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The Italian Job

Probably Unanswerable Questions

How do they escape the damage and pursuit? Is anyone better than the Ocean’s Eleven counterpart?

Handsome Rob is the only crew member judged capable of joining Danny Ocean’s crew.

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  • The panel asks how they avoid pursuit after causing enormous damage.
  • The panel asks if anybody is better at their job than a counterpart in the Ocean’s 11th.
  • Handsome Rob is judged capable of joining Danny Ocean’s crew.
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The Italian Job

Who Won the Movie?

Mini Coopers; Edward Norton also proposed.

The cars receive Craig Horlbeck’s emphatic choice; Norton is an independent earlier choice.

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  • Edward Norton is proposed because the performance is captivating on rewatch.
  • Mini Coopers are selected emphatically as the movie winner. Craig Horlbeck
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Obsession

Most Rewatchable Scene

Opening diner; Barker’s Pub; the wish; boys’ night; Sarah’s death; dinner; bedroom corner.

The panel retains each set piece separately, with dinner receiving an explicit final choice.

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  • The opening diner scene is proposed for establishing Bear quickly.
  • Barker’s Pub and its group dynamics are proposed.
  • Bear and Nikki outside the bar, including the wish, are proposed.
  • The cat memorial and Nikki staring at Bear and Ian are proposed.
  • The brief romantic-comedy montage is proposed.
  • Nikki’s unnatural movement and hiding in the bedroom corner are proposed.
  • The duct-taped house, frozen smile, bodily accident, and dead-cat sandwich sequence is proposed.
  • Boys’ night, the Hansel and Gretel monologue, and the kiss-left command are proposed.
  • Bear and Sarah’s dinner and Sarah’s violent death are proposed.
  • Ian’s billion-dollar wish is proposed.
  • Breaking the wish and Nikki’s return are proposed.
  • The dinner sequence is an explicit final choice. Chris Ryan
  • The phone call that uses a false cancer diagnosis is proposed.
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Obsession

The most "year the movie came out" thing

A filmmaker emerging from YouTube; the music store’s staffing.

The panel also discusses young adults stalled after high school and a familiar filming location.

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  • A director emerging from YouTube is selected as emblematic of 2026.
  • Four people working in a music store is proposed as least characteristic of 2026.
  • Young adults lingering in their hometown after high school are proposed as contemporary.
  • Castle’s Music sharing a location associated with Wayne’s World is discussed.
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Obsession

Gandolfini Butter on My Ass So It Pops in My Mouth Award

Young adults bumming around a small town; a movie that changes genre expectations.

Both pleasures are retained.

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  • Post-high-school friends bumming around a small town are selected as an enjoyable element.
  • The movie initially appearing to be one kind of story before changing is selected. Joanna Robinson
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Obsession

What’s Aged the Best?

The economical production; Indy Navarrette’s switches; dense visual details; the retained ending.

The Memorial Day run, Ian’s bad friendship, mirrored deaths, Easter eggs, alternate ending, and accidental movement are also retained.

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  • An old-style Memorial Day box-office weekend is praised.
  • The no-no-no montage is praised despite its obvious Get Out debt.
  • Ian reading as a bad friend becomes clearer on rewatch.
  • The production’s tiny scale and polished result are praised.
  • Indy Navarrette’s switches between normal and possessed Nikki are praised.
  • The shower shutting off after boys’ night is announced is praised as a small detail.
  • Bear dying in a way that mirrors his cat is praised. Chris Ryan
  • The magic figure and voodoo doll in the wish shop are retained as possible franchise clues.
  • The upside-down Art of Seduction book is retained as a visual joke.
  • Bear’s search history is retained as character detail.
  • Sarah consistently staged to Bear’s left and Nikki to his right is proposed as a visual pattern, with intent left uncertain.
  • Nikki eating only when Bear eats is proposed as a pattern.
  • The television showing video of Bear sleeping is retained as an Easter egg.
  • The romance montage appearing long while covering about two days is retained.
  • An unused tragic ending in which Nikki kills herself after breaking free is reported; the released ending is preferred.
  • A possible anthology about other wishes is reported.
  • Nikki’s confused turn after the wish was reportedly an actor mistake retained in the film.
  • Christopher Nolan’s praise for the film is reported.
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