This is a CHRIS COLUMBUS poll

I strongly dislike all of these except Gremlins.

doubtfire

home alone.

worst movie of all time?
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defend the indefensible: christopher columbus

Adventures in Babysitting vs. Stepmom vs. Goonies for me

Only the Lonely -- John Candy & Maureen O'Hara great together

i can't handle this right now

Best opening ever?

Young Sherlock Holmes isn't that bad. Stuff that he actually directed is pretty dire.

3 fairly great movies, one ok one and then straight off the cliff in 86

He's had a reallly solid career. Also, he must be rich.

home alone ruled

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Only the Lonely (1991)
Home Alone (1990)
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989) (screenplay)

^^^ not a bad run imo

Gremlins by a country mile. And his original screenplay was loads more violent than what Dante shot, too.

Gremlins is probably the sole reason to spare his life when the revolution comes.

Voted Goonies, but I do love Adventures in Babysitting

oooh forgot about a.i.b.

his original screenplay was loads more violent than what Dante shot, too.

wow, sounds even worse than Gremlins 2

that clip cuts right before the camera pans to his face, but i just realized that asshole boyfriend = Josh Lyman from West Wing!!

OK, first of all, Gremlins 2 is great.

Second, as much of an uproar as there was over the PG rating, Columbus's original screenplay was definitely an R for its time. As mentioned on the DVD commentary (via Wikipedia):

The first version was much darker. Scenes were cut portraying Billy's mother dying in her struggle with the gremlins, with her head thrown down the stairs when Billy arrives. Dante later explained the scene made the film darker than what the filmmakers wanted. There was a scene where the gremlins ate Billy's dog, and a scene where the gremlins attacked a McDonald's, eating the customers but not the burgers. Also, instead of Stripe being a mogwai who becomes a gremlin, there was no Stripe mogwai and Gizmo was supposed to turn into Stripe the gremlin. Spielberg overruled this plot element because he felt Gizmo was cute and audiences would want him to be present at all stages of the film.[4]

Gremlins>>>>>Goonies>Adventures>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Home Alone>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the rest that i've seen

man mrs. doubtfire annoyed the piss out of me. why was everybody all over it's nuts at the time?

Francis Fratelli: Tell us everything! Everything!
Chunk: Everything. OK! I'll talk! In third grade, I cheated on my history exam. In fourth grade, I stole my uncle Max's toupee and I glued it on my face when I was Moses in my Hebrew School play. In fifth grade, I knocked my sister Edie down the stairs and I blamed it on the dog... When my mom sent me to the summer camp for fat kids and then they served lunch I got nuts and I pigged out and they kicked me out... But the worst thing I ever done - I mixed a pot of fake puke at home and then I went to this movie theater, hid the puke in my jacket, climbed up to the balcony and then, t-t-then, I made a noise like this: hua-hua-hua-huaaaaaaa - and then I dumped it over the side, all over the people in the audience. And then, this was horrible, all the people started getting sick and throwing up all over each other. I never felt so bad in my entire life.
Jake Fratelli: I'm beginning to like this kid, Ma!

Mikey: Don't you realize? The next time you see sky, it'll be over another town. The next time you take a test, it'll be in some other school. Our parents, they want the best of stuff for us. But right now, they got to do what's right for them. Because it's their time. Their time! Up there! Down here, it's our time. It's our time down here. That's all over the second we ride up Troy's bucket.

Chunk: Listen, okay? You guys'll never believe me. There was two cop cars, okay? And they were chasing this four-wheel deal, this real neat ORV, and there were bullets flying all over the place. It was the most amazing thing I ever saw!
Mikey: More amazing than the time Michael Jackson come over to your house to use the bathroom.
Brandon Walsh: More amazing than the time you saved those old people from that nursing home fire, right?
Mouth: Yeah, and I bet it was even more amazing than the time you ate your weight in Godfather's pizza, right?
Chunk: Okay, Brand. Michael Jackson didn't come over to my house to use the bathroom. He was about to. But his sister did.

Mikey: You idiot, you glued it on upside down.
Chunk: It looks fine to me.

Mouth: You know, I just want to say thank you. For offering to save my life.
Stef: Wow! Thank you it's a real moment. You know your voice is kind of nice when your mouth isn't screwing it up.
Mouth: Yeah and your looks kind of pretty. When your face isn't screwing it up.

i love the goonies

i LOVED young sherlock holmes when i was a kid
those creepy bald cult people and their chanting! eek!

Gremlins is my favorite, by far, though YSH was fun when I first saw it. I worked on Bicentennial Man (which I guessed from the script would be absolutely abysmal) but I can say that Chris is a very nice guy, fwtw.

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