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AfterHours

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Romanelli wrote:

AfterHours wrote:

Thanks, I don't know if I'll see it in theaters yet, or just wait until it's available on streaming.

Scaruffi just gave it an official rating (hyperlinked, with review) of 6.5 which is a solid recommendation combined with yours. He also says nothing but good things (or at least nothing critical) about it so maybe it has potential to get a little bit higher rating even from him (sometimes he adjusts them by a few points or more soon after posting a rating or later on as he watches more from that year or from that director).

Regardless of what Scaruffi (or anyone else) says (about ANYTHING)...go see it for yourself. Points and ratings be damned. LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In the end, Scaruffi knows nothing more than you do, and Scaruffi's opinion means no more than yours does. You don't need him. In fact, your opinion means more without his factored in.

DO IT!

Okay okay Romanelli, but you're "yelling" as if it's some sort of earth shattering masterpiece 🤣 🤣

(which I suppose is possible)

Where did I say I wasn't going to see it anyway??? 🤔

Chill guys, it's just a Barbie movie ... For $14 ... Or free (or maybe a few bucks) in a matter of weeks...

Ultimately what Scaruffi says may not matter once I see it. After all, maybe I'll think it surpasses Citizen Kane... 🤥

...But he is an excellent source because I end up agreeing with him (or close, within less than a half point) about 80% of the time, and this naturally helps me pre-select what to see as a priority and saves me a lot of wasted time and money when there is no way I can watch every movie ever made (nor would want to). It helps me watch most, nearly all, of the very good or best ones however.

I will say comedies tend to be our least point of close agreement (avg drops to probably more like 2/3rds), so Barbie has that going for it. And like I said, Facetious saying it could land in the 7s or 7.3s is a pretty good indication that I might think similarly (because he is also quite familiar with my criteria and ratings and isn't often far off with recs).
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Facetious

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New Jack City - Mario Van Peebles (1991) ...Messy, a bit unfocused, but nevertheless vibrant, energetic and stylish "Hood/Gangster" Film that features Snipes as a two-faced, brutal drug lord (with echoes and quotations of De Palma's Scarface) and with Ice T and co attempting to take him down while walking a fine line between the law and vigilante justice...The action is often ultra violent, while the film features several brief neighborhood scenes and vibrant interludes in between action sequences where one gets a very early 90s "hip hop" (occasionally gospel) feel, framing and adding social context to the proceedings, where Van Peebles is juxtaposing the gangsters, drug abuse and violence in various ways to counterpoint or question it.

Gonna give a shout-out to Mario's father Melvin Van Peebles here, especially his films Watermelon Man and Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song.

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Facetious wrote:

AfterHours wrote:

New Jack City - Mario Van Peebles (1991) ...Messy, a bit unfocused, but nevertheless vibrant, energetic and stylish "Hood/Gangster" Film that features Snipes as a two-faced, brutal drug lord (with echoes and quotations of De Palma's Scarface) and with Ice T and co attempting to take him down while walking a fine line between the law and vigilante justice...The action is often ultra violent, while the film features several brief neighborhood scenes and vibrant interludes in between action sequences where one gets a very early 90s "hip hop" (occasionally gospel) feel, framing and adding social context to the proceedings, where Van Peebles is juxtaposing the gangsters, drug abuse and violence in various ways to counterpoint or question it.

Gonna give a shout-out to Mario's father Melvin Van Peebles here, especially his films Watermelon Man and Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song.

