ASFN's Top 20 movies to see before YOU die...

[Mike Olbinski]

For me, I have a bachelors in broadcast journalism, interned at an NBC news station and worked at the NAU Broadcast News department before I wised up and decided to go into marketing instead.

Anchorman, despite being hilarious on face value, also has added value for me of lambasting an industry that I really dislike.

Good enough for me.

 

[Mike Olbinski]

Not in any particular order:

2) Dark City -- Certainly a glorious accomplishment in production design, but the story was also extremely complex, and since director Alex Proyas didn't employ any big name actors (Kiefer Sutherland and William Hurt were the most recognizable at the time), star power didn't detract from how great the film is.

8) Sliding Doors -- I know this has been done as a Movie-A-Day, but I wanted to reiterate what a great movie this is. I'm not head-over-heels for Gwyneth, but she occasionally produces some great performances, and this one has a pretty good one. Interesting premise and very well-written.

20) Manhattan Murder Mystery -- This was the film that actually turned me on to Woody Allen movies, since before this I wasn't a fan. This movie is what an Annie Hall movie might have been. In fact, it is believed that in 1977, when Annie Hall was made, aspects of Manhattan Murder Mystery were included--he shelved that aspect and brought it back in the early 90s and created this one. Just a very funny and smart mystery story, with great performances, especially by Diane Keaton and Anjelica Huston.

I really like these choices Chap...

Sliding Doors is probably the second-best chick-flick type movie I've seen. It's so good.

And MMM is my favorite Woody Allen film, and Dark City was just spectacular. I need to see it again.

 

[nathan]

I limited my list to movies that I actually have.
12 Angry men
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Cider House Rules
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Field of Dreams
Good Will Hunting
Inherit the Wind
It's A wonderful Life
M
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Network
Professional, The
Pump up the Volume
Real Genius
Running Man, The
Scent of a Woman
Spirited Away
Stranger Than Paradise
Swiss Family Robinson
Terminator

 

[PortlandCardFan]

-Excalibur
-Caddyshack
-Star Wars IV
-Lord of the Rings (all)
-Aliens
-Predator
-Blade Runner
-Office Space
-Saving Private Ryan
-Matrix
-Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
-Platoon
-Sixth Sense
-Big Trouble in Little China
-Gross Pointe Blank
-Ninja Scrolls (Anime)
-Longest Yard (original)
-Bullitt
-Sands of Iwo Jima

 

[Bada0Bing]

so this isn't movies that everyone has seen, right? No Gladiator's, Goodfellas, Blazing Saddles, Godfather standard fare, correct?

here we go (in no particular order):

1. Kentucky Fried Movie (You've seen Airplane! and The Naked Gun, but this is wher the Zucker Brothers and Jim Abrahams began to strike gold, not to mention John Landis directing).

2. Raging Bull (Scorcese's masterpiece of brutality - being able to bring such lush, horrifying images in black and white is a feat which will never be duplicated. Known for Deniro's role, but Pesci steals the show).

3. Shaun of the Dead (classic zom-com (zombie-comedy), smart as a whip, really gruesome and equally as funny... you've got red on you).

4. Amazon Women On The Moon (along the lines of Ketucky Fried Movie - another classic sketch comedy movie from a bevy of great directors/writers).

5. Barton Fink (a Coen Brothers classic starring John Turtorro - about a playwright gone Hollywood and losing his mind - a surreal-comedy-noir-thriller as only the early Coen Brothers could pull off).

6. Sullivan's Travels (Billy Wilder at his directorial best).

7. Closer (Mike Nichol's brutally honest, gripping and tortuous look at relationships - unbelievable writing topped only by it's performances by Clive Owen, Natalie Portman, and yes, even Jude Law and Julia Roberts).

8. Funky Monkey/The Ape (gotta have a coouple monkey movies in here - the tag line of FM says it all - he's the best secret agent, super-ninja football star monkey hero around! Truly awful, but a must see. Followed by a movie where someone HAD to have comprimising pictures of James Franco - truly THE WORST MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN).

10. Requiem For A Dream (Darren Aronosky's PSA about drug use - DON'T DO IT - incredible performances, brillaint direction - the use of sound in the film is truly stunning).

