SHERDOG MOVIE CLUB: Let's pick the Week 70 movie!

[Guestx]

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Here's a quick list of all movies watched by the SMC. Or if you prefer, here's a more detailed examination.


@Scott Parker 27 is up this week and he's got an eclectic mix for us.

Here are our candidates!​

Boogie Nights (1997)

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds

Premise: The story of a young man's adventures in the Californian pornography industry of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Why @Scott Parker 27 picked it: I love this movie, great acting, even from Marky Mark, plus tons of star power including Phillip Seymour Hoffman. So may quotable lines from this flick.

Trailer:





Mean Streets (1973)

Director: Martin Scorsese

Stars: Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval

Premise: A small-time hood aspires to work his way up the ranks of a local mob.

Why @Scott Parker 27 picked it: Scorsese's first real film. Great actors, and of course directing. Young Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro.

Trailer:





Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

Director: Martin Scorsese

Stars: Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman

Premise: Haunted by the patients he failed to save, an extremely burned-out Manhattan ambulance paramedic fights to maintain his sanity over three fraught and turbulent nights.

Why @Scott Parker 27 picked it: Also a Scorsese film, however starring Nicholas Cage. I remember watching this once in theaters when it first came out and some of the cinematography is amazing, haven't seen it again though. Also probably doesn't hurt that this stars Cage, since it seems Sherdog loves him.

Trailer:





Bad Lieutenant (1992)

Director: Abel Ferrara

Stars: Harvey Keitel, Brian McElroy, Frankie Acciarito

Premise: While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.

Why @Scott Parker 27 picked it: An amazing film and the 3rd time I have nominated it now. I will force SMC to watch this eventually, even if its not this week. One of my favorite flicks ever, and a truly freaky ride.

Trailer:

Members: @shadow_priest_x @europe1 @chickenluver @jeicex @MusterX @Coolthulu @Scott Parker 27 @the muntjac @Caveat @FierceRedBelt @RabidJesus

 

[Guestx]

We have a winner!

That's right @Scott Parker 27, you did it! You finally got that Bad Lieutenant win you've been looking for.

We only had a whopping six votes cast this week. That's right, SIX! But four of them went to Harvey Keitel.

All right, let's get to it and meet back up on Wednesday.

Attn: @shadow_priest_x @europe1 @chickenluver @jeicex @MusterX @Coolthulu @Scott Parker 27 @the muntjac @Caveat @RabidJesus

 

[europe1]

Why @Scott Parker 27 picked it: An amazing film and the 3rd time I have nominated it now.

I like the fact that we now have a SMC equivalent to the Eminem curse.

 

[MusterX]

Bad Lieutenant finally got selected, that's good, but 6 votes is bad. We may have to reduce the poll to 3 films at this point.

 

[MusterX]

I like the fact that we now have a SMC equivalent to the Eminem curse.

Third time always works in the SMC.

 

[Guestx]

I like the fact that we now have a SMC equivalent to the Eminem curse.

What's the Eminem curse?

 

[Guestx]

Bad Lieutenant finally got selected, that's good, but 6 votes is bad. We may have to reduce the poll to 3 films at this point.

I actually was thinking about that earlier. We're officially down to 10 members. Can 10 members support four films?

For a minute there we were picking up new members at about the same rate as we were losing old ones, but we're in a real dry spell now as far as recruitment goes.

 

[europe1]

What's the Eminem curse?

Whenever a fighter walks in to Eminem music, he's cursed to lose.

It's just amusing that supernatural maxims also exists in the SMC. Especially since it involves the number 3, since that is a magical numbers in fairy tales.

Bad Lieutenant finally got selected

My entire review: "Dude this director has some serious fucking issues."

For a minute there we were picking up new members at about the same rate as we were losing old ones, but we're in a real dry spell now as far as recruitment goes.

We talked about doing some recruitment drive a while back, but never went through with it.

6 of us are OG members as well. (I want some sort of special ring for this)

 

[MusterX]

I actually was thinking about that earlier. We're officially down to 10 members. Can 10 members support four films?

For a minute there we were picking up new members at about the same rate as we were losing old ones, but we're in a real dry spell now as far as recruitment goes.

Well, you know me man, I love films so I'll stick it out as long as the SMC is still around. We can stay with 4 films, or move to 3. We could have a bracket system and just adjust the poll based on number of members. Just say something like 1-9 members = 3 movies, 10-19 = 4 movies, 20+ = 5 movies. Then if we lose or gain members we could just adjust the poll accordingly.

