Thursday, January 28, 2010
Bucks nip Iowa/More Countdown...
Rather than watch the Democrats and Republicans call each other names and contradict every word the opposing side had to say, I took in Ohio State's game against Iowa last night. The Buckeyes didn't play particularly well, but when it got to crunch time Evan Turner and David Lighty keyed a 20-7 run and OSU was able to pick up a key Big Ten win on the road. Evan Turner had a quiet 16 points in the game while Lighty led the way with 20. The Buckeyes are now 15-6 and should be able to go on a nice run to finish off the regular season - if they can get by with only 2 or 3 losses the rest of the way, they should be solid for the NCAA tournament. With Evan Turner back at full force, I like there chances. If they could just get Diebler shooting more consistently they would be very dangerous.
Following are the next 10 movies in my countdown of my top 100 -
#80. Dr. Zhivago (1965) - One of director David Lean's epic pictures, this was a love story with the Russian Revolution serving as the backdrop. Julie Christie plays Lara, the love interest to Omar Shariff. Unfortunately, they never have the opportunity to be together as circumstances throughout their lives continue to keep them apart. This movie lost the Best Picture Oscar to the Sound of Music and Julie Christie took the Best Actress Oscar for her other movie that year, 'Darling'.
#79. Being There (1979) - In the beginning of the movie, Chance the Gardener is basically a simpleton (with no knowledge of how to do anything but care for plants) who finds himself evicted from his home when his aged, employer dies. Basically reduced to living on the streets of Washington D.C., his 'luck' changes dramatically when he's hit by a limo carrying the wife of one of the president's most powerful advisors. Mistaking his continual references to plants and seeds as insightful advice about the nations economy, Chance becomes known as Chauncey Gardener and is soon a respected expert on how to fix our nation's tremendous financial woes. Peter Sellers is wonderful as Chance/Chauncey and the supporting cast of Melvin Douglas, Shirley MacLaine and Jack Warden are terrific. Plus, the outtakes during the closing credits are worth the price of admission.
#78. Airplane (1980) - A zany, skit filled comedy about an illfated plane and the less than confident pilot who is the only person with the ability to land it safely on the ground. This one is corny but it spawned an entire genre of this type of comedy and while resurrecting the career of Leslie Nielson who steals the show as a no-nonsense doctor. This movie could make the list simply by having a scene where June Cleaver speaks jive but there are many, many other hysterical scenes including several with Lloyd Bridges proclaiming he picked a bad week to give up smoking, drinking, sniffing glue and several other terrible vices.
#77. Life is Beautiful (1997) - Roberto Benigni's masterpiece about a man trying to protect his young son from the horrors of being in a WWII concentration camp by telling him it's all a big game. Benigni won the Oscar for Best Actor, the only actor to do so from a foriegn language movie. A touching, emotional and heartbreaking film.
#76. The Bad News Bears (1976) - One of my favorite movies from my youth. Having played quite a few years of little league baseball myself, this movie was dead on in its depiction of the iwn at all cost approaches many youth coaches had in those days, and still have today. Jam packed with great line after great line, it also provided a feel good ending even though the Bears were not able to win the championship game. My favorite Walter Mathau performance of all time.
#75. Mary Poppins (1964) - I experienced this movie as a child and many, many, many times as a parent and it is one of my all time favorites. We used to put this on when Judd was little and he would watch it from start to finish; he knew the songs, got up and danced to some of them and he was only about 3 years old at the time. Keep in mind this movie was almost 3 hours long - it had to be pretty amazing to hold the attention of a 3 year old for nearly 3 hours, day after day after day. Julie Andrews' performance is simply magical and I will always have a soft spot in my heart for Mary Poppins.
#74. All That Jazz (1979) - Musical loosely based on the life of Bob ,one of the all-time great broadway choreographers and directors. Fosse had few rivals and was a showbiz legend but he also worked too hard, partied too much and kept himself coherent by popping all kinds of prescription drugs. Looking back, the movies' ending is somewhat eerie as the Fosse character dies at the end and is zipped into a body bag...several years later Fosse followed the same script, dying of a massive heart attack.
#73. Jerry Maguire (1996) - Story about a win-at-all costs sports agent who finds his heart and integrety but realizes the only person who has any faith in him is a single mother who works as a secretary at his agency. After calling out everyone in the sports agent industry, Maguire is asked to leave his firm and winds up with only one client, an up and coming wide receiver who only wants Jerry to do one thing; 'Show him the money'. One of Tom Cruises better performances and Cuba Gooding Jr. is over the top as the wide receiver. This movie also featured many of the top athletes of the mid-90's and the first memorable performance of Renee Zellweggers' career.
