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| View Poll Results: Better Movie #10 | |||
| Back to the Future |
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19 | 65.52% |
| American Beauty |
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10 | 34.48% |
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You know that’s right
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Better Movie #10
Back to the Future beat The Shawshank Redemption. There's no clever write-up that will enhance that fact. Let's just sit here and let that soak in.
But don't sit too long, because we've got a new matchup for you. A beautiful new matchup. Better Movie #10 ![]() Back to the Future vs. ![]() American Beauty |
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bonjour
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That's actually a much tougher call than it would appear.
I must dwell on this. Perhaps even sleep on it. |
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Soundly Defeated Wadding
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Oh man. This isn't really fair. I love both of these movies but American Beauty is probably my favorite movie I've ever seen.
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A Property of Matter
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1.21 jigawatts > a plastic bag.
I liked American Beauty. Kevin Spacey is always great. But for whatever reason, this movie never springs to mind when I'm thinking of really awesome movies the way Back to the Future does. I think by the time I saw the film, it had been talked up too much. |
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Triple A
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Tough choice, BTTF is the movie of my youth, but also actually a fantastic film, AB is also stunning.
DUNNO, need time to mull it over |
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Soundly Defeated Wadding
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I hope American Beauty is not treated as a typical second round opponent here. It could easily go into the Hall of Fame.
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You know that’s right
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Despite having to convince the people I saw the movie with that Ricky Fitts was not the same guy who played Donnie Darko, I was still completely entranced by American Beauty. It's just something about it.
Kevin Spacey gave one of the best performances I've ever seen, Annette Bening was amazing and should've won an Oscar (fuck you Hilary Swank), Thomas Newman composed a fantastic score, and Sam Mendes put together an absolutely beautiful piece of art. |
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Soundly Defeated Wadding
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I agree. Anette Benning got pretty shafted. She should've won the Oscar hands down. Got nothing against Hilary Swank but come on.
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You know that’s right
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Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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American Beauty is highly overrated. Started off with potential, but then took a nosedive.
Back to the Future all the way. |
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adjective noun
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I could see myself agonising over this decision for days, so in the end I went with the first one that popped into my head.
McFly wins again |
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Soundly Defeated Wadding
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American Beauty is in no way overrated.
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Get a poke on
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American Beauty is an amazing film, but I just haven't gotten the enjoyability out of it that BTTF has given me since my youth.
Both are classics for the ages, of different genres. In my view, American Beauty could be the better film, but BTTF is probably my favorite of the two. |
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Hate American Beauty.
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Tough one, but I gotta go with Back to the Future. Mainly because while I think American Beauty is a wonderful, inspiring, entertaining and amazing film, it's depressing, while Back to the Future is a childhood classic that makes me happy. No disrespect intended AT ALL towards American Beauty. I love that movie, and they say the truly best films are the ones that can bring tears to your eyes, and John Cusack was so brilliant in the lead...............Cusack......Cusack.........Cusack.....Cusack....was it Cusack?
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