graphic novels and what Born Identity does for

the kind of like the spy thriller CIA covert

agent type genre. I think this film does for

superhero films and It's hard to say who owes

what to this film, but it definitely broke the

mold for a lot of people. I guess it started

with Batman Begins, but my number 83 is Dark

Knight from 2008 from Christopher Nolan. I just

think this trilogy just did a lot of good for

superhero films and kind of showed what was possible

and that it didn't always have to be cheesy like

we got with a lot of the classic, you know, Superman,

Batman stuff. from yesteryear and not that you

always have to go dark we don't need you know

jail cell stuff going on but I don't know A lot

of people kind of harp on the third one a little

bit, but I had to find somewhere to represent

the franchise here, and I think Dark Knight is

the one that most people kind of look to as the

shining beacon of that trilogy. So that's why

I have it here. I don't have a lot of superhero

films on my list at all, but I had to find room

for the Dark Knight trilogy, and it's coming

in at number 83. I will say this will probably

be not the last time you hear about this movie.

All right. I don't plan to mention it. What are

you talking about? Well, somebody else might.

Oh, oh, oh. Even if it's a completely different

movie, he can't say anything that has the word

Batman or Superman on it. I got some Batman on

here. Alright Dan, we're back to you already.

What is your number 83? So I'm continuing my

trend again talking about legendary directors.

I started with Kubrick or had Kubrick last time.

I'm going to go with Steven Spielberg this time.

And I'm going to go with Close Encounters of

the Third Kind. For me, this actually might actually

have John Williams best score, which I know is

saying a lot. But it's, I think, the most essential

to any film that he scored. You know, a lot of

the movie is actually was the Spielberg actually

had Williams do the score first and then kind

of modeled his movie after it or at least the

pacing wise so I think you really feel it it

feels so essential to what's going on especially

in the the climax and it's such a odd little

movie like I couldn't imagine a movie today ending

the way this one does or uh you know starring

a guy who just legitimately leaves his family

as like he being your your hero of the movie

uh but uh it's you know it was of the time and

I think Steve Spielberg was somewhat young when

he made this but amazing special effects that

still hold up today uh and it's just I don't

know there's a wonderment to it it's Spielberg

being Spielberg you know there's that elements

of horror, there's special effects you use amazingly

well, it's a spectacle in all the best ways.

That's another blind spot for me. It's interesting

that you say that about the soundtrack. I've

always heard people say that same thing but for

Jaws, that that was the one that the soundtrack

meant the most to the movie, so I'm interested

to watch this one now and kind of keep an ear

open for the soundtrack as we go through. I also

need to re -watch Jaws, so maybe I need to do

a whole Spielberg. Yeah, a few years ago I went

through and reviewed all of his movies, and it

was a good time. I think it made me appreciate

Close Encounters more so than I did before. Awesome.

Matt, only two picks left for today. What is

your number 82? Wait, two picks. Uh -oh. I don't

think I highlighted my list right. Numbers. I

wasn't a numbers major. My number 82, another

one straight from the 90s in my childhood, The

Lion King. I haven't seen a lot of Disney movies,

but I think almost everyone I've seen is gonna

make the list. We know you haven't seen a lot

of Disney films, as we talked about on your list

of shames. They're great. This is also one of

the two or three VHSs I personally bought. I

remember having it and it's weird, like... plump

case that Disney movies always had. It's interesting

because one of my memories about it actually

is talking to one of my oldest friends, who I

don't really talk to anymore, and him being like,

weren't those hyenas and scars so cool? And me

being like, I think they're really evil. And

now it's like, he really liked that Nazi song

and that's really weird. Like I don't know man

like I fucking love that movie is great I Will

hold my thoughts on Lion King for a later episode,

but I agree that it is great Alright, Amanda

82 Okay, so I am NOT above putting Christmas

movies on my list here Just so you guys know

and this is the first I think I heard No. It's

not Die Hard. It is the Santa Claus. That's the

Christmas film you're putting on? That's one

of the Christmas films. Oh my god. I absolutely

love the Santa Claus. Okay, this is probably

another one that's been ruined by the sequel,

so... Or by Tim Allen. One of the two. But, um...