#72. Titanic (1997) - Until about a week ago, this was the top grossing film of all time, being recently surpassed by another James Cameron movie, Avatar. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winselt star as the lovers from entirely different worlds but the real 'star' of the movie was the tremendous special effects which made it feel like you were actually watching the supposedly, indestructible ship sink into the frigid Atlantic Ocena on that fateful April night almost 100 years ago.
#71. Saving Private Ryan (1998) - The opening 30 minutes of this movie are the most gut wrenching and horrific scenes ever filmed. Spielberg earned his second Best Director Oscar for his vivid recreation of the invasion of Omaha Beach during World War II. Just an incredible piece of film making and I'll never understand how Shakespeare in Love beat this film for the 1998 Best Movie. When I left the theatre the day I saw this movie I had a renewed appreciation for the courage, honor and patriotism displayed by the brave men who fought in WWII. I can't imagine going through that type of hell and thanks to them, I never had to.
Thirty down and 70 to go - tune in tomorrow for the next ten.
Following are the next 10 movies in my countdown of my top 100 -
#80. Dr. Zhivago (1965) - One of director David Lean's epic pictures, this was a love story with the Russian Revolution serving as the backdrop. Julie Christie plays Lara, the love interest to Omar Shariff. Unfortunately, they never have the opportunity to be together as circumstances throughout their lives continue to keep them apart. This movie lost the Best Picture Oscar to the Sound of Music and Julie Christie took the Best Actress Oscar for her other movie that year, 'Darling'.
#79. Being There (1979) - In the beginning of the movie, Chance the Gardener is basically a simpleton (with no knowledge of how to do anything but care for plants) who finds himself evicted from his home when his aged, employer dies. Basically reduced to living on the streets of Washington D.C., his 'luck' changes dramatically when he's hit by a limo carrying the wife of one of the president's most powerful advisors. Mistaking his continual references to plants and seeds as insightful advice about the nations economy, Chance becomes known as Chauncey Gardener and is soon a respected expert on how to fix our nation's tremendous financial woes. Peter Sellers is wonderful as Chance/Chauncey and the supporting cast of Melvin Douglas, Shirley MacLaine and Jack Warden are terrific. Plus, the outtakes during the closing credits are worth the price of admission.
#78. Airplane (1980) - A zany, skit filled comedy about an illfated plane and the less than confident pilot who is the only person with the ability to land it safely on the ground. This one is corny but it spawned an entire genre of this type of comedy and while resurrecting the career of Leslie Nielson who steals the show as a no-nonsense doctor. This movie could make the list simply by having a scene where June Cleaver speaks jive but there are many, many other hysterical scenes including several with Lloyd Bridges proclaiming he picked a bad week to give up smoking, drinking, sniffing glue and several other terrible vices.
#77. Life is Beautiful (1997) - Roberto Benigni's masterpiece about a man trying to protect his young son from the horrors of being in a WWII concentration camp by telling him it's all a big game. Benigni won the Oscar for Best Actor, the only actor to do so from a foriegn language movie. A touching, emotional and heartbreaking film.
#76. The Bad News Bears (1976) - One of my favorite movies from my youth. Having played quite a few years of little league baseball myself, this movie was dead on in its depiction of the iwn at all cost approaches many youth coaches had in those days, and still have today. Jam packed with great line after great line, it also provided a feel good ending even though the Bears were not able to win the championship game. My favorite Walter Mathau performance of all time.
#75. Mary Poppins (1964) - I experienced this movie as a child and many, many, many times as a parent and it is one of my all time favorites. We used to put this on when Judd was little and he would watch it from start to finish; he knew the songs, got up and danced to some of them and he was only about 3 years old at the time. Keep in mind this movie was almost 3 hours long - it had to be pretty amazing to hold the attention of a 3 year old for nearly 3 hours, day after day after day. Julie Andrews' performance is simply magical and I will always have a soft spot in my heart for Mary Poppins.
#74. All That Jazz (1979) - Musical loosely based on the life of Bob ,one of the all-time great broadway choreographers and directors. Fosse had few rivals and was a showbiz legend but he also worked too hard, partied too much and kept himself coherent by popping all kinds of prescription drugs. Looking back, the movies' ending is somewhat eerie as the Fosse character dies at the end and is zipped into a body bag...several years later Fosse followed the same script, dying of a massive heart attack.
