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Emil says:
Favorite: 13 Going on 30
Least Favorite: 500 Days of Summer
1st Viewing: 9 to 5, 13 Going on 30, 27 Dresses
What holds up: 50 First Dates
What doesn’t hold up: 40 Year Old Virgin
Melinda says:
Favorite: 10 Things I Hate About You
Least Favorite: 25th Hour
1st Viewing: 25th Hour
What holds up: 13 Going on 30
What doesn’t hold up: 40 Year Old Virgin
Other Thoughts:
I’m surprised how much I liked 13 Going on 30 – Emil
9 to 5 was better than I thought it’d be – Emil
300 was doing the most – Melinda
2001: A Space Odyssey is truly genius but also a little insufferable. – Melinda
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(As)
Emil says:
Favorite: Argo
Least Favorite: Alfie, Annie Hall
1st Viewing: About Schmidt, Alfie, American Beauty, American Psycho, Annie Hall, Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Atonement, The Aviator
What holds up: Austin Powers, Armageddon
What doesn’t hold up: American Pie series
Melinda says:
Favorite: About a Boy
Least Favorite: Animal House
1st Viewing: Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Animal House, Any Given Sunday, Apocalypse Now, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The A-Team, The Aviator
What holds up: Addams Family Values, About a Boy
What doesn’t hold up: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Annie Hall
Other Thoughts:
Woody Allen sucks
Alien was great but Aliens was too busy – Melinda
Jim’s Dad (American Pie) is the best dad.
Apocalypse Now was way too long.
Alice in Wonderland part one was good and part two dragged.
#50-91
(Bs)
Emil says:
Favorite: Blazing Saddles, The Burbs
Least Favorite: The Boondock Saints
1st Viewing: Being John Malkovich, The Bellboy, The Birdcage, Black Swan, Bottle Rocket, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Bridget Jones’ Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Brokeback Mountain
What holds up: The Burbs, Bring It On, Bridesmaids
What doesn’t hold up: Boiler Room, Boondock Saints
Melinda says:
Favorite: The Burbs, Bridesmaids, Bring It On
Least Favorite: Boondock Saints, Borat
1st Viewing: Beverly Hills Cop, The Boondock Saints, Brewster’s Millions, A Bronx Tale, Bull Durham
What holds up: Bring It On, The Burbs, Bridesmaids, Bend It Like Beckham
What doesn’t hold up: Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Boiler Room
Other Thoughts:
I don’t know why I was surprised, but I liked The Birdcage. – Emil
Being John Malkovich was weird – Emil
Why do people like The Big Lebowski and Boondock Saints
The Burbs rules forever. – Melinda
I was so glad when Jason Bourne finally got to sit down. – Melinda
#92-130
(Cs)
Emil says:
Favorite: Cheaper by the Dozen, Chef, City Slickers
Least Favorite: Celebrity, Chinatown
1st Viewing: Can’t Buy Me Love, Celebrity, Chicago, Chinatown, Clockwatchers, Corrina Corrina, The Crying Game
What holds up: Cruel Intentions, Contagion, Clueless, City Slickers, Chef, Cheaper by the Dozen
What doesn’t hold up: Caddyshack, Crash
Melinda says:
Favorite: The Chipmunk Adventure, Clockwatchers, Clueless,
Least Favorite: Chinatown, Carlito’s Way, Celebrity,
1st Viewing: The Cannonball Run, Captain America: Civil War, Carlito’s Way, Casino Royale, Changing Lanes, Chinatown, Clash of the Titans (2010), Commando, Congo, Cool Hand Luke,
What holds up: The Chipmunk Adventure, Clockwatchers, Clueless, Contagion, Children of Men, Catch Me if you Can, Cruel Intentions
What doesn’t hold up: Clerks, Clerks II, Crash, Congo
Other Thoughts:
Cannonball Run was different than I thought it would be. I liked it! – Melinda
Contagion was way too on the nose to watch in 2021.
