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  • Channel Flipping Stoppers

       December 19, 2004

    There are great movies and then there are those movies that, no matter how many times you've seen them, alway stop you dead in your tracks when you're sitting around flipping channels. In a way, they've achieved their own kind of greatness. Here are some of my channel flipping stoppers:

    • Major League (I'm actually watching this right now and yes, it did inspire this post): this is probably the only movie that I like either Charlie Sheen or Wesley Snipes in. Plus, you just have to love Bob Uecker. I especially like the incredibly horrible dubbing of Corbin Bernsen at the end when he says "strike this (expletive) out". It's just classic. Also classic: "Forget about the curveball Ricky, give 'em the heater".
    • The Cutting Edge: I'm such a sucker for any play on "The Taming of the Shrew". And, this movie also attempts to answer the age old question of who is a better skater: a hockey player or a figure skater.
    • The American President: "This is Andrew Shepherd and I am the President of the United States". Ah, good stuff. Plus, like so many trustworthy fictional characters, Andrew Shepherd hails from Wisconsin!
    • The Wedding Singer: I don't really like Adam Sandler, but he's so charming in this movie. I love the silly 80s outfits and Billy Idol and the rapping Granny. Just awesome
    • Tommy Boy: I know this is such a stupid movie, but I crack up everytime Chris Farley starts listing off all the things he can put in his office fridge. I miss Chris Farley. :-(
    • Office Space: I think this actually is a great movie. I think it'll go down in film history as a comedy classic eventually. But here's how silly I am - you know the "Damn it feels good to be a gangster" song in it? I always sing it as "Gee, it feels good to be a gangster." I don't think many gangsters say "gee".

    Okay, so Taylor is calling his shot against the Yankees. I gotta run. But, in the meantime, I'd love to hear some other folks' channel flipping stopper movies.


    Posted by kris at December 19, 2004 02:52 PM

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    #  March 7th, 2005 6:48 PM      Converted_Comment
    Converted comment: Posted by: JoeFriday at December 19, 2004 06:07 PM

    and don't forget, Chris Farley is from Wisconsin for real.. born in Madison and graduated from Marquette University in Milwaukee

    The American President, while being a good movie, was the first instance I noticed of the Hollywood leftist slant.. the good guy president was a democrat, and the evil scheming senator was the republican.. I enjoy the movie, but I see too much of the bias to really enjoy it

     
     
    #  March 7th, 2005 6:48 PM      Converted_Comment
    Converted comment: Posted by: james at December 19, 2004 11:11 PM

    agreed on the bais of the american president, though it'd call it more of a full out leftist 90 degree angle than a "slant."

    for instance (paraphrasing) "you fault her for being a member of the ACLU - the question is, why arent YOU? here is an organization that stands up for people's liberties...."

    sad, that people actually think that the aclu has anything at all to do preserving liberty or freedom

     
     
    #  March 7th, 2005 6:48 PM      Converted_Comment
    Converted comment: Posted by: kris at December 20, 2004 07:35 AM

    I wouldn't get all bent out of shape over the bias in The American President. After all, it's a work of fiction and the writers of it have every right to their point of view. It's not like we're talking about the nightly news here.

    Sure, Andrew Shepherd is a raging liberal, but it works, mostly because, as we all know, liberal policies are just perfect for the fictional world ;-)

     
     
    #  March 7th, 2005 6:48 PM      Converted_Comment
    Converted comment: Posted by: Drew at December 20, 2004 10:26 AM

    Excellent topic... jealous I didn't think of it first.

    Office Space and Major League are definite winners in this category. Throw in Shawshank and The Good, the bad and the Ugly, as well as Die Hard (the latter two being top five all-time "guy" movies).

     
     
    #  March 7th, 2005 6:48 PM      Converted_Comment
    Converted comment: Posted by: kris at December 20, 2004 10:36 AM

    You know, I've never seen any of the Die Hard movies. Somehow I've avoided it for years now. But, good call on The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. I just saw it for the first time over Thanksgiving. Just excellent, almost too high quality for this list.

     
     
    #  March 7th, 2005 6:48 PM      Converted_Comment
    Converted comment: Posted by: JoeFriday at December 20, 2004 12:48 PM

    one of my favorite 'surfing stoppers' is The Game with Michael Douglas.. even having seen it at least a half dozen times, plus owning it on dvd, I am compelled to stop and watch it yet again whenever I see it somewhere

    I'd probably feel the same way about the musical Chicago.. except I've never seen it being broadcast

     
     
    #  March 7th, 2005 6:48 PM      Converted_Comment
    Converted comment: Posted by: Badger87 at December 20, 2004 07:03 PM

    I agree with Shawshank and would like to add the Princess Bride and High Plains Drifter (Clint Eastwood). At Christmas time I stop for most any version of A Christmas Carol and A Christmas Story ("You'll shoot your eye out" and "I Double Dog Dare You")

     
     
    #  March 7th, 2005 6:48 PM      Converted_Comment
    Converted comment: Posted by: Penny the Dachshund at December 21, 2004 05:34 PM

    I always preferred "Major Leauge" to "Bull Durham" as the better baseball comedy, and that was before I found out about Tim Robbins/Susan Sarrandon's politics. How could you forget Uecker's 'Just a bit outside!" and Charlie' Sheen's Wild Thing? I laugh every time I see it, even though I'm a White Sox fan.

     
     
    #  March 7th, 2005 6:48 PM      Converted_Comment
    Converted comment: Posted by: Penny the Dachshund at December 21, 2004 05:38 PM

    "The Brady Bunch Movie." Great satire, Gary Cole is dead-on as the cliche-spouting Mike Brady. The scene where the Brady kids go to Sears and start singing on the escalators to the annoyance of the other shoppers, Davy Jones at the school dance, and all the teachers are drooling. So many funny scenes.

     
     
    #  March 7th, 2005 6:48 PM      Converted_Comment
    Converted comment: Posted by: kris at December 21, 2004 06:34 PM

    Oooh, The Brady Bunch Movie is a good one! I'd also probably add Prefontaine to the list, although it's rarely on TV.

     
     
    #  March 7th, 2005 6:48 PM      Converted_Comment
    Converted comment: Posted by: at December 21, 2004 11:01 PM

    dumb and dummer is too classic. Rushmore's been on sometimes too lately.

     
     
    #  March 7th, 2005 6:48 PM      Converted_Comment
    Converted comment: Posted by: Chan S. at December 22, 2004 07:48 AM

    Ditto on Office Space and Die Hard. BTW, A Very Brady Sequel is even funnier than the first Brady movie, although I haven't seen it rerun on TV too much. I would add Baby Boom and Godfather I (odd pairing, I know). Now someone needs to explain to my better half my compulsion to watch a movie that we already own on DVD just because it's being run on TV.

     
     
    #  March 7th, 2005 6:48 PM      Converted_Comment
    Converted comment: Posted by: KV Big Sis at December 22, 2004 01:51 PM

    Mine has always been "Peggy Sue Got Married." I've watched parts of that movie at least 20 times. I never pass up The Princess Bride or The Wizard of Oz, either. After Thanksgiving weekend, I suspect Galaxy Quest will have to be added to the list.

     
     

     

     


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