#73. Jerry Maguire (1996) - Story about a win-at-all costs sports agent who finds his heart and integrety but realizes the only person who has any faith in him is a single mother who works as a secretary at his agency. After calling out everyone in the sports agent industry, Maguire is asked to leave his firm and winds up with only one client, an up and coming wide receiver who only wants Jerry to do one thing; 'Show him the money'. One of Tom Cruises better performances and Cuba Gooding Jr. is over the top as the wide receiver. This movie also featured many of the top athletes of the mid-90's and the first memorable performance of Renee Zellweggers' career.
#72. Titanic (1997) - Until about a week ago, this was the top grossing film of all time, being recently surpassed by another James Cameron movie, Avatar. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winselt star as the lovers from entirely different worlds but the real 'star' of the movie was the tremendous special effects which made it feel like you were actually watching the supposedly, indestructible ship sink into the frigid Atlantic Ocena on that fateful April night almost 100 years ago.
#71. Saving Private Ryan (1998) - The opening 30 minutes of this movie are the most gut wrenching and horrific scenes ever filmed. Spielberg earned his second Best Director Oscar for his vivid recreation of the invasion of Omaha Beach during World War II. Just an incredible piece of film making and I'll never understand how Shakespeare in Love beat this film for the 1998 Best Movie. When I left the theatre the day I saw this movie I had a renewed appreciation for the courage, honor and patriotism displayed by the brave men who fought in WWII. I can't imagine going through that type of hell and thanks to them, I never had to.
Thirty down and 70 to go - tune in tomorrow for the next ten.
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Well sadly Mary Poppins doesn't make my list because I can't remember the last time that I saw the movie. If I had a refresher I'm sure it would make it however. Good call with Airplane! and the repeats just keep cropping up!
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#80 This is Spinal Tap (1984) - This movie was Rob Reiner's first as a director. It's a mockumentary about the fictitious band Spinal Tap. It shows them along their tour and it shows all of the problems that go wrong. Who would have thought that miniature models of stonehenge were such a problem for rock bands
#79 The Incredibles (2004) - I haven't seen Cars or Ratatouille but I don't think Pixar has it in them to make a bad movie. The Incredibles are a family of super heroes forced to hide their identities. Mr. Incredible has a hard time adjusting to normal life and ends up taking off on an adventure that gets his whole family into trouble.
#78 Predator (1987) - I typically don't like macho movies but this is an exception. Arnold is in his true form fighting for his life in the jungle being hunted by the ultimate predator. If you want to know what the movie is like just watch the first ten minutes to catch the mid-air arm wrestle between Arnold and Carl Weathers... Classic
#77 Trading Places (1983) - Unbelievable comedy in which two millionaires switch the places of an up and coming investor (Akroyd) and a street bum (Eddie Murphy). I remember seeing this at the Super Bowl party for the first time. We must have watched Dan Akroyd's frat brothers sing their song at least 15 times.
#76 Borat (2006) - Possibly one of the most quotable movies ever. Some might not agree with this choice but it had me in absolute tears for a solid 15 minutes. At times, extremely uncomfortable, but worth a watch.
#75 Up in the Air (2009) - This is a newer movie that I caught over the holidays. Great acting from Clooney but I was even more impressed by Anna Kendrick who plays a young fresh out of college employee who tries to revolutionize the business of firing people.
#74 Young Frankenstein (1974) - I also caught this for the first time this past holiday and it was classic. I'm a huge Gene Wilder fan and it was very entertaining seeing him and his monster perform "Putting on the Ritz"
#73 Se7en (1995) - Morgan Freeman is an old retiring detective who during his final week is given the task of training rookie Brad Pitt. It just so happens that a serial killer decides to crop up that same week, killing his victims by using the Seven Deadly Sins. Very thrilling movie with a great end
#72 Clerks II (2006) - I just so happen to be a huge Kevin Smith fan as well, and his staples are the Clerks movies. This second installment is in color and the humor is a bit more straightforward. Dante (Brian O'Halloran) and Randal (Jeff Anderson) now are employees of a fast food restaurant named Mooby's. Very hysterical
#71 Caddyshack (1980) - I think this movie is worth it solely for Judge Smails (Ted Knight) and his booger eating grandson Spalding. But it only begins there. Bill Murray is great as the less than sharp greenskeeper and Chevy Chase is good too.
