SHERDOG MOVIE CLUB: Let's pick the Week 121 movie!

[europe1]

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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.
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Apparently, Andersonsfoot thought Kubrick was too much of lightweight material, so he's lined up some recent heavy films for us.


Manchester by the Sea (2016)

Director: Kenneth Lonergan

Stars: Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler

Premise: A depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.




Lady Bird (2017)

Director: Greta Gerwig

Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts

Premise: In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.




You Can Count On Me (2000)

Director: Kenneth Lonergan

Stars: Laura Linney, Matthew Broderick, Amy Ryan

Premise: A single mother's life is thrown into turmoil after her struggling, rarely seen younger brother returns to town.




Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

Director: Martin McDonagh

Stars: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell

Premise: A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.





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AndersonsFoot's Top Theme for this Week is "Top 5 Comic Book Movie Villains"


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[JayPettryMMA]

Seeing as even a clue would give it away, I'll just say this is an interesting and dramatic series of picks.

Top Five Comic Book Movie Villains
1) Magneto
2) Lex Luthor (Hackman, obviously)
3) Loki
4) Joker (Nicholson, not Ledger)
5) Doctor Octopus

Honorable Mention: Winter Soldier for the fight scenes, General Zod, Mr. Glass, Mr. Freeze, "The Mandarin" (Yeah, deal with it)
Dishonorable Mention: DP in Wolvie Origins, Nuclear Man, Sharon Stone in Catwoman

 

[europe1]

Right... comic book movie villains... sort of an odd combo with these dramatic, "serious" films.

1. MaMa (Dredd)
2. Dr. Zander Rice (Logan)
3. The Joker (Ceasar Romero, obviously)
4. General KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!!!!
5. Minister Mason (Snowpiercer)

Honorable Mention: Al Pacino in Dick Tracy

 

[Rygu]

All those movies sound terrible.

 

[Scott Parker 27]

Seen two of these, one was excellent, one was meh. The picks are strong with this one!

 

[Andersons Foot]

All those movies sound terrible.

 

[europe1]

Non-members are just grubby insects anyways.

 

[Andersons Foot]

1) Joker (Ledger)
2) Dr. Octopus
3) Lex Luthor (Hackman)
4) Joker (Nicholson)
5) Loki

 

[Andersons Foot]

All those movies sound terrible.

Quite a few Oscar winners & nominations from that list.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

Quite a few Oscar winners & nominations from that list.

Appeal to authority.

 

[FrontNakedChoke]

I'm not that into superhero movies so don't judge my list

1) Joker
2) Scarecrow
3) Bane
3) Green Goblin
4) Dr. Octopus
5) Penguin

Also, never seen any of these movies before.
Hoping the one I voted for stays in the lead it looks interesting.

Edit* Imagine I knew how to count to five?

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

Edit* Imagine I knew how to count to five?

What fun would that be?

 

[MusterX]

The list is comic book movie villains but I would assume this also includes just comic book super villains.

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5.Bullseye

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4.Doctor Octopus

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3. Galactus

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2. Kingpin

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1. Magneto

 

[Coolthulu]

Top 5 Comic Book Movie Villains

- The Joker (Ledger)

- Magneto (Fassbender)

- Loki

- Dr. Octopus

-Green Goblin

 

[Yotsuya]

Ming the Merciless
Magneto
Loki
Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum)
Penguin (Burgess Meredith)

Not so many superhero movies have memorable villains.

 

[LHWBelt]

The two of those i have seen are excellent. Good picks.

 

[europe1]

I would formally wish to change my nr 1 pick.

The Greatest Comic Book Movie Villian is obviously Asshole Superman from Superman 3.

Correcting the leaning tower of Pisa is just evil, man. Truly decrepit.

4) Joker (Nicholson, not Ledger)

All the dude wants is to have his face on the 1-dollar bill. Can't argue with that motivations.

Nuclear Man

buzzkill

4) Dr. Octopus

2) Dr. Octopus

5) Doctor Octopus

No idea machine-tentacles had such a fanbase.

Ming the Merciless

Wow, I thought Ming was based on pulp stories. No idea it was a comic initially.

Having Von Sydow play him was a stroke of brilliance. Easily the best thing about that movie.

Penguin (Burgess Meredith)

We should just have listed everyone that appeared in Batman 1966. Freaking Otto Preminger was Mr. Freeze in that series. Though he never appeared in the film.

Not so many superhero movies have memorable villains.

Yup, weak line-up no matter how you dice it.

 

[Yotsuya]

Wow, I thought Ming was based on pulp stories. No idea it was a comic initially.

Having Von Sydow play him was a stroke of brilliance. Easily the best thing about that movie.

It was a newspaper comic originally I think and then a movie serial. Ornella Muti as Ming's daughter and Brian Blessed as prince Vultan are perfect in their roles too.

We should just have listed everyone that appeared in Batman 1966. Freaking Otto Preminger was Mr. Freeze in that series. Though he never appeared in the film.

Mr. Freeze was awesome! Otto Preminger got pretty damn weird in 60's. Have you seen Skidoo?

 

[Yotsuya]

I would formally wish to change my nr 1 pick.

The Greatest Comic Book Movie Villian is obviously Asshole Superman from Superman 3.

Correcting the leaning tower of Pisa is just evil, man. Truly decrepit.

Damn, you're right! I had nightmares about this movie as a kid.

 

[europe1]

Brian Blessed as prince Vultan are perfect in their roles

Ever seen the original serial? The guy playing Vultan was magnificent in the role too.

Otto Preminger got pretty damn weird in 60's. Have you seen Skidoo?

Seen it? I still have that freaking skidoo-jingle stuck in my brain!

Man skidoo was a strange film. Why was Grauco Marx playing Howard Hughes?

The late 60's had its fair share of films like this. Hollywood just lost it's freaking mind to get that hippie-money. Studio producers dropped acid for the first time and tried being hip with the kids by making drug movies. Wow.

Skidoo, Candy, The Phynx... even God-Emperor Roger Corman got in on the trend with Gas (Or, It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It).

Strange Days. Strange Days indeed.