Top 100 Films of All-Time: #30-21

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Hello and welcome to another episode of The Cinema

Geeks. I am one of your Cinema Geeks optimists

solo and joining me for today's episode our fellow

cinema geeks hard candy mandy uh hey uh hey movie

role tan hey how's it going not too bad and for

the cent hello hey that's what everyone said

we had like three crescendoing levels of hey

i think in there i like it today we are back

with another one of our episodes in another one

of our series because we like to do different

series and today we're going back to revisit

another chunk of our top 100 films of all time

that's right we all personally made our top 100

list and we've been revealing them bit by bit

and today we are revealing numbers 30 through

21, so we're getting ever so close to our top

films of all time. Before we get into the actual

countdown, obviously we have some other series

going on as well that we do hope you check out.

We have been going through every video game,

live action film that has ever been made, or

at least the original one of each series, so

we're making our way through that. I think we're

just past, we're past the halfway point I believe,

so that's good news. And we're also continuing

our Miyazaki spotlight which we are going down

to the last couple episodes of that spotlight

so if you have enjoyed that make sure you check

out the end we'll have some special things going

on as that spotlight concludes. Other than that

we also still have our video game spotlight Contest

going on where you can win a six pack of movies

All you got to do is go to iTunes and leave a

review for cinema geeks So we will give you an

update on our next video game film as far as

how many entries we have so far But we'll save

that for another day before we get into the countdown

Dan, how are you? How are you liking this process

so far and are you excited about 30 through 21?

Yeah, I mean a lot of I don't really have a very

Random assortment of movies a lot of old some

old stuff some new stuff some blockbuster stuff

some more, you know I You know French films.

I guess you would say I don't know how you go

about it, but it's an it's getting interesting

It's really getting down in nitty -gritty now.

So it's Yeah, it should be getting easier and

easier for us to I ain't apologizing, but shit!

Amanda, how many decades will we be seeing on

your section today? Okay, anything else that

you want to say about today's chunk, or how are

you feeling about it? Excited to get into this?

Yeah, looking at these films on this chunk, I'm

pretty excited about them. Some of the other

films in my list, I start to question myself

when we're revealing them. I'm like, how did

I rank this above something else that I super

love? I think the ranking is the hardest part,

especially kind of in the middle and towards

the end. It's sad to put some of these so low

in this top list here, but I think towards the

top we should be feeling good about where we

slot these. Absolutely. Matt, I think you kind

of tipped your hand a little bit on the last

episode we did in our top 100 when we revealed

40 through 31 that today's episode might be featuring

a few superhero films. Is that correct? Oh, that

is very accurate. Well, I mean, yeah, at least

a third of them. Okay. I'm interested to see

too as we get closer and closer how much more

crossover we have. We've seen a few of them here

and there. I think we've had at least one film

that's either been on three of our lists or all

four. I can't remember if it actually made it

onto all four or not. So we'll see as we get

closer and closer if we start to see some more

of those crossovers. And for my section of the

list, I am featuring four different decades.

So we are kind of just randomly going all over

the place. I checked just for... I checked the

Rotten Tomato scores of the films that I'm doing

today and 7 out of the 10 are 90 % to 100%. So

I only have 3 that were actually rated below

a 90 % and I was kind of surprised by that. Well

look at you, I got 2 movies with Jeff Goldblum

in it, so look at me. So you win. Yeah. I don't

know, I was just curious to see how much some

of these would line up or not line up because

if we get to that point I think somebody posted

on Twitter this last week or something like that

about, Dan I think you saw this too, about films

that you love. more than anybody else and that's

what I that's the only reason I looked at the

Rotten Tomatoes is because I was curious I'm

like are some are there more than I think that

are just films that only I like or are some of

these you know more universally praised but there's

definitely gonna be one or two that show up in

here that I think I'm a little higher on than

than some other people maybe or the masses I

guess so any other comments that anybody wants

to put out there before we get into the actual

countdown Actually, I kind of wanted Part of

part of me really wants to wager like in the

top 20 or 15 How many we have in common and like

see how close we all get if that interests anybody

top 20 or top 30 Do you want to do before we

start revealing or? I thought we should do it

before we start revealing but I guess if we do

20 We don't have to wait. We could wait till

the next episode I'm up for whatever. I'm willing

to wager whenever, whatever. I'll do top 30.

That might make it a little hard to guess. Especially

because we're all very disparate. So what are

we guessing? Are we guessing how many are going

to show up on at least two lists, three lists,

four lists? What are we doing? Oh, it's got to

be three or four, right? Okay. Yeah, I say go

all four. Go all four. Go big or go home. I agree

with that. So Matt, it was your idea, which means

we're going to put you on the spot first in the

top 30. How many are going to be on all four

people's lists? Well, I feel like I'm cheating

because I get to look at my list. And you also

get to see what years they came out and if they

were in the 90s or not. I mean, that's not my

best bet, isn't it? I'm going to go what might

seem really low. I'm going to go with four. Four

of them? Amanda, what do you think? Looking at

my list, I don't even know, you guys. Maybe,

yikes. Let's say two. Two? Dan, they're going

pretty low. What do you think? So to clarify,

what if it's like a situation where I chose,

you know, we were, for Kevin and I, for example,

we chose a franchise for, you know, instead of

having all of, say, all the Police Academy movies,

we just chose our favorite Police Academy movies.

I like that you chose Police Academy as the franchise.

Because that's gonna be at all of ours and that

was a give -me, right? I think I think it counts

I think if it's any in the franchise, it counts

as one, right? Like is device. Okay, I say Batman

you can't be like well I had bad man. So that's

nine We have together and are we also counting

only they own they had to show up in all of our

top 30s or just Yeah, it's got to be top 30 top

30s. So Dan with that information. What are you

thinking here? So two I'll go I'll go five I'll

go five Five so we got a two a four and a five

I'll be the the foolish one. I'm trying to remember

who's the couple these have already been mentioned

by some people I'll go six. I'll go I'll go a

little bit higher And see how that works out

But I might kick myself because there's a few

that have already been released that would have

been shoe -ins for me I would have thought so

we have two four five and six as far as films

being on everybody's list uh matt what do we

win if we're right you know we've got until we

get to number one before we have to figure that

out don't we excellent i like that i'll throw

an idea out there what if like the the person

who wins gets to pick a movie we all have to

watch in our view i really like that Awesome.

All right, so with that and the stakes being

set here for what's about to be revealed, let's

get right into it. Matt, you start us off as

usual with your number 30. All right. For my

number 30, I know it's been mentioned and I'm

a little surprised at how high it is on my list,

but I'm not going to apologize because it's my

list. And that's the classic Dr. Strangelove.

Excellent. When I first watched this it was it

was interesting because my dad my dad bought

a $1 ,000 Betamax tape player in the like 70s

or 80s And that's like a real big sticking point

to him. He's like, I spent so much money on that

and I'm never getting rid of it. And sometime

maybe a decade ago, he was converting all of

the old, anything you record off TV or anything,

he recorded using the camcorder. And two of those

things, one was Dr. Strangelove and one was Purple

Rain. He converted into DVD and me and my buddies

took and watched and they are... Well, one's

great, and one's great. Dr. Strangelove, I mean,

it's one of them thinking movies. It's not just

pure entertainment, and somehow it seems relevant

every day of my life, even though it was written

for a time decades before I was ever alive. Amanda,

have you seen this one? No. Blind spot for me

as well. If that tips your hand on to it, if

it's going to show up on all four people's lists

or not. It's already on mine, so. I was going

to say, I knew Go Edit and we were good. Yeah,

definitely another one. Like I said, a classic

film. We gotta get around to watching, so. Alright,

Amanda, what's your word on number 30? A little

bit different than Dr. Strangelove. It's a little

1990 joint here. Dances with Wolves. What? Kevin

Costner? Mary McDonnell? It's such an awesome

story and the emotions that range in this and

the amazing relationships and the gravity of

everything that's going on is super amazing.

I love it. Alright, yeah, I got a lot. I haven't

seen that one I don't think since the 90s, but

I remember enjoying it when I watched it But

I would not be able to tell you more than like

two things about it So I need to maybe revisit

that one soon I really like anything with like

Native American stuff in it And this is a story

that I could watch with my mom and my grandma

and they loved it, too So I've seen it quite

a bit Alright, so dances with wolves Kevin Costner

making an appearance in the top 30 for my number

30 I'm not gonna talk about it a lot because

it came up in the last episode that we did I

believe Amanda had it at 31 so you had it at

31 I have it at 30 and I'm going with Fight Club

from 1996 from David Fincher Surprisingly, this

is one of the three films that I was mentioning

that is not a 90 % or above on Rotten Tomatoes

It's actually down in the 70s, in the 79. But

like I said last episode, the multi -layer aspect

of this film and how much you can dig into it

and take away from it and the kind of the cultural

impact it had, I think speaks for itself. I don't

think we need to go too much more into Fight

Club so that is my number 30. Dan, where do you

start today? I'll be kind of starting with maybe

a somewhat... in a way talked about, because

I talked about its remake, its American remake,

and now I'm going to be talking about the original.

