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Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch
I agree with most of this, except the exclusion of Lebowski is incapable of explanation, as is the inclusion of Elf, which had exactly one funny scene (the one with the dude from The Station Agent) and a series of totally phoned-in performances by Newhart, Deschanel, Caan, and yes I'll say it, Farrell.
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I have no good excuse for the exclusion of
Lebowski. It's either one of those movies that speaks to you or it's not. Don't get me wrong, I think it's very funny. But I'm not one of its cult-like followers.
As for
Elf, I have no good reason for its inclusion. The movie basically sucks, but there are so many funny moments that I can't turn it off whenever it comes on. I am not a big Farrell fan, but in some things, he just works. I hated Old School, but loved Anchorman. His wide-eyed, naive overgrown elf character in search of his father after finally finding out he's not an elf is just funny. There are too many "Oooooh! It's like a Christmas Tree," (after pressing all the elevator buttons, "Buddy the Elf! What's your favorite color?" (when he picks up Caan's phone), "I just like to smile, smiling's my favorite!" "Watch out, the yellow ones don't stop!" "I thought maybe we could make ginger bread houses, and eat cookie dough, and go ice skating, and maybe even hold hands," (when discussing his plans for the day with Caan) and "He's an
angry elf!" moments--and there are like a hundred of them. As an aside, including all the horror movies I've seen (and I've seen a few), I have never cringed as much as when watching Buddy pull all that used gum off the underside of the subway station entrance structure and stuff it in his mouth.
TM
eta: I probably should have included
Midnight Run, but the fact that it slipped my mind even though I just watched it like 4 days ago, means it doesn't belong, I guess.
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