11. Punch-Drunk Love (Adam Sandler in the most non-Adam Sandler movie you'll ever see - PT Anderson's work about love... simplicity in filmaking, storytelling at it's finest.)

12. Midnight Run (the greatest "buddy comedy-adventure" movie ever. Deniro as a bail-bondsmen bringing back the most beautifully annoying Charles Grodon to Joe Pantoliano before Dennis Farina (as one of the greatest mob boss' of all time) kills both Grodin and his consigliere Sidney (Phillip Baker Hall). Truly - a classic, car chases, arcs for characters and some of the best lines in movie history - "Oh yeah? Well here come two words for you. Shut the f%%k up." ).

13. Killer Clowns From Outer Space (if you haven't seen this movie, you didn't have older brothers - ridiculous farce about, well, the title of the movie says it all).

14. The Dream Team (classic 80's comedy - Michael Keaton, Christopher Llyod, Peter Boyle and Flounder all play escaped mental patients in NYC when their psych go missing.)

15. In The Mood For Love/Fallen Angels (WKW classics - Kar Wai Wong, an almost mythological figure in Asian cinema gives us two movies - one's a romantic period peace that is striking to look at and heartwrenching at the same time. Fallen Angels is heartbreaking as well, but set in the world of hitmen - one of the strongest influences on Quentin Tarrantino).

17. Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick's classic about "THE BOMB" - just as funny and as poignant today as it was when it was made over 30 years ago).

18. Hardware Wars (late 70's spoof flick - has Bambi Meets Godzilla, Porklips Now and Closet Cases of the Nerd Kind - cheap laughs and even cheaper production value - still a classic.)

19. Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (without a doubt the finest of all the Elm Street movies and while that's not saying much, this movie is a classic. Co-Written by Shawshank Redemption writer and director Frank Darabount, this is about as clever as this type of movie gets - the best one liners, the most inventive kills and ******* outright spookiness involving nuns and the birth of Freddy Kruger).

20. Down and Out 2 (the seminal work from yours truly - as one ASFNer termed it - "an epic comedy" - "92 minutes of hell on earth, but funny"... it's a sequel to NOTHING!)

EXTRA:

21. What's Up Tiger Lilly (ridiculousness at it's finest - Woody Allen purchased an Asian espionage film, wiped away the entire soundtrack and re-recorded all the dialogue in English, turning the film from whatever the hell it was into a movie about the search for the perfect recipe for a Tuna Salad Sandwich - truly something that has to be seen to believe.)

I like this list.

Kentucky Fried Movie - very funny
Raging Bull - one of my favorite movies, probably my favorite De Niro role
Shaun of the Dead - one of those movies that gets funnier every time you watch it
Amazon Women On The Moon - I probably watched this at least 10 times when I was a kid, I still quote lines from this movie "Bull***t or Not?"
Barton Fink - I think this is the only Coen bro's movie that I haven't seen, I have it in my queue
Closer - I really liked this one
Requiem For A Dream - Great movie
Midnight Run - Great comedy
The Dream Team - Again, great comedy
Dr. Strangelove - One of the funniest movies ever
Nightmare on Elm Street 3 - I saw the first 3 and liked them all. These were the only movies to ever give me nightmares.

 

[Bada0Bing]

20. Three Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain (EVERYONE must watch this classic Hulk Hogan/Loni Anderson masterpiece ... because I'm in it).

Wow, a 1.9 at IMDB. #7 on the bottom 100 list. I am going to bump this up to the top of my blockbuster queue. (Seriously)

However, do I need to watch the first 3 3-Ninja adventure movies first?

 

[Pariah]

However, do I need to watch the first 3 3-Ninja adventure movies first?

No. I think you'll be able to peice together the premise without the back story.


I'm an FBI agent. I drive the FBI director (who is also the father of the ninjas) to the amusement park. When he's talking to Loni anderson by way of video phone, he calls me over with a snap of his fingers and then dispatches me on some task. I also lift the police tape for the mom (?...i forget if that's who I let in) after getting word through my earpiece that she's okay to come in.

 

[jenna2891]

However, do I need to watch the first 3 3-Ninja adventure movies first?

lol... this reminds me of something.

Even Though I'd Never Seen Major League, I Found Major League II Surprisingly Easy To Follow

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May 24, 2000 | Issue 36•19

Whew, what a relief. I hate when I can't follow a film, and I was afraid it'd happen again Friday night. But, to my delight, I was able to fully understand and enjoy Major League II, despite the fact that I'd never seen the original.