I liked him the tool man, okay? And don't hate

him on this because this is such an iconic role

for him. I loved all of the Christmas magic that's

in here. The humor is great. The family elements

are awesome. It's got stuff in there that, you

know, made you look at how family dynamics have

changed. And I think that it... always comes

back to, you know, like the good feelings of

Christmas and stuff, too, which is definitely

essential. And I loved it. I think the visuals,

too, were awesome. Him getting fat was amazing.

I loved all the elves. So it's just a good time.

I can't wait to see what other Christmas films

make your list ahead of this one. I'm going to

punch you in the teeth. Big move, brah. All right,

Santa Claus. Hey, man, I liked it. Thank you.

We're on two different wavelengths. Kevin! Sorry.

I hate Alan in movies. I don't mind him in TV

shows every once in a while. Alright, maybe I

should give that one another go. Even Galaxy

Quest? Come on. Oh man. I almost watched that

the other day. I'm like, yes, Alan Rickman. And

I will speak on Galaxy Quest at a later episode.

Alright, for my number 82, I'm going to go to

a genre that I am usually very hard to please

within this genre, even though I love what it's

based on so much. Sports movies usually fail

for me. They're usually just full of sappy nonsense

or unrealistic cliches and different whatever.

But a few of them have worked for me over the

years and this is one of the the ones that is

worth the most for me. That's 1988, and that

is Bull Durham. Kevin Costner at his peak, probably,

doing what he did. I mean, he did do like 700

baseball films, and this just happens to be one

of the two best that he did. So, I don't know.

I don't want to go into it too much. I was 97

% on Rotten Tomatoes, so I think it's pretty

well received by most people. I have never heard...

Too many people rip on it, but Bold Durham is

one of the best sports movies in my opinion.

I've never seen it. It's not on my list, but

I think I like some other Kevin Costner based

on movies a little bit more, but I think I just

saw it at the wrong time, too. I think I went

in thinking it was a comedy, but it really is,

but it's much more dramatic than I was expecting.

Gotcha. Yeah, I do like another Kevin Costner

sports movie better than it as well. But that's

my number 82 Dan. What do you have for my number

82? I'm gonna go back to the world of silent

films and but going with a comedy And that's

safety glass and it's a film Maybe you have some

people not have heard of but you might know it's

iconic image of a man holding Hanging on to a

to a clock off that off the side of a building

It's probably its most infamous moment of the

film. It's just, again, it's really kind of slapstick

comedy, but done really well. I don't think it's

up maybe to the level of a Buster Keaton per

se, but it's got a great deal of creativity.

It's a very simple story that's just, I think,

rather funny. It's this guy who ends up trying

to climb this tall building. There's more to

it than that, but it's... done by friend C. Neumeyer,

who I think is a guy who does not give as much

credit as some of the other silent film directors

and actors of their day. But if you've not seen

it, I would definitely give it a shot. It's some

timeless comedy done well, if you're into that

type of thing. It's maybe a little slapstick

for some people, but considering it's from 1923,

I think you can enjoy it for what it is. You're

giving us the what's what as far as the silent

film movies that are that we should all Put on

our list to watch it if you're willing to give

those films a shot, which I know some people

write off ridiculously But I'm liking to see

which ones show up on your list it might might

be forming the the first venture into silent

films that I used, I'll just go off of the films

that made your top 100. A lot of pressure, a

lot of pressure. So, I mean, you might have to

do some reading and I think, yeah. Again, like,

you gotta... I watch all, we watch all films

with subtitles on anyway. Yeah. And you gotta,

I think... get yourself in that type of mindset,

because I think a lot of people could just look

at them as being kind of dumb, but I think it's

like, okay, we're thinking about a time now where

you legitimately are telling everything with

your body, so you're limited on the type of jokes

you can tell. You can't insert some sort of Judd

Apatow type of dialogue. Definitely not. All

right, last pick for the day. If Matt has been

able to locate his number 81, we'll see. What

do you got, Matt? Yeah, I went through and re

-highlighted things to make it all better. We're

all good now. It's cruising from here. My 81

is a movie that is, I don't know, it's like,

I don't even know how to describe the way it

impacted me as a child, which I guess has been,

if anything here, is how this affected me as

a kid. Like, it's what I thought my life was,

or afraid my life was, and then the movie happened

and I was like, oh no, is this, like, is this

what life is? And that's The Truman Show. I fucking

haven't been the same since I saw that movie.