I mentioned I want to get all over the place

and talk about a variety of different movies.

I guess I'm going to start with a more classic

film from 1953, The Wagers of Fear. It's... I

talked about Sorcerer many, many episodes ago,

it was in my 60s, and that was the American remake

of this. The basic premise of this is very simple,

it's just that there's this South American city

that is basically as poor as poor can be, there's

really no work, almost no food, no water, it's

very isolated. Some individuals get the opportunity

to transport these across some really dangerous

territory. The issue is it's nitro glycerin.

And they have to try to basically take it to

a location without pulling up. And it leads to

some really incredible, really tense action sequences,

really well done set pieces. And for a movie

that's from the 1950s, it still holds up really

well. I will say the first hour, it goes on pretty

long. It's very slowly paced. But once you kick

into the final moment, it's pretty amazing. got

me into enjoying the original and I could see

a lot of people probably enjoying the original

more because I think it's it's made me pace a

little bit better but it's really what got me

into it. It's one of those movies too that kind

of like I appreciated more of the dramatic aspect

of the classic films but it was actually one

of the few thrillers from that time that really

worked for me as well. So again Wages of Fear

came out in 1993. What year did you say that

the remake came out in? I want to say the 70s.

Okay. Let me double check. And what the original

one was from where? I don't want to say it was

a French film, but I really don't know off the

top of my head the 1977 it was directed by William

Freakin Sorcerer which obviously is the guy who

also did like The Exorcist. Okay. Awesome. All

right, so a wide variety there from all of our

number 30s Let's see where it goes from here

as Matt reveals his number 29 My number 29 is

one of them superhero films. And I put down Iron

Man 3. Specifically Iron Man 3 I think is the

best of the three Iron Man films we've gotten.

I'm of the opinion that so far every Marvel movie,

the first one has been great, the second one's

been less so, and the third one's been the best.

And I think that holds true of All of the ones

that have gotten three, and the only one that

I think might even not be along that line is

Guardians of the Galaxy, but I think it's really

hard to compare the two, especially how recent

it is. But Iron Man 3 is so much fun. Fun is

what I want when I go to the movies. I want it

to be bonkers over the top and fun, while still

being logical and a story I can follow and relate

to. And I think Iron Man 3 did that perfectly.

I love the million Iron Mans at the end. and

I love that they tried to do the damsel thing

but did a turnaround on it where it's not just

the damsel in distress. I love Iron Man 3 and

I've watched it. I love, you know. I've been

reading comics all my life, and I love what they

did with the Mandarin. Anyone who complains about

that probably didn't read actual Mandarin comics,

because that dude was lame in the comic books.

He had 10 rings that could do random things,

like one of them was his door opening ring. Oh,

that's real cool. That's real interesting. He

can open doors with a ring, but not if they're

locked. Oh, his biggest menace was the key. man

three. Amanda what do you think? Or go ahead

Dan. Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt. I

was gonna say, I love Iron Man 3, too, and I

agree. I love the Mandarin twist. I think it's

one of the best things Marvels did. As Matt mentioned,

like, Mandarin has always been, like, the slamest.

It's the first time that character was interesting

and relevant. So, and I love just the spin shame

Black put on it. It really does feel like a buddy

cop movie from the 80s, and I don't know. I think

a lot of people hate that movie, and I don't

get it, but I do really. I still probably enjoy

Iron Man one more. But I have a lot of love for

Iron Man 3. I don't get the reason that people

dislike Iron Man 3 either. I'm 100 % with you

guys. I enjoyed Iron Man 3 quite a bit, and I

liked the Mandarin twist. And it's like the go

-to movie when you get the casting complaint

of every Marvel film is the same. It's like,

did you see Iron Man 3? Because it wasn't anything...

in the same vein as what we had seen beforehand.

So I don't get that argument. I enjoyed Iron

Man 3 quite a bit as well. Amanda, you didn't

have a problem with that twist either, did you?

No, I liked it. I think it had a lot of heart

and some awesome, awesome moments. Alright, what

is your number 29 then? I don't know if I have

to say a lot about this. DJ should be proud of

me. Okay, so my number 29 is from 1998 and it

is Disney's Mulan. Fish saves China! Wait, wait,

you can't defend Mulan now. You're on record.

You haven't heard Little Mermaid on my list yet,

have you? Somebody's still topping somebody here,

right? Alright, so Mulan! I was super excited

seeing the previews as a kid waiting for this

movie. It looked amazing. The preview was like

tense as hell and I think it had some amazing

visuals. Eddie Murphy was brilliant as Mushu.

I think the voice work and the songs were amazing.

I think Donny Osmond did the singing too in this.

So it's just a real fun ride. It's scary too.

I mean the stakes are super high. Especially

for a Disney movie here. Everybody's parents

though survived and put that out there Pixar

what up and I think that it it definitely was

a bright spot for me in that Aaron Disney Alright,

so a little Mulan love unexpectedly coming from

hard candy Mandy here DJ will be proud I for

my number 29 I'm going to the 1980s 1988 specifically

for probably one of the first more I don't know,

I guess you could call them more dramatic pieces

that I remember from my childhood and that was

when I watched the film Rain Man with Tom Cruise

and Dustin Hoffman. First of all, I loved Dustin

Hoffman, a huge fan of his, and this was just

a film that when I saw it I don't remember if

I'd ever seen anything quite like it and it just

kind of like... Took me back and showed me another

side of what film can do and maybe since then

I've always been more of a Dramatic film fan.

I mean, yeah, I do love my sci -fi and my fantasy

etc But I think after that it goes almost straight

to more dramatic roles and dramatic films and

I like the subject matter that's incorporated

and not to say that there's not funny moments

in comedy throughout this as well there obviously

is but I Enjoyed Rain Man quite a bit. So it's

a high enough to get up to my number 29. I'm

a very good driver There's so many quotable lines

from this, I won't spout them all off. Dan, what's

your number 29? It's funny when you said one

of the first dramatic films you watched as a

kid, I was like, wow, one's going to be when

I'm coming up, but it's not because it's a similar

situation. I promised I didn't plan this, but

I think this is a movie. I know, Kevin, I'm in,

I think you maybe have just watched for the first

time recently, I think maybe last week or the

week before. And as a director, I've talked about

many times and I will probably talk about again

before this countdown is all over and done with.

But for Martin Scorsese, Taxi Driver is my next

one for number 29. I think I mentioned to you

on Twitter, Kevin, that when I talk about character

studies, to me, Taxi Driver is... to go to is

like the measuring stick I use or what I rate

out of the amazing performance by De Niro and

just it by all means feels like a 70s film and

it in the best way is just like especially a

New York 70s movie. Some incredible characters,

Scorsese I think really kind of almost unhinged

in a way like I don't think necessarily has the

polish. that he'll get in something like Raging

Bull or other films. But there's this rawness

to Taxi Driver that really attracts me and maybe

De Niro's performance is one of the most iconic

characters of all time. I honestly didn't like

it as much the first time I saw it, but after

re -watching it a few times, I wanted it on Blu

-ray. I've really grown in my appreciation for

Taxi Driver. Matt, have you seen Taxi Driver?

No, I think I haven't seen any of the movies

that you guys just listed. I'll let Amanda go

first since obviously we did just watch this

within a week or two of this record. What was

your dance that you didn't necessarily like as

much the first time? Did you appreciate Taxi

Driver your first time or what do you think?

I don't know. There's a lot of sick stuff in

it that was hard for me to get. but I think Robert

De Niro's performance was amazing. And the story

is crazy and outrageous and sometimes a little

bit too true. Some of these things could really

have happened. Especially with people dealing

with certain aspects of like mental illness or

things like that. So that was a little hard to

get through but I think his performance is so

amazing that you know It's definitely worth a

watch. I think it's definitely one of the most

memorable characters of all time when it comes

to film and I think it might be something maybe

I'll have a similar experience Dan where the

more I watch it or you know The more I get familiar

with it the higher it'll rise Obviously I hadn't

seen seen it when I made this list so it didn't

kind of play a part into my top 100 at that point.