After a long, hard week of work at Apex Driving School, I decided to kick back on the couch and treat myself to a night of television-watching. After ordering a pizza, I started flipping through my TV Guide, hoping to find something good. But as hard as I looked, nothing really seemed up my alley: There were the Daytime Emmy Awards on ABC, some boring old musical on TNT, and four straight Saturday Night Live reruns on Comedy Central.

There was, admittedly, Major League II on Cinemax. But despite my love of baseball, I fretted that I'd likely be lost in the plot, not having seen the 1989 original.

Sure, I could've bravely forayed into the 1994 Sheen-Berenger vehicle, but what if every other line of dialogue referred obliquely to something from the original film, making it impossible for me to follow the plot? I certainly didn't want to relive my Mannequin 2 debacle of 1991. On the other hand, I needed something to watch, and I needed to make a fast decision before my pizza got cold. Besides, maybe I'd get lucky, and Major League II would open with a montage of clips from the original, a device many of the better sequels employ to help viewers "get in the spirit" of the original film.

After a few moments of deliberation, I resolved–not without some trepidation, mind you–to commit to the 8:10 p.m. showing of Major League II on Cinemax.

I needn't have worried! The film opened with a concise rundown of the major characters from Episode I, cunningly presented as "Indians talk" on a Bob Uecker-hosted sports-radio show! Uecker was not playing himself, though: He was Harry Doyle, a character who, from what I could gather, figured heavily in the first installment, as well.

At any rate, the opening recap, helpful as it was, was almost unnecessary: The movie's characters were so real, so richly textured, I instantly felt like I knew them. It was clear what was going on right from the get-go. In the previous season, the Cleveland Indians had rallied from being a rag-tag bunch of losers to winning the pennant. Episode II picks up at the start of the following season, with old pals reunited and ready for more good times. But an ominous question looms over their heads: Has success changed them?

I am sad to say that the answer was a resounding yes. No one illustrated this complacent, fat-cat mentality better than Charlie Sheen's Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn, who arrives for the first day of spring training in a limousine. Now, since I'd never seen this character before, you're probably thinking, "But, Don, how do you know it's a change? He might have ridden in a limousine throughout the first movie!"

In this scene, the screenwriters clearly took pains to anticipate any potential confusion on the part of those who didn't see the first film. Wild Thing's fans are all waiting for him to show up to spring training, and when a guy rolls up on a bad-ass motorcycle, they justifiably assume it's him. But, as it turns out, it's someone else, and the fans are all surprised. This surprised reaction is not merely funny; it gives the uninitiated a solid idea of what they're supposed to expect from Wild Thing. So when Wild Thing steps out of the limo in a suit and yuppie haircut, and the fans are disappointed and confused, we instantly recognize that a profound change has occurred in this character's life, whether or not we saw the first movie!

Needless to say, I am now hooked on the Major League franchise. In fact, when I was at Suncoast Motion Picture Company the next day, I made a point of picking up a copy of the prequel. Even better, they had a marked-down copy of the third installment, 1998's Major League–Episode III: Back To The Minors. I watched it that night and loved it, even though Wild Thing and a lot of the other central characters from the first two movies weren't even in it.

My best advice to the uninitiated would be to see the Major League movies in order. But if you can't, don't worry: Each movie truly does stand on its own.

 

[Beaver]

I left off the usuals. I no particular order.

1. Almost Famous
2. American Graffiti
3. Raising Arizona
4. Total Recall
5. U Turn
6. My First Mister
7. Paper Moon
8. Tin Men
9. The Burbs
10. Session 9
11. Midnight Express
12. The Legend of 1900
13. Awakenings
14. Being There
15. Biloxi Blues
16. Box of Moon Light
17. Catch-22
18. The Commitments
19. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
20. Drugstore Cowboy

 

[Cheesebeef]

so I know this is probably an obvious one, but it's been on HBO a lot and well, I've been watching it A LOT.

BACK TO THE FUTURE - it was probably the movie that invented the phrase "high-concept" comedy. Any movie that can seemlessly interwine science fiction, serious family issues, and high school coming of age, not to mention CRISPIN GLOVER without becoming a huge mess, much less one of the smartest/funniest movies ever, deserves major kudos.