I like The Truman Show a lot, but it's one that

I needed, it's kind of what we talked about at

the beginning, it's one that I have to watch

again before it would be kind of eligible to

be making my top 100 because I don't remember

enough about it outside of the fact that I know

I liked it. Like I'm not certain that everyone

in my life isn't a paid actor hanging out with

me only because of the some elaborate scheme

by a producer and I've always thought something

like that since I don't know a child and it kind

of freaks me out that this movie exists and that

no one talks about it all the time because like

seriously I love The Truman Show 2. It's super

fun and makes you think. I think it's got a lot

of rewatchability, too. I think that it's definitely

creepy to think about if you're being watched.

I don't like all these traffic cams. I'm like,

I'm being watched right now. I think we need

to start a Batman versus Superman conversation

so you two can stop agreeing on something. I'm

just kidding. But yeah, Dan, what's your thoughts

on the Truman Show? Three people giving it a

thumbs up so far. Oh, definitely. Yeah, it's

quite good. I think it's arguably maybe Jim Carrey's

best movie. Maybe, definitely his best performance

I would say, but it is. I remember it came out

at the same time as like NTV, much better than

NTV, but I do remember a lot and it's such a

smart film. Ed O 'Neill is great, and two, it's

just not Ed O 'Neill, Ed Harris. Gonna say, I

don't remember him being... He threw us all for

a loop there. Eddie, he was great. Amanda, you

only have time for one more pick today. What's

it gonna be? It looks like I messed up my numbering

too much. I don't feel so bad. It's only because

I was looking at the wrong column. So my number

81 pick... is a 1990 choice and is The Witches.

All right, it's got Angelica Huston, and it's

a bunch of other people that you never will hear

of again, but this movie scared the shit out

of me when I was little. It's PG, but definitely

freaky for little kids. This is a young boy stumbles

onto a witch convention and must stop them even

after he's been turned into a mouse. This is

live -action It's one of movies from my childhood

that I Always thought after it wasn't something

that I it was ready really available to me. So

when I was able to watch it, I Was super excited

the witches look amazing The their whole like

backstory and their little lore is it's really

awesome. It's a super fun tale I've never seen

it. I'm looking at pictures of these I assume

witches and they are freaky looking. Yeah, but

they don't look like that all the time like they

do a lot of stuff to look normal and that's what

they look like underneath what they got going

on. Alright, I've never seen it so I can't comment

it looks freaky. I'm gonna finna buy it. It's

got Mr. Bean in it. It does have Mr. Bean in

it. All right, for my number 81, I haven't had

a lot of comedies in my list yet, and I'm going

to go to one of my all -time favorites. A lot

of people, maybe not as big on this one as me,

but I'm going to John Hughes, 1987, and that

is Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. John Candy

was probably one of the first actors I ever fell

in love with, as far as just like... liking everything

that a certain actor does. And I've never seen

him in a movie that I did not at least enjoy

his part or laugh at something he did. So I think

there's a lot of great comedy in here, but there's

also some just like heart wrenching moments between

the two as Steve Martin is being as cruel as

Steve Martin can be. to John Candy that really

kind of hit me when I was a kid and watching

this film. But it's just something that I know

some people don't think it holds up, but I've

never watched it and not had a good time with

it. So Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, there's

a lot of 80s comedies that I could kind of put

in that same vein, but for me, this is the one

that kind of stands above the other ones. I just

watched that for the first time because that

was on my list of shame and I think it holds

up pretty well. Not everything, but I think it,

you know, when you have comedy giants like John

Candy and Steve Martin, you kind of have some

comedy I think that will last forever. And it

reminds me of, you don't really see this very

often. We have like R -rated comedies that don't

really harbor on the fact that they're R -rated.

Like they kind of use it when they need to. And

I think that's something that we're definitely

missing from today. Yeah, I could definitely

use some somebody to try to venture back into

that type of path for today's comedies because

it seems like Traditional comedies are the ones

that are built as comedies have not been working

for me over the last four to five years Dan,

what are you ending the show today with? For

my number 81, I think I talked about this last

time we did this list. And I love movies about

news, like for some reason that center on that.