I also what I think I appreciate maybe most about

the film and this is what I my immediate reaction

was seconds after watching it to Amanda was I

think it highlights something that's very true

about life and and how how easily and how quickly

your life can take a completely different path

out of whether it's luck, happenstance, or coincidence

or whatever by the slightest change of one action

or something like that. It's the classic time

travel type thing. If you change one little thing,

it can have this huge effect. But De Niro's character,

especially in that final act, goes from... one

outcome to another outcome and they're so drastically

different and it's not even necessarily 100 %

by choice necessarily. So I really kind of like

that element and kind of like how you can kind

of dig into that a little bit and see how that

affects the outcome of his character in that

film. So I think there's a lot to like and I

think it's a very memorable character for sure.

All right, so those are all of our number 29s.

That brings it back to you, Matt, for number

28. So I went back on my list real quick and

looked and it seems on every Ten guys I have

at least one comic book movie So I know this

is a particularly superhero happy one, but it

is going to I'm gonna back Iron Man 3 up with

Captain America 3 Nice um and I think it's Captain

America 3 that puts it over because I think Captain

America 1 Wasn't as good as Iron Man 1 although

Captain America 2 was way better than Iron Man

2 But I love Iron Man 3, and I love Captain America

3. I like it better than Avengers 2. It's so

good. The way they brought in everyone, and there's

just a massive cast. But it doesn't feel like,

oh man, I didn't get enough of anyone. You get

enough of everyone. Like, sure, Ant -Man's in

there for ten seconds, but he's one of the most

memorable scenes in the movie. Like, he does

a perfect amount of job with the amount of time

he has. Like, it's so good. Like, Marvel just

keeps hitting him out of the park, and like,

I'm just holding my breath this year hoping DC

does one right. Seems like based on early reviews,

and by the time this goes out, those reviews

will be much more in the now that they might

have at least one. that people are praising.

Hopefully. Amanda, what do you think about Captain

America? Awesome. Awesome movie. I feel like

I need to watch it again. I think I've only watched

it the one time when we saw it in the theater.

So a rewatch would be great. But the motorcycle

scene, right? That was with Bucky man that blew

my friggin mind like that was a goosebump moment

There's so many awesome scenes in this Some really

cool stuff happening, you know with the relationship

and like the team dynamic too. So awesome stuff

Dan any thoughts on Captain America? Yeah, I

probably personally prefer winter soldier But

I think a lot of that also has to do the fact

that it's one of my favorite comic book stories

of all time So it has a lot to do with that.

But yeah, I mean I think you could argue, in

a way, where Captain America, Silver War, I think,

deals with that story even better. And I know,

like, one of the biggest things Marvel gets a

knock for is that they're kid films, or, like,

they're too childish in some ways, which I disagree

with. And I think Silver War is the best example

of that, where I think it gets into some really

strong emotional beats, especially with Iron

Man's character, Tony Stark, near the end. So,

yeah. There you go. Yeah, a lot of unanimous

love. I think Captain America has definitely

been the most solid out of the characters, you

know, as far as its trilogy goes. It doesn't

have many detractors from any of the films that

I've heard, so a lot of love for Captain America.

Amanda, what do you have at number 28? I'm gonna

get real sad right here with even just mentioning

this movie, okay? The description is, two childhood

friends find themselves forced to be enemies.

Would you guess that's 1981's The Fox and the

Hound? I was not gonna guess that no, I would

have guessed an animated movie So heartbreaking.

Oh my god, I love this movie, but I hate it at

the same time Wow, it makes me feel I feel so

bad for everybody in this movie But it's such

a marvelous the story it's it's so heartbreaking

but wonderful and happy and and so many things

mushed together Kurt friggin Russell Mickey Rooney

has some voices here I think that as much as

I like want to show like a little kid this I

I don't know what age I would even want to show

them this like it's so sad it's even sadder than

Bambi and and that's hard to do so yeah 28 Fox

and the Hound for some reason that's one of the

Disney films that just doesn't stick with me

in my memory as far as I I couldn't even tell

you like us an individual scene or how the story

goes or anything maybe I've only seen it a couple

times but maybe I need to revisit it because

I don't have a strong memory of Fox and the Hound.

If you don't have a strong memory memory of Fox

and the Hound I don't even know if you've ever

seen it. I have seen it. That sticks with you.

Scarring. I don't know it must have been overshadowed

by other movies I saw or something I don't know.

Dan, what do you think Fox in the Hound is appropriate

for what age? Oh Man, that's a good question.

Oh It's been a while since I haven't So I think

I lost my soul that was when I bought it in VHS

or my parents bought it VHS when I was younger

So I you know, probably eight ish, you know around

that age I would think I'll take your word for

it 70 maybe All right for my number 28 interesting

that you had a Scorsese film at your number 29

because I have one of my number 28 much more

modern Scorsese film But I just like all of the

elements that it presents that are are actually

very much Accurate from a historical standpoint

if you take them Bit by bit, I guess not as a

whole but I'm going with 2002's gangs of New

York Another one of the films. It's below 90

% on 75 % on Rotten Tomatoes, but I love gangs

in New York I think Daniel Day -Lewis is absolutely

amazing in this film. You got Liam Neeson Leonardo

DiCaprio Cameron Diaz, but I think there's a

lot to love in this film. There's a lot of America's

history that is present that you can kind of

especially if you watch like special features

or if you kind of break it down a little bit.

There's a lot to use here and I just think it's

a compelling story. It's a little bloody, a little

gruesome maybe, not something you want to watch

maybe with your grandma or your mom or something

like that unless they're into that stuff. So

maybe not for everybody, but for someone who

really loves American history it worked super

well for me. So Gangs of New York for Martin

Scorsese is my number 28. Yeah, what I love about

that too is just like it's a it takes place or

it covers a part of history that is really talked

about Right, you know, it's like it's just completely

kind of glossed over It's a prior to Civil War

beginning and it's you know, it's a really interesting

period of time. Yeah You talked about I think

last one that was one of the first dramatic films

you remember watching as a kid and I don't this

isn't straight -up drama, but it certainly has

dramatic aspects and I think As a kid, everyone

wanted to go on one of those crazy adventures

with all your friends and maybe to go see a dead

body, like Stand By Me. 1986 film by Rob Reiner,

Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman. Again,

it's one based upon a Stephen King novel, of

course. And I just think of like coming of age

films. That's one of the best for me. Came out

around that time was one of those movies where

I think. I don't think I've ever like sat down

when I was a kid and watched it from beginning

to end, but it would just be on TV and whatever

I was doing, I'm like, okay, we'll all be watching

this for now on. And every time I see like, if

I go in the woods or someplace and I see like

a body of water, I just think of the specific

scene with the leeches in this movie. And of

course, you know, the train sequence and everything

like that. But it's just really great travel

performances too, by kids making kids who actually

feel real and complete characters. deals with

some of the heavy issues for those ages right

before you get into high school and really become

who you are. So to me, it's all -time great,

which is all -time favorite, which is why it's

on this list. Amanda, Matt, thoughts on Stand

By Me? I don't think I've ever seen this whole

movie. Oh, it's so good. like this is one of

the most memorable movies from my childhood that

i had to figure out what that movie was like

what's that movie with like the pie eating contest

and i think there's a train like it's so good

like i didn't know what scene you guys are talking

about the train where they all have to like get

underneath the tracks because they're on like

a bridge and the train's coming right yeah Some

at least a couple of them do some of them make

it across I think I've seen that scene But whatever

I caught on the TNT is what I saw of it This

film probably would have had a great shot of

making my list if I had rewatched it since the

90s But I that was the one thing that was keeping

me off for that one I kind of mentioned that

early on the countdown was some of these films

I was I wasn't sure how high or low I could rate

them because I had only seen them once or I hadn't

seen them in over You know 10 20 years and that

was the case for stand by me. I haven't seen

it since the the early 90s, so need to revisit

this one because I do remember liking it quite

a bit it was one of those that I believe it when

I first got like the the movie club Columbia

House or whatever it was where you could get

your VHS tapes seven for a dollar or whatever

it was one of the first ones I got I think and

but I haven't seen it since then so all right

Matt back to you for number 27 Alright my number

27 is classic American superhero film love actually

It's I don't know it's like a movie Amy and I

watch every Christmas and like it really I I

can really be sold a savvy love story like I

May not seem like it, but it really is something

I enjoy Even if I can't do it often because I

don't like getting all movie emotional And they

tend to make me just weep openly like even the

bad ones like what was the Valentine's Day? Which

you will never hear on my list, but definitely

made me feel something Which might be why I like

goofy silly movies like it's just You know, one

of those rom -coms that have like a thousand

different storylines and at the end they all

converge and everyone gets a happy story, or

most of the people get a happy story. I mean,

Liam Neeson's wife's still dead. And like, I

don't know, I just love it and I love a good,

good rom -com. That really hurts when you realize

that, that if you, when you say that and you

realize it's also kind of true in real life.