#131-157
(Ds)
Emil says:
Favorite: Dodgeball, Dark Knight, Django Unchained
Least Favorite: Drillbit Taylor, The Duchess, Drop Dead Fred, Dr. Strangelove
1st Viewing: Devil Wears Prada, Dirty Dancing, Drillbit Taylor, Dr. Strangelove, The Duchess
What holds up: The Dark Knight, Da Vinci Code, Dazed and Confused, Django Unchained, Dodgeball
What doesn’t hold up: Desperado, Dogma
Melinda says:
Favorite: Death Becomes Her, Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead
Least Favorite:
1st Viewing: Deadpool, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Duchess, Drillbit Taylor
What holds up: Dumb and Dumber, Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, Dirty Dancing
What doesn’t hold up: Dogma, Drop Dead Gorgeous
Other Thoughts:
I still can’t tell you what happened in Daredevil.
Death Becomes Her is always good.
#158-166
(Es)
Emil says:
Favorite: Easy A, Elf
Least Favorite: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Everyone Says I Love You
1st Viewing: Ed Wood, Election, Everyone Says I Love You, Eyes Wide Shut
What holds up: Elf
What doesn’t hold up: Entrapment
Melinda says:
Favorite: Ed Wood
Least Favorite: Explorers
1st Viewing: Explorers
What holds up: Easy A, Elf, Entrapment
What doesn’t hold up:
Other Thoughts:
#167-190
(Fs)
Emil says:
Favorite: Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Ferris Beuller’s Day Off
Least Favorite: Farewell My Concubine
1st Viewing: Farewell My Concubine, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Fried Green Tomatoes, The Full Monty
What holds up: Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Ferris Beuller, Forgetting Sarah Marshall
What doesn’t hold up: Face/Off
Melinda says:
Favorite: Four Weddings and a Funeral
Least Favorite: The Freshman
1st Viewing: The Fan, Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Farewell My Concubine, Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The French Connection, The Freshman, Fried Green Tomatoes, From Dusk Til Dawn, Fury
What holds up: The Full Monty, Four Weddings and a Funeral
What doesn’t hold up: Fight Club, Face/Off
Other Thoughts:
The Family Stone is a problematic fave.
#191-232
(Gs)
Emil says:
Favorite: Get Out, Ghostbusters, Gladiator, Godfather Part I, Goodfellas, Good Will Hunting
Least Favorite: Grease 2, Godfather Part III
1st Viewing: Ghost, Ghost World, Gidget (All of them), Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Godfather Part III, Grease 2, Grumpy Old Men, Grumpier Old Men
What holds up: Get Out, Get Shorty, Ghostbusters, Gladiator, Godfather Part I & II, Goodfellas, Good Will Hunting, Grease, The Green Mile
What doesn’t hold up: Green Lantern, Godzilla, Ghost Rider, Get Him to the Greek
Melinda says:
Favorite: Get Out, The Good Girl,
Least Favorite: The Grand, Ghost Rider
1st Viewing: The Game, Gangs of New York, Get Him to the Greek, Ghost Rider, G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra, Gladiator, Glengarry GlenRoss, Godfather Part II & III, Godzilla, Goonies, The Grand, Green Lantern,
What holds up: Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Ghostbusters, Get Out, Gravity, Grumpy/Grumpier Old Men
What doesn’t hold up: Good Will Hunting is 50/50 for me
Other Thoughts:
Grease 2 was really, really bad. – Emil
Grease 2 is great til Act 3. – Melinda
The Goonies was super fun. I still do not care for The Godfather. – Melinda
#233-263
(Hs)
Emil says:
Favorite: The Hunt for Red October, Horrible Bosses, Home Alone, History of the World Part I, Hateful 8
Least Favorite: Happiness, Hugo
1st Viewing: Hairspray, Happy Feet, Happiness, The Holiday, Hugo
What holds up: The Hurt Locker, The Hunt for Red October, Home Alone, History of the World Part I
What doesn’t hold up: Half Baked, Hangover, High Anxiety
Melinda says:
Favorite: Hairspray, Heathers
Least Favorite: The Hobbit movies, Highlander
1st Viewing: Half Baked, Halloween, Hamburger Hill, Happy Feet, Harlem Nights, Heat, Hellboy, High Anxiety, Highlander, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug, Hugo, The Hunt for Red October
What holds up: Home Alone, Heathers, Hairspray
What doesn’t hold up: House on Haunted Hill is so 90s there is a character going all over with a camcorder (I love it)
Other Thoughts:
“It’s good to be the king.” – Emil
History of the World Part 1 is still my favorite comedy of all time. – Emil
Ugh, The Hobbit. I just can’t. – Melinda