Eric the Clown

@WrathOfHan your time has come mah boi

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Like I said...

Think that's a good wrap-up for tonight. My shift ends at 11 PM tomorrow, so I can't do anything tomorrow. But I will get stuff up on both Friday and Saturday, so hopefully you'll enjoy what I have to write up in those next few days. Hope you enjoy what I've written up so far!

#25 War Horse 55 pts, 22 lists "We'll be alright Joey. We're the lucky ones, you and me. Lucky since the day I met you." Top 15 placements: 6 Box Office: 79.9M DOM, 177.6M WW Rotten Tomatoes: 74% Metacritic: 72 Awards: 6 Academy Award nominations, 5 BAFTA nominations, 2 Golden Globe nominations, Top Ten Film in National Board of Review Critic Review: "Spielberg has been ridiculed for shooting his actors from below against impossibly Spielbergian skies and a denouement that lays the love on copiously. But there's nothing simpleminded about how he uses movie magic, as a spell to dispel nihilism, to save us from the worst of ourselves by summoning up the best." - David Edelstein, Vulture BOT User Review: "I enjoyed this. It's embraces old-fashioned cinema, and makes no apologies for it. It is definitely sentimental and emotional, but I never felt it crossed the line to cheesiness. The score was really well done......one of those scores that keeps you invested in the movie throughout even if you don't notice it on a continuous basis." - @mattmav45 Its Legacy: Became one of the highest-grossing World War I movies ever. Was one of several Dreamworks/Touchstone collaborations. Spawned a Broadway show. Had a lot of horses cast. Gave David Thewlis a paycheck. Commentary: Here’s an interesting tidbit: Always, The Terminal, and this are the only movies on this countdown to not get any top 10 votes. It's understandable why the former two didn't but this was a bit of a surprise. The film saw decent reviews and okay box office, as well as several major award nominations. If The BFG can get a top 10 vote, surely War Horse could. But that’s not a slam towards the movie. Tackling the horrors of World War I through the eyes of an equine, War Horse combines the sentimentality over the friendship between a boy and his horse along with SPR-style war sequences. And with six Oscar nominations, it’s clear there's respect out there for the title, even if it wasn’t given major passionate love here from our BOT members.

#26 The BFG 52 pts, 23 lists "Your madjester, I am your most humbug servant." Top 10 placements: 1 Top 15 placements: 3 Box Office: 55.4M DOM, 195.2M WW Rotten Tomatoes: 74% Metacritic: 66 Awards: 2 Satelitte Award nominations, 1 Annie Award nomination Critic Review: "Despite the compromises that typically attend a studio-made family entertainment — especially one that has been adapted, however lovingly, from a sharper, edgier piece of source material — The BFG also possesses a rich and unmistakably Spielbergian understanding of the loneliness of childhood, and of the enduring consolations that friendship and imagination can offer. Not unlike its title character, the movie can be cloddish and clumsy, but it is also a thing of wily cleverness and lithe, surprising grace." - Justin Chang, The Los Angeles Times BOT User Review: Did not expect it, but this cast a spell on me right from the start - as confidently directed as a Spielberg movie possibly could be, unassumingly gorgeous and with immediately engaging, soulful performances by Rylance and Ruby Barnhill. While it's a big-budget spectacle, what really gets me is just how patient and peaceful it is - there's zero restlessness to it, no rush to get anywhere, absolutely no need to impress, the effects are everywhere but they never threaten to overwhelm anything else. I've already seen people call it boring or say something to the effect that "there isn't much of a movie/story here", but I was practically thrilled that Spielberg and Mathison were content with basically making this a sweet hangout movie." - @Jake Gittes Its Legacy: One of the few money losers in Spielberg’s filmography. Helped turn Mark Rylance into a household name. Gave Bill Hader a paycheck. Commentary: I watched The BFG with some friends a couple weeks ago, and it was an odd little feature to put it mildly. In a way, The BFG is the antithesis of other $140 million titles. There’s no real action to speak of, the stakes are incredibly low, and the story and tone is pretty juvenile and storybook, even for a kids movie. In a way, it’s kind of fascinating that Spielberg got all this money for what is basically a cute little hangout piece. And I’m not sure many audiences and especially Disney execs were happy about this decision. And while there was only one top 10 placement here, there is still plenty to like here, especially with the giants themselves. There’s something so earnest about the whole piece and the way BFG and Ruby Barnhill’s Sophie work off one another that is fun to watch, and the comedic talents of both Jemaine Clement and Bill Hader as the evil giants go a long way. And there were enough points here to put it above some of the other titles, so I guess it counts for something. Also this has farting dogs.