The score is incredible, the music is used perfectly (although MAN is Hughey Lewis a little dated now), the action sequences thrilling and the end incredibly suspenseful. It must have taken Zemeckis and Gale FOREVER to write this sucker. It's so well layered/thought out on so many different layers that it's almost mind-boggling to me.

 

[Gaddabout]

Thanks for resurrecting this, cheese. Now I get to participate. Assuming I don't have to count the box sets for LOTR, Star Wars and Indiana Jones, my top 20 would be ...

1. The Big Lebowski - Best commentary on slackerdom ever. All the side players upstaged Jeff Bridges, which is exactly how a Coen brother should be. John Turturro's character made me wet my pants with laughter. Several times. The sea burial scene is just the greatest sight gag of all time.

2. American Beauty - I like movies that capture the real essence of culture in any given period, and Alan Ball really seemed to have his finger on the pulse of suburbia on this one. Nothing profound in the plot or even the characters, but the pacing of the story was absolutely perfect for me.

3. Spoorloos - Probably the scariest movie I've ever seen. No monsters, no dismemberments, no supernatural crap. Just an extremely dark story told in a way that forces you to follow it all the way to the end. The ending is down, but I really can't imagine it another way. Unfortunately, the U.S. remake did and the movie sucked the big one.

4. The Matrix - Too much depth in this first of the trilogy for me to stop watching. It's a really old story told in a uniquely new way. Groundbreaking film techniques, lots of cool action. Somehow this movie rates this high in my mind in spite of Keanu Reaves as the star.

5. To Kill A Mockingbird - Best book ever. Best adaption ever. I never get tired of watching this movie, right down to the ridiculous attempt to portray young Capote as Dill Harris. No actor ever had more heart than Gregory Peck. Still wish I could go back in time and pick someone else for Mayella.

6. Pi - As an amateur theologian, this movie still fascinates me. Strange choice for a math avoider. The direction is strong, but it's not for anyone who gets dizzy watching grainy black and whites.

7. Memento - Best original concept ever. Every now and then I have moments where I wonder how I ever suspended my disbelief at the premise, but they really sell it with the tattoos. I love the way the editing allows the story to unravel. It's compelling rather than distracting.

8. Clerks - This movie would make the list if only for the philosophical discussion about innocent union workers on the Death Star. I might be the only person who likes Kevin Smith the writer, actor, and public speaker, but really can't tolerate Jay and Silent Bob. I hated Clerks 2, though.

9. The Princess Bride - It still charms me. So many good actors with the right balance between sweet and sour.

10. Lola Rentt - I'm not real keen on the existential propositions the director attempted to make, but I did enjoy the way he told the story. Love the still photo moments as she runs into the same characters along the way. The German language has never sounded so sexy.

11. Groundhog Day - Never sold on Bill Murray until this movie. Love the premise, love how Murray is allowed to just be Bill Murray.

12. Finding Neverland - This movie caught me off guard. The most flawless movie I've seen from script to post-production. Endearing in a soulful way.

13. Blazing Saddles - Most quotable. Even Gene Wilder makes me laugh, and that's saying something.

14. My Life as a House - Token sappy movie. I even forgive the heavy-handed metaphor because the story line is such a perfect fit.

15. 12 Angry Men - Waaaay ahead of its time. Brilliant filmmaking, writing, and acting. Love Sidney Lumet.

16. Barton Fink - I've probably watched this 50 times and still have not caught all the WWII metaphors. It's the one movie on this list I would probably not suggest for anyone else to watch because it's all metaphor veiled as a Coen Bros. film. For me it was like trying to wade through Heart of Darkness -- very challenging.

17. V for Vendetta - You can't go wrong when you freely steal from 1984 and The Count of Monte Cristo. Mostly enjoy the themes, but I was also happy to see Jon Hurt back in a prominent role.

18. Oleanna - I realize the play was much better than the movie. I even actually enjoyed other Mamet movies better, like The Edge and Spanish Prisoner. I just love watching men and women get into it at the end of this movie. Never seen a film inspire such much quality debate. Mamet would've done well to cast someone else as Carol, but the spirit of the play is still there.