 

[Guestx]

We talked about doing some recruitment drive a while back, but never went through with it.

6 of us are OG members as well. (I want some sort of special ring for this)

Yeah, I know we talked about. Some were against the idea, though.

I guess I tend to think that anyone who would want to be a part of the Club has already joined up. It's not like the threads aren't visible.

We'll need to do something though, unless of course we're content just being a small--perhaps eventually very small--group.

 

[Guestx]

Well, you know me man, I love films so I'll stick it out as long as the SMC is still around.

It's an adage I live by:

"When Muster quits, the Club is dead."

We can stay with 4 films, or move to 3. We could have a bracket system and just adjust the poll based on number of members. Just say something like 1-9 members = 3 movies, 10-19 = 4 movies, 20+ = 5 movies. Then if we lose or gain members we could just adjust the poll accordingly.

I think I might like this idea. The only tweak I'd make is to probably make it 25 members instead of 20 for five films.

 

[MusterX]

Whenever a fighter walks in to Eminem music, he's cursed to lose.

It's just amusing that supernatural maxims also exists in the SMC. Especially since it involves the number 3, since that is a magical numbers in fairy tales.



My entire review: "Dude this director has some serious fucking issues."



We talked about doing some recruitment drive a while back, but never went through with it.

6 of us are OG members as well. (I want some sort of special ring for this)

1. 3 is also a mystical number in religion, voodoo, black magic, and other assorted groups like Free Masonry.

2. Your review for Bad lieutenant is hilarious. I think I saw the film a seriously long time ago but I can't really remember it so I'll have to watch it again.

 

[the muntjac]

I refrained from voting this week because I'm gonna be on vacation and will be missing out. I'll catch up at some point. The one that won is the only one I haven't seen, or else I would have just fudged it.

 

[europe1]

For a minute there we were picking up new members at about the same rate as we were losing old ones, but we're in a real dry spell now as far as recruitment goes.

Funnily enough, I was considering doing a nomination pick with the theme "movies designed to lure old members back into the SMC".

The Great Silence for Beardotheweirdo
Army of Shadows for Zer
Embrace of the Serpent for Rimbaud82

Never thought of a fourth one though...

 

[Guestx]

Funnily enough, I was considering doing a nomination pick with the theme "movies designed to lure old members back into the SMC".

The Great Silence for Beardotheweirdo
Army of Shadows for Zer
Embrace of the Serpent for Rimbaud82

Never thought of a fourth one though...

Ha, that's funny.

Speaking of Beardo, I legit wonder what happened to that dude. He showed up pretty much every week and always brought his A game. And then . . . nothing. Radio silence. I sent him a PM but never got a response and it seems he hasn't even logged into Sherdog in months. He didn't really seem like the kind of dude to just disappear without a word so I wonder if something happened to him.

Another guy who just disappeared was Luke Rockhard. I remember he sent me a PM saying his dad died and he needed to deal with that but that he'd be back in a few weeks. Well like Beardo, it seems that not only did he not come back to the Club but he didn't come back to Sherdog at all.

 

[dog y]

I want in. Can always use hood tips.
Will watch Bad LT tonight.

 

[Guestx]

I want in. Can always use hood tips.
Will watch Bad LT tonight.

Do you understand how the Club works?

 

[Tycho- Taylor's Version]

Damn, 10 members. Seems low.

 

[Guestx]

Damn, 10 members. Seems low.

Yeah, kind of low, especially considering we started with more than 50.

iThrillhouse quit this week and he was OG.

Maybe I'll make an attempt to recruit some new people soon.

 

[europe1]

Speaking of Beardo, I legit wonder what happened to that dude. He showed up pretty much every week and always brought his A game. And then . . . nothing. Radio silence. I sent him a PM but never got a response and it seems he hasn't even logged into Sherdog in months. He didn't really seem like the kind of dude to just disappear without a word so I wonder if something happened to him.

His output was petering out towards the end so I interpreted it as him just being to busy and stressed out to contribute any longer. Miss that guy -- he had great taste in film.

iThrillhouse quit this week and he was OG.

@iThrillhouse is dead?

RIP poster who brought us gems like Deadly Prey and What we do In the Shadows. I just wish I had the opportunity to tell him how cool his Bonestorm AV was before he died. Now I'll never get the chance. I sincerly hope and pray that the Lord will forgive him for subjecting us to Swiss Army Man.