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Tom · 09-17-2007, 05:26 PM

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I really connected with Dazed and Confused because I experienced nearly everything that happened in that movie back when I was in the 7th-8th grade, including being chased by seniors with wooden paddles that had holes in them.

Ha. I think connecting with this movie is also a reason I liked it.

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My number one all time favorite musical: Fiddler on the Roof. What a truly great movie. My only regret is that I never got to go see it when it was in the theater.

I can relate to that ... I had the same regret about Apocalypse Now which I was finally able to see in the theater when redux came out. The experience was awesome.

jtee · 09-17-2007, 08:02 PM

A buddy and I went to see Superbad over the weekend. I was entertained, but is not nearly as good as Dazed and Confused and few other teenage films (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Valley Girl, The Sure Thing, American Graffiti, Better off Dead).

What was clear about Superbad was that the producers wanted it to be as close to NC-17 they could get. My guess is the early cuts of the film were NC-17, and they had to start watering it down to get a R rating. I am sure the DVD version will clearly be the NC-17 version not releases in theaters.

It will become that one movies that every teenage boy for the next 10 years will see despite the objections of his parents, just like teenage boys manage to watch a few porn movies without their parents knowledge.

Tom · 09-17-2007, 08:19 PM

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It will become that one movies that every teenage boy for the next 10 years will see despite the objections of his parents, just like teenage boys manage to watch a few porn movies without their parents knowledge.

So it's my "Porky's"?

Interested to hear opinions of Wedding Crashers.

jtee · 09-17-2007, 09:06 PM

I have Wedding Crashers somewhere in our Netflix cue. Generally my daughter and wife keep changing the cue so my movies always end up at the bottom. If I really want to watch a movie, I have to see it in the theaters or buy the DVD.

Sometimes we go rent a movie, but that is really what Nextflix is for. And if we do rent one it generally is some kind of chick flick they want to see.

Superbad is a cross between Porky's and Dazed and Confused. Very much over the top with teenage boys obsession with sex from the nerd perspective. My wife wouldn't have liked it, and my daughter would have just giggled the entire time.

Tom · 09-18-2007, 06:59 AM

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Generally my daughter and wife keep changing the cue so my movies always end up at the bottom.

Oh I had that problem too ... the worst part is then the wife's Netflix envelopes would sit unopened for weeks while I had nothing to watch.

Kaytee · 09-18-2007, 08:19 AM

Wedding crashers is a great movie!!!
And yes all boys will watch these type of movies some how or way. Most girls as well.

FooserX · 09-19-2007, 11:23 AM

Anyone see Amelie?

Great movie my wife and I just saw. It's #34 on IMDB's top 250 of all time. Definitely worth renting...very quirky and heartwarming.

fallon · 09-19-2007, 12:31 PM

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Oh I had that problem too ... the worst part is then the wife's Netflix envelopes would sit unopened for weeks while I had nothing to watch.

Funny I thought I was the only one who had issues with loved ones changing the order of the movies. It always makes me chuckle a bit when I send movies back than get the email that something totally different then what I was expecting is on it's way. His also sit unopened for a while but it's mainly because I'm in no hurry to watch them

fallon · 09-19-2007, 12:35 PM

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So it's my "Porky's"?

Interested to hear opinions of Wedding Crashers.

kaytee's right, super cute movie. It's good for couples who don't always agree on movies

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Anyone see Amelie?

Great movie my wife and I just saw. It's #34 on IMDB's top 250 of all time. Definitely worth renting...very quirky and heartwarming.

I haven't heard of this one...but I'm always on the look out for a good movie. Who's in it?

FooserX · 09-27-2007, 08:14 AM

>>>I haven't heard of this one...but I'm always on the look out for a good movie. Who's in it?

It's French, so no one you know. :-P

Trust me! Rent it...If you don't like it, then you can recommend me one and I'll watch it. :-)

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