Yeah. Oh man. A dour note from the cinema geeks.

Yes, exactly. Let's liven it up with a 90s animated

film. Amanda, what do you have at number 27?

Bro, we're gonna get a little farther into the

90s again. It's not an animated film. 1996, Independence

Day. Alright? The floor is yours. What do I need

to say about this amazing movie? Will Smith,

Bill Pullman, my first Jeff Goldblum film on

the list for today. There will be another. And,

uh, this is one of my faves from when I was younger.

Like, I don't know if I was too young to watch

this, but I don't think it was that bad. I don't

think there was any, like, bad cussing or anything.

But, like, aliens and cigar smoking and, uh,

it was just amazing. Will Smith punches an alien

in the face and then drags its body across the

desert. And so much intense stuff is happening.

They blew up the friggin' White House. Those

aliens were scary, too. Like, they were not playing,

dude. Um, this... being said, the Independence

Day resurgence ruined a lot of shit, but I'm

gonna ignore that that happened and just focused

on 1996 Independence Day. Alright, any thoughts

on Independence Day? Dan? Matt? As a kid, it

was like one of my favorite movies growing up.

I remember like, it wasn't always the first blockbuster,

but I felt like it entered this new echelon of

blockbusters. that we've now been seeing over

and over again. But of course, Will Smith. Will

Smith was like the coolest guy ever. I agree

100 % with what Dan said. I don't know of a time

before this where I was like, yeah, that's the

movie that was the summer movie. Yeah, that was

a time when the movie blockbuster season was

actually a restraint to the summer. having that

is definitely not a thing anymore so I guess

we don't get that anymore we get them year -round

I'm gonna stick with science fiction for my number

27 but I'm gonna go to a decade earlier and instead

of 96 I'll go down back to 1982 for the into

the world of Steven Spielberg for ET for my number

27. I don't know what else needs to be said about

ET. I don't know if future generations have the

same love for ET as my generation does. I guess

I'm not basing that off of anything. I don't

have anything to go off of on that, but for at

least me and the age I was, that came out...

a year after I was born so I didn't see it right

away obviously but I remember seeing it at some

Christmas it used to play at Christmas time I

think or at least somebody had it on DVD or not

DVD but VHS and would play it at these Christmas

functions because I remember seeing it at my

uncle's house early on at a Christmas party and

just fell in love with it and I think that's

one of the first science fiction things that

I saw that kind of really made me a sci -fi lover

for life, I think. Obviously, there were some

other films that came around early on that helped

that out, but E .T. was one of the ones, the

first one that was more geared towards kids,

I felt, that also just wowed me from a lot of

different levels. So, E .T. from 1982 is my number

27. Amanda, you've seen E .T.? Yeah, I've seen

E .T. a few times. I think it's a super fun film.

I think it's another one that has a lot of heart.

I've never been like, man, I just really want

to freaking watch ET. It's always been something

that I've just seen on and then sat down and

watched it. I don't think I've ever like, you

know, sought it out myself, but I'm never gonna

say no to watching it if it's on. Matt, what

do you think about ET? I think that I saw it

at like a really young age. Like I did not know

it was before at my birth, so I have no idea

what age I was when I saw it. I definitely saw

it as a kid. and I can remember bits and pieces

of it, but part of me wonders how much of it

I remember from watching it and how many I remember

from parody and homage. Gotcha. Dan, do you think

this is something that you had to be the right

age when you saw it or is this something that's

more timeless? I recently, while I saw it as

a kid and then when I went through all Spielberg's

films, I watched it again and I felt it really

holds up. I think there might be like a gap like

watching it as a kid and then maybe watching

it as adult because it is like Watching a movie

as a kid again, which I don't know if that I'll

make that sentence structure But basically the

way like Spielberg made that movie like it's

all shot through the kids perspective And especially

if you look at movie like things like stranger

things that just came came around and very much

is in the tone of ET So I think maybe people

like there's certainly a huge impact. I think

on like why lots of groups of people So maybe

if you get older and you rewatch it, I think

you'll have an impact. But I do agree, but you

get that special age where you can get invested

in the story of ET. It can be very devastating

considering the ups and downs emotionally that

movie has. So I know it had one of like this

as a kid, one of the saddest moments I saw. and

then had a brother or sister that was there and

it's like, don't worry, everything turns out

okay. But yeah, it's a great film. All right.

Dan, what do you have at your number 27? For

my number 27, I'm actually gonna talk about a

movie I recently just did an article on for Geocast

Radio, one of my ultimate favorite documentaries

and that's Man on Wire. It's a documentary regarding

this man who is attempting to uh what was happening

in in the 70s to before the world trade centers

were open to attach a high wire between the two

buildings and walk across them and it's a crazy

incredible but true story and it's just remember

when i saw this in 2008 2009 actually was later

than that And it was about the time when everyone

was like talking about the best movies of the

decade between 2000 and 2009. And this was on

a lot of people's lists and I sat down and watched

it and it just, it to me brought me to a new

level of understanding when it came to documentary

filmmaking, how you can use things like. recreation

of scenes, and it still looks good, and it doesn't

look like a bad TV movie. And just the character

of Philippe Petet, who was the person the movie

centered on, is just, I don't know, he's a little

bit crazy, but of course this was just recently

redone with the Joseph Gordon -Levitt movie,

which was enjoyable, but... Think not as emotionally

impactful as the actual documentary. So not to

sound too sneaky. It's not either but no I haven't

seen the documentary but I can just based on

seeing the other part of the actual movie that

I can see how that would be the case and especially

based on people's descriptions of him as a real

person because you know, he was in all essence

from those accounts a Larger than life character

a character you would expect to see in a movie

because of his craziness or his personality traits

or whatever so I'd be interested to see that

documentary after seeing the film just to kind

of see a little bit more of that story. Amanda,

you watched the Joseph Gooden -Levitt film. What

do you think of that story overall? The way that

they went about making this movie made it hard

for me to feel like he was a real person. Because

didn't they have it where he like broke the fourth

wall a couple times or something like that There

was some weird things that happened in the film

that Made it very much a movie and it was hard

for me to vest In it as him as a real person

So I think it would be interesting to see the

documentary to kind of and then maybe go back

and even watch it again to kind of compare it

and Feel then that he's a real dude and seeing

this stuff. Yeah, absolutely. All right, Matt

That brings it back to you for your number, 26.

All right. I guess everything's in pairs for

this one, because my number 26 is The Notebook.

Oh, jeez. Which, much like I think Independence

Day was one of my first forays into summer blockbusters,

I think The Notebook might have been my first

one in the heart -wrenching romantic comedies?

Dramas? It was interesting because I watched

it with a guy who I guess is one of my my manliest

man friends with his girlfriend at the time like

he was like I was a fifth wheel for a lot of

that relationship and that come to think of it

and he would always invite me to weird things

and he's like hey, uh Me my lady and her friend

are gonna watch a movie when I come over and

I was like sure and Like when we're walking out.

He's like man. I was a dumb movie and I'm like

something going yeah Like just fucking like heart

-wrenching I don't know if I've ever been affected

by a movie as much as I had at that point in

my life and It's like, I don't know man. What

kind of soulless person doesn't feel something

like that last 10 minutes is intense? Oh god,

I don't want to think about it because I'm gonna

start crying like that is that is an intense

movie and the ending especially is just I don't

even have words. Definitely something that impacts

you and something that sticks with you. And I

know that people make fun of it a lot, but it

is a really, like, touching film, especially

at the end, and thinking about it, I don't feel

like crying now. But it's definitely, Matt was

right, because something like that affects you

deeply. And I think the only other movie that

I've seen that affected me in that same way was,

like, P .S. I love you. which I saw after that.

And so I don't, I can't, it's hard for me to

watch this movie because I know it's gonna break

me down like super bad. Dan, what are your thoughts?

I mean, it's The Gauss, right? Yeah, yeah. You

have to like it. It's, I think it helped, not,

I mean not launch, but certainly Rachel McAdams

and Ryan Gosling did become, I think, bigger

stars because of that movie. It's, it is a well

-done romantic, romantic drama, I would say,

and it was almost like the, my current wife,

Future life I should say It was it was Almost

our first date, but she didn't want to go to

it because she was too scared that she would

cry She went on crying our first date So we ended

up not seeing the notebook and seeing this terminal

instead, but it all worked out. But yeah Yeah,

I think this one maybe I think this one gets

more Fleck because of all of the other Nicholas

Sparks movies or things that came after it that

it kind of compounded the fact maybe and why

people use it as a target but uh... yeah i remember

being uh... somewhat emotionally having the heartstrings

tugged at a little bit during that one too. You've

seen this? Yeah. I was not aware of that. Did

you watch it with a girl or by yourself? I have

no recollection whatsoever. Probably with my

mom and my sister. You're gonna let me know right

now. Those are girls. Yes, two girls. Family.

