Eric the Clown

People are mad at Netflix for streaming Titanic because of shit out of their control. Just gotta laugh sometimes.

#473 - City of Angels (14 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #87) #472 - Seven Men from Now, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The Final Destination, So This is Paris, P.S. I Love You (15 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #86) #471 - Batman & Mr. Freeze: Subzero (15 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #58) #470 - Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (15 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #57) #469 - Parallel Mothers, The Lighthouse By the Sea, Doc Hollywood, Night Nurse, Forever Young (16 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #85) #468 - Get Smart, The Bride Came C.O.D., Romance on the High Seas (17 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #84) ' #467 - Tango and Cash (18 points, 2 lists, avg. ranking #54) #466 - Blended (18 points, 2 lists, avg. ranking #45) #465 - Music and Lyrics, Stand and Deliver, The Pledge (18 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #83) #464 - Selena, Singles, The Perfect Storm (19 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #82) #463 - It: Chapter Two (20 points, 2 lists, avg. ranking # 91)

#482 - TMNT, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, Police Academy 2 (10 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #65) #481 - The Batman vs. Dracula (10 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #64) #480 - Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (10 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #62) #479 - Pay It Forward (10 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #61) #478 - Eight Legged Freaks (10 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #45) #477 - House of Wax (2005) (10 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #22) #476 - Zero Effect, Yes Man, Collateral Damage (11 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #90) #475 - Wonder Boys, It Takes Two, A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, Friday the 13th (2009), Splice, Almost Heroes, Dave, 10 (12 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #89) #474 - Arthur (2011), Fred Claus (13 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #88)

I mean I work at Target, and Barbie makes up a major presence in our toy section. And the Barbie trailer has played in front of kids titles like Mario and Elemental. There was even a girl next to me before Elemental who was ultra hyped when she saw the trailer starting to play. I think it's a stretch to say Barbie is a total nobody to kids today.

#95 The Right Stuff 462 points, 8 lists "I did NOT do anything wrong. The hatch just BLEW. It was a GLITCH. It was a- a TECHNICAL MALFUNCTION. Why in hell won't anyone believe me?" Box Office: 21.1M Rotten Tomatoes: 96% Metacritic: 91 Awards: 4 Academy Awards and 4 nominations, 7th Place in Cahiers du Cinema's Best of 1983, 1 Golden Globe Award nomination, 1 Hugo Award nomination, 5th place in National Board of Film Review Awards, Roger Ebert's Review: "The Right Stuff" is a greater film because it is not a straightforward historical account but pulls back to chronicle the transition from Yeager and other test pilots to a mighty public relations enterprise. Its Legacy: Dramatizes and educated the space race to spectacular effect. Made Chuck Yeager, Gus Grissom, John Glen, etc. household names. Caused The Ladd Company to shut down. Gave a boost of popularity to the Tom Wolfe novel. Inspired a Disney+ series in 2020. Gave Dennis Quaid a paycheck. Commentary: This right here is one of the few true American epics. Detailing the very beginning of the Space Race via early Air Force tests and the beginnings of Project Mercury, this is a film that makes sure no stone is left unturned. The original Tom Wolfe novel was famous for being extensively researched and densely detailed, and this movie is no exception. At 3 hours and 13 minutes, we learn so much about the process of Project Mercury and all the rock star pilots and engineers who let it happen. It’s a fantastic insight into American mythmaking and myth critiquing, as well as a perfect capture of the time period. This is all thanks to a fantastic cast and exciting, heart-pounding direction from Philip Kaufman. Those 3 hours and 13 minutes fly by as we see America move into the future in what was basically the biggest dick measuring contest ever between two global superpowers. But man, that dick measuring contest was full of cool people and cool technology, wasn’t it? And while it was a bomb at the time, it was destined to find an audience. And decades later, with tons of Academy Award nominations, a major home video presence, and people still invested in the space race story, this has taken a life of its own and has endured as the defining space race movie...even though Tom Wolfe and the Mercury Seven astronauts don’t really like that. Poem Go out. Rush. Run! Race for your space! Leave. Hurry. Ride! Sprint with no trace. That space is yours, So fight for your right. That space is yours, Go out in that pitch black night.