#27 The Terminal (2004) 52 pts, 23 lists "Ever feel like you're living in an airport?" Top 15 placements: 3 Box Office: 77.9M DOM, 219.1M WW Rotten Tomatoes: 61% Metacritic: 55 Awards: N/A Critic Review: "The movie is a delight in many ways: an unabashed romantic comedy and Capraesque fable that takes Spielberg into realms he's rarely traveled before." - Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune BOT User Review: N/A Its Legacy: Gave the story of Mehran Karimi Nasseri a spotlight. One of the first films to use the Spydercam technology. Gave Stanley Tucci a paycheck. Commentary: Intended to be a spiritual successor to Catch Me if You Can as another feel-good story with Tom Hanks, The Terminal was an emotional tale. Taking place in one location, The Terminal has been criticized as a bit too overly sentimental, but it definitely has its charm, helped by the natural charisma of Thomas the Hanks Engine. And with it appearing on a majority of lists, it was certainly seen and liked well enough, although the movie never had much passionate support in terms of placements.

#28 Amistad 52 pts, 19 lists "That one wants us to sail them back. That one thinks he can sail all the way back without us." Top 10 placements: 2 Top 15 placements: 2 Box Office: 44.2M DOM Rotten Tomatoes: 77% Metacritic: 63 Awards: 4 Academy Award nominations, 4 Golden Globe nominations, 1 Critics Choice win for Best Supporting Actor Critic Review: "Spielberg has mounted a courtroom drama to rival the finest Grisham, with a coruscating civil rights debate resonating both within the film and into the present as the audience knows it." - Christopher Hemblade, Empire BOT User Review: "This was a decent movie with extremely great and horrifying scene in the middle. The Scene showing the Middle Passage is likely the most realistic and horrifying portrayal of the Atlantic slave trade" - @Lordmandeep Its Legacy: Was the second theatrical release for Dreamworks Pictures. Earned heavy criticism for the usage of a white savior narrative. Gave Djimon Honsou a paycheck. Commentary: Amistad is kind of a spiritual successor to Schindler's List. Both were dramatic features from Spielberg focusing on the impoverished and the people in power trying to rid of them, and served as the heavy-hitting alternatives to a Jurassic Park title. However, Amistad isn’t quite as beloved or iconic as the aforementioned film. If anything, it’s considered pretty average amongst all the films focusing on slavery. Historical inaccuracies and white savior issues aside, Amistad still holds up as a well-made feature, especially when it comes to the actors. This was how many non-Stargate viewers were introduced to Djimon Honsou, who is considered the true show stealer of the whole piece, as the leader of the African slaves Joseph Cinque. In fact, Honsou speaks native Mende throughout the film. Add on a young Matthew McConaughey and veteran legends like Anthony Hopkins and Morgan Freeman, and it’s clear what truly makes the film work as well as it does. And it certainly earned passion from some. Two users put the movie in their top 10, which helped give the film a real boost in this countdown and shows there is a strong audience for this, even if it wasn’t as successful as Schindler before it.

Beginning the next batch in a few minutes

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Even if they do a multiverse thing here, I don’t see why it would hurt SpiderVerse 2. People love the first movie so I don’t see why this needs the multiverse thing to itself to do well

Trump and his supporters are anti-Muslim, and this is a show about a Muslim girl. Really not that hard to see the problem here.

Just be lucky it's this low. There's plenty of exciting meltdowns along the way