Right on, do you think Blaxploitation films (in general) should be eligible for the Hood/Gangster list? Obviously, I don't mean those that clearly or probably aren't (like Blacula or something), but I wonder if Blaxploitation is sometimes or maybe often (at least partially) just replacing what would now be called a Hood or Gangster film in its earlier incarnations. I don't know if I've ever seen one with both "Blaxploitation" and "Hood" as its MAIN genre tags (occasionally "Hood" is a sub tag) on RYM. And Blaxploitation is a genre I've only barely explored (but intend to at some point, and maybe this list would be a good start if there are enough that could or should be added).
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Facetious

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Age: 26

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AfterHours wrote:

Facetious wrote:

AfterHours wrote:

New Jack City - Mario Van Peebles (1991) ...Messy, a bit unfocused, but nevertheless vibrant, energetic and stylish "Hood/Gangster" Film that features Snipes as a two-faced, brutal drug lord (with echoes and quotations of De Palma's Scarface) and with Ice T and co attempting to take him down while walking a fine line between the law and vigilante justice...The action is often ultra violent, while the film features several brief neighborhood scenes and vibrant interludes in between action sequences where one gets a very early 90s "hip hop" (occasionally gospel) feel, framing and adding social context to the proceedings, where Van Peebles is juxtaposing the gangsters, drug abuse and violence in various ways to counterpoint or question it.

Gonna give a shout-out to Mario's father Melvin Van Peebles here, especially his films Watermelon Man and Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song.

Right on, do you think Blaxploitation films (in general) should be eligible for the Hood/Gangster list? Obviously, I don't mean those that clearly or probably aren't (like Blacula or something), but I wonder if Blaxploitation is sometimes or maybe often (at least partially) just replacing what would now be called a Hood or Gangster film in its earlier incarnations. I don't know if I've ever seen one with both "Blaxploitation" and "Hood" as its MAIN genre tags (occasionally "Hood" is a sub tag) on RYM. And Blaxploitation is a genre I've only barely explored (but intend to at some point, and maybe this list would be a good start if there are enough that could or should be added).

Maybe change "gangster/hood" to the broader "crime/gangster/hood;" a lot of Blaxploitation could easily count, including Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song which I think is often credited with inventing the genre.

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Facetious wrote:

AfterHours wrote:

Facetious wrote:

AfterHours wrote:

New Jack City - Mario Van Peebles (1991) ...Messy, a bit unfocused, but nevertheless vibrant, energetic and stylish "Hood/Gangster" Film that features Snipes as a two-faced, brutal drug lord (with echoes and quotations of De Palma's Scarface) and with Ice T and co attempting to take him down while walking a fine line between the law and vigilante justice...The action is often ultra violent, while the film features several brief neighborhood scenes and vibrant interludes in between action sequences where one gets a very early 90s "hip hop" (occasionally gospel) feel, framing and adding social context to the proceedings, where Van Peebles is juxtaposing the gangsters, drug abuse and violence in various ways to counterpoint or question it.

Gonna give a shout-out to Mario's father Melvin Van Peebles here, especially his films Watermelon Man and Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song.

Right on, do you think Blaxploitation films (in general) should be eligible for the Hood/Gangster list? Obviously, I don't mean those that clearly or probably aren't (like Blacula or something), but I wonder if Blaxploitation is sometimes or maybe often (at least partially) just replacing what would now be called a Hood or Gangster film in its earlier incarnations. I don't know if I've ever seen one with both "Blaxploitation" and "Hood" as its MAIN genre tags (occasionally "Hood" is a sub tag) on RYM. And Blaxploitation is a genre I've only barely explored (but intend to at some point, and maybe this list would be a good start if there are enough that could or should be added).

Maybe change "gangster/hood" to the broader "crime/gangster/hood;" a lot of Blaxploitation could easily count, including Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song which I think is often credited with inventing the genre.