19. A League of Their Own - Best sports movie ever. I would never actually watch a women's baseball game, but this movie is way more entertaining than the underdog stories we get fed otherwise. Tom Hanks' best performance, I think.

20. SLC Punk - Like American Beauty, this movie captures how I remember a certain period -- my high school years. It's not 100 percent accurate, but it is the closest thing you can find on film for what it was like to be in high school in the early to mid-80s. If you like Matthew Lillard, this was by far his best performance because he was so well suited for the role. I laugh every time at the scene in which they try to sink the stolen car in the Salt Lake.

For the true cinema geeks, apologies I've not included any Hitchcock, Welles, Kubrick, Kurosawa, or Scorcese. I can appreciate artists like that, just more of a writer than visual guy. Hitchcock was excellent, but for some reason his stories just don't captivate like I think they should.

 

[dodie53]

in no particular order..

predator
troy
300
shaolin soccer
spider-man 2
deja vu
lucky number slevin
the matrix 3
ghost
sin city
lord or the rings 3
training day
night of the living dead
the pursuit of happyness
sin city
con air
phone booth
batman returns
back to the future 2
desperado

 

[dreamcastrocks]

To anyone that made this list last year, would you change any movies on your list?

 

[PortlandCardFan]

I would have to add '300' to the list...

I also missed 'Incredibles'..

 

[dreamcastrocks]

I would have to add '300' to the list...

I also missed 'Incredibles'..

Yep, I think I would need to take off The Siege, (which I had on there twice) and Closer for 300, Transformers, and Leon the Professional.

 

[Mulli]

OT:

My mother in law was in Ali. During one of the scenes with Ali and Howard Cosell, she is in the control room laughing. She is on there for about 10-20 seconds.

 

[Chaplin]

To anyone that made this list last year, would you change any movies on your list?

I wouldn't change any movies on the list, but I could probably come up with another 20 movies to add to it.

 

[Ryanwb]

in no particular order..

predator
troy
300
shaolin soccer
spider-man 2
deja vu
lucky number slevin
the matrix 3
ghost
sin city
lord or the rings 3
training day
night of the living dead
the pursuit of happyness
sin city
con air
phone booth
batman returns
back to the future 2
desperado

Those are some of the worst movies I've seen

 

[schutd]

In no order as well:

1) Being John Malkovich - This might be the most whacked out premise for a film ever, and as Ive stated repeatedly throughout the past, Charlie Kaufman is the greatest screenwriter of our generation. Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine are brilliant as well, but this is the one that got it all started. Amazing

2) Murder, My Sweet - Love Film Noir? Check out this film. One of the, if not THE seminal noir film of all time.

3) Blood Simple - Good to see The Coen Bros so well represented here, but I have to go with this entry. Another Noirish tyoe film, with all the quirkiness you'd expect from tthe COens, but nont as over the top.

4) Rope - Hitch really broke the mold with this film, shooting it in ten minute intervals (thats how long a reel lasted in those days) with the only edits coming at the end of each reel. he deemed it a failure, but the film itslef is great. Add in the experimentalism of it, and its a can't miss.

5) A Shot in The Dark. Blake Edwards is one of the funniest men of all time and this first installment in the Pink Panther series shines brightly in the world of comedic cinema. If your only exposure to the Pink Panther is that dreadful Steve Martin remake, get some knowledge, QUICK!

6) Speaking of Steve Martin...
Dead men Don't Wear Plaid - Another noir film. However, Carl Reiner fabricates his story cutting in pieces of classic hollywood cinema, and editing back and forth between Steve Martin's character and these classic bits. Brilliant

7) A Clockwork Orange - A wonderful adaptation of the novel, and possibly Kubricks most controversial work (****** was pretty tame by comparison considering the subject matter). Stanley Kubrinck is one of my favorite directors of all time. I imagine most have seen this, but it should be in everyones library.

8) Edward Scissorhands - Did Tim Burton direct Johnny Depp or did Johnny Depp do this himself? Who knows, but if theres a better fairy tale out there, Im hard pressed to figure out what it is. Heartbreaking, and quirky, Burton shines in this film (Batman is a close second)

9) The Searchers - Chap is spot on. Wayne is amazing as the revenge hungry cowboy, and John Ford created so many filmic styles in this film that are still copied today, theres no way this film shouldnt be on everyones list

10) Ran - Kurasawa was a master of the uber-long wide angle shot, and he fills the screen with those types of images in this feudal japan era version of Shakespeares King Lear. I dont know what else to say other than 2 hours and 40 minutes of absolute beauty on film.

