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"The fanboys are so serious about The Dark Knight being the best film of 2008 that if the Academy snubs the comic-book adaptation for a Best Picture nomination, they’re liable to storm the Kodak Theatre on February 22 in protest. But why should anyone be worried that it won’t get the nomination? It wouldn’t be much of a coup for the year’s top-grossing blockbuster to be named one of the five Best Picture candidates. In fact, since the very first Academy Awards, the top award has often been handed out to films that were #1 at the box office in their respective year. And the last time it happened was as recent as 2003, with The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Thanks to popular and talented filmmakers like D.W. Griffith, Walt Disney, David Lean and Steven Spielberg, it’s hardly uncommon for films to make money and earn critical respect. But this isn’t an opportunity to spotlight overrated top-grossing Best Pictures like
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Philadelphia in the Movies
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"It’s been more than 100 years since the Philadelphia Quakers changed their name to the Philadelphia Philadelphians, which was thankfully shortened to “Phillies” very quickly, probably by printers who were afraid of using up all of their ‘P’s in the printing press. Since being founded in 1883, they’ve been one of the most tenacious teams in baseball, winning six pennants, and the World Series in 1980. In fact, in all of American sports (not just baseball), the Phillies are the team that’s been in one city with one name for the longest time. They’re one game away from another World Series win tonight, despite being the Major League team with the most losses in history. We celebrate their scrappiness with a list of quintessential Philadelphia movies. Check them out after the break.
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"This movie is exacatly what it said it was going to be, it's a chase movie with a terribly creepy villan. I cannot say there is much more to it than that. It's a western of sorts which for me is not really a big selling point. There is really nothing shocking or new about this movie. The "highly discussed" aspects of this film, in particular the dog that was not a stunt dog, were some of the more disappointing moments in movie-watching history for me (look up how much was written about this dog and how the scene was done and then rewatch the movie...) Which is why when I watched it the other day I just felt baffled. It is not fair to blame No Country for the expecations I had for it. It was, as I said, everything it said it was going to be. I can't really point my finger at critics or those who give out awards because after Brokeback Mountain they have proven they cannot be trusted. I know that the fault lies with me, but what can I do? I had hoped, in vain, that this film would be ... "
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AFI's 10 Top 10: Sports
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"The sports Top 10 is a difficult list to assess. How many truly good sports movies are there, and I ask this as a sports fan? Raging Bull (1980) is arguably the greatest film of the 1980s, and Rocky (1976) was a little labor of love, far from the semi-joke blockbuster that it is often remembered as in light of its sequels. They likely deserve their places at the top of the list, especially Raging Bull. As to the rest of the films, I have a lot of affection for Breaking Away (1979) and really, it's a lovely little film that I'd put higher on the list. I also like Hoosiers (1986) and Bull Durham (1988), but they both have obvious flaws (as Anne-Marie noted, the basketball film falls short in its depiction of the on-the-court action; the final is especially poorly paced and shot and edited in an oblique way. I've always thought that Bull Durham's final act stretched on a little too long, needlessly deferring Annie and Crash's final settling in together). For the remainder, well, I don ... "
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Rocky (1976)
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"Released: November 21, 1976 (New York)Director: John G. Avildsen*****I'll admit, I put off watching this 1976 Best Picture winner for a long, long time. Frankly, boxing pictures hold little allure for me and Sly Stallone isn't exactly at the top of any acting list. But a strange thing happened during Rocky: I grew to admire everything about the production. The much-heralded boxing aspects of the film never clouded the storyline and when Rocky makes his triumphant run up steps with the theme playing, we feel it.Rocky is touted as an underdog story and it certainly is, but that storyline isn't front and center as it maybe should be. Sure, we see Rocky wooing Adrian (Talia Shire) and eventually working his way into a fight with World Heavyweight Champion Apollo Creed. It's the finale, a cacophony of noise, that let's us all down. After a brutal 15 round bout, we want Rocky to win the fight. All we really know is that it was a split decision. If Rocky is to be a true hero for t ... "
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The Great Quebecois Hope
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"Let's go back. Back to a time when hockey was played without helmets or masks. When being a professional hockey player was (apparently) not a full-time job. A time before agents and million dollar contracts, when talent won out over hype and gimmicks. A simpler time.Specifically 1942, when Maurice "The Rocket" Richard (Roy Dupuis), a Quebecois machinist who'd financially supported his family since age 16, is signed by the hometown Montreal Canadians after an open training camp. Richard dazzles coach Dick Irvin with his speed and determination, but other team officials urge Irvin to be wary of Richard's tendency to break bones. Despite Richard being too brittle to join the army and fight in WWII, Irvin signs him anyway and is torched by the press after Richard breaks an ankle after a handful of electric games.Of course, the injury only motivates Richard to work harder and it is here that Pierre Gill's incredibly fluid cinematography really shines. Mo ... "
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Deeper Than Ice
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"It would be easy to classify Charles Biname’s The Rocket like any underdog sports film. It would also be wrong. Biname is after a bigger goal with this film. It is to expose the racism and discrimination during the fledgling days of the NHL. The film traces twenty years from the late 1930’s to the mid-1950’s. The film is carried by the performances of three actors: Roy Dupuis as Maurice Richard, Julie LeBreton as his wife Lucille, and Stephen McHattie as Dick Irvin, coach of the Canadiens. Dupuis is stoic, and silent in the beginning, and later on gives Richard a strong voice. LeBreton makes Lucille unflinchingly caring even during the worst of moments. McHattie’s Irvin is the “never say anything nice” coach who will win at all costs. In a film like Rocky, the final scene is winning the big match. In The Rocket, the best highlight "
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"Anyone who has ever believed that the underdog just may win, that the little guy from out of nowhere may actually have a chance against clearly superior competition, has obviously seen Rocky. "
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Raging Bull
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"After enjoying 'The Departed' a couple months ago, I've been revisiting a lot of old favorite Scorcese films. I hadn't seen 'Raging Bull' in probably 10 or more years, and it has only gotten better with age. This is probably one of three of his films he should have won the oscar for ('Taxi Driver' and 'Goodfellas' are the other two), instead of Hollywood scrambling to give him one late in his career as a consolation prize for ignoring him so long. After the dreamlike credits and short intro backstage with LaMotta's lounge act, the movie jumps right out of the corner at you, both fists a swinging, and the opening sequence is a perfect blend of top notch editing, cinematography and timing as the violence in the ring seems to infect and spread throughout the audience until the capping scene with the entire arena broken out into a riot and the poor organist in the foreground trying vainly to calm people down. So much has been made of Robert ... "
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Re: Top five favorite Soundtracks
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"Top Gun Top Gun might be one of the best sound tracks ever. Although you might not want to admit it. I think everyone has caught themselves hearing a song from the movie and instantly being able to place the scene in the movie it is from. For instance "Danger Zone" and you see Maverick (Tom Cruise) trying to race a jet on his motorcycle. How about "You've Lost the Love and Feeling" yeah see you know what I am talking about. Maverick signing to Charlie (Kelly McGillis) and then he follows her into the ladies room and offers to save her from making a mistake with the old man she was with. (I don't think that is on the sound track however.) A close second would have to be Rocky. If you ever played sports in high school at one point you had a tape you made up that had "Eye of a Tiger" on it and you know who you are! I think my tape wore out from me rewinding it so many times to hear the first 45 seconds of that song. So what other movies have sounds tracks like thi ... "
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