Alright. Amanda, your number. 26 I have a lot

of love for this movie and I You guys better

to 1991 that's hook Dustin Hoffman as hook Robin

Williams as grown -up Peter Pan Julie Roberts

as Tinkerbell Bob Hoskins as me Dante Basco as

a Rufio. It's a Spielberg movie grown -up Peter

Pan has to go back into Neverland and rescue

his children from Captain Hook who has kidnapped

them. I like the fact that you were pulling your

hair the entire time that you were saying that.

So we both had a Dustin Hoffman film and we both

had a Spielberg film, but I went with Rain Man

and E .T. and you're going with Hook. And Don't

Judge, that's an amazing movie, okay? Matt, do

you share the love for Hook? Oh yeah, love. Loved

Hook as a kid. Like, I need to re -watch it as

an adult because like... I loved it. I've just

never been a fan of anything, Peter Pan. The

animated movie or any of the other films or specials

or anything that have come from that or since

that. Not even any plays or anything? Not a lot.

I mean, I'm not just a huge fan of that story

overall, so maybe that's why it's not resonating

as much for me. Dan - He was a dude that won't

grow up! Scott, look at your t -shirt right now.

He's wearing a Transformers t -shirt. Dude can't

grow up, but can't - like peter pan the dude

that doesn't want to grow up i don't know for

some reason it just didn't i couldn't connect

with it this is too much like you no no that's

not what i i didn't think that dan what do you

think about hook i love that as a kid i we watched

it a few years ago and i wasn't as high on it

um but just some things didn't work for me as

much as that they did as a kid but you know what's

uh who is it um bob hoskins as me is great and

of course dustin hoffman as as as hook he's he's

fantastic but Yeah, there's a lot of fun and

they're supposed to be making that like Rufio

prequel movie. So you got that All right for

my number 26 I'm gonna go back as far back as

I'm gonna go during this section of the countdown

back to 1940 for a romantic comedy entitled The

Philadelphia Story starring Jimmy Stewart, Cary

Grant, and Katharine Hepburn. The only time,

the only film ever to put Jimmy Stewart and Cary

Grant together and I think... It was magical.

I think their dynamic was fantastic. I thought

it was hilarious And I did not expect you know

going in and watching a 1940 film to find it

as funny and to be just absolutely mesmerized

by the acting performances that were They were

going on in front of me, and I think the dialogue

is very good and the directions very good As

well obviously since I have it in my top 30 here,

but interesting note on that that Hepburn was

it was actually made for her the the play or

the the screenplay was made for her and she got

complete ability to select or veto the director

Director and actors and something else like she

had a lot of control over who was involved in

that film And it was actually supposed to be

two other people Clark Gable and somebody else

instead of Stewart and Grant But the other two

actors were busy or had other commitments So

I ended up being Jimmy Stewart and Cary Grant

and thank goodness it did it actually has a hundred

percent right now in Rotten Tomatoes But I've

only seen it once but it's has stuck with me

so much I'd like to revisit again and show Amanda

this film because I I think it's Possibly one

of, if not the best romantic comedies of all

time. So, The Philadelphia Story is my number

26. Cats try to break into the cabinets. Dan,

what do you got? I have a movie that I think

I'm not going to say much for because I don't

think this was anyone's list so far. It might

have been, but it might be one that we have the

possibility of being on everyone's top 30. Maybe,

maybe not, I don't know. But I'm gonna go with,

for my number 26 is Back to the Future. When

I think of movies that are the, you know, kind

of define what it is to be fun in cinema, that

to me is Back to the Future. I love all the films,

the entire trilogy, but the first one still stands

to me as one of the best recently. It was on

Netflix, I think it still is, and I remember

one day sitting down and just watching them back,

back, back, and they still hold up, obviously

very, very heavily influenced by the 80s and

the 50s, and it's just a really good time piece

for more ways than one. Some of the most iconic

movie characters of all time. And people obviously

keep talking about them. I feel like it's a movie.

That's still the zeitgeist 30 years later, so

it's my number 26 Yeah, I have some issues with

the third one in the series And I think that's

what brings the trilogy down a little bit for

me But I think you know if you just take the

first one and the second one that's one of the

best one -two Punches that we've ever had in

film, and I think the second one is probably

one of the best sequels We've ever had so agree

with everything you said there on back to the

future Anybody else any thoughts on back to the

future? Man, I mean what what bad can you say

about back to the future? I think that a ton

of it's super iconic and Who doesn't know some

of these references that still come up today,

man? Yeah, I mean great movies Definitely worth

a rewatch as an adult. Also, I'm I love Like

a classic 80s movie that has like a theme song

But you know gotta go back it's like just like

like Ghostbusters already. I love it Yeah, absolutely

gold. Alright, so that's the first half of today's

countdowns. We've revealed numbers 30 through

26 We're gonna take a quick break and when we

come back after the break, we're gonna reveal

25 through 21 So we're into our top 25 after

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for our top 25 films. Matt, it starts with you

with your number 25. Yeah, I think from 25 on

I don't have anything that I'm gonna have to

apologize for because they're just the 25 best

movies. And my number 25 classic 80s movie and

I pulled up Rotten Tomatoes like three in to

see to see where I was because Kevin kept going

90 above 90 and it's like oh I wonder where mine

is. This is my highest ranking one at like 80.

And that is Flash Gordon. Nice, old school. Just

a super fun action adventure movie with the whole

soundtrack is just Queen, just freaking rockin'.

You wanna talk about a good 80s movie with a

theme song? Flash Gordon, my friends. I've watched

it, I don't know, a half dozen times. I've watched

it on the night where I met my current wife.

Dan, to have that in our same 10 list or whatever.

It's so good. I love it. It is very cheesy, a

little campy. If you can't stand that, don't

go in, but just flash Gordon. Dan or Amanda,

have you seen this one? I haven't, no. I've watched

Ted, which references a lot in my accounts, but

that's funny. So maybe a blind spot for all of

us. I've seen... Parts, but I don't think I've

seen it in its entirety from one end to the other

so I'll add that one to the list Amanda 25 I

don't know how much love I'm gonna get for this,

but I'm kind of out of the 90s How are you kind

of out of the 90s? 1989 That's out of the 90s

Bill and Ted's excellent adventure two seemingly

dumb teens struggle to prepare historical presentation

with the help of a time machine So we got the

time aspect going on here. Keanu Reeves. Boom.

Are you gonna say yes, you don't need to defend

it. I mean, it's amazing Even like how they speak

to each other is is like elevated even though

they're kind of dumb You know what I mean? They're

a little clueless, but even how they speak to

each other is amazing Their interaction with

other people too is super cool. They're weird

little quarks Wild stallions all right the most

epic air guitar in possible happening throughout

awesome music super cool eighties vibe and yeah

i dig it thoughts on bill and ted from anybody

yes like this movie is a staple of my childhood

like like i think as dumb as they are like the

the moment where he tricks what was his dad with

the pre -recorded cassette player thing is one

of the greatest things in time travel history.

But this is a movie that I work in a college

town with a bunch of 22 year olds who have never

heard of this movie series. And I go, no, this

is where Keanu Reeves started. And they go, no,

that was The Matrix. And it's like. No. The Matrix

was controversial because of this movie. Like,

wait, wait, you're going to put that dumb guy

in The Matrix? It's insane to me that Keanu Reeves

is this big mega blockbuster action star, and

people now have forgotten where he came from.

I'm going to make some t -shirts for us, Matt,

that say, never forget. And it's got Bill and

Ted on the front. Sitting on top of that time

machine. Mm -hmm. All right, so from Bill and

Ted in 1989. I'm gonna go forward into the 90s

since you weren't in the 90s I'll go there. I'm

actually gonna be in 1991 for two picks and this

is the first of those I guess somewhat fitting

Jonathan Demme films silence of the lambs at

my number 25 possibly the first horror slash

thriller that I had ever seen. I had seen horror

films, I had seen slasher films and the like,

but I had not seen any type of psychological

or horror thriller, I don't think, at this point

in my life. So it was kind of a new thing for

me and I was definitely blown away by Silence

of the Lambs and just an interesting story, interesting

characters, the stuff of nightmares I guess,

but Silence of the Lambs for me at number...

25 and any thoughts? Gary Oldman. Gary Oldman.