#96 Rebel Without a Cause 460 points, 8 lists "You're tearing me apart!" Box Office: 4.5M Rotten Tomatoes: 93% Metacritic: 89 Awards: 3 Academy Award nominations, 2 BAFTA nominations, 1 Golden Globe Award Roger Ebert's Review: Like its hero, "Rebel Without a Cause" desperately wants to say something and doesn't know what it is. If it did know, it would lose its fascination. More perhaps than it realized, it is a subversive document of its time. Its Legacy: James Dean's most iconic work. Referenced by musicians like Don McLean, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, The Replacements, and Paula Abdul. Referenced in La La Land. Made the Griffith Observatory an iconic staple of Los Angeles. Led to that one iconic line from The Room. The switchblade used in the movie was bid for $12,000. Ranked #59 on AFI's Top 100 Films. Ranked 477th in Empire's Top 500 Movies of All Time. Joined the National Film Registry in 1990. Gave Jim Backus a paycheck. Commentary: The older we get, the harder it is to understand that being young kind of sucks. As you go through high school, those pesky adults are out there controlling your every move. Nobody understands you and how you’re feeling, as you grapple with new, confusing emotions. And during all this, you have to set your own path in life, determine your entire future, before you're even allowed to drink. It may sound silly to us adults, but we were all in this awful situation and it is something we all had to go through tons of troubles and hurdles to handle. James Dean, Sal Mineo, and Natalie Wood all play lost souls. Dean’s Jim Stark has to deal with a broken family life, with two parents who fight and bicker constantly. Mineo’s father left him as a baby, so he has no strong male connection to latch onto. Wood’s Judy just wants her father to pay attention to him, and is desperately trying to get that attention out there. Three figures who have lost something, feel like outcasts, unable to connect with the world. They hate their parents for not being the right role models, not respecting them, not being around at all. It's devastating to see all these fantastic actors portray figures who just want some sort of closure and happiness. And tragically, both in the movie and in real life, they never really got it. Director Nicholas Ray takes this story and frames it through the hue of gorgeous Technicolor and cinematography, as well as intense, perfectly handled moments of melodrama that capture this exact feeling of wanderlust and angst perfectly. Of course everything is over the top and melodramatic. These are teenagers.Ray does this to perfectly portray teenage angst, allowing us to empathize with the plights of these serious issues and get into the minds of our protagonists. And through it all, Rebel Without a Cause is still sensitive and profound. It acknowledges that these kids today, both in the 1950s and in the 2020s, have it tough. And we gotta make sure their feelings are felt and heard. Remember this all the next time you complain about the new generation of youngsters. Poems Look at the stars, Way up in the sky. Do they mean anything? Are they twinkles in my eye? My oh my, those stars. I can't look away. For they tell my future. What will come the next day. I will be with those stars. I know it to be true. And I can't wait for that day. For I'll be with the view. The stars are my friends, They are my guide. There's no one who gets me, Who wants to save my hide. Hello stars.

#97 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 458 points, 8 lists "But you *are*, Blanche! You *are* in that chair!" Box Office: 9M Rotten Tomatoes: 92% Metacritic: 75 Awards: 1 Academy Award and 4 nominations, 2 BAFTA nominations, 2 Golden Globe Award nominations, Palme D'Or nomination at Cannes, 1 DGA Award nomination Roger Ebert's Review: [Director Robert Aldrich] knew he was asking for trouble by pairing Davis and Crawford, but he guessed, correctly, that trouble would translate into a better film. And at the end of the day it was Davis who won the ancient battle, by upstaging Crawford, winning the nomination and making the pseudo-sequel "Charlotte." She may not have been a pretty sight mincing her way through an old-age version of "I've Written a Letter to Daddy," but she was a trouper, and no one who has seen the film will ever forget her. Its Legacy: Revived the popularity and careers of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. Created the psycho-biddy subgenre of horror thriller. A canon event for the Bette/Joan feud. Parodied in RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars and by Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. An iconic camp classic among queer audiences. Baby Jane ranked #44 on AFI's Top 50 Villains. Joined the National Film Registry in 2021. Gave Victor Buono a paycheck. Commentary: Most people know this movie for being a major part of the iconic feud between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. And that’s all well and good, especially if you're a fan of one or both actresses. However, that also feels a bit unfair to this camp classic. Robert Aldritch’s work is an intensely dark, highly satirical look at Hollywood and how it treats its actresses. At one point, you may be on top of the world. And just like that, you could lose everything because you’re “not in style”. This is a film about jealousy, resentfulness, hatred between two sisters, all due to reasons outside of their control. There’s a lot to enjoy in terms of the melodramatic story and acting, the dark humor and comedy, as well as the intense, Hitchcockian-style suspense, as we watch Jane torment and abuse her paraplegic sister Blanche, all because Blanche was more successful than her. Yet I think it’s that satire, that feminist insight, a direct parallel to the way Bette and Joan were treated when they were no longer considered viable by studios, that makes this so endearing and fascinating and why it earned such a big following, especially among queer audiences. And also the camp. This film revived both Crawford and Davis’ popularity, both actresses being iconic staples of the WB family, and is a major reason why both actresses are celebrated to this day over six decades later. And we’re all much better for it. Poem Oh I hate my sister. She never treats me right. Why does she not trust me, nor give me good advice? What is with my sister? She always makes a fuss. Every day, she rants and raves, and leaves me in the dust. My sister doesn't love me. That much is what I know. Yet I think I did no wrong, so why won't her kindness show? Oh please dear sister. Just tell me you love me. Tell me that we'll always be together, I know that you can trust me.

