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Total Recall: Who's the Man?
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2. Grizzly Man (93%)

Werner Herzog's filmography is filled with men who wage losing battles with nature. One of the saddest (simply because it's true) is Grizzly Man, a doc on bear-lover and cohabitator Timothy Treadwell. Treadwell lived in Alaska among his beloved grizzlies for 13 summers -- until he and his girlfriend were attacked and killed by one of them. Herzog utilizes Treadwell's stunning, magisterial footage of the bears and the Alaska wilderness to tell the story of a man who has divided audiences since the film's release: was Treadwell a tireless devotee and champion of the natural world, or was he just plain nuts? As with many of Herzog's films, there are no easy answers; as the German master says during Grizzly's voiceover, "I see only the overwhelming indifference of nature."

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blsinner
blsinner writes:
on Apr 30 2008 06:19 PM

I hate the Running Man, the movie of course. The book was a grade A thriller, I loved it.

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jokerboy1991
jokerboy1991 writes:
on Apr 30 2008 06:33 PM

IRON MAN is gonna be ausome, already got my tickets for tomorrow @8!!!!

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Binh Ngo
Binh Ngo writes:
on Apr 30 2008 08:46 PM

Good list.

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bountyhunter185
bountyhunter185 writes:
on Apr 30 2008 08:49 PM

Wheres Marathon Man?
That film is a classic! Gross oversight on that one

Other than that, the list is pretty good.
Can't wait for Iron Man!!!!!


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BjornFree
BjornFree writes:
on Apr 30 2008 09:49 PM

Yeah, leaving off Marathon Man seems like a misstep, but maybe they didn't want multiple Dustin Hoffman films on the list. And of the two, Rain Man is the better known.

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RT-Matchity
RT-Matchity writes:
on Apr 30 2008 10:23 PM

In reply to this comment (#1712390)
You're exactly right BjornFree - we considered Marathon Man, but we decided to go with Rain Man as our only HoffMan flick.

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SlyDante
SlyDante writes:
on May 01 2008 05:02 AM

...Wow, you guys are really running out of ideas for this feature, aren't you? =P

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John Z. Delorean
John Z. Delorean writes:
on May 01 2008 06:45 AM

All these movies pale in comparison to the great comedic duo Ed Lover and Doctor Dre in "Who's The Man?". The best hood/cop/buddy movie ever!

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dahluzz
dahluzz writes:
on May 01 2008 06:56 AM

pretty good list with some interesting tidbits in the blurbs. no 'lawnmower man'? meh, i guess it wasn't really that great anyway.

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TombstoneLawDog
TombstoneLawDog writes:
on May 01 2008 07:26 AM

In reply to this comment (#1712116)
blsinner;

It was worth it for me to respond to this just to agree- Steven King's 'Running Man' is, while short and similar in theme to 'the Long Walk' (one of the other two stories in the Bachman Books), a powerful, poignant allegory about a nightmare collaboration between government and entertainment that shares ABSOLUTELY NOTHING with the suck-#ss movie other than a title and maybe some character names. I find it to be the very definition of irony that the story is supposedly about finding the truth behind corporate lies when the entire movie was nothing but a bloated, corporate rape of an honest story idea.



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minderbinder
minderbinder writes:
on May 01 2008 07:32 AM

Do articles like this have to be on eleven separate pages?

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JamesEarl
JamesEarl writes:
on May 01 2008 08:06 AM

No Wicker Man? I'm of course talking about the original.

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Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan writes:
on May 01 2008 09:34 AM

In reply to this comment (#1712639)
I love that one.

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unbreakable_samurai
unbreakable_samurai writes:
on May 01 2008 09:52 AM

Demolition Man sucked, I can't believe it's on this list. Cinderella Man was a great movie though, and a very under rated one.

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Whistler19
Whistler19 writes:
on May 01 2008 09:57 AM

I agree with you, minderbinder, I hate lists that are spread out through 10, 25, 50 pages, etc. and you have to click through each and every one to find out what's on the list. Great, I know Encino Man is on the list, but while I'm intrigued to know what else made the list, I'm not going to go through all eleven pages to find out.

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Whistler19
Whistler19 writes:
on May 01 2008 09:58 AM

I agree with you, minderbinder, I hate lists that are spread out through 10, 25, 50 pages, etc. and you have to click through each and every one to find out what's on the list. Great, I know Encino Man is on the list, but while I'm intrigued to know what else made the list, I'm not going to go through all eleven pages to find out.

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cypress550
cypress550 writes:
on May 01 2008 10:42 AM

what about

spider-man

superman

bat-man
aquaman
iceman
human
woman

who cares this is a stupid list


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Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan writes:
on May 01 2008 01:10 PM

In reply to this comment (#1712936)
"First, some ground rules. We decided against loading up the list with superheroes, so there's no Batman, no Spider-Man, and no Blankman."

That's why!


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thetruebastard
thetruebastard writes:
on May 01 2008 01:21 PM

Why not load the list up with superheroes? The whole goddamn inspiration for the list is a superhero.

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RT-Ryan
RT-Ryan writes:
on May 01 2008 03:47 PM

I dunno, I think a list full of superheroes would be too easy, too predictable, and therefore a bit boring. Make a list of -Man superhero movies, and everyone's gonna know what's on it. With something like this, though, and you get a wider variety of movies to highlight; it's a little less predictable and a little more interesting. Just my $0.02.

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