Dan, any thoughts on Silence of the Lambs? Somebody's

already had this on their list, I believe. I

think it might have been me. OK. One of the greatest,

obviously, and one of the few films that had

best director, best actor, best actress, and

best movie at the Academy Awards, and rightfully

so. And of course, oh, I forget the director's

name. We just recently passed away. Jonathan

Deming. Jonathan Demme. It's legitimately one

of the greatest movies, probably American movies

for sure, ever made. That means it's your turn,

Dan, for your number 25. For my number 25, I

think we're also going to talk about a movie

that's also been mentioned in this countdown.

Kevin you had it on your list I could be mistaken

but it is one of my current favorite directors

and I don't think I've talked about him yet so

far with the top 100 but I'm going with my favorite

film of 2011 and that is Drive by Nicholas Winning

Refn another Ryan Gosling movie so maybe we should

have bet how many Ryan Gosling movies would be

in our top 30 but it just to me it is style personified

by in every means, just so well directed, such

a fascinating soundtrack. One of the best car

cases ever was the opening of this movie. But

I just, I don't know, I was, this movie just

encapsulated basically everything I could, I

wanted it to be and I love it. It's such a, the

look, the style. Gosling's jacket. It's just

they're so meticulously put together and yeah,

so it's He's always got some real nice jackets.

Yeah, he's a jacket guy. I think this is the

favorite film for me from Ruffin Because I haven't

liked most of his other stuff, but I did like

Drive quite a bit. So Yeah, I can understand

that pick for sure. Matt. Have you seen Drive?

I don't think I have Check it out sometime. It's

it's good stuff for sure. Let's go to something

you have seen Matt. What's your number 24? Oh

shoot I probably have seen that one. Okay, so

for the next five It's a very specific chunk

and I know that it overlaps into two episodes.

These are only movies that I watched during Crappy

movie night bad movie night, whatever you want

to call it Like that I started in my high school

or my college years And so they're all bad movies

but my watching them is some of my favorite memories

of movie watching experiences in my life. And

so just a heads up, almost none of them are on

Rotten Tomatoes. They're the movies that when

you go to type in, you have to get about 12 to

13 letters in on IMDB before it guesses anywhere

near the right movie. For all of them, it's great.

I love it. They're great movies. And my number

24 is Warriors of the Wasteland. um your your

biggest named guy in worries the wastelands fred

williamson you've seen him in a few movies before

i'm sure um but mostly it's just it's like this

uh mad max inspired like semi post apocalyptic

movie like some people are using guns Fred Williamson

uses a bow and like it has exploding arrowheads

at one point he unscrews an arrowhead and just

kind of casually tosses it over his shoulder

and it blows up three dudes that run on camera

right as he's like unscrewing it like that he

didn't know where that it's just it's just unmitigated

action um it there are a couple of weird ones

more as a wasteland probably why it's the the

lowest on this block of five um like but it's

so good, and it's so much fun, and I can't recommend

it enough. I'm trying to remember if I've seen

this or not. See, there's going to be a couple

of them that you watched because you were at

Bad Movie Night a bunch. Yeah, and that title

sounds so familiar, so I think that might be

one that I actually did see, but Fred Williamson,

yeah, I've seen this one. So I need to revisit

Warriors of the Wasteland because I do remember

that being a lot of fun. Amanda, you see that?

No? Okay. I'm more than willing to bring over

like any of these bad movies to watch them so

that Amanda can experience, you know, what makes

me me I don't know if I need to say a bunch about

this, but it's very in line with my last pick.

This is 1992's Wayne's World Amazing soundtrack

some amazing iconic stuff in here and it's just

It's super fun, and it's super close to home.

There's Aurora, right? And you can't get any

better than two dudes playing hockey in the street

and having their own public cable access TV show

in their basement. Dan, what's better, Bill and

Ted or Wayne's World? Bill and Ted Bogus Journey.

That's my choice. I like the sequel more. There's

not many funnier sequences than Bill and Ted

facing off against death in different games.

One of the funniest moments ever. Matt, what

do you think? Wayne's World or Bill and Ted?

Oh, actually, this is interesting, because someone

at work, me, at work I brought up that there's

this discussion of doing a Bill and Ted 3, and

I got into a talk with someone who was older

than me who could really remember these, because

no one younger than me does. And I had the realization,

actually, that I think of Wayne's world. 3 would

be a better choice because like Bill and Ted

I feel like Bill and Ted doesn't have anything

to say but Wayne's world like where they've like

public access is gone and so now they're trying

or the public asset is dying and they're trying

to do like a webisode thing you know like Millennials

because you know for whatever reason Hollywood

hates the next generation hardcore what the hell

cars 3 what the hell CBS but like just like this

whole weird like your old old man millennials

doing everything on the internet and they're

all like no man i still love music like i think

there's a lot more to explore there than there

is with bill and ted and so i'm gonna have to

go with wayne's world for that reason alone would

garth keep his long hair he always and he could

keep his glasses those are popular again they

weren't even cool back then have that moment

where like he sees another Garth in the millennial

crowd that has the same glasses and he goes,

oh man, maybe he updates his style to an older

style so that he's not modern. The jokes write

themselves, Wayne's World 3. Where are you at?

For the record, this is all this information

and creativity. We've got to trademark that.

That's property of Cinema Geeks, so don't go

stealing. Yeah, man. You could have that if I

get the movie. All right. I'm going to stay with

my 1991 theme for my number 24. I was there with

Silence of the Lambs, and I will stay there.

for my pick I guess within this franchise which

I'm going to the Terminator franchise Terminator

2 Judgment Day 1991 from James Cameron but the

whole franchise Terminator is what I'm representing

here at my number 24 pick you're too late because

Dan already did it alright Terminator my number

24 I'll stop talking yep alright Dan what do

you got? I did a Terminator already? you did

it last episode Taking the wind right out of

my my sails there I had to represent Arnold somewhere.

So this is how I got him in Terminator 2 There

you go. All right, very nice. All right. I am

gonna go with my number 24 pick I'm going with

an Akira Corsale film probably the first one

I think I've ever seen and so by far my favorite

Movie that kind of defines what it is to be an

epic And that is Seven Samurai, probably a movie

that's been remade more than any other movie

in history, from Magnificent Seven, to Magnificent

Seven's remake, to all the different Japanese

remakes of it as well. A classic story of obviously

seven samurai who look to protect this village.

And it's just like, you know, it's a curator's

hour. This filmmaking at its top echelon movie

that has obviously hugely impacted the medium.

and still does today. It is quite long and it's

not necessarily a movie that you're gonna sit

down and, you know, watch on a Friday night.

It's over 200 minutes or so. So it does take

some time. It is slowly paced. It may not be

for everyone, but I love Samurai films. And if

you love Samurai films, you're gonna love Kurosawa.

And there's a lot of people, people may have

their favorite seven Samurai. It might be cliche,

but it's a cliche for a reason because it's a

great film. So that's what it is for me. Matt,

have you seen this one? I don't think I've ever

seen any Kurosawa movies and that is to my detriment,

I know. We almost looked this up after we watched

the remake of the Magnificent Seven film. We're

gonna look up the original one and the original

Magnificent Seven title and the Seven Samurai,

but we never got around to it, so maybe we should

add that back into the mix. So I've never heard

much bad said about it. That's gonna have to

be like a rainy Sunday afternoon. Something to

keep us in for that long, for sure. Alright,

Matt. Man, we're getting down to the end here.