#492 - Man on the Moon (6 points, 2 lists, avg. ranking #98) #491 - The Omega Man (7 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #94) #490 - Let Them All Talk (8 points, 2 lists, avg. ranking #97) #489 - Black Adam, The Lost King, Going in Style (8 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #93) #488 - Justice League: Flashpoint Paradox (8 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #68) #487 - The Cowboys (8 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #66) #486 - Journey to the Center of the Earth (8 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #47) #485 - Justice League, The World According to Garp, Mr. Skeffington (9 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #92) #484 - The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (10 points, 2 lists, avg. ranking #96) #483 - Ladyhawke, A Mighty Wind (10 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #91)

Not really? Barbie and Spider-Verse are the same as every other nostalgic toy commercial. It’s not a big swing to make a movie based on the most popular toy and superhero of all time. I guess there is Elemental, but that also feels a stretch when it’s just the usual Pixar fare that has largely been successful since 1995. Not saying these movies are bad, but I don’t see the “big swing” nor do they imply audiences want more from what they are getting.

#507 - The Nun (1 point, 1 list, avg. ranking #100) #506 - Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (1 point, 1 list, avg. ranking #75) #505 - Crossing Delancey (1 point, 1 list, avg. ranking #25) #504 - The Clash of the Wolves (2 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #99) #503 - King's Row, Murder at 1600, and Baby Face (3 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #98) #502 - RocknRolla (3 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #73) #501 - Pursued (3 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #49) (couldn't find a gif for this sadly) #499 - The 15:17 to Paris (3 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #24) #498 - Dead Calm (4 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #97) #497 - Annabelle Comes Home, Bonfire of the Vanities, The Whole Nine Yards (5 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #96) #496 - A Scanner Darkly, The Losers (5 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #71) #495 - Superman Unbound (5 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #70) #494 - Justice League: Throne for Atlantis (5 points, 1 list, avg. rating #69) #493 - Sergeant Rutledge (5 points, 1 list, avg. ranking #48)

Like I said before, I'm also going to reveal the honorable mentions, the films that didn't make it. However, with so many, I'll do them in batches at a time. And I'm also going to put many of them into one post just to make sure I don't spam you guys with movies that, frankly, many of you won't care about. And to clarify some stuff yet again, the way I divided each movie in terms of ranking is a combination of points and the average ranking it recieved. This is because, as an example, a movie could get one point and still rank at #100 or #50 or even #25 or #10. So saying a movie that got one point from a #100 ranking is the same as a #25 ranking is unfair, so I divided things accordingly. If this is confusing, it'll likely make more sense once you actually see the posts that will be made.

This is why we're buddies.

Ranked as the third-highest DVD/Blu-Ray for 2022, only behind No Way Home and Dominion. That's pretty darn good for a franchise starter. Plus its 18-34 audience was at 55%. By comparison with other 2021 movies, Eternals was 55%, Shang-Chi was 59%, Black Widow was 50%, Free Guy was 50%, F9 was 46%. Dune did just fine skewing towards younger moviegoers, and Denis was smart casting hip actors to get those youths invested.

Update rebelscum86 - Suspended for one month for consistent trolling, baiting other users, and sexist remarks.

But the crazy wackiness is what makes that movie fun!

Gotta be honest, the idea of watching a movie that's about how an innocent man transforms into a corrupted and evil government official...doesn't really work as a fun action blockbuster in 2023. Not sure why.

...is there evidence of that happening? Also MI2 is a good movie, so like????

People aren't avoiding this. They're just going to wait until it's home for $20 a pop/on Paramount+ for free.

Or people won't pay to see a crappy movie and will wait until it's free. That's the Netflix mantra lmao

You're an Easy A. (sorry, this is my last one)

You're an A

You're a princess.

I think the Clod advertising is baffling when he's in the movie for like...7 minutes? And they made a whole ad campaign around him? It's weird? I don't get it?