Risselada
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8/18/2009 2:10 PM
posted awhile ago
Which of these movies written but not directed by John Hughes is your favorite?
Please reference this thread for the rules of this group.
Part two of the John Hughes poll.
Hughes sure liked his Christmas movies. He also wrote the screen play for the remake of Miracle on 34th Street which I didn't include here.
Again thanks to laurabot for the suggestion of a John Hughes poll.
Please vote only once in each poll.
Movies referenced in this poll:
Christmas Vacation
Dutch
The Great Outdoors
Home Alone
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Mr. Mom
Pretty in Pink
Reach the Rock
Some Kind of Wonderful
Vacation
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mercurial
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8/18/2009 3:32 PM
posted awhile ago
Re:Which of these movies written but not directed by John Hughes is your favorite?
I live about 45 minutes from where they filmed The Great Outdoors and always watch the film before and after I visit the lake. So yeah, it gets my vote.
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pippin06
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8/18/2009 3:58 PM
posted awhile ago
Re:Which of these movies written but not directed by John Hughes is your favorite?
While this was a tough decision, being that Christmas Vacation is a holiday must-watch, and Pretty in Pink is one of those teen classics (even though Duckie and Andy are obviously the better couple, but Andrew McCarthy is dreamy), nothing beats the forever quotable nouveau classic that is The Great Outdoors. Plus, this was an important film in our household; it's one of my dad's favorite films, and he's fond of reminding everyone just what hot dogs are made of according to the gospel of Mr. Hughes.
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csprague
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8/18/2009 4:26 PM
posted awhile ago
Re:Which of these movies written but not directed by John Hughes is your favorite?
I need obviously need to watch some of these movies. I have only ever seen Pretty in Pink and the two Home Alone movies. Lame! So, yeah, I voted for Home Alone, because it's classic to me.
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tadiv
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8/18/2009 5:37 PM
posted awhile ago
Re:Which of these movies written but not directed by John Hughes is your favorite?
Vacation gets my vote...
Tom
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xBenjaminMichae lx
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8/19/2009 1:37 AM
posted awhile ago
Re:Which of these movies written but not directed by John Hughes is your favorite?
Home Alone, easy. One of the better family movies of all time.
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Risselada
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8/19/2009 1:27 PM
posted awhile ago
Re:Which of these movies written but not directed by John Hughes is your favorite?
 mercurial:
I live about 45 minutes from where they filmed The Great Outdoors and always watch the film before and after I visit the lake. So yeah, it gets my vote.
What IS the name of the lake in this movie? Where is it??
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QFLW
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8/24/2009 10:42 PM
posted awhile ago
Re:Which of these movies written but not directed by John Hughes is your favorite?
This one was a little hard, too. I plunked for Great Outdoors in the end, because I do believe I enjoyed it the most of the others. Though the Vacations, Mr. Mom and Pretty In Pink are up there in the near & dear hall o'fame.
Home Alone, while it was sometimes funny and made me boo-hoo like a fool at the end, was horrific in the sense that nearly everything the boy Culkin did to his adversaries would have, in real life, killed them. I was gasping too much to find the hits very funny. No normal child is that inventive, anyway. Well, not that there's a lot of strict realism in any of the other films...
As an afterthought - I do not want to see any more remakes of Miracle on 34th Street. Ever. The version with the young Natalie Wood cannot be improved on. It doesn't translate well to contemporary times, no matter who writes them.
:-)
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