I'm a big fan of films that like take place in

like one major location or one day. And this

kind of does all of those things. And again,

another director, notable director, I don't think

is with Oliver Stone, but I want to put him in

the same league as Spielberg or Kubrick. And

it's Talk Radio from 1980. V8 it's this centers

on this kind of shock rock DJ and like his overall

like unbearable personality or say overpowering

personality and kind of disobeyed his life really

in his show and I was just really impressed with

the direction of Oliver Stone in this where his

constant movement of the character like really

makes it just it's intense the entire time and

all you're really working with is this guy just

talking with people but it you there's some Darkness

underneath and there's this like person who keeps

calling in giving threats and you're like, okay

What's going on here? Is there more to this than

that meets the eye? No, it's not transformers

But I know I I know I don't think it's overall

well regarded, but it ended up just really working

for me Maybe I'm fainted like, you know talk

we're doing podcasts and stuff like that. So

maybe that works it feels very the The character

kind of fills in the same realm of Howard Stern,

but up to another level he just seems to attack

his audience. It's intriguing, and I think considering

it's a high -concept film, I think it does a

lot. It just really worked for me. I just ended

up throwing it on one day when it was on Netflix,

didn't expect much, and it's become one of my

favorite films. Who's the star of this? Eric

Bogasian. B -O -G -O. um he's you know he's a

huge star he's been in a lot of stuff he's kind

of your average character actor he's been on

law and order or something like that yeah he

was in law and order he was in play trinity uh

you know he's mostly a tv actor but uh he's been

in the business a long time and his performance

is phenomenal which is what makes the movie and

after watching it i'm like why isn't he a bigger

star uh but uh i would I'm intrigued by this

one, because I love talk radio. I mean, most

of my talk radio, I guess, is more sports talk

radio. But as a fan of podcasts, too, I'd be

interested to kind of see. Yeah, he's basically

an unbearable figure in this. But I think that's

kind of what makes it intriguing. He he's just

like, you know, says the most the worst and things

he would imagine, maybe not. considering today's

audience but considering it's a 1988 you know

podcast that was not podcast that'd be weird

talk shows that you know of that time it's kind

of insane the things he would say and do but

So everything that they tell me not to do on

the radio, this guy's probably doing it. Probably,

yeah. Well, maybe you'll find something. Maybe

we'll both find this intriguing. All right, so

that does it for our list today in this segment

of our 90 through 81. Matt, why don't you just

recap your 10 picks today so people can kind

of get a feel for this chunk of your list. All

right. So my 10 for today, Jumanji, John Carter,

School of Rock, War Games, Hansel and Gretel

Witch Hunters. tenacious d the pick of destiny

the iron giant men in black lion king and the

truman show excellent amanda oh i gotta i gotta

flop my paper what have you prepared 90 i've

got look who's talking um moving on up howard

the duck Double Impact, Major Pain, Pineapple

Express, P .S. I Love You, Final Destination,

Pirates of the Caribbean, The Santa Clause, and

81 Being the Witches. Alright, my ten were Who

Framed Roger Rabbit, Sin City, Kiss Kiss Bang

Bang, The Goonies, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate

Factory, The Sound of Music, Born Identity, Dark

Night, Bull Durham, and Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.

Dan? Alright, for me, number 90, adaptation,

Inglourious Bastards, South Park, Bigger, Longer,

and Uncut, at 87, It Man, then Paths of Glory,

at 85, Metropolis, then When We Were Kings, at

83, I had Close Encounters of the Third Kind,

and then Safety Lasts, and last, at 81, I had

Talk Radio. All right, and I know some of you

have been asking if there will be a written form

of our list somewhere that you can peruse to

kind of get which ones you missed or didn't write

down so you don't have to rewind fast forward

etc. through the podcast and we will get that

going on the website so we'll give you an up

-to -date list so far of what's been revealed

and then we'll kind of update that as we go through

so you can kind of have a written version to

peruse as well since a couple of you have requested

that. But that does it for today's episode. look

forward to some episodes coming up as we continue

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