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[Jonathan Lighter]

Science says that _Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring_ is pretty
much the best movie.

As for the worst, IMDb offers an extended list chosen by the people:

http://www.imdb.com/chart/bottom

Do you know which one starred a future Congressman?


JL

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:

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> > I saw Casablanca the other day, for the first time in years. And I was
> > blown away, again, and for the umpteenth time. Every line gets better
> > every time I hear it. Even the lines that aren't in the movie, like
> > "play it again, Sam." Has any movie shaped the language more than
> > Casablanca? When was the last time that a classic movie, the locus
> > classicus of dozens of phrases and idioms, was made?
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> I think you could make a strong case for Caddyshack.  Yes, it's not as
> good a movie (Casablanca is pretty much the best movie.)  But for a big
> chunk of my generation of American males, no other movie is as quotable
> and quoted as Caddyshack.  I, and many of my friends, have memorized big
> pieces of this movie.  We didn't do so intentionally -- it's just that
> the movie holds up to repeated watching of snippets:  as you channel
> surf, if you land on Caddyshack you will stay a while.  And as you
> watch, lines of dialog will stick with you in ways that many other
> movies don't.
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