Possibly, and I'm sure that would allow them all or mostly onto my list, but "crime" opens up the list to way too many (not so congruent, or too un-specific) sub-genres that I don't necessarily want as it would water down the idea a little bit too much (now all of a sudden every noir film qualifies, every cop film, many Hitchcock films, etc, that have very little to do with the main idea). The idea behind it being Gangster and Hood is that those two are often two sides of the same coin. Hood films typically feature youths growing up in the environment or product of gangsters or as gangsters themselves (typically lower class of gangsters), while Gangster films are more often that of the Mob (a typically higher class of gangsters in terms of wealth, business dealings, etc).
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Actually, fwiw -- more to the core of my intent -- is that a good friend ("in real life", not a user of this site) loves hip hop music and that is pretty much all he listens to and pretty much all he truly loves in art (with some occasional exceptions). He recently started getting a little bit more into cinema (partially from my urging and from some of our conversations), so I was inspired to put together this list not just for my own interest and revisits and to fill it up some more, but for him, because it would feature a high percentage of films from all decades (and across the majority of my ratings scale) that would be likely to quickly appeal to him, and would take him across both mainstream films and more artistic or unique films, doing a pretty good job of introducing him to cinema in a way that holds his interest as a stepping stone with as little resistance as possible, and perhaps allows him to more easily segue into other great films in other genres from there.
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I went back in this thread and found the miscellaneous genre/sub-genre lists I've worked on sporadically over the last year or so and added links to them on the main (most recent) "Top 10 of the Week" post (a page or so back from this). These links will now be carried over and included on each "Top 10 of the Week" until they are moved (as more "official" lists) into their "proper" thread (ex: all the film genre lists, assuming I want to keep them, will eventually be moved over to my "Greatest Films" thread, and linked to there ... etc). But for now they will be featured here, mainly because they are partially or largely in early stages (especially as I am still getting more used to and working out the precision of my ratings below 6.8/10) and a fairly high percentage of the entries are tentative ratings, based on viewings years ago (sometimes several years) and need revisits (usually noted next to the entry) before they're more "official" and the list itself can be considered a bit more complete.

Anyway, they're now much easier to find and jump to instead of just being buried in the thread. If I start more exclusively focusing on one of them, I will bump said genre list up to the front of the thread (and update its link to that one) but even if I'm not I sometimes still update them even if they're way back in the thread and I'm not devoting much time and effort to them exclusively. In any case, they can be jumped to rapidly by anyone that wants to look over them, and of course comments/recommendations for any are always welcome whether I am focusing on the one you want to talk about or not (of course, as usual, what I'm focusing on will usually get the better responses from me than something I'm not).
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Working on this... Recs/ratings suggestions, etc, welcome of course

Best Teen and/or Coming of Age Films

8.5/10
<<<8.3>>>
Landscape in the Mist - Theo Angelopolous (1988)

8/10
<<<8.2>>>
Love Exposure - Sion Sono (2008)
<<<7.9>>>
Dance of Reality - Alejandro Jodorowsky (2013) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
<<<7.8>>>
Mirror - Andrei Tarkovsky (1975) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
La Haine - Mathieu Kassovitz (1996) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Leon: The Professional - Luc Besson (1994) [Original Cut, 110 minutes] ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***

7.5/10
<<<7.7>>>
Come and See - Elim Klimov (1985) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Walkabout - Nicolas Roeg (1971)
Shane - George Stevens (1953) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Badlands - Terrence Malick (1973)
The Magnificent Ambersons - Orson Welles (1942) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
<<<7.6>>>
Blue Velvet - David Lynch (1986) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Thelma - Joachim Trier (2017) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Sansho the Bailiff - Kenji Mizoguchi (1954) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
The Graduate - Mike Nichols (1967)
Days of Heaven - Terrence Malick (1978) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
<<<7.5>>>
Splendor in the Grass - Elia Kazan (1962)
The Tree of Life - Terrence Malick (2011)
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ...and Spring - Kim ki-duk (2003)
<<<7.4>>>
The Last Picture Show - Peter Bogdanovich (1971)
American Beauty - Sam Mendes (1999)
Forrest Gump - Robert Zemeckis (1994) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders - Jaromil Jires (1970)
The State I Am In - Christian Petzold (2000)
City of God - Fernando Meirelles (2002)
Shadow of a Doubt - Alfred Hitchcock (1943) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Pather Panchali - Satyajit Ray (1955) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
<<<7.3>>>
Spirited Away - Hayao Miyazaki (2001)
They Live By Night - Nicholas Ray (1948) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
A Clockwork Orange - Stanley Kubrick (1971) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Rebels of the Neon God - Tsai Ming-liang (1992) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Yeelen - Souleyman Cisse (1987) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Brewster McCloud - Robert Altman (1970) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***