 

[Pariah]

As I start to type this I don't have any intention of getting to twenty...I'm just going to list some of my "must sees..."

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Outlaw Josse Wales
The Big Lebowski
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Rear Window
The African Queen
The Godfather


...To tell you the truth, I don't know if I posted on this thread before or not. If I did, I wonder if I'm consistent...That's the problem with the internet everything is GD'ed documented and it comes back to bite you harder than your wife in an argument about that thing you said in passing 8 years ago about your mother in law.

 

[dodie53]

Those are some of the worst movies I've seen

so?

 

[Dr. Jones]

In no particular order....


The Usual Suspects - Not many mentions of this flick. LOVED it.
Braveheart - Great Epic.
Seven - Underrated. GREAT
The Good The Bad & The Ugly - Best Western ever imo
Tombstone - Kilmer's best performance ever.
Die Hard - First action flick I loved
Snatch - Pitt was great.
Goodfellas - Liotta & Pesci, Great.
Desperado - Slama Hayek. WOW.
The first Matrix - Revolutionary
Memento - Amazing idea
Shawshank Redemption - Hope never Dies!
Bull Durham - Greatest baseball move ever. My opinion of course.
Office Space - Hilarious.
Ace Ventura 1. - Jim Carrey at his most insane.
The Great Escape - Steve McQueen. Prolly my most favorite movie ever.
Escape from Alcatraz - LOVE this movie. LOVE Eastwood.
Heat - Awesome city shootout.
Collateral - Great role for Cruise
Apollo 13 - I knew the ending and was still hooked to the very end.

That's my 20.

 

[Gaddabout]

Hey Chaplin, I was wondering after 2 years of you're still a Dark City disciple.

I remember sitting and watching it with my film geek buddy with four or five other people in a tiny little corner of the theater thinking what a great homage it was to Metropolis. Afterwards we all met outside and talked about it. We all "got it." Then the Matrix came out and I never met a single person who understood the cinematic references to Metropolis or even possibly Dark City.

I run into film geeks all the time that reference Metropolis like they shot it themselves (hey, you've read a book on cinema, congrats!), but they've never even heard of Dark City. I'm wondering if this movie dies a slow death into obscurity or if there are people in the industry out there who know what an awesome movie this was and understand why it was important to have it some 70 years after Metropolis.

 

[Chaplin]

I still LOVE Dark City, still my favorite Sci-Fi from the last 10 years. I know some people on this board would agree with me (Chandler Mike maybe).

The danger is twofold: One, bigger and louder movies are coming out and as we know, audiences today have a VERY short memory, so I'm with you that it will be forgotten more and more (I feel the same way about several films since 1996 or 97, like Babe: Pig in the City, Rosewood and Breakdown). Two, the director, Alex Proyas, hasn't done much of anything since that film, except for Garage Days (which wasn't seen by anybody) and I, Robot (which IMO was just a mailed-in effort). Right now, he's coasting on the fame of The Crow, which is rapidly dwindling away. Nobody ever talks about his films anymore.

As for the Metropolis references, I am guilty of being, how shall I say--a film geek (ask around this board), but there will never be another Metropolis, which is saying A LOT. Older films are easier to proclaim "classics" simply because most of these directors' other films are considered classics as well. Fritz Lang did Caligari, M, Fury and a whole bunch of other movies that are considered the pinnacle of cinema--and it helps that Metropolis is considered the best silent sci-fi of all time. But if someone references Metropolis like they made it themselves and then in turn says they've never HEARD of Dark City, that's more than just ignorance, it's plain stubbornness.

That's why I like all kinds of movies, big, small, new, old. There are too many people that don't even bother watching new movies, dismissing them as being awful, when that isn't true. That's true film geekdom, and it's hard to take anyone like that seriously. I have been guilty of not seeing something because of what it seems to be, but to absolutely refuse to see something on such shallow grounds is ridiculous.

 

[Nasser22]

Chap, I did see "It Happened One Night" in my film study class. I didn't like it all that much, but Gable was an amazing actor. So far we've seen him in that and "Gone With the Wind".