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#80 This is Spinal Tap (1984) - This movie was Rob Reiner's first as a director. It's a mockumentary about the fictitious band Spinal Tap. It shows them along their tour and it shows all of the problems that go wrong. Who would have thought that miniature models of stonehenge were such a problem for rock bands
#79 The Incredibles (2004) - I haven't seen Cars or Ratatouille but I don't think Pixar has it in them to make a bad movie. The Incredibles are a family of super heroes forced to hide their identities. Mr. Incredible has a hard time adjusting to normal life and ends up taking off on an adventure that gets his whole family into trouble.
#78 Predator (1987) - I typically don't like macho movies but this is an exception. Arnold is in his true form fighting for his life in the jungle being hunted by the ultimate predator. If you want to know what the movie is like just watch the first ten minutes to catch the mid-air arm wrestle between Arnold and Carl Weathers... Classic
#77 Trading Places (1983) - Unbelievable comedy in which two millionaires switch the places of an up and coming investor (Akroyd) and a street bum (Eddie Murphy). I remember seeing this at the Super Bowl party for the first time. We must have watched Dan Akroyd's frat brothers sing their song at least 15 times.
#76 Borat (2006) - Possibly one of the most quotable movies ever. Some might not agree with this choice but it had me in absolute tears for a solid 15 minutes. At times, extremely uncomfortable, but worth a watch.
#75 Up in the Air (2009) - This is a newer movie that I caught over the holidays. Great acting from Clooney but I was even more impressed by Anna Kendrick who plays a young fresh out of college employee who tries to revolutionize the business of firing people.
#74 Young Frankenstein (1974) - I also caught this for the first time this past holiday and it was classic. I'm a huge Gene Wilder fan and it was very entertaining seeing him and his monster perform "Putting on the Ritz"
#73 Se7en (1995) - Morgan Freeman is an old retiring detective who during his final week is given the task of training rookie Brad Pitt. It just so happens that a serial killer decides to crop up that same week, killing his victims by using the Seven Deadly Sins. Very thrilling movie with a great end
#72 Clerks II (2006) - I just so happen to be a huge Kevin Smith fan as well, and his staples are the Clerks movies. This second installment is in color and the humor is a bit more straightforward. Dante (Brian O'Halloran) and Randal (Jeff Anderson) now are employees of a fast food restaurant named Mooby's. Very hysterical
#71 Caddyshack (1980) - I think this movie is worth it solely for Judge Smails (Ted Knight) and his booger eating grandson Spalding. But it only begins there. Bill Murray is great as the less than sharp greenskeeper and Chevy Chase is good too.
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Binks, here are my comments on this top 10...
Spinal Tab - nice addition. 'No, we're not going to play f%^%$ing Stone Henge!!'
The Incredibles - I need to rewatch this one because I fell asleep the first time.
Predator - I'm not sure if I've seen this one, I think I have, not really a big fan of the horror genre.
Trading Places - good movie, 'Constance Frey, Constance Frey...'
Borat - once was enough for me on this one.
Up In The Air - I really liked this one but I only have one film from this year on my list and it's not this one. I started out not liking Anna Kendricks character but warmed to her ewhen she got dumped by her boyfriend. By the end of the movie I hated Vera Farmiga's character. Both will get Oscar nominations.
Young Frankenstein - I'll be talking about this one in the very near future.
Se7en - Why couldn't Spacey have cut off Bradd Pitt's head?
Clerks II - I've never seen it.
Caddyshack - I have to say I wasn't as big a fan of this one as everyone else but the more I see it, the funnier it gets. To me, Rodney Dangerfield and Ted Knight steal the show.
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Spinal Tab - nice addition. 'No, we're not going to play f%^%$ing Stone Henge!!'
The Incredibles - I need to rewatch this one because I fell asleep the first time.
Predator - I'm not sure if I've seen this one, I think I have, not really a big fan of the horror genre.
Trading Places - good movie, 'Constance Frey, Constance Frey...'
Borat - once was enough for me on this one.
Up In The Air - I really liked this one but I only have one film from this year on my list and it's not this one. I started out not liking Anna Kendricks character but warmed to her ewhen she got dumped by her boyfriend. By the end of the movie I hated Vera Farmiga's character. Both will get Oscar nominations.
Young Frankenstein - I'll be talking about this one in the very near future.
Se7en - Why couldn't Spacey have cut off Bradd Pitt's head?
Clerks II - I've never seen it.
Caddyshack - I have to say I wasn't as big a fan of this one as everyone else but the more I see it, the funnier it gets. To me, Rodney Dangerfield and Ted Knight steal the show.
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