7/10
<<<7.2>>>
The 400 Blows - Francois Truffaut (1959)
Pan's Labyrinth - Guillermo del Toro (2006) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Brand Upon the Brain! - Guy Maddin (2006) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed*** ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Fanny and Alexander - Ingmar Bergman (1982) [TV Version, 312 minutes]
If... - Lindsay Anderson (1968)
Germany, Year Zero - Roberto Rossellini (1948) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed*** ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Best of Youth - Marco Tullio Giordana (2003) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Back to the Future - Robert Zemeckis (1985)
Whiplash - Damien Chazelle (2014) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Paranoid Park - Gus Van Sant (2007) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
<<<7.1>>>
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – Edgar Wright (2010)
21 Jump Street - Phil Lord; Christopher Miller (2012)
Peggy Sue Got Married - Francis Ford Coppola (1986)
American Graffiti - George Lucas (1973)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off - John Hughes (1986)
Edward Scissorhands - Tim Burton (1990) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Hoop Dreams - Steve James (1994) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit*** ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
All Quiet on the Western Front - Lewis Milestone (1930) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Brick - Rian Johnson (2005)
The Ice Storm - Ang Lee (1997)
Ghost World - Terry Zwigoff (2001)
Halloween - John Carpenter (1978) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Carrie - Brian De Palma (1976)
<<<7.0>>>
Donnie Darko - Richard Kelly (2001)
Welcome to the Dollhouse - Todd Solondz (1995)
Lady Bird - Greta Gerwig (2017)
Booksmart - Olivia Wilde (2019)
A Nightmare on Elm Street - Wes Craven (1984)
Eighth Grade - Bo Burnham (2018)
Heathers - Michael Lehmann (1989)
Grave of the Fireflies - Isao Takahata (1988) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Almost Famous - Cameron Crowe (2000)
Forbidden Games - Rene Clement (1952)
Boyhood - Richard Linklater (2014)
Europa Europa - Agnieszka Holland (1990)
Picnic at Hanging Rock - Peter Weir (1975) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
E.T. the Extra Terrestrial - Steven Spielberg (1982)
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut - Trey Parker (1999) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Spring Breakers - Harmony Korine (2012) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Saturday Night Fever - John Badham (1977) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Boyz n' the Hood - John Singleton (1991)
Inside Out - Pete Docter (2015)
<<<6.9>>>
Alice - Jan Svankmajer (1988) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Pinocchio - Hamilton Luske and Ben Sharpsteen (1940) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Bambi - David Hand (1942)
Zero for Conduct - Jean Vigo (1933)
Dazed and Confused - Richard Linklater (1993)
Road to Perdition - Sam Mendes (2002) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
The Edge of Seventeen - Kelly Fremon Craig (2016)
The Lost Boys - Joel Schumacher (1987) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Scream - Wes Craven (1996)
Hausu - Nobuhiko Obayashi (1977) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Rebel Without a Cause - Nicolas Roeg (1955)
Empire of the Sun - Steven Spielberg (1987)
The Breakfast Club - John Hughes (1985)
Go - Doug Liman (1999) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit*** ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
<<<6.8>>>
Harold and Maude – Hal Ashby (1971)
Election - Alexander Payne (1999)
National Lampoon's Animal House - John Landis (1978)
Risky Business - Paul Brickman (1983)
Superbad - Greg Mottola (2007)
The Karate Kid - John G. Avildsen (1984)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl - Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (2015) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Pleasantville - Gary Ross (1998)
Let the Right One In - Tomas Alfredson (2008) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit*** ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Crooklyn - Spike Lee (1994) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
East of Eden - Elia Kazan (1955) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
The Virgin Suicides - Sofia Coppola (1999)
Fright Night - Tom Holland (1985) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit*** ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Christine - John Carpenter (1983) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
WarGames - John Badham (1983)
The Neverending Story - Wolfgang Peterson (1984) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***

