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WilliamsArenaGuy said:
Those don't start with "The ____"
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Good catch. In that case the only one I would say is probably deserving, The Carter Family.

Sort of some debate on Karen & Richard, as officially they were named "Carpenters" but I have always heard them referred to with "The _".
 

Ope3 said:
Good catch. In that case the only one I would say is probably deserving, The Carter Family.

Sort of some debate on Karen & Richard, as officially they were named "Carpenters" but I have always heard them referred to with "The _".
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Yes, WAG is correct--try to keep up Ope ;)

I really should have been even more specific...Top 5 "The C__ bands with one syllable in their name". I vacillated on The Carpenters, but also had The Crystals (And Then He Kissed Me) and The Contours (Do You Love Me?) in the conversation, but in the end I just went with the one syllable options.
 


coolhandgopher said:
I've probably said this before, but if I see Sam Rockwell's in a movie, I'm watching that movie, based upon his performance here.
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I did that with a little known movie Rockwell was in called "Laggies". It paid off, worthwhile IMO, with Kiera Knightly & Chloe Grace Maretz.
 


coolhandgopher said:
Yes, WAG is correct--try to keep up Ope ;)

I really should have been even more specific...Top 5 "The C__ bands with one syllable in their name". I vacillated on The Carpenters, but also had The Crystals (And Then He Kissed Me) and The Contours (Do You Love Me?) in the conversation, but in the end I just went with the one syllable options.
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The Cowsills.
 


Top 5 Favorite Actors/Actresses who Never Won an Oscar (for Acting) with at least 3 Nominations:

1. Annette Bening (lost again last night)
2. Peter O'Toole (did get a Lifetime Achievement award)
3. Warren Beatty (did win as Best Director)
4. Michelle Williams (so may close calls)
5. Carey Mulligan (also lost last night)
 

Ope3 said:
Top 5 Favorite Actors/Actresses who Never Won an Oscar (for Acting) with at least 3 Nominations:

1. Annette Bening (lost again last night)
2. Peter O'Toole (did get a Lifetime Achievement award)
3. Warren Beatty (did win as Best Director)
4. Michelle Williams (so may close calls)
5. Carey Mulligan (also lost last night)
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I'm probably not being fair to Frances McDormand or Nomadland, which I watched on a plane so not exactly in the right frame of mind, but that Mulligan didn't win Best Actress for Promising Young Woman...hard for me to reconcile. Maybe I need to rewatch Nomadland.
 
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Top 5 Patrick Swayze Movies That Deserve a Retrospective Film Festival:

1. The Outsiders
2. Red Dawn
3. Road House
4. Point Break
5. Ghost

I was inspired by re-watching Road House this past weekend and then chasing it with Bill Simmons' Rewatchables podcast episode. Of course there's better actors than Swayze, but I would argue there are few actors who put together five movies that would be more fun to revisit than Swayze (and I had to leave Youngblood and Uncommon Valor out of the mix).
 

coolhandgopher said:
I'm probably not being fair to Frances McDormand or Nomandland, which I watched on a plane so not exactly in the right frame of mind, but that Mulligan didn't win Best Actress for Promising Young Woman...hard for me to reconcile. Maybe I need to rewatch Nomandland.
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No, you're absolutely right. Mulligan was robbed. I guess she should have shit in a bucket...
 

coolhandgopher said:
Top 5 Patrick Swayze Movies That Deserve a Retrospective Film Festival:

1. The Outsiders
2. Red Dawn
3. Road House
4. Point Break
5. Ghost

I was inspired by re-watching Road House this past weekend and then chasing it with Bill Simmons' Rewatchables podcast episode. Of course there's better actors than Swayze, but I would argue there are few actors who put together five movies that would be more fun to revisit than Swayze (and I had to leave Youngblood and Uncommon Valor out of the mix).
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Great list!!! Swayze, Keanu, Kurt Russell and Jeff Bridges make my "all cool" list. Roadhouse is a cult classic but I think Bodi was his best character so I give the nod to Point Break:

1. Point Break
2. Roadhouse
3. Red Dawn
4. The Outsiders
5. Youngblood
 

coolhandgopher said:
I'm probably not being fair to Frances McDormand or Nomandland, which I watched on a plane so not exactly in the right frame of mind, but that Mulligan didn't win Best Actress for Promising Young Woman...hard for me to reconcile. Maybe I need to rewatch Nomandland.
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By coincidence, I also watched Nomadland on a plane. While I have Frances McDormand in a league or her own, or perhaps with only Meryl Streep, I would have voted for Mulligan as well that year.

Promising Young Woman was also the better film. I also give props to that, because it was a different movie than what I though going in, based on the trailer.

Also regarding Mulligan, even though I did not see An Education until just a few years ago (also on a plane), in retrospect her performance was better than Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side) who got the Oscar in 2009.
 
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Top 5 actors

Brando
Pitt
Denzel
Connery
Damon
 
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Top 5 American Cities

NYC
Chicago
San Francisco
Minneapolis (Will always be home)
Los Angeles
 
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Love all these lists as they really stir memories and thinking. I have to ask if I've missed something with the Nomadland being spelled Nomandland? I have seen this in many places online. Please excuse my ignorance on this one.
 

GopherPoke said:
Love all these lists as they really stir memories and thinking. I have to ask if I've missed something with the Nomadland being spelled Nomandland? I have seen this in many places online. Please excuse my ignorance on this one.
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Nomadland is correct, I updated my entry.

I can't speak for Coolhand, but in my head I was confusing the title with the phrase "no man's land", and forgot the stylistic actual title of the film. My bad.

Good catch.
 


Top 5 MN Events:

1. State Fair
2. Fishing Opener
3. Eelpout Festival
4. Deer Season
5. Woodtick Races
 



Not a bad list but Brian’s Song is missing. First movie I ever shed a tear too

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