Number 23. Alright, my number 23 is a movie that

almost no one's ever heard of with a cast you

don't know. Only one of them is even pictured

on IMDB. That's Miles O 'Keefe, and that is the

movie Phantom Raiders. It's a 1988 movie that

is about how, it's a total Cold War film where

yadda yadda yadda some... like soldiers go rogue

to go over and fight a bunch of commies or whatever

like literally there's an hour long sequence

where it's like a guy would run on like run on

the screen and then get gunned down by 60 dudes

like it's just just guns you know there's like

a 20 minute like this is the setup of the movie

and then it's just an hour of just gun shooting

it is so dumb so fun so great like it's it's

hilarious because it's like two or three like

old salt war guys that like like we're getting

too old for this so they like get some younger

guys to fill in their ranks and their final training

thing like they they have like a training montage

and their final training thing is that they gotta

do this uh um zip line while there's an explosion

a hundred feet away from them like they like

there's no guns there's no there's zip line explosion

behind them in it like in the movie in the movie

thing it almost looks like The behind the scenes

of doing a crappy rap video where they're like,

okay now zip down cue the explosion And like

it's just so good. Like I love this really dumb

movie. It's so much fun That reminded me of so

many other movies Amanda I want to see what your

other picks are met before I comment too much

Home Alone. Donald Trump Aside. Is that the second

one? Yeah. Yeah, so Home Alone. Who do I need

to explain this to? Probably nobody. Everybody's

seen it, right? Yeah. Okay, so we're good. One

comment in a recent Adventure Zone episode. Adventure

Zone is a Dungeons and Dragons podcast. If you

don't listen to it, you should. It's one of the

best podcasts ever. One of the guys, and this

is a bonus episode, so it's kind of cheating,

sorry. One of the guys does a dungeon adventure

and all of the traps are very clearly just lifted

one by one out of Home Alone, like spikes on

the stairs and giant paint cans on a rope. It's

so perfect. and it's great, and I love it. And,

I mean, who doesn't love a movie where the main

character's name is Kevin? Oh, geez. Villains

here are so amazing though, too. I mean the wet

bandits can't be beat. They're hilarious So hardcore,

I mean I so much of this is painful to like the

iron and the face stepping on the broken glass

shards and bare feet So much is painful, but

it's so satisfying Alright for my number 23,

I will see Amanda's animation picks and and up

it I guess because I'm gonna go to a 90 animation

pick that you have not mentioned yet Let's go

to the year 1994 for the Lion King at my number

23 I had to pick something from the Disney quote

-unquote Renaissance and Lion King is the one

that Jumped to the top for me. I do have a lot

of love for Aladdin Little Mermaid, but I think

Lion King might be the better movie out of the

three. So Lion King, I don't think there's much

that needs to be said. It's all been said before.

We've heaped praises on this in different episodes

throughout Get Cast Radio's history. So Lion

King, number 23. Dan? Yeah, all time great. I

forget where it ranks in our top 100 animated

films, but it was very high up there. Yeah. My

number. 23. Oddly, I feel like I've actually

had a few films I talked about today that I have

articles now on Geocache Radio, and this is another

one, and that is Bicycle Thieves. One of the

first, I think, porn films I've ever watched,

and it's a very simple story, one that's actually

kind of been told in different ways almost, if

people ask, of just a man who loses his bicycle

in the major impact that has, and it's just,

you know, it's... Such a powerful story within

that a very great father and son story and then

it's you know, you have a really well main movie

one of the best sequences is just two people

in a Cafe in the restaurant eating dinner and

it just it just works and maybe not sound fantastic

But it is such a moving sequence So I think like

if you're looking to get into classic French

films if you know, you have that urge. There's

a lot of strange places to start but I think

Bicycle Thieves is a really good place to start

because it's very I think welcoming and it sometimes

some of the French films can get very difficult

to watch or they're you know they're overly complicated

or kind of too artsy as some may say. Bicycle

Thieves I think is a more very much more of a

realistic approach and I think even relatable

to today so. What year was that from? Italian.

Thank you. I watched it as part of my Italian

classes in college and I was like, are we thinking

the same movie we are? Definitely great movie,

but it's Italian. 1948. Italian. Not French.

I am completely wrong. It's one of those foreign

countries. Australia, I think. At least it's

a romance language. They're very similar. But

that makes me interested, Dan, because I think

a lot of people do have... maybe a block or barriers

when it comes to certain types of movies. I know

some people won't watch, for example, since we're

doing the Miyazaki Spotlight, some people won't

watch anime films or some people won't watch

foreign language films or black and white films.

So I think that's interesting if people are worried

about that it might be a good entry into some

more foreign language films and kind of expose

or open up some doors to people that are looking

for more films to get into. So, awesome. Matt

22. My number 22 is karate cop which I think

is the only one of the my bad movie block That

is actually a franchise if you can call it such

the sequel to Omega cop Which I think is the

story of the last cop and then karate cop is

the story of also still the last cop this this

movie might be the like the first one that kicked

it off proper where we stopped doing like the

first one we did that wasn't like meant to be

a big hollywood blockbuster is definitely just

a uh straight to dvd cheapo movie um that i'm

sure hit theaters but nowhere that i ever saw

it stars uh ron marcini uh who i thought at the

time was a bigger actor because we just picked

up like i don't know a dozen one dollar movies

and he was in like a third of them uh... but

he's only like eleven movies ever including like

one internet thing i think so like he's not well

-known but he's a decent karate guy the biggest

name guy of course david keradine plays like

an evil bartender who uh... tries to serve our

our protagonist john travis the last cop in on

earth tries to serve him uh... like a chili that's

made out of like rats or humans or both uh...

it's just a fun like weirdly quotable action

movie post apocalyptic about the last cop in

a world that's dying because of sunspots i think

um and uh there's an enemy called snaker who

uh can't talk and so he sounds like he oh it

sounds like his name is schnagle because every

time he says his name it sounds like he says

schnagle um and the the lead villain is like

fucking it looks so much like uh Ron Jeremy like

so much like Ron Jeremy like this movie is so

good. It's hilarious I've watched it a dozen

times if someone wasn't sold by that description.

I don't know what you got to do Omega Cop has

Adam West in it too as like the leader of the

cops nice not the police chief I Mean yeah, probably

the police chief, but he but it really is just

the leader of the cops because it's so weird

and disorganized It doesn't make sense Nice.

Amanda, your second to last pick. What do you

got? 1993. They do move in herds. Jurassic Park.

Jurassic Park. I knew that was going to be your

next Jeff Goldblum film. Only because I couldn't

think of any other one that would be warranted.

So why right now? Jurassic Park. It's just like

a childhood staple. I mean, it's something that

I've seen a thousand times that I'm gonna wanna

keep seeing. It's a great franchise. It's even

continuing now. I mean, how amazing is that?

And I think that it's something that everybody

knows, and you can't deny how awesome this movie

is. It's terrifying, thrilling, awe -inspiring,

and it's got some great moments. ton of cool,

quotable things happening here too, and yeah,

gotta do it. Definitely some awe -inspiring moments

that you weren't thinking you would see on that

level in that film, and anybody that didn't know

about Jurassic Park a couple years ago certainly

does now. Matt, thoughts on Jurassic Park? A

great movie, like, yeah, thumbs up. Alright.

My number 22 goes directly to that statement

that I made earlier about films that I like way

more than the general public does. I'm going

to do - Isn't that what all these things are

on the list here? No, because a lot of these

films are universally loved. You just said Jurassic

Park. Who doesn't like Jurassic Park? But this

is our own personal list, so how can you go take

something from your own personal list and go,

I like this more than everybody else, you guys?

No, I'm just saying that - That makes sense.

It's - Yeah, it's because... It's his list. He

likes it more. He definitely likes it more than

me. It's kind of like self -evident, right? No,

no, no. Because there's a lot of these films

that are universally loved, and this is one that

is not. So that's why I'm saying I think I'm

a little higher on it than maybe I should be

here. Why would you have to point that out, though?

I don't know. I guess I shouldn't have. But just

because, like I said, it related back to a conversation

that was going on on Twitter and that comment

I made earlier. So I'm just connecting all the

dots, Amanda. Let me connect all the dots. We

need to disconnect from Twitter every once in

a while, sir. All right. I'm going with Kevin

Reynolds' 2002 film Count of Monte Cristo for

number 22. I'll just let Mr. Roger Ebert say

why I like Count of Monte Cristo. Quote, it's

a movie that incorporates piracy, Napoleon in

exile, betrayal, solitary confinement, secret

messages, escape tunnels, swashbuckling, comic

relief, a treasure map, Parisian high society,

and sweet revenge and brings it in at under two

hours with performances by good actors who are

clearly having fun. the kind of adventure pictured

the studios churned out in the golden age. So

traditional it almost feels new. cannot think

of a story, a revenge story that I like more

than the Count of Monte Cristo and I've never

shown this to anybody who didn't appreciate this

film. I remember nobody that I knew in college

had seen this and I showed it to like two or

three different groups of friends in college

and every time they were all very much in favor

of it. I showed it to Amanda and she appreciated

it. I'd already seen it. You'd already seen it

but you liked it. I think I showed this to my

mom and sister and they liked it so I think it's

a fun film to watch and maybe I'm just a big

Jim Caviezel fan or just a fan of the actual

story it's based off of but I love The Count

of Monte Cristo and I think more people should

watch it and talk about it. So I mean Kevin Reynolds

hasn't been able to do anything besides maybe

Robin Hood Prince of Thieves that's been anywhere

remotely as good or anything like that but I

thought he caught lightning in a bottle here

with Jim Caviezel and Now my mind's going to

be like Guy Pearce. Guy Pearce doing what Guy

Pearce does best be a jerk. So, kind of Monte

Cristo. Mind number 22. Dan? For my number 22,

I think Matt mentioned... E .D.'s movies that

had great theme songs, and I think he already

brought this one up, but I think when you think

of that, maybe the first one that comes to mind

is Ghostbusters, and of course, that's my number

22 movie I loved as a kid, I loved as an adult.

It is the ultimate genre mash -up of comedy,

science fiction, horror, and Bill Murray, and

I loved the cartoon as a kid, just loved the

equipment that they came up with, just a well

-put -together movie that I still enjoy today,

and it's, I think... It's cast is a big reason

why it works and I think even as a kid I probably

ended up liking, I think as a kid I had liked

Ghostbusters 2 more mainly just because it had

a walking set for Liberty and they had a Nintendo

pad that they used to move it. That's pretty

much it but as an adult I can recognize that

Ghostbusters is a much better film so it's my

number 22. You already had, or somebody already

had Ghostbusters didn't they? I had Ghostbusters

on the last episode I believe. I had Ghostbusters

a while ago. So some universal love but maybe

not all in the top 30. So nobody arguing against

Ghostbusters here. That means there's only time

for one more pick for everybody in this section

of the countdown. That means it's all of our

number 21 picks starting with you Matt. Yeah,

I made a mistake when I said karate cap was the

first one because this one was definitely the

very first non Hollywood movie But I don't know

if it really counts because it was a kung -fu

movie and those are just always great, right?

And that is a secret kung -fu movie because it's

the guy with secret kung -fu this movie is bonkers

like at one point there's like two different

guys who wear bright red and like we had trouble

telling apart the first I don't know two or three

times we watched it and so like one of them became

ketchup mustard man because he had he had yellow

as well so like we had we named all the characters

ourselves like this ketchup mustard man there's

the the very powerful demon who's half man half

vampire like you know classic oh the guy who

makes coffins there's always a guy who makes

coffin in a kung fu movie like at the end when

the guys are jumping and doing their their kung

fu poses there are airplane sounds superimposed

over the movie i don't know why they're airplane

guys now um and as far as i can tell the secret

kung fu move is to knock uh the powerful demon

into a coffin and throw that coffin through a

wall secret kung fu technique I could listen

to you describe movie plots all day, Matt. I

could do it all day. People have to stop me.

It's so much fun. This movie is so much fun,

guys. The Cinema Geek spinoff podcast. Amanda,

last pick of the day, what you got? This is 1984,

and this movie... I also was victim to the remake,

did not dig the remake too much, but the original

is another one where it's got an amazing song

just for the movie, and that's Footloose. How

to dance it's got a ton of cool stuff to say

about society and you know religion and parenting

and teen angst and fitting in and And all that

good stuff. It's just a solid story damn thoughts

on footless Cut loose I don't think I've ever

saw the original But embarrassingly, I did see

the remake in theaters, so there's that. I have

not seen the original either, so that's two of

us that have not seen the original. Matt, have

you seen Footloose? You haven't seen Footloose,

Kevin? Why did you say it like that? You said

it like I should have. I mean, if we're talking

about classic movies that a lot of people love,

this is definitely one of them. Um, I haven't

seen it, but is that two movies in a row with

the protagonist named Kevin for you? I guess

one's the actor and one's the character, but

still. Jurassic Park was in the middle, but I

mean, pretty dang close. So none of us have seen

Footloose except for you. You're the resident

expert on Footloose. Dude, my first tap dance

when I was like eight years old was to the Footloose

theme song. Well, why don't you recreate Jack?

I remember the first part. All right, so we're

gonna have to video that and put it out there

for people to watch All right for my last pick

today my number 21 I'm gonna go to a franchise

pick from 2003 Know a lot of people have other

favorite trilogies, but this one has to be in

the top two or three of any discussion about

trilogies I'm gonna go to Lord of the Rings Return

of the King for number 21 or the entire Lord

of the Rings trilogy It's absolutely fantastic

and whether you watch the regular ones or the

extended ones Which I did once watch all three

of them back to back to back extended versions

in college and that was a long viewing that party

with about eight of us and I think a lot of junk

food and pizza and chips and stuff so but I mean

Lord of the Rings is awesome there's so many

characters to love there's so many parts to be

drawn to and the visuals are amazing I think

definitely when it comes to like big budget blockbuster

type films it's easily probably the best trilogy

of all time unless depending on what happens

with the Planet of the Apes film that's coming

out this year that might be a trilogy that could

rival it but I think Lord of the Rings just is

Amazing, so that's my number 21. I made any love

for Lord of the Rings. Yeah, like I wanna go

watch it right now, but I know that I'm gonna

fall asleep like in 30 minutes, so... Matt, what

do you think? Lord of the Rings? I put it way

low on my list. Like, because you said like this

is one of the best trilogy of all time, I was

like, yeah, where did I put it? And it's like,

I put it in like 60. It's solid. It's great.

It does. It's one of the most successful fantasy

movies ever Like I don't I don't know like I

wish I wish every movie That's the fantasy like

medieval fantasy genre could do as well as lower

the ranks like then we might get a second King

Arthur Sort of the whatever movie Dan what camp

are you is returning the king the best out of

the three or do you prefer a different one? Yeah,

it's tough I I think, I think Return of the King.

I don't know. Actually, like you, I saw all three

extended versions, but actually in the theater,

they did a marathon like the December that The

Hobbit was coming out. And so I sat and it was

like a 12 hour day of watching Lord of the Rings,

which is probably the last one. You're just a

little bit, you're like, oh man, this is tiring,

but they are. It wasn't one of the ones where

they put in The Hobbit at the end to watch the

new movie after you've been sitting in the theater

for 20 years. No, thank goodness. There were

some pieces of Peter Jackson where he would introduce

things and talk about things, but nothing from

The Hobbit, which would have just ruined it.

Absolutely. All right, Dan, time for the last

pick today from anybody. What is your number

21? So you had a you talked about having to choose

one of the movies from the Disney Renaissance

and I chose one as well And I thought this would

be one film that would be on both of our list

But based upon what you said, I don't think that'll

be true and I went with 1992's Aladdin it's if

I I probably said this about other movies, but

it's probably a movie we watched more than anything.

Just rewatching it not too long ago as well.

I bought it on Blu -ray and I still remember

like every single line, every song. Robin Williams

is just fantastic. It's just... I mean, it may

not be the film of Lion King, but when I'm just

talking about favorites, it's one that holds

a special place in my heart. Great characters,

I even loved the cartoon series when that was

out, so it's... I love Aladdin. It's one of those

special movies. Dan, I think you're right. I

think I'm being untrue to myself by not having

Aladdin here alongside or maybe even higher than

Lion King because I think deep down I do prefer,

if you're going to ask me, if I can only have

one film, the classic scenario where all the

rest of the Disney films are going to disappear

and I can only have one from that period, I would

keep Aladdin probably. So maybe my fault there

for not including it because I do love Aladdin.

Amanda? I will hold my thoughts. All right, Matt,

any thoughts on Aladdin? I had it higher than

Lion King in my list, but neither one of them

are in my top 20, where I do have two Disney

films at least. Oh, so the plot thickens the

cliffhanger here. Let's see what Disney films

did make Matt's top 20. So that's it for today.

We've revealed our 30 through 21. Matt, real

quick, what's the rundown? Oh right, um, Dr.

Strangelove. Iron Man 3, Captain America 3, Love

Actually, The Notebook, Flash Gordon, Warriors

of the Wasteland, Phantom Raiders, Karate Cop,

and The Guy with Secret Kung Fu. Amanda, your

picks for today. Dances with Wolves, Mulan, The

Fox and the Hound, Independence Day, Hook, Bill

and Ted, their excellent adventure, Wayne's World,

Home Alone, Jurassic Park, and Footloose. Alright,

my ten were Fight Club, Rain Man, Gangs of New

York, E .T., The Philadelphia Story, Silence

of the Lambs, Terminator 2, Lion King, The Count

of Monte Cristo, and Lord of the Rings Return

of the King. Dan? I had Weeders of Fear, Taxi

Driver, Stand By Me, Man on Wire, Back to the

Future, Drive, Seventh Samurai, Bicycle Thieves,

Ghostbusters, and Aladdin. Alright Dan, at the

beginning of the show we talked about a wager

on how many films would hit all four of our top

30s and you and I were the highest with five

and six. How are you feeling about that right

now? Not very good There was not a lot of crossover

in that section for sure we're gonna have to

wait and see What comes out in our top 20s? Maybe

that's where all the crossover will have happen

or maybe there just won't be much crossover There's

a lot of films to pick from in the whole of all

-time Films, so definitely kind of hard to see

where we're all gonna go with this one Amanda

any thoughts so far with only 20 spots remaining

Oh man, I think there's gonna be some some shocks

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