6.5/10
<<<6.7>>>
Scream 2 - Wes Craven (1998)
Slumdog Millionaire - Danny Boyle (2008) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit*** ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Rumble Fish - Francis Ford Coppola (1983) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<6.6>>>
Rushmore - Wes Anderson (1998)
Battle Royale - Kinji Fukasaku (2000) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit*** ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Menace to Society - Allen and Albert Hughes (1993) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit*** ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
West Side Story - Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins (1961) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit*** ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
<<<6.5>>>
Napoleon Dynamite - Jared Hess (2004)
Big - Penny Marshall (1988)
Cabin in the Woods - Drew Goddard (2011) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
A.I. Artificial Intelligence - Steven Spielberg (2001) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Where the Wild Things Are - Spike Jonze (2009)
The Spectacular Now - James Ponsoldt (2013)
The Big Parade - King Vidor (1925) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit*** ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
<<<6.4>>>
The Wizard of Oz - Victor Fleming (1939) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
The Lion King - Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff (1994)
The Cider House Rules - Lasse Hallstrom (1999)
The Little Mermaid - Ron Clements and John Musker (1989) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Juno - Jason Reitman (2007)
Say Anything - Cameron Crowe (1989)
Labyrinth - Jim Hensen (1986) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Fast Times at Ridgemont High - Amy Heckerling (1982)
Sixteen Candles - John Hughes (1984)
Home Alone - Chris Columbus (1990) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
<<<6.3>>>
Grease - Randal Kleiser (1978) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Cloak and Dagger - Richard Franklin (1984) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit*** ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Flight of the Navigator - Randal Kleiser (1986) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Mean Girls - Mark Waters (2004)
Searching For Bobby Fischer - Steven Zaillian (1993) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit*** ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Little Miss Sunshine - Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (2006) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit*** ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Footloose - Herbert Ross (1984)

6/10
<<<6.2>>>
House Party - Reginald Hudlin (1990) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
An Education - Lone Scherfig (2009)
Good Will Hunting - Gus Van Sant (1997) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
<<<6.1>>>
The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky (2012) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Fresh - Boaz Yakin (1994)
<<<6.0>>>
The Goonies - Richard Donner (1985) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit*** ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Superman - Richard Donner (1978) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit*** ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Uncle Buck - John Hughes (1989) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Red Dawn - John Milius (1984) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Pretty in Pink - Howard Deutch (1986) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Spiderman - Sam Raimi (2002) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit*** ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Stand By Me - Rob Reiner (1986)
<<<5.9>>>
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure - Stephen Herek (1989) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Weird Science - John Hughes (1985) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
American Pie - Paul Weitz (1999)
17 Again - Burr Steers (2009)
<<<5.8>>>
Old Yeller - Robert Stevenson (1957) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Cry-Baby - John Waters (1990) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Final Destination - James Wong (2000) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids - Joe Johnston (1989) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Clueless - Amy Heckerling (1995)

5.5/10
<<<5.7>>>
The Craft - Andrew Fleming (1996) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Bring it On - Peyton Reed (2000)
Hackers - Iain Softley (1995) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<5.6>>>
Cruel Intentions - Roger Kumble (1999) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Blockers - Kay Cannon (2018)
<<<5.5>>>
The Outsiders - Francis Ford Coppola (1983)
My Girl - Howard Zieff (1991)
Twilight - Catherine Hardwicke (2008)
Gran Torino - Clint Eastwood (2008) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Road Trip - Todd Phillips (2000) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Adventures in Babysitting - Chris Columbus (1987) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
<<<5.4>>>
Easy A - Will Gluck (2010) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - Francis Lawrence (2013) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Dirty Dancing - Emile Ardolino (1987)
<<<5.3>>>
Jawbreaker - Darren Stein (1999) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Dangerous Minds - John N. Smith (1995)

5/10
<<<5.2>>>
The Hunger Games - Gary Ross (2012) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
The Last Starfighter - Nick Castle (1984) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit*** ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
The Karate Kid, Part II - John G Avildsen (1986) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<5.1>>>
10 Things I Hate About You - Gil Junger (1999)
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead - Stephen Herek (1991)
<<<5.0>>>
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York - Chris Columbus (1992) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit*** ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Empire Records - Allan Moyle (1995) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Iron Giant - Brad Bird (1999) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
Life of Pi - Ang Lee (2012) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
<<<4.9>>>
The Land Before Time - Don Bluth (1988) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
<<<4.8>>>
The Blue Lagoon - Randall Kleiser (1980) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Varsity Blues - Brian Robbins (1999) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Lord of the Flies - Harry Hook (1990) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit*** ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***

4.5/10
<<<4.7>>>
License to Drive - Greg Beeman (1988) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<4.6>>>
Dude, Where's My Car? - Danny Leiner (2000) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Friday the 13th - Sean S. Cunningham (1980)
<<<4.5>>>
I Know What You Did Last Summer - Jim Gillespie (1997) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Eurotrip - Jeff Schaffer (2004)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Fran Rubel Kuzui (1992) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Encino Man - Les Mayfield (1992) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Karate Kid, Part III - John G Avildsen (1989) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Teen Wolf - Rod Daniel (1985)
<<<4.4>>>
Career Opportunities - Bryan Gordon (1991) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Free Willy - Simon Wincer (1993) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit*** ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
<<<4.3>>>
Little Monsters - Richard Greenberg (1989) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit*** ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***

4/10
<<<4.2>>>
The Mighty Ducks - Robert Stevenson (1992) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit*** ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
She's All That - Robert Iscove (1999)
<<<4.1>>>
The Twilight Saga: New Moon - Chris Weitz (2009)
Calendar Girl - John Whitesell (1993) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<4.0>>>
Teen Witch - Dorian Walker (1989) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer - Danny Cannon (1998) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Save the Last Dance - Thomas Carter (2001) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<3.9>>>
Revenge of the Nerds - Jeff Kanew (1984)
<<<3.8>>>
The Legend of Billie Jean - Matthew Robbins (1985) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
For Keeps - John G. Avildsen (1988)
Alice in Wonderland - Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson and Hamilton Luske (1951) ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
The Wizard - Todd Holland (1989) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit*** ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***

3.5/10
<<<3.7>>>
The Next Karate Kid - Christopher Cain (1994) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<3.6>>>
<<<3.5>>>
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise - Joe Roth (1987) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Steve Barron (1990)
***tentative rating/may need a revisit*** ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***
<<<3.4>>>
<<<3.3>>>
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation - Roland Mesa (1992) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze - Michael Pressman (1991)[/b] ***tentative rating/may need a revisit*** ***Questionable genre selection/may be removed***

3/10
<<<3.2>>>
<<<3.1>>>
<<<3.0>>>
Sidekicks - Aaron Norris (1993) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Teen Wolf Too - Christopher Leitch (1987) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Salsa - Boaz Davidson (1988) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<2.9>>>
<<<2.8>>>

Qualify???
Amelie
Time Bandits
Adventures of Baron Munchausen
City of Lost Children

Rating??? Need to Revisit
Jennifer's Body
Tideland
Gleaming the Cube - Graeme Clifford (1989)
Porky's - Bob Clark (1981)

Need to See
Moonlight
Moonrise Kingdom[/b][/b][/b][/i][/b][/i][/b][/i][/b]
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Best Classical
Best Films
Best Paintings

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Facetious

Gender: Male

Age: 26

Location: Somewhere you've never been

Thoughts on the new Olivia Rodrigo singles? "bad idea right?" particularly seems interesting on first couple of listens, taking the sound of "brutal" further and perhaps improving on it actually: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQLMDacVVoQ