(indifference counts as losing $100, they have to really like it, or at least grudgingly admit it is excellent, but you are at the mercy of their judgment)
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 9 September 2009 17:52 (sixteen years ago)
hypothetical audience is of ur choosing: y/n?
― capn save a noob (cozwn), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 17:54 (sixteen years ago)
yeah, to whom are we recommending them?
― what happened? i am confused. (sarahel), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 17:54 (sixteen years ago)
http://huckleberry.casperworld.com/images/reviews/DVD_Cover_Dunston-checks-in.jpg
― mountain G.O.A.T. (s1ocki), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 17:55 (sixteen years ago)
http://www.ruthlessreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/mac2.jpg
cos I'm not recommending paul blart mall cop to ppl who've had it talked up
― capn save a noob (cozwn), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 17:56 (sixteen years ago)
http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/milo-and-otis2.jpg
― ian, Wednesday, 9 September 2009 17:56 (sixteen years ago)
good choice
― mountain G.O.A.T. (s1ocki), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 17:58 (sixteen years ago)
http://www.videoscourtesclic.com/br%20jumpin%20jack%20flash%2022.jpg
― mountain G.O.A.T. (s1ocki), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 17:59 (sixteen years ago)
the audience is any person you might reasonably encounter during the day, but you can't pick who (chosen at random).(I'm curious what soldiers stationed abroad would put up for their picks -- it could be their army buds, or it could be the local resentful populace -- how would they split the difference?)
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 9 September 2009 17:59 (sixteen years ago)
that's definitely the question.
― mountain G.O.A.T. (s1ocki), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 18:00 (sixteen years ago)
my friend's sister's husband recently got back from being stationed abroad. Upon returning he saw 2 girls one cup, and he didn't like it very much.
― what happened? i am confused. (sarahel), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 18:01 (sixteen years ago)
was the reaction worth $100?
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 9 September 2009 18:02 (sixteen years ago)
http://media.photobucket.com/image/weird%20al%20uhf/frostus27/uhf.jpg
― Lord Crutsos Omicron (Curt1s Stephens), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 18:03 (sixteen years ago)
sorry that should have been http://www.spaceg.com/80s/TV/images/UHF.jpg
xp Philip: he said he couldn't watch the whole thing ... obviously one of his fellow soldiers has hypothetically lost $100.
― what happened? i am confused. (sarahel), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 18:07 (sixteen years ago)
srsly guys go watch milo & otis and then paypal me $50 each, thanks.
― ian, Wednesday, 9 September 2009 18:08 (sixteen years ago)
aww ian, sorry about your cat ... hope he returns soon.
― what happened? i am confused. (sarahel), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 18:12 (sixteen years ago)
lol milo & otis would be a great movie even if my cat wasn't on the lam. that bastard better show up or else I am gonna be devastated for months :(
― ian, Wednesday, 9 September 2009 18:13 (sixteen years ago)
i was let down a bit by milo & otis, but you are making this very hard for me to not like this movie now...
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 9 September 2009 18:18 (sixteen years ago)
OP is Malcolm Gladwell and I claim my $100.
― Bay-L.A. Bar Talk (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 18:23 (sixteen years ago)
I raise youhttp://www.coverbrowser.com/image/finnish-dvds/381-1.jpg
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 9 September 2009 19:11 (sixteen years ago)
do they call it Hey! We're Porking! in Finland?
― what happened? i am confused. (sarahel), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 19:13 (sixteen years ago)
xxpost!!!
My Neighbor Totoro. Or Rock N' Roll High School. Or Babe.
― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 19:17 (sixteen years ago)
the audience is any person you might reasonably encounter during the day, but you can't pick who (chosen at random).
if that's the case - probably Jackie Brown or American Gangster
― what happened? i am confused. (sarahel), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 19:19 (sixteen years ago)
March of the Penguins?
(Caveat: I wouldn't necessarily recommend it to anti-Morgan Freeman folks like Shakey Mo Collier)
― Random trolling, brutal snubs, darted zings & decisive bans (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 20:24 (sixteen years ago)
its strange, the random things people remember about you
― Blanket McCulkin (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 20:25 (sixteen years ago)
something pixar
― iatee, Wednesday, 9 September 2009 20:25 (sixteen years ago)
Mary Poppins
― Blanket McCulkin (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 20:31 (sixteen years ago)
" anti-Morgan Freeman folks "Man, I thought Shawshank Redemption would have been a gimme.
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 9 September 2009 20:52 (sixteen years ago)
Also, that UHF pick is ballsy, even if you are surrounded by a sea of nerds! I wonder how it would do against the "Jackie Brown or American Gangster" audience.
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 9 September 2009 20:57 (sixteen years ago)
I wouldn't expect the average moviegoer to like Jackie Brown, that's a weird choice
― Blanket McCulkin (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 21:00 (sixteen years ago)
I'm gonna be gutsy and go with a foreign musical: Umbrellas of Cherbourg.
― Fetchboy, Wednesday, 9 September 2009 21:02 (sixteen years ago)
xp Shakey: the question involved someone I might reasonably encounter during my day, those people tend to be hipsters or African Americans.
― what happened? i am confused. (sarahel), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 22:02 (sixteen years ago)
Wall-E
― god bless this -ation (Abbott), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 22:13 (sixteen years ago)
^^ I liked that one way more than I thought I would.
― what happened? i am confused. (sarahel), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 22:16 (sixteen years ago)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1d/Theodore-rex-DVD.jpg
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 22:22 (sixteen years ago)
The world's toughest cop is getting a brand new partner. And he's a real blast from the past!
― bamcquern, Wednesday, 9 September 2009 22:33 (sixteen years ago)
Look at that sneaker with three toes.
The Muppet Movie
― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 9 September 2009 22:38 (sixteen years ago)
I was talking about how much I love The Brave Little Toaster the other day (upon seeing a junkyard trash compactor on tv) and then I said something like "it's too bad that the sequels we're such a disgrace to the original". People thought it was funny I took the Brave Little Toaster so seriously but I guess they just don't remember it very well (and it's true they didn't have much if any recollection).
― CaptainLorax, Wednesday, 9 September 2009 22:41 (sixteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UfsEj7AOGI
― CaptainLorax, Wednesday, 9 September 2009 22:42 (sixteen years ago)
Good, tough question. Just looking through my collection, I'd pick: L.A. Confidential
― or have I become completely absurd? (kenan), Thursday, 10 September 2009 01:34 (sixteen years ago)
the naked gun 1
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 10 September 2009 01:40 (sixteen years ago)
real genius
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 10 September 2009 01:42 (sixteen years ago)
Finding NemoGroundhog DayA Hard Day's NightWizard of OzThe Princess BrideHome Alone
― musically, Thursday, 10 September 2009 01:48 (sixteen years ago)
Home Alone? Ok, I know no one on ILX is not going to be representative of any group of ten or more random people, anywhere ever. But Home Alone?
― or have I become completely absurd? (kenan), Thursday, 10 September 2009 01:52 (sixteen years ago)
Groundhog Day is an excellent choice, btw.
GhostbustersRaiders of the Lost ArkBack to the FuturePsychoE.T.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Thursday, 10 September 2009 01:56 (sixteen years ago)
toy story
― k3vin k., Thursday, 10 September 2009 01:57 (sixteen years ago)
or what iatee said
Philadelphia StoryHoliday
― Turangalila, Thursday, 10 September 2009 02:10 (sixteen years ago)
if they are forced to watch it: Andy Warhol's Empire
― abanana, Thursday, 10 September 2009 02:12 (sixteen years ago)
tommy boy
― harbl, Thursday, 10 September 2009 02:32 (sixteen years ago)
Do people not like Home Alone? It's pretty classic IMO
― musically, Thursday, 10 September 2009 02:32 (sixteen years ago)
It's a kids movie. I don't hate kids or everything they like, but the thread question specifies that someone like it "very much".
― or have I become completely absurd? (kenan), Thursday, 10 September 2009 02:47 (sixteen years ago)
it's more of a family movie than a kids movie, and i think those kinds of movies are particularly the ones with the greatest mass appeal
― musically, Thursday, 10 September 2009 03:17 (sixteen years ago)
the Full Monty, maybe? That was fun.
Police Academy!
― Dearth Disco (Trayce), Thursday, 10 September 2009 04:34 (sixteen years ago)
Feels like it has to be a bit of a "lowest common denominator" answer tbh :/
Ebert's review of Police Academy is classic:
It's really something. It's so bad, maybe you should pool your money and draw straws and send one of the guys off to rent it so that in the future, whenever you think you're sitting through a bad comedy, he could shake his head, and chuckle tolerantly, and explain that you don't know what bad is.
― or have I become completely absurd? (kenan), Thursday, 10 September 2009 04:43 (sixteen years ago)
^The reason I would never pick a comedy.
― or have I become completely absurd? (kenan), Thursday, 10 September 2009 04:44 (sixteen years ago)
Or at least not a lowbrow, dick-joke comedy. Maybe something darker, or softer, or more "human." Like, you know, Groundhog Day.
― or have I become completely absurd? (kenan), Thursday, 10 September 2009 04:45 (sixteen years ago)
Yeah but we're talking not having a choice, getting an average man on the street, they're more bound to want a beer and a haw haw.
OK, I'm generalising wildly, obv.
― Dearth Disco (Trayce), Thursday, 10 September 2009 04:53 (sixteen years ago)
how about one where you get in trouble if you admit you don't like it, like Schindler's List
― we like cars, we like cartoons (dyao), Thursday, 10 September 2009 05:38 (sixteen years ago)
seconding The Princess BrideCats & Dogs
― Amateur Darraghmatics (darraghmac), Thursday, 10 September 2009 09:05 (sixteen years ago)
Monster's Ball
― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 10 September 2009 15:53 (sixteen years ago)
http://moisespineda.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/election_1999film1.jpg
― chap, Thursday, 10 September 2009 15:54 (sixteen years ago)
"how about one where you get in trouble if you admit you don't like it, like Schindler's List"ha this is good strategy!
"getting an average man on the street, they're more bound to want a beer and a haw haw."some time in the day you will probably meet your peers, too, so you have to factor that into your movie risk profile.
"be gutsy and go with a foreign musical: Umbrellas of Cherbourg."you should probably get bonus $ for foreign movies.
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 10 September 2009 17